Ok this is my first fanfic so go easy on me!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha...blah blah blah

Ch. 1 The Call to the Castle

"Owwwww…" Kagome moaned as she sat down on a fallen tree in the middle of a small clearing.

She and the others had decided to rest for the night after a long journey of hunting for jewel shards. So far, they hadn't come across anything. Although the only reason they had even been traveling all day was because someone from a nearby village had told them of jewel shards in the west just before Sesshoumaru's territory. The second Inuyasha heard the news of a possible jewel shard, he had everyone get ready to leave. It was only right before they left that he learned where they were heading. Inuyasha didn't protest, but you could tell by his eyes that didn't want to go, probably because he new that it was likely that he would run into his half-brother, Sesshoumaru.

Kagome had had a small fight with Inuyasha on the way to the west which, of course, resulted in her sitting the hanyou multiple times. So, ever since their small quarrel, Kagome had been walking instead of having Inuyasha carry her. By the time they decided on a good place to set-up camp, Kagome had blisters on her feet, or so it felt.

"Kagome, are you alright?" Said Sango, who had been worried about Kagome ever since the small fight between her and the stubborn Inuyasha.

Before Kagome could answer, Inuyasha yelled from a tree above Sango, "Well her feet wouldn't be hurting so much if she just minded her own business and didn't sit me so many times!"

"Inuyasha, I just wanted to know what was wrong with you. You were looking around like something was about to jump from the behind the bushes." Said Kagome, while digging through her bag for soap and other bathing supplies. Just then, she glanced around to find Shippo. She new he was probably sitting behind a tree somewhere nibbling on the chocolate bar she gave him.

"Kagome, are you going to take a bath?" Sango asked while grabbing herself a change of clothes.

"Yes, right after I find Shippo. I know he's got to be covered in chocolate." She replied with a slightly tired look on her face.

"Well I'll go find a spring while you look for him." Sango said as she set her change of clothes down and left on her quest for a hot spring. She new Kagome really needed to get away from Inuyasha and just relax.

Soon she found a beautiful spring. It had crystal clear water, with giant Cherry trees lining the side. She noticed all of the boulders and spotted where Miroku would probably hide.

After a few moments taking in the spring's gorgeous beauty, she felt a hand on her shoulder. Realizing she left the camp unarmed, she felt a sudden strike of fear bolt through her. Then she heard something that calmed her instantly.

"Sango?" Said Kagome as she noted how relieved Sango must have been to know it was only her. "I found Shippo and decide to just come find you. Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

"It's alright; I needed an adrenaline rush anyway." Sango Replied with an almost unnoticeable sigh. "Did you warn the pervert?"

With a grin on her face, she replied, "I hit him so hard he passed out, but knowing Miroku he's probably already on his way here."

With that said, Kagome set down all of her bathing things, as well as the change of clothes Sango had left at camp. Kagome, Sango, and Shippo then undressed and waded into the warmly inviting spring. Kagome first started to scrub all the chocolate off of Shippo. When she was finished with bathing the little kitsune, she carried him to shore and got him dressed in a small pair of PJ's that she'd brought him from the future. Kagome was about to send Shippo back to camp when she heard a twig snap from the other side of the spring.

"Sango!" She said only loud enough for her to hear.

"Don't worry I was prepared for this." She replied with a smirk on her face.

Sango had piled up stones under water, right at her feet. She took in a breath and dived under the surface. When her head came up she was at the far side of the spring. She slowly came up until the water was at her hips. With one arm over her chest, and the other filled with a hand full of stones, she through the hard rocks over at the boulders. Then a few "owws" were heard and a defeated Miroku came crawling out of his hiding place, ready to beg for mercy.

"Ladies please, with all due respect, I was just making sure that no one was spying on you." Said Miroku, trying to keep a straight face.

"I don't want to here it you perverted baka!" Screamed Sango at the top of her lungs.

"Miroku, just take Shippo back to camp." Said Kagome, knowing that Sango was about to smack him.

"Of course, Lady Kagome." He said hoping to get out of there before Sango was able to hit him.

As Miroku left with Shippo, Sango and Kagome started to relax back into the water. Kagome was so relaxed that she jumped when Sango started to speak.

"Kagome," Sango asked in an unsure voice, "What did you and Inuyasha fight about?"

Kagome, quickly remembered the reason but didn't want Sango to know 'I knowInuyasha was trying to scent kikyou… the look in his eye's showed itclearly'

"Oh…you know, I don't really remember it's just that he was acting strange, that's all." Kagome was kinda telling the truth but not quite all of it. Thankfully Sango didn't ask her any more questions.

When Sangoe was done with her bath she left for camp. Kagome was still at the spring stuck with her unwanted thoughts 'How can Inuyasha still love Kikyou after she tried to kill him several times…I thought maybe he would see passed her, maybe admit his true feelings for me'

'Well…I guess I should head back to camp before Sango comes looking for me.' Kagome thought as she started to put her clothes on.

When she was finished she picked up her things and walked back to camp. Only a few steps away from the spring Kagome heard someone jump down from a tree behind her. Her heart was beating so fast that it was getting hard to breathe. She new it wasn't Inuyasha or any of her other friends, because they were all back at camp. Then she heard a girl's voice.

"Kagome, I am a servant for Lord Sesshoumaru...He has requested that you and Inuyasha come to his castle." Kagome turned around to see the girl. What she saw shocked her.

The girl could be no more that twelve years old. She had brown hair which was pulled neatly into a ponytail. Her eye's were the same color of Inuyasha's during the new moon. What was really astonishing, was the girls clothing. She was wearing a pair of blue-jeans, and a black tank top. Kagome looked more closely and noticed something that almost made her faint. The young girl had a silver chain necklace around her neck, but not just any necklace, it was Kagome's. The one her mother had given her on her 12th birthday.

"Why do you have my necklace and why are you dressed like that!" Kagome yelled. She was more confused than anything else.

"You will know soon enough just make sure you are at Lord Sesshoumaru's castle in a week…Then you will know everything." The girl then jumped up into the air and was gone.

Kagome was so frustrated that she thought she was going to throw up. She slowly walked back to camp thinking, 'Who was that girl…Why did she have my necklace…Is she from the future like me?'

When Kagome got back to camp everyone except Inuyasha was asleep. He was in a tree, as always.

'I guess I have to tell him about the girl and Sesshoumaru.' The thought of going to Sesshoumaru's castle made her stomach twist.

"Inuyasha" She said.

"what!" He said, mad, because he was almost asleep.

Kagome took in a deep breath then blurted out, "We're going to Sesshoumaru's castle."

I know this chapter sucks… but after you learn who the girl is that called kagome to sesshy's castle it will be a lot more interesting…until then…

I live in a dream…but I will return!