Chapter 9:

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I saw Kaede hesitate a little but then she said, "I am so sorry Kagome but I can not tell now. Not for another 2 to 4 weeks."

I could feel tears coming to my eyes. Sango wrapped an arm around me and I laid my head on her shoulder and started to sob. I heard her say,

"Don't worry Kagome. It's gonna be ok"

I still sobbed for a while. When I quit, Sango and I got up. Kaede stood up as well and we both hugged. When we parted she said,

"I wish ye good luck on your journey, and come back in 4 weeks,"

"Thank you Kaede, we will," The three of us walked out of her hut and found everyone outside. I yelled,

"Rin, Shippo come over and say goodbye to Kaede because we are leaving!"

"Yes Kagome-mama,"

They ran over to Kaede and hugged her. She said,

"Now you two behave,"

"We will Lady Kaede,"

When they pulled away Miroku said his goodbyes as well. The children then went over and climbed onto Ah-Un. Kirara then transformed and Miroku and Sango got on her. Sesshoumaru made his demonic cloud. Jaken and I both tried to get on, but in the end I won. Jaken huffed and went over and got on all took to the sky and waved goodbye to Kaede. After an hour or so of flying, Sesshoumaru started to fly out of hearing range of the others. I looked up at him and said,

"What are you doing?"

"I wanted to ask you something"

"Ok, ask away"

"Are you scared that you are with child?"

A look of shock came over my face and I said "How did you know?"

"I could hear yours and the Demon Slayer conversation with the Priestess,"

"Don't you know that that's invading on someone else's privacy?"

"I know very well Miko. You were very shaken up, though,"

"Still," I felt Inuyasha's and Kikyou's auras right beneath us. I heard Sesshoumaru say

"Don't worry Kagome. I will not let him hurt you again,"

"Would you really do that Sesshoumaru?"

"Yes,"

"Thank you,"

"For what?"

"For protecting me from him."

"Hn, its ok," Even though he tried not to sound soft, I could tell there was a little sympathy in him. I thought,

'He is very handsome'

'Kagome are you falling for him?'

'Maybe, I don't know,'

'He is Inuyasha's half brother,'

'Yes but he is nothing like the half bread,'

'Are you sure?'

'Shut the hell up.'

I blocked my inner self from talking to me. I looked straight ahead of us. That was until I felt a very strong arm wrap around my waist and pulled me to muscular chest. I felt my cheeks turn red immediately. He leaned down and I felt his hot breath on near my ear. He said "Why are you so red Miko?"

"I-um…I-"

"Out of words I see"

"Well, um,"

"You are attracted to this Sesshoumaru, aren't you Kagome?" I know I can't lie to him so I said

"Yes, I am,"

"I thought so."

"How can you tell?"

"Your scent,"

"O-ok,"

He then stood straight up and we continued on our way to who knows where. Finally, around mid day we stopped to get something to eat. Since we are near a stream Rin and Shippo went to catch some fish for lunch. While Miroku and Sango are making a fire Sesshoumaru came over to me and said,

"Come with me, Miko."

"Ok," I stood up from the shady tree I was sitting under and followed him out of camp. When we were a good ways away from camp we stopped. He turned around to face me. Before I know it I was pined against a tree by Sesshoumaru. Before I could say anything he crashed his lips down on mine in a kiss. At first, I was in shock; but I soon overcame it and wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back. After a couple of seconds, we pulled apart and I'm breathing heavily. We look into each others eyes and he said,

"Miko, I think I am falling for you,"

"I think I am too, but my name is Kagome."

"I know,"

"Then why don't you call me by it all the time?"

"I don't know. May I mark you to show other demons that we are courting?"

"Sure," He moved my hair out of the way and sunk his fans into my neck. I bit my lip to keep from screaming out in pain. When he lifted his head up and looked at me and said

"I'm sorry Kagome,"

"It's alright,"

He kissed me again and we both kissed with so much passion, it was almost tangible. When we pulled apart he stepped away, saying,

"Let's get back to camp,"

"Yeah, the others might be worried about us."

So we started to walk back to camp but instead of walking behind him, like I did before, I walked beside him. Soon we made it back to camp and Sango looked up at us and said,

"You two made it back just in time. The fish is ready to eat."

"Good, 'cause I'm so hungry right now."

Sesshoumaru went over and sat down under a tree and I went over and sat down beside Sango. We each grabbed our fish and started to eat. I wanted to just blurt out to Sango what happened, but I knew then it was not the right time. When we finished eating, we put the fire out. Instead of flying this time, we decided to walk again. As always Sesshoumaru is at the head, and then Jaken, then me, Ah-Un, Rin and Shippo, then finally at the back is Sango and Miroku. All I can think about is that Sesshoumaru is falling for me, and that I am falling for him. Silence had long since fallen over our group. But soon it was interrupted by Jaken's squeaky little voice saying,

"Lord Sesshoumaru, if you don't mind me asking, where are we headed?"

"After Naraku,"

"But, my lord-!"

"Shut up Jaken,"

"Of course my lord,"

I laughed on the inside at Jaken. He is so in love with Sesshoumaru. Then I heard,

"Kagome?" I snapped out of my daze and looked over at Shippo. I said,

"What is it, Shippo?"

"Can I have my coloring books please?"

"Yes, you may," I got his coloring books and crayons out of my pack and handed them to Rin and Shippo. Since Rin had never done it before, Shippo showed her how. To me it is the cutest thing I have ever seen.

The End

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