Unexpected Outcome

Ok so this is my first fan-fiction story. It is a SessKag pairing from Inuyasha.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything from Inuyasha. Rumiko Takahashi does.

Unexpected Outcome

Forgive and Forget

"Kagome? KAGOME!" Sango's frantic calls for her friend were of no use. They had no way to find her until sunrise. Kirara had a cold and could not smell a thing and Shippo's senses were only able to detect youkai or hanyou at his age.

"Lady Kagome?" Miroku wondered to the nearest village incase she decided to get supplies for everyone and more arrows. 'Didn't Kagome have a full quiver when she left though?'

"Kagome?" Shippo was on Kirara circling around the campsite incase she was on her way back. He didn't think to go to the springs, she would have replied by now otherwise. 'Good thing it's close to dawn.'

On their patrol Sango and Miroku came across each other, both asking the other a question.

"Any luck?" Miroku asked Sango. She just simply shook her head and started crying.

"I don't want to lose her like I lost Kohaku. I really shouldn't have left earlier than I did." Sango couldn't help but blame herself. She lost her village and her family. She didn't want to lose all she had.

"Shh, Sango we will find her." Miroku embraced Sango trying to comfort her.

"I hope so, I really hope so." Sango sobbed into Miroku's chest.

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"Inuyasha, we should hopefully be able to find Kagome soon. Dawn is approaching us" Shippo called out to Inuyasha as Kirara landed, exhausted from flying around endlessly for hours.

"Good. She has a knack of getting into trouble." He replied to the young kitsune with a hint of relief lacing his worried voice.

"Any luck guys?" Miroku called out to the camp-site with Sango still crying. 'Poor Sango has gone through a lot.'

"We were hoping you might have some. Had nothing all night, no sign, nothing."

"Good thing it is close to sunrise then. I hope everything will be just fine." Inuyasha managed to say. 'Wait, that's not comforting at all. Damn.'

"Everything will be fine."

Miroku and Inuyasha exchanged worried looks over Sango's shoulder. When the slayer fell (which was hard to make her fall. the last time she fell like this was when Kohaku had his life torn from him) she fell hard. Sango was crying so much that she was finding it hard to breathe. She had a stabbing pain coursing through her chest. She felt this pain not so long ago and Sango was hoping she would never feel it again.

Heartbreak.

"Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, look! The sun is rising! We can set out to find Kagome!" Shippo wailed for all the world to hear.

And with that, they headed off to the spring where she was last seen by Sango.

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"Lord Sesshomaru, how long is Lady Kagome going to be staying with us for?" Rin was curious as to why he brought the bleeding unconscious miko Kagome with him.

"She will be going back to my incompetent half-brother as soon as she is able." Sesshomaru replied to his ward, knowing if she got her way Kagome would never leave and he will have to put up with more trouble than the miko got herself into last night.

'What was she doing on her own anyway?' Sesshomaru decided he will demand an explanation from Inuyasha when he returned her.

'If you return her' his demon purred at him in his mind. 'We have her now, so why let her get herself killed?'

'This Sesshomaru has had enough of you. You have irritated me to no end. Silence yourself before this Sesshomaru kills you.'

'Pfft. That is just suicidal. If you kill me, you are technically killing yourself.' Sesshomaru's demon was angering him greatly. Well, not as bad as the irritating imp returning on Ah-Un.

"Lord Sesshomaru" Jaken sang out whilst on the dragon's back.

"We have the herbs, milord. But, if I may ask, why are you helping her? She's a worthless, filthy, smelly rotten human..."

"Jaken." Sesshomaru warned.

"Who is selfish to no degree, wanting the jewel all for herself. Disgusting!" The 'ing' on disgusting faded as the imp got further away. Sometimes, Jaken just begged to be kicked flying.

By the time Jaken got back to camp, Kagome was on a boulder trying to make a new bowstring to replace the one that had been slashed the previous night.

'Why do I always seem to get myself into trouble on the most awkward and inconvenient of nights? The others will be worried. I must get back.'

"I must be getting back soon to the others, Lord Sesshomaru." There. Said. Done. Not so hard after all.

"Not until you are completely healed from your wounds. You stay for now." Sesshomaru said coldly.

"Yay! Rin has someone else to play with!" Rin chirped happily. She really did need some female company. It's not easy being surrounded by males who don't have fun all the time.

"Rin! She needs time to rest. You humans are so weak compared to us youkai. She will need at least a week." Jaken squawked at the little girl.

"Aww! But Master Jaken" Rin whined. She really wanted to play with Kagome, she really did.

"Rin, while the miko heals, why don't you play with Jaken" Sesshomaru said it more as a demand than a question. But Rin always listened to him.

