Sesshoumaru Present

Chapter 13

The next morning, Kagome woke up alone in bed. She stretched her senses to see if she could find Sesshoumaru, but he was not in the apartment. She wondered where he could be when a thought came to her mind, ‘Could he be disgusted with me for killing those youkai last night? I let my anger get the best of me and I killed them. I used my title for the first time since I was presented with it, to kill someone. I have lost everything that I have gained because of what I did. I have no choice now, I have to leave and never return.’

Kagome lowered her head as tears rolled down her cheeks. She has no control over her temper now that she was a youkai. She had a hard enough time when she was human controlling her temper, now it was even worse. However, what made this discovery even more horrific is that she lost her mate because of it.

She got out of bed and went to take a shower. It will be her last in a nice place, but she knew that she had ruined everything with her actions. She put on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt as she went out into the living room. To her surprise Teruko was standing there waiting for her as she heard her say, “Kagome, breakfast is ready for you.”

Kagome walked into the dining room as she sat down and ate her breakfast. She did not even speak to the elderly housekeeper as she ate. It will be her last good meal for a while as well. She knew that she will not be coming back to this place, she has disgraced her mate and she did not deserve him.

Teruko observed that her mistress was being very quiet this morning. It was not like her. She always liked to talk and she was a very happy person. But today, there was a very sad aura around her body. She looked to be in pain as she approached and asked, “Milady, why are you so sad? Are you not feeling well today?”

Kagome did not know that Teruko could pickup on her sadness as she swallowed her food and said, “I’m fine, just thinking that’s all.”

Kagome quickly finished her meal as she got up from her seat and started to leave the apartment. She was making her way to the balcony as she called for Kirara.

Teruko started to panic as she asked, “Kagome where are you going?”

Kagome did not turn around; she could not face the elderly servant that she has come to love as her grandmother. “I’m going to the shrine. The gates must be opened today or the city will close the shrine for good. I have already missed several days by being sick, and if they close the shrine I have no idea where those I help will go.”

Teruko could not stop Kagome from leaving, as Kirara transformed into her true form and took off with her lady. Teruko did not like this one bit as she went to the phone and called Sesshoumaru. He had to be told what was going on.

---oOo---

Kirara traveled quickly through the air as she finally made it to the shrine. She knew that something was wrong with her mistress as she transformed back into the kitten form and followed Kagome around the shrine.

Kagome was thinking fast. She had no intensions of opening the shrine today, she needed to gather what little she had here and leave. She was sure that Sesshoumaru would not want to see her again because of what she did.

She was walking towards the shed where she lived, when she looked towards the gate. She saw many of the people that would normally come to the shrine standing at the gate. She sniffed as she was picking up the scent of blood. No matter how much she wanted to leave she could not ignore her duty to the people of this city.

She ran to the gates, while hiding her features of being a youkai, as she quickly opened them. She saw all the injuries that they had as she asked, “What happened? Why are you all hurt?”

One man answered, “The gangs came back to the area, miko-sama. They opened fire on everyone on the streets before the police came to stop them. We all came here for help since the hospital will not see us.”

Kagome helped an elderly man into the shrine as everyone else followed her. She took them all to the main shrine where she tended to the sick and injured. She lay the old man down on a mat as she turned to Kirara, “Kirara, I need my bags. I will also need the bag with all the bandages.”

Kirara understood her request as she rushed to get the bags she wanted. Kagome always kept her supplies ready just in case she needed to tend to the injured or sick. She entered another shed as she found the bags that Kagome needed. She transformed into her true form as she reached up and grabbed them. She hurried back to the shrine and placed the bags down by Kagome.

Kagome quickly grabbed the bags that Kirara brought and began taking different types of herbs out of them. She had a fire going along with a pot of water. She reached into her pants pocket and pulled out a lone petal from the rose. This petal will be enough to help her heal all of these people. She dropped the petal into the water and immediately began her incantation. The water turned blue, as it took on her healing powers to cure the sick.

When the medicine was done, Kagome took a bottle and filled it. She had a dropper that she capped the bottle with as she moved over to her herbs. She mixed what she needed in a big bowl as she added two drops to her mixture. When this was done, she was now ready to treat everyone.

Kagome worked hard to take care of everyone in the shrine. She moved from person to person as she put some of her medicine on the wound and then bandaged them. The moment her medicine touched their skin Kagome could see that it was starting to work. She saw a gentle blue hue appear around the wound as it stopped the bleeding and sealed the injury.

No one noticed the lone male that was standing off to the side observing what the young female was doing. She was the one that they have been searching for as he made his way out of the shrine and continued walking down the street. He found a secluded alley as he stepped into it and checked to make sure that he was alone.

When he was satisfied that he was alone, he pulled out his cell phone and called his boss. “Daiki, this is Goro I have found the one that has been treating the sick and injured of the city. She is located at the Higurashi Shrine, I recommend that you get as many men as you can since there are a lot of people here and they will try to protect her. I also recommend that you come in silent or else she will flee.”

