Been a long time, huh? Well, I'll tell you the truth, I got an email from FanFiction, because someone favorited me as an author. I had forgotten about this story, until that happened :)
So, here you go!

"Ah, so Kagome is finally back in the midst of Inuyasha." Naraku hissed, watching Kanna's mirror. He then looked to Kagura, who took the hint, and plucked a feather from her hair.

'This had better be worth it…' Kagura thought to herself as the feather lifted her from the cave that they were currently residing in. The sun was now setting in between the mountains, so the dark was able to cloak her well.

"We will camp out for the night." Sesshomaru said, stopping in the middle of large clearing.

"It will take us too long to go back tonight." He added, walking away into the forest to kill dinner. Sakura took that moment to look around for wood, to make a fire. When Sesshomaru had came back with a buck over his shoulder, she had already made the fire and put two logs around the fire for them to sit on. He slung the deer over to her, who took the opportunity to began skinning and gutting the animal, so she could get the good meat off the carcass. Putting the meat on a large leaf she had found, she laid it close to the fire, so it could cook.

Silence was soon broken between them, when the birds around them began to scatter into the sky. A clear sign that something wrong was going on. Sesshomaru looked over to Sakura, who was already getting to her feet. He gently grabbed her hand, and they both ran at top speed to the location of where the birds flew away from, which was also away from the castle.

"Out of my way insolate demon! I am too busy to deal with the likes of you!" Kagura spat and a troll demon, as big as the trees he stood in front of.

"Dance of the dragons!" Kagura yelled, the wind around her fan conjuring up tornadoes that sliced through the troll, slicing him until he was all but scraps of meat. More birds flew away at the distress around them.

"Ah, so it is Kagura that disrupts my peaceful lands." Sesshomaru's icy voice sent silent shivers down Kagura's spine. It was not for fear that her body ached to his voice. No. It was pure lust that drove Kagura mad. Kagura turned to look at the handsome demon, only to see a demoness with him as well. Kagura held a look of disgust as her eyes roamed over Sakura's form, until Kagura's eyes hit her hand. This was holding Sesshomaru's only one.

'I see. I didn't smell it before, but Sesshomaru has mated with this bitch.' Kagura sneered to herself, her face still holding disgust.

"Why are you here?" Kagura spat out, the words really meant for the bitch that was with Sesshomaru.

"These are my lands, as I last remembered." Sesshomaru answered.

"I should, in turn, ask you the same question." He added, breaking his hand holding with Sakura, to grab the hilt of his Tokijin. Kagura's eyes narrowed to the sword, bringing her fan closer to her where her heart should be.

"It's none of your damn business!" Kagura spat, her eyes showing deep loathing for what she was enduring at that moment.

"Who is she?!" Kagura decided to ask, only regretting the sentence right after the last word was said.

"I am Sakura, Lady of the Western Lands." Sakura answered, finally speaking up. If Kagura's eyes could kill once she looked at her, Sakura would have been dead five times over.

"LADY?! OF THE WESTERN LANDS?!" Kagura screeched. She calmed herself down before scoffing.

"Well, Sesshomaru has really let his standards down." Kagura said before plucking a feather from her hair.

"Anyways, I have better things to do than to waste my time talking to a filthy woman like yourself." Kagura gave one last nasty look to Sakura before taking off to the sky in her feather.

"Do I even want to know?" Sakura asked, turning to face Sesshomaru.

"At a later time." Sesshomaru looked to Sakura, then to the sky where Kagura was last seen. He then looked to her again, and took her hands in his one.

"Let us go back to camp." He said, quickly nuzzling her neck before they turned around back into the forest.

"Damn that Sesshomaru."" Kagura said before flying off towards Inuyasha's forest.

"What he sees in that mongrel is beyond me." Her eyes glared at nothing, mentally picturing Sakura's head decapitated from her neck.

"I'd like to do that myself, actually." She said referring to the image. She chuckled madly, as her feather carried her off.

"Did ye replenish ye strength back home, Kagome?" Kaede asked, warming up a pot of water on the fire that burned in the middle of her hut. The group all circled around the fire in the hut, and all were cramped for space. Kagome looked to the old Miko and gave a heart-warming smile.

"Yes, it was well needed. I'm glad I went back, since there are a few tests coming up next month, and I got a chance to study while I was away." Kagome picked up a ramen cup, and handed it to Inuyasha, who took it greedily.

