Chapter Two

Getting ready to see Sesshomaru

It was only two hours before sunset. Kagome realized this, and noticed that one of her favorite caves was lit up by a fire. She snuck over to the opening, and then carefully peered inside. She saw Sesshomaru, Rin, and Jaken.

What in the world is she doing here? wondered Sesshomaru. He had caught her scent in the wind when she was ten miles away. Ofcourse, he could pick up scents closer than just ten miles away, but he wasn't trying to pick up her scent...he just happened to be thinking, and suddenly inhaled a sweet, fruity scent.

He wasn't sure if he'd just imagined it, but when it came closer by the second, he knew he was correct. She'd certainly arrived quickly, thought Sesshomaru. Something must be up with the miko and my dear brother...

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Kagome managed to climb a leafy tree with two awesome pocket-knives. She'd noticed that Sesshomaru really hated her school uniform.

She peered into her backpack. She decided that light colors were too catchy. Slipping into deep ocean-blue jeans, she slid a smaller blue backpack on (the one she brought to school), along with tennis shoes and a sweatshirt with a cat on it. The clothes were really comfortable.

Inside of blue backpack was food, water, hairspray, shampoo, conditioner, a mini First Aid kit, another set of clothing (ironed, thank goodness) a couple of towels, a brush and mirror, gifts, and a small pack of sutras from Miroku. She had asked for them to learn to make barriers. Miroku had showed her how to make them. All she had to do was push her energy into her hand holding the sutra. She had her miko (priestess) powers, so they were just a precaution for situations where she couldn't use her bow and arrows, when she needed to protect others and herself, or when outnumbered.

She then strapped a bow and arrows beside them. An arrow tube was designed to fit on the right side of the backpack (AKA the water pocket), and the bow was strapped onto the arrow tube.

She checked her reflection in a big mirror from her bigger bag before leaping off the tree, landing on both feet. She created a special barrier that required her fingerprint and certain length of her hair to re-open. Feeling slightly odd to have such a light backpack, she ran off once again towards the cave.

A.N. for those of you who don't know, a miko is a priestess.