Chapter Two: You Like Sesshomaru?

Meanwhile a certain full demon brother of our favorite hero was looking for the group, but had stumbled across a small town instead.

"Where are we Jaken?" asked Sesshomaru.

"I don't know Lord Sesshomaru." He was walking down the road, people fleeing when he almost tripped over a girl

"What the hell?" He looked down at her. She had straight black hair to her shoulder and a pretty face. She looked about seventeen. "You had better get away from me before I get you away from me."

The girl stared up at him He's so...handsome...is he really a demon? I thought they were really ugly...

"Huh?" she said. Sesshomaru rolled his eyes

"Look, girl, you are lucky I am in a hurry to find someone, otherwise I would delight in killing you. Kindly move out of my way before I decide to delay my progress and kill you anyway!"

"Who are you?" She asked, her eyes wide and bright "I'm Ayo."

"I am the great Lord Sesshomaru. And you have displeased me." He sliced his claws across her shoulder "Let that be a warning to you."

She winced but stared at him with admiration. He stalked off as Jaken muttered

"She is still watching you." Sesshomaru frowned

"Just ignore her Jaken."

"Yes my Lord."

Ayo stood and glanced around "Wait...where is that book? I think it's got a recipe for a love potion in it." She dashed into a building and a second later there was a shout of joy.

Kagome opened her eyes slowly and glanced around. It seemed like there was no one else that was awake. Sitting up, she glanced down at Shippo and gently moved him over so she could stand. Then she grabbed her bag and started to walk off when Inu Yasha noticed her.

"What are you doing Kagome?"

"Going to take a bath, even if it has to be cold."

"You're not going anywhere." She turned to look at him

"I see someone has returned to normal. Why, if I may ask, do you want to treat me like a child? If I really wanted to go, you couldn't stop me."

"There could be more of those demons. I want you to wait for Sango to wake up, so she can bring her boomerang in case of anything."

"Because I'm so weak and defenseless..." She frowned angrily at him "Sit."

Smack.

"Wench."

"If Sango wakes up before I come back, tell her that I would welcome her company...and she can leave her boomerang behind." And with that, Kagome disappeared into the woods. Inu Yasha growled in frustration

"Stupid wench...she's gonna get herself killed one of these days." He cringed at the thought and shoved it away quickly, turning to keep an eye on Miroku, to make sure he hadn't heard of Kagome's plans.

Kagome was almost to the stream when she spotted something overhead and glanced up. She gasped and flipped around, running back to the camp calling,

"Inu Yasha!" He looked over at her, bristling and expected a demon to be right behind her. "Sesshomaru, he's-"

"Hello my dear brother." came a voice from behind them and Kagome skidded to a stop beside Inu Yasha.

"Here..." she finished unnecessarily. Sesshomaru gave them a cold smile and landed smoothly on the ground. Inu Yasha growled

"What do you want Sesshomaru?" The demon reached for the sword at his side

"To finish our fight. Last time I tried to test my new sword, some old guy with some fire saved you. This time, no such luck little brother. Draw our father's fang and let's test it, shall we?" Inu Yasha pulled out the Tetsugia.

"Okay Sesshomaru, but you already made a stupid mistake. This isn't our father's fang anymore." And with that, he attacked. Kagome watched worriedly, crossing her fingers that Inu Yasha wouldn't drop his sword. Meanwhile Sango and Miroku were awaking groggily.

Kagome looked around hurriedly, trying to find a way to stop this fight before something bad happened. She spotted a little girl standing next to Jaken and blinked. She didn't sense any youkai energy from this girl, she was human...a mortal...and with Sesshomaru? The young girl got a rare smile as she saw a way out. She moved next to Sango and whispered in the demon huntress's ear.

