Sesshoumaru placed Rin's painting beside his chair in order to see the painting behind it. There, on canvas was a depiction of himself, in his real form howling to a full moon. The detail was astonishing as he thought back on the fact that the human girl had only seen him in his real form on one occasion. And on that occasion she had been more likely trying to survive than study his features. Almost like a dream, a depiction of himself in his current form was placed in front of the dog demon. Peeking out from behind him in the painting was Rin smiling her gaped tooth smile. It was a beautiful work of art, coming from a human. Sesshoumaru turned to Rin and Kagome to find them peering at him expectantly.
"SESSHOUMARU, RELEASE KAGOME RIGHT NOW, YOU BASTARD."
It had taken them a week to find Sesshoumaru's palace and when they had found it they hadn't known it. They had traveled with barely any rest, as Inuyasha would insist they move on. As it was, everyone agreed they should hurry and find Kagome before anything happened to her. With Kirara's help Sango and Miroku was able to cover greater distance than would be possible on foot. Following Kagome and Sesshoumaru's scent they were stumped when the scent suddenly disappeared when they reached a thick forest. At that point they had decided to travel in a straight line and see if they would encounter the scent while it had not faded completely. Luckily for them, some distance along they had managed to once a get catch onto Kagome's scent near the edge of the forest. When they arrived, Inuyasha could still smell Kagome's and Sesshoumaru's scent but there was nothing before them. All they could see was an empty field but Inuyasha insisted that Kagome's scent lingered there. There was also a faint scent of another human but strangely enough, there was no youkai scent at the end of the trail. It was as if it had faded away with the wind. Thinking back to how Naraku hid his scent Miroku deduced that a similar kind of magic could be at work. Shippo had seen the palace from a distance but the group had thought he was seeing things. A strange thing had happened at that time as Inuyasha had gone quiet and was just staring into nothingness. Inuyasha had then walked to a spot nowhere in particular and placed his hand in the air. Muttering something Inuyasha had somehow managed to dispel the barrier and the palace spread before him. And now they stood at the entrance of Sesshoumaru's palace as they awaited a response of some kind.
This place I used to live here with my okaa-san.
The door opened to Sesshoumaru and Kagome. Inuyasha and friends were surprised to find Kagome just standing next to Sesshoumaru in a kimono. All in all, Kagome looked fine and in fact, looked very well treated. At the moment Kagome was looking at Sesshoumaru anxiously. He's not going to hurt them is he? Sesshoumaru's face was emotionless as usual so Kagome turned to look at her friends. Inuyasha Kagome's hair whipped the air as she shook her head. This is not the time to think about what happened, you have to stop them. Kagome head raised her head in surprise as she felt Sesshoumaru's hand on her shoulder. The youkai was not looking at her but somehow Kagome felt like he knew what she was feeling.
All Inuyasha saw was Sesshoumaru's hand on Kagome. Inuyasha growled and charged towards Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru rushed forward and slashed with his own claws. Impulsive as always, attacking while the one he is trying to save stands a chance of also being injured. As predicted, Inuyasha evaded the attack while Sesshoumaru steered the hanyou further from where Kagome stood. Inuyasha attacked with his claws but none of the blows managed to connect as Sesshoumaru evaded them with his superior speed. Unsheathing Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha let loose a powerful swing causing pieces of the ground to fly at Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru easily evaded the attack and went on the offensive forcing Inuyasha to back up each time he blocked or evaded.
Standing above them on a balcony, Rin and Jaken watched the fight with the utmost confidence that their Sesshoumaru-sama would win. On the ground Miroku looked at Kagome with a thoughtful expression. She didn't look as worried for Inuyasha as she usually did whenever the hanyou fought. Actually, she looked annoyed as she watched the two dog demons. The look on Kagome's face before she buried her face in her hands It was a look of pain and I think it would be safe to say it was because of Inuyasha. Curiously, Kagome had not looked worried or scared when Sesshoumaru had placed he hand on her shoulder. Inuyasha, as worried about Kagome as he was probably did not notice that fact. Kagome had looked surprised, but something had flashed in her eyes as she looked up.