Read A/N at the end (IMPORTANT)


Momiji's golden eyes followed Sugoi's body as it fell to the ground. Once her body touched ground, Momiji released his mother and ran towards Sugoi. He felt emotionally broken as he watched Sugoi's helpless body hit the ground, but he felt even more empty knowing that she would be dead by now. Why I am feeling like this, he thought, why is it that I have the need to cry? Reaching her body, Momiji threw himself beside her and looked into her eyes. He could see life in them, but just barely. A small trail of blood ran from the side of her lip to her chin, where it finally trickled down to the green grass. He looked into her eyes again, which were now half closed, and she smiled at him.

"I'm glad you're not like him...never be like him...that would be a very...boring life."

"If I'm not like him," Momiji replied softly to her, "then I will end up just like you, dead."

"Me dead? Never, this is nothing...just a small scratch."

Momiji sighed and sat down beside her, "You're going to die any minute, there's no denying it. You have an arrow in your heart and that is not considered a scratch, that is a grave wound."

"Did I ever tell you about the fight about your father and I had? The fight ended with a hole on the side of my body, and that didn't kill me. This arrow is nothing."

"You're so stubborn, just like...me." Momiji replied.

Sugoi sighed and her eyes closed. Momiji's unknown feelings returned and he settled himself on his knees. "Sugoi?" He whispered to her, but she didn't respond. "Sugoi!" Momiji said even louder, setting a hand on her shoulder which was also wounded. "Sugoi, please don't die!" And he shook now with both of her hands, "Sugoi," he screamed desperately.

"Stop shaking me," Sugoi said rather angrily as she shot her eyes open, "I'm not dead, I'm try to get some rest!"

Momiji's eyes went blank and he removed his hands from her back quickly. With a light blush covering his face, he leaned his face down to hers and spoke rather quietly, "I thought you were suppose to de dead, or least dying."

Sugoi glared at the boy as she replied hotly, "Do you want me dead, is that it? Go get your father to kill me if you want or better yet, just push that arrow deeper until it really pierces my heart."

"Alright," Momiji mumbled and slightly pushed the arrow deeper.

Sugoi screamed as she arched her back and then fell back down to ground. "I hate this kid..." she muttered.

"What did you say?"

"I said why would you push the damn arrow deeper? Actually, just forget it and go back to your parents. You're no use to me if you're just going to kill me."

"Fine then," Momiji said angrily as her words offended him, "I was just trying to listen to you but if that doesn't help then so be it. I'm just never gonna listen to anybody else and do everything my way, maybe that will help." And he stood and ripped the arrow out of her back.

Sugoi screamed even louder as pain rushed through all of her body and then fell smack down again into the grass breathing heavily, "This kid really is mine..."


Sugoi now rested peacefully in her room back in her hideout. Turns out that after Sugoi ran into the woods, her men took that as a sign to retreat. But they comforted Sugoi by saying that they managed to kill a good amount of Takemisho's soldiers, so by the next battle they will have less to fight with. With that, she set a couple of her best men to make the last battle plans and maps while she recovered. A knock sounded at door and without Sugoi's permission, it slid open and the intruders walked in.

"Have you even heard of announcing yourself before you enter someone's room, Momiji?" Sugoi asked him as she struggled to sit up.

Momiji snorted and replied, "You know me by now, so I shouldn't announce myself to you."

Noticing Momiji's both hands behind his back, she raised an eyebrow as she asked him, "What do you have behind your back?"

"What," Momiji said angrily, "I can't have my hands behind my back without having some to suspect me? You people are rude, just down right rude!"

"A gift," Sesshomaru said, "to make you feel better."

Sugoi smiled at Momiji and said, "I don't need a gift to make me feel better. All I need is some quite and peace."

"Well too bad because I've already got you this gift and you're going to like it no matter what." Momiji demanded and stuck one hand forward, with a little blue box laying on the palm of his hand.

Sugoi reached forward and took the present from his hand. She set the little box beside her when she got another order from Momiji, "Well open it!"

"I open my presents in private, so just be happy I even accepted your gift at all."

"Momiji," Momiji turned and looked at his father, "why don't you go with your mother? I desire a private time with Lady Sugoi." And not waiting for his reply, Sesshomaru laid his hand on his small back and pushed him out of the room. Momiji gave one kick to the ground angrily and marched of cursing. Once he laid his eyes on Sugoi, she blinked only once at him and looked away from him. "Momiji will stay with me no matter what, even if I should have another child."

"That's fine," Sugoi replied softly, "and anyhow, anything about Momiji should be informed to you first."

"And to you as well, you are his mother after all."

