Sesshomaru had traveled off alone this night and Kagome found herself wondering where he went and if he was ok. She shook the thoughts way. This was the Sesshomaru. Of course he was ok. No one in all of Japan was stronger than him, even Naraku obviously feared him.

She sighed as she leaned up against the tree. Shippo, Rin and Jaken had all passed out after their bellies were full of fish and mushrooms. Jaken had fallen asleep right next to Rin. Whether the little troll wanted to admit it or not, he cared for Rin. Shippo had also fallen asleep next to her due to entertaining her with his "magic" Foxfire.

The fire they used to cook was still full of dancing flames, and while looking at it Kagome wondered about Inuyasha. It had been several days since she saw him last, almost a week. She felt her heart ache and put a hand to her chest as if to comfort it. She knew it wouldn't be so simple and she was stupid to hope she would stop loving him in only a few days.

The fire began to pop, but Kagome looked up at the sky, admiring the stars. Inuyasha and she used to spend hours looking up at the stars together, so much even, that they had made a game on who could spot the most shooting stars.

"Oh Kagome…" She said to herself softly, "You've gotten yourself into quite a mess haven't you?"

She bit her lip and shook her head. No. This had to happen… she knew she couldn't take Inuyasha sneaking around much longer anyway. Seeing Kikyo and him together like that hurt far worse than this pain. Yes, she missed Inuyasha. She still loved him and probably would for a long time if not forever, but she had to do what was best for herself. As selfish as that sounded to herself, it was even more selfish of Inuyasha to sneak off to Kikyo and then come right back to her.

She stood up with a nod to no one in particular. She was satisfied with those thoughts and with that she turned to head to the nearby stream. She needed to wash her face before she went to sleep.

It didn't take long to get to the stream, she could hear the running water from the camp site. She knelt down on the rocky shore and scooped two handfuls of water and splashed it up onto her face. The water was shockingly cold.

Something cracked.

Before Kagome could fully turn around a hand went over her mouth and an arm pulled her in tightly against a solid form. Long black hair flew over her shoulder that was not her own.

A rough voice whispered, "Now, Sesshomaru is underestimating my abilities. I'm almost insulted. So as his punishment, I'll take you along with me. Since it looks like human weakness runs in the dog clan, he will come for you, and how angry it will make him if you're roughed up real nice," The wolf demon rubbed his face against Kagome's softly, "Maybe a few broken bones, bloody cuts that will scar up real nice, maybe a lost finger or toe."

Kagome's heart began to race. This was the wolf demon Sesshomaru fought with a few days ago! He was going to hurt her to get to Sesshomaru! She had to do something, but what? There was no fighting a demon's strength.

She moved her lips enough to open her mouth a bit. Quickly she bit him as hard as she could, and when he pulled his hand back Kagome took a deep breath and yelled very loudly, "SESSHOMARU! HELP!"

Everything went black after that as the angry wolf demon slapped her.