A/N: Well hay there! (tsk tsk tsk, hay is for horses) Anyway, here I am with the next chapter. Sigh...Is anyone even reading this fic? Some people don't wanna read it just because its different! Hmph!!! Heheeee. I'm different, so I win! NAH! *sticks tongue out at people who don't read this fic*

Oh, yes, by the way, I decided to use "sit" instead of "osuwari". I don't really know why...as a matter of fact it was a random decision.

Oh yes, another note...Rin will be in the story soon.

Disclaimer: Yesh, Yesh Yesh...We all KNOW that I don't own Inuyasha! But if did, I would trade for Sesshoumaru any day!

~Chapter 9~

Kagome made her way to Sesshoumaru, aided by Shippou and Sukashi.

"How are you feeling?" Sesshoumaru asked in a plain voice.

"Well, Kaede took the spell away, but I still don't have any magic yet." She replied, standing up straight to look at him.

Inuyasha, annoyed at the fact that Kagome was ignoring him, gritted his teeth together and growled. As the two continued their talk, Inuyasha became more and more jealous and filled with rage for both Kagome and his brother. He growled again, louder this time, and began to charge at Sesshoumaru.

Kagome turned her head and looked directly at Inuyasha.

"Sit"

Inuyasha, his pride broken and his face in the dirt, growled at her. He looked up, about to yell at her, but was stopped as he saw that she was standing directly above him. He stood up, looking at her puzzeledly (I think I just made that word up...). Kagome was looking away slightly, and sighed as she grabbed his arm.

"Inuyasha, come with me." With that Kagome began walking away from the group, dragging him with her.

Sesshoumaru had half a mind to go after them, but strangely enough, he trusted Kagome.

Shippou and Sukashi watched them leave, and after they were out of sight, Shippou turned to Sukashi.

"Well, what are we waiting for? Lets follow them!" He grabbed Sukashi's arm and began to run towards the direction the two had left in. He was suddenly stopped by something grabbing his shirt collar.

"Leave them be, kitsune." Sesshoumaru said quietly, looking in the other direction.

~**~

Kagome stopped as she saw the old well. She let go of Inuyasha's arm and she sat down, as Inuyasha did the same.

"Inuyasha..."

"Kagome..."

"Wait." She interrupted him. "I used to love you, Inuyasha." She ignored the look on his face. "But, I couldn't be with you. I found someone who I love, Inuyasha, and you have to let that go. You need to go on with your life."

"But I cant!" Inuyasha said, looking at her. "I can't just do that! I love you, Kagome. I can hardly bear seeing you with my evil brother! You deserve better. You and I should be together, Kagome!" He embraced her, his hands on her back. "Let me protect you, like I used to before, when we loved each other!"

Kagome looked away and sighed again. "Inuyasha, are you done?" She said quietly. He pulled back from her, hurt in his eyes. "Kagome..."

"I have decided to back to my time for a day or so. Here." She shoved her last package of Ramen into his hands and gave him a fake smile. "Sukashi can make it for you. Please tell Sesshoumaru where I went. And, Inuyahsa...Please don't say anything about Sesshoumaru being Sukashi's father." And with that she was gone, down the well into her own time, leaving Inuyasha standing in the clearing, clutching a package of Ramen, looking very much like a lost puppy.

Kagome, on the other side of the well, dug her fingers into the damp, cool ground and let her tears fall freely. That was one of the hardest things she ever had had to do in her life. (Yes, I know the grammar is wrong) Looking into his hurt eyes had made her cringe inside. Sure, she loved Sesshoumaru, but Sesshoumaru rarely showed any emotion. To see those beautiful golden eyes so much like his full demon brother's filled with pain and sadness was heart wrenching to her.

~**~

Shippou jumped to Inuyasha when he saw him return.

"Hey! Where's Kagome?!" He yelled.

"She went back to her own time." Inuyasha muttered.

