Authors Notes: The first chapter was written while I was half-asleep, so, lol you'll find it says the name of the fic is 'Betrayal' when I meant it as the Chapter title. Stupid me. In fact it also says it will have a better summary, but..again I was half asleep lol. The first couple of chapters may not be that great but it will get better.

Disclaimer: -munches on pocky.- I own only my pocky!

Shades of Silver

Chapter Two: A proposal.

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Kagome awoke to the sounds of a cracking fire, her head throbbed painfully but she forced herself to open her eyes. Blinking a few times, her now cleared vision was gazing at a wooden ceiling, 'Where am I..' she thought before the memories of the day before came crashing back. Her eyes clenched shut painfully as she forced the memories away, finally pushing herself to move but found herself cringing in pain for her body ached all over.

"Child, do not move." a soft and kind voice spoke to her, before a older looking woman stepped into her view and smiled kindly down at her; only then did Kagome realize she was lying on the floor on a futon as the woman kneeled next to her and dabbed her forehead with a cool cloth. "Where am I?" Kagome spoke, her voice coming out as a rasping whisper, the woman handed her a small cup of water and replied, "In my hut, dear, Lord Sesshoumaru brought you to my care since he is so far from his lands, the young girl feared your death."

Kagome cleared her throat, finding that the throbbing in her head had gone down, "Oh..thank you." she whispered, still feeling a bit out of it.

The woman merely smiled again, "Tis alright, you just rest up." though, the woman was itching to ask the girl of what had happened to her, from the looks of it she had not only been running for a long time but had been attacked by a demon, "May I ask..what happened?"

Kagome was thankful for the outlet and quickly began to explain in a rush of emotion.

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Flash back.

The group sat in Kaede's hut, a bit of a awkward silence hovering since Kikyou had joined their group. The dead miko sat between Kaede and Inuyasha and seemed to be oblivious to the silence, working on slicing up a few vegetables while Sango eyed her warily, she did not trust this miko one bit and the idea of having her with them was absurd in her point of view.

Kagome cleared her throat, "Kaede, have you heard any word on the shards?" she asked tentively, the sound of her own voice through the silence was defening. Kaede smiled at the girl though shook her head, "Nay, I have heard nothing child, but I do suggest ye all go ask a few villages, surely they will have some kind of rumor for you all to follow." Kagome shifted uncomfortably when she felt Kikyou's eyes on her.

Inuyasha stood up, lending a hand to Kikyou who also stood up by his side, "Great idea, keh, come on guys." he called over his shoulder as both he and Kikyou wandered out, the dead miko casting a dark look in Kagome's direction. The others paused but stood up, Sango angrily staring at the closed shoji in front of her, "Did you see the way she was eyeing Kagome? That-..that.." she stuttered in her anger, but relaxed when Miroku layed a hand on her shoulder, "Calm yourself."

Kagome sighed miserably, swallowing thickly as she tried to put on a cheerful front, "Its ok, I'm sure its just a little strange for her thats all."

Sango looked at her friend in sympathy as she followed after Inuyasha and Kikyou, "Look what hes doing to her, she loves him." she whispered to Miroku as they followed, the monk sighed sadly and nodded, "I think I will talk to him later."

The gang gathered outside.

"Which village is the closest?" Kagome asked to Sango, knowing that she had traveled a lot in helping many villages since she was a taijiya. Sango paused for a moment in thought before answering, "Theres one just east of here, maybe 3 or so miles away." her arm was out stretched, pointing in the direction as the group followed her pointing. Inuyasha nodded slightly, "Alright then, lets go." he crouched down low enough for Kagome to get on his back, but Kikyou shoved past her and spoke to Inuyasha in a soft voice, "Perhaps it would be best I rode with you? I am very wary from my lack of souls and would likely fall to my death if I rode with the cat demon.."

Inuyasha looked at her in concern, "Are you ok? Here get on my back..can you hold on ok?" The miko nodded quietly to him and then smiled at him, a smile in which made his heart beat faster, and climbed onto his back, "Thank you, Inuyasha."

Kagome had clenched her fists, forcing herself to look away as tears slowly began to cloud her vision, 'I feel like shes taking him away from me..what am I thinking? He was hers in the first place..' she thought in despair as she climbed onto Kirara's back, the fire cat looked back at her in concern just as Sango looked torn between hugging Kagome and tearing Kikyou to shreads. The monk's brow furrowed as his lips formed into a frown, surely this was not truly happening, how could Inuyasha be so foolish about this? He sat in front of Sango, gripping Kirara's fur as the fire cat took to the sky, following the running hanyou beneath her as the monk himself stared down at the blurry red figure below him and all that ran through his mind was, 'What are you thinking, Inuyasha?'.

