I pulled this outta my ass for you guys. Though the end of the chapter was kind of a surprise for me too.

I have been swamped so much by this semester that I can't even read english right anymore. I'm so far gone into math right now that I'm seeing mathematical stuff in everyday english. Words like 'and' ,'or', and 'If..then.." Math people will know... Crazy amount of homework... ah well... off to the fresh-off-my-fingertips chapter.

Recovering from her lapse of awareness, Sango quickly pulled Hirakotsu to hold in front of her. She could see the destruction of trees, upturned dirt, and ruined fauna. Uncovered rocks, chunks and splinters of trees, and even parts of smaller animals littered her path.

She really had to stop him.

"Inuyasha!" Sango called out, trying to make her voice sound authoritative. The sounds stopped. She didn't want to sound like she was just looking for him. She wanted to sound angry. "You want something that'll fight back right?"

"Go away." A low angry guttural voice came from behind Sango and she spun. Inuyasha looked disheveled, his eyes appeared wild, and there was blood on his hands.

"Come on," Sango replaced hirakotsu and drew her sword, letting him know that she wasn't interested in making him talk, "Fight me."

Before she could even blink, Inuyasha brandished and had Tetsusiaga pressed against her blade. Sango stumbled back and finally was able to press a foot down for leverage, but she was in a very bad way. Her knee almost touching the ground she pushed back up against the untransformed Tetsusiaga, Inuyasha looming over her.

"You're not ready to fight me," He growled at her, but made no move to back off. Instead, he pressed harder until her arms were trembling from the pressure. "But you don't want to fucking back off!" His last two words punctuated, stressed.

Her arms were about to give out, but she could still think enough about what he said. If she had the energy to divert into smirking, she would have. He knew she wouldn't leave him alone in this. She needed him to know that. If she could focus on comforting him, then maybe it wouldn't hurt as much for her.

"Have you thought that maybe I need this?" She gritted out and watched his eyes widen as he lessened the intense pressure on her. She pushed his Tetsusiaga and rolled away with the strength she had left. Her arms were on fire and she almost dropped her sword. He had been pushing so hard, her arms had never felt so laden like this before from just one move.

She released one hand to shake it out, replaced it, and repeated the process with her opposite appendage. Her arms started feeling better, not by much though.

Inuyasha was glaring at her with such unmasked intensity and still barely repressed rage, "What's with you always wanting to fight me? It's a dangerous hobby."

"Sparring," She stressed the word as she replied, "With you has actually improved my swordplay and endurance."

"Whatever the hell you call it, that's not what it is now." The threat did not go by unnoticed. She was stalling a very angry hanyou, and it was only pissing him off further. If she fought him, she couldn't account him for his actions. He wanted to hurt something, and she wanted to be distracted, though, their two goals weren't compatible.

Fighting for something to say, she spoke without choosing her words carefully, "I've had this conversation with you before, and I'm sure you remember that you're not the only one in this situation!"

His eyes seemed to get darker, giving him a sinister quality that made her shiver, "Get the fuck away." He really was in no mood to play.

Sango, if she hadn't known he wouldn't hurt her, would have been petrified enough to have left him be. His aura was wild, erratic. She was scared, but not enough to run off. She would stay, she stood resolutely and faced him. Her arms had regained some strength and she raised her sword.

This was going to hurt.

Needless to say, Kagura was pissed. Pissed that she had to fight the almost overwhelming feeling of hopelessness about her lack of freedom. Trying to tell the hanyou anything was frustrating. He was so obtuse when he was enraged and that didn't bode well for her. Knocking the most feared person, from Naraku's perspective, had detrimental effects to her hope of freedom. She wanted away from Naraku and his sadistic mind. She would do anything to correct her current situation, including consorting with Inuyasha to the fullest extent she could under the guise of fighting.

But the hanyou was not cooperating, what a damnable mess.

Kagome's powers would, in theory, purify the curse plaguing the monk's line. However, it would be imperative that Kagome not use her powers, so that they would be focused on disintegrating the curse to her unborn child. This aspect confused Kagura, why would Naraku want a curse he meticulously placed to disappear? Technically though, if the miko were to be killed and the monk choose another, it could still be passed down since the monk would still have his accursed hand.

The miko seemed unaware of this, so Kagura was wondering when they would be told. Naraku was sure to hold this over their heads for some reason or another, but she wanted them to be knowledgeable about this before Naraku found a way to drop the news on them in a most unappealing way.

Also, there was a reason that miko's were told to remain pure. It was not as if their powers disappeared forever as soon as they rutted, but when pregnant, their power's weaken, going towards protecting the unborn. Doubled with the monk's curse, Kagome's powers had to work overtime. If she used her purification powers intentionally… There was no telling what would happen.

