Fatal Attraction

FACH3

Disclaimer: What!!! Own something… Who… me? I can assure you I don’t own anything… much less a thriving anime series!!!

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A/N: Okay… I think I told you all that I was looking to re-name this yet again. Anyway, I think the name “Supreme Conquest” will fit the story since Sesshomaru quest is one of power. Do you agree? Anyway the next time you look for this story, the name will be changed. Last time…..

I re-read this thing about 50x but my strained eyes aren’t coming up with anything new... if you spot any horrible mistakes let me know… so I can fix them when I edit this.

Some questions were brought up that need answering.

Q. How is the final battle over when Naraku is still alive?
A. In the first chapter, Kagome figured out that Naraku was not their real enemy; the Jewel is. They had all been, including Naraku, working to complete a quest that could never truly be completed. Kagome understood this. Like the previous two priestesses, she decided to fortify the jewel and wait for the next protector. ?? Not makin’ much sense to me right now, but that is the best I can explain it at the moment.

Q. Is Kagome dead?!!!
A. No, I assure. She’s still very alive and kickin’!

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Thank you all for the wonderful reviews!!!

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THANK YOU!!!!!! BluelovesFluffy… mistakes corrected!!

Chapter Three: A Plan of Action

Miroku sat up and looked around the clearing. As he took in the sight of his companions lying on the ground, he realized that he was the first to recover.

A few moments passed.

Slowly Miroku got to his feet and check each one of his friends. After checking Sango, Inuyasha, and the forgotten Kirara; he noticed that Kagome and Shippo were missing.

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Half way through the distance to his home, Sesshomaru glanced down at his arm in awe once again. He still could not believe it was real, however the weight resting on it suggested otherwise. Why? That was the question lingering on his mind. Still… Sesshomaru knew that question could not be answered because it represented many things.

Why, had his arm retuned?
Why, did he take the priestess?
Why, did he take the kit?

Those questions were among the many questions plaguing his mind at the moment. Sesshomaru sighed. He needed to get home, quickly. There he would be able to process all of this, and possibly find some answers. “Rin.”

Rin sleepily rubbed her eyes but looked at her lord with as much enthusiasm as before. “Hai?”

“Grab hold of my leg. We need to make it back to the castle quickly.”

“Okay!” Rin quickly did Sesshomaru’s bidding and smiled. Hopefully Lord Sesshomaru would allow Kagome and Shippo to stay once they recovered.

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Inuyasha was the next to wake. He felt like shit and his body itched all over. Inuyasha moved to scratch, but stopped; the memories from hours before came crashing down.

Kagome…

Kagome… died?

Inuyasha leapt to his feet and started to search for Kagome’s body or what remained of it. When he found nothing, he began to panic. Kagome, Shippo, nor Miroku were anywhere in sight.

“Clam down, Inuyasha!” Miroku walked into the clearing carrying a container of water. “…before you start yelling.”

“Where is Kagome?!”

Miroku shook his head. “I can’t say. When I was finally able to get up, Kagome and Shippo were gone. However, I don’t think Kagome is dead.” He sat the water down and started to make a small fire for tea.

Sango was slow about getting to her feet. She hadn’t really realized where she was at, but she heard the words ‘dead’ and ‘Kagome’; and her memory came back full force. Sango rushed past Inuyasha to grab Miroku by the collar of his robes. “Kami… is she… is she de..dead?”

Miroku shook his head once again as he pulled Sango close to his body. “I can’t say for sure, but I don’t think so. Sesshomaru and the little girl have both disappeared as well. If Kagome and Shippo are still among the living, we can only assume that Sesshomaru took them both with him.”

“What!!!”

“Inuyasha!! Please calm down!” Miroku rarely yelled but he needed to get his point across. “If Sesshomaru has Kagome then luck is on our side!”

Sango looked confused. “What are you trying to say?”

“I’m saying if Sesshomaru did take Kagome, then she may indeed be alive! I can’t imagine Sesshomaru hauling a dead human around.”

Sango nodded.

Inuyasha was not satisfied. “Why in the hell would that bastard take her?”

“I don’t know, Inuyasha. For now let’s all be thankful that she may be alive.” Miroku replied.

“Be thankful?! Hell no!” Inuyasha shouted. “If Kagome is alive, we need to hunt that bastard down and get Kagome back!”

Sango pulled away from Miroku. “I think Inuyasha is right. Knowing Sesshomaru, if they are still alive then they won’t be for long.”

