Chapter Three:

Shippo stayed with Kagome and Songo while InuYasha and Miroku had decided to clean up a bit before dinner, although InuYasha didn't know why but Miroku had insisted he take a bath because he said he smelled of blood and sweat. InuYasha had only given in because he could tell even Kagome was trying not to breath to much.

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"Songo," Kagome said and looked over at Shippo to make sure he was asleep. "What do you think InuYasha will say when I tell him the truth?" Songo shrugged her shoulders. "Do you think he'll go off if he finds out my father is Lord of the Northern Lands?" She asked.

"I'm not sure Kagome, you need to tell him. He might be more respectful towards you." Songo said; Kagome gave her a yea right look and began to boil water. "Ok well, he needs to know you can protect yourself at least." She said.

"I don't know Songo, you know how InuYasha is, first he'll say 'prove it' then he'll try to kill me because I'm a demon, and think that I'm not me and killed myself." Kagome frowned. "Songo I'm going to go and search for the jewel shards alone from now on, I'll leave tonight after dinner and everyone's asleep."

With that Shippo sat up. "You can't leave Kagome, I'll miss you to much and InuYasha will try to hurt me again." He yelled and jumped onto Kagomes shoulder. "Please don't leave." He begged.

"It's ok Shippo. You can come with me, just don't tell anyone, ok?" Kagome cooed. "Shippo you heard our whole conversation didn't you?" She asked; he nodded and jumped off her shoulder to sit in her lap.

"Kagome," He asked. "Will you be my mommy sense I don't have one anymore?" She looked down at Shippo and smiled. His face lit with joy and she hugged him tightly.

"Um Kagome, I don't think that be a good idea; you know how Miroku is and he and InuYasha will kill each other." Songo said. "Besides I don't want to be here with Miroku alone."

Kagome and Shippo looked at each other. "You wanna come to Songo?" Kagome asked; Songo nodded. "Ok then, we'll leave when InuYasha falls asleep."

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InuYasha and Miroku came back form their bathes and sat down in front of the hut. "When do you think dinner will be ready?" Miroku asked.

InuYasha peaked into the hut; Kagome was pouring in the ramen and stirring it with a spoon. "It'll probably be done in a few minutes. Kagome just poured in the noodles." InuYasha said looking a bit madly at Miroku who couldn't decide weather InuYasha was mad at him for making him take a bath or at Kagome who hadn't finished cooking to ramen yet.

"Come on InuYasha let's go in." he said.

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InuYasha and Miroku walked into the hut; Kagome stirred the ramen again, deciding it was done she spooned it into two large bowls for InuYasha and Miroku and three small bowls for Shippo, Songo and herself.

Kagome yawned. "It's getting late." She said. "Let's go to sleep so we can get a good and early start." She unrolled her sleeping bag and scooted down into it and let her new son get beside her. "Night Shippo." She said and closed her eyes.

"Night, Kagome." Songo said as she walked by.

"Night, Songo" She said back. "Good night InuYasha, Miroku." She heard no response only gentle snoring. InuYasha and Miroku had already fallen asleep, one in a tree one next to a large bolder.
Kagome got up and put her things away with Shippo sitting on top of her head. "Songo," she whispered. "Come on, they're asleep."

"Already?" she asked; Kagome nodded. "Ok, come on Kilala." Songo said as they crept into the woods.

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They stopped no shorter than fifty miles from where they had been. Kagome dropped her bag on a river bank and sat down to organize it while Songo collapsed on the larger form of Kilala and fell asleep as did Shippo.

Kagome reached into her bag and pulled the demon armor out; she slipped it on and slid the swords back into her belt.
"Uh, man keeping this form is tiring." She said and turned back into a demon; she jumped up into a tree just above Songo and fell asleep.

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* Morning
InuYasha and Miroku had woken up to an empty camp sight. "Damn it," InuYasha yelled. "Where could they have gone?" 'I'll track those wenches down and slaughter that demon hunter Songo right in front of Kagome then I'll slaughter her too!' he thought and ran off into the woods in the direction they had gone last night.

