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Chapter Eight
Sesshomaru stormed through the castle in search of any sign of Takara. He had followed her scent out as far as one particular spot where her scent disappeared, leaving him lost. Then he thought back to Naraku's visit the previous night. "Keep a good watch on your servant. She will be mine," the voice of Naraku echoed in his mind & then he realized, he was acting as if she was his mate instead of just his servant. He passed Rin's room & when he heard crying, he turned around & peeked in to see Rin lying face-down on her bed, crying softly. Upon entering, he asked her, "Why are you crying Rin?"
"Lord Sesshomaru, I miss Takara!" she cried in response & was soon being cradled against Sesshomaru's chest. The little girl cried harder, trembling against him.
"I know you do Rin," he whispered. "I'll find her. I swear I will."
"Who took her?"
"I have a good idea who did it Rin & I promise you, they will pay for taking her." When Rin looked up at him, he looked down at her as she sniffled. "What?"
"Do you...love her Lord Sesshomaru?"
Sesshomaru shook his head. "No Rin, I don't love her. Why do you ask?"
"It's just that you're so protective of her, my Lord. I just thought maybe you had feelings for her."
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It was when Takara awoke again that Miroku & the others soon found out that he had done damage to her by hitting her over the head with his staff so many times. It was when she awoke that she looked at them with fear, acting as if she had no clue of who they were that they first noticed the damage. "Do you not remember anything over the past few days?" Miroku asked.
"No," Takara replied, rubbing the side of her head where the last blow was dealt. "I don't remember anything but flames & b-blood..."
"Flames & blood? What do you mean?"
"I don?t know," she sighed, looking between him & Inu Yasha, who had a strange gleam in his eyes. "All I see is a village in flames & when I think of it, I smell blood."
"Do you have any-" Miroku was cut off by Inu Yasha speaking up.
"Do you have any clue how worried we were about you Takara?" he spoke, lacing his voice with worry. "You've been out for almost two weeks now."
"Two weeks?"
Inu Yasha nodded as Miroku & Kagome watched Inu Yasha, shocked he'd be lying like this. "You've been out for two weeks. You were attacked & even though you're healed now, you're just waking up."
"How bad was I hurt?"
"We didn't think you'd make it."
"What village am I seeing then?"
"Our home. We all lived there, but we're the only ones that survived." Takara looked at him, her eyes scared & confused. "We managed to save you before the youkai could finish you off."
"Youkai?"
Inu Yasha nodded again as the phony story was pieced together in his mind as he went along. "He's the reason the village no longer stands. He attacked between the afternoon & night hours."
"If a youkai almost killed me, shouldn't I be afraid of you. You're a youkai."
"No, I'm a hanyou. I was the village protector, but I was wounded by an arrow that day before the attack so I wasn't aware of what was going on until my lover, Kagome," he motioned to Kagome, "ran into the hut & told me what was going on. By then it was too late."
"Oh..."
"Are you hungry?" Sango asked, glaring at Inu Yasha as she handed her some berries they'd picked earlier that morning. When Takara shook her head, Sango handed them to Shippo, who gladly ate some.
"Inu Yasha, can I have a word with you?" Kagome asked as she stood, irritation in her eyes.
"Of course dear," Inu Yasha grinned as he stood & followed Kagome a few yards away from everyone. "What is it?" he growled.
"What are these lies you?re telling her?" she hissed. "You know damn well that none of that stuff is true & it was you who attacked the village."
"But she doesn't know that Kagome! If we can get her to believe this stuff then maybe she can help us against Sesshomaru when he comes to get her. When he comes, if he comes, he's going to be pissed that we took a servant of his. And incase you didn't hear her last night in her sleep Kagome, she was making pleasure sounds."
"What do you mean by that?"
The puzzled look on Kagome?s face brought a groan from Inu Yasha. "He's mated with her. If he cares for her & isn't just using her for pleasures, then that'll just add to the fire we're causing."
"WHY ARE WE CAUSING A FIRE WITH SESSHOMARU?!" Kagome screamed, grabbing him by his kimono. "That's like jumping infront of him, covered in blood, when he's transformed & saying, 'Hey there big doggie, come & get me!' It's suicide!"
"You don't get it, do you Kagome?" he snapped, pushing her away from him. "When he comes for her, we'll have her believing every lie we throw at her, so when he gets here, she'll be ready to attack him. She'll hate him for the lies we've told her."
"And what if he's actually in love with her Inu Yasha? Then what?"
"Then we'll be hurting him in more ways than just having his whore."
"SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT!" Feeling satisfied for thoroughly crushing Inu Yasha to the ground with 'SIT!'s, Kagome walked back to the small camp site to find Shippo, Miroku, & Sango studying the true form of Takara.
"Where's Inu Yasha?" Shippo asked.
"He felt the need to sit & think."
Miroku snickered, knowing what she had done. He'd heard some of the louder, tail end "sit" commands, but wasn't sure if he was hearing right. Sango giggled while Shippo sat looking confused.