Just so everyone knows what's happening in the chapter, I bolded and italicized Sesshomaru's Beast's thoughts (they'll look like this) and put Sesshomaru's in italics and put little apostrophes on the ends 'Sesshomaru's thoughts'. Hope nobody gets all confused or anything, if you are please tell me and I'll try find a better way of doing it.

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Sesshomaru's POV

My beast could sense Naraku's demonic aura approaching the southernmost part of my lands. What is he doing here? my beast rumbled. 'Hn' was all I thought in response, because I knew that it meant nothing good. My beast growled at the thought that some weak hanyou like Naraku would dare to cause a disruption in my lands. 'This Sesshomaru orders you to stop your tiresome complaining' After that my beast was silent and I flew over the land in search of the irksome half demon that had decided to take up residence nearby.

It only took a few hours to reach the mountain Naraku was in, and I used my demon senses to pinpoint his location. I could tell he was deep in the mountain, and he was not alone. I sniffed the air and smelled multiple scents; Kagura 'normal for her to be there', the undead priestess 'she smells revoltingly of graveyard dirt', and the unexpected scent of the idiot hanyou with my father's fang. This is interesting! 'Hn, it seems the halfwit dog hanyou is having a party with his clay priestess and the other hanyou.'

Can we participate in the fun? I haven't been able to stretch my legs in a while. I thought about what my inner beast had said and it was right, it hadn't gotten a chance to come out for a long time. I smirked as I thought of the many ways to rid myself of the four irritating beings that resided in the mountain. I had been careful to mask my demonic aura and I was rapidly approaching the mountain without any interruptions from Naraku's underlings, when I heard shouts coming from below me.

Kagome's POV

'I never got to tell Inuyasha' I thought as I fell through the air. "KAGOME!" Sango shouted at me and tried to angle Kirara down to catch us, but she was so far above us. I looked down at Shippo and reached out to him. "Grab on!" I yelled and he reached his tiny arm up and grasped onto my arm. I didn't know what to do in that instant, so I started going over all things I had lived through and thought: "Jeez Kagome you've survived all of the youkai attacks and human attacks, but nooo you didn't die in those did ya? No, you're going to die by falling while on your trek up the mountain."

I didn't know if this is what they meant by your life flashing before your eyes or not, but I did know that if someone was going to die, it wasn't going to be both of us. I pulled Shippo to me and cradled my body around him, hoping to take the brunt of the fall so Shippo would be alright, maybe with a few broken bones and bruises, but alive.

Just as I thought we were going to hit the ground at any moment, a hard, and yet soft, thing collided with us and started lifting us up and away from the very close ground and our demise. I wiggle and try to turn in an attempt to see my savior's face, but all I can do is move from side to side, as they have a very tight grip around me. 'A very tight grip...and only using one hand?' I think to myself.

My eyes widen as I think of the only being I know with one hand and a fluffy white thing on his side. 'Sesshomaru saved us?' I look down at Shippo who is clinging to me for dear life with eyes glued shut, still thinking we are plummeting to the ground and I can't help but laugh. It might be the fact that I just had a near death experience and adrenaline was pumping through me, but I couldn't stop and soon Shippo opened his eyes.

"Why are you laughing?" he asks, and then looks around and notices that there is another person in our company. "What is he...How...Since when was..What just happened?" Shippo stuttered as he tried to piece together what went down while he was praying to Kami that Kagome and him would be alright.

"Well I don't exactly know either, and i'm sure Sesshomaru won't tell us, so just go along with it." I tell shippo and try not to burst into another fit of laughter. "Lord Sesshomaru." I feel a rumble from his chest as he speaks. "What?" I ask, wondering why he's saying his name at a time like this. "You will address me as Lord Sesshomaru. These are my lands and you would do well to remember your place Miko." With that statement he set us down on a flat part of the mountain side and turned to leave.

"Wait!" I say as I try to get his attention and ask why he was here. 'Does he know that Naraku is here?' I think to myself and then look over at the Daiyoukai. 'Of course he knows Naraku is here you dummy! He's THE Sesshomaru after all!' I bit my lip in frustration at myself and was interrupted by a low growl. 'Oh no! I've been staring at him this whole time and I haven't said anything!'

"Sorry!" I immediately apologize and then get my mind back on track. "Thank you for saving us Lord Sesshomaru." I say to him as I bow my head slightly. I didn't need any extra drama at the moment, so I'd fulfill his request of me calling him Lord, for the time being. Shippo nods and then bows his head slightly too. Sesshomaru only gives us a "Hn" and then flies off to wherever he was going before our encounter.

Sango, Miroku, and Kirara show up a moment later and rush over to meet us. "I thought you were going to die!" Sango said as she wipes away her tears and then hugs me. "I thought so too" I say to her and then Miroku clears his throat. "Well Kagome, care to explain to us what just happened down there?" I look at him and just as I open my mouth, Shippo starts retelling the whole event like it was some drama on tv.

"At first I thought we were going to die and I pulled Kagome to me so that she wouldn't be so afraid, but right when I was about to do an amazing act of heroism and save the day, Lord Winter came and snatched Kagome away from me! I tried to rip her away from his horrible grasp, but he knocked me unconscious and then when I woke up I gave him a piece of me and he couldn't take it so he let Kagome go and I took her here!" Shippo proudly stands up and puffs out his chest expecting the group to fully believe his tale. We all burst into laughter at his amusing version of the story and then everyone's laughter fades away as we remember the reason why we were by this mountain in the first place.

'Inuyasha please be ok' I think and then look up to the top of the mountain, almost expecting him to be racing down the side of it towards us with a cocky grin on his face. "We know how to get in" Sango said "A little further up from here, there is a cave and it does not look very inviting."

Yay Sesshy was in this chapter! XD It's like he doesn't want to be in every chapter or something :(

Well...someone will have to change that huh? *grins evilly*