Kagome held onto Sango, half-heartedly hoping she would just fall to the ground in a dead heap. 'I haven't felt this hurt since..' she shook her head, bowing her head as tears continued to fall down her face, 'Why Inuyasha? Can't you see?' she rubbed her eyes with a closed fist as they finally arrived on the outskirts of the village.

The three climbed off Kirara as the demonic cat turned into her smaller form with a soft 'mew' and hopped onto Sango's shoulder lightly. Kikyou slid off Inuyasha's back and glanced over at Kagome with a cool look before walking toward the village, Inuyasha walking by her side as the rest of the group slowly followed them. The villagers stepped away slightly in fear at seeing Inuyasha, but did and said nothing when they saw Kikyou knowing she was a priestess and would keep the demon in line, as said dead miko led the group to the head priest.

"Greetings sir, have you heard any rumors on the shikon no tama shards?" Kikyou smiled gently, putting up the guard so the priest would not sense that she was indeed dead and living off souls as the old man eyed the group warily, "Aye, I have indeed heard such a rumor; there is this forest demon who was once just a low-class demon and stayed away from the village..but now he has gone dark and grown powerful, killing off travelers as they pass through the forest." He took a breath, his eyes darkening, "Thus, they say he has been corrupted by the shard of the shikon jewel."

Miroku nodded slightly, his face growing serious as he approached the priest, "I see, thank you for the information, we shall most definately take care of this problem for you." he watched as the priest relaxed, "Thank you, sir monk, would you and your group be needing a place to rest tonight?"

Sango and Kagome exchanged humored glances but Kikyou spoke up, "We do indeed need a place to rest tonight." at the priest's nod, he motioned for them to follow him as he excorted them into the large temple and down a hall where he pointed to two rooms with his staff, "Ladies to the left and guys to the right." he motioned and smiled at them kindly before walking off down the hall..

Miroku followed Inuyasha into the small room, which had only two futons on the floor and that was it, 'This will be my chance to talk to him.' Miroku thought as he watched the hanyou sit down in his normal sitting stance, "Inuyasha..."

Meanwhile, the girls were caught in a very awkward silence although Kikyou merely pulled back the covers on the futon and layed down, turning toward the wall without a word as Sango and Kagome exchanged glances before doing the same. Soon, the girls all fell asleep in the silence of the night, the only noise heard was the ruffling of the trees outside as the wind blew past.

Sometime during the night, Kagome was startled awake by the feeling of cold metal pressed against her throat; she gasped and her eyes shot open, finding herself looking into the lifeless orbs of Kikyou as the dead miko loomed over her with the head of her arrow pressed against her throat.

"What..Kikyou?" the younger girl gasped, fear clenching her heart.

"Tut tut, you believe yourself to be a true miko..to be the one to heal Inuyasha's heart, well you are wrong." she hissed quietly, pressing the sharpened tip harder against the younger miko's throat, "You will not take my place." Kikyou began chuckling darkly, closing her eyes as she took a deep breath and looked back at Kagome, "I will kill you."

Kagome took her chance to kick Kikyou's legs out from under her, causing the older miko to stumble backwards and fall against the wall.Kagome leapt to her feet quickly, breathing hard as she stared down Kikyou, who was glaring at her darkly, "Kikyou..I'm not trying to take your place." the younger girl gasped out.

Kikyou ignored her words before leaping at the girl, her cold and slender fingers grasping her weak neck in her grasp as she squeezed firmly, "You will die, he is mine and you will not take him from me!" she hissed out as Kagome gasped for air, her hands trying to pry the dead miko's fingers off her neck and finally suceeded when she kicked the miko in the stomach, sending her barreling into Sango who was startled awake with a yelp.

"Sango! Move!" Kagome yelled, the taijiya quickly ducked when Kikyou stabbed a arrow into the wall where Sango had just been only seconds ago. Sango leapt to her feet and to Kagome's side as Kikyou drew a arrow on her long bow and pointed it toward them, "Die!" she released the arrow and barely missed Sango's shoulder as it pinned her to the wall by her clothes.

