A/N 8-5-18: I have a new computer with a better spell check so I will be going through all of my stories and correcting obvious errors.

I have several stories based off of this one and I love hearing from everyone with their theories and suggestions.

I do not own anything Inuyasha.

Inuyasha

War is Love

Chapter 1

A Lost Friend

3/1/17

Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, Shippou, Kirara had all been fighting a spider demon trying to get its shard for the last several minutes. "Inuyasha hit its leg." Kagome yelled as she pointed at the spider.

"Which damn leg... If you haven't noticed it has eight!" Inuyasha yelled back while jumping in the air to avoid a web attack from the spider.

"Don't be so snotty! The second one on the right." Kagome yelled again pointing at the leg in question.

"Right." Inuyasha said as he went after the chosen leg. "Take it Kagome!" he yelled back as the jewel shard was tossed at Kagome. And he watched in horror as she jumped up to get the shard the spider attacked her with one of its other legs to get the shard back. He could smell her blood as she went flying backwards and into the forest out of sight.

"KAGOME!" everyone yelled but they had to return their attention to the spider demon because it was going after Kagome to get its shard back.

Kagome looked at the shard as it turned from red to white. She sighed then winced in pain holding her side. She got up and pulled out the necklace that had the jewel fragments in it and placed the new one inside. She looked around confused cause she couldn't hear the others fighting anymore.

Eyes watched from a distance as the young Miko stood up holding her side and walked away in the wrong direction. A smile touched the lips of the watcher as she heard the sounds of battle just on the other side of the trees behind her.

Kagome wandered for hours trying to find the others confused, there was no way she was this far away and why hadn't the others found her she wondered curiously. The pain in her side was incredible but at least the bleeding had stopped. She felt so weak her eyes were really heavy as she used the tree's around to keep her up walking from tree to tree keeping balance with her hand.

Kagome stumbled and landed against a tree with her shoulder keeping her up. Her left eye was closed tight in pain as she gritted her teeth. But there was a new sound an interesting sound. A little girl crying out gleefully as she played. Kagome smiled maybe she could get help ahead. She pushed off from the tree and started again.

The little girl was playing with butterflies trying to catch them when a young woman stumbled out of the woods. She had seen this woman before, but the blood scared her, so she screamed and ran behind the man who had just stood up defensively putting his hand on one of the two swords on his side.

"Sesshomaru... oh no..." Kagome said as she looked at the tall silver haired demon with amber eyes. 'I must have been down wind to startle him...I'm going to die he's going to kill me...' she thought before she collapsed unable to continue anymore.

"Isn't that, that human wench of Inuyasha's?" Jaken asked curiously as he walked out from behind Sesshomaru. "She seems close to death. Good reddens."

"Let's go." Sesshomaru said as he let go of his sword then turned to leave not wanting to be around when his ignorant half-brother returned for his wench and he walked away.

"Rin, Lord Sesshomaru said let's go." Jaken said in his squeaky voice chiding the child since she hadn't moved to follow Sesshomaru.

"Rin likes lady, she is nice." Rin said as she walked over to the unconscious Kagome. "Will she be alright Sesshomaru-Sama?" she asked curiously as she looked from Kagome to Sesshomaru with almost pleading in her eyes.

"Rin it is not our place to intervene her friends won't let he be alone for long." Sesshomaru said as he started to walk away again.

"Rin doesn't want her to die." Rin said as she looked over at the young woman again sadly. Sesshomaru did an inaudible sigh and turned around.

"Jaken see if her friends are in the area." Sesshomaru said as he walked over to the young woman and his young worried ward.

"Lord Sesshomaru I see no friends of hers anywhere around." Jaken said as he came out of the woods a half hour later confused it wasn't like Inuyasha's group to get split up like this especially when one was severely hurt.

"Very well let us return home. Come Rin." Sesshomaru said as he leaned down took off her back pack which was surprisingly heavy, he handed it, her bow, and arrows over to Jaken to carry then picked the young woman up into his arms, who groaned in pain then lay quietly against his chest. He used his demon powers to lift them all up off the ground and fly back towards his castle, still farther away from Inuyasha and the others.

They flew for a couple of hours back to Sesshomaru's castle when they landed the staff was out in the courtyard to meet them and was shocked to see yet another human girl with their lord. This new girl was hurt but a lot older than the young ward Rin.

"Get a room ready for this woman and find the healer for her injuries." Sesshomaru barked at his servants.

"Yes, My Lord." they all said and when their separate directions to get the tasks done. One servant still stood there. "My Lord which wing would you like her in?" this was his most senior servant no so easily terrified, because he knew from experience if he did his job correctly the first time he would be unharmed.

"East wing should do." Sesshomaru said and looked down at his young ward who was pulling on his pants leg. He raised an eyebrow at her then looked over to the senior servant who had turned to leave. "Near Rin's room." he said and watched as the servant turned bowed his head then continued on his way to the east wing.

"Rin thanks you My Lord." Rin said happily as she skipped her way across the courtyard and into the castle. Sesshomaru sighed again then glared over at the young wench of his brothers. He frowned and shook his head then followed his young ward into the castle.

