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They decided go back to where they fought the bear demon before. Kagome carried Inuyasha with her wind magic.

"Hey, Kagome? Do you think Koga will be alright?" Shippou asked her with sad eyes.

"Don't worry, Shippou, he'll be fine. He's as stubborn as Inuyasha." She reassured him. She was worried about neither Koga nor Inuyasha at that moment. Her mind preoccupied with guessing the whereabouts of a certain demon lord.

Sesshoumaru was not sure why he did it but when he saw the young mage sitting next to Inuyasha with concern etched to her face, he just had to leave before he started to feel those strange emotions again. It was making no sense to him. She was his half brother's mate. The fool certainly did not deserve her but there was still nothing he could do about it. And he still failed to understand why he wanted to do anything about it in the first place. He simply refused to admit that he had feelings for the female. The way she laughed, smiled, the way her eyes sparkled with mischief, everything about her was dazzling and it drove him insane to think about it. He suddenly felt like banging his head against a tree. He had to clear his head before he went back to them but it was too late. She had already found him.

"Hey!" called the beautiful female towards his general direction. "Why don't you come here so we could talk?" Sesshoumaru had no other choice at this point. He jumped down from the tree branch he sat on and gracefully landed in front of her.

Kagome took a deep breath. It was going to be hard to speak while Lord 'I Don't Give A Single Fuck About What You Say' was staring at her like that. But then again he probably wasn't doing it on purpose. It was just his face. "So, umm... I realised that you've been disappearing a lot lately." She started.

"Am I to be punished for that?" Lord 'I Will Kill You Peasants With Piercing My Gaze' asked her.

"What? No! I mean, I was just wondering that if something was bothering you, that's all." She blushed slightly.

He almost widened his eyes before he assured himself that there was no way she could have realised. "Why do you ask?" he replied instead.

Kagome put her hand on the back of her neck. "Well, you know, 'cause if something was bothering you and it had something to with us, maybe we could try and fix it. Or if you think we are beyond all hope, I could just..." She looked into his eyes for a second before she looked away again. "Let you go."

Now he was really surprised. She would allow him to leave just because he was bothered by them. "You would do that?" She nodded. He narrowed his eyes. There must be a catch. "Why?"

She rolled her eyes, knowing what he must be thinking. "Because the way I see it, while you're with us, you are a part of our group whether you like it or not and I don't like it when someone in our group is unhappy. All the pouting and shit is bad for morale, you know." She placed her hands on her hips. "So what will it be? Will you tell me your problem or do you truly wish to leave?" Her heart started beat faster while she was waiting for his answer. He might have been an enemy in the past but she almost call him a friend now and wished what was best for him. At the same time she didn't want him to leave.

"I do not believe that you are beyond hope. And the reason I irritated is because I have no interest in what my half-brother's love life involves." He finally told her. He didn't lie but he didn't tell her the entire truth either. You would imagine how surprised he was when he heard her answer.

"Neither have I. Seriously who would want to know who that idiot fucks? Or more like who he doesn't fuck? Disgusting really. I don't need that mental image in my head." She actually looked disgusted. "But I still don't see why this is relevant. He doesn't try to talk to you about it, does he? 'Cause I have a hard time imagining that. I mean, no offence but you're not exactly brotherly." Then she realised the surprised look on his face. It was an extremely rare sight. Lord 'I Would Never Show My Feelings Even If It Killed Me' actually displayed an emotion. She took a mental picture of his face before she continued with a very clever sounding: "What?"

Sesshoumaru regained his emotionless mask before he spoke. "You mean you and him are not..." He was interrupted by the young mage's laugh before he could finish his sentence. He raised his eyebrows.

She wiped the tears from eyes that shed because of her laughing so hard. "Oh my God! I can't believe you actually thought Inuyasha and I were together. I... I really don't know if I should laugh more or be offended. Whew." She looked at him with an amused smile, her hands still on her hips. "If that's what's really been bothering you, you can rest assured. Inuyasha and I have no such thing going on." She walked to his side and patted him on the shoulder. "Come on. Let's get back before they start thinking we killed each other." Then she headed back to the camp.

No matter how much he did not wish to admit Sesshoumaru did not think he felt this relieved in long time. He followed after her back to their camp where Inuyasha was sleeping and the other were busy preparing food.

"Oh, there you are, guys!" Sango said cheerfully when she spotted them.

Kagome smiled, too. "How's Inuyasha?"

"He's sleeping like the dead. I hope we'll be able to sleep with all his snoring." Shippou told her, seeming annoyed but he, too, was relieved that Inuyasha was fine.

"Nah , we'll be fine. Let me do that." Kagome took the pan out of Miroku's hands, seeing he was having a hard time with it.

"Speaking of Inuyasha. I didn't know you had healing powers, Kagome. I thought mages only had control over elements." Miroku asked her when he handed her the pan.

