Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha but Sesshoumaru's servants are my own.

Chapter 4: An Unknown Place

The Village

It had been a full day since Kagome had gone missing and the gang was worried. They had decided that they must go looking for her. The got into the forest and Inuyasha caught the strong scent of blood. They raced towards it and found the remnants of a large bear demon.

"Whatever it was that killed this demon, it showed no mercy." Miroku stated wisely as he examined the carcass.

Inuyasha sniffed around for a while. He caught Kagome's scent among the scent of the blood. He couldn't smell any of her blood but he knew she was here. He followed the trail of her scent until it ended. It was then that he picked up the scent of his half brother. This upset Inuyasha greatly. He began to growl at the thought of what his brother wanted from Kagome.

"Kagome was here. So was Sesshoumaru." Inuyasha stated, anger dripping from every word of it.

"Sesshoumaru was here?" Sango asked.

"Yea he was, and he's got Kagome. That bastard! I know exactly where he took her too. They've gone back to his castle." Inuyasha said and looked at the others who were all astonished as he took off towards the west. "Well, are you guys comin or not! We gotta get her back!" he yelled to his oblivious friends as he took off into the forest heading straight for the demon lord's castle.

Sesshoumaru's castle

Kagome awoke to pain shooting through her leg. She had forgotten all about it. That fall had done some real damage to her leg. She screamed from the pain and was abruptly halted by one very angry demon lord running into the room and wrapping his hand around her throat.

"You will cease your screams, wretched human, if you value your life!" Sesshoumaru threatened.

"I am sorry Sesshoumaru-samma, I forgot that you have sensitive ears. My leg, it was hurt last night. I think I broke the bone. It hurts very badly." Kagome said in her most apologetic voice.

She truly had forgotten about Sesshoumaru's hearing. She had not meant to scream so loud, but the pain had been too much for her. She study his face, hoping to see some sign of forgiveness in his eyes. She saw no change but she did notice him glance down to her leg. As his hand reached for the hilt of his tensaiga, she squeezed her eyes closed. With one swipe of his sword he healed her leg.

"There, now you have nothing to complain about. You will need a bath before I take you back to the half breed. You will find all you need in that chest over there," he said pointing to a wardrobe in the corner of the room "and I will have a servant show u to the hot springs. Do not take long. We will leave once you are done." Sesshoumaru said before turning and leaving the room. He smiled to himself as he left, being careful that no one would see it.

A bath? He would let her bathe? And what's more he suggested it? Sesshoumaru truly was different from his brother. There was no pain in her leg anymore. Kagome tried to get out of bed and getting to the edge was no problem but the leg gave out the minute she put weight on it. She decided to sit on the edge of the bed for a minute longer to give it some strength when a female demon walked into the room. She had long black hair with gold streaks throughout it. She seemed to be about Kagome's height and stature. She had deep green eyes and two gold stripes, one on each side of her face. She was an inu youkai.

"Milady, are you in need of assistance?" the demoness asked.

"Please, call me Kagome, and I could do with a hand. My leg is not yet strong enough to support my weight." Kagome said with a gentle smile.

"Yes, milady, I mean, Kagome." The demoness said.

"Thank you….." Kagome said as she fumbled for the girls name.

The demoness just smiled and said. "I am terribly sorry, my name is Kiana."

"Kiana" Kagome replied. "Would you please assist me to the hot springs? Lord Sesshoumaru requested that I bathe."

"Of course, milady" Kiana quickly grabbed the things that Kagome would need to bathe with and rushed to Kagome's side to help her up. "There are many stairs we will have to take so I suggest we get going now."

Kagome chuckled at the girl's joke.

"Are you saying I'm going too slow for you?" Kagome joked, causing both girls to laugh as they headed down to the hot springs together.

In the forest

Inuyasha ran as fast as he could. Miroku, Sango and Shippo took to the skies on Kirara's back. They didn't like the thought that Sesshoumaru had Kagome. It especially didn't sit well with Inuyasha.

'if that bastard lays one finger on my Kagome, I'll rip his throat out and hand it to him.' Inuyasha thought to himself and growled as he pushed his legs harder to go faster. They had now entered Sesshoumaru's territory. The territory seemed so familiar to him since this was where he grew up. He knew exactly where he was going. The castle was once his fathers. His mother had raised him until he was three in the castle, before Sesshoumaru threw them out because he would not behave.

