Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. Please don't let the big scary lawyers come and get me.

This will be a Sessy Romance, and then all the other pairing are the same, although I'm not sure if I'm going to make them all me in love or something. Sess will be OC, at least a little. But you never know because he has never really fallen in love before. Anyway, have fun!

Chapter 1

"Jeez Kagome, where are you taking us. The humidity is making my hair curl," Inuyasha complained to the girl on his back.

It was going another regular day in the feudal era. Kagome senses the shard, they hunt for it, Inuyasha kills a big demon, and they get another piece of the jewel.

Kagome sighed. "Look Inuyasha, do you want to get the shard or not?"

"Really Inuyasha, it's not like you to worry about you looks. Getting a little self-conscious around Kagome?" Shippo teased.

"Why you little…"

Inuyasha reached his hand around and tried to strangle the little fox. Shippo gave a yelp and jumped over to Kirara, where Sango and Miroku were.

"Inuyasha, be nice!" Sango scolded.

"Feh," was his usually reply.

"I am curious as well, about this change of weather." Miroku said. "Where are we going?"

"Umm…" Kagome looked at the sun. "I think we are going south-east.

"Toward the dessert and the ocean, that explains it," Inuyasha grumbled.

Kagome gave a little smirk. "Well I feel fine."

"You would it that stupid indecent thing you call clothing," Inuyahsa said.

"Kagome glared, "Inuyasha stop."

The hanyou immediately stopped on the ground and let Kagome get off.

"What is it the shard?" he asked.

Kagome straightened her skirt.

"Well first, SIT BOY!"

"Ahh!" Inuyasha smacked into the ground.

"And yes, the jewel shard is close."

"Strange," Miroku said, climbing off Kirara. "I don't sense any hostile demonic auras."

"And I don't smell any," commented Shippo.

"But, I know it's here," Kagome said.

"Well, that isn't a bad thing," said Sango. "Maybe we won't have to fight today after all. Maybe it's just lying dormant."

"No it's moving, slowly." She said.

"Let's be on our guard then," said Inuyasha, picking himself off the earth.

"It's in the forest a little ways, let's go."

The gang walked around for a few minutes, with Kagome constantly saying

"I know one's here."

Suddenly Kagome shouted,

"Inuyasha, it's moving fast!"

"Hop on Kagome," he said as he drew his sword.

"There!" she pointed through a gap of trees.

Inuyasha was all ready to use wind scar, when he stopped suddenly.

Standing before him, was a human woman.

"Umm…Hi?" Kagome said.

"Hello milady," the woman said cautiously. "Could your pet maybe drop his sword, it's making me nervous."

"Hey, I'm nobody's pet!" Inuyasha protested. He lowered his sword, but kept it our."

Yes you are," Kagome giggled, scratching his ears.

"Feh" he said, and swatted her hand away.

"Excuse me," the woman interrupted.

"Oh, yeah sorry. I'm Kagome, and the muttering fool over there is Inuyasha" Kagome apologized. She took a good look at the woman. She was about 5'9", which was very tall for a Japanese woman; She looked Japanese, thought, with wavy black hair skimming her shoulders and chocolate brown eyes.

"I was just wondering, what are you doing on my Lords lands, this is part of his garden."

The pair looked down and saw that she had a basket full of herbs.

"Well, you see…umm…"Kagome didn't quite know how to explain.

"Oh if you have business with my Lord, you don't need to explain. In fact, I can guide you to the castle."

"We don't wanna see no Lord," Inuyasha started to say, but Kagome elbowed him in the ribs.

"We would love to meet this Lord, of yours, but we need to wait for our friends to come."
"Very well," the woman said. "I'll just go and put these herbs in the shed, I'll meet you at the end of the path," she pointed a finger to a small, stone road."

"Okay!" Kagome agreed.

"My name is Aki," she said. "Just yell if you need me." With that, Aki turned and left.

"Kagome, what was that about?" Inuyasha shouted. "We need to find the shard, not have some tea party with a lord!"

"Inuyasha, she had the shard!"

"Stupid lords…SHE HAD WHAT?"

Kagome sighed yet again. "I saw the shard clearly in her wrist. But it doesn't make sense," she said.

"When the shard started moving, it was moving at demonic speed. A human couldn't run that fast."

Your right," Inuyasha said. "A didn't smell anything demon about her. But…"

"What?"

He looked like he was thinking, and thinking hard too.

(A/N –Wow, Inu thinkin' hard? He has a brain! Inu-Shut it, mystic!)

"What is it?" Kagome asked again.

"Aki, didn't have a human smell either. It was like…all of her scent and aura were completely masked. I have no idea who or what she is."

"Hmm," Kagome pondered.

Just then, the rest came bounding out of the trees.

"What's up?" Shippo asked.

Kagome looked toward the direction that Aki left in.

"A mystery. One that we need to solve before we can get to the jewel shard."

Sorry, I know that was kind of boring. But this is just the general introduction. The "mystery" will be solved in the next chapter, and hopefully some action after that. Ta Ta For Now, readers!

-MysticNight9