A/N: I made major changes in this chapter and the chapter 3

Chapter 4:

Kagura entered the castle and walked around the place to find Naraku and tell him of what had happened, 'But changing into his true form…I didn't expect it from that moron!' she huffed angrily; it only meant that Hakoudoshi gave him some trouble. She took a deep breath trying to calm down but found it hard, she was still injured, the wound haven't healed completely.
That idiot was far from being a gentleman, they had to make it look real but he could've been a bit gentle about it, his claws almost sliced her in half!
'Sesshomaru I hate you!' she entered the room and saw Naraku inside with Hakoudoshi, 'Then again, I hate these two even more!' she thought giving them the best glare she had.

"Kagura…" Naraku said, "You look awful, what happened?"

'B-Bastard!' "You lied to me! I went there and fought the demon slayer easily only to find out Sesshomaru blocking my way and almost kill me!" she said angrily. "And you said Hakoudoshi was there to hold him off until I'm done!" she looked away and saw Hakoudoshi, he looked fine but it was obvious Sesshomaru did a good job and she surpassed the urge to draw a smirk on her face. "And what happened to you?" she faced a confused looked.

"None of your business Kagura," he said firmly, it looked like he didn't expect to lose the fight against Sesshomaru.

"Whatever! Now what? You don't really think I'll be able to go through Sesshomaru!" she said angrily, "Even you don't try to do this Naraku!".

Suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her chest, she groaned and fell on the ground breathing hard. She looked up and looked through her blurry vision; Naraku was clenching her heart.

"You forget your place in here Kagura," Naraku said with a dark look on his face, "You better watch your mouth, or next time you will be dead!" he said holding her heart tighter, and her pain increased.

"Y-You- Yo-u.. Win!" she managed to say between her agitated breaths.

Satisfied with her submission, Naraku eased his grip on the heart "Now leave," he ordered.

Kagura managed to pull her shaking limbs and left the room with no other word. Naraku looked at Hakoudoshi "We underestimated Sesshomaru this time," he said.

"Yes, I would have surely been dead if we were not connected," Hakoudoshi said…

…

The flickers of snow were falling covering the ground in white. Rin Shippo and Jaken were playing outside building a snowman only to have the two demons fighting again and start a snowball fight.
Ah-Un and Rin sat down and waited to see who would be the winner.

Inside the cave, Sango was explaining what happened while Kagome was still unconscious in the past days. She asked the younger ones to go play with the snow and Sesshomaru also left after a while giving them some privacy.
"And here we are now.." she said.

"Well, what are we waiting for? We should go look for Inuyasha and Miroku!" Kagome said determined, "We have to find them and then go after Naraku,"

Sango looked at her with uncertainty, "I'm not sure about that," she said, "I don't think that's what Sesshomaru has in mind, and besides, it's already been days.."

"Sesshomaru?" Kagome frowned, "And since when do we take orders from him!" she said angrily getting up and heading towards the entrance of the cave.

"Kagome wait!" Sango followed her, "Where are you going?!"

"Where do you think I'm going!? I'll look for Inuyahsa!" she said walking away.

"Kagome! You will never find him like this… on your own!" Sango tried to reason with the angry Kagome. "Who knows where they could be now!"

Kagome took few steps and saw Seshomaru in front of her, "What do you want?!" she eyed him, "Move away!" she ordered but received no reaction from him. "Fine," she stepped aside and resumed walking, only to find him blocking her way again, Kagome huffed angrily, "Would you cut it out already! Just leave us alone!"

"Would you rather have Naraku instead," he said.

Kagome was taken aback. Even though she doesn't like Sesshomaru but after all he was here to protect her from Naraku. Few moments passed before she answered "I want Inuyasha," she said coldly and walked past him.

"He's dead," he stated when she crossed him.

Kagome stopped abruptly, she could feel tears pricking her eyes, it hurt… every time she heard these words, it hurt like she just heard them for the first time. She sniffed, she didn't want to cry, there was no reason to cry, no matter what anyone said; Inuyahsa couldn't have died so easily. "He.. He-sniff- he's not dead! Inuyahsa can't be dead!" she screamed and ran away.

"Kagome! Wait!" Sango called for her but she didn't answer. She turned around and eyed at Sesshomaru who looked indifferent, "You could've put it in another way," she said firmly with a stern look, "She is still not over it! And we are not certain that they are dead! You are a demon you know better that you heal quickly," she objected. "So unless the wound is fatal it's-"

"You forget that Inuyasha is only a half-breed, and the monk is human" he looked at her with his cold eyes, "If you were not incapable like Inuyahsa, you could have avoided being in this situation…" he said and walked away leaving Sango behind.

Shippo who came because he heard Kagome shouting, heard Sesshomaru and Sango, "Hey! What was that for you-" he said angrily, "Show some compassion!" he said running after Sesshomaru.

"Drop it Shippo," Sango said from behind, "He's right anyway…"

Shippo looked at his friend, "No Sango he is not! There was nothing we could do back there!" Shippo objected.

"I was useless, I should have fought better, but I was weak… I couldn't save Inuyahsa or Miroku and I put Kagome's life in danger…" she said with a broken voice, "I'll go get her," she sighed and walked away.

She thought about that day every moment since she woke up, she thought about any possible way that could have gotten them out of there together... anything she should have done, she tried over and over but couldn't figure out anything, they always lost… but there was no consolation for her.. She was useless and Sesshomaru only reminded her..

Kagome stopped to catch her breath, her tears wouldn't stop no matter what she did, she didn't care, it was all one big stupid lie, just a bad dream…
She sat down and wrapped her hands around herself trying to keep warm, something wasn't right, they were just together like a while ago, laughing and making a fuss about everything and nothing. He was there, making promises to defeat Naraku. "Inu-Inuyasha…" and her tears kept falling down, she cried like she never did before, it hurt a lot and Inuyasha wasn't there to make things any easier.