Kagome's eyes wideened, "Enough is enough!" she yelled as she dived for Kikyou, slapping her harshly across the face a few times in her rage before she was thrown across the room and into the wall by a set of claws. Kagome groaned in pain, but found her arms being clenched tightly in Inuyasha's grasp, his claws digging into her skin and causing blood to ooze from her wounds as she cried out in pain, "Inuyasha! Stop, your hurting me!" she whimpered.

Inuyasha glared at her darkly and slammed her into the wall causing her to yelp in pain, "You stupid bitch! How dare you even lay a finger on Kikyou, I should kill you." he snarled as his claws tore open her wounds more causing Kagome to cry out again, "Inuyasha! She att-acked me! S-stop.." she whispered. Inuyasha spat in disgust, "Lies." he hissed in a dark voice before throwing her on the floor.

Miroku was appalled and shocked at what he was seeing, "Stop this, Inuyasha! Stop it now!" he shouted at the crazed hanyou, his hand gripped his staff as he went to strike the hanyou but was stopped by a blast of power coming from Kikyou. Sango ripped the arrow from the wall that had her pinned and striked Kikyou in the back while yelling, "Kagome! Oh god, run now!" she yelled this while watching Inuyasha raise his claws to deal the final blow.

Kagome scrambled to her feet and took off down the halls, sobbing in terror and betrayal as Inuyasha ran after her at a swift pace, close to catching her as she ran out of the temple, 'I have to get him away from Sango and Miroku or he'll go back and kill them!' she thought desperately as she sped down the path in the woods, listening as the half demon's feet thudded against the ground close behind.

Finally, she shrieked as loud as she could, "Sit!" and heard him fall to the ground, but only moments after he tore himself up and continued after her, "Sit sit sit sit!" she shrieked again and ran as fast as her legs would carry her, finally no longer hearing him follow her and only then did she allow herself to collapse.

End Flashback

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Kagome was sobbing by the time she had ended her confession, and was in the comforting arms of the older woman as she tried to comfort the distraught young girl, "Oh my..I'm very sorry child..here now, just rest and sleep my dear." cooed the older woman as Kagome finally settled back and drifted off to sleep. The older woman sighed, glancing down at the tormented girl that was currently sleeping peacefully before walking out of the room and closing the shoji quietly while at the same time glancing at the demon lord who had apparently over-heard, "The poor girl.." the older woman shook her head sadly.

Sesshoumaru said nothing, instead choosing to glance down at the young girl that was in his care who was also sleeping on a futon in the floor; The older woman dismissed his silence and went on, "The hanyou Inuyasha is your brother, correct?"

"Unfortunately." he answered impassively, though a smoldering bit of anger had leaked into his gaze.

"Sesshoumaru, I suggest you keep this girl." the older woman spoke to him calmly and made no movement when Sesshoumaru jerked around to face her, "What?" he hissed lowly, not wanting to awaken Rin. The older woman merely smiled, "Think of it, my Lord, the girl could take care of Rin when you cannot and I hardly think that toad of yours would make a better guardian." she knew she had made a point by the way Sesshoumaru remained silent.

"Besides, it is obvious that she cannot return, this brother of yours sounds out of control and him teamed up with the dead miko would be hazardous. And besides that, Rin takes a great liking to her does she not?" the woman went on as she went through the medical supplies she had layed out from tending to Kagome's wounds. Rin shifted in her sleep before stretching her arms out and beaming up at the two adults, "Is Kagome-chan ok?" she asked the woman in child-like concern, the elder nodded with a smile, "Aye, shes just resting now."

Rin nodded and looked up at Sesshoumaru, lightly tugging on his sleeve, "Will Kagome-chan be going back to her friends?"

Sesshoumaru looked down at the little girl and his molten gaze softened a bit, "If that is what you wish."

Rin gasped a bit, and shook her head vigorously, "No! Rin does not wish it, can Kagome-chan stay with us?"

Sesshoumaru sighed slightly before giving a curt nod, "Yes." whether or not the girl wanted to, she would be coming with him and she would become Rin's guardian. Rin squealed and hugged his leg tightly, burying her face in the silk, "Thank you Sesshoumaru-sama!"

The sound of a clearing throat was heard as a tired looking Kagome leaned against the door frame to her room, a warm smile on her lips as she watched the scene, "I heard talking..did I interrupt anything?" she asked shyly, grinning at the little girl. Rin let go of Sesshoumaru, only to barrel into Kagome's mid-section, causing the teen to 'eep' slightly in return, "Rin was so worried about Kagome-chan."

