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Flashbacks/dreams

'Thinking to oneself'

Inner demon talking


"What!?" Inuyasha nearly fell out of his tree from his brother's statement. Lord Sesshomaru's face held its usual

stoic mask as he watched his brother scrabble at the tree trying to regain his balance. "This one will not repeat

myself again." I let my eyes rest on the brothers antics and felt my lips pulled back into a small smile. I always

envied how graceful Lord Sesshomaru was, maybe it was the way he moved or the way his hair shimmered and

floated on the breeze like moonlight but I wished I could be like him. Instead of just a clumsy girl forever tripping

over things and finding my way into dangerous messes that I couldn't save myself from. I pulled Shippo closer to

my chest as I watched Lord Sesshomaru glide over to and sit against a tree that was next to me. "It's rude to

stare miko. What is it you find so transfixing about this Sesshomaru, your curiosity is nearly suffocating." He

never looked at me but kept an eye on his sputtering half-brother, who was still attempting to find some dignity

after nearly falling out of his tree. I smiled into Shippo's fur and spoke softly to avoid waking the kit. "I just don't

understand how you can be so graceful, I don't think I've ever seen your trip or make a mistake." "Hn." His eyes

left his half-brother to turn their full intensity onto me, his eyes were so cold but I couldn't help but feel they

were made of warm honey. I stared a moment longer at blue crescent moon and the magenta stripes on his

face as they glowed faintly from the dying light of the fire, before sighing. "I see you're as talkative as ever Lord

Sesshomaru." I yawned into my hand and snuggled down into my pillow, while rubbing my face against it. The

mighty demon Lord cocked his head to the side and stared at me. If I didn't know him to be an unfeeling and

emotionless man I would have sworn he looked puzzled. "Miko..." "Yes my Lord?" I couldn't keep the sleep out

of my voice and it was barely a whisper, my eyes felt so heavy that his face was growing fuzzy. 'Even fuzzy he

looks so handsome...more so than Inuyasha even though Sesshomaru only has one arm. Mmmm he looks

grown up.' I smiled softly at the thought of him being fuzzy, sleep was making me bolder or stupid either way I

heard him give another humphing sound at me. "Never mind, you are too tired to give this Sesshomaru the

kind of answer he seeks. Sleep now miko, we will finish this discussion at another time." With that he turned

away from me to stare into the embers of the fire and I fell asleep to the sight of the light dancing on his face. 'I

wonder what it would be like if he smiled? I bet he'd break my heart in two.' After that thought I fell into sleep

and was sucked back into my dreams.

My feet were torn and bleeding, I don't know how long I had been wandering. I was being eaten alive by my

despair and I could feel myself growing weaker. The trees were gone by now I was too high in the mountains for

them to grow, it was too cold for anything to live up here, and I was surrounded by nothing but snow. It was the only

thing to keep me sane, it would press against my legs and push me back on to the path whenever I began to

veer off. It would sparkle merrily at me whenever I wondered what it would be like to die. During the night it

would twirl around my head and make a path on the breeze to the safety of a cave or overhang, I could feel the

snow's fear for me. I couldn't find the strength to care though, all I had left were the clothes that I was wearing.

The only gift that my parents had ever given me and only because I had reached mating age. The fabric of the

kimono was wearing thin and if I had been human the cold would have killed me, even as I was the cold was

beginning to take its toll. 'Do I have anything left? Why do I keep trying everyday, what do I have to live for

now. It's not just my village...we're all gone, I'm the last one of us left.' The wind was tearing at my clothes now

and almost dragging me towards a cave in the side of the mountain. The snow was falling so heavily I couldn't

even see further than a foot in front of me. As I stumbled inside I felt a strong aura, but I couldn't care I was

too tired, too cold. I fell to my knees as darkness filled my vision and I saw the wind taking shape and reaching

towards me but then everything went dark.

I don't know how long I was asleep but as I opened my eyes I saw crystals dancing in the ceiling as a mysterious

light hit them. I sat up slowly from the cavern floor, taking in my surroundings and wondering what had drug

me further into the cave. The mouth of the cavern was no where in sight and as I made to stand I felt the aura

from before wrap around me. It lifted me to my feet and squeezed me like it was trying to give me a hug before

flitting away to the side of an enormous dragon. Fear surged through me but I hid it quickly and stood calmly in

front of the beast, whether or not it intended to harm me was beyond me but, if I was still alive I figured I was

safe. To call the dragon a beast was an insult, for it was beautiful. It's pebbled scales glistened an icy blue and seemed to

ripple constantly, with dancing hues of a darker blue roaming over his enormous legs and tail. It had to be a

male because the raw power that roiled off of him was more than any female could bear. His eyes looked as if

they held hell's very fire frozen in their depths but there was no hatred or malice just a softness that made me

want to fall at his feet crying. The dragon moved forward with the grace of a cat and as he rose to his hind legs

and shifted to a humanoid form, not that much changed about him. His scales covered all of him up to his neck,

and his massive tail was still twitching contently at his clawed feet. However, his thick head and muzzle shrank

to show the face of a handsome young man with scales littered only sparingly across his jaw and up to his

pointed ears. His skin was a pale blue, his nose long and pointed, with a full warm mouth, and when he smiled I

saw his pointed teeth so much like his previous form that I couldn't help the twitch in my claws. "There is no

need to worry young one. No harm shall come to you while you are within my domain. Come sit,

you must be famished." He held his arm out to me as if to escort me, I hesitated for only a moment. 'I see no

reason to not trust him. If I must I will kill him later, but for now I don't see the point in wasting energy.' I

placed my clawed hand on his arm as he smiled warmly at me and lead onto deeper parts of the cave. After a few steps he turned us into

an off shooting tunnel, I could see a faint light at the end of the tunnel and as we neared I could smell the

warmth of a fire. I looked at my host once again, the smile had not left his face and his tail was lazily swishing

against the stone of the cavern floor with a soft scratching sound. "If you will pardon my ignorance my Lord,

may I ask who you are?" His mouth twitched in a what I thought could be the beginning of a laugh. "My little

one I think that is the first time you have ever been so polite to anyone or asked to be pardoned." I

jerked away from him in shock, he had spoken as if he knew me and as if for a long time. He stopped and turned

to face me, he spoke low and soothingly as if to a frightened animal. "I am your first friend, your peaceful

place to think, I am the Elemental Dragon of Ice and I have known you since you were a child."

"Mama wake up! Inuyasha is trying to attack Lord Sesshomaru!" Shippo's small hands were tapping at my face

rousing me from sleep, my whole body hurt, especially my feet. I opened my eyes to Shippo's worried face and

sat up looking for that idiot Inuyasha, it was barely past dawn. 'How could anyone find the energy to fight this

early?' I crawled out of my sleeping bag as I saw them on the other side of the clearing. Inuyasha had a fully

transformed Tetsusaiga pointed at Lord Sesshomaru's chest as he continued screaming at him. "WHAT DO YOU

MEAN YOU'RE JUST GOING TO JOIN US?" Inuyasha aimed a lethal blow at his brother's neck that Lord

Sesshomaru easily dodged. "What is the problem half-breed? Do you not want help with your little pack, it would

give you time for your..." For some reason Lord Sesshomaru turned to look at me but only for a moment.

"...other activities." Inuyasha's face turned an ugly shade of red that was deeper than his clothes. "SHUT UP

YOU BASTARD! DON'T LOOK AT KAGOME! WHY WOULD I LET YOU JOIN AFTER YOU TRIED TO KILL HER?!"