~*~*~*~ Several Hours Later ~*~*~*~

Kagome opened her eyes and blinked several times due to the sunlight coming in through the open window. The curtains blew gently in the wind waving to her as the fresh air came into the room. I was middle of summer, but the room was nice and cool. "Where am I?" she asked herself confused as she looked around the expensively furnished room.

The room had a gorgeous painting of a mountain scene that changed with the seasons across from the bed. The far left was spring, then summer, then fall, and the far right was winter. Over by the window in the corner of the room was a tall ornate wardrobe depicted with lovely patterns of red, white, and gold patterns that were familiar for some reason. On her right was the door to the room and a dresser with a large mirror.

Kagome leaned up only to wince in pain. She looked down and gasped her clothes were gone, she now had on a simple white silk night gown. She slid her legs off the bed out from under the gorgeous sheets of a simple white silk with the quilt with the same shapes as the dresser on a field of white. She stood up and looked for her clothes only to find they were gone.

"I'd hate to go snooping around in other people's things, but I can't just wear this..." Kagome said softly as she stepped around the end of the bed and over to the wardrobe. She opened it up to see some amazing silk kimono's hanging there. She chose a simple pink kimono with the same shapes on the right shoulder and on the lower left under the Obi.

Kagome put the Kimono on curiously thinking as to why these symbols seemed familiar. She shrugged unable to come up with a reason. She stepped out on to the balcony to see the high walls of the castle and a couple of guards walking the walls. 'Seriously, where am I?' she thought as she turned and walked across her room and out into the hall way. She could hear a voice coming from her left down the hall, so she walked in that direction.

She came to a set of stairs one going down, the other going up so she stopped to listen curiously she was still too far away to make out what was being said but she could tell that the voices were coming form down the stairs. She started down the stairs wanting to thank her rescuer she knew she had been hurt and wondering in the forest alone for hours looking for Inuyasha and the others but couldn't remember who had saved her.

"You are to get out of my castle and off of my lands before I kill you. And you tell your lord I will not stand for this insolence! He will not dictate what I can and cannot do within the borders of my own land! GET OUT!" a familiar voice yelled as the second voice lost its ability to argue back and ran for the door. Kagome saw the other man leave through the front doors and never even look back. She came to the bottom of the stairs and turned to see her savior.

"Sessh...Sesshomaru..." Kagome said stunned as she stared at the tall, handsome, and terrifying demon lord.

"Ah so you are finally awake. You may play with Rin. You cannot leave the castle grounds." Sesshomaru said dismissively as he spun on his heal and, if Kagome hadn't known better she would have called it stormed away angrily. He was ridged and upright very stuffy as he walked away.

"What's going on? Why would Sesshomaru save me?" Kagome asked herself stunned as she continued to watch him walk away then go into a room off to the left of the entrance area of the castle.

"Because Rin did not want you to die." a young girl said from beside Kagome's leg. "Sesshomaru-Sama said you could play with Rin?" she asked happily tugging on Kagome's hand towards the door.

"Rin you wanted me to live?" Kagome asked as she let the young girl pull her out the front doors.

"Uh huh, Rin believes you are nice." Rin said which made Kagome smile softly.

"Where are my friends Rin?" Kagome asked as she made Rin stop pulling her.

"Rin does not know. Jaken looked for them but he couldn't find anyone. Can we play now?" Rin asked pleadingly as she looked up at Kagome.

"Sure, not long though I still hurt." Kagome said and smiled softly to the young ward of the Lord of the Western Lands.

They played together trying to catch butterflies for about a half an hour before Kagome stopped holding her side and wincing in pain. "Rin, I'm going back to my room." she said softly as she laid her hand on the young girl's head and ruffled her hair a little.

"Ok, Rin will pick flowers next." Rin said happily as she ran off to go to the gardens.

"Such a sweet, happy child." Kagome said softly as she turned to go back into the castle. She walked up the stairs to the doors and walked through. She leaned on the open door for a moment holding her side with her eye's closed in pain.

"You are in the way here." a ruff voice said as it grabbed her arm and walked over to the stairs. The hand wasn't hurting her it was steadying her she looked at it surprised then up at its owner curiously to see Sesshomaru leading her up the stairs.

"Sesshomaru..." Kagome said surprised as she looked up at him. He didn't answer, nor did he even look at her as they reached the top of the stairs. "Why?"

"I told you, you were in the way. Do not make me repeat myself woman." Sesshomaru said as he leads her down a hallway.

"That's not what I meant... Why did you save me? Why not leave me for the others to find?" Kagome asked curiously as she continued to stare at him.

"I was going to leave you, you were not my problem..." Sesshomaru said as he reached her room and opened the door then he leads her inside.

"But..." Kagome prompted him as he sat her down on the edge of the bed.

"But Rin didn't want you to die." Sesshomaru said then turned and walked out of her room without a second glance or another word to her.

"You do feel." Kagome said to herself and smiled. She decided a nap was in order, so she changed back into her night gown and laid back down to sleep.