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Sesshoumaru upon finishing patrolling headed back to the castle he had a lot on his mind and it was all about one human Miko. She seemed to contradict everything that he knew about humans. She was warm and caring even to him the great Taiyoukai of the west. She had openly invited him and Rin into there camp at anytime to visit. She offered to help him in any way that she could.

FLASHBACK

"I do wish that you had not told Rin that we could come visit" said Sesshoumaru. As Kagome looked up Shippo sound asleep in her arms she said "Why" Giving her a disbelieving look he said "My brother will not be happy and I do not want Rin exposed to battles" Kagome laughed softly and said " do not worry about Inuyasha he will not fight you if you don't fight him I will see to that" He raised an elegant eyebrow and said " this I might just have to see" and she giggled again.

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She also did not use the fact that she had saved Rin or regenerated his arm to Gain power of influence .she did not ask anything of him in fact he had to argue with her to take the Bow that he had made for her {why; why would she do all this Because she is a nice person, NO that is unacceptable, face it she is unlike any human you have ever met, that is true but it changes nothing besides she has one thing in common with all humans she fears me, That is only because you have tried to kill her}

Sesshoumarus thoughts were interrupted when he got to the castle as a very emotional Rin came out to greet him with a very frustrated Jaken fallowing .Rin ran up and attached to his leg saying" Sesshoumaru-sama is Kagome OK is she safe back with her friends to finish her quest? I miss Kagome do you Miss Kagome?" Sesshoumaru patted Rin on the head, kicked Jaken to shut him up and said" Rin I believe that it is mealtime " with that said he disengaged her from his leg and walked into the castle.

The remainder of the day passed with little interruption for Sesshoumaru but throughout the day his mind kept returning to Kagome he was thinking over all the think about later stuff that she had raised in him but by the end of the day he was more confused about her than he had been that morning. With a frustrated sigh he headed to bed.

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Inuyasha Took Kagome into a the woods and found a suitable place to talk he wanted privacy .He led Kagome to a nice spot with a couple of logs that they could sit on .he had not once made eye contact with Kagome but ushered her to sit then he said" umm Kagome I am so happy that your safe. I am happy that Sesshoumaru treated you well."

Kagome knew what was coming she had tears in her eyes but the sobs didn't come she said " you have chosen Kikyou; Its alright Inuyasha I guess I always knew that this day would come, but tell me what becomes of me now? Will I be cast aside or may I stay and finish our quest? Inuyasha I love you but I have come to realize that I love you as a friend not as I would a mate and I am happy that you and Kikyou can be happy. But I need to finish the quest to find the Shikon and we need to kill Naraku and that will take us all including Kikyou".

Inuyasha looked at Kagome for the first time her eyes were full of tears that would not fall and she had a sad smile on her face he said " Kagome; I could never cast you aside and yes we do have a quest to finish, You are my best friend you are the first to accept me for what I am and ask nothing in return, you have stayed by my side through everything even when I didn't deserve it, and for that I do love you but its just a different kind of love. "

After a pause when she didn't reply he asked" Kagome why did you help Kikyou in the Miko demon? She said that you wouldn't give up on her even though she told you to many times?" Kagome smiled a sad smile and looked at him his golden eyes were shining with unshed tears and she said " because it is not in my nature besides you love her and I couldn't hurt you like that" with that said Kagome stood and said in a far to chipper voice" we should get back ne? The others will be worried about us besides its almost meal time." As she grabbed his hand and dragged him towards camp.

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Sesshoumaru tossed and turned trying to clear his mind of images of Kagome, {how did she get into my head like this why cant I stop thinking about her?} finally sleep overtook him but his dreams were full of the vary thing that he was trying to forget.

DREAM

He was standing on the shoulder of an Oni really not wanting any part of this entire farce as he felt it was beneath him, in front of him was his Half-breed brother and a human girl she was hiding behind him he used her to taunt his brother.

Flash another dream

He was in his Fathers tomb the girl was there with his brother Jaken was cowering nearby the girl was holding Tetsusaiga and swinging it at him telling him to stay away she had on strange clothes he noticed two shades of blue and her legs were bare he didn't understand it all so he turned to taunt his brother he ran hand through his hair saying "Why protect them.... Why Miss them...Why love them? " After a few minuets further arguing with his brother of he said " I do not care for them.... These lowly creatures called humans " and with that he raised his hand and released a large blast of poison on the girl.

Flash to another dream

He was holding Tetsusaiga ready to strike the fatal blow to his brother when from above and to his left came an arrow that de transformed the Tetsusaiga. And he heard his name called in a loud clear voice " SESSHOUMARU" he turned his head to see the girl with bow drawn her hair was waving around her and he could see the power radiate in her aura.

ENE DREAM

Sesshoumaru woke with a start he had just relived every moment that he had ever spent in the presence of the little miko Kagome {I have never dreamed about anyone before} he thought {why would I start now and about a human at that} he got up to take a soak in the hot springs and focused on getting Kagome out of his mind.

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As Kagome and Inuyasha returned to camp Miroku and Sango looked up worriedly Inuyasha looked sad but happy at the same time Kagome looked sad but they could tell that she was trying her hardest to be cheerful so neither asked any of the questions that were on there mind. It was Kagome who broke the silence" we should resume shard hunting in the morning don't you all think?" Sango and Miroku agreed and they then talked about the coming of the next day and where it would lead. So the day passed with happy chatter from the adults and Shippo and Kirara playing and everyone resting.