"Wait till I pour the water in, Inuyasha." Kagome said, taking a cloth, and draping it over the pot's handle. She picked it up, and Inuyasha tilted the cup towards her, so she could pour the water into the cup.

"AHHHH!! YOU BURNED ME!" Inuyasha yelled, dropping the ramen cup on the ground and holding the skin between his thumb and pointer in his mouth.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry!" Kagome apologized, and ran to her bag on the other side of the hut to get her burn spray.

"Let me see it." Kagome asked, holding out her hand to Inuyasha, readying the burn spray. Inuyasha shook his head no, and scoffed between his hand.

"Inuyasha…." Her voice warned. His ears went flat against his head, as he reluctantly gave Kagome his burned hand.

"This won't hurt a bit." She said, and then sprayed his burn. Inuyasha sighed contently, because the spray was cool on his burn.

"There! All better!" Kagome said cheerfully, and put the spray back into her first aid kit.

"Keh. It didn't hurt before anyways." Was all Inuyasha said in appreciation, before sitting back down, and grabbing the cup of ramen that fell to the floor? He began to eat it when Kagome screeched at him.

"You're gonna eat that after it's been on the floor for that long?!" Kagome asked, pointing to the cup.

"Uh, yeah. What's wrong with it?" Inuyasha calmly asked, eyeing the noodles inside.

"There could be bugs or germs!"

"What's a germ?" Kagome smacked herself on the forehead.

"A germ is something that isn't seen, but can get you really sick." She explained.

"Feh, I don't get sick." Inuyasha scoffed, and began plopping the noodles into his mouth. Kagome gagged, and turned away from Inuyasha, to finish eating her rice.

This was all good fun on the outside, but Inuyasha was desperately nervous and anxious at the same time. His ears kept alert, but tried not to attract any attention from his companions.

'What am I going to do about Kagome?' He asked his self.

'And what about Kikyo?' He added, he stole a quick glance outside, where the moon was a night away from being new.

'I can't protect Kagome tomorrow. And Naraku is bound to know that she's back with me. If anything happens, which probably will, I hope it happens before dark tomorrow.' He gave a mental sigh, and cocked his head to look at Kagome through his bangs.

'I really don't want to use her as bait. But if I want to know where Naraku is keeping Kikyo, I have to. I have to save Kikyo, it's my duty to her.' He finished his cup, and set it down, Kagome picking it up a few seconds later, and putting it in her bag.

"Well, I think it's about time for bed, don't you Shippo?" Kagome asked, picking Shippo up and giving him Eskimo kisses. Shippo laughed and nodded his head.

"Is it alright to sleep?" Kagome directed her question to Inuyasha. He shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't give a fuck, go ahead." She glared at him for a few seconds, then began setting her sleeping bag up around the fire. She cuddled up against Shippo and fell asleep only in a matter of minutes.

'She musta been tired.' Inuyasha watched as her breathing became slow and steady, smiling just a tiny bit at how innocent and beautiful she looked asleep.

'She's not such a pain when she's sleeping.' He said to his self. He watched as the rest of his comrades went to sleep around him, until he was the only one awake.

'I should keep watch outside, just in case.' He got up from the floor, and stretched a bit, before walking out of the hut, and standing against the wall just near the door. He looked up at the sky, where there wasn't a cloud in sight.

'I have to keep protecting both of them until I die doing so.' He folded his arms, and stuck his hands into his harori before sitting down Indian style on the floor. He set his back against the hut and dropped his head down against his chest, his ears catching every shift in sound around him.

"I think it is a later time, M'lord." Sakura said after finishing her dinner. She looked over to her mate, who had also finished. He gave a small sigh, before returning her gaze.

"You are right. I believe the reason Kagura acted the way she had, was because she desires me." He said with a hiss.

"I do not blame her." Sakura teased, a small smile appearing on her soft face. Sesshomaru chuckled lightly.

"And I can not blame myself for desiring a certain demoness." He looked towards the dying fire.

"Oh now? Do I know this demoness?" Sakura played along.

"You know her well, actually. You may say that she's closer than you think." Sesshomaru said the last few words in a low seductive growl that sent shivers down Sakura's back. His eyes met hers in an icy stare.

"Closer than I think, hm…?" Sakura got to her knees and crawled over to Sesshomaru. She rested her hands on his thighs while she pulled herself halfway up to meet her face to his.

"About this close?" She finished in a whisper, her nose inches away from his.

