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Totosai looked Kagome over as he struggled with his answer. In his mind he knew he must tell her everything she needed to know but he also dreaded it at the same time. He even wanted to let her know why Sesshoumaru was so intent on following her around like a lost puppy in a hypnotic state. First things first, he thought it would be kind of himself to start off slow and begin with things he knew she already had information on.

He slowly opened his mouth but in a quick movement shut it creating a loud clucking noise as his jaw snapped shut.

"Inuyasha is no longer part of this world." Came Sesshoumaru's voice from the opening of the cavern. He looked regal as ever as no emotion passed over his face in telling Kagome of Inuyasha's fate.

Kagome's eyes widened for a fraction of a second before her facial features became hard once more, her blue eyes intent on holding on.

"You're lying to me." She said as she stood on her feet facing towards him. "Since the day I met you all you have ever tried to do is kill me and now you expect me to believe what you say is true." Kagome walked up towards him never once unwavering in her steps. "I know you are a truthful person but I can't believe Inuyasha is gone. Not after everything we have been through." Kagome's features saddened a bit as her stare worked its way towards Totosai.

"I am sorry Kagome but what old gray beard says is true. Inuyasha is gone." He said in a low tone to be compassionate with her feelings, something Sesshoumaru didn't accomplish.

A silent tear fell down Kagome's face. She didn't want to break down. She didn't want to look weak. Not because of Sesshoumaru or because Totosai was around but because she had worked to much, had gone to far to start breaking down piece by piece now. She needed to keep herself strong, build herself up so she could face the things she had been destined to face.

"You shouldn't keep hope for anyone. It is a waste." Sesshoumaru said as walking out of the cavern. His voice lifted on the wind as if it had never been there.

The words Sesshoumaru spoke sounded so easy for anyone to learn and obey, but she didn't want to give in. For her it would be so easy just to not let anyone else get close to her since everyone that was close was now gone but she just couldn't.

Sesshoumaru suffered. Kagome knew this. Even with his appearance being grand she knew his inside turmoil suffered. He had lost everything. He started out with very little and in the end he came out with nothing.

Kagome pitied him. Even though she knew he needed none she still did. He was alone. But unlike her, she opened herself up for almost everyone; the only people he ever opened up to were taken from him leaving the cold emotionless shell she had always known. Everything he had was taken from him and caught in the current of the waves pushing them far underneath into nothingness.

Kagome shook her head out of her thought and began to contemplate her own problems.

First problem on the list was Inuyasha's death. This wasn't a problem but more of a loss that she would have to learn and understand, if time would permit.

She walked over to Totosai and sat next to him on the cold stone ground.

Totosai knew she was outraged and sad but he knew he had to tell her the rest. Naraku would be back for her in less then two weeks now and she had to be prepared. This was a fight meant for her and no one else. The fates have proven that.

Before Totosai could begin to speak to Kagome she in turn spoke to him.

"Why is it that the Tessaiga can transform for me now but couldn't before my fight with Naraku?" Kagome asked as she looked into his face waiting patiently for his answers.

He knew it was time to explain how the Tessaiga worked.

"It is because the mighty fang chose you in your time of need. It chose for you to be its wielder now that Inuyasha is no longer with us." Totosai paused for a few minutes waiting for what he said to run through Kagome's mind.

"So that's why Sesshoumaru is following me around so aimlessly." Kagome's hands clenched into fists at her sides. 'So he is going to wait for me to give it up to him when he knows I need its protection. What a jerk.'

"Yes I am sure that is why he is following you around. I am surprised myself that he hasn't killed you off yet and just taken the sword." Totosai looked towards the entrance of the cave where Sesshoumaru surely was.

"So Inuyasha is really gone." She said in a low tone trying her hardest to hide the pain that was emanating off of her.

Totosai felt sympathy for her. She was so strong to deal with this in the manner of action she was taking. That was why the fang chose her. In all her desperation she had not feared enough to give up and the sword needed a valiant fighter. Even though it is the valiant fighters that die in the end.

"Yes I was going to let you down in a more simple way but Sesshoumaru stepped in. I guess he thought you needed to know right away." Totosai shrugged as he thought of where to continue.

Before he said another word Kagome stood up. "So Sesshoumaru can't have the sword for it chose me and he must wait for me to give it to him or die." She stated looking at him for a confirmation.

"Yep, that's about it." Totosai murmured under his breath, looking down towards the ground.

Kagome grasped the sheath of Tessaiga and held it up as it transformed. She looked mystical holding such a sword of power within her tiny hands. She had to use both hands just to keep the sword up because of the weight of it. It weighed a ton.

"I can see why Inuyasha always had such a hard time with it." She tried to swing it as she fell forwards with the blade sticking in the ground.

'My adrenaline must have helped me keep it up in the fight with Naraku.' She thought as she stood up picking the blade up after herself.

"There is no way I can learn how to use this thing in two weeks before Naraku comes for me." She said out loud hoping someone would answer.

