"Shit!" yelled Inu-Yasha. They rushed over to Miroku. He was already suffering from the poison. He was dripping in sweat, and his breaths came in uneven gasps.

"What happened?" screamed Shippo running out.

"Miroku?" asked Taroshi.

"Hey," he said weakly, his voice barley a whisper. He shifted uncomfortably, wincing from the pain shooting through his shoulder.

"Here, here," said Kagome, rummaging through her backpack. "Oh, I hope this works," she handed him a vial of anti-venom. Miroku grimaced as the foul liquid slid down his throat.

Even though Kagome's anti-venom worked it was slow. It took Miroku months to recover from the extra potency of the giant snake.

"Thank you, Kagome." Inu-Yasha helped Miroku to his feet. (Sorry I jumped ahead in the previous paragraph.)

***

"He's still alive!" roared Naraku.

"I'm sorry. I will take care of one of them." Something dawned on the new lackey's face. "I can get Taroshi easy."

***

"I've got to get home!" exclaimed Kagome.

"Why?" growled Inu-Yasha.

They were back at Kaede's hut. Miroku was having his shoulder wrapped, and Inu-Yasha scarfed a bowl of ramen.

"'Cause I've got a trig test tomorrow!"

"Oh yeah, me too," said Taroshi loftily. It really didn't bother her at all.

"That's where I saw you!" screeched Kagome, ignoring Inu-Yasha telling them not to leave. "You're in my trig class!"

"Yeah."

"Don't you care, it's like 20% of our grade!"

"Why should I? I'll end up being kicked out again anyhow."

"What do you mean, Taroshi?"

Taroshi jumped down the well, Kagome followed, and Inu-Yasha loudly protested in the distance. "I get kicked out a lot. At my last school I blew up the science lab."

"Oh…well, I've got to study. So…see ya," Kagome hurried away.

"Yeah, bye…" What? Did Taroshi make a friend?

Taroshi walked down the dark streets. She wondered how Miroku had betrayed the gang. He seemed nice enough.

Headlights creeping up on her shattered Taroshi's thoughts. The lights came to a screeching halt, and a back window of the limo opened.

"Get in," somebody growled. Taroshi hesitated. She didn't know who it was, and even if it was 'Yasha she wouldn't get in. "Now." The voice had authority.

Taroshi quickly got into the limo, not wanting to anger it anymore. At first she thought it was 'Yasha. She looked again. 'Oh my God! It's Sesshomaru!'

Sesshomaru noticed her look. "Inu-Yasha told me to get you. You'll be staying with me."

"Uh…uh," stuttered Taroshi. "Thank you?" Eew, she'd have to stay with Kirshi!

"Whatever. Kirshi will show you to your room," said Sesshomaru flatly.

"Room? Kirshi?" she was still stunned.

Sesshomaru looked at her flatly (as if he could do anything else.) "Yes. I understand you'll be with us a while. Don't you know Kirshi? He knows you."

'This is too weird,' thought Taroshi.

A/N: God, what a boring place to end. I'm sorry if I start to slack on the updating, but I lack motivation, and there are circumstances beyond my control that keeps me from the computer. L . Sorry.