The rain fell down his face and continued to wet his clothing and body

The Miko's Taiyoukai

I would like to first say that I do not own Inuyasha in any way. Everything belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.

The rain fell down his face and continued to wet his clothing and body. Standing beside a stream also wasn't getting him any dryer. He could only stop and stare at the lifeless thing that was floating in his river. He trudged through the water and retrieved the dark and dirty thing from the river that shined brightly even in the dark rain. He laid the heavy, but soft thing down on the grass and immediately remembered this scent. This miko, the one whom had tried to slash his arm off, and also the same one who seemed to always be around Inuyasha, always showing the foolish boy the proper way to go. He could have killed her right then and there, but somehow, he couldn't do it. Instead, he carried her back to the shelter where Rin and Jaken awaited his return.

"Sesshoumaru sama! Welcome back!" Rin cheered. A large grin had surrounded her face, but only until she noticed the slender black thing that was draped over his shoulder. "Sesshoumaru sama, what is that?" she questioned.

Sesshoumaru softly laid the body down on the dry ground, causing it too to become wet. "The miko" he said slowly.

Rin quickly realized that she was indeed looking at the body of Kagome, one of her friends. "Se… se…. SESSHOUMARU SAMA!" at this point, tears began to stream down her face "did you kill her? Why? Why did you have to kill Kagome? She was my friend! My friend!! How co-"she was cut off by Sesshoumaru, who put his hand gently on Rin's trembling lip.

"This Sesshoumaru found the miko on the river bank. I did not harm her. She is still breathing though, so don't cry. Tell Jaken to heal her while I go look for dinner." With that, Sesshoumaru leapt into the air and into the forest. Rin softly rubbed Kagome's arm and whispered to her until Jaken returned and indeed helped her.

The Taiyoukai returned to the campsite with a bundle of fish, which he had already cleaned, and some green colored herbs. He handed the items to Rin as she asked Jaken about Kagome's condition.

"I told you, you stupid girl, the miko is simply sleeping now!" Jaken snapped.

"But, she's not dying? No bleeding?" the child continued. "And she won't die? Really Jaken Sama? Really?"

"YES! The miko will live; all that she has now are a few cuts and bruises! Nothing to fret over!" Jaken yelled.

Sesshoumaru could only ignore his two bickering companions. Why had he saved that miko? She was his brother's miko! He could have killed her and then killed his brother once he became weak! Sesshoumaru stopped thinking and breathed in deeply. Rin's smell of soft, bright flowers, Jaken's sent of cold, demonic ash, the smell of the fish cooking over the fire, but then there was a new scent- something, sweet. Almost heavenly, a scent he had never breathed before. He finally realized that it was the miko that had this scent. Familiar, yet unfamiliar. Soft and comforting, even the air around her was peaceful, that is, until she woke up.

"Where…… where…… where am I?" the young miko turned to see only Sesshoumaru. Rin and Jaken had gone out to play while he was forced to watch over the girl.

"Sesshoumaru? Huh…." The air around her went from peaceful and tired, to confused and tired to stunned and awake.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!" Not sooner had her eyes opened had she closed them in an enormous shriek. Sesshoumaru stood expecting a surprise attack, but instead the miko slowly crawled backwards in fear and confusion. Sesshoumaru returned to his seat in the corner of the warm cave and beckoned to Kagome to return

"Its either you return to the woods in search of Inuyasha, and end up getting eaten by a demon, or you stay here and get better, then, I will bring you back to that foolish hanyou. As Rin has requested, this Sesshoumaru will not hurt you" Sesshoumaru said before closing his eyes.

Kagome hesitated, she didn't know if he would kill her or not, even though he said he wouldn't. She decided to trust, though, she knew it was probably because she had a fever.

"fine." She said softly in a tired voice.

She then laid down to rest, feeling woozy for moving so quickly. About 10 minutes later, after she was deep in sleep, a fly landed on her cheek. Sesshoumaru noticed and moved forward to swat the fly. Once he had done so he noticed how close she really was, he slowly touched her silky hair and caressed it softly, sinking his claws into her hair and pulling his fingers effortlessly through it. For a few moments, he didn't think, but of course, his mind caught up with him and he noticed his actions. He quickly pulled his claw away and retreated to his corner in the cave

"Inu…. inu…. Inuyasha…" she murmured. Tears began to roll down her checks that were flushed with color. Why? He thought. Why did that Hanyou's woman seem so sad to be around him?