"I'm ok Rin-chan, how are you?" Kagome answered with a slight laugh as Sesshoumaru watched them both with a curious expression, 'Never before had I realised how truly alike they are.' this discovery also worried him, but he pushed those thoughts away, "Human, may I have a word with you outside?"

Kagome frowned a little but gently nudged the little girl away and wandered outside with Sesshoumaru, "My name is Kagome, I'd appreciate if you called me by my name." she asked warily as the demon lord narrowed his eyes, "And you will address me by my proper title." he warned as Kagome held her hands up in a peaceful gesture, "Fair enough."

"I did not ask you out here to quarrel." he began, glancing coolly down at her, "You will become Rin's guardian, you will watch over her and protect her if I am unable to myself and you will also entertain and keep her happy." he held up his hand to silence her protesting as he went on, "I offer you this only because Rin favors you so much, if you do not agree I will take you by force, and I'm quite sure that would not be pretty."

Kagome gawked at him openly, working her mouth though no words came out; finally, she fell to a sitting position on the dust covered ground and fell silent, trying to process this, "But..I-..my friends!" she suddenly gasped, looking up at him, "They need me-..What-.." he silenced her again by speaking, "Mik-..Kagome, your companions are capable of taking care of themselves from what I have seen, and besides that..you have been betrayed by my brother it seems, that would complicate the matter further if you came back." His amber eyes looked down on her, and he soon scented the faint smell of tears from her which caused him to tense up, "Why do you shed tears hum-..Kagome?" he spoke rather stiffly.

She shook her head, wiping away the stray tears as she slowly rose to her feet and brushed off the dust that clung to her, "I'm ok..." she whispered before meeting his gaze firmly, "I agree to come with you Lord Sesshoumaru." she finally replied while she straightened her pose. The demon lord nodded curtly, "Wise choice. Perhaps in a week or so I will allow you to visit your companions, with myself in your presence of course." he offered, pleased that she had agreed willing so that he would have no problems with her.

Kagome cracked a small smile, "Thank you." she murmured, averting her gaze. Sesshoumaru glanced over her, "Are you well enough to travel?" he asked, after a brief pause Kagome nodded.

A few hours after that, the group; Including Rin, Sesshoumaru, Kagome and Ah-Un; began traveling toward the west, and Kagome noticed that Sesshoumaru seemed slightly eager to pass through the eastern lands, more-so than normal but she paid no mind to it and enjoyed the scenary. Being Rin's guardian was slightly harder than she thought and had to give Sesshoumaru credit for putting up with the energy Rin had, she helped the girl pick the different colored flowers along the way, giggling at how the girl wanted to dress everything in flowers. Thus the pretty pink flower that was tucked behind Sesshoumaru's ear for the rest of their travel.

Soon, Kagome could see a large white palace rise into view and found herself gasping at the sheer size and beauty of the palace and the many flower beds and founntains that dotted the entire area surrounding the palace within the tall black fence that rose up around it. They came up to a gate where two beautiful white wolves guarded along-side two youkai guards the entrance, the wolves being chained by a diamond collar that went around their necks. Sesshoumaru barely paid any mind to the scenary, but was highly amused by Kagome's awe and interest in every little thing around her, it seemed as if her inner child was peeking out.

In fact,. this human made him more curious than he had ever been with anyone, most of the time he could care less about the people around him but found himself wanting to shroud this girl with great beauty just to see her reaction. 'What has gotten into me?' he thought in disgust, shaking his head before signaling the guards to open the gate, which held a picture drawn in stone of two dogs on either side of a sword that pointed upwards, and leading the girls onto the concrete pathway that leaded to his palace.

"I shall show you your room, Kagome, once we enter and then you will be expected to clean and freshen up and join both Rin and I in dinner." he instructed calmly, not even bothering to look in Kagome's direction as the girl narrowed her eyes at him, "Are you saying I'm dirty and smell bad?" she asked suspiciously. Sesshoumaru scoffed a bit, "That would be a understatement." he answered coolly while Kagome growled and pointed a finger at him, "Your lucky you don't have a rosary or else I'd activate it so many times you'd learn some manners dog-boy." she snapped as the demon lord actually looked both amused and surprised.

