Summary: He watches her at night, he patrol his lands at day, and always keeping the one he truly love safe and from harms way when necessary, will he confess his love, or will he stay hidden in the shadows?

Disclaimer: The owner of Inuyasha and co. is the property of Rumiko Takahashi.

Pairing: This fanfic is going have the following pairs: Sesshoumaru/Kagome, Inuyasha/Sango, Miroku/Kikyou, with Shippou and Rin as playmates.

Eye Watcher
Chapter 1 To Admit The Truth

Moonlight stars shined above the sleeping group. He watched the small travelers sleep, making sure he kept hidden in the shadows. Watching the shard hunters had proved to be interesting but the reason was to only keep an eye on the untrained miko. No youkai alive or dead were allowed to harm the miko. Before any who ever were to try and hurt her, they were going to experience his wrath. The thing that just kept on nagging at him was why he was doing such a ridiculous thing in the first place to begin with. But the demon lord knew why he had vowed to protect her and kill any who try to harm her.

It was the one thing he believed no such thing in. Love. Yes love, it was a weak thing to have and weakness, but he still had it. He was disgusted with himself. The mere mortal had done nothing to prove herself interesting. So why was he in love with the miko. The first time it came to him that he was indeed attractive to the human, is when the hanyou decided to come close to the sleeping girl one night and brushed his hand against her jaw line, tracing the outline of her features. For some reason he could not hold the growl from coming. It angered him to see someone close to what was his. That is when he caught himself left that day.

Not only did it anger him, he had to keep himself from going back to kill his half-brother. Coming out of his thoughts, to see the half-dog demon move, as well as sniff the air, he moved more in the shadows to stay down wind from his brother's nose. After seeing that his brother would prove to be no threat he went back to his thoughts on the young miko.

He had tried to get over what he was feeling, but it would not go away. The only thing he could think that had given him an interest in her was her will and spirit. For the appearances were no different from any other youkai or human female he seen. Her eyes were the most unique color look he had ever seen before in his life. They were an indescribable color blue it changed shades of blue with the change of her emotions.

The search for what he was feeling did not end until he found a youkai that could read what a people were feeling for some one. When he had asked the youkai the question that plagued his mind, the youkai hesitated to speak. After sometime, it told the demon lord what he wanted to know. The first thing that came from his mouth was respect, hearing the word respect and not love, he let a breath of relief that he had not known that he was holding. It had all made sense. The way she always stood against him, when no other would, had made his respect for her go up. Then she was human and female that had increase the respect he had for her more. But the relief did not last long, because what the next word he heard the demon say 'love', he kill the useless low level youkai instantly.

He knew what the youkai had said was true, but did not want to believe what he said. The months of denying his feeling he gave up. That some day he gave up, he had vowed his vow that he would protect her to the best of his ability.

The sun was coming up fast, deciding to leave to patrol his lands he left saying what he wanted to say in a whisper to the girl, what he could not being himself to say to the girl face to face "I love you."

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Kagome woke up feeling happier than she felt since she arrived in that time. Not knowing the reason for her cheerfulness, she paid no attention to the feeling.

After a good breakfast of ramen, the group headed out to finish their search for the jewel shards. Most of the day traveling for the shards was spent the same as always, the hanyou and the miko fighting with words, the demon hunter hitting the perverted monk, and a small fox youkai in the middle of it all. To say the least, the little group of travelers was the most unusually group to see.

Finding no shards the whole day they found a spot with high trees in a clearing to rest for the night. Sango preparing dinner from the deer Inuyasha brought back that was killed and skinned; she took glances at him now and then, when she was not looking at the dinner being prepared. Inuyasha feeling glances on him, he looked up, to see Sango staring. Their eyes were locked for a few seconds, before Sango looked away with a blush on her cheeks that now seemed to reflect the fire's heat off them.

Miroku watched the little scene that took place just now. Anger was feeling him to no end. Thinking that a walk would do him some good, he got up and started to go, only to be stopped by a hanyou.

"Where do you think your going monk?" the irritated dog demon asked, trying to get the idea out of his mind why the girl blushed and was staring at him.

"For some flesh air if you do not mind?" he answered with a question.

The only thing he got for a reply from the half demon was a 'feh'. Taking that as a no answer to his question, he kept on his way from the small clearing. For some reason the walk seemed short but had lead him quite some distance from the group. Soul stealers brought him out of his thoughts. Following the snake like youkais, he came to a bearer that had let him in easily with no rejection.

Following his sixth sense, he was lead to the soul stealers owner. There she was the undead miko, Kikyou.

"How were you able to pass though my bearer monk?" she spoke coldly.

Trying to find the words to tell to the priestess, she spoke again "It matters not. Why are you not with your friends?"

"I do not know if they are truly my friends." He responded.

Looking at him for a short time she asked another question, "Do you not hate me as the rest?"(She means the group)

"No, but I do not think the dead should stay amongst the living."

"I see, so you wish I dead?" (Sorry about that, I know she is dead but you know what I mean)

"I was only mere saying that." he was cut off before he could finish.

She saw the monk getting closer as he was talking. Not allowing the monk get any closer then what he already were, she pointed an arrow that was in her bow at him and spoke.

"I am very well aware of your perverted ways, so do not tempt me monk as it is." She stated matter-of-factly.

"I was mere trying to be friendly with a new friend?" he said while putting on a fake hurt face.

"Your time is up, leave or I will kill you where you stand."

Deciding the best thing is to do is leave so he can live; he left without saying a word to the undead priestess. As the monk leave, she still had what he said to her, in her mind 'friend' was the monk telling the truth or was he just talking? Paying no attention to the emotion she could feel she never thought she had, she went back to collecting more souls.

Miroku made his way back to the camp after talking to Kikyou. When he got back, the site that greeted him was a sleeping camp and a glaring hanyou, who looked mad for so reason.

"Where have your been Miroku?" Inuyasha asked fuming at the pervert monk.

"Enjoying the flesh air why?"

"Enjoying the flesh air?" he yelled, "You were gone for ever, you smell like bones, death, and clay, and you was enjoying the flesh air, are you stupid?"

"Inuyasha stop your yelling, it will wake the girls up, and I'm not Kagome who you are suppose to protect?" he said calmly.

Inuyasha had not paid any attention to the monk because what he could smell. Deciding to let the monk go this time he said one more thing, "You better had not done anything to Kikyou or you will not have the pleasure of using your little friend with women again?" having that said he left in search for his 'old' love.

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