"That's why you will not be using it in battle." Sesshoumaru said as he entered the cave once more.

"Oh and you think I will just hand it over to you." Kagome said in a demeaning tone. Her Blue eyes hardened as her forehead crinkled in frustration. "If you would have just helped us that day then we might not even be in this predicament." She yelled as she once again pointed the sword up using both of her small hands. This time she was successful and was able to keep it in an upright position.

Sesshoumaru realized this. 'Her anger must be feeding her determination', he thought as he moved from in front of her to her side.

Kagome didn't miss a move as she moved with him still keeping the sword upright in front of her. She wasn't prepared to let her guard down. Not around him. She would say she hated him but that word just wasn't good enough for him. She loathed him to no end.

Her head was in this thought when she realized she could strike a deal with him. Her chances were slim but she knew she had to try.

"If you help me fight Naraku I will give you the sword." Kagome let it slide down to the ground and without her want for protection the sword transformed back to the old rust exterior.

"That's not a good idea. He will probably just kill you and then take it." Came Totosai from somewhere in the distance. He went into hiding again afraid of Sesshoumaru's wrath.

"This Sesshoumaru will make no deal with you. The blade will be mine when you fail."

Kagome breathed in deeply as she tried to think of a way to convince him to see to her aid. "Come on it's not like I am going to get clingy or anything. Chances of me surviving through the battle are slim anyway."

She had him, or at least she thought she did.

"Hn. This Sesshoumaru will just take the blade from you after Naraku has had his fill."

Sesshoumaru was pinned down to his decision and Kagome knew it.

"Fine and if I defeat him you will never see the blade." Kagome muttered out of frustration at her loss in the suggestion.

Sesshoumaru elegantly shrugged his shoulders at her suggestion." This Sesshoumaru will find the blade eventually with or without you Miko."

Kagome wasn't about to completely give up as she approached him with another question. "So Lord Sesshoumaru why are you still following me?"

Sesshoumaru himself didn't even know that answer. He wasn't infatuated with her. He was curious about her survival. She had barely any training. Even though her abilities had grown much in the past years she still shouldn't have been able to survive alone for so long and it puzzled him. And Sesshoumaru didn't like being puzzled.

Kagome knew she had him in a spot when he didn't answer her question right away. The slight confusion could have gone unnoticed by anyone but Kagome was watching him too carefully to let him get away.

He continued to look at her as his face cleared up. And they just sat there staring at each other on the edge of their emotions playing along inside of their minds. Fighting with their wants and wills.

She couldn't take it anymore. Why couldn't he just agree? "Grrrrr!!!" Kagome screamed as she stormed out of the cave and away from Sesshoumaru's stares.

Totosai looked at Sesshoumaru from his hiding spot in the cavern. "Why can't you just agree? You will most likely be following her around for a while anyway."

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Hn." Sesshoumaru took up to follow the Miko in her rampage outside.

He thought she would be on her hand in knees in tears but instead she was nowhere in sight as he looked right and left in search of her. When he didn't see her he began to sniff as his nostrils flared slightly in search of where she might have gone. He looked to his right and began to make long swift step toward where she went.

Kagome trotted east. It was the only place she knew there were allies at. Koga was sure to be around there for her. She could ask him for some assistance. She needed it. She wasn't ashamed to ask for help. Kagome was just ashamed to ask for help from Sesshoumaru.

She should have known that out of all people he wouldn't help her. Why should he?

Kagome scoffed at her thoughts as she took step into some thick forest that began a little bit away from Totosai's cavern. She needed to keep going. Time was of the essence for her. Even without Inuyasha's life on the line she didn't have long to determine how Naraku was to be defeated and eleven days wasn't long enough to train and army or herself.

She stepped on a stick causing it to make a loud crack in the middle of the forests silence. Kagome stayed still when she felt the presence of a demon around her.

At first she had ignored the presence to be Sesshoumaru back on her hightail. But as it got closer she felt some kind of emotion coming from this demon. She never felt any sort of emotions coming from Sesshoumaru. That is how she could tell the difference.

In a swift movement she pulled an arrow from her back and lifted her bow in the right stance. This she could do. Her stance with a bow was perfect unlike with a sword. Her feet were just the right length away from one another and her elbow at the right angle.

Kagome moved around to face the area she felt the presence at. To her surprise the thing she faced was one of Naraku's Saimyoushou.

"How long have you been watching you filthy vermin!" Kagome screamed as she released her arrow killing the bee with a flash of pure light.

She detested anything that came from Naraku.

Kagome silently walked up to where the bug was and pulled her arrow out of a tree it was stuck in. She didn't want any of her arrows to get wasted and those insects were a waste.

It was after she got her arrow out of the tree that she felt Sesshoumaru's presence to her left. She glanced over to her left not expecting to see him there since he didn't like to be shown.

