Sesshomaru and His Love IX

Somewhere in the western lands, in a secret cave, a lonely Inuyoukai lives, but this wasn't just any Inuyoukai. This one was from a noble family; not only noble, but powerful as well. The cave was dark and cool; not at all uncomfortable because this one always uses its youkai in many different ways. It was the only way for this demoness, to survive on her own.

As she was laying down on her pelt, what was very fluffy, warm, and comfortable, she looked in her magical cauldron to see what was happening among her family. It seems that there would be a death in the family, but who.... She carefully watched the events taken place. She watched a battle in a very small village. She wondered why would there be a battle in a small village. Especially, since the Shikon no Tama was destroyed there seemed to be no value or justification for the battle at all. Was it just a raid of some kind? There are two main reasons why demons would attack a village of any size or kind whether it would be youkai, human, or very rarely both species. Reason one: to raid for treasure, kill the men and taken the women and children to be sold as slaves. Reason two: simply because humans are food to some demons, but not all of the them, thankfully. She hated that thought. 

She watched as the events in her cauldron as if it were a television show. She had to admit that her family are quite entertaining when she watched from afar. Then she saw something unexpected, she saw her younger brother's death. She saw it like it was in really slow motion. Something also unexpected caught her eye. There seemed to be some sort of orb, that was crimson colored hovering over the Tetsusaiga. Suddenly the orb and the youkai sword vanished in front of her eyes.

She thought to herself, "Who was that? That wasn't someone I would know. So who are you? And who does that thing think it is to stole my father's sword? There are some unanswered questions that even I don't know the answer to and knowing my brother, he would sooner or later will make an appearance to get some answers from me. (She let out a deep and long sigh.) I guess I better start mediating to get some answers and even consult the Kami as well." 

So she lit some white candles and got in a meditative position, then closed her eyes and started to hum her mantra. It wasn't very long though what or should I dare say who would be behind the village attack, the death of Inuyasha, and stealing the Tetsusaiga. She knew that they were all connected. She remembered everything about the attack. She could even feel the pain that her brother felt that day. It was unbearable. She looked closer at the orb, that took the Tetsusaiga. She knew it was a demon, but who? That was the question that needed to be answered quickly before her brother came and started to throw accusations at her, which she knew that he would because he had done it before. He accused her of betrayal along their with mother, which that wounded her heart indefinitely. 

Flashback Begins...

It was after their father's funeral. Well actually, before it. Sesshomaru busted down my door and started to grab at my throat, but I ducked just in time. He somehow got in front of me and slammed me against the door and yelled with anger that his eyes were flashing red, "Tell me, Inuhime, where are father's swords? Where's the Tenseiga? Where's the Tetsusaiga?"

I didn't hesitate to answer, yet not truly answer his questions, "If I don't answer your questions. (I felt his aura pulsing, but I continued nevertheless.) Will you kill me? Would you kill me because of mother or that I wouldn't give you a favorable answer? Then again how would you know that that answer wasn't flawed. Can you really trust me to give you the answers or do you trust mother who has treated us  like we were nothing, but unwanted children. Of course, father had always loved us. He support our desires. Your desire of world conquest and my desire to...." 

He glared at me and yelled, "Don't make me repeat myself!" 

Then mother appeared out of nowhere, she said calmly, but cruelly, "Sesshomaru, my son, please don't kill your sister that pleasure is all mine." I followed her with my eyes. 

Sesshomaru said calmly, "I wasn't going to kill her, just to get some answers." 

Mother laughed and said, "If you wanted answers, my son, why not come to me instead of this bitch of a traitor." 

He looked confused. Then mother pulled out a mirror that could answer and show you the answer that one would asked. I was furious, because no other demons, but me. I was entrusted with its power. Damn her! Not only that I noticed that she had the moonstone on her person, but thank goodness that she never mentioned that. Hopefully, she would do what the Kami asked or she would be condemned to the bottom of the seventh hell, which was the most terrible, even demons never wished to go there. Period. Then they walked out of my room leaving me brokenhearted.

Flashback Ends

Inuhime spoke as if she was talking to Sesshomaru, himself, was there with her, "If only you listened to me instead of mother, things would probably be different. Then again the Kami works in mysterious ways. I may not know what mother told or show you on that day because whatever that was was flawed. I am certain that was what it was meant to be. It was to show you that mother couldn't do what I could do and also learned to trust me again, which I know that I hadn't done anything wrong because if I were then the Kami would had sent me an omen of some kind. I am just glad that he eventually learned to not only to trust me, but compassion as well. Then she thought to herself as she was done with meditating, "Hmm, I wonder how he would react if I suddenly appeared after all these years. Would he be happy to see his twin or not? He hadn't shown any emotion at all, though. As far as I am concerned, he really needs to lighten up. I wonder where Sesshomaru and his soon-to-be mate is going. It looks like they are heading towards Totosai. I wonder if Myoga is there, too. The question is: Should I go to the fire mountain and surprised him there? Or should I go home to await for their return?"

