After another week, Kagome was able to move up and around, and as long as an activity wasn't too strenuous, she could do pretty much anything she was able to before. Inuyasha and she had grown closer, him taking care of her the whole week unless her wounds needed to be dressed.

He began insisting she learn how to fight. Kagome, seeing as she had no idea on how to get home, accepted her fate as the Shikon Jewel Miko, and allowed herself to be carried off into the woods where she could practice her miko skills.

"But Inuyasha," she complained, "I can defend myself just fine…" Inuyasha was irritated from hearing this from her over and over. "Like hell you can defend yourself! Prove it or somethin'."

Getting angry, she snapped at him. "Fine, then I will!" She turned, shooting a ki blast a nearby tree. It fell with a loud thump, the trunk scorched.

Inuyasha's eyes went wide, staring at her, then at the tree, then back at her. "What the hell? How did you do that?" She shrugged and replied, "I just used my ki. Jeez, use a little ki and suddenly everyone's all over you…"

"Idiot, only demons can use energy blasts like that! If any of the villagers saw that, you'd be dead!" Kagome gave him a look. "Nah, they could never take me. Maybe you, but none of them. Like, ever. It'd be funny if they tried, though." Inuyasha kind of just stared at her, mouth slightly agape. Kagome tilted her head slightly, giving her a look similar to that of a confused puppy. "What?"

"You seriously do not know how much ya sound like someone I used to know when you talk like that," he replied, disbelief and a little amusement coloring his tone. "Or at least, what he would sound like if the man liked to talk." His ears twitched a little as he spoke, and Kagome resisted the urge to rub the soft appendages between her fingers.

"Who was he?" she asked quietly, it just seeming right for that moment. Inuyasha looked slightly surprised before replying just as softly, "Sesshomaru, Lord of the West. My older half-brother."

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Kya! I am so so so so sorry about my lack of updating and the short-ness of this chapter. It's just that finals and tests and school has taken over my life. But never fear, summer is on its way! :D