Chapter 4

Kagome left her friends room. As she came out, Miroku came running.

"Whats going on?" he asked

"Sorry Miroku," She said "I promised Sango I wouldn't tell anyone."

"But..," he said still wide-eyed.

"No," she said and he solemnly went into Sango's room.

Later that day, Kagome practiced with her powers. She had grown accustomed to using them and could do many things, but, she had no way of controlling her miko powers when she was angry.

He ran as fast as he could to Sesshomaru's castle. The half-demon, in a race against time to save the one he loved.

'Do I really love her?' he thought 'Or am I just using her?'

Of course he loved her! What was he thinking? He was thinking of what Sesshomaru might do to her.

Then he thought, no sesshomaru is too, too... he didn't want to say courteous, because sesshomaru was not courteous, he was just more polite than he.

Sesshomaru walked into the miko's room. It was late and he was just checking on her. That was all. He was doing it for Rin. And only Rin. She looked up at him and smiled. The smile melted his heart. He smiled back and with grace, lifted her, bridal style and carried her to his room. They stayed up late, her talking about the future and he asking so many questions he knew it overwhelmed her. At last it was time for her to sleep. She yawned and leaned into sesshomaru's chest. He felt somehow warm, as if the coldness he had always felt was going away.

'Its because of her' he though 'she is warming up my life'

Kagome was in a field of blood and bodies. She looked up to see the blood-stained face of Sesshomaru, peering at her in the faint light that shone through the trees. He smiled and licked his bloodied fingers. She winced. Why had he killed all these people. She looked around, and froze. The bodies of her mother, her grandfather, her brother, and her three best friends lay beside her. She stared wide-eyed at what she was seeing. She saw a red cloth beside her. It was Inuyasha. Sesshomaru had finally killed him. She screamed, and woke up to find sesshomaru staring at her with curious eyes. She decided not to tell him about the dream. She did not want to upset sesshomaru.