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Meanwhile, Sesshomaru and Kagome were on their way to the Fire Mountain to see Totosai. He remembered that there was a cave a days time before they arrived at Totosai's home. He landed there as he carefully put Kagome down. He said, "We will rest here for tonight. Go ahead and set up camp while I go hunt for us." He gave her a soft kiss on the lips and took off.

By the time Kagome finished setting up camp and had the fire going; Sesshomaru returned and had a two rabbits already gutted, cleaned, and skinned; cut into edible pieces; and ready to cook. He began putting the meat on the fire. Kagome watched him cooking with admiration as he watched the meat sizzled and the aroma with it was intoxicating. He felt her gaze on him and he smirked inwardly. 

He thought to himself, "I can't wait for her becoming my mate. The wait is unbearable. Just her being here is really tempting me, which is one of the reasons why I didn't want her to come with me. How could I control myself? Everything about her is calling me. The way she looks at me and the way her body moves makes me want to go over there and start to..."

He was interrupted by her when she spoke, "Sesshomaru...(He looked up at her.) May I ask you something?" He nodded and encouraged her to go on.

He thought, "This was unexpected." Then he stated as he finished cooking and gave her plate to her, "After dinner."

She nodded in agreement and then he continued on by a teasing sound of his voice and was walking around her like a shark stalking its prey, "Lets see, how do I feel about you? Do you want me to tell or to show? To me, though, showing you is much more better." She knew what he meant by that. She blushed.

 She bit her lower lip and said, "Both. I love your voice."

"Tell me, why you love my voice?" He said that in his husky voice while he was kissing her. She felt something warm that went through her body.

Sesshomaru seemed pleased with her answer by growling softly in her ear and then gently biting her ear lobe. Then he started kissing down her neck and then he stopped and said as he was holding her close and kissing her to each word that described his feelings, "You make me feel peaceful, content, loved, and at times you absolutely drive me crazy, and you always seemed to get under my skin."

They walked at least about 50 paces away from their camp inside the cave until they came to a halt.

Kagome asked as she was looking up at him and he seemed to be uneasy, "What's wrong, Sesshomaru? Why did we stopped?"

He looked and he saw her tears and saw the worry in her eyes. He assured her, "It's alright. Don't worry, miko. I feel like there's another presence in this cave. I believe it isn't evil, but still I want you stay right beside me, just in case." She nodded silently.

He said in his icy cold tone of voice, "I know that you're here! Show yourself! Or are you a coward to do so?" Both of they looked ahead where they felt the presence.

A feminine voice came out of the darkness, "Well, well, it's the Lord of the Western Lands and his soon-to-be mate."

Kagome gasped and thought, "how in the hell did she know that about us? Since when are we courting?"

The lord asked, "Who are you? Do I know you? How did you know anything about us? We've hadn't announced anything, yet!"

The unknown demoness laughed gently and said, "Oh, my goodness. It seems that you forgot about me after all these years."

Inuhime laughed and said, "Yes, my lord. It's me."

Sesshomaru smiled a little while Kagome was getting irritated. She coughed as she wanted to be introduced to whomever this demoness was and she was getting uneasy to this encounter.

 Sesshomaru said, "Oh, I am sorry, Kagome, this is my twin sister, Inuhime. Inuhime, this is Kagome, as you said, my soon-to-be- mate."

Kagome's eyes widen in surprise, as to the fact that what he said. She said, "Hey, who said that I was your 'soon-to-be', huh? Last time I check my status was still widowed." 

He chuckled and said to her, "Why...why not say it? You knew that I knew that one day we'll be mated in time. It's obvious now that it won't happen any time soon. Come into the light so I could see you, Inuhime."

Inuhime did what she was commended to do. She'd appeared like she looked in two hundred years ago. She was his identical twin. Unlike Sesshomaru, her hair was pulled up in a pony-tail and her bangs was like their father's bangs. Her demonic markings were also alike, but not the ones on the side of her face, instead of two like Sesshomaru, there was only one marking. Like her father, she had the same coloring of her markings that their father had had on him.

Kagome was shocked to hear what she'd just heard. She just had to asked, "Did you know about Inuyasha? Did you hate Inuyasha, too? Did you know that he died not that long ago?"

Inuhime looked at her from top to bottom as Sesshomaru stood in front of Kagome in a protective stance. He asked, "Do you have a problem with me choosing Kagome as my mate, sister?

Inuhime smirked and said, "No, I assure you, brother, that I have no qualms of her being your mate. Why would I? After all, I brought father and Izayoi together and supported him when he decided to make her his second wife. Unlike me, though, mother may have a problem with it. Kagome, as for your questions earlier, the answer to the first: 'yes'; second: 'no'; final: 'yes'."

Sesshomaru responded, "Good. Don't worry about mother, Inuhime. This Sesshomaru will deal with mother when the time comes." (He frown a little.) This Sesshomaru is sorry for not freeing you from this cave. This..." He was interrupted by his twin sister.

