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Disclaimer: I really do not own Inuyasha. If I did I wouldn't be posting this or writing it because then this WOULD BE the Inuyasha story. Which, if you know anything about Inuyasha, obviously it's not. Thank you.

I am extremely sorry for not updating in a while for school is the devil and, unfortunitely, it likes to take out it's anger on giving the world by giving more homework than time will allow to complete. So to make up for it I have posted two chapters. That is why chapter 5 only has the editor note, summary help, and disclaimer and not my usual rambleing. Thank you so much for being patient with me. I love you!

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Chapter 4 ~ Taken

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They were falling. Kagome, too afraid to look down, saw none of the sharp jagged rocks flying like a blur before her eyes. She was getting dizzy from lack of focus though, so she decided to look at the one solid thing she was so conveniently attached to, Sesshoumaru. 'Oh God! I'm in for it now. It doesn't matter now, I'll die anyway, either by him or the fall. Well Kagome, what have we learned today? Well, that I'm dumber than a box of rocks for one, but at least, I did the right thing . . . I think. Crap, I'm getting dizzy again (@.@) . . . oh well, I'm feeling kind of tired anyway.' At that thought Kagome's eyes slowly closed and she fell asleep into dark, comfortable oblivion. Not realizing it though, that in falling asleep she had unconsciously tightened her grip on the yokai lord's waist.



Sesshoumaru was furious. He didn't really care about not getting the Tetsusaiga, he never really wanted it in the first place. That was not what was bothering him. What he was thoroughly pissed off about was that no matter how many times he fought Inuyasha, no matter how powerful he got, he always beat him. He, the GREAT Lord of the Western Lands, was bested by a mere hanyou. Sure, if he would master the Tensiega he could beat his brother easily, but you see, Sesshoumaru could not wield Tensiaga to its fullest potential. That is, unless he SHOWED the SWORD that HE was capable of caring, compassion, and love. Until that time the Tensiaga was only capable of healing and partly blocking the Tetsusaiga. Sesshoomaru refused to comply with the sword's wishes. He - - the Great Lord of the Western Lands - - WOULD NOT bow down to anyone's demands. Let alone a sword! But the main source of his anger was the fact that a mere NINGEN had defeated HIM, a youkai. His anger was cut short, however, when he felt two arms tighten around his waist.



'What? When did she . . . I knew she fell with me but I didn't realize she was this close. Stupid female! Capturing her will lure him to my castle, giving me some time to train, and for her to occupy Rin. Then I can finally defeat him! Than I can decide what to do with this stupid, weak ningen.' Making up his mind the stoic faced youkai lord proceeded to gracefully twist his body and sling-shot himself off the side of the cliff, mere moments from hitting the bottom, and flies out of harms way carrying Kagome bridal style. He flew straight up so fast that the group, still in shock near the edge of the cliff, only saw an unmistakable blur of silver white. But Sesshoumaru was clever and tore off the front tie of Kagome's school uniform and let it float down to the group, letting them know exactly what he now had in his possession.



Sesshoumaru - - being that he could fly - - reached his fortress in a matter of hours, which he noted, would take the hanyou several days, if not weeks, to get to. 'Just enough time.' He landed elegantly in front of the grand entrance to his castle, which automatically opened and he raced up to one of the rooms near Rin's and placed her on the bed and covered her. He then walked to his personal hot spring to wash off the day's soils before dinner.

YAY! I'm sorry for not updating in a while. Yell at the school. Homework, homework, homework!!!! It never ends!

Thank you to everyone who reviewed! I appreciate it and I love you so much!!!!!

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To all my reviewers:

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KawaiiLil-InuGurl: Thank you for liking my fanfic again. I'm so glad you love it. Here's two more chapters to make up for the long wait. ::sniff sniff:: I hope you can forgive me! ::puppy dog face:: ^.^

lil savage angel: Yes, I agree. Kagome could definitely be clinging to his tail rather than his waist. I think that in the future when he looks back on it he will be grateful for that sentiment. I'm so happy you like my story and hope you arn't mad at me for taking so long to update! Hope you enjoyed this chapter and the next one! ::thinks of ways she can input the info into later chapters:: ^.^

psycolady101: Thank you. I think it's "good stuff" too. I'm so glad you like it. Please forgive the long update. ::pouty face:: ^.^

DarkLady-Iria: Thank you for the luck. I am always needing it. I'm so glad you can understand my fic and that you like it. It means a lot to me. ::hugs:: ^.^

Midnight-Blue-Wolves: I hope you recieved my review. Yes I will definitely update this story. I like it too much. I've even put my original stories on hold for this. I just love Sesshoumaru too much. It's an addiction I swear! I promise that if I don't update it for a certain length of time that you deem worthy of punishment you may post my email on all the advertisment listings so that I can have fifty times as much spam as I already have eating up my mailbox! How does that sound? Hope you enjoyed this chapter and the one after it! ::orders millions of brownie points for special(mailbox fate holding) reviewer:: ^.^

Thank you everyone for reviewing and please keep on reviewing to keep my emotional health in tact. I tend to be too emotional some times.

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