Me again. I must be really bugging you people with these author's notes. -_- My apologies. I continue to thank you people for all the support and I hope to get a bunch of more chapters from this fanfic. (^_^) That should please you people who keep and trying to make me write more. Just be thankful it's summer and I can satisfy you peeps. -_- Different perspectives will be shown with a couple of these symbols: ~ *

Still, I've realized I haven't put in nearly any useful information here.
I'll change that. Criticisms and comments are welcome, just leave a
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Kagome blinked as realization dawned on her. "I can. change it?"
Sesshoumaru smiled and nodded. Sesshoumaru edged closer to her on the
couch and directly faced her, placing both of his hands on her shoulders
before he spoke so that she could see the truth of his words.

"It could be dangerous and if you make the wrong move, you can possibly
eliminate the possibility of your birth. The well closes the night of
your seventeenth birthday and this time, I want you to stay in the Feudal
Age. You can have as much time as you wish to decide, but I would have my
sword and could revive anytime you aged or died and raise you from an
infant. We could find a way to make this work, Kagome, but I can't force
you."

Kagome started to speak several times but could not find the right thing
to say. Sesshoumaru smiled tolerantly and headed off any started
sentences by kissing her open mouth. Kagome closed her eyes as she
wrapped her arms around Sesshoumaru's neck. Unlike the first kiss, she
half expected this one, and sank into its pleasure like a warm bath.
Sesshoumaru leaned forward slightly as he slid his arms under hers and
rubbed his hands up and down her back. Neither of them seemed to want to
break it off first so they were gasping for air when they finished.
Between pants, they glanced at each other and burst out laughing for some
unknown reason.

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Inu Yasha leapt through the well, muttering oaths the whole way, which
included the violent things he would do to his half brother, in many
painful ways. He scrambled out of it and saw Sango, Miroku, and Shippo
sitting around the well in a half circle. Miroku raised an eyebrow as he
asked, "What happened to Lady Kagome? Did you two have another fight?"
His tone was serious but his lower lip was thrust out in mock pity. Inu
Yasha growled as he lunged towards Miroku, wanting nothing more than to
murder the monk at just that moment. He was dealt a sharp blow from
Miroku's staff as he rolled his eyes.

"You realize you might as well tell us what happened, Inu Yasha," Sango
said, pointing to him and then the well as she said, "And please
enlighten me as to why these two dragged me to this blasted well." Inu
Yasha, after effectively being stopped in mid-lunge, scrambled to his
feet as he growled, "Kagome went back to her own time. She only visits
Feudal Japan by use of this well. However, that bitch decided to stay
there with my damned brother." Sango raised an eyebrow at the word
"bitch" but her eyes widened at the mention of Sesshoumaru.

She clambered to her feet, drawing out her boomerang bone as if expecting
the demon to come up out of the well behind Inu Yasha. Inu Yasha rubbed
his sore skull as he stood up, cracking his knuckles as he said, "I have
one week to win Kagome back from Sesshoumaru. After that battle, I don't
know what I'll do. I can't exactly expect things to go back to normal."

Miroku raised an eyebrow at that and asked, "You speak of the battle as
if you have already won Inu Yasha. You can't use your sword this time can
you?" Inu Yasha looked surprised at Miroku's sharpness but nodded his
head before continuing to speak.

"I know Kagome and I know Sesshoumaru. They are opposites. I don't care
how many years he's waited for Kagome, some thing don't change and
Sesshoumaru is one of them." Inu Yasha's eyes narrowed as he thought of
Sesshoumaru and Kagome alone together and briefly thought over going back
down the well to keep an eye on them.

His thoughts of espionage were interrupted by Sango as she asked, "What
do you plan to do about it? I know you'll fight willingly, but how do you
plan to win? So far Sesshoumaru has only centered on your sword, but now
his motive is completely different. He might even use Kagome as a shield
while he pulverizes you; I wouldn't put it past him."

Inu Yasha shook his head, struggling to put his observations into words
as he said, "It was his scent. It was different than it was the last time
we met. And his eyes seem different than they were before, almost
gentler. There was still wariness around him, and I have a bad feeling
that his skills have not dulled." Inu Yasha slashed at the air in front
of him to emphasize his point as he said, "I won't let him touch Kagome
and I'm going to make him regret every having kissed her!"

They all stared at Inu Yasha numbly as Shippo repeated the phrase slowly,
"He. kissed. her? And he's not dead yet?" Inu Yasha looked regretful as
he thought of the attack he had accidentally sent Kagome's way, curling
his hand into a fist as he remembered Sesshoumaru jumping in front of
her. He growled as he stalked off, slashing at the air in front of Shippo
threateningly.

Sango sat down as she commented dryly, "Well, isn't this interesting?
Kagome has a suitor that Inu Yasha can't dismiss with a growl. I have a
feeling that Sesshoumaru might be serious about this."

Miroku nodded as he said, "It does ring odd, doesn't it? Inu Yasha
usually at least makes an attempt to battle off Sesshoumaru when he's
defending Kagome. Sesshoumaru must have been desperate to attempt to scar
Inu Yasha psychologically as well as physically this time." Shippo and
Sango nodded as the words sank in.

Sango glanced at the darkening sky as she commented, "We had better head
back to the village. Inu Yasha will probably be brooding for most of the
night and there's no point in making ourselves sleep out in the cold when
there's a hut or two readily available."

Miroku bit his tongue to resist cheering as he thought of the several
pretty young women who lived in the village. Sango, noting his bright
eyes, hit Miroku on the back of the head. Miroku winced as he stood and
started walking towards the village.

Inu Yasha had his sword out and was slashing at anything in his path,
crosscutting through the forest with brute efficiency. He was about to
bury his sword in the tree directly in his path when he recognized it. It
was the tree on which he had been imprisoned for fifty years. He ran his
fingers down the bark as he spotted the exact hole where the arrow had
buried itself in the wood. It seemed oddly appropriate that he brood
about his troubles here as he scrambled up the trunk.

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I apologize, I only did Day One in this post, but I had a lot of stuff to
cover with Inu Yasha and crew. -_- I finally got chapter 4 up and I'm
posting a new one. XD It's late and I'm tired and out of chocolate. I'll
try and write a lot Monday night since I should be getting a decently-
sized chocolate supply. ^^ I have three hour classes all next week
though, and I have a brother to compete with for the computer. I so need
a laptop or my own computer. -.- Oh well, I'm signing off tonight. You
people can show yourselves out. More reviews mean a faster response, so
comment!