'Such a fiery attitude, no wonder my pathetic brother felt attracted to her..she obviously fights as much with him as he does with everyone else.' he thought in an amused but intruiged manner, "You should watch your mouth, human, before I tear you a new one." he replied in return, sending her a hard look from the corner of his golden gaze. Kagome gulped a bit but sent him a glare before looking away, noticing now that Rin had been looking at them sadly, "Whats wrong Rin-chan?"

Rin looked down sadly, "Rin hates seeing the people she loves fight! Rin doesn't like fighting." she answered softly, causing Kagome's gaze to soften, "Oh Rin-chan, its ok, your Sesshoumaru-sama and I are just playing around." she reassured, sending a look toward the demon lord as she hugged Rin. Sesshoumaru, feeling Kagome's hard gaze on him, replied, "Yes, indeed." before leading them into the palace while Rin brightened up.

Sesshoumaru paused for a moment once inside, apparently in deep thought as he glanced around a few moments. Kagome took the chance to glance around in pure awe, large decorative lanterns lighted the large room which splited into 4 different wings and was, from the looks of it, only for greeting. The floor was a silvery marble type floor and 4 silk banners hung down over each door to the wings; north,south,east and west which lead into their own rooms and held different things. The banners were golden silk with a picture of a huge white dog, with Sesshoumaru's facial markings, sitting with it's huge white tail curling around a sword.

Many great paintings adorned the walls and a staircase lead upstairs with a red velvet rug covering the stairs. She didn't get to look aroud further though as Sesshoumaru motioned for her to follow him into the west wing, where apparently his and Rin's room were located, and by the looks of it..hers as well. Different servants scurried down the hall, occasionally calling a quick, "Greetings Lord Sesshoumaru!" or "Good evening young Rin." while bowing in a quick manner before hurrying off; Kagome noticed a few of them giving her strange looks as well, either digusted or curious.

Sesshoumaru glanced behind him at the teenaged girl, who seemed so alike to Rin and yet so entirely different, she seemed to be attempting to absorb everything in at once as if the human had never seen a palace. 'Well, perhaps not, many humans live in the confinements of disgusting huts.' he thought as he stopped outside a pink and floral decorated shoji, "This is your room, Kagome." he told her.

Kagome looked up at him, startled, before slowly pushing past the shoji and stepping inside. Her hand flew to her mouth as she gasped in pure awe, "Thi-..this room is beautiful!" she whispered in excitement, glancing around at the soft green walls and the dark pink covered bed against the wall that had a shimmering pastel pink canopy that fell over the pink silk sheets and pillows. Kagome walked toward the middle of the room across the gleaming wooden floors, seeing a bamboo plant sitting upon a oak side table and then another drawer across the room that held many beautiful trinkets on top of it and when she wandered over to it and opened the top drawer to find many silk kimonos.

"Oh, oh my..Sesshoumaru, its..it looks so expensive, all of it..Its so beautiful but I can't possibly stay in such a lovely room." she cast a sad look at him, itching to run her hands over the silk and smooth wooden surfaces but holding her hands to herself as she looked at the Lord.

Sesshoumaru had to hold back the look of shock, surely he had expected this human to grab at everything and bask in the wealth that he had so generously presented, but yet she refused. He wasn't sure whether to feel insulted or incredibly amazed by this human, "Human, you appear so selfless, why is this?" he questioned her slowly.Kagome fidgeted under his intense gaze as she blushed slightly, "Please call me Kagome, and well..Its just all so beautiful, why would you give me a room full of valuable things?" she replied, looking away from him as she murmured, "You hate humans."

Sesshoumaru straightened himself, "H-..Kagome, these items mean nothing and hurt my wealth not at all by giving it to you. As for my hatred, you have assured yourself acceptance into my presence so you needn't worry of my prefrence of humans." he answered smoothly, surprised and yet respectful of her manners and kindness. He watched her look at him in surprise before a slow and happy smile crossed her features and he found himself almost smiling in return but caught himself and turned away slowly, "If you need anything, ask myself or a servant and I will make sure you get it." he told her about to leave.

"Wait! Sesshoumaru.." she spoke his name shyly as he turned to her, "Thank you very much, for everything." she murmured, lowering her head as Sesshoumaru answered softly, "Your welcome."