It was a confusing situation, but from what Kagura had heard, Kagome would be down and out. Exactly what Naraku wanted. She would be relatively easy to kill then.

Kagura did not know the monk well, but she assumed that he would do everything in his power to keep Kagome from fighting once he figured out the miko's part of ridding his line of the curse. Leaving her as a sitting duck for Kagura to pluck. As much as Kagura disliked the group, she really did not wish to kill them if they stood a chance at killing Naraku, thus granting her freedom.

Somehow, she had to get them to realize what was going on. Maybe, if she couldn't tell them, she could steer them literally into a place where they could figure it out.

So Kagura did something that she had really never done in the past, but this was different. She needed her scent to stain the ground.

Kagura started walking.

Kagome sat at stared, not really thinking about anything. Just letting the news sink in, mind blissfully blank. It was just one of those times that she was completely zoned out. So she missed Shippou and Kirara coming back into their little rest area, and subsequently, what he said to her until she felt a poke on her arm.

"Huh?" She turned her head swiftly to find Shippou's green eyes staring back at her, "I'm sorry Shippou, what did you say?"

"Am I going to be able to help?" His face shone with something she couldn't quite name.

Kagome stayed confused, though not thinking too hard about it, "Help with what?"

"The baby," he explained, "Am I going to get to help with the baby?"

Oh, she breathed, a real live kicking, squirming, screaming baby would be in her life soon. She still couldn't quite grasp that.

"Yeah Shippou," She gave him a shaky smile, "I'll let you help whenever you want to."

Shippou climbed up into her lap, glad that Kagome didn't know Sango had sent him on a pointless errand that he didn't complete. Her arms wound around him and he felt at home. Even Shippou felt the tension between the group, and would gratefully soak up any comforting embraces thrown his way.

It was comforting to Kagome too, as she trailed her fingers through his red hair. She needed physical reassurance, and she didn't think she was about to get a hug from anyone else. Shippou seemed content to let her cuddle him.

"What's going to happen now Kagome?"

"I don't know Shippou, but hopefully everything will work out alright." Though Kagome wasn't sure about that. She wanted to talk to Miroku, but holding Shippou was actually doing wonders for her.

Sango, the demon slayer, was having troubles with a certain half-demon. Inuyasha had nicked her in several places, and while she shouldn't be fighting him, it was therapeutic... At first. Her body couldn't take much more and with Naraku still running around, she needed to be in top condition.

Her muscles cried for some blessed release, but it only seemed like Inuyasha was getting warmed up. He was angry at her for confronting him, and he was going to make her feel it. And boy, did she feel it. Pride was the only thing keeping her standing at the moment.

Then a wonderful thing happened, Inuyasha stopped mid strike, and sniffed. His furious face grew darker, "Kagura."

"Where?" Sango's heart almost stopped, there was absolutely no way she could protect herself at the moment.

"Moving away." He shifted, "Let's go."

"Wrong way," Sango was still trying to catch her breath. Inuyasha was moving away from Kagome and Miroku's position. Did he think to fight without them?

Inuyasha paused, a pained look on his face, "Kagome can't fight."

"Miroku can." Still breathing hard, her sentences were short.

"She can't stay alone!"

"So we just disappear?" Sango's temper flaring up, she gave him her best frown.

"Damn it all…" He muttered under his breath and ran a hand through his hair before turning back to her, "We won't be gone long, I don't want to lose her scent."

Sango paused to consider him, and she must have taken to long to think.

"Fine! You stay, I'll go." And he turned to leave, by himself.

Sango, without thinking, jumped after him. "You're being stupid!"

His face turned to her with a glare, but he didn't stop walking. So she had fallen to calling him names? Sango felt guilty. "You can't just leave like this, what will you do if you need help?"

"I won't need any help."

"It could be a trap."

"Everything's a trap."

He had her there. Why did he sound so calm even though she knew he wasn't?

And why was she still walking with him?

"We need to hurry," He spoke urgently and started jogging.

Sango wanted to cry, "Inuyasha, I'm exhausted." Though she started up beside him despite her body's protest. It hurt everywhere.

"We just need to get to where I know I won't lose her scent, we're going to tail her."

Sango was complacent with his explanation and assured herself that Kirara could find them when Miroku and Kagome realized they were gone. Neither of them bothered to question why and how they were able to tail her when they never have been able to before.

This chapter was really piece-y. Sorry about that, but it's something right? lol yep. Now, I really need to go do more homework.

Spring break's lookin pretty good right now...