AN: Hello my minions and faithful readers. I've been wanting to write this one for a long time but I had to take a few detours first. This is the third part of my first story 'The Saviours'. After Kagome had defeated Onigumo and chose her mate she is now returning home. What will happen? I promise there will be action, maybe a lemon or two but I won't promise anything. If you don't know Kagome is 17, Sesshomaru is 19, well they look it anyway, the other characters ages will be revealed when it calls for it. Well I better get to it. Hope you enjoy.

Chapter 1: What happened?

A young looking demon couple walked through a village. The villagers didn't know whether to be frightened or grateful, but the village elders beamed with appreciation. The female with waist long raven hair, silver eyes and all the characteristics of a black/silver fox bowed to the elders. The elders looked at the male dog demon with long silver hair, gold eyes who just stood without an recognition for them. They bowed back to the female.

"Domo arigato, you have saved us from a great deal of hardship. If that demon hadn't been destroyed, we might have died and domo arigato." the female elder spoke.

"Iie, it wasn't much but I thank you all the same." the female demon bowed again while the male watched.

"All the same, we packed what you asked for. It's the least we could do." the male elder handed a large pack to the demons.

The male demon swung it of his shoulders and gave a slight nod to the elders, the female bowed and the elders bowed back. As the demons left the town a group of children ran in front of them and a small girl fell. As she sat up the female demon knelt down and saw she had skinned her knee.

"Does it hurt little one?"

The small girl nodded, a tear falling down her cheek. The female trailed her fingers over the wound and it vanished. The little girl looked in amazement, touched the wound then hugged the female demon.

"Arigato Onee-chan." the girl shouted as she walked to her friends to tell them what happened.

"Why did you do that?" the male frowned as they left the village.

"Why shouldn't I? She was a little girl and now she won't be as scared of demons. I could smell and feel it." the female pulled her hair up into a ponytail.

"You're right but why do we have to help the humans? They get annoying after a while." he summoned his demon cloud and they both climbed on.

"You may think so but I have a reason for the humans to like me." the female frowned.

"What are you talking Kagome?" he looked at her confused.

"Nothing, gomen. I just have a lot on my mind right now Sesshomaru." she brushed the bangs out of her face.

He wrapped his arms around her and she held him back and shivered a little.

"What is it my hime?" he lifted her face to meet his eyes.

"It's nothing really. I....I'll tell you later." she kissed him lightly and walked off the cloud as it landed.

He followed her into the little shack they had been staying at and set the pack down. Kagome had been acting differently lately. He knew she wasn't pregnant, cause he would've smelt it. She had been stressed and gathering supplies for a journey. He knew they were leaving for a while he just didn't know where or why. She finally sat down and he held her before she could get up again.

"Please Sesshomaru. I need to get everything ready." she tried to push away from him.

"No Hime, what is it? Why do we have to leave? What's going on?" he held her gently but didn't let her leave.

"I don't have that much time left. I have to get ready." she tried to get up again.

"What are you talking about? Tell me what's going on." he made her look at him.

His eyes were filled with worry and it made Kagome flinch. She sighed and leaned ageinst his chest.

"I'm sorry i didn't tell you sooner. I just got so caught up."

"What is it, please."

Kagome flinched again and told him what was going on.

"On my 18th birthday I need to be with my family to become an adult. If I'm not there then I'll never get my inheritance or be recognized as an adult."

"Is that it and you're only 18?" he looked at her.

"In demon years and yes....and no." she looked away from him.

"What do you mean no?"

"My inheritance is a little more important then what others usually get."

"Huh?"

"You'll find out very soon. I promise." she smiled, kissed him and got up again.

'What could she mean? There are a few things that could be that important. Still.'Sesshomaru sighed as he watched Kagome run back and forth through out the house.

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"Why do we have to walk? We could use my cloud." Sesshomaru groaned.

"Because we've been using that thing too much lately and I want to walk." Kagome frowned at him agusting her pack.

Sesshomaru sighed and followed her. They had been traveling through a forest for the last few days and he was getting bored. They stooped to make camp and he saw movement in the bushes. His eyes flashed to Kagome who was looking at him. She sighed, nodded and he took off. He returned shortly with a small doe dragging behind him. Kagome just rolled her eyes and took the deer for cleaning. As he watched her he noticed something about her.

"You know how to do a lot of things. How'd you learn to do it all?"

Kagome paused her cleaning then continued.

"I learned from the villagers I stayed with when I would help them. I owe a lot to them."

He watched her cut the meat then finally cook some of it then store the rest. They ate in comfortable silence, letting their minds think at ease.

"So where are we going?" Sesshomaru asked when they were do eating.

"To my family, like I said."

"No, I mean where?"

"Well....it's about three days away from here and it's in the southeastern region."

'Wait isn't that where the....nah she couldn't be. Could she? She does fit the description..........I'll just wait and see.' Sesshomaru watched his hime as she drifted off to sleep and pulled her close.

AN: That's the end of that one. I wrote this all in a three hour period. I just kinda went back and forth between watching TV and writing this so it would've taken less time but whatever. I hope you liked it. Read more to find out where Kagome and Sesshomaru are going and what he suspects about his mate. What is Kagome hiding? Find out next time. I'm so thirsty right now. Till next time.

Jyanne