The sun's about to set and everyone is tired and hoping that inuyasha will finally let them make camp for the night, when Kagome senses a shard of the shikon jewel coming toward them.
"Inuyasha there is a shard coming this way" "which way" "it's coming from the west and it's moving fast" every one get into there fighting stand.
"kagome get behind us with shippo" say sango.
Before kagome could move a panther demon grab her
"Give me the shard wrench"
"Inu…inuyasha" "let her go you bastard" say inuyasha.
"Stay out of this half breed"
"Why don't you let her go and I will make you eat those word"
"Don't try my patience, like a weakling such as you could harm a full blooded demon like me"
"Let her go and you will find out"
"Silence half breed, now wrench don't make me ask again give me the shards"
He grabs her by her throat. She tries to pry his claws out of throat in the process she let go of shippo who cry out when he hit the ground. It only takes a split second and the fight was over. The demon got distracted and sango and inuyasha attacked.
They make camp and kagome makes some ramen for everyone. After she ate she gathers her toiletries.
"Sango there is a hot spring near by, do you want to join me for a bath"
"Of course kagome"
"Kagome can I come too"
"Of course shippo"
They get undress and get in the hot spring. Kagome sigh "ahhh, that's what I've been missing all day" then close her eyes and relax and let the hot spring work its magic on her body.
"Sango thanks for coming with me"
"Okay kagome what is on your mind?"
"how do you know that i have something on my mind"
"well you are making small talk"
"i was thinking about what will happen to me after the jewel is complete. I always though that I will mate with inuyasha, now I know that will never happen. Once I wish on the jewel I'll be stack here. And I'll be all alone"
"But you'll have me kagome" " I know shippo" " and me and miroku"
"But you guys are going to get married I dont want to bother you. Plus you saw what happened today, I'm to weak to take care of myself how I am suppose to take care of shippo"
"But kagome you're not weak, actually you are the strongest person I know"
"Don't lie to me sango, you heard inuyasha and I know he's right"
"You find yourself in a new and difficult situation when you came here but you didn't freak out like some people would. Plus tell me kagome, how many people, human or demon alike, do you know that would adopt an orphan demon as there own" "I don't know"
"Well I only know one and that's you. If that's not strength than I don't know what is"
"Thank you sango, but I still can't protect myself and shippo. And sango can you promise me something" "anything kagome"
"Can you protect shippo for me if anything happens to me" "I promise kagome" "thank you sango you're the best."
she sight "I think it's time that we get out before miroku come peeping on us, we wouldn't want that do we"
They get out and get dress. Little did they know that beyond the trees a pair of golden eyes were watching and listening to every word they said.