"Getting tired already are we brother?" Sesshomaru smirked at Inu Yasha, who was visibly sweating. "Maybe I shouldn't have even bothered...and I thought you had changed." The hanyou growled and launched himself at his older brother. Sango, on the other hand, was creeping around the perimeter of the fight, towards Rin. She knocked Jaken out and grabbed Rin around the throat, putting a knife to it.
Sesshomaru sensed something was wrong and stopped fighting, glancing around. He paused when he saw the demon huntress holding Rin. His lip curled visibly as he glared

"What are you doing? Let the girl go, it will accomplish nothing." Sango gave him a small smile

"Oh really...and why is a great demon like yourself traveling around with a little girl?" The demon frowned and glanced at Inu Yasha, who looked confused. It wasn't his plan. Looking around some more, his eyes fell on Kagome who was smiling smugly. So the little miko thought she could get the better of him. He jumped over Inu Yasha and landed behind Kagome, swinging around and snatching her around the waist.

"So...what do you say now demon hunter?" Sango paled slightly, but didn't let go of Rin; instead she looked at the monk, who looked at Inu Yasha. Inu Yasha was frozen and obviously battling with some thoughts in his head. He turned to Sango and said hoarsely
"Let her go Sango." But instead of releasing her, Sango looked at Kagome, who after all, had been the one who gave her the orders. Kagome struggled and suddenly kicked backwards, her heel connecting with a certain...important part of Sesshomaru. The "great" demon blanched and hunched slightly

"You stupid bitch." He put a clawed hand to her throat and squeezed. The miko started choking, first turning red, and then a lovely purple color. Inu Yasha eyes were wide and full of terror.

"Sesshomaru, stop it!"

"Hm...perhaps. Drop your sword." Kagome shook her head wildly as Inu Yasha sighed and let it go. Sesshomaru let go of Kagome and she yelled

"Inu Yasha! Pick up the Tetsugia, right now!" He stared at her, and then reached for the sword as Sango stood and let go of Rin.

"Alright, I let the girl go. Now put Kagome down!" Sesshomaru jumped up onto his dragon, still holding Kagome around the waist

"Now when did I agree to that?" The dragon started to glide off "You can keep the girl, and I won't have to worry about her. Besides, this miko is much more useful than a little girl, and the Tetsugia. Thanks little brother." Inu Yasha snarled and took off after him.

Ayo stood watching as Sesshomaru went into the sky and pulled out a vial that seemed to have light pink fog in it.

"I hope this works..." She pulled out the stopper as she yelled "Hey, Sesshomaru!" He stopped and looked down at her, the fog streaming up in his direction. He tilted his head, recognizing her.

"You're that girl from the village...what's this?" He moved back from the fog, putting Kagome in front of him. Inu Yasha stopped below them.

"Kagome!" The fog swirled around the miko, as it was absorbed. Ayo's jaw dropped.

"No! There wasn't supposed to be another girl around!" Sesshomaru blinked at Kagome and shook his head slightly.

"I seem to be getting a slight headache." He suddenly saw Kagome in a new light "What...is...wrong with me?" Inu Yasha glanced up and yelled,

"Let her go Sesshomaru, I'll give you whatever you want!" The demon looked from Kagome to Inu Yasha.

"What if...I don't want to let her go?"

"What do you want Sesshomaru?"

"I want...her." Ayo sighed.

"Yep...knew I shouldn't mess with strange stuff. Things always seem to backfire for me." Inu Yasha turned his attention to Ayo
"What did you do?" She smiled weakly at him.

"I may have made a love potion and accidentally...let it loose and...it looks like it didn't work right. I think I know what went wrong."

"What?"

"Well, I think I added the red fish scaled too late which means..." she paused, "Any man who is old enough and knows Kagome will...pretty much...fall in love with her." Inu Yasha blinked.

"They'll what?"

"Fall in love with her. I'm sorry, okay?"

"And just what were you trying to do with that potion?"

"Uh...get Sesshomaru to like me."

"Yuck. I see you're already mentally insane. How do we fix it?"

"No idea...I think it wears off...but I'm not sure."

"Oh great..." He looked back up at his brother "Sesshomaru! Let her go!"

"I don't think I will dear brother..." Inu Yasha sighed and jumped up at his brother, pulling out the Tetsugia and swiping carefully so he did not hit Kagome. Sesshomaