AN: Sorry for not updating, I know I promised but my computer has been a pain when it comes to the internet so I have been unable to post anything. From now on I have no set updating dates due to the mass amount of school work and extracurricular in my life so please just be patient with me and my insanely hectic schedule.

Chapter 2 Sesshoumaru's Offer/Inutachi's Decision

The Inutachi were walking along a small path through ANOTHER forest, and Kagome was exhausted; they had just battled a large badger demon with four jewel shards that just wouldn't quit attacking her long enough for her to spot the locations of its jewel shards. The battle would have ended badly if Sesshoumaru had not shown up and used his Tokijin to literally slice the badger in half. Once she was sure that the demon was dead, Kagome ran to retrieve the Shikon shards that the badger had possessed. And that was when Inuyasha reacted violently to Sesshoumaru's presence.

"What the hell are you doing here you bastard?!" yelled Inuyasha.

"I have a proposition for you and your pack" said Sesshoumaru while glancing in Kagome's direction.

"I don't care! Just go the fuck away!"

"Inuyasha!" yelled Kagome, "we should at least hear him out, and he did just help us destroy that demon after all."

Sesshoumaru glanced at Kagome again with a slight look of thanks that most would still call indifferent, but Kagome and the violet-eyed black-haired houshi Miroku understood its meaning.

"Feh," muttered Inuyasha as he still held Tetsusaiga pointed towards Sesshoumaru and not letting his guard down.

"Please continue Sesshoumaru-sama" said Kagome politely.

"Indeed. I am willing to join my pack with yours for the purpose of finally defeating Naraku."

"No fucking way!" shouted Inuyasha, "we don't need your damn help."

"Inuyasha!" yelled Kagome, "we need all the help we can get in defeating Naraku. We've learned from past experiences that just Tetsusaiga won't beat Naraku, but maybe with the help of Tokijin or Tenseiga we can finally end our journey and move on with our lives!"

"She is right Inuyasha; this is not the time to allow our pride to get in the way of our mission." spoke Miroku wisely.

"Feh, whatever."

"We'd be grateful if you and your pack would join us in our quest Sesshoumaru-sama." said Miroku.

Sesshoumaru nodded his head towards the monk and said, "I will go and retrieve my pack and we'll meet you here tonight."

At this Inuyasha "feh'd" and jumped into the branches of hte tree nearest him. He knew that there was no way to get out of his brother joining up with them, but that didn't mean he had to like it.

Throughout this whole time Shippo had been sleeping, but he woke up when he felt Sesshoumaru's youki enter the clearing. Shippo was deeply afraid of the Western Taiyoukai that had magenta markings and a blue crescent moon on his forehead. He knew these were signs of great power, and he had no wish to get on the demon's bad side; so he ran and hid behind Kagome's leg for protection in hopes that Sesshoumaru would not notice him.

When he found out that Sesshoumaru and his pack would be joining his group, he was excited because he knew that Sesshoumaru travelled with a little girl named Rin that was a lot of fun to play with. These were Shippo's last thoughts as he dozed off again in Kagome's arms while she was sitting on the ground at the base of a tree and leaning her back against it for comfort and support.