"Ok milord. JAKEN!!!" Rin pelted towards the imp and dragon. Ah-Un simply moved out of the way so Rin could get to Jaken. She tortured him more than played, but she was getting stronger from it and, Sesshomaru found it a little amusing how the imp would always do the same when Rin 'played' with him.

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"Inuyasha, are you alright?" Sango asked, wondering why he had paled all of a sudden. Something bad must have happened to Kagome.

"It's Kagome. I smell her. And blood. Hers. She is hurt and is somewhere, but not nearby." Inuyasha was really worried.

"Can you pick up her scent Inuyasha?" Miroku wanted to know what could cause her to bleed. If it was a youkai she would have shot it, or purified it.

"Yeah. It's weak, but still here. It goes this way." Inuyasha led them away from the spring in a northern direction.

"Dammit! Her scent ends here."

"Inuyasha! Look, she was attacked by something. Her blood is on the floor." To say that Shippo was scared was an understatement. His tail was making a rattling sound while shaking. Kagome was like a second mother to him.

"There's an animals corpse over there" Miroku whispered to the group. Inuyasha had his ears back, which means he is not at all in a good mood. Even Kirara was hissing at something or other.

"Inuyasha, what is it?" Inuyasha did not hesitate to answer Sango.

"That bastard Sesshomaru. His scent is here, he was with Kagome. FUCK! He's going to kill her if he hasn't already!"

"Follow the scent Inu. They can't have just disappeared into thin air."

"I can't. The scent ends here. The bastard has Kagome." As soon as Inuyasha said that, Sango, Miroku and Shippo climbed onto the now transformed Kirara. Inuyasha was running beneath the others, incase he saw something they missed.

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"Miko, why were you wondering around on your own last night?" Sesshomaru was curious.

"I was returning to camp after being in the Springs. Sango left not long before me. SHIT! WHAT IF SANGO GOT ATTACKED TOO!!" Kagome was going hysterical. The last thing she wanted was for Sango to be hurt by something. After all, there was only a few minutes between them heading back to camp.

"She was not hurt. Her blood was not spilt. You have been around the hanyou too long and have started to pick up his colourful language. Do not use it around here as Rin will pick it up." Sesshomaru was irritated that she was picking up Inuyasha's habits of swearing.

"That's good. I'm glad Sango wasn't hurt."

"Miko, did you hear all of what I said?" Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow at this. Could she have been really worried that Sango could have been hurt to even listen to him?

"Yep. You said "She was not hurt. Her blood was not spilt. You have been around the hanyou too long and have started to pick up his colourful language. Do not use it around here as Rin will pick it up." Hey, you insulted me! I have not picked up Inuyasha's habits! I only swear when I try to stress out my point, not every chance I have!"

"There coming. Get your things miko." Sesshomaru said matter-of-factly.

"All I have is my bag, bow and quiver of arrows. So I'm already set to-"

"KAGOME!!" She heard everyone's frantic shouting behind her.

"KAGOME! GET AWAY FROM THAT BASTARD NOW!" Inuyasha had been here what, 10 seconds and was already cussing and shouting.

"Hello, half-breed. I think you need to watch your pack members more, or are you too weak?"

"Bast" "Sit boy!" "aaarrrddd!" Kagome was not impressed. She had already had to tell him to sit

"Remember what I told you, Inuyasha? If you keep doing that you will get yourself killed!"

"Kagome! Are you alright? I should have waited for you, I'm so sorry! Please, forgive me!" Sango begged for her friend's forgiveness.

"How can I forgive you Sango? You did nothing wrong, so you don't need to be forgiven. So, can you tell me how I am supposed to forgive you for something you clearly didn't do?"

"I wasn't there to help you"

"And it's not your fault. I'm just glad I was me, not you." The girls then hugged each other. It wasn't long until a third set of arms came into it.

"I want to have a hug too, you know." Miroku said. He was up to something.

"Miroku, stop harassing the girls!" Inuyasha scolded as soon as he was out of the hole. He strolled up to Kagome.

"Kagome, I'm so sorry. I am never gonna leave you again, ok?" Inuyasha was relieved that she was alive.

Kikyo was atop a hill watching everything. She told a soul-stealer to go down and grab Inuyasha's attention.

"Huh? Kikyo's soul-stealers. I thought she died in the miasma attack from Naraku. KIKYO!" Inuyasha said Naraku's name with malice. Before Kagome could even blink, Inuyasha was with Kikyo.

"Um…" Shippo trailed off. But Sango finished his sentence for him.

"Was it just me, or did Inuyasha just promise to never leave Kagome on her own again and broke it immediately as he sighted Kikyo's soul-stealer?"

"He's in for one hell of a sitting when he gets back, right Kagome?" Miroku sounded like he was trying to tempt her more than she was already tempted.

"Let's just forget about him for now. He'll be able to find us."