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Cherries
By : BlackRavenOfDeath
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Chapter 7: A New Evil
Sesshoumaru cleared his throat to gain the impatient young man's attention as he came to a stop next to the head of the long table. Troubled blue eyes turned to his own amber eyes as Sesshoumaru's presence was acknowledged by him. A brief bow at the waist was all Sesshoumaru received from the him. Sesshoumaru motioned for him to sit, but it was ignored.
In an instant he was at Kagome's side, a look of confusion clouding over his previously trouble expression. "Kagome, what are you doing here, with dog breath's brother? I, uh, mean, Sesshoumaru-sama. He didn't kidnap you, did he?" he asked the young miko, taking her hands up in his own.
Kagome flattened her hands and pulled them free from his before she began speaking. "Kouga, I'm here by choice. My choice," she told the wolf youkai as she took a few small steps back, putting more space between them. She quickly glanced at Sesshoumaru and could tell that he wasn't pleased with the wolf�s actions. She decided she needed to do something before Kouga said something stupid and got himself killed.
"Kouga, why don't we sit down, and you can tell us why you came here? Okay," she said, smiling a bit as she moved towards a cushion that would be on Sesshoumaru's right when they all sat down.
"Alright, but I want to know what my woman is doing here," Kouga said as he moved toward a cushion himself.
Kagome nearly groaned at his stupidity, but kept walking, gently brushing her hand against Sesshoumaru's arm as she passed by him, reassuring him that it was untrue. She sat down on the plush cushion and held back another groan as Kouga made sure to sit directly across from her. She just hoped she could set the wolf youkai straight before he got himself killed. She didn't love him, but he was a good friend, and had helped out in a number of battles in the past.
Sesshoumaru sat at the head of the table, as was expected of him as a lord, but he really wanted to sit next to Kagome, his mate, that was being eyed by another male. Better yet, he wanted to pull her into his lap, to settle any thoughts that she might still be available. But neither of those were an option to him, so he sat and glared at the oblivious wolf youkai.
"So why did you come here, Kouga?" Kagome asked, quickly glancing between Sesshoumaru and Kouga. She could tell that her mate did not like the attention she was receiving from the wolf prince. To be honest, she had always been a bit uncomfortable when he had lavished attention on her in the past, but now, it was just plain annoying. He had canine senses; he should be able to smell Sesshoumaru's scent all over her, yet, for some odd reason, he didn't.
"I came to ask Sesshoumaru-sama for his help," Kouga replied, his eyes still not leaving hers.
"Help?" Kagome asked, glancing at Sesshoumaru. "What do you need his help for? It isn't Naraku, is it?" she asked, hoping that's all it was so she could get him to leave quickly.
"No. There's this new guy. I don't know where he came from, but he suddenly appeared and started taking over small sections of different territories. Nothing too big, so that the Lords of the Four Corners wouldn't mind too much. He now has large influence in the other three lands, including some of my own territory, and now, he's turning his eyes towards the Western Lands," Kouga explained, finally taking his eyes from Kagome to look at Sesshoumaru.
"And what is this new being's name?" Sesshoumaru questioned, his voice remarkably calm despite the anger that boiled beneath the surface, all directed towards the wolf prince.
"Ikijigoku."
Kagome glanced at Sesshoumaru and noticed his slightly widened eyes before she looked back at Kouga. She didn't want to say they would help without first talking it over with Sesshoumaru, but she felt this was something that would definitely need to be dealt with, and soon.
"I will think about it and then send a messenger to let you know of my decision," Sesshoumaru said, his voice calm as his trouble thoughts raged in his head at this new information.
Kagome was beginning to worry. It was entirely possible that this new evil would come after the Shikon no Tama, and that was something she didn't want to go through again.
"Kouga, I know you think you need the jewel shards in your legs to protect your pack, but I'm asking you to give them to me," Kagome said, looking every bit as serious that she was just then.
"But, how am I suppose to protect my pack without them? I've already lost land, and I still have them," Kouga said, clearly distressed at the thought of having to give up his power boosters.
"Kouga, you forget. I'm the protector of the Shikon no Tama, and if I have all of the shards, no one else can get a hold of them to boost their power. If I let you keep your two shards, then someone else could get a hold of them and do worse damage to your pack. But if I have all the shards, then no one can use them against you," Kagome explained to Kouga.
Kouga sighed. He knew what she said was the truth, but he felt weak without his shards. He had relied on their power for so long, he wasn't sure if he actually had any of his own left. "Can I keep them until after I get my lands back?" he asked.
Kagome shook her head. "No. What if Ikijigoku gets them from you? It would be best if you gave them to me now," she told him.
Kouga nodded and reached down to take the shards out of his legs. As he handed them over to Kagome, he caught whiff of a few odd scents. "So, how come I can smell Naraku's blood?" he asked as Kagome withdrew her hand back to her side of the table.
"Sesshoumaru killed him a bit before you showed up," Kagome replied, looking at the Shikon no Tama and the two, newly acquired, shards resting in her left hand.