"Where the hell is she?" Inuyasha yelled.

"She couldn't have gotten far…perhaps she is still alright" Miroku said kindly to the crying Shippo. "Her bag is still here though"

"God, now we have to lengthen our trip! What does she think she's doing anyway? God, I mean really, talk about inconsiderate!! This just shows ho much better Kikyo is than

Ka-" the Hanyou was stopped only by a hand that slapped him across the face.

"Inuyasha, if you don't stop, I will have to kill you" Sango hissed, tears welling up in her anger filled eyes.

"You know what, YOU look for Kagome, I just don't care anymore" Inuyasha hissed back before walking towards the village that kikyo was currently resigning at.

"Inuyasha has become very cold. I think that if Kagome is with him, he would do nothing but dull her warmth and love" Sango hatefully said.

"Sango, I think that may just be the very sad truth" the sad monk replied

Kagome opened her eyes and realized once again that she was in a cave alone with Sesshoumaru. The person whom threatened her life more than once, and the person who had lost his arm due to her actions. But she noticed then for the first time that he had two arms.

"You have, two arms, how?" Kagome bluntly asked

"It grew back" the Taiyoukai replied without opening an eye.

"What? That fast? But, that's…. impossible, even for a Taiyoukai as yourself!"

Sesshoumaru scoffed at her "you are the woman who caused it, why should you want to know?"

"Well, because….. I felt bad, I mean, we took away on of your arms, how would you carry Rin on your back? And you must have become weak!"

"Hah. You think too little of this Sesshoumaru. I still had another arm. I was still stronger than the foolish hanyou which you cling to so dearly"

Kagome sat back on the small mat. Foolish, that was for sure, also cold, and mean and rude and heartless. Kagome knew that she no longer loved Inuyasha, and that his love for her had faded as well. But still, she felt a sting of loss when she thought of the fact that Inuyasha still had kikyo. She wanted to leave his side so much, but she stayed for her friends, who worried about her so much. She knew that Inuyasha only stayed to collect the last two shards of the jewel. Even though she loved him so much, and had tried so hard, kikyo had in fact, won. She unknowingly had begun to cry.

"stop." The Taiyoukai bellowed.

Kagome wiped her tears and looked at the Taiyoukai, whom also looked at her. She wondered quietly to herself is this guy really that scary? He could have killed me by now. Maybe Inuyasha is too hard on him. Wait, why? why am I still here? Why did he save me from the river?

"Why, did you save me from the river?" she asked.

"why? Because I didn't want a dead miko in the water that Rin plays in. How, did you manage to even get caught in the water?"

Kagome laid back "well, I got in a fight with Inuyasha. And he got kind of violent, so I ran away. I guess after running for so long I collapsed in the river."

"You mean, Inuyasha was the one whom caused your wounds? I thought that he was your mate."

"Yes, Inuyasha caused my wounds and others, though, he is not my mate. He isn't even close. Once kikyo returned to him he has lost all of his love for me, also, all of his respect."

Sesshoumaru felt angry at his half brother for causing this person such pain, but did not know why. He turned away and Kagome closed her eyes. They both did not know why they wanted to talk so much, I mean, they hated each other, didn't they?

Kagome sat up and put her face in her hands. She couldn't cry anymore, neither did she want to. "I wish I had some chocolate right now." she said sadly.

The Taiyoukai looked at her with surprise on his face. She knew what he was thinking before he even said it. "What is chocolate you wonder? Its sweet and dark and very yummy.. I should have some in my bag……" it was only then that the young miko noticed that she had left her bag at the camp. The bag that had her chocolate, the jewel shards, and her very important change of clothes.

"umm, Sesshoumaru… when would be the earliest time for me to go home?" Kagome asked with a small voice.

The Taiyoukai stood and looked down at the girl. "now" he bent down so that she could get on and within seconds he bounded out of the cave.

Guwaaa I hate this chapter!! I'll get better soon….. hopefully!! Anyway, I wont continue if I don't get any reviews!!so… review, review, review!