InuYasha brought Tetsusaiga up, blocking the lethal greenish whip. Sesshoumaru grinned at the futile attempt, and merely attacked at a different angle, whipping out with his whip from the left.

            InuYasha growled slightly, and brought his father's blade up to cut off the whip's course to his body.

            Once again, Sesshomaru merely retracted the weapon, and launched it again.

            This had to stop! He could never last like this! Suddenly, InuYasha grinned, and lowered Tetsusaiga. Sesshoumaru's whip struck out, and pierced strait through the hanyou's fancy clothes. InuYasha grinned savagely as his hands fastened hard onto the searing whip.

            Sesshoumaru once again pulled the whip in, but this time, InuYasha was quick in tow. His fist cracked into Sesshoumaru's jaw with stunning force, knocking the shocked youkai back. Sesshoumaru rose gracefully to his feet, and regarded the hanyou coldly, rubbing the faint hint of blood of his jaw with the back of his fist. "Well, InuYasha." He said coldly. "You seem to be using you're brain a bit now." Suddenly, Sesshoumaru whipped into motion, moving faster than InuYasha had ever seen him do before.

            He gasped in pain as Sesshoumaru's claws dug into him, ripping his fancy robes to pieces. His red robes hung out through the outer robes.

            "However, you will need much more than just that, to do what you must."  He ripped once again savagely into his half brother.

            InuYasha winced in pain, and lashed out savagely with Tetsusaiga. He felt a light clip, and Sesshoumaru's sleeve fell off, revealing a charred stump where his arm used to be. Sesshoumaru sniffed. "Better, but you must be faster." He suddenly appeared behind InuYasha, his claws into his back repeatedly like miniature pistons.

            InuYasha screamed in pain, and quickly brought his foot back, kicking Sesshoumaru''s feet out from under him.

            The youkai dropped gracefully dropped to his hands and thrust himself back up, slashing up InuYasha's legs.

            InuYasha winced in pain… then something occurred to him. He concentrated on Tetsusaiga, and it flared again, returning to the small, beat up form. He reversed the blade, and brought the end of the silk wrapped hilt crashing into Sesshoummaru's nose. The youkai grunted in pain as his nose was shattered, blood flowing freely from it. Then, InuYasha whipped the blade around and promptly hit Sesshoumaru in the side of the neck with stunning force. Now that the sword wasn't as heavy, he could move it much quicker.

            Sesshoumaru leapt away again, dashing through the trees at high speed. InuYasha grinned and followed. It may not be able to cut, but it could sure as hell club!

            InuYasha followed Sesshoumaru into a small clearing, with many signs of living in it. There was a makeshift tent, and a still smoldering fire. InuYasha quickly located Sesshoumaru, and grinned. "You ain't that tough!" He said, swinging Tetsusaiga in a circle with one hand.

            Sesshoumaru grinned. "Well, of course." He said. "If I actually fought you, it would be over too soon, and that would be no fun."

            InuYasha bristled. "You sure talk big for a guy with a broken nose."

            Sesshoumaru smiled slightly, and held up his front two fingers. They started glowing slightly, and the whip slowly oozed out.

            "Sess-chan! Inu-Sama!" A young voice called from the makeshift tent. "Cut it out!"

            Sesshoumaru bonked slightly, and turned a slightly nervous glance over to the tent. Out of it, appeared a young fifteen year old girl, dressed in a bright Kimono, and scruffy black hair. InuYasha dimly recognized the girl from the night Sesshoumaru and he had fought before.

            She stalked out of the tent, and right up to the apprehensive Sesshoumaru. The scowled slightly at the blood on the front of Sesshoumaru's clothing. She groaned slightly, and shook her head. "Sess-chan!" She complained. "You know how hard it is to get blood out of silk!"

            InuYasha's eyebrow perked up, and laughs started tickling his throat. Sess-chan?

            Sesshoumaru himself looked absolutely mortified. His face was even paler than normal.

            The girl looked up at his face. "Oh, and you got your nose broken too!" She said. "What am I going to do with you?"

            At this InuYasha cracked a slight snort, trying his best no to laugh. That proved to be a mistake. The girl suddenly looked up at the bleeding hanyou, and her eyes went very flat. She stalked over to InuYasha and looked him up and down.