Sesshoumaru, who was sitting in a magnolia tree, calculated his brother shrewdly. He seemed quite morose. It was of no interest to him however.

So she went back… It was strange to imagine her from a different time than him. As a matter of fact, he often wondered why he loved her. They were so different. She was from a different age, race and time period than him. Perhaps because they were so different was why they were so deeply in love. He also wondered about why she was with him instead of Inuyasha. He remembered how deeply dedicated to him she had been, so many years ago.

The youkai flexed his left arm. It was two days old and it stilled amazed him. It was just as it had been when it was chopped off. This train of thought led him to thinking about his daughter. She needed to be trained, taught to control her immense power. He needed Kagome to help train her, however, because the hanyou pup doubtless had her mother's miko power in her as well. He knew nothing about how to control magic, so he would wait for Kagome to get back to help her with that factor. However, he would begin training her now.

Sesshoumaru jumped off his branch, approaching the hanyou pup. "Girl." He said.

Sukashi turned around and looked up at the tall demon's face.

"I am going to train you."

"Really!!" She looked at him eagerly. "Until now, I've just been training myself, but YOU are going to train me? Wow!" She jumped up and down. "Oh! When can we start?"

"Now."

"Oh really!! Wow! Arigatou, Sesshoumaru-sama!"

"Follow me." Sesshoumaru swiftly turned away from the girl, leading her deep into the forest.

~**~

Kagome opened the door to her house. "Mom, grandpa, Souta! I'm back!"

Souta came rushing in to see her. "Oh wow! You're back! It's been two months since we've seen you!" he turned as Kagome's mom walked in. "Oh Kagome, how nice to see you! How is Sukashi?"

"She's fine, mom, but I'm really tired. I'm just gonna go sleep for a while." Mrs. Higurashi watched her daughter trudge upstairs into her old bedroom.

Kagome asked herself why she had gone home. 'Because I need to be away from everybody' ,she responded to her own question. She really needed to experience the comforts of the modern world for a short while, selfish as it may be. Kagome plopped down on her bed, falling to sleep almost immediately.

~**~

Sukashi slammed into an oak tree, knocking all the wind out of her. She gasped for breath, trying to stand up. Her legs wobbled a bit, and she steadied herself as she looked for Sesshoumaru. She couldn't see him or smell him at all. He seemed to have just disappeared. She thought frantically of what she could do. Her mother would be able to find him by using her miko magic. If her mother had magic, than Sukashi should too. The raven haired hanyou closed her eyes and tried to find the miko magic she knew she had deep inside of her. Her senses peaked, and a strange feeling came across her. She suddenly knew where the taiyoukai was and that he was about to strike. She whirled around and blocked his blow with her arm. He came at her again, but this time, she didn't have enough time to block, and received a large gash on her face. She blocked his next one, and realized that her gash was beginning to sting very painfully. It was then that it hit her. 'He's using poison in his claws!' she thought to herself. She closed her eyes for a second and sent all the magic she had to her face to rid the cut of his poison.

Sesshoumaru's eyes widened a bit as he saw the cut on the girls cheek glow a strange purple color, then disappear completely. So she was already learning to control her magic without Kagome. He suddenly stopped attacking as he looked at her, panting and squinting her eyes shut. He turned his head slightly, as if he were suddenly interested in what that tree was doing on the edge of the clearing.

"That is enough for today." He said quietly.

The little hanyou pup's ears twitched and she looked up at him. "We're done?"

Sesshoumaru looked directly at the girl. "Yes." He said sharply.

Sukashi smiled before collapsing into the youkai. Sesshoumaru held her gently. 'Perhaps I pushed her too hard for the first training session.' He thought.

Yesh...Well. That was, my friends, chapter nine. I would like to inform you, as I did above, that Rin will indeed be in the story, in either chapter 10 or 11. I have to say that this fic is getting really long. Er...Sorry ^.^;; Well, anyway...Please, for the sake of all humanity...REVIEW!!!