InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Long Awaited Destiny ❯ Chapter 17 ( Chapter 18 )

Sesshoumaru laid in bed with his mate curled around him. He was hesitant about leaving her alone in the morning to finish his patrol of the western lands. ‘Maybe I should take her with me or have Sephiroth go on patrol for me instead.’

He heard Kagome start to whimper in her sleep and slowly he massaged little circles on her back to try and relax her.

”Please Inuyasha, let me be happy. Kikyo is alive and here. We need to figure out what has happened to you. Why did you attack your mate? Please let my friends and mate go and I will do whatever you want of me, please.” Kagome stated in her sleep.

‘This will not do, more and more I think that Miroku and Sango are correct and that it really is Inuyasha that is after my mate. I cannot afford to be as blind as my mate is to him. I will just postpone my patrol of my lands and send Sephiroth to the village to retrieve Priestess Kaede.’

With that decided he stood up quietly and left his room in search of the Captain of his guards. He knew that Sephiroth would not fail him and that he would get to the bottom of the mysterious visions that were haunting his mate.

As Sesshoumaru roamed his palace he kept thinking about all of the different strange occurrences that kept happening since Kagome entered his life and he knew that he would never trade a single moment with her for anything. ‘If only trouble wasn’t so attracted to her I know we could have a long and happy life together.’

Once he entered the guard’s barracks he expanded his senses to try and locate Captain Sephiroth only to find a spell’s trace coming from his room. He realized that the spell had the scent of Kaede and that it was a summoning spell. ‘I wonder if there is trouble at her village. None the less I know Sephiroth will be able to handle it and will more than likely bring her back with him.’

On that thought he turned around only to walk back to his bed chambers where his sleeping mate was waiting for him.

Sephiroth couldn’t understand what was so important that Priestess Kaede had to drag him out of bed in the middle of the night.

“Why couldn’t she just wait until morning, its not like she is powerful enough to attract trouble.” his musing was cut short when he caught the scent of Inuyasha near the concealed scent of Priestess Kaede.

‘So it would seem that she has gotten herself into trouble. I should hurry up, Inuyasha is practically on right on top of her hiding place.’ and on that thought he sped up.

Inuyasha froze in his step. ‘Someone from Sesshoumaru’s palace is on his way here. I wonder why the captain of his guard would be on his way here.’
“Hey old hag I know you are out here, only you would be able to summon a powerful guard like that so quickly. Now come out and tell me what you over heard so that I know whether I have to kill you or not.” he laughed out menacingly.

Kaede shivered in fear, never in all of her life had she been this scared of someone as she was now with Inuyasha. ‘I need to get Captain Sephiroth to take me to the so that I can work on a potion to subdue Inuyasha’s dark aura. If only sister Kikyo were still alive I wouldn’t have to make the potion.’

Within minutes Sephiroth found himself touching down in the clearing that Inuyasha was in. Though the Priestess concealed her scent he could still detect where it was that she was cleverly hiding. ‘I need to come up with some reason as to why I am here so I don’t give away her location and give him the opportunity to kill her before I can figure out why she summoned me here in the first place.’

“Hey scum bag, why are you here? What does Sesshoumaru’s lackey want with me now?” Inuyasha snarled out.

“I am here to simply observe the of Kaede; she is after all helping the Lady of the West with her pregnancy. An event occurred tonight and I was sent to collect the elderly Priestess to assess the damage if any has occurred.” Sephiroth stated regally as he chose to ignore the insult from the mutt.

“Feh! As if that old hag could help restore a tree let alone a wanna be demoness that had a run in with the…” Inuyasha stopped himself before he gave away that he knew exactly what was going on in the Western Lands on this very night.

The Captain narrowed his eyes at the half-breed. ‘Interesting I could swear he was just about to say that he knew that the council had sent someone to the palace to ascertain if Lady Kagome was indeed worthy of my Lord’s bond.’

“Tell me half-breed, why is it that you are out here in the middle of the forest instead of in the village protecting that which your former mate loved and held dear to her heart?” he asked nonchalantly. “Why do you not seem surprised one bit about the condition of your sister and Alpha Bitch, Lady Kagome?”

“She is not my sister nor is she my Alpha. Kagome is the furthest thing from a lady as they come. If that idiot you call your Lord wants to waste his time and life span on a wretched whore like her than so be it; she is of no concern to me anymore. All that matters to me know is my mate and getting her back at all cost.” Inuyasha stated in a bit of a daze.

‘How interesting he refers to his mate as though the Priestess were still alive.’ Sephiroth pondered a way to get the half-breed to leave, or at least a way to distract him enough for Kaede to get away.

