CHAPTER 1

The Summons...

Sesshomaru cursed his fathers timing. He could hear it even now, the call, the call that summoned him to the western lands every year. He growled quietly. There was a very big problem this year, and that problem was skipping rocks on the stream in front of him. Rin sat there, tossing the rocks out, and making them skip great distances,

"One, two, three, four, five!" she said, counting the number of skips the rock took. "Wow! That's a new record!" she squealed happily. She looked to him now, "Lord Sesshomaru! Look! I got it to skip five times this time!" he nodded,

"Good for you Rin," he said absently. Rin seemed to realize how deep in thought he was and quieted down after that. Sesshomaru looked to Jaken, "Jaken, will you be able to stay behind this year?" he asked, even though he already knew the answer.

"No M'lord, he summons me as well this year". Sesshomaru sighed,

"Then I have no choice." This was not what he wanted to do but it was his last option. "Come Rin." The little girl grinned and rushed to his side, "Let us go now Jaken."

"But where M'lord?" Sesshomaru didn't answer, merely looked off to the North, he could sense him there, his little brother, Inuyasha...

Meanwhile, Not Far Away...

"Inuyasha! Go to your left!"

"Got it!"

"Wait no! Your right!"

"Make up your mind wench!"

"It's your right! Your right!"

Inuyasha dodged the blow that had be coming at him,

Curse that girl! Why do I put up with her?

Just then an arrow flew past his ear and hit the demon,

"Inuyasha watch it! That thing could have killed you!"

Oh, that's why.

He nodded his thanks and swung Tetsaiga at the demon chopping off its head in one swing. Kagome watched from the ground,

"Couldn't you have done that sooner!?"

"No, it took me some time so just get off my back wench!"

"Inuyasha?"

"What?"

"SIT BOY!"

"Ugh!"

"You deserve that you stupid idiot!"

And with out another word she stopped off.

"Hey wait a minute!" he yelled, running after her. She glared at him balefully,

"What is it?"

"Listen; what was that for?"

"Because you were being mean to me!"

"And?"

"Oh you!, si-" Inuyasha put his hand over her mouth.

"Don't even think about it!" he snapped, Kagome gave him another glare but shut her mouth. He took his hand away then grasped her hand,

"Come on! We'd better get back before Sango or Miroku come looking for us!" Kagome looked down at there hands then up at him quizzically,

"Listen this is as close to an apology as your gonna get!" he said impatiently. Kagome smiled then leaned on his arm, "

"Ok Inuyasha." She whispered. Then the two walked off.

THE NEXT DAY...

"Inuyasha to your, um, oh just move!"

"Hey! What happened to telling me where to move?" Kagome shrugged,

"I got board of doing it!" she grinned, "You'll be ok! The shards in his forehead!" then she sat down to watch.

Inuyasha was about to shoot an angry retort when the demon attacked him again. He moved and pulled out Tetsaiga,

"DIE!!!" he yelled, and then the demon was gone, in a splatter of blood and guts.

Inuyasha whipped off his sword, Kagome went over to him,

"That was great Inuyasha!" he shot her a glare,

"With no help from you!" he snapped. Kagome looked right back at him,

"You did fine without me." She commented. He shrugged,

"Was there any doubt I wouldn't do well without you?" suddenly he realized the severity of what he had just said, "Ah, wait! Kag-"

"SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT!" she yelled. Inuyasha fell to the ground, "you are a total idiot!" She screamed at him. He pulled himself off the ground,

"Will you stop!" He yelled. Kagome was just about to sit him again, when there was a noise and they both turned to see Sesshomaru walk into the clearing...