“Both of you may be right, but I cannot see Sesshomaru killing them right away. Not to mention, we are all in bad shape right now.”

Inuyasha’s temper reached its pinnacle. “What tha hell is wrong with you monk! It almost sounds like you don’t wanna go after em’ right now?”

Miroku sighed. “I care for Shippo; he’s a dear friend, and Kagome. She means as much to me as a sister would, maybe more, but it would be unwise for us to pursue her right now.” He explained.

“Why…?” Sango asked. Though she largely sided with Inuyasha this time, she also knew that Miroku would not suggest something in a drastic situation without a cause.

“Inuyasha, Sango… you mean to tell me that neither of you have noticed. Don’t you both feel it?” Miroku asked cryptically.

“Feel what asshole?”

Miroku narrowed his eyes at the simple minded hanyou. “I suggest you go take a look in the stream up ahead, Inuyasha. Sango, is your body not tingling? Do you feel nervous at all?”

As Inuyasha took off, Sango glared at Miroku. “I don’t feel anything, so just what are you trying to say?”

“I’m saying something happened during that surge of power that knocked us all unconscious.” Miroku rolled his sleeve up and pointed to a spot for Sango to see. “At the stream, I cut myself on a rock and it healed in seconds.”

Inuyasha walked back to his friends in a state of shock. “My ears… my ears are gone?”

Sango turned back to Miroku with the look of understanding on her face. “We need to talk to Kaede and then find Kagome and Shippo. We can’t get them back, if something is wrong with our bodies.”

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Sesshomaru slipped into his castle unnoticed. Once he reached the private section or family wing, he sent Rin off to bed and placed the miko and the kit in an unoccupied room next door to his own.

Now he needed answers.

Sesshomaru stormed to his study and glared at the servant inside. “Hachi, fetch Shima, now!” He sat down at his desk to wait.

Moments later Shima, an old demoness, appeared. “Hai Sesshomaru-sama?”

“Come with me, Shima.” Sesshomaru turned around and started to walk out.

Shima narrowed her eyes at the young lord; not in annoyance, but curiosity. Having helped raise him from a young pup to a man, she knew he had a tendency to keep large secrets. However she had no idea what the secret was until Sesshomaru walked into a room that held a battered young woman and a fox kit. From the look of them Shima could tell his story would be an interesting one. After going over the girl with a critical eye, Shima followed Sesshomaru out of the room. “Yes?”

“Once the woman awakens, you will be her new hand maid. Never let her out of your sight. That woman and the kit have a propensity to attract danger and destruction.”

“Might I ask why, Sesshomaru-sama, or where this girl came from? It is unlike you to go through such trouble for a guest.” For a moment Shima thought Sesshomaru may have followed his late father’s foot steps and captured a hime, but the kit resting on girl’s side suggested otherwise.

As they stood out in the hallway, Sesshomaru tried his best to collect his thoughts. “I retrieved her from a battle field. For now, she is my captive. However, treating her like one will only result problems later.”

Shima nodded. The young lord had no idea what he was going to do or he was still trying to hide something. “Hai, the girl will be safe in my hands.”

“Good, if she awakens, call for me immediately.” Sesshomaru walked back to his study. He decided to sit there and meditate for a while. Hopefully he would be able to find answers to his many questions or solutions to answer them.

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It had been days since Sesshomaru returned to the castle, and Kagome still hadn’t woken up and the power he witnessed had somehow vanished from her aura. The kit was easy enough to distract, but that would only last so long. Yet, that situation was the least of Sesshomaru’s mounting problems. After meditating for some time, he realized Rin had changed as well. He could no longer smell death upon her. Sesshomaru also had to figure out what to do with the sleeping miko. Killing her was not an option, not when he had found the power he so longed for. Keeping her was the only solution, but as what? A concubine? A teacher for Rin? A maid? Sesshomaru shook his head clear of those absurd thoughts. None of those ‘positions’ benefited him, directly. He wanted her power to be a direct benefit to the western domain.

First, he decided, he needed to find out exactly what had changed. Clearly something happened. The missing hole in her chest was proof enough. From, there he would find a way to utilize the woman’s power as his own. Satisfied with his reasoning, Sesshomaru set his plans in motion. “Jaken.”

“Yes milord!” Jaken replied; clearly startled. His lord had barely spoken to him for almost three days.

“Fetch two my of best spies.” Sesshomaru stated to write on a blank scroll. “… and give this to them.” He held out the scroll. “They are to leave right away and not return until the task is done.”

