A Long Time to True Love

A/N: Okay so here’s chapter 2 of the story. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the end of this chapter. Okay R&R please. And don’t worry there will still be plenty of surprises coming up in the next few chapter. So read on. Thank you.

Chapter 2: A Brothers Return

As Inuyasha and the gang, along with Sesshomaru left the village, Kagome started to feel weird. There was a strange pull that she hadn’t felt in years. Not since she had taken the almost complete jewel, only missing Kohaku’s shard, from the ground after Naraku had finally been defeated. Kagome had kept the jewel for all those years in a small claw that she wore around her neck. As they headed more into the area that Sesshomaru was walking with her daughter, she hopped off of Inuyasha’s back and headed towards the pull of the shard, that last fragment that was needed to complete the Shokan Jewel. Sesshomaru stopped, listening to her leave the group, he turned to see where she was headed.

“Kagome, where are you going? You know better then to run off by yourself right now.” Inuyasha yelled as her chased after her. Sesshomaru followed after them, remembering his promise to keep her and the little one safe. Sango and Miroku headed after her too, wondering what possibly could have caught her attention so attentively that she would leave the safety of the group.

“SANGO!” Kagome yelled as she neared the last jewel shard.

“SANGO COME QUICK!” Kagome yelled running up to Sango’s brother Kohaku, curled up in a ball on the ground with a very large demon towering over him, thinking of making him a light snack now that the rest of the meal had shown up. Kagome was already notching an arrow when the rest of the group showed up.

“KOHAKU!” Sango yelled as she saw her brother there beneath the demon. Grabbing her boomerang she threw it at the big demons head distracting it from Kohaku. “RUN KOHAKU!’ Sango yelled at her brother when the demons attention was diverted towards her and the group. Kohaku leapt to his feet and took off towards the group. “Kohaku, leave,” Sango told her brother as he came to a stop beside her. “No sister. I am going to help. Please let me help.” He looked at his sister. “Fine,” Sango said as she threw her weapon at the demon again.

Sesshomaru had been watching this exchange from the back of the group, not wanting to interfere with the groups fight, until he recognized the demon. Stepping up to Inuyasha he handed him the sleeping child and walked up to the front of the group. “Leave this demon. He is mine.” Sesshomaru quietly told the two women and young boy around him.

“I thought I told you to leave my lands. Now I will have to kill you for disobeying me.” Sesshomaru told the demon as he started to pull his Tokijin from it sheath.

“Ahhhh, Lord Sesshomaru. If you ever want to see the girl alive again then you will not kill me, but grant me your ear.” The demon said as he watched Sesshomaru’s reaction to him telling him that he had news of the girl that he had been searching for.

“You had better speak before I make you wish that I had let the women deal with you,” Sesshomaru told him warningly. “do you understand, Noiishitoma?”

Seeing that the demon lord indeed was not in a mood to be played with by Noiishitoma. If he wanted to get out of this situation with his life then he knew that he had better tell the demon lord all he knew and quite quickly before he completely ran out of patience and just killed him anyway.

“Do you remember that wench Kagura? I saw the girl with her last. She looked like she was headed towards the southern mountains. Why, I don’t know. All I know is I scented Kagura and your little human wench. She was screaming your name as the flew over head. I was only coming back to tell you. I figured you would be looking for her, seeing as she never left your side when she was younger. I was surprised to see Kagura after so many years. I thought that she was killed with Naraku. Anyway, that’s all I know and I swear that it’s the truth. Now if you’ll excuse me I must be on my way.” Noiishitoma said as he bowed and began to walk away.

Without thinking about it Sesshomaru flicked something green out of his finger and sliced the demon in half killing him, resheathing his Tokijin. “I warned you never to come in to my lands again under penalty of death. Thank you for the information, but we won’t be needing you anymore.” Sesshomaru said coolly as he started walking away from the dead demon. “Come, we have wasted to much time here with this poor excuse for a demon.”

As the group started to walk away, Sango stopped her brother and took him into a big hug. “Where have you been brother? Why have you not been found these last 5 years. I’m so happy that we finally found you,” she cried into her brothers shoulder. My how big he had gotten. So strong and tough in his years. Yet there was something that still bugged her about his mysterious appearance, and under that demon as it might be. Its seemed very strange like it was a set up to her. A way to put the group off of the way they were going. To buy someone time. She would have to bring it up to everyone later at camp that night.

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The day passed with out any more demon appearances, and now that they had a scent besides Rin’s to go off, they were looking for Kagura as well. Sesshomaru paused momentarily to take his sleeping niece from his brother so that Inuyasha and Kagome could look at Kohaku and make sure that he was okay. “When you are done looking over the boy, come over to that grove of trees. That is where we will camp tonight. We will leave at first light so be ready to go. But eat now, and sleep. You will need you energy for we will not be stopping much in the next few days on our way to the south mountains. The longer that we take, the more I fear what some demon, or that wench Kagura will have done to my Rin.” Sesshomaru said to the group as he headed to a nearby grove of trees with Demonique cuddling into his chest. Sesshomaru sighed heavily as he looked down at his young niece. Did I ever do this for Rin when she was younger? No I never really allowed myself to touch her. Why did I keep her around then? She was only a human girl, one that always seemed to be getting into trouble as well. Ahhhh poor Jaken. He has been quit loyal to me all these years. To Rin as well, even though he would never admit that he liked her. I knew that if anything ever happened to her that he would kill himself just so that he didn’t have to deal with my pain and anger. I hope that he has not killed himself. No the servants would never allow it. He is healing waiting for me to return home with Rin. When I return home with her she will never leave my side. Never. I have made up my mind. So long now has my heart belonged to her and yet it took this little girl, my brothers child to make me realize that. Rin, human though she may be, shall be my mate, if she so chooses. I shall ask her when we finally rescue her from whatever is happening to her. Kagura shall pay with her life and whoever else was involved will pay with their lives as well for taking my Rin. My Rin.