Sugoi took a moment before she answered, "I am no one's mother and I have no child. You can go now, I no longer need you."

Sesshomaru sighed and turned around to leave. He slid open the door and said not looking at her, "I am not an idiot like she thinks I am. I know that child inside of her is not mine. When the day comes of that child's birth, you will have another chance, Kuda."

"My name is not Kuda for the last time." Sugoi said annoyed.

"Of course not," Sesshomaru replied smirking, "it's my Sweet Moon-drop."

Sugoi blushed wildly of the thoughts that ran into her head of that night and she grabbed the closet thing to her to flung it at Sesshomaru. But when her hand was in the air with the item, she noticed it was Momiji's present. After Sesshomaru closed the doors, Sugoi yelled at him angrily, "You were lucky this was Momiji's present!"

And seeing the present in her hand, she sighed and opened the box. It was a necklace with a small silver moon. Kuda smiled knowing Momiji had made the necklace himself, with the string made of a brown hand-woven string. She pulled apart the necklace and when she lifted her arms to put the necklace on, she hissed of pain as she hurt her injured shoulder. Disappointed that she couldn't put it on, she wrapped instead around her wrist like a bracelet. She laid back down onto the mat carefully and let her thoughts wandered around for a bit before she fell asleep.

It wasn't until midnight that Sugoi heard shuffling noises in her room. Fluttering her eyes open, she listen carefully. To her it sounded as if clothing was being removed. Is Sesshomaru in the next room, or Momiji or Shinku, she thought. She was rather angry and nervous that her candle had gone out long ago and the only thing serving as light was the moonlight shinning in throw the crack of the window. She was having doubts if the noise is even at all in the next room. Listening more carefully, she now heard very quiet footsteps in her room. And the slight movement at the end of her mat sent her into a panic. Forgetting about her injured shoulder, she instantly sat up on her elbows and shot her foot out. Her foot came into contact with something strong and hot at the same time, stopping the thing from advancing anymore towards her.

"I thought you'd be more feeble in your current condition."

Sugoi growled at him angrily, "I am actually more alert in this state, knowing anyone can attack me at any moment. Now what the hell are you doing in my room in the middle of the night?"

"I was simply looking for some...entertainment."

"You're disgusting Sesshomaru," Sugoi said, "I really thought you were more of a demon with manners. Sneaking up on women in the night is just perverse! Speaking of women, isn't Shinku here to give you the entertainment you seek?"

"Her entertainment isn't as great as yours," Sesshomaru replied.

Sugoi looked at him blankly through the darkness as she replied, "I had alcohol in me, that's what gave you some great entertainment. I can promise you it won't be the same now that I don't have any alcohol in me."

Sugoi felt Sesshomaru throw himself beside her on the mat and moaning from pain, she slowly let herself fall back onto her mat with a sigh. And as her arm slightly touched Sesshomaru's arm, she complained to him, "Your arm is hot, and so is your body. I literally feel your body's heat radiate towards me!"

"That is why I was here, thinking I might loose this heat if you had let me."

Sugoi scoffed and scooted away from him as far as she could. "Go back to your own room. If there something I can't stand is heat, especially your kind of heat!"

"Kuda, will you keep me suffering like this?"

Sugoi could literally see the smirk on his face through the darkness. And smirking herself, she turned on her side as best as could without bring much pain and kissed him. Not a bit surprised, Sesshomaru immediately kissed her back and laid his hand on the back of her neck. But when his hand went for her obi, she pulled back and away from him. She scooted even farther from him and laid on her good side, giving him her backside. "I Like to see you suffer, Lord Sesshomaru. Goodnight." Sesshomaru growled deeply and angrily, knowing that if she wasn't as injured as she was, he would have taken her there by force. But with nothing else to do, he closed his eyes instead and tried to forget about his kind of pain.


I thought that since I would not be able to update much, I will make this story even more very interesting in just one chapter! Starting from now, I have decided to set up small and fun contests for Kuda, Lord Sesshomaru's Challenging Gift. For this Weekend, I have set an Interview with your Choice of Character. I will personally interview three of your chosen characters with questions that you want ask them to know them better and if you can, get hints from them of what's coming next in the chapters and story. So if you would like to interview a character this weekend and get their big secrets or get to know them better, this is your weekend! Simply review(PM if you want) your character that you want interview with a limit of three questions for them and I will go find them and interview them! And this little contest you will find at the end of every chapter! And if you are wondering, contests do change every weekend. Thank you for reading this note and the story , and as always, thank you guys for you are my inspiration. :)

***CONTEST VAILD 8/10/13 - 8/12/13***