He walked towards his sister to embrace her. She had happily reciprocated his embrace, while Kagome was tearing up to see that he was reunited with his sister after two hundred years of separation instead of the little times whenever he would come to her for answers about the whereabouts of the Tetsusaiga.

Inuhime said, "You are going to see Totosai and Myoga, aren't you?"

Sesshomaru frowned and out of nowhere, he asked his sister, "Do you want to come with this Sesshomaru and this Kagome?"

Inuhime said excitedly, "Would I? Oh yes...yes...yes...I would brother. I would like to go with you, if that's okay with Kagome, of course."

Kagome was happy for her and said without hesitation, "Yes, of course, you can. You are family, after all, right Sesshomaru?" He nodded in agreement.

Inuhime gathered her things and her own food and then some more for Kagome and her brother for the journey. Then they headed towards their camp for the night. When they arrived to their camp, Inuhime made up her bedding like she usually does and lie on her pelt and getting ready to rest for the night. While the love birds, already were laying on Kagome's sleeping bag and covered up with his pelt for warmth aside from the campfire. 

Inuhime woke up before Kagome and her twin did. She really couldn't sleep because she was excited to go to see her old friends. She wanted to do something nice for her brother to thank him for freeing her from this lonely cave, but she can't until Sesshomaru reversed the barrier spell that their mother placed at the entrance of the cave. She could already feel the morning dew in the air as the sun arises to the sky.

Kagome woke up as she felt the warm touch of the sun and looked to see if Inuhime was awake and she was happy. Kagome smiled and said, "Good morning, Inuhime. Did you have to good night's sleep?"

Inuhime answered, "No, I was restless. I guess I am so excited to be free from this cave. I feel a little nervous, too, because this cave was home for over two hundred years."

Kagome frowned and asked, "You must'd felt lonely. How did you keep yourself going into insanity?"

"Well, for some reason I couldn't watch Sesshomaru for the first 150 years after father died, but I was able to see Inuyasha grow up, though. I could also see you, Kagome....Kagome looked shocked and Inuhime giggled...I saw you whenever you were born and grew up to be 15 yrs old when you traveled from your birth time to this time period."

"Whoa...I didn't see that one coming. How did that happened? I mean, unless you are psychic..." She trailed off as she realized that Inuhime was indeed psychic.

Inuhime said, "Yes, I am psychic. My psychic powers go beyond to just being prophetic. I could do so much more if given the opportunity. You see, being in this cave set me back for over 150 yrs."

They heard Sesshomaru stirred in his sleep. They were quiet for a while and then began talking again.

Kagome asked, "Why were you imprisoned in this cave?"

Suddenly Sesshomaru said out of the blue as the women were startled by his voice, "She wasn't really a traitor. She just supported our father in taking a human woman as his wife. At the time, I thought I was doing the right thing."

Sesshomaru said, "Well, she may hated humans then, but I believe that years made her hatred mellowed out."

Kagome felt the tension in the cave stirring up while they were talking. So she decided to lighten it up. "Do you want breakfast?"

Suddenly mentioning food made Inuhime's stomach growled with a vengeance. She said as she blushed in embarrassment with a lite giggle, "Yes, I believe that I am."

Sesshomaru stood up and said, "I guess that's my queue to go hunting, then."

Inuhime grabbed the bottom of his hakama and said, "I'm sorry if I offended you, brother. It wasn't my intention at all."

Sesshomaru bend down to her eye level and said, "You didn't offend me, my dear sister. The fact of the matter is that you were right and I was wrong. I wish I could take back what I did, but I couldn't, even if I tried the Kami would prevent it anyways. So now I want you and I facing our futures together instead of being separated. My bride and I and you and whomever you decide to mate with will face it together. I believe father would like that for us to be happy and live our lives in fulfillment. Do you agree with me, Inuhime?"

She said with a big smile, "Yes. Now go fetch us something to eat."

Sesshomaru smiled and said, "No, you can go out."

"You mean that I could'd just walked outside. Sesshomaru, why you didn't tell me," yelled Inuhime as she playfully hit her brother. 

He laughed and said, "It was a surprised."

Inuhime couldn't help, but cry while Kagome was smiling at her Sesshomaru. He said, "Well, you, two, ladies, go get some firewood or whatever Kagome needs for the food, while I go and hunt."

Kagome was the first to go out after the lord left. She stopped and turned around to watch Inuhime, first time in almost two centuries, was slowly walked out of the cave. The sunlight was intensely bright that she had to wait awhile so that her eyes could adjust to the light. She continued to walk slowly towards Kagome. She almost forgot what the trees, the grasses, the bushes, and the flowers looked like. 

She thought, "It's one thing to see it through a magical cauldron and another to see it with your eyes." Everything was so beautiful that she had to cry once again. It was a feeling that she would never forget in all her lifetime. The feeling of freedom was so overwhelming that she just had to run around. 

Kagome shook her head in amazement and she thought, "Well, if I was imprisoned for as long as Inuhime has I know that I would do the very same thing."