DG: Hey I'm back! Let's give a round applause for dragonlady! Sorry for the long wait, I was

still in grief! Now I'm all normal again!

DL: About time, now I can go work on my own fics.

Sesshoumaru: Enough talk and hurry it up!

Inuyasha: Yeah, stop talking all mushy! Girls talk so much!

Kagome: WHACK!

DG: Anyway, I don't own any Inuyasha characters!

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Despised



"Father, I would like you to meet Kagome and Sango." introduced Sesshoumaru. "They

helped us retrieve Inuyasha."

"Retrieve?" asked Inuyasha. "You make me sound like a dog!"

"Inuyasha, technically, you are." stated Miroku. Inuyasha glared at Miroku and whacked

him on the head. Inutaisho took a sniff and growled.

"Sango nice to meet you, but Kagome, you are not welcome here!" stated Inutaisho.

"Your highness, Kagome is from the eastern land, but she despises them!" added Miroku.

Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha spoke at once. "Father, she can stay with me." Sesshoumaru glared at

Inuyasha, but Inuyasha just glared back.

"Kagome, what kind of vixen are you?" asked Inutaisho in an accusing tone. Kagome was

rendered speechless.

'Why does everyone hate me?' asked Kagome to herself. 'I never did anything, yet

everyone seems to despise me.'

"Father, Kagome is not a vixen!" stated Sesshoumaru.

"She is really kind." added Inuyasha. 'And beautiful, like Kikyou.'

"Kagome is the one who saved us!" piped in Miroku.

"Kagome is my best friend, and she is not like that." added Sango meekly.

"Fine, but if I find that she is trying to betray us, I will kill her." stated Inutaisho as he

left. Sesshoumaru pulled the frightened Kagome into an embrace, surprising everyone, even

himself.

"Kagome will be staying with me." stated Sesshoumaru.

"Why?" asked Inuyasha.

"I see, you want..." started Miroku. Sango whacked him on the head.

"Can't you think something not perverted for a minute?" asked Sango with a sigh.

"Where am I going to stay?"

"With me!" exclaimed Miroku. Sango dropped her head and thought. 'Why him of all

people?'

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Days passed, Inutaisho explained his plan to his two sons. They were to find the six jewel

princesses. They were also ordered to not tell Kagome. Sesshoumaru sighed and went in search

of Kagome thinking, 'What does father have against Kagome? Can't he see that she is a sweet,

intelligent girl?'

Sesshoumaru found Kagome sitting on the grass staring at the flowers and smiling. 'She

looks so lovely like that.' Sesshoumaru had gotten use to those thoughts, though he wouldn't

admit it to anyone.

"Kagome, I am going to have to leave for a period of time." stated Sesshoumaru.

"Can I come?" asked Kagome.

'I don't see why not.' thought Sesshoumaru. 'All father said was to not tell her. He didn't

say I couldn't bring her.' "Yes, you can come. Sango, Inuyasha, and Miroku are coming as well."

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"Bella, I paid a fortune to have this old women tell me how we can get you a better

future!" stated Sarah happily. Bella looked at the women and sat down.

"I see a bright future, but one wrong move, and everything will come crashing down."

stated the old women.

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Inutaisho glared at Kagome as he watched Sesshoumaru pull Kagome onto his horse.

Sesshoumaru and Kagome rode toward the north, Inuyasha to the south, and Miroku and Sango

searching right here, in the west. "Kagome." stated Inutaisho with malice. "I have the feeling you

are much more than what you act to be."

Inuyasha's mother touched Inutaisho's arm and smiled. Inutaisho hugged his mate and

stared out the window once again.

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"OW!" Kagome stopped her reading and opened her door. There was a man, beating a

little girl with a whip.

"Stop!" yelled Kagome when she saw him raising his whip again.

"Who are you? Keep out of business that does not concern you." replied the man.

Kagome quickly pulled the crying girl away and shielded her with her own body.

"Move! Or I'll whip you too!" said the man annoyed. Kagome didn't budge. The man

brought the whip down, only to find it missing. The next thing he knew, he felt unbearable pain

in his back and fell down crying in pain.