Inuyasha's eyes lost focus as he swung blindly after his brother's taunting voice. "My my little half-breed, you

have so little control it is a wonder you haven't killed your fragile humans." Lord Sesshomaru easily dodged all of

the attacks, the rest of us weren't so lucky. Miroku barely managed to escape a falling tree, while Sango blocked

her face from the spray of dirt and rocks from one of Inuyasha's Wind Scars. I knew that he had lost it when

one of his attacks nearly killed me. "INUYASHA SIT! SIT SIT SIT SIT!" I felt a chill run up my spin as I saw the

beads shimmer and then lose their glow. Inuyasha howled and his eyes began to bleed red as I screamed again

with all the power I could. "I SAID SIT!" Inuyasha's beads glowed brightly and then slammed him three feet into

the ground. "Miko that is an interesting trick. You should use it more often it might improve his manners." Lord

Sesshomaru was suddenly at my side staring down at me intently, his honey eyes not seeming as warm as last

night. "You have dirt on your face, this Sesshomaru will return before you leave." With that he turned away and

walked out of the clear. "Well my fair ladies, good morning I trust you slept well?" Miroku's smiling face could

hardly brighten my mood after all that had happened but they certainly helped and couldn't help but smile.

"Good morning everyone, lets have breakfast before anything or anyone else throws a tantrum." I stretched and

then turned to stir up the fire while Shippo cleared away our sleeping gear and Sango brought me the stuff for

breakfast. "Kagome why did you do that! That one really hurt!" A normal eyed Inuyasha sat up from the hole

he had been planted in as Miroku smacked him lightly on the head with his staff. "Inuyasha you have to

understand the delicate nature of females, you can't just nearly kill them and expect to not be punished."

Inuyasha blanched and stared around him at all the damage he had unknowingly done. "...well it's that stupid

brother of mine's fault! If he hadn't pissed me off this wouldn't have happened!" I rolled my eyes, he could

never just apologize and I watched him storm over to my side and sit down. He dropped his eyes to the fire and

peaked at me in a once over glance. "Kagome...I..I mean I...didn't hurt anyone did I?" If he hadn't have been

right beside me I never would have heard him. "No. Everyone is fine, your brother kept most of your attention

so you didn't aim at the rest of us." I leaned against him so that our shoulders and arms touched, I couldn't

bring myself to look at him. I loved him so much but this was as much of him as he gave me. This tiny piece of

insecurity was all that I saw of his heart and this small bit of affection was all he ever let us have. "Ah ok..I'm

sorry for that." With that he jumped up and landed on a nearby branch doing his best to not look at me. 'Bastard

is probably looking for that undead whore.' I jerked my head up startled. 'Why would I think that?! Even though

I don't like her! Why would I say something so mean?' I shook the thought from my head and placed the blame

on my lack of sleep.

After breakfast we packed up camp and turned to head further East, the same direction those monsters had

come from. "Did Lord Sesshomaru say when he was coming back?" Miroku was looking in the direction that he

had last seen the demon Lord, with Shippo on his shoulder following his gaze and then looking back to me. "Do

we need to go tell him mama? Or will he just pop up like usual?" "This Sesshomaru does not 'pop' up." Lord

Sesshomaru had at some point appeared behind us and spoke right by Shippo, scaring him and making him fall

off Miroku's shoulder. Lord Sesshomaru's glaze fell on my kit's shaking form and he picked him up, placing him gently

back on Miroku's shoulder. "You should have felt my presence kit, keep your senses open. Try not to pick up any

more of the half-breeds flaws." I was shocked, it was almost an apology! Or at least the closest thing I had ever

heard of one from his mouth. "Miko if you continue to stand there mouth agape like that you will surely catch a

bug. We are wasting day light and we shall need to move quickly to collect my ward." He turned and began to

lead the group away from the clearing with Inuyasha chasing after him yelling that he was the one who lead the

way. Lord Sesshomaru had been here for less than a day and he had already spoken more than all of the time I

had known him. 'I'm not sure if this is going to be a good thing or a bad thing anymore.' I picked up my pack and

started after the brother's with the others close behind me.


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