Jaken took the paper and disappeared.

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“Milord? It is I, your faithful servant Jaken.”

Sesshomaru almost groaned at the thought of being disturbed. “Enter.” He waited until Jaken slid the door shut. “What is it?”

Jaken held his hand out; in the center of his slimy green palm stood Myoga. “This is the flea you requested, milord.”

A feral smile adorned Sesshomaru’s face as the snatched the elusive demon from Jaken’s hand. He expected his spies to be gone a week, at least. Instead they returned in just four days. “Good Jaken. Reward the men and yourself.” Sesshomaru walked to Jaken and kicked him out of the door. “Be gone.”

Myoga didn’t have a good feeling about the situation or anything concerning Sesshomaru. “What can I do for you, Lord Sesshomaru?”

Sesshomaru turned his attention back to the flea. “I have some questions that needed answering.”

“Ah… I’ll do my best.”

“What do you know of my bother’s priestess?”

“I know many things Lord Sesshomaru.” Myoga ventured. “I’ve known her since the journey to retrieve the Shikon no Tama began.”

“Good...” Without relaxing his hold on Myoga, Sesshomaru made his way to Kagome’s room. There he sat the flea down beside the sleeping beauty. “A week ago, she fought against Naraku. She also tried to make a second Shikon jewel, but I stopped her.” Sesshomaru explained. “From that day, she has yet to waken.”

“Kami-sama, poor Kagome-sama.” Myoga hopped to her chest and stared down into her lovely face. “Did she have any injuries?”

Shima, Kagome’s attendant nodded and made to explain but Sesshomaru stopped her. “Yes. During the battle, she received two large gashes in her on each side of her waist, a hole in her left leg, and fatal chest wound.”

Myoga looked stunned, as well as Shima. When Sesshomaru brought Kagome to her, the girl had nothing more than a few scratches and a burse or two. Now he’s saying the girl was a participant, not a bystander, in a battle and a Miko too!

“Upon Naraku’s defeat and the recovery of the jewel, her injuries ceased to exist.”

“Did Kagome complete the second Jewel? Is Naraku dead?”

Sesshomaru shook his head. “I don’t know, and no. The filthy hanyou still walks this land; however he has been considerably weakened.”

Myoga looked confused. “What do you want me to do? I can find Lord Inuyasha, but that will take some time.”

“No.” Sesshomaru’s eyes narrowed dangerously at the flea. His eyes darted over to Shima. “Leave us!”

Shima bowed and exited.

“The woman has displayed a power that I wish to keep. I would give her to my worst enemy before I let that hanyou sully her further! I also want you to check her blood.” Sesshomaru explained once Shima left the room. “Something happened that day. I can no longer smell decay on her or taste the filth of human in her blood.”

Myoga took a moment to sample Kagome’s blood. “Well, it is as tasty as ever.” He smiled before this expression turned thoughtful. “I taste it as well, Lord Sesshomaru. Kagome-sama has changed.”

Sesshomaru nodded. “What do you think the cause is? The jewel?”

“Yes.” Myoga replied. “Tell me; did the jewel manifest itself inside or outside Kagome’s body?”

“Inside.”

“I see.” Myoga’s many arms crossed themselves as the thought. “I can retrieve more information, but it will take some time to gather the sources.”

“Hn… Fine, but I have one more question.”

“Yes?”

“Is there a way to harness her power?” Sesshomaru asked.

“You mean, for yourself?” Myoga looked back at Kagome. He was saddened by her situation. He also had no idea that the final battle had taken place. As soon as Sesshomaru let him go, he promised to find out what happened and alert Inuyasha to his brother’s intentions. “No, I don’t think there is a way. Her children, however, will most likely inherit her power.”

“Very well.” Sesshomaru walked out of room. He would seek a second opinion before acting on any plan. The information was not, at all, what he expected to hear; then again, that can be said about anything concerning the young priestess. As soon as his feet crossed the threshold of his study, Sesshomaru prepared to get a second opinion.


Bokusenou.

He trusted the old demon’s wisdom, in all things, so there still might be a loophole in what he was told.

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Endnote: Sorry this chapter took so long to come out. I’ve had it typed for weeks; but the title of this chapter, the title of the story, and chapter four is what kept me from posting it. Don’t worry. I’ve fixed by title problems (hopefully), chapter four is finished, and all I need to do now is work on chapter five.