Chapter 1: Kidnapped

"Hurry up, everybody." Inuyasha said impatiently. They just got news that Naraku wasn't far from where they were at. "We're going as fast as we can, Inuyasha." Kagome complained. Inuyasha looked annoyed, "Well, if you weren't always so slow, we could've beaten Naraku by now."

Kagome was fed up by now, "Oh so now it's my fault?" she yelled shrilly. Inuyasha looked taken back, "I didn't me…" He was cut off though; Kagome was all fired up, still running towards Naraku, "Yes, that's exactly what you meant. If it wasn't for me, your sorry butt would still be pinned to a tree."

Inuyasha didn't get to reply though, because Naraku popped out before them. "Looking for something?" he sneered. "Naraku." everybody said, quietly. "You..." Inuyasha yelled. Inuyasha lunged toward Naraku. Naraku dodged him, and Inuyasha missed him by inches. Naraku just smirked, "Looks like your losing your touch." he said, mockingly. "WIND SCAR." Inuyasha yelled. It hit Naraku, full force, and he fled with just a little of himself left. Inuyasha turned around, while saying, "Run, you coward, I'm done with you tonight."

Inuyasha looked around, something was missing, "Where's Kagome?" he asked. Miroku and Sango looked around, "She must have went home, she was probably still angry with you. You made her really mad, you know" Sango replied. Just then, Inuyasha smelt something else, "Sesshomaru...damn you" he growled.

Meanwhile, Sesshomaru was carrying Kagome back to where Rin and Jaken were. "Let me go!" Kagome screamed, trying to get loose from Sesshomaru's firm grip. "Now, why would I do such a stupid thing like that? How will I ever get Tetsusaiga, if I would do stupid things like that." he sneered, "Now shut-up, wench, or I'll kill you, right here." Sesshomaru threatened. Kagome was immediately quiet, 'Inuyasha, help me.' she thought.

When they got there, Rin came running up, smiling her biggest, "Lord Sesshomaru, I've missed you. I doesn't like staying with Jaken." Jaken immediately looked up, "Hey." he screeched. Rin just ignored him, she finally noticed Kagome, "Who's that pretty lady, with you." she questioned. Sesshomaru dropped Kagome on the ground, while she muttered curses under her breath. Kagome took a few minutes to cool down, she then looked up at her with a big smile, "Hi, my name's Kagome, Sesshomaru…" she didn't get to continue, though, Sesshomaru cut her off.

"She'll be staying with us for a while." he told Rin, while Rin looked very pleased, he then glared down at Kagome, "You will treat me with respect. From now on it's Lord Sesshomaru." He sent an icy stare at Kagome, but she didn't flinch, "Yes, Lord Sesshomaru." she said, emphasizing the word Lord mockingly. Sesshomaru just looked back up; trying to brush aside her remark 'You admire her braveness.' said a voice in his head.

Sesshomaru had heard this voice, too many times and was getting annoyed. 'Shut-up and go away, and no I don't' 'Yes, you do.' his consciences teased and then left. Sesshomaru had an afterthought about what just happened, 'Do I like her?' he then realized what just happened, he would never like a filthy human, "No, I don't." he said firmly.

Everybody else looked around, "No, you don't, what, Sesshomaru." Kagome asked him, forgetting his respectful title, which Sesshomaru didn't notice. "Oh, um, nothing." he stuttered. 'Did I just say that aloud?' "Lord Sesshomaru, can I go play with Kagome?" Rin asked, hopefully. "Yes, but don't go, too far." Sesshomaru gave in, directing the last part towards Kagome. Rin quickly got up, dragging Kagome along with her, "Come on, Kagome, let's go pick some flowers." she said excitingly. 'Why isn't she afraid?' Sesshomaru wondered, to himself.

As Rin dragged Kagome along, Kagome was thinking, 'Why put up with Rin, when he says he despises humans, is he truly different then what he leads us to believe.' When, they arrived there Kagome looked around in awe. It was just a huge field of flowers, dazzling in the sunlight. They were gold, midnight blue, bright purple, and hot pink in color. It was so strong, Kagome felt dizzy from the intoxicating scent.