            "And YOU aren't any better." She said, wagging a finger at him. "I swear, all men ever do is fight and bleed!" She groaned, and ripped a piece of InuYasha's now ruined aristocratic clothes, and moaned. "This was good cloth, and you and fluffy-chan don't even change into play clothes before having a little sparring match!" She gave an exasperated sigh, and stalked back into the tent. Out of it flew two stray kimonos.

            "It's all I have." She said. "Change into these, and I'll do the wash." With that she disappeared back into the tent.

            InuYasha turned to Sesshoumaru, who, unlike normal, had an almost horrified expression on his face. InuYasha smiled and savored the inevitable question. "Fluffy-chan?"

            Sesshoumaru bristled. "You may leave now," he said dismissively. "I have discovered what I needed to know."

            InuYasha cocked an eyebrow. "Right." He said sarcastically. "In that case, I'll see you later, FLUFFY!!"

            Sesshoumaru bristled again. Slowly he turned and starred at InuYasha, keeping his temper under control. "Tell Aaron and Kitty, 'Thank you for ridding me of Tyrell.'" He seethed, and then, with as much pride as he could muster, stalked over, and picked up one of the Kimonos. InuYasha laughed slightly, and walked off, feeling strangely energetic despite the fact that he was losing more blood by the second.

            He found Kagome where he left her, but there was a slight tension between Aaron and Kitty. Kagome instantly looked up as InuYasha ran into the clearing. The got up and ran over to the wounded hanyou. "InuYasha!" She said, stopping right in front of him. "Are you alright?"
            InuYasha cocked his head, and blinked. "That was the most messed up fight I've ever been in…" he commented.

            Kagome blinked at him, and then saw the profuse blood. "Oh, God." She gasped. "You're bleeding."

            InuYasha sighed. "I tend to do that a lot." He said.

            Kagome looked at him suspiciously. "You're sure you're alright."

            InuYasha nodded, then suddenly chuckled slightly. "Fluffy." He said.

            Kagome gave him an inquisitive look. "What?" She asked.

            InuYasha shook his head, and chuckled again. "I'll tell ya later." He said simply, then looked to the side. Kitty had snuck up, and was sniffing him experimentally. InuYasha stared at her. "Yes?" He prompted.

            Kitty paid him no mind, and went on to sniff Kagome. Soon she was satisfied, and grinned at Aaron. "Yep!" She said, and ran back to his side on all fours.

            InuYasha blinked. "What was that all about?" He asked.

            Kagome blushed slightly. "You're scent is apparently all over me." She said, very quietly. "They think we…" She couldn't finish.

            InuYasha stiffened up, and remembered last night. The scents would still be fresh this morning! He stared daggers over at the pair. They were snickering together slightly.

            InuYasha growled at the slightly, and turned back to Kagome. "We need to get going." With that, he ripped off her collar, and began to lead her away deeper into the forest.

            Kitty snickered slightly, and ran up behind them. "Here, probably want this." She tossed the receding pair a single, think quilt. InuYasha caught it out of midair, and sniffed at it. "What's this?" He asked.

            Kitty held back a snicker. "Well, that sort of stuff on the ground can be sort of uncomfortable, so…"
            Kagome's blush spread, and InuYasha's eyebrows arched up angrily. Kitty laughed, and waved them goodbye. "Come back and see us sometime!" She invited. "We'll make sure you can get here safely." She turned to run back to Shinjuku, then paused. "And those places that Aaron knows aren't half bad, too!" She threw over her shoulder, and disappeared.

            Kagome's blush became so hot that it was an audible phenomenon, but it didn't manage to cover up the angry hanyou's stream of angry curses.

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            Okay, a few authors notes on this chapter. For starters, I whould like to say that this was the funnest chapter in the world to write.

            Second, is about Sesshoumaru. For starters, I've changed Sesshoumaru's relationship with InuYasha a bit. They still hate each other, but they are pretty much in a 'truce' right now. Don't worry, when I really have them fight, the sparks will fly. However, right now, it is both in their best interests not to kill each other right now. InuYasha get's to continue trying to save Kagome, and Sesshoumaru… well, I won't tell you what Sesshoumaru's getting out of it yet.

            Also, there is bound to be complaints about Sesshoumaru's OOCness. Well, He acts weird here, because he is still getting accustomed to Rin… She knocks him off his normally emotionless little pedestal. Also, he can't stand being called Sesshy or Fluffy by anyone besides Rin, so that also knockes him off.

            Anywho, The next chapter, we get more dragons, so be prepared. We are no officially on Week 2. Thanks for reading.