Goro got confirmation that they were on their way as he stood watch over the girl. She was really young and at first he did not think she was the one that they were looking for. But, the moment she started mixing herbs and treating the injured, he knew then that she was the one.

It only took five minutes for Daiki to get as many officers to respond to his call. There must have been about 30 cars that pulled up to the shrine as Daiki took command of the situation. “Now I want you five to go back in and see if you can move closer to the girl. When you are in place then we will storm the shrine. If anyone tries to attack us, I want you all not to hurt them. This girl has been treating all of these people for years and they protect her viciously.”

Everyone understood their instructions, as the five officers moved back into the shrine. They split up, as they started to move towards the girl. She was in the center of the shrine treating the sick as they slowly approached her. They had her surrounded when they gave the signal and the officers came into the shrine grounds to subdue everyone.

Kagome was sensing that something was not right. Her nerves were on edge as she felt that she was in danger. Slowly, she sent out her aura to ferret out the threat to the shrine. She sensed that some of the people here were not here to be healed as she just finished giving a little girl some medicine to help her cough. She got up from the ground as she started to walk towards the main building. She needed to get these people away from the injured. She had no idea who they were, but she was not about to let them hurt anyone under her care.

All hell broke loose when Kagome heard, “Miko-sama run! RUN! The police are coming.”

Kagome saw as the people in the shrine rushed to her side. She felt hands on her shoulder and forearms as she was subdued and pushed to the ground. She cried out in pain, as the homeless of the city were angered that the police would hurt their miko. They all gathered together in a unified front, as they all demanded the release of their miko.

Kagome felt her hands being pulled behind her, and felt something metal going around her wrist. She then realized that these people were the police and that they have finally found her. Then she heard a thunderous roar as Kirara issued her challenge to let go of her mistress.

Kagome did not want them to hurt her friend, so she yelled, “Kirara no! Stay back.” Kagome tried to get free from the ones holding on to her, when she was hit in the back of the head. She went down hard as her last thoughts were of her mate and all the pain she had caused him.

When Kirara saw what they did to her mistress, she roared in her anger calling for the one person who could save her. She leaped into the fight as she attacked; it was all out war in the shrine. The people there at the shrine were protecting the unconscious miko from being taken from them while the police tried to subdue everyone.

Kirara roared again as an answering howl was returned to her. He was coming and he was not happy. The earth shook as the great form of Sesshoumaru landed on the shrine grounds in his true form. He barred his fangs at the humans as they all moved away from his female.

---oOo---

Sesshoumaru was with his father as he met him at his home early this morning. He needed to tend to some business before he could spend some time with his mate. He was in a meeting when his cell phone rang. He quickly answered the phone, “What has happened?”

Sesshoumaru was informed that his mate had left his home and was going to the shrine. Teruko told him that she was highly upset this morning and she had been crying. He gave a short answer, “Understood,” as he looked at his father.

Sesshoumaru should have been there for her this morning. He knew that Kagome was going to be upset when she thought about what she did last night. But with her going to the shrine he thought that he would give her some time to calm down. Keeping her mind occupied tending to the sick will help her, so he nodded to his father to continue.

They were almost done with their meeting when Sesshoumaru heard Kirara’s call. His mate was being attacked and she was calling for him. He quickly stood, but almost fell over in pain. His mate was hurt; her feelings of sorrow for causing him so much trouble flooded his being.

Sesshoumaru’s eyes turned red as he gave a howl that shook his father’s home. He raced out of the room and as soon as his feet hit the ground outside, he transformed into his true form. He took off after his mate as he made it to her location in three leaps. His father was not too far behind him.

Sesshoumaru landed in the middle of a battle as his giant form was over his mate and the fire neko. All fighting stopped, as he growled and bared his fangs at those who wanted to do his mate harm. He saw the humans back away from him, as he smelled his mate’s blood.

Daiki saw the giant Inu land in the middle of the shrine as they all moved away from the area. They did not want to die as the beast looked very angry. They saw the giant beast glow as a red aura surrounded his body. He shrunk back down to his normal form and that’s when they saw who he was. No one has ever seen the true form of Sesshoumaru.

They all saw him turn around, as he quickly moved to the little female.

Sesshoumaru reached his mate, while Kirara moved away from her to make sure that the police did not attack her again. He bent down and removed the handcuff from her wrist and then looked to see where she was injured.

Sesshoumaru treated the wound on her head as he heard Kirara growl a warning to him. The fools were moving closer; he picked up his mate and held her in his arms. He turned and demanded, “What is the meaning of this? Why have you attacked her?”

Daiki stepped forward, “We have a warrant for her arrest. She is the person we have been looking for who is treating people without a license.”

Sesshoumaru huffed as he said, “You are not taking her anywhere. As a matter of fact unless you have a search warrant, you are trespassing on private property. I give you 2 minutes to leave.”