"They're lovely. How did you find them." Kagome said, softly. "Lord Sesshomaru helped me find them." Rin said brightly, being very fond of him. Kagome smiled, "That was nice of him." she murmured, thinking that they all actually misjudged them. "Come on, Rin, it's getting late." Kagome urged her, after several hours out in the flowers. "OK." Rin said reluctantly, and then she cheered up a bit, "Let's give these to Lord Sesshomaru." Rin ran the rest of the back, happy that she could do something for Sesshomaru.

Kagome walked back, making sure Rin didn't stray off. When she got back to the camp Rin was just giving Sesshomaru the flowers she picked for him. "Kagome only picked one, it's for you." Rin pointed to the prettiest one of the bunch, and picked it out. It was gold with a slight sparkle to it; the flower meant you get good luck for being kind to others. Sesshomaru looked around at Kagome, who immediately looked down, shyly.

Sesshomaru noticed this and said, "Rin, you should get some sleep." he told her firmly. Rin looked up, "Yes, Lord Sesshomaru." she laid down and instantly fell asleep. Kagome lied down, too, but couldn't fall asleep; she had, too much to think about. Jaken fell asleep, but Sesshomaru just sat up, and stared into the fire. "I know your awake." he said suddenly. Kagome shot up, "How did you know?" she questioned him. "I could sense it." He explained. "Oh" she said quietly.

They sat there in silence for a while just staring into space. "Thanks." Sesshomaru said softly. Kagome looked up in surprise, "What?" she asked, wondering if she heard wrong. "Thanks, for the flower." he repeated. Kagome stared at him, he just smiled, not a smirk, but a warm and inviting smile. Kagome laid down and fell asleep, still amazed that Sesshomaru, who was cold and icy, just smiled.

When she woke up she figured it was just her imagination, but since she and Sesshomaru were the only ones up, he flashed another smile and invited her to come and sit by the slowly dying fire. By now, Kagome was used to being with Sesshomaru's group, even though she did miss Inuyasha, but she was glad that she didn't have to fighting with him over something, like they usually did.

Pretty soon Rin and Jaken woke up and they started off on their way. After a while of walking, they came across a demon, before they had time to react, the demon quickly looked around and saw Rin. It quickly lunged at Rin, who just stood there paralyzed by fear, screaming a blood-curling scream. By instinct, Kagome threw herself in front of her, and took out her bow. She hurriedly, got out an arrow and took aim. It came hurtling at the demon and hit dead center. Rin looked up at Kagome, still shaking, "Thank you."

'Wow, she's good.' Sesshomaru thought. 'Are you beginning to like her?' his conscience asked. Sesshomaru immediately knew where this was heading. 'Go away.' he said angrily. 'I'll be back.'

"Inuyasha, can we stop, now." Miroku complained. Inuyasha looked at them in disbelief, "But, Kagome…" he started. "We care about her, too. I'm sure she's fine, but we'll be dead tired, when we get there, going like this and we'll never be able to save her." Sango told him. Inuyasha plopped down on the ground and sighed, 'I'm never going to be able to save her in time.' he thought. He was quite, worried, that Sesshomaru had killed her off, by now.

'No, he wouldn't just kidnap somebody, unless he wants something. He probably wants Tetsusaiga.' Inuyasha didn't know what to do, he didn't want Kagome to die, but giving Sesshomaru the Tetsusaiga, was absurd. Inuyasha lay down, and thought a while. He, soon, fell asleep, but had horrible nightmares.

'Sesshomaru had gotten mad at Kagome and killed her before they had a chance to save her. Inuyasha dropped down on his knees and held the dead Kagome in his arms. "Kagome, no, don't die on me." Inuyasha rocked back and forth, on his knees.'

Inuyasha flew up, from where he was sleeping. 'It was just a dream, only a dream.' he kept telling his-self, silently. Inuyasha looked down, and on his lap was a single tear drop. 'Kagome, I won't let anything happen to you. I swear on my life.' Inuyasha thought fiercely.

Inuyasha got up, and decided to take a walk; he walked all over, but couldn't stop thinking about, Kagome. When Inuyasha got back to their camp, and hopped up into a tree, nearest to them, and sat against the trunk, he just couldn't fall asleep. Inuyasha looked up, at the full moon above him, 'It looked just as pretty as Kag…No don't let yourself think about her, she'll be Ok, I know it, if she was dead, I would feel it.' he thought to himself.