"Good. That means I don't have to worry about him and Ikijigoku at the same time. I'll just have to wait to get my revenge on that wind bitch, Kagura," Kouga said as he sat back on his cushion. He took a deep breath, drawing in scents from all over the room, and confirmed what his nose had caught earlier. "How come you mated with him?" Kouga asked, his intense blue eyes raising to meet hers, demanding that she tell him the truth.
"Becuase he askedKagoKagome said, her voice quiet, as she quickly stood up and walked out into the hallway before either male could do or say anything.
Kouga was about to rise and follow after her, but a growl from Sesshoumaru made him sit back down.
"Stay here, wolf," Sesshoumaru ordered as he stood up and followed after his mate.
Sesshoumaru quickly located Kagome as she paced down the hallway a distance ahead of him. He walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her as she stopped walking and buried her face in the front of his shirt. He felt her small hands slip around his waist as she took a small step closer.
"Are you alright?" he asked as he combed a hand through her hair, trying to comfort her with his actions.
"Yes. He just looked so hurt when he asked me. I couldn't stand that. I know he loves me, or he at least thinks he does, but he never gave me an option in it. Before he left each time I saw him, he always said that after he defeated Naraku, he would come back and claim me as his mate. He never once asked me if I wanted to," Kagome explained to Sesshoumaru as she held her body tight against his.
"Did you want to?" Sesshoumaru asked, his voice cold and distant once again.
Kagome viciously shook her head. "No. I only ever considered him a friend. It would have been nice to be able to make my own decision, though. If he had asked me, I could have told him no the first time," she said, distress beginning to creep into her voice, though she could understand why he would worry about something like that.
Sesshoumaru felt relief flood his body as his mind processed what she had said. He relaxed a bit as he continued to comfort his mate. He suddenly realized that he should not have asked her that question. It meant that he did not trust her, and as mates, they had to trust each other completely. He mentally smacked himself as he tried to comfort her.
After a few minutes, Kagome looked up at him, her eyes rimmed with unshed tears, yet, surprisingly, there were no tracks from where her tears would have traveled down her cheeks and his shirt was not wet. She blinked away her tears and smiled up at him, letting him know that there was no harm done.
"Are you ready to go back in there, or would you rather go to our room?" Sesshoumaru asked as he rubbed his hands up and down her arms.
"I'll go back in. I need to let Kouga know that I am okay. I'm sure he's worried about me after I ran out like that," Kagome said as she raised a hand to Sesshoumaru's cheek. "You don't have to worry about me so much," she said as she lightly ran her thumb over one of the stripes on his cheek. She leaned up and placed a chaste kiss on his lips before she stepped back, removing her hand from his face. "Come on. We should get back in there," she said as she tugged lightly on his arm.
Sesshoumaru allowed Kagome to pull him down the hallway until they reached the door that would lead them back into the room they had left Kouga in. He stopped her just outside the doorway and asked her once again if she was okay with going back in there. He watched as she nodded and reached out a hand to open the door, but he stopped her with his hand on her arm. He searched her eyes to make certain she would be okay with facing the wolf again and saw that her eyes were shining with determination.
He nodded to himself and opened the door for her, holding it open while she walked through, then stepped through, closing the door behind himself. Together they walked back over to the low table where Kouga jumped up anxiously as they approached. Sesshoumaru motioned for Kouga to sit, and this time the wolf youkai did.
Kouga watched as Kagome sat herself down opposite of where he had been sitting before, but he noticed that this time she sat closer to Sesshoumaru-sama. He felt like an idiot. The entire time they had been in the hallway, he wondered if Sesshoumaru-sama would come back in there and rip him to shreds for acting so stupidly, but to his amazement, they both calmly walked in like nothing had happened.
"I'm sorry if I upset you," Kouga began. "I wasn't thinking when I said that. I guess I thought that you would become my mate, is all," he said, lowering his head in shame, his eyes resting on the table in front of him. Kagome's beautiful laughter filled the room and Kouga raised his eyes to look at her.
Kagome shook her head at Kouga. "Silly, I wasn't upset by what you said, you just looked so hurt when you said it. I can't stand to be the cause of someone's pain," she explained, bits of laughter breaking through her words once in a while.
"I don't mean about just today. I'm talking about all the times in the past, when I had been so thick-headed," Kouga replied, growling at himself in disgust.
Kagome shook her head. "Consider it forgotten," she told him with a smile.
Sesshoumaru cleared his throat, once again drawing their attention to him. "Do you have any information about this Ikijigoku?" he asked, his voice and facial expression void of expression.
"I haven't personally seen him, but my men have told me what they know of him," Kouga replied, hoping the little information he had would appease the youkai lord. He saw the slight nod from Sesshoumaru, indicating that he was to continue, and did so. "I've been told that he is an inu youkai, like yourself, Sesshoumaru-sama, but he has some unusual talents. He can control water," Kouga began. He continued quickly when he saw Sesshoumaru arch an eyebrow doubtfully. "But not just water. He can also call forth a heavy fog when there should be none to hide his features, and he can create walls of ice to block any pursuers. Then, when Ikijigoku has them trapped, he slaughters them relentlessly."
