InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Trust in a Youkai ❯ Explaining ( Chapter 7 )

Since Von was sitting in the chair next to Kagome he stood so he could shake her hand. "It's nice to know there is some one around who is an expert on Naraku" he joked.
"I'll help any way I can" Kagome giggled.
Von looked up at Sesshoumaru and noticed that he was glaring at him. "Yes well it looks like Sesshoumaru over here is getting agitated...he must be hungry" Von smirked at Sesshoumaru's growl.
"Put a hold on your games and jokes for later if you would Von" Sesshoumaru said. "Kagome" Sesshoumaru pulled out a chair for Kagome to sit.
Kagome sat down and on Sesshoumaru's word servants came in from all directions carrying plates of all sorts of food. They were all served and a few minutes later a couple of servants came back carrying some sort of wine. Kagome took a sip of her drink and whatever it was she loved it.
"So how do you know Naraku?" Von asked.
"Oh, ummmm...I guess you could say that I've had a few run ins with him" Kagome answered as she took another sip of her drink.
"What do you mean by a few run ins?" Von's voice was sweet and kind.
"Well I fought him a couple of times"
"And survived? HA that's preposterous" Gram interrupted.
"And why is that?" Irvine asked.
"No one has ever faced Naraku and survived, especially a filthy human" he spat.
"Now wait a minute. Just because I'm human that doesn't mean that I'm weak" Kagome stood up to defend herself.
"Of course it does, humans are weaklings" Gram started.
"Watch it Gram" Von advised.
He continued, "all humans are weaklings, nothing but dirt under my shoes!"
"Be careful Gram, she's much stronger than you think" Irvine said.
"What, just because she's a miko? she's still a filthy human. The only thing they're good for is to serve, possibly even as a bed warmer."
Sesshoumaru had enough. Standing up making his chair fall in the process he slammed his hands down on the table. Every one turned to look at what made the noise. "I would watch you tough if I were you" Sesshoumaru bit out through clenched teeth. He looked over to Kagome who was slowly sitting back down. He could faintly smell the scent of salt. 'She's crying' This made his anger rise even more as red seeped into his eyes.
"Why do you care so much about some human wench, although, she's beautiful enough, you might be able to use her as a bed warmer."
"Rin go to your room and play," Sesshoumaru said in a stern voice.
"Okay." Quietly, Rin slipped out of her chair and left the dinning hall.
Once Rin left Sesshoumaru glanced at Kagome. She was sitting in her chair staring at her hands in her lap. Von's wife Tiara was kneeling beside Kagome, rubbing her arm trying to give her comfort. Sesshoumaru gave Gram a look of pure hatred. "Your meeting here with me is over. Consider your request to ally denied. At this moment you are no longer welcome in my castle."
"This isn't over Sesshoumaru." Gram threatened.
"That's Lord Sesshoumaru to you," Sesshoumaru growled. "Leave before I call the guards."
With a growl Gram grabbed his wife by the arm and hurried out of the castle dragging his wife behind him.
"Kagome are you alright?" Tiara asked.
"Yeah I'm ok, just brought some unwanted memories back that's all" Kagome sniffed.
"Well dinner is ruined" Von sighed
"Then we can get down to business" Irvine inquired.
"But that's so boring" Von whined. "I'd much rather do something that's fun"
"Boring or not we must get this done" Sesshoumaru interrupted. "Kagome are you well enough to attend the meeting?"
"Yes" Kagome answered.
"Good, then lets go to my library and discuss this matter" Sesshoumaru stood up and started towards the library with everyone following behind.
Once in the library Sesshoumaru took his seat behind his large desk. Kagome sat in a chair next to Irvine who shared a couch with Leena. Von and his wife Tirar also shared a couch to the right of Kagome.
"Kagome, will you start by telling us what you know about Naraku?" Sesshoumaru started.
"Yes well" Kagome began. "Naraku first started out as a bandit named Onigumo. Onigumo had suffered from a great deal of burns. A preistess by the name of Kikyou took care of Onigumo. Soon Onigumo found himself longing, even lusting for Kikyou. He called upon all of the demons and they devoured Onigumo giving him a new body who is now called Naraku." Kagome paused to take a breath and let this information sink in.
"Ok, let's skip forward a couple of years. I assume you all know about Inuyasha and him being pinned to a tree for fifty years right?" she was received with nods. "Well Naraku tricked Kikyou into believing that Inuyasha had betrayed her by taking the shape of Inuyasha and attacking her when she was willingly going to give Inuyasha the Shikon No Toma. Intent on getting her revenge Kikyou shot Inuyasha to a tree. Soon after that Kikyou died and had the Shikon No Toma burned with her. And here's the confusing part...I'm not from this time, I'm five hundred years into the future."
"So you’re telling me your from the future?" Irvine interrupted.
"Shhh, don't interrupt" Leena scolded, causing Kagome to giggle.
"Like I said, I am from the future. My family and I live on a shrine. I fell through a well which is the portal between this time and my time...when I fell through the well I found Inuyasha pined to a tree. I freed him when I was attacked by a centipede, that's when I found out that had the jewel inside of me. Later when another demon attacked it took the jewel. Thinking I could kill the demon I shot it with an arrow. I killed the demon but I also shattered the jewel in the process. And now I am trying to fix the problem that I caused by finding all the jewel shards to complete the jewel once again. Then from there I will protect the jewel just like Kikyou did." Kagome looked around the room. "Any questions?"
"Yeah" Irvine said. When the attention was on him he went on "So you’re from the future and the link from this time to yours is a well. How did you find out that the well is the portal?"
"Oh that, well...that centipede that attacked me pulled me in but that's not important. What I meant was are there any questions about Naraku?"
"Yes I have one" Von spoke up. "How much of the jewel does Naraku have?"
"A little over half" Kagome answered.
"I heard of a wandering dead miko, she wanders the earth stealing the souls of dead women, is she that priestess Kikyou?" Tiara asked.
"Yes that's Kikyou, an old witch brought her back to the living even though she herself isn't alive" she was received with an 'oh'
Now it was Sesshoumaru's turn to speak. "What about the ones he has working for him, who are they?"
"Those are his incarnations. He has several, first Kagura and Kanna. They are still alive. Then theres Goshinki, Juromaru, and Kageromaru, they are all dead"
"And what about the boy?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"What boy?" Kagome knew who he was talking about but didn't want to admit it.
"You know whom I speak about" Sesshoumaru said.
"Yes, the boy's name is Kohaku, he is my companion and best friends brother. He was killed by Naraku and only kept alive by a jewel shard in his back. Naraku can control him."
All was silent until Irvine decided to speak up. "From what I heard from Koga was that you were traveling with Inuyasha and others to find the jewel shards, why are you not with them now?"
Kagome was silent, she didn't know what to say. She didn't want to talk about Inuyasha because if she did she wasn't sure if she would be able to keep herself from crying. Other than Naraku she had never hated some one so much. Not even Kikyou. Luckily for Kagome Sesshoumaru knew what to do.
"This will be enough for tonight, tomorrow we will talk some more" rising, Sesshoumaru dismissed the group. Irvine was about to protest for his question not being answered but Sesshoumaru shot him a look that said 'Drop-it-or-I-will-kill-you' and he quickly changed his mind. They all left the library and the women and men decided that they needed a bath.