They had been walking for some time, when Sesshomaru looked behind him and noticed that Kagome was behind everybody, looking down at the ground. Sesshomaru sped to the back, and picked Kagome off the ground. Kagome was startled, when Sesshomaru picked her up off the ground, she looked around and realized that she was dragging everybody behind, "Sorry." she muttered.

Sesshomaru put her on his back and whispered in her ear, "That's all right." After that, they went a lot quicker, and by the time night fell, they had traveled a great distance. Jaken made a fire, for Rin, and they all lay down to sleep. Kagome fell asleep quickly, but was dreaming awful dreams.

'Sesshomaru got really angry, because she didn't want to go with him anymore, and he tried to kill her. He then sped off, leaving her with Inuyasha. Inuyasha fell to his knees, and caught her right before she hit ground, she was just barely alive. Inuyasha cried out to her, and she could just barely hear him. "Inuyasha." she said faintly. Inuyasha looked down at her, "Kagome, your still alive." he gasped. Kagome looked at him, with a hint of sorrow in her eyes, "Not for long." she said, so softly, that Inuyasha just about didn't hear her. "Kagome, don't go. I… I love you."

Kagome jumped high in the air, she looked around, no Inuyasha, and she wasn't dying. Kagome sighed in relief. It was then that the tears came pouring out, she couldn't stop them, they just flowed continuously. Pretty soon, she felt someone watching her, and she looked around carefully. Not far off was Sesshomaru, staring at her.

Sesshomaru stared at her carefully and Kagome squirmed a bit under his gaze, even though it was a look of pity. "Go" he said, softly. Kagome looked at him in surprise, "What." she thought she had misheard him. "Go" he repeated. Kagome gave him a look of thanks, and then ran up to him, and hugged him, even though she was pretty sure that he wouldn't approve. To her surprise, he just let her hug him.

While she was thanking him, he whispered, so quietly that Kagome could barely hear him and she had to strain her-self to hear him, "I'll always be here, if you need me." She withdrew and he quickly kissed her on the cheek. Kagome blushed and then ran off, heading towards Inuyasha.

She ran into the woods and stumbled a bit, but kept on running. She soon came across the group's camp and found them all asleep. She ran up to Inuyasha, who was still asleep, and hugged him. Inuyasha immediately awoke and found him-self staring into chocolate, brown eyes. He blinked a couple of times and then grinned, broadly. "Kagome! Are you Ok, are you hurt?" he asked, concerned. "No." Kagome informed him.

Inuyasha hugged her, but quickly let go, "How come you smell like Sesshomaru." he asked her. Kagome looked at him, worried, "Um… Because… I… Sesshomaru was the one who kidnapped me." she said awkwardly. Inuyasha started to say something, but was cut off, because Shippo woke up and saw Kagome, "Kagome." he yelled, loudly.

At that moment, Sango and Miroku awoke at the sound of Shippo's voice, fearing that something had happened. Both of them looked up, to see what all the commotion was about, "Kagome, your back." Miroku exclaimed. Sango quickly got up and ran towards Kagome and squeezed her, hard, "We've all missed you." she told Kagome, glad that she had finally came back.

Kagome looked over at Inuyasha, doubtfully, Sango noticed and reassured her, "Including Inuyasha, you should have seen him, he was going crazy." Sango whispered in Kagome's ear. "How'd you get away, Kagome, did he hurt you?" Shippo asked, now bouncing up and down, gleefully. "No, I'm just fine. I ran away from him." Kagome's voice was uncertain on the last part, she hated to lie. Nobody noticed her uncertainty, except for Inuyasha, who thought she was acting a bit strange, like she was hiding something.

Shippo was telling everything that happened while she was away, "Once, while we were sleeping, I woke up and I heard Inuyasha screaming, it was scary, Kagome." Shippo was whispering now, "He kept on yelling no and he said your name, once." At that moment, Inuyasha conked Shippo on the head, "Hey, what was that for?" Shippo whined. Inuyasha just glared at him, "Shut-up." "Inuyasha, don't hit him." Kagome screeched.