“Inuyasha what do you say that we have a sparring match, you after all did insult not only my Lord but my Lady as well. If you win I will not tell my Lord to which you have spoken; however, if I win you will come back to the palace of the western lands and apologize and swear your allegiance to the Lord and Lady of the West.”

Inuyasha scoffed at the idea but then he thought about it. ‘He will surely win for I can sense that he is indeed stronger than I. Oh what better way than to arrive as a wolf in sheep’s clothing than with the captain of the guards himself! Oh this is better than I would have thought it to be.’

“You have a deal lackey.” he finished with a malicious smirk etched into his face.

‘Oh if ye only knew that ye have just signed the death note of the Lord and Lady of the West. I must find a way to stop this none sense and soon.’ Kaede thought as she noticed her chance to get away undetected.

As she walked away from the two fighting males she pondered what she had heard Sephiroth mention about Kagome being in an ordeal tonight, ‘I hope her pups are well and fine. I would hate to deliver bad news to her and her mate.’

When Sephiroth knew that she was a good enough distance away he rose his aura to a dangerous level that would tell anyone and everyone in the village that he was there; giving the Priestess reason enough to have to come and check out what was occurring.

Kaede sensed the captain’s aura spike and knew that he had already known that she was there and was giving her a reason to come back to the scene. She smirked while thinking, ‘Apparently there is more to Captain Sephiroth than one would originally think.’

He smirked to himself when he felt her unmask her scent and started to approach the clearing.

“It appears that the elder Priestess has noticed us here and is on her way here. We should hurry up and end this fight before she arrives, wouldn’t you agree half-breed?” he coaxed Inuyasha on.

“Feh, you act as though you are scared of the old hag.” he stated cockily.

“It is not a matter of whether or not one is scared of a Priestess but rather to show respect and to act civil in their presence; instead of like a savage animal. I would think that you would agree with that seems how you did mate with a Priestess yourself.”

“Stop talking about my mate and fight me you bastard!” he shouted as he blindly charged Sephiroth.

By the time that Kaede had gotten there Sephiroth had managed to free some tree vines and tie Inuyasha up against a tree. She was thankful to see that Sephiroth hadn’t injured him too badly.

“I thought you said you were going to take me to the Palace of the Western Lands if you defeated me.” Inuyasha stated.

“I will half-breed but this visit was for Priestess Kaede and her alone, I will be back to deal with you. Why else would I tie you so cleverly against the tree when I would have easily just have dragged you by your hair?” he smirked as Kaede came into the clearing and approached him for the two of them to be off towards the West.

Kikyo awoke with a start. Her dream signified that she could wait no longer; she had to get to the once and for all. With her mind set she walked the cave’s length until she came to the room that she knew housed the newly mated Koga and Ayame.

‘They will just have to forgive me later but this is more important.’ with that thought she knocked on the door.

Koga growled when the annoying knocking did not cease and desist. “Who dares knock on my door at this time of night?”

“Lord Koga I apologize for the intrusion but I feel that time is up and that we may already be too late. I must get to Lady Kagome as quickly as possible if she is to survive her unfortunate future that the fates are being forced to give her.”

To say Koga was fully awake now would have been an understatement. Though Kagome had chosen another he could not help but still consider her his sister; his pack did after all adopt her as a sister.

“Go and pack what you will need, we leave in half a hour.” he stated as he slowly woke his mate.

Kikyo nodded her head and bowed as she exited the bed chamber. ‘I can only hope that my vision was wrong and that it is not already too late.’

Within thirty minutes Koga had arisen his mate and collected three of the fastest demon horses that roamed his lands nearby.

“We should be there by sun up. Let us pray that we are in time of whatever it is that you foresaw Priestess.” Koga stated as they set off on the long ride to the Western

‘Kagome just hold on please. Sesshoumaru you have better protect my sister with your pathetic life you bastard.’ he thought as they rode.

It took Inuyasha no time at all to break free of the tree vines that tied him down. “I will get to the palace one way or another, even if it means I travel all night.”

With that said Inuyasha took off at a safe enough distance behind Sephiroth, so that he would not be detected.

‘By midday Kagome will be mine or she will be dead, either way it matters not to ’ he smirked evilly as different ideas popped into his mind.


Author’s Notes

Well that is it for this chapter so far. I hope that you guys have enjoyed it and I look forward to reading your reviews. If you all haven’t noticed I have decided to shorten the story from what was originally planned. I just feel as though I am dragging out what doesn’t need to be dragged out and I am running out of ideas of what I could possibly put in here. So I am probably looking at 2 or 3 more chapters on this and NO there will not be a sequel to this story once it is done that is it, it will be done. Having too many request to write the sequel to ‘The Curse’ and to the songfic ‘Damaged.’ Well any who I hope you enjoy and feel free to R&R. Until next time, ado!