Disclaimer: I really hate it, but I don't own Inu-yasha. He belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. :Cry: I hope all of you like the chapter.

(A/N: I'm very, very sorry this chapter took so long. I had a horrible case of writer's block and was even having a hard time writing in my diary. I know that this really isn't any excuse for taking such an awful amount of time, but still…it just happens to be part of my apology and explanation. To say the least, I am very, very sorry and hope that all of you new and old readers, my loyal, wonderful, readers will forgive me for my writer's block and for the fact that I haven't really updated for quite a long time.)

The Choice Chapter Three

Fricken baka wench! Where the fuck is she? She didn't have any right to get pissed off and run away from me because I stopped her from doing something she would regret! My fuckin bitch! Inu-yasha keeps on running, every once in a while crouching down to the ground in order to try and find his mate's scent, quite unsuccessfully because of where she had taken off to.

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Kagome jumps as quickly and quietly as she can through the trees and landing in lakes and rivers every once in a while, then swimming for awhile longer before jumping back into the trees. She is grinning slightly because she had successfully gotten away from her mate, but is still as of yet annoyed because he had stopped her from killing Kouga. She keeps this up for awhile, moving farther and farther from the place where she had left Inu-yasha, until all of a sudden she crashes into something, a barrier of some kind that doesn't want to let her through. She gets even more annoyed at this because she had been going quite fast when she had crashed into the invisible wall.

Kagome gets up of the ground, shakes her head slightly, and rubs a few delicate places that had gotten hurt when she had crashed into the wall. She back up, goes up to the wall, and puts her hand gently on the force field, which to her eyes showed up as a glass bowl that held slightly distorted images inside. She steps a bit closer to the wall, keeping her hand gently on it, and mumbles something quietly in a language that many had thought dead, but that really wasn't.

It was the language that Kaede had been teaching her, the language of the Mikos, Monks, and other spiritual beings, it was the language of the fair folk, of the mystical beings that very few knew even existed. It was a language that no one was able to tell a lie while speaking. What Kagome had said so quietly was to the white magic that made up the barrier.

It roughly translates as: 'I mean no harm to anyone who does no harm to me, my pack, or my mate. I merely wish to hide from my mate because I know fairly well that I will do something drastic to him if I see him at the moment. So please, allow me to pass in order for me to avoid him.'

Kagome's hand passes through the barrier easily when she says this and quickly afterwards the rest of her passes through gratefully. She thanks the barrier and keeps on running once again, this time being less careful with her scent then she had been before because this time she is fairly certain that her mate can't get though the barrier and to her.

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"Fuckin wench!" Inu-yasha finally picked up Kagome's trail and caught on to what she had been doing, only to realize where she is headed…straight towards the place Inu-yasha had once considered his home, straight to the home of the Lord of the Western Lands. Kagome was headed straight to the place where Sesshoumaru lives and she didn't even realize her danger.

Inu-yasha speeds up and runs as quickly as he can when he finally realizes the direction she is headed and the danger that is ahead of her, all the while cursing silently. He finally comes to the barrier that took Kagome so long to get through and runs right through it without being stopped by it. He slows down slightly soon after he goes through the barrier and sniffs around in order to try and find Kagome's scent. After a few seconds of him searching and starting to get frantic, he picks it up and takes off along that trail after it.

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Kagome laughs, finally over her annoyance, as she watches the girl she had just met jump around, laughing and picking flowers. All of a sudden the little human runs over and gives Kagome a bouquet of flowers. Kagome smiles happily and can't help herself from tucking a flower in the young girl's hair. "Thank you Rin. The flowers are beautiful, but don't you have to be getting home? It isn't safe for you to be wondering in the forest alone like you were…"

Kagome is going to say more, but looks very confused when Rin starts laughing. "Silly, I am home. M'lord wouldn't let anything to happen to me in his forest, besides we're quite close to the castle anyways. Come on, I want to meet m'lord. Maybe he would let you stay with me since you are so much more fun then the stupid toad that usually watches me…"

All of a sudden finds herself being pulled along by Rin, over a hill and towards a castle that Kagome hadn't seen before. "Rin, please…slow down. Who is this lord of yours?" Rin slows down slightly and looks a bit surprised, as if she didn't realize how fast she was going. "Oh, sorry. I guess I didn't think and I forgot to tell you his name, didn't I…M'lord is…he is the one that I love. He has taken care of me since I was a very small child and since I am almost an adult, I hope to be his mate one day."

Rin shuffles her feet slightly as if she is embarrassed and Kagome truly realizes how young the girl really is. Why, she couldn't be more then13 or 14, 15 at most and she's already thinking about wanting to be this lord's mate? She's not much younger then I was when I first got here. Kagome looks at Rin in surprise, but not thinking to question the term 'mate'. "Rin, how old are you?" Rin looks a bit confused and shuffles her feet a bit more before mumbling her answer. "My age will be 15 years this winter. Why?"

Kagome's eyes widen in surprise and her ears twitch, further conveying her surprise. "Rin, I need to meet this lord of yours. You're too young to be thinking of him as a possible husband and if he really has taken care of you since you were a small child, then he is way too old." Rin looks at Kagome as if she thinks that she might be insane, but doesn't say anything as Kagome pulls her along in her wake towards the castle.

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Stupid, stupid, baka wench! She doesn't have any clue where she is headed or the danger she has put both of us in. Inu-yasha growls in frustration and annoyance and runs straight towards the place Kagome is headed to, hoping to head her off before she gets there or encounters anyone she couldn't handle.

(A/N: Sorry this is so short. I'm still getting over my writer's block. I'll try to update soon, but I don't know how soon I will be able to. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Also, thank you to all of my faithful and loyal readers and reviewers. Sorry I took so long. :Hands out pocky, cookies, and other sweets as bribes.: Please review…please? I really do love reviews and even flames aren't too bad if you liked my story. :Grin.: