At The Hot Spring

"I know Kagome you have nothing to do with this. I will deal with you Sesshoumaru" said Inuyasha putting his hands on his sword. Sesshoumaru himself was ready to fight.

"Stoooooop, Inuyasha. Why are you like this? Why can't you leave me alone? I hate you because of this. Now leave me alone"

Inuyasha was staring at Kagome with his mouth open and Sesshoumaru smirked at him. Inuyasha went out of the hut and saw Miroku and Sango talking very fast. They saw Inuyasha's face and understood what had happened.

Inuyasha didn't talk to them and went away. Miroku and Sango watched him go and did nothing to prevent him from going away. Kagome, inside the hut started crying. She did not know why she was crying but she was crying. Sesshoumaru stood there watching Kagome cry and confused about what he should do. He sat near her, put an arm around her shoulder, and asked with no feelings, "You still like him?"

Kagome looked at him for a moment and said, "No!"

"Then why are you crying?"

"I don't know, Sesshoumaru. I don't know"

They sat in each others arms for a long time without speaking. After about half an hour, Kagome said, "I need to freshen up. I am going to the hot spring to take a bath"

"Are you going alone? Should I come with you?"

"No, I am going with Sango! Help me to get up, Sesshy"

Sesshoumaru helped Kagome to stand up and helped her to walk and asked, "Are you sure that you can go without me?"

"Yep, I can walk very well" Kagome tried to walk but after going a short distance got tired. She took the walking stick which Kaede had given her and went out with Sesshoumaru to find Sango. They found Miroku and Sango talking and laughing and with them were Shippo and Kirara.

"So you ready to go?"

"Yep" replied Sango.

"Where are you going?" asked Miroku.

"We are going to take a bath"

"Oooh. Are you going with Shippo?"

"Yes"

Kagome and Sango proceeded to their favorite hot spring in Inuyasha's forest. They took off their clothes and walked into the hot spring and relaxed. Shippo stood in guard. For a few minutes both relaxed without speaking. Then Sango asked, "So what this of yours with Sesshoumaru?"

Kagome, blushing said, "I love him and he loves me"

"You love him? That's unbelievable. I thought you loved Inuyasha. You fell in love with Sesshoumaru in such short time? And he fell in love with you so soon? It doesn't sound right. Explain to me briefly what happened in the past days"

Kagome explained everything in brief to Sango and looked at her. She was hoping that Sango would be happy about their relationship. After all they were happy with each other.

Sango said," But you fell in love with him so fast. Don't you think you are hurrying up? And are you sure that you really love him? May be it's because you had to make Inuyasha jealous. You should really think before you actually believe that you are in love with him. I don't see that sparks that you used to have when you loved Inuyasha. I am not sure that Sesshoumaru really likes you. Maybe he does but I am not sure."

"What do you mean you are not sure that I don't really love him? I love Sesshoumaru and I am sure that he loves me back. Why else would he save my life from Naraku? He said he loved me. What else do you think is needed for you to believe that he actually loves me? I never thought that you would say that. What sparks did I have when I liked Inuyasha? I don't remember anything. I don't even remember me loving him. I don't know what you are getting at, Sango. But do explain so that I can clear all your doubts."

"You falling in love with him are believable. But he fell in love with you so fast? After how many days did he say that he loved you? It is so fast. Maybe he is pretending or he had been in love with you for a long time. Whatever it is it just surprises me. He always acted rude to all of us whenever he saw us. I am telling you Kagome, you should really think about it"

"But why do you think that Sesshoumaru is acting to me? He is not that kind of a guy. We were so close. I never thought he would act like he loved me. But why it is so hard for you to believe that I really love him? Tell me Sango, why?"

"I told you before, Kagome. I am not sure it's just my doubts. Maybe you know Kagome, don't get mad at me, but maybe you think you love him. But I do not know anything about him. He is a total mystery. Even if he loves you truly I have doubts about your feelings. But Kagome I am not yet sure of it. So don't get mad. You really have to think because you said you ran away because you wanted to find Kouga to make Inuyasha jealous."

"But Sango, what made you think that I really don't love Sesshoumaru? Is it because it was all very fast? But Sango I really love him. I have this wonderful feeling when I look into his eyes. I have never experienced it before. It is so wonderful that we can never say it is not love. But do you really think Sesshoumaru loves me truly?"

"I don't know if you really believe that it is love, and then maybe it is. But you used to say almost the same things when you 'were in love' with Inuyasha. But I know nothing about Sesshoumaru but I think he really likes you because he has this wonderful look on his eyes when he sees you. But he is really rude to all of us. But that is not the important thing here. The only important thing is that he really likes. You happy, we happy. If he can make you happy then what else is needed?"

Kagome felt much better hearing this but was a little disappointed that her friend didn't actually believed that she loves Sesshoumaru. She asked Sango," So how did Inuyasha react when he saw me and Sesshoumaru together?"

"Oh…I forgot to tell you, he was very sad. I felt pity for him for the first time in my life. You should talk to him. He was so glad to see you that when you shouted he really became sad. I have never seen him sad before. Anyways, Miroku was glad to see you together. He says you were perfect for each other."

"So, I forgot to ask. What's up with the two of you? Is everything perfect?"

"Nothing much happened when you were gone. It's just that we looked into each others eyes for a long time when we were alone. We were too busy to find you."

"But I am wondering why Inuyasha became so sad? I thought he will be mad when I shouted at him supporting Sesshoumaru."

"Maybe he loves you. He truly loves you. He was expecting you to be happy to see him. And after these many days, you shouted at him when you saw him and also supporting Sesshoumaru"

"I don't know. Maybe I should talk to him. After all we have to collect a lot of jewel shards together."

They stayed in the hot spring for a little more tome and went back to Kaede's hut with Shippo. They found Inuyasha outside the hut with Miroku. But Sesshoumaru was nowhere around. When they saw Kagome and Sango coming, Inuyasha came forward and said,"Kagome, I have to talk to you, privately. "

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