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I too once hated cliffhangers…now as a writer, I am forced to write them because of my willpower to stay up late and get chapters out…

This chapter…Probably will be a ‘Sesshoumaru thinking about Kagome’ chapter…and a bit more action on Fujimaro’s part…

On with the chapter…

Chapter 10

Sesshoumaru’s private quarters…

            Sesshoumaru paced his bedroom floor for the thirtieth time.  It was midnight exactly and the Demon Lord was still wide-awake.  It was the Miko again that invaded Sesshoumaru’s slumber.  Finally, in sheer frustration, Sesshoumaru stopped his pacing and took off into the night sky.  His youki swirled a mixture of silver and pale red.  Rarely did the Demon Lord so much emotion out, but Sesshoumaru was at his wit’s end in dealing with so many new emotions.  Not so much new as unused…Sesshoumaru bit back a bitter yip and soared higher.  ‘This Sesshoumaru, a great and powerful Demon Lord, is not going to allow a MIKO to affect himself this way,’ Sesshoumaru thought to himself in the third person, giving himself an ego boost.  But a set of fiery blue eyes and a gentle scent soon invaded Sesshoumaru’s senses.  A tenderness came over Sesshoumaru’s features and he landed near a small clearing on the edge of his territory.  There, the Demon Lord sat and began to reflect upon his past.

Meanwhile, an evil plot forms…

            The cat demon, Fujimaro, felt his plan coming to life inside his conniving little brain.  For a feline, Fujimaro was as dense as a brick.  True, the Eastern Lord had had plenty of royal tutoring, but all of his tutors had felt the wrath of a petulant child and now lay inside a grave.  So having a bare bones education, Fujimaro could not see the futility of his plan.  Fujimaro had just received information from his spy that Sesshoumaru was ‘head over heels’.  Cursed with even denser servants, the Eastern Lord was doomed from the start.  But for right now, the cat demon put step two of his plan into action.  “You there, Hiso! Go back to the Western Lord and disguise yourself as a messenger from the council. Tell Sesshoumaru-sama that the council wishes to bring the Miko to the Eastern lands to be tested.”  Hiso, a kitsune, was rather adept at changing his appearance, but was, again, cursed with a skull the thickness of lead.  “Yes, milord.” With that, the kitsune went about to carry out his orders…

Kagome’s quarters…

            Kagome sat on the balcony and sighed bitterly.  How all this had transpired and why, Kagome did not know.  To be sure, Kagome would have to ask Sesshoumaru just what was to become of her.  And that would force the Demon Lord to show his true self.  Kagome had a hard time swallowing Sesshoumaru’s reasons for her presence there.  A bit of childish anxiety wavered through the Miko’s aura but was squashed as Kagome felt Sesshoumaru’s youki out in the gardens.  Kagome’s heart thumped just a bit harder.  ‘No. I can’t let myself…’ Kagome tucked away the desire to see Sesshoumaru.  Having spent so much time together, Kagome was being lulled into a false safety.  ‘I can’t forget the past just yet…Sesshoumaru, you will have to talk truthfully…’ With that, Kagome went inside to go to bed.

            Sesshoumaru looked up at Kagome’s balcony.  He had seen the Miko look his way and his heart had lurched in a particular manner.  It was not the affection he had developed for Rin…it was something all together different…”My Lord!!! A messenger has arrived from the Eastern Lands. He requests an audience!” Jaken squawked up at Sesshoumaru.  The Demon Lord retained his emotionless mask.  He would have to deal with the Miko later…now was a new pressing matter to attend to…

I am so evil!!! Yet another cliffhanger…This is going awfully slow…but the plot is ahead now that Fujimaro has set his plan into motion…you will get an earful next chapter… Review!

Sesshoumaru’s cloud thingy…it’s his youki…I have discovered yet another mystery!