FD: so here's the new chapter. it's a tiny bit shorter than usual, but it's the way it ended up playing out. if i made it any longer it prolly would have taken a little longer to update. anywho, i am dedicating this chapter to 3 wonderful reviewers who were the only 3 to answer my question, and they are: seshomaru94, VampireDragonGirl66, Nyght elf. well now everyone needs to go forth and review. anywho, i hope sesshomaru isn't too OOC in this chapter, but whatever.

"speaking"

'thoughts'

~Flashbacks~

Sesshomaru's Beast

FD: any author notes (A/N) are the voices in my head. basically w/e they think to interject into the stories, that wouldn't quite fit or background info, or commentary or just something that would be funny if a character said it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, the only things I own are the plot and my OC's.

Another Koga

Naraku sat stewing in his new hideout. 'I can't believe those brats escaped. I need a new plan. But, what could I possibly do?' He turned to look through Kanna's mirror and saw the wolf demon, Koga.

"Hm," Naraku smirked as he got a wonderful, awful idea. (A/N: wasn't watching it but this seemed like something that would fit Naraku really well. It's from the original Grinch and not the Jim Carey one.)

~FD~

Sesshomaru awoke and looked around to see everyone was still asleep. He was about to stand up when he realized there was someone or something leaning against him. When he looked down, he saw Izumi and smiled. (A/N: Yes an actual smile.)

'Beautiful.'

I second that. Now wake everyone up.

'I know we need to get a move on.'

"Izumi, wake up," he said as he shook her.

"Huh?"

"It's time to wake up. Go wake the children."

He watched as she got up and went over to them to wake them up as he went to his half-brother and woke him up. Soon everyone in camp was awake and they began heading in the direction they believed Naraku to be. They traveled for hours when Izumi suddenly stopped and sniffed the air.

"What do you smell?" asked Sesshomaru as he too sniffed.

"Cinnamon."

They all looked in the direction Izumi had turned towards and saw a male inu youkai coming towards them.

"Ah, Izumi, I've been looking for you," the unknown male demon said.

"Well, you found me Yukio, so what do you want?"

"I want my future mate to come back to the village."

'Future mate,' thought Sesshomaru.

"Doesn't he sound like Koga?" Sango whispered to the others.

"Yes," the others agreed.

Meanwhile Sesshomaru wasn't too happy with this new development.

'They can't be together.'

No, they can't be. She is ours.

'Except she's not denying it.'

No, she's not. But maybe he's confessed and is awaiting her answer. Maybe she'll say yes. We haven't been treating her all that well.

"Stop saying no. You're going to be my mate. There's no one else who'd willingly marry a half-demon," Yukio's voice rang through Sesshomaru's thoughts.

At this Sesshomaru's eyes turned red and he wanted to rip out Yukio's throat. Knowing that Izumi wouldn't like that, he sighed and tried to restrain himself.

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Izumi conversed with Yukio, not noticing how red Sesshomaru's eyes got or how his whole demeanor changed. When he made that comment about half-demons, she wanted to kill him. All of a sudden though, she heard a growl and turned towards where the sound came from, only to notice Sesshomaru's eyes switching from gold to red and back again. 'Yukio's wrong. I'm sure Sesshomaru would…maybe…if how he's been treating me is any indication.' When she followed Sesshomaru's line of sight and saw that he was staring at Yukio, she knew she had to do something.

Turning to Yukio she said, "I think you should leave now."

"Not without you."

"I'm not going."

"My future mate belongs with me," he said as he grabbed her hands.

"I'm not your future mate. I'm not anybody's future mate. So just go!"

"Alright, but I will be back," he said just before he took off.

'Good that's settled. Now to see what was up with Sesshomaru.' Turning towards the rest of the group she saw Sesshomaru doing what seemed to be sulking. 'He looks like a kicked puppy.' She watched as he headed off into the woods and she wasted no time in following him. She ran until she caught up with him.

"Sesshomaru, what's wrong?"

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"What's wrong? Nothing is wrong."

"Really? Then why do you look like a kicked puppy?"

'Time for the truth.'

No, time to confess.

"Because I love you."

Izumi gasped and said, "You were jealous."

Sesshomaru just growled.

"You had no reason to be. I love you, Sesshomaru," she said as she wrapped her arms around him.

Shocked all Sesshomaru could do was stand there until his beast got him out of his stupor.

Hey! She feels the same and is hugging us. Now hug her back.

After that brief lecture, Sesshomaru wrapped his arms around her and nuzzled the top of her head. After a few minutes had passed, they slowly pulled apart. They both stared into the other's eyes. Slowly, Sesshomaru leaned forward and captured Izumi's lips in a sweet romantic kiss. They stayed lip locked until they heard a scream pierce the air. They quickly pulled apart when they recognized who screamed.

"Rin!" they both said.

End Chapter

FD: well there you have it. sorry that you didn't get to see everyone else's reaction to Sesshomaru being jealous, but that will either happen next chapter or the chapter after that or both. depending on how they turn out. anywho, review please.

Rin: hey! what about Naraku's plan?

FD: it's coming...

Jaken: where are Ah-Un and I?

FD: you're there somewhere. maybe next chapter...maybe the one after that.

Shippo: don't forget to check out her other stories...Untitled Love and The Demon Nutcracker Prince.