Sesshoumaru dropped the whip and walked toward Kagome to see if she was okay. Kagome

smiled at Sesshoumaru, which resulted in Sesshoumaru's heart skipping a beat. Kagome looked

at the little girl and asked, "Are you okay?"

"Rin's okay, thanks for saving me." stated the little girl with a wide smile. Kagome

looked at Sesshoumaru with puppy dog eyes. Sesshoumaru sighed, and nodded.

'That always works.' thought Kagome as she brought the little girl to her room, followed

by Sesshoumaru.

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Kagome carefully wrapped bandages around Rin's wounds. Sesshoumaru just sat on the

bed and watched Kagome work with fascination.

Sesshoumaru was brought out of his thoughts when Kagome sat next to him with Rin on

her lap. "Thank you." whispered Kagome, as she gave Sesshoumaru a wide smile. "Can I please

bring Rin with me?"

"If you take care of her. I have no experience with children, especially human children."

stated Sesshoumaru. Kagome took that as a yes and gave Sesshoumaru a small hug that startled

him.

'Kagome, look at what you did to me.' thought Sesshoumaru. 'Your making me feel

emotions I haven't experienced since my mother's death.'

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"Father you must be going crazy!" grunted Inuyasha. "What do you expect me to do?

Tear up all the women's clothes? At least Miroku has Sango to check the symbols for him, and

Sesshoumaru has Kagome."

Inuyasha stopped at a restaurant and decided to think while he ate some food. 'No good

thinking on an empty stomach.' thought Inuyasha. 'Kikyou, I wish you were here. Then you can

do the checking, and I won't have to look like a perverted demon.'



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"OUT!" screamed Sango as she tossed Miroku out the window. "Perverted, good for

nothing, stupid, ugly, demon." screeched Sango as she went back to bed.

From outside, three feet into the ground, Miroku sighed, "It was worth it." then Miroku

fainted into oblivion.

"Why me?" asked Sango as she snuggled back into her covers. "I hope Sesshoumaru is

taking care of Kagome." 'Of course he will, even a little kid can see that prince Sesshoumaru has

fallen in love with a human. Though I doubt he will admit it. '

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Sesshoumaru slowly got dressed, since he couldn't sleep and quietly opened Kagome's

door and walked in. He sat by Kagome's bed and watched her sleep with Rin snuggled into her.

Sesshoumaru brought his hand up and tucked the strand of hair on Kagome's face behind her ear.

Kagome feeling the touch stirred.

Sesshoumaru quickly brought his hand back as to not wake Kagome, only to find that

Kagome's eyes opened. "Can't sleep?" asked Kagome. Before Sesshoumaru could answer,

Kagome had laid Rin down and gotten out of bed.

Kagome gently pulled Sesshoumaru up and led him outside. They sat outside, with

Kagome in her robes, staring at the stars and moon. "Hurry, make a wish!" urged Kagome when

she spotted a shooting star. Sesshoumaru didn't really believe in these things, but he did anyway.

"What did you wish for?" asked Sesshoumaru.

"I can't tell you." replied Kagome.

"Oh, and why not?" asked Sesshoumaru as he gave Kagome one of his rare smiles.

"Because if I did, the wish won't come true." stated Kagome. "But I'll tell you after it

comes true."

Sesshoumaru smiled and wrapped Kagome in his tail when he noticed her shivering.

Sesshoumaru gently lifted Kagome into his lap and continued to watch the stars. When he heard

the even breathing of Kagome, he knew she had fell asleep. Gently, Sesshoumaru carried

Kagome back to her bed and laid her next to Rin.

Sesshoumaru looked at Kagome again before returning to his own room, not really

sleeping, but just laying there until sunrise.

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"AH!" screamed Sango.

"What's wrong?" asked Miroku as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes.

"When did you get into my bed?" asked Sango seething with anger.

"When I pulled myself out of the ground." replied Miroku with a yawn. "Your skin is

really..."

Bam, whack, smash, crack, this went on over and over again, until Miroku didn't have a

single unbroken bone left. With a last kick, Sango left.

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