When Sesshomaru finally came out of his trance he found that the group was already there and that Kagome was getting to work on patching up the bay. What had they said his name was/ ah yes, Kohaku. He is the demon slayers brother. He was the one that had drawn the priestess away from the group that day. But why? Sesshomaru asked himself as he watched her administer to him. Did it have anything to do with why Kagome was now pulling a small knife out of her bag?

“Sesshomaru, are you willing to bring this boy back if he dies? The last jewel shard is what keeps him alive right now. There is no other way for him to live right now.” Kagome and Sango looked hopefully at him.

“If he shall die then I shall do my best to bring him back to this world. Do as you must. I will be here.” Sesshomaru told her as he got comfortable as he could with a sleeping child on his chest. That is why she is so special. She has taught my heart and my mind to listen to each other. She has got me to realize how much I have grown to love Rin. To love how she… Sesshomaru was jerked out of his thoughts by a scream of his name by Kagome.

“Sesshomaru, we need you to use Tenseiga to bring back Kohaku.” Kagome said with the last jewel shard in her hand. Sesshomaru stood up and placed the sleeping child back in her fathers arms. “Stand back.” He said as he unsheathed Tenseiga and slashed over Kohaku, killing the death eaters that were trying to gather around the boy. Kohaku sat up with a shuddering breath and started to cough uncontrollably. Sango raced to her brothers side while Kagome got something in a bottle that look like water out of her bag and give the bottle to Kohaku. “Drink this, its just water.” She told the young boy who was looking at it strangely. He nodded and drank the water, subsiding his severe coughing fit.

“Sesshomaru, may I talk to you about earlier today?” Sango asked look up from her brothers side.

“What is it that you wish to discuss?? He asked looking questioningly at her.

“Did it seem odd to you that that demon know what you were looking for? And just who happened to have Rin? Not only that but that he gave you the information so willing?” Sango asked out of earshot of the others in their small group.

“It did bother me some yes, but I never question information that is given freely. Why?”

“Because to me it seemed as though maybe he was trying to buy someone time and lead us off into a different path then we should be going. I’m going to take Kirara and check into the south for that mountain range he was talking of. But I think that we might be walking into a trap. Something just seems off about this all to me.” She finished as she was looking at the demon lord.

“If it is a trap then the young one is not safe here anymore. I shall speak to her parents and send her to my castle. Jaken will watch her and she will be well guarded there. Nothing shall happen to her there. Let me go and talk to them and then we shall leave.” Sesshomaru told Sango as he stood up to go and talk to Kagome and Inuyasha about sending their daughter to his castle to be safe.

“Do you really think that she will be safer there then with us?” Kagome asked as she looked at her sleeping daughter.

“Why would we want to do that? She safe with us isn’t she?” Inuyasha asked his older brother.

“Because brother, the demon slayer and I both feel after our little encounter today that we maybe walking into a trap of sorts. Please I will take her to my castle tonight and go and investigate these mountains. If we are not back by morning then head to the south with out us. We will have the flying cat so we will be able to catch up easily.” Sesshomaru told the pair, finality in his voice as he stood.

“Fine, but let us tell her goodbye at least.” Kagome said as she lightly shook her daughter waking her.

“What’s wrong mommy? Are we leaving already?” She asked as she sleepily scrubbed her little eyes.

“No sweetie. You’re going to go and stay at Uncle Sesshomaru’s house while we finish this journey. We don’t want to have you get in the way and get hurt. You will be safe there. No give your father a hug and go over to Uncle Sesshomaru.” Kagome told her daughter as she gave her a hug and handed her to Inuyasha, who gave his daughter a hug and sent her towards Sesshomaru.

When Sesshomaru picked her up and turned around he say the monk standing by the demon slayer. They looked like they were arguing again. As he walked up to them though they stopped and looked at him. Sango nodded to Sesshomaru and told Miroku that they had things to attend to and that she would be back by morning.

“That is what worries me. You are leaving with him. How do I know that you will stay faithful to me and not do anything in your absence?” Miroku asked of his fiancé.

“Do not worry monk. It is not her that I wish to mate with. She is only helping me to check on some things that we need to know incase something should happen when we finally reach the south, so that we are prepared for anything.” Sesshomaru said with a finality that shut Miroku up.

Sango looked at Kirara then and the little demon transformed into a large demon in a ball of fire. Sesshomaru and Sango hopped up onto her back and flew away with the little child on their way to his castle.

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End Note: Okay dear reader with that I leave you chapter two. Check back soon for I hope to have chapter three up with in the next couple of days. Got any characters you want to see that aren’t dead? Let me know. FYI Kikyo and Naraku will not be anywhere in this story unless I decide to do a flash back. Then maybe they will be in the story, and yes now that the shard has been taken out of Kohaku the Shokan Jewel is complete. I figured I wouldn’t have to put that in the story cause I figured that everyone was smart enough to figure that out. Okay well R&R please. Thank you.