She leaned on a nearby tree, she wiped her tears away, she shouldn't cry they are not dead! But the tears kept falling.. and as hard as she tried to keep the words off her mind she couldn't.. he's dead... and it hurts like hell..

She closed her eyes and lost herself to the bitter memories..

Some movements nearby jolted her from her thoughts, she got up alerted and took few steps back, she immediately reached for her bow but winced when she recognized she didn't have it with her, a demon came out of the bushes 'It's a demon!'. It lunched at Kagome who closed her eyes waiting for his claws to kill her.

"Hiraikots!" with one swing of her weapon, Sango killed the demon, "Kagome! Are you hurt?!" she said running towards her.

"Sango…" she sniffed few times,

"It's gonna be okay" Sango said hugging her friend.

"I don't want to… leave.. -sniff- I can't leave him behind!"

"I know…" Sango said trying to sooth her, "I know… But if you truly believe in Inuyasha you need to move forward Kagome…"

Kagome cried harder "He-sniff- can't be dead…"

Sango sighed, "Look Kagome, let's be realistic… let's say they are alive okay, but it's been days since the accident, they could be anywhere now…"

"Well, we go look for them!" she said wiping her tears away, "We have kilala, she is a demon I'm sure she can smell their scent," she said, "I don't care what Sesshomaru want anyway, even if he's helping, we don't leave our friends behind" she insisted.

Sango sighed, that was the problem; Sesshomaru had something in his mind and Kagome had the exact opposite thing. "Sesshomaru is the only one who can keep Naraku away for the time being Kagome,"

Kagome narrowed her eyes, "Don't tell me you will just be fine with whatever he say Sango?" Kagome asked, "What if he said we will go after Naraku instead of looking for our friends? Or should I say that's what he wants..!"

Sango stayed silent for few moments, "Let's be real Kagome, we don't have a chance without him, if we leave… we won't make it on our own.." Sango explained, "We won't be able to look for them either," she took a deep breath, "I know how you feel Kagome, I really do… but you need to know you are not the only one who feels this way… If Miroku and Inuasha are really dead… the only thing I want is to make Naraku pay for it.." she said determined , "That's all I have to say…" Sango turned around heading back to the camp. "Let's go back it's not safe here,"

The next day everyone woke up early because they were leaving, Rin who was sitting on Ah-Un watched everyone as they were working. Her smile faded away when she didn't see Kagome outside like the others, "Oh Lady Kagome is still sad…" she said, "And she doesn't seem to like Lord Sesshomaru either," she sighed, "I think she's lonely," she suggested looking at Sesshomar who was standing few feets away from her, but Sesshomaru didn't say anything.

Sango and Shippo finished packing their things, he didn't really approve of the idea, "What now Sango…? Are we really leaving Inuyahsa and Miroku behind?" Shippo asked,

"Yes Shippo we will go after Naraku, we need to move forward," she said going back through her things one last time.

"If things went the opposite way… they wouldn't have left us behind… they would've looked for us.." Shippo said looking down.

"I lost my father and comrades, and now Inuyahsa and Miroku are probably gone; the only one left is Kohaku, I still have to save him," she said with a glimpse of sadness in his eyes."I don't want to leave them either, and I miss them so much but I can't just forget about my brother, the least I can do is make Naraku pay for everything,".

Shippo looked at her for few moments, he forgot all about Kohaku, that's why Sango was determined to keep going, she lost everything and it was all because of Naraku, "I understand…" he said, "Well we should call for Kagome," he said hesitantly.

"I'll go talk to her," Sango said with a reassuring smile. She took a deep breath and went inside the cave where Kagome was still in "Come on Kagome we must go now," Sango said giving Kagome a hand, but she didn't take it.

"No… I will stay here,"

Sango sighed, when was she going to be over it, "We have to go… we can't stay here… you can't stay here because Naraku will find you"

"I will not leave with Inuyasha!" she said angrily "He is not going to order me around!".

"Kagome please…" Sango didn't know what to say.

"Leave" Sesshomaru said coldly from behind.

She turned around and saw him entering the cave. "Sesshomaru...?" she stood there for a while not knowing what to do. Sesshomaru was not Inuyahsa, he wan't going to handle things the same way her friend did, but ordering him around wasn't going to happen either, she sighed and left the cave. She tried to handle Kagome, but she was so stubborn, Sango knew she would have to leave it to Sesshomaru.

"Move" he ordered Kagome.

"I don't take orders form you!" she said angrily.

He saw no point in discussing anything with her, she was in an 'emotional shock' and no rational talk will get in that thick head of hers, so she was going to follow them whether she liked it or not. He didn't change his plans and came all the way here to babysit her so she would do whatever she wanted, He grabbed her hand and lift her up, she cried out in pain.

"Let me go!" she tried to push him away but he didn't let go of her. He forced her to follow him "Nooo! Let go of me Sesshomaru! I will not leave! I'll look for Inuyashaaa!" she protested but he was stronger than she was.

Sango and the rest watched as Sesshomaru dragged Kagome behind him; He pushed her into Sango's arms. "Keep an eye on her," he said firmly.

Kagome started crying and Sango held her in consolation, he passed by them "We're leaving," and they all followed him.

"I…I don't want to leave him…" Kagome cried in Sango's arms.

Sango looked at her friend helplessly, "I know… but we have to move on…, you still need to get the job done Kagome," she said. "Naraku is after the jewel you broke to pieces; you have to finish what you started with Inuyahsa," Sango explained. "I know it hurt but you have to finish the job, no one is asking you to forget about Inuyahsa or move on, but the job must be done" Kagome's cries faded slowly as they walked silently with their new wards…

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