Sesshoumaru thought about the small bit of information, and it made no sense to him. "Does he act alone? Does he only attack humans? Or just youkai?" he asked, trying to gain more information from the wolf prince.
Kouga shook his head. "I don't really know, Sesshoumaru-sama. All the reports I have received have been of only one attacker, but no one can get the description right. The fog always obscures his face from view. And he cares not whether his vic@ims are human ǻ youka=M It's almost 6 ke he Chlls for the pl�ssure o �it. Entire hu�]n vill��es have been d�Eerted C(ce he has take��over tR� land they lay5�n, and I have even heard of weaker youkai relocating when he even gets close."
Sesshoumaru nodded once. "You said he has taken over some of your own territory, as well as some of the other lords' lands?" He saw Kouga's nod and continued with his train of thought out loud. "Why have they done nothing about this?" he asked.
"Even they fear him, though they would not say why," Kouga replied. "I've already been to speak with them, if that is what you are thinking. They will not help. Not even if you are willing to help, or so they told me."
Sesshoumaru nodded once again. "I will send out scouts to gather information about this Ikijigoku and upon their return, I will make my decision. Until that time, you are to stay here as a guest," he said as he looked at his mate to see her pleased smile.
"But what about my pack?" Kouga asked. "He already has some of my territory. What if he wants the rest and they get slaughtered?" he demanded.
"You will call them all here, including your wolves. If your lands are lost, I will restore them to you once Ikijigoku has been defeated," Sesshoumaru said. "I will send a servant in so that you may write something to your pack to call them here. Then, they will go to your pack and inform them of Naraku's defeat and of the invitation to come here. I will also send a servant to show you to a room," he said as he stood, Kouga and Kagome doing the same.
"Oh, and Kagura wished me to pass a message on to you. She said, 'tell that stupid mutt of a wolf to get a clue. He has a good girl waiting for him and Kagome isn't her'," Sesshoumaru added before he turned and walked out the room.
"I'll see you at dinner, Kouga," Kagome said as she bowed her head slightly and followed Sesshoumaru out the door.
Kouga stared after her, his mind reeling from all the information he had gathered in such a short time. Before he could gather his thoughts, let alone begin to sort them out, a young male hawk youkai entered, carrying some sort of case under his arm. Within minutes, Kouga had written a short note and given the messenger something to prove that it was really from him, and sent the messenger on his way.
A few short moments later, another servant, this one a young female hawk youkai, entered and offered to show him to his temporary room. Kouga nodded and followed after her. She led him along several long, twisting hallways before she came to a stop in front of a door. She slowly pushed open the door, revealing a lavish room large enough to comfortably accommodate his entire pack. He smiled as he stepped in. Maybe staying here wouldn't be so bad after all.
~*~
"So, the wolf has gone to the Western Lord for help to fight against us, has he?" a deeply male voice spoke out in a large room, lit only by a few candles by the doorway.
"Yes. He thinks the Western Lord will be more willing to help," a female voice said, coming from a shadow that flickered against a wall.
"What foolishness," the male sneered. "Don't you agree, love?"
"Yes. He will not receive any help from the Western Lord. He is haughty and will think us a waste of his time," the female said as she stepped closer to the male, though she remained in the shadows.
They both quieted as a scene flickered to life on a large mirror hanging from nothing in the middle of the room. Together, they sat in the shadows, always just beyond the reach of the light cast by the few meager candles, watching as the scene of the wolf prince at the Western Lord�s home played out before them.
~*~
"Hey, Ginta, come get a look at this," Hakkaku said as his eyes scanned over the parchment once again.
"What is it?" Ginta asked as he came from within the cave, his eyes warily watching the young hawk youkai.
"It's from Kouga. He's at the Western Lord's castle and the entire pack is suppose to join him there," Hakkaku explained, handing the parchment over to his pack mate.
"How do we know it's not some trap?" Ginta asked.
"It's his writing. It has his smell on it. I can even smell Kagome-neechan on it," Hakkaku said. "And then there's this," he added, holding up the circular band of fur.
"Is that what I think it is?" Ginta asked in awe.
"Yep."
"I thought he NEVER took that thing off."
"I guess he does."
"Then we're going," Ginta said as he headed back into the cave to inform the rest of the pack.
Hakkaku nodded as he followed, leaving the hawk youkai to wait outside while they prepared to leave.
~*~
"Where are we going?" Kagome asked as they walked down a familiar hallway, though, that didn't mean she knew where they were, or where they were going.
"We're going to the library. I want you to read the prophecy," Sesshoumaru told her as he continued down the hall.
"Oh," Kagome said as she walked beside him. She kept getting a weird feeling in the pit of her stomach whenever he mentioned this prophecy today. And it wasn't good.
She tentatively slipped her hand in his and nearly smiled when his fingers curled around hers. They walked the rest of the way to the library, with their hands joined, in silence. Neither said a word. None were needed. Together, they were at peace.
~*~
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