"Closer..." He answered, and closed the gap between her lips and his. As they kissed, he put his arm around her, where his hand was in the small of her back, and he pulled her closer to him. She whimpered slightly as her body collided between his legs, her arms going around his neck, as if they had a mind of their own. They parted quickly, panting for breath. Her eyes seem to tell him everything he wanted to hear, because he got to his feet, and helped her up afterwards.

"We are going home. Now." Sesshomaru said, conquering up his cloud. They both boarded it, as it took off for their castle.

The cloud dropped them off at the terrace just outside their bedroom. Sesshomaru picked her up bridal style, even with just one arm, carried her to their bed, and laid her down gently on it. She sat up on her knees, to be at eye level with him. She directed his hand down her body, and back up it again, shivering slightly to his touch.

"Oh Sesshomaru. I want you now more than ever." She whispered in his ear. She pulled him down to the bed as she laid down, directing him to lay next to her.

"Let me fulfill your desire, Sakura." He whispered back to her, and began to undress her.

The darkness was soon engulfed with light as the sun rose to meet the sky. Kagome felt the rays of sun, shine through Kaede's small hut, and her eyes fluttered open. Her arms found the outside of the sleeping bag as she stretched and yawned. She looked down her sleeping bag, and saw that Shippo was cuddled up against her stomach. She smiled lightly as she rubbed the sleepiness from her eyes.

"Shippo, dear. Wake up." Kagome whispered, nudging him softly. She saw his eyes blink open, and look up at her. He smiled to her, then found his self yawning quite big.

"Sleep well?" She asked him, and he nodded sleepily. She unzipped the sleeping bag, and let Shippo climb out first, before she got to her feet as well. She looked over at Sango and Miroku. It seemed as if they fell asleep holding hands, because their bodies were facing each other's, and their fingers were ever so lightly hanging onto one another's. Kagome felt a twinge of jealousy, but quickly removed it from her mind. She turned to face the doorway, where she peeled back the curtain of the hut. Once she was outside of the hut, she gave a big long stretch.

"That felt great." She said to herself. She looked up at the sky, and saw that there wasn't a cloud in sight.

"Today seems like a beautiful day." She heard Shippo from her feet. She nodded in agreement.

"Keh, there's nothing beautiful about a day. It's just a day." Kagome heard from the roof. She turned to look, and saw Inuyasha sitting indian style with his hands inside his sleeves.

"Did you sleep up there all night?" She asked.

"So?" He said as he jumped down in front of her.

"Wasn't that uncomfortable?" He gave a stretch as she asked him.

"I don't care about comfort." He said as he hastily brushed by her to go into the hut. Shippo and Kagome followed suit, and saw that Miroku, Sango, Kirara and Kaede were all gathered around a small fire, where the beginnings of breakfast could be smelled throughout the hut.

"I hope ye do not mind, Kagome. I went through ye's bag for food." Kaede said, poking the fire with a stick. Kagome shook her head with a smile on her face.

"Oh no, I don't mind at all. You do whatever you like. This is your home." Kagome said as she sat down with the rest of her friends. Kaede gave a warm smile in return.

"So, what's on the agenda for today, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked as they began eating. Inuyasha shrugged as he stuffed his face.

"How should I know?" He said between mouthfuls. Kagome shook her head in embarrassment and ate daintily.

'She is in that village, it seems.' Kagura thought to herself.

'I should tell Naraku and see what he plans to do.' She turned her feather around and began to float away, when she saw a blade coming towards her. She leaned to one side to evade the attack.

"Kagura!" Inuyasha yelled as he landed on the ground.

"I knew I smelled your stench!" He added, aiming Tetsusaiga at her.

"I'm not here to fight you fool." She spat from her feather.

"Then why are you here at all?" Kagome voiced from the hut.

"Kagome! Get back inside!" Inuyasha yelled. Kagome looked at him, then looked at Kagura.

"Now!" He added. She nodded, and reluctantly went inside.

"You know a mere hut will not stop Naraku from taking her." Kagura sneered.

"WINDSCAR!" Inuyasha aimed right for Kagura, but she was too fast, and flew off before it hit her.

"Damnit." He said aloud, as he sheathed Tetsusaiga.

'There's no use following her, because I won't be able to protect Kagome.' He walked backinside the hut, where his group was eagerly awaiting the results.

"Coward." Was all he said, as he plopped down indian style and finished his breakfast.