To her surprise he stood not to far from her. It couldn't be more then ten feet away. He was staring at her with his emotionless face.

Their staring contest had begun again and Kagome knew that if she sat there and watched him all day then he would stand there and do the same.

Kagome wasn't prepared to waste more time now that Naraku most likely knew what her findings on Inuyasha were. So with one last look at Sesshoumaru she continued east to her destination.

Sesshoumaru was still following her. She could feel it. She didn't need to look behind her to know for sure that he was there keeping the same pace as her and staying the same ten feet away he had been after she defeated the Saimyoushou.

Kagome hated to admit that his presence was a simple comfort for her. Even though she was detested with the way he didn't help she was still thankful someone was there.

He couldn't figure her out. Figure out how she did it. Figure out what her stride was. At one point he had lost his stride. When he thought back on it he had chastised himself for giving up even thought it was for a few months it was ridiculous on his part to stop for the sake of a mere child.

Sesshoumaru had stopped his pursue for everything. The only thing he wanted to do was think of Rin and how she would run about in a state of mind adults only wish they could have.

But Kagome never stopped. Not even to weep as her loved ones left this world one by one. She let one tear, one solemnly single tear that never touched the grounds surface. She had caught it before it had fallen. Even that tear wasn't full of grief. It just was.

Kagome's feet were getting tired and the day was moving into night as the purple tint began to envelop the sky. This was her cue to stop for a rest. The night was something she just didn't have the patience for at the moment.

As Kagome began to settle down she heard the soft rushing of water near by and decided it was time for her to take a long awaited bath. It had been three days since her last soak and she was sure her scent was getting offensive to others.

Kagome was lucky that the things she had packed before had suffered through the trauma she had been placing it in. She was going to run out of supplies soon and she knew she would not be returning home.

Kagome picked up her things and began to move towards the sound of water. She didn't even have to tell Sesshoumaru to stay where he was as he watched her leave the settlement she had made.

Kagome made herself comfortable in the cold water as she let it rush over her body cleansing it from all the mud and dirt that found its way around her Miko garments.

As she washed herself with the small remnants of her soap she began to contemplate what she was going to do after finding Koga. She couldn't just throw herself at him no matter how much he would enjoy it.

She dunked her head under the water rinsing the off of herself.

Sighing loudly she got out of the water and walked around a bit trying to dry herself off since she didn't have any towels to dry off with. After she figured she was as dry as she could get she dressed and made her way back to where she had left her unwelcome guest.

He knew she went to bathe which was good on his part since her scent wasn't the best at the moment. Sesshoumaru still had a hard time contemplating why he was here. Normally he would find his answers right away but none of his answers were being found.

He mainly wanted the sword and he knew he could crack her into giving it up to him it would just take some time. He didn't want to seem desperate but he also didn't want to loose his chance to take it when the chance came. That is why he followed her.

It wasn't long after she had left him that she returned with a much better scent and a new Miko outfit to adorn.

Kagome didn't even glance at him as she made herself a fire and began to cook a fish she had caught while in the water. Hell a traveling woman needed to eat.

She leaned up against a tree while she waited for her fish to finish. She didn't want to be rude to Sesshoumaru but he was unwanted anyway. That is why she didn't offer him any.

'Fish are probably not good enough for his tastes anyway', Kagome thought as she poked at the fire with a stick she found beside her.

"How did you know where that Saimyoushou was." Sesshoumaru stated without glancing her way.

Kagome turned to him in surprise. She had never expected him to start a conversation with her. In the end she figured it would be her to start one with him.

"I felt it. Just like I feel when any other demon is around including yourself." Kagome said as she grabbed her fish from the fire to prevent it from being burnt. "I knew it wasn't you because I could feel its emotions. It was afraid and when you are around I feel nothing but a demonic presence. You have no emotions."

"Hn."

And that was the end of their conversation for the night. It wasn't long after Kagome had finished her fish that she fell asleep in front of the fire. She was exhausted from her traveling. Her emotions warn from exerted pain and stress.

Sesshoumaru watched her sleep as he formulated a plan in his head to get the two things he was interested from her. He knew he needed a strategy and he could use it to his advantage. After all this was just a way for him to become stronger in the end.

The two things he wanted was the sword and the knowledge of why she did what she did.

How even after everything has been taken away from her she continued to go on. She surprised him and he didn't understand why. But he was sure to find out. He knew she wouldn't open up to him and there was no way he would open up to her.

He wanted the sword. That was relevant. But he planned to get her to give it to him willingly whether or not he helps her out. He wanted her trust and he would need it from her if he expected to acquire the sword. She would have to trust the person she gives it to or else the sword would not take to a new owner. That is why he refused earlier and he didn't wish to look oh so desperate for it.

His plan was becoming set. Sesshoumaru knew what he would have to do but it was only ten days now so it wasn't like he could get too close. He was fine with keeping his emotions in check. If anyone would get out of hand it would be the girl and he didn't care how it would affect her.

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