(Ok so it turns out I think may have spelled some things wrong so don't be surprised if some of the names are spelled differently.)

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Kagome shot up. "Oh no," she said and jumped from the tree. "Sango, Shippo, Kirara get up," Kagome was nearly yelling now.

"Why, it's still early." She sleepily and looked around; Shippo was tensed looking in the direction they had come from last night. "Shippo you can tell that this is Kagome?" she asked.

"Of course, her sent has become a little stronger and more like strawberries instead of cherries now, but I can still tell that this is Kagome." He said still looking in the direction of which they had come.

"What is it?" Sango asked. "Is something coming."

"Come on, we have to get out of here, NOW!!!" Kagome yelled. "He'll kill us if we don't!!!"

"Who will kill us Kagome?!" Sango was standing up with a very serious look about her face. "Who will kill us Kagome?!" She yelled.

"InuYasha, he must have woken up earlier than I expected him to and now he's following our sent." Kagome sounded calmer now than she had seconds ago. "Come on he must be at least ¾ of the way here."

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InuYasha arrived at the clearing. "They were just here; I know it I can still smell them in the air." He sniffed the air again; an unfamiliar sent hit his nose. "Another demon was here besides Shippo?" he asked himself. "If they started searching for the shards with other demons they will most defiantly pay with their lives!!!"

He picked up their sent and began to follow it again.

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"Sango, I sense a shard coming from the North West area, I guess around where my father said he lives." Kagome said. "Come on."

"Kirara," Sango yelled. "Let's go."

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"Jarken." Sesshoumaru said. "Stay here with Rin; I must go meet the other demon lords."

"Yes master." Jarken said and glared hatefully at Rin. He looked back in Sesshoumaru's direction to fined he had already gone. "Come along Rin, it's not safe this far from the palace." Jarken sighed and lead the little girl out of the forest.

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Kagome, Sango, Shippo and Kirara went on for about 8 hours before actually stopping. Sango built a fire while Shippo helped Kagome fined a pot and some ramen.

"Sango I'm going to get some water, we passed a stream about thirty yards back, k'." Kagome said. "I'll be back in a few minutes, Shippo stay here with Sango. alright?"

"Yes mamma." Shippo said. "Hurry back though ok?" Kagome nodded and ran off into the woods towards the stream.

Sango looked over at Shippo then Kirara. "Kirara. go play with Shippo, he looks a little depressed." Kirara nodded and jumped at Shippo.

Shippo began to giggle loudly as he did when he was playing with Kagome. "Stop that Kirara that tickles."

Sango watched them play. 'Kirara can play with Shippo till Kagome gets back.' Sango thought and smiled.

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Kagome arrived at the stream about seven minutes later. "It took longer to get here than I thought it would." She said to herself. "Oh well."

The wind shifted slightly causing a shiver to run up her spine. Kagome quickly filled the canteen she brought with her.
She turned quickly and began to run hoping to get out of there as quick as possible. Just then she ran face first into something that felt like a sheet of pure steel. Kagome looked up to see what she had run into.

A hand reached out offering to help her up; Kagome ignored it and pulled herself off the ground. Her eyes met a pair of golden ones almost exactly like InuYasha's. It hit her she recognized him "S-s-Sesshoumaru?!" She muttered and backed into a tree. "What, what the." 'Why isn't he saying anything?' She asked herself; his gaze drifted to hers. 'Please just go away and pretend I'm not here. Please, please, please.' She begged silently.

"How do you know who I am, I am certain I've never seen you before." Sesshoumaru said. "You do smell very familiar though. Who are you?" His voice was emotionless.

"I.I um.I got to go." Kagome said and ran into the forest.

"She smells very familiar." He said to him self and began to chase after her obviously hoping to get some answers.

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Kagome was only a few yards from camp; not even three minutes away and Sesshoumaru came out of the forest and pinned her to the ground.

"Who are you?" He whispered into her ear. "I am interested to know why you seem so familiar to me."