She looked at him like he had just sais the most ridiculous thing possible. "I don't have healing powers." She stated. She sighed seeing the confused look on her friend's face. "I do not have healing powers. Water does. I only encourage it take out its powers and guide it."

"Hmm... I understand. I think. Anyway, Kagome, what are we going to do next?" He asked while he fanned the flames.

"We should go back to the village. I want to go home for a few days while Inuyasha heals." Miroku nodded and took the plates she handed to him. They passed it around and helped themselves with the food.

After they finished their food cleaned everything, Sango mention she saw a small hot spring nearby. Of course Kagome couldn't pass up the offer.

"Ok, let's go." Then the women went to take a bath.

After they both took off their clothes and settled into the hot spring Kagome let out a relaxed sigh but Sango was not about to let her relax.

"So. What did you and Sesshoumaru talk about?" She asked without wasting any time.

"Ugh! Do we have to talk about this right now?"

"Yes!"

Seeing that there was no escaping her, Kagome had no choice but to answer. "I just asked if something was bothering him and he told me and then we fixed it."

"Aww, come one, Kagome! It can't be that simple! You've been gone for half an hour!"

"Which I spent looking for him!" She told Sango and the brown haired woman looked really disappointed.

"Then at least what was bothering him." Sango demanded, folding her arms.

Kagome sighed. "He said that he had no interest in learning his brother's love life."

Sango raised her eyebrows. "What does that have to do with anything?"

Kagome shrugged. "I asked him the very same thing. It appears he thought that Inuyasha and I were together."

Sango's eyes widened and a huge grin formed on her face. "Oh my God! I can't believe it!" She practically screamed and startled Kagome.

"Can't believe what!?"

"He was jealous! Lord Stone Face was actually jealous of you and Inuyasha!" Sango declared. She was so excited about her new discovery whereas Kagome was speechless.

"Don't be ridiculous, Sango! What the fuck would he be jealous of me?" Kagome asked as a blush slowly raised to her cheeks.

"Umm... Because he likes you?" Sango said, as a matter of factly.

"I have a hard time believing that."

"Why not? I mean, you're the one who keeps saying you're so beautiful and all. Your beauty must have captured his heart, too." Sango clasped her hand together like she was listening to a beautiful love story.

"That only goes for male humans who don't know how to think with their brains!"

"I disagree."

"Why's that?"

"Sesshoumaru is a dog demon. Which means he has stronger primal instinct than any other human and even demon alike. And you've actually been treating him with kindness. So unless he has something against it or is actually gay like you suggested earlier, he has at least a certain degree of feelings for you." Sango leaned on the stone behind her with a satisfied smile on her face.

Kagome thought about it for a while. 'Could he really have feelings for me?' She couldn't come up with an answer to 'Why not?'.

"Also, judging from how you've been acting around him, I say you have feelings for him, too." Sango added, pulling Kagome out of her deep thoughts. Her brain just stopped working at that moment and she simply stared at her friend. 'I have feelings for him?' She remembered how he saved her from falling face first onto the ground and when he carried her while she was injured. She couldn't say she loved him just but she realised she did like him. "I can see it on your face. You know I'm right." Sango said and watched her mage friend smack her forehead.

"What am I gonna do?" Kagome said. She sounded troubled.

"You don't have to do anything except for waiting for him to realise his feelings and act on them." Sango told her. Kagome then looked at her, eyes wild.

"What if I don't want him to act on it?" She asked. Sango shot her a look that said 'Don't lie to me'. She rolled her eyes. "Fine. I do want him to act on it. But what if he never does?"

"Have some confidence, Kagome! I'm sure he'll do something when he figures it out. And if he doesn't, you can. You're strong woman and there's nothing wrong with taking the first step time to time. Unless he finds it offensive. I'll try to find out if he does." They both remained silent for rest of the time they spent in the hor springs and on their way back to the camp(Kagome really appreciated the silence), where they were greeted by Sesshoumaru who was the only one still awake. She had to use her every ounce of control to keep herself from blushing when she saw him.

"Don't you ever sleep?" She managed to ask casually.

"I do." He said, face unchanging.

"Then go to sleep. I'll take the watch while Inuyasha rests."She said and was surprised when Sesshoumaru got up and shook his head.

"That would no be wise. You must be tired from the battle you fought today. It would better if you rested." He said. When he saw Kagome and Sango's jaws drop, "I do not wish to put my safety at risk." he quickly added.

"Umm... Ok. Suit yourself." Kagome said and turned to her friend. He heard her tell the demon slayer to shut up before both women went to sleep.

He watched Kagome as she slept, thinking she looked very beautiful. No matte how much he hated it, he was slowly accepting the feelings he had for the mage. He was actually curious to see where she lived, her family, the environment she grew up in. It was going to be an interesting journey.