Keith always got worried now when Akane ran away. Mainly because of what happened. It had been close to a month since Naraku left his mark. Sesshomaru even started to hang around more. He never admitted that he liked Akane, but the kiss he given her in front of everyone proved it. Though, he did fight with his brother all the time.

Akane stayed under the tree, watching as the two brothers tried to kill one another. Sango, Kagome, Rin, Kirara, and Shippo had left the rest of the gang behind to take a shower and to be rid of the idiots that fought. Keith must've followed the girls, Akane had thought to herself. The woman gave out a sigh and looked at Miroku when he had sat down beside her. Darn her for being a fox. Her pregnancy span was shorter than a human's. Her stomach had a small lump on it already. She hated it, but yet, at the same time she didn't mind.

"How are you Lady Akane?" The young monk asked while the two brothers fought a good distance away. A good show for the two, but Akane was annoyed at the moment.

"About to kill someone." She said. Her words were cold. Colder than normal but she spoke nothing but the truth.

It was then when Sesshomaru pelted Inuyasha across the clearing, nearing hitting the human and the fox demon. The hanyou smacked into the tree and twitched some. Akane got up and sprinted over to Sesshomaru with great speed. The Western Lord didn't know what to do when the woman grabbed him by the throat. Maybe it was the pregnancy mood swings? "I am growing sick and tired of the fighting you two do. Why do you fight? Because he is different than you?" The woman's words sent a chill down the Lord's back.

But for him, his inner demon roared loudly. But he was the only one that could hear it. He tried to keep it calm. But a woman trying to prove she was stronger than him? No. The western lord would NOT allow this to be known or seen. The demon's eyes flared red and he grasped the woman by the wrist. Akane figured he would get angry, but what happened next she hadn't expected. As his grasp tightened, it slowly made her let go. No bones broke though. "Do not touch me like that." He said before he jerked her away from him. Not a light jerk though. But one that made her fly a good ways and made her land on her side, making her slide a few more feet or so.

Jaken kept silent as this happened and Ahun had no say so anyways. The monk couldn't do anything either and the other demon was out cold. Akane curled up on her side.

He had let his inner demon get the best of him. Sesshomaru came back to his senses and he could only stare at what he did.

No tears formed from the woman's eyes but she stayed in the position she was in. Her stomach felt like it was being ripped at from the impact. Everything felt like it was struck still for a few minutes until the pain subsided. Sesshomaru proceeded to make his way over to her and help her to her feet. But he was only brushed away by Keith. "Stay the hell away.." He had seen what happened and came running. If it was anyone else who would have said that to him would have got ripped apart, but he knew that if he was to touch Keith, Akane would rip him apart.

The demon just turned and started to walk away, "Come on Jaken. We are leaving." The small imp didn't protest and followed quickly after his master with the two headed dragon following, "What about Rin, M'Lord?"

"Forget about her. She is fond of Akane and will stay with her." The demon had nothing else to say before he just disappeared with his small group.

The brother quickly helped his sister up and leapt up into a tree to hold her close on his lap. Miroku had already run off to get the other part of the group while Inuyasha still laid there out cold.

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It had been a few hours before Keith had gotten out of the tree. But Akane stayed in there, keeping to herself. Inuyasha had woken up just a few minutes before the other part of the gang had showed up after Miroku had gone to get them.

"How is she?" Inuyasha asked, shocking everyone since the demon had showed interest.

"A bit shook up but well." Keith said, shaking his head slowly.

Rin hadn't said anything either after she got back. It broke her heart to know her master left her. But everyone figured he would do that sooner or later. Cold heartless prick.

Akane landed on the ground after a few minutes, on her feet of course and began to walk off. "I'll be back." She said, keeping to herself after that.

Keith knew not to stand in her way, but he wasn't about to let her go alone. When the woman had gotten out of sight, he proceeded to follow, leaving the rest of the group behind. He figured he knew where she was going.

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Bingo. It was maybe 30 minutes later of walking, the woman walked over to the Lord demon who was just sitting at a lake alone. She had brought her hand across his cheek from what Keith had seen. Oh yes, he loved to watch his sister get mad at guys. He found it funny. Usually they ran away though, but Sesshomaru had stayed. He didn't seem to fight her back but he slowly wrapped his arms around her in the pale moon light. He held her close like he was about to lose her and rested his forehead on her shoulder.

Keith could only smile before he walked away to leave the two alone for the night.