"Mi-mi-Lord!" A familar whining toad cried as he dashed down the hall frantically, only to bash himself into Sesshoumaru's leg and fall to his backside, "Oh-oh..there you are my lord! Forgive this lowly creatin of..What the hell?" he spluttered as he eyed Kagome, who narrowed her eyes at him, "What in the-.."

Sesshoumaru smacked him in the head, growling lowly, "Do not curse in front of Rin."

Jaken shiveled up under his gaze and apologized multiple times, "My lord..what is this..this HUMAN, doing here?" he squaked in disgust, pointing a green finger at Kagome who glared at him. Sesshoumaru glared down at his minion, "Do you question my decision to bring Kagome to my palace? She is now Rin's guardian, not that it concerns you." he growled as Jaken wailed, "F-forgive me!"

Jaken, now remembering why he had come, thrusted out a scroll to Sesshoumaru, "Mi-mi lord, its from the Eastern Lord, the filth has again threatened war."

Sesshoumaru growled in anger before storming off.

Kagome looked confused as Rin wandered over to her, "Sesshoumaru-sama refused to give his lands up to the Eastern Lord, and now he wants to start war." Kagome merely nodded, deciding later to find out more about it as she asked Rin, "Is there a hotspring near by?".

Rin giggled at her request and took her hand, leading her down the hall to another room and pulled her through, there was a room filled with soft towels and bathing things such as soap and shampoo and different types of bath oils; Kagome gasped lightly, looking around while Rin spoke, "The curtain there is for girls and the other for boys!" she giggled a bit, "Rin hates taking baths but Sesshou-sama wants Rin clean everyday." she pouted a bit before smiling, "Sesshou-sama wouldn't mind if Kagome-chan took a bath."

Kagome smiled down at the little girl and ruffled her hair, "Thank you Rin-chan! When I get out, I'll come play with you!" she promised, causing the little girl to cheer and rush out, "Ok Kagome-chan!"

Kagome sighed contently as she slipped herself into the steaming water of the indoor hotspring, feeling all her aching muscles relax and although her wounds still stung, she ignored them and focused on the relaxing feeling of the hot spring. She began to think over the last few days, about what had happened with Kikyou on up untill Sesshoumaru had shown her, her room, 'This may give me a chance to see what hes really like.' she thought with intrest; Despite him having tried to kill her in the past, since Rin had softened him she felt like she had no right to think of him as the 'cold heartless demon' like before.

'People change' she thought with a soft sigh before sinking further into the water.

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Sango awoke in a groggy state, her eyes aching along with her back, shoulder and neck She shifted slightly, feeling someone laying next to her and opened her eyes to see a just now awakening Miroku, before she could slap him silly, suddenly all the memories of the last few days came flying back to her. She only remembered Kikyou knocking her out, and then herself awakening a day before only to be knocked out again.

She fumed, clenching a fist in anger as Miroku awoke next to her, "Sango? Sango..are you okay?" he whispered, feeling a pulsating barrier around whatever hut they were in and was relieved to hear Sango, "Yes I'm ok, are you? Did Inuyasha or Kikyou do anything to you after I was knocked unconcious?" she asked worriedly, checking him over as he cracked a smile.

"I'm ok, Sango, but.." he was cut off as Sango flew to her feet, "That-that..damn DOG! What the hell happened to him? And Kikyou..oh gods, once I get my hands on her..." she trailed off, moving to rip open the door. Miroku lifted a hand in panic, "No Sango! Stop!" but it was to late, she touched the barrier and flew back into him with a moan of pain.

"Theres a barrier.." he murmured, lifting her up a bit.

Sango laughed bitterly, "Yeah, I noticed."

Suddenly the barrier fell and Kikyou entered, she glared down at them with a cruel smirk, "Foolish, thats what you both are. Did you really think I'd let that..that pathetic excuse for a miko take over MY life? Inuyasha is mine, as is the Shikon No Tama." she hissed out as Miroku held back Sango.

Miroku glared at her, "That pathetic excuse for a miko your talking about wasmuch more of a priestess than you'll ever be." he whispered coldly, cringing and wincing when Kikyou striked him across the face, "Bastard, she is a whore."

Sango snarled, "Shut your mouth, you filthy corpse!"

Kikyou glowered at her darkly, "Enough of this, accept it now or be forced to..I am taking over the shard search, Kagome is probably dead by now and she is no use anymore. You both will serve beneath me or I will kill you in a heart beat." she laughed darkly before walking out..

..Leaving the two to ponder their fate..