Daiki looked at the demon in front of him and grumpily said, “I don’t need a search warrant for a shrine. We have a warrant for her arrest and she is to come with me.” He moved to go get the girl when a green light hit the ground right in front of him. He looked up as he heard the demon say. “You have picked the wrong female to injure. This is my mate and she has done nothing against your pitiful human laws. She is not a doctor but a miko. She knows the ancient art of healing and it is something that the miko’s of old have learned since the beginning of time.”

Daiki was not about to give up, as the officers pointed their guns at Sesshoumaru. At that moment another white light came into the area as the guns were all split in half. When they looked up they saw another demon standing there in front of them as they all bowed to the lord of the lands.

Segumi knew that there was going to be trouble when Sesshoumaru took off after his mate. The fire neko call was heard throughout the land. He took off after his son and arrived at the shrine slightly after Sesshoumaru. He saw the confrontation between his son and the human police. They wanted to take the girl for healing the sick and his son was not about to relinquish his injured mate. He saw them draw their weapons as he rushed in and cut them all in half.

Segumi landed in front of his son and declared, “You will not touch this girl.”

Daiki was at his wits end as he stated, “Milord, we have a right to take her in and have her face punishment for going against our laws. You can not deny us this.”

Segumi took a step forward as his impressive height towered over the pitiful humans. “You will not touch my son’s mate. If there is to be a trial then it will be in my courts that she will be judged in. You have until tomorrow to present your case, and if I find that you don’t have any grounds for your charges then you will all answer to me. You did not have to hurt her.”

“All we did was subdue her because she was trying to escape from us.” Daiki was slowly losing his argument with the demon lord and if he could not argue this correctly then he will have to leave here without the girl.

Segumi was losing his patience with these fools as he said, “Her blood did not have to be spilt! Now leave, you are trespassing on private property.”

“But milord this is public lands. It’s a shrine and we all have a right to be here.” Daiki argued. Segumi smirked, “That is where you are wrong. I own this land and I say who can enter this shrine and who must leave. Now I’m telling you to leave or you will be dead in the next few seconds.”

The police did not have a choice; they turned and left the shrine. They have until tomorrow to present a case to the ruling lord. They just hoped that they had enough evidence on the girl so she could be tried in the human courts.

Segumi turned as he faced his son. He had his mate in his arms as his hand was gently caressing her cheeks. “Sesshoumaru is she all right?”

Sesshoumaru looked up from his mate, “Yes, I have healed her wounds and she is resting comfortably. I will take her home.”

Segumi understood as he said, “You are to come to the youkai court in the morning. You are to bring your mate with you to answer the charges that the humans have brought against her.”

Sesshoumaru understood what his father was doing. He could not go against the human laws, but they will have to prove that she is a doctor and that is going to be hard to prove, because Kagome’s herbal remedies only work if she infuses her healing powers with them. So, they will be hard pressed to show that she was a doctor acting without a license.

Sesshoumaru looked up as he growled. There were still humans there in the shrine as he saw them slowly approaching. They all kneeled in front of the Inu youkais, while the one, who was designated as spoke person asked, “Excuse us milord, but how is the miko-sama? Will she be all right?”

Segumi turned as he addressed those still in the shrine. “The miko is fine, we have healed her wounds and she is currently sleeping.”

The crowd was relieved to hear this, as he said, “We have tried for many years to keep her secret. We knew that the police have been looking for her and we have managed to keep her hidden from their view. We have lookouts everywhere, but today we didn’t because all of us were injured when the gangs came through the area. We are sorry that we could not protect our miko-sama.”

Sesshoumaru was blown away by these humans, who lived on the streets. They took it upon themselves to protect his mate. When he arrived here, he noticed that they were defending his mate and for that he was grateful, as he said, “Worry not, your miko will return when she is feeling better.”

The people were happy, as they all bowed and then left the shrine. They will be back in a few days to make sure that their miko was fine.

Once Sesshoumaru noticed that the humans were gone, he turned to his father and said, “I’m going home. I will bring Kagome in the morning to the youkai courts. I want this matter to be settled once and for all.” Segumi agreed with his son, as he watched him form his orb of light and leave the area.

Segumi sighed; it was not going to be an easy trial. He had to be the impartial judge and his decision was law. He formed his own orb and went home. Tomorrow was going to be a very busy day.

Sesshoumaru got home and went straight to his room. He laid his mate down in the bed and removed her clothing to make her comfortable. He followed suit, removing his clothes as well and crawled in after her. He wrapped his arms around her body and held her, as he waited for her to wake up. He knew that she had issues and he wanted to make sure that she got over them. Plus, he will have to inform her that she has to be in court in the morning and what to expect.

---oOo---

This is the end to another chapter. The human authorities have made a great mistake when they attacked Kagome. Now they will have to present their case in youkai court and it is up to Segumi to judge on who is right in this matter. The homeless of the city will not abandon their miko and will make sure to always protect her no matter what.

The next chapter is the final chapter to my story. Join me as they go to court to see if Kagome is the doctor treating patients without a license and the out come of the courts decision. Plus find out what Sesshoumaru’s Present is.

Until the next and final chapter.

Ja ne!