The Secrets that We Hold by TheFallenAngel

Knowledge

I do not own Inuyasha!

“Thoughts”

“Beast”

“Flashback”

Knowledge

Kagome looked at him with pleading eyes. “Whatever you know please tell us.”

Sesshomaru was worried he knew that when Boku'seno said it would be something that they would not like it was true. Over the many years he had gained vast amounts of knowledge from the demon before him. He would never admit it but he respected Boku'seno for not only his knowledge but for his kindness.

Boku'seno looked at Sesshomaru for a moment and then returned his attention to Kagome. Looking her straight in the eye he gave her the answer she dreaded most in this world. “You will never be able to rid the world of that jewel. You have become its eternal protector. The only thing you will be able to do is hide it away from the world.”

Tears made tracks down her face as Kagome asked, “How can I hide it then? If I most protect it for all eternity I at least want it to be hidden in a safe place.”

Boku'seno looked at her with pity for it was not fair for one so young to carry such a burden for the rest of her life. “You must take the jewel back into your body little one. Your power has grown to great proportions and will be able to hide the jewel easily.”

Kagome gasped she would have to take it back into her body but how would she do that. “Boku'seno how do I take it back into my body though?”

Boku'seno lifted her into his branched and told her to do exactly as he says. “Do not worry about harming me child I have grown immune to miko powers. Call your powers forth and surround your body in them as well as the jewel. Now concentrate on becoming one with the jewel but do not allow it to pull you in. You must force it to submit to you and pull it into yourself.”

Kagome did as she was told and after a few hours it was done. Boku'seno lowered Kagome and placed her into Sesshomaru’s waiting arms.

Using one of his branched Boku'seno brushed the hair from her face. “She will sleep for a while it took almost all of her power to do what she just did. She is quite powerful and a determined little thing is she not young Lord?”

Sesshomaru looked at Boku'seno in curiosity so Boku'seno continued. “Do you remember what your father asked you before his death?”

Sesshomaru’s eyes widened a bit, “Do you have someone to protect?”

Boku'seno smiled at him, “Do you know why he asked you that and what he meant now?”

Sesshomaru looked at the girl that lay in his arms. “Yes I do believe I understand now Boku’seno.”

Boku'seno rattled his leaves a bit, “Well do tell boy.”

Sesshomaru looked back to him, “When a demon has someone to protect their power grows exponentially. Supreme conquest is not the life that was for me I was meant to be a protector and I would surpass him in power sooner if only I had listened to him. He was trying to tell me this but I was to stubborn to listen.”

Boku'seno nodded his head, “So now tell me young one do you have someone to protect?”

Sesshomaru looked at Boku'seno with a fire in his eyes that had never been there before. “Yes I do have someone to protect and I will protect them with my life.”

Boku'seno watched as Sesshomaru walked away carrying his mate-to-be. “Remember young Lord that knowledge is power the more you have the greater the responsibility.”

Those where the last words Sesshomaru heard before he disappeared from sight.

Boku'seno spoke to the wind once Sesshomaru was gone. “I hope you can see the men your pups have become my old friend. They both have come far and all it took was a human child and a girl that thought she was human. Inuyasha will become a fierce warrior under Sesshomaru’s teachings.  Sesshomaru will learn to open his heart and show his love with Kagome, Rin, Inuyasha, and Shippo there to show him the way. They have grown so much in such a short time it seems that the knowledge you possessed before you died was true.”

Boku'seno heard a chuckle on the wind before he heard the voice of his long dead friend. “I am proud of them and they turned out just the way I thought that they would. Sesshomaru has learned that there is more to life than power and Inuyasha has learned that he can be loved for who he is and not what he is.”

Boku'seno shook his head once more before looking off into the direction Sesshomaru went. Perhaps Touga was correct he had told Boku'seno all that had happened before he passed. He also knew that they all would have trials to overcome in the future but if they stuck together they could overcome anything. He was not lying when he told Sesshomaru knowledge is power the more you have the greater the responsibility.

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