"I'm not telling you who I am, nobody knows who I am." She lied praying silently for Sango, Shippo and Kirara.

"You're lying to me girl." He tightened his grip on her. "Tell me what I wish to know!!!"

Kagome glared up at him. "Get off of me; I'm not telling you any thing!!!" She yelled and watched Sesshoumaru wince because of his sensitive ears. Kagome smirked.

Sesshoumaru grasped Kagome's chin; she jerked her chin to the side. "Do not touch me ever!!!" Kagome yelled and watched Sesshoumaru wince again.

Sesshoumaru moved off of Kagome and helped her up. "I will ask you one more time, who are you?" He said calmly.

"It's none of your business who I am!" Kagome shrieked. "So how about you just leave me alone; you're more annoying than a fly."

Sesshoumaru took out his sword and charged at Kagome; she brought her black one out and shielded his. Sesshoumaru stepped back; 'Her blade transforms like InuYasha's does it?' "I will be back girl." He said and headed north.

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Kagome arrived back at camp about 5 minutes after Sesshoumaru left.

"Kagome are you alright?" Sango asked and rushed to her. "What happened?"

"I'm fine Sango. I saw Sesshoumaru and we started fighting." Kagome said and changed to her human disguise. "Where's Shippo?"

"He's asleep," Sango said. "He and Kirara played themselves to sleep."

Kagome's eyes fell to her bag were the sleeping Kitsune was curled up. "Sorry about leaving ya'll here so long." She told Sango. "I never expected to have to fight Sesshoumaru; funny thing," She looked up at the sky. "He didn't seem as cold as usual and he left when he saw my sword transform."

"Maybe it made him un easy because he already lost one arm to InuYasha's sword." Sango said. "Or maybe he just had some where to be."

"I guess; come on Sango lets go to sleep." Kagome said and jumped up into a tree. "Night Sango."

"Good night Kagome." Sango said and fell asleep.

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"So the other lord's have finally arrived." The Northern Lord sighed wishing he could have spent a little more time with his only daughter.

"My Lord," a servant said. "Your guests have arrived."

"Thank you Yume; please show them into the study." The Lord said. "And make sure that they don't take anything; last time they all came I ended up missing three family pendants and two vases."

"Yes, my Lord." She said.

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Yume showed the guests into the study just as told and kept a close eye on them.

"Sesshoumaru, Akuma, Keirei nice to see you again." Kita (North) Said. "I trust you have all been well." An extremely familiar sent came to his nose, 'Kagome; One of them must have run into her. I hope nothing happened to her; if something did so help me god I'll..'

"So Kita, how have you been you look well enough?" Akuma asked. "I heard you've found your daughter?"

"Is it any of your business weather I have or not???" Kita remarked. "But yes I have found my daughter; although she was never lost she does finally know who she is."

Sesshoumaru listened with interest as the lord of the north began to talk about how it was time to renew their peace treaties to keep from having to go to war.

"Sesshoumaru, your turn to sign." Kita said and handed him a quill; he finally realized Sesshoumaru was the one who must have run into his daughter.

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Just as the lords were about to leave Kita stopped Sesshoumaru where he stood.

"What is the meaning of this Kita?!" Sesshoumaru growled.

"I was just wondering you didn't by any chance run into my daughter did you?" Kita asked. "Her sent is on you so I was wondering if you may have."

"I'm sorry Kita I wouldn't know. I do not know who your daughter is let alone what she looks like." Sesshoumaru replied. "If I did I would have certainly told you."

"Ok well if you run into a girl around. well probable up to your chin with icy powder blue hair, silver gray eyes with just barely distinguish able gold lines and a silver crescent on her forehead be sure to tell me where she was and how she is when we meet again." Kita said happily.

"Sure Kita." Sesshoumaru said in a 'yea right' tone. "I'll be sure to do that." He said and took off.

(Unfortunately my writing is kinda choppy ok so don't be so surprised if the next is the same way T.T.F.N ta ta for now)