With Sesshoumaru

Sesshoumaru had gone to his study after leaving Kagome. It was one of the only places around his castle he could relax in. The other place was his bedroom which was now completely filled with Kagome's scent, which would not help him think. He did not understand his own actions. 'Why did I bring her here? I should have just let her die. But Rin likes her. I like her. No I don't! She is a human.' Sesshoumaru growled at himself. His thoughts were getting the better of him. He sighed heavily and left the room. It was time to find Kagome. He could sense his brother nearing the castle and he preferred that he kept his distance. He picked up her scent in the hallway. She had left the hot springs. Her scent grew strongest at the door to his room.

"Miko" he called, emotionless as ever

"Yes milord?" she answered from behind the closed doors.

"We are leaving. Get ready. I will be waiting at the entrance to the castle. Kiana will show you there." Sesshoumaru stated, before turning and walking down the hallway.

Kagome had already gotten dressed, but her hair was in desperate need of a brushing. She quickly combed all the knots out of it. The fine details would have to wait. She grabbed her backpack and bolted for the door. Her leg had finally recovered its strength enough to move her body. She opened the door and bumped into Kiana.

"I'm so sorry milady!" Kiana said, bowing .

"Please, don't apologize to me for something I did. And I've already told you to call me Kagome." She said with a smile. She liked Kiana. She was nice. "Unfortunately we don't have time for small talk. Can you please show me to the castle gates? Lord Sesshoumaru is waiting for me there."

Kiana smiled and nodded. She was happy to show Kagome around. She was the only person around here to treat her with much respect. Even the other servants were jealous of her because Lord Sesshoumaru was using her to tend to Kagome's needs. She was his special guest.

It was taking quite a while to get to the gates. Kagome had no idea how big this place was. 'Sesshoumaru must be more important than I thought' she thought to herself, not daring to say it aloud. They rounded a corner into a long hallway. The walls were lined with paintings of demons. One side male, one side female. Kagome only assumed that they were the previous lord's and ladies of the castle. Kagome at the end of the hallway was the castle gates. Kagome took a glance at each of the pictures until she saw one that was labeled "InuTaisho, great dog demon". She stopped to look at this one. It was Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha's father. They bore a striking resemblance to him.

"That is my father." Said a deep voice behind her, startling her.

"Yes, I recognized the name. You look very much like him." Kagome said bluntly.

Silence.

"Are you ready?" He asked.

"Mmhmm, lets go" Kagome answered in her usual cheery voice, causing Sesshoumaru to smirk as he walked for the exit.

"Follow me then. He is close." Sesshoumaru stated, walking away from her.

Kagome jogged to catch up to him. It took two of her steps to fill one step his long legs took. They walked off into the forest as the castle servants had gathered at the gate.

"There they go, do you think he'll bring her back again?" said one.

"I would not doubt it for a minute. She'll be back."

Just then Rin ran to the gates and out them after Sesshoumaru and Kagome. She wanted to play with someone other than Jaken. Torturing the toad was fun but she wanted a new friend now. She had seen Kagome with Sesshoumaru and ran to see her.

"Lord Sesshoumaru! Lord Sesshoumaru! I am coming with you!" she yelled, with a bright smile on her face. "Kagome! Hi! Wanna play with me? We can pretend to fly together!"

Kagome nearly laughed at how cheery she was. Sesshoumaru must have a great amount of patience to keep her with him. "Sure Rin, I'll play with you, but there is only one rule of the game, we have to keep up with Lord Sesshoumaru, got it?" She answered, smirking in the stoic demons direction. Rin was ecstatic at the thought and agreed eagerly.

"OK! I'll be a little bird, and you get to be a big bird trying to catch the little bird, ok?" Rin suggested.

Kagome laughed, "Ok, You're on. I'll give you ten seconds to get ahead of me. Ready? GO!"

Sesshoumaru was inwardly smirking at the scene being played out in front of him. Kagome would definitely be a good influence on Rin should she choose to train with him. Rin would finally be able to stop torturing his vassal. Yes, this might just work out after all.

Well, there's the fourth chapter. Thanks so much to everyone who reviewed, and to those that haven't, please do! Next chapter is in the works. Any suggestions, let me know! Thanks again!