Inuyasha just turned around, "Feh!" Kagome didn't want to start an argument, right when she got back, so decided to change the subject. She faked a huge yawn, "Let's get some sleep." They all agreed with her and laid down to rest, even though Kagome was far from tired, she was wide awake. Once, she was sure that everybody else was asleep; she stood up and looked around, for Inuyasha.

She saw him sitting up in a tree, his eyes closed, looking up at the sky. "Inuyasha, are you still awake." she whispered, so she wouldn't wake the rest of the gang up. Kagome waited for a couple of minutes and when Inuyasha didn't move, she turned around. At that moment, Inuyasha jumped down, landing quietly, right behind Kagome. He touched her on the shoulder and she jumped up in the air, trying to stifle a scream. While she was coming back to the ground, her knees buckled and she started to fall. Inuyasha caught her, right before she hit the ground; he picked her up, "Come on."

Inuyasha ran off, carrying her, he stopped when he came to a cliff, overlooking everything. Kagome, who had her face up against Inuyasha, to stop the cold wind, looked around. She looked up at the sky, it was a midnight black, with a blanket of stars covering it, and all around her were trees, with a clearing, right beside the cliff. Inuyasha and Kagome went and sat next to the cliff.

They sat in silence for a while before Kagome looked over at Inuyasha, "So, what was your dream about." she asked curiously. Inuyasha looked away, embarrassed, "Nothing." Kagome looked at Inuyasha, with big, round, pleading eyes, "Please." she begged. After a while, Inuyasha caved in, "All right, just quit looking at me like that." Kagome immediately brightened up. Inuyasha started hesitantly, "I dreamed that you were dying, because Sesshomaru killed you." he said quietly.

Kagome gasped, "Did you, really?" she asked him, he nodded. "I dreamed the same thing." Kagome said excited. Inuyasha suddenly didn't look so sullen, anymore. "I was so worried about you." Inuyasha said. "Thanks" Kagome said, quietly. Kagome leaned on Inuyasha, looking tired. When she yawned, Inuyasha looked down at her and noticed that her eyelids were fluttering, trying to stay open.

Inuyasha gently picked her up and took her back to camp, laying her down on the ground. Inuyasha hopped back into the tree he was in earlier and fell asleep. At dawn, everybody had awoken and was trudging down the road, not fully awake.

By mid-afternoon, they were all fully alert, walking at an increasing pace. "Let's stop for the night." Inuyasha suggested. Everybody agreed on that idea and set up for the night. Once everything was finished, they lay down for the night, but Kagome just couldn't get to sleep. She finally just decided to lie down and close her eyes and see if sleep came upon her. After an hour of useless trying, she heard quiet footsteps.

She looked around and saw Inuyasha silently leaving, going through the trees in a hurry. Kagome quietly got up and followed Inuyasha, to see what he was doing, at this time of night. After a short while of walking, Inuyasha stopped in a clearing and directly across from him was Kikyo.

Kagome held back a gasp, she knew she should run, but her legs weren't listening, she stood, rooted to the spot. "K…Kikyo, what are you doing here?" Inuyasha asked. Kikyo looked around and spotted Kagome, Kagome thought she saw a grin flash across her face, when Inuyasha wasn't looking. "I came to see you." Kikyo said soothingly. Inuyasha's eyes went blank and his face was emotionless, Kagome didn't know that Kikyo had cursed him.

"Do you like Kagome?" Kikyo asked. "No, she's just my jewel detector." Inuyasha replied in a bored voice. Kagome couldn't stand it anymore, "How could you." Kagome whispered, with tears streaming down her face. At the sound of Kagome's voice, Inuyasha whipped around, he ran after her, trying to kill her. She dodged him, "Inuyasha, Inuyasha, no." Inuyasha shook his head, confused, he then saw Kagome with blood on her side and remembered, "I didn't…"

He didn't get to finish, though, because Kagome ran off, at high speed. Inuyasha ran after her and soon caught up with her, but before he could get a word in, Kagome was screaming, "SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, and SIT BOY!" Inuyasha fell to the ground making a crater, while Kagome was still running.

While she was running, a memory flashed back, 'While she was thanking him, he whispered, so quietly that Kagome could barely hear him and she had to strain her-self to hear him, "I'll always be here, if you need me." Kagome didn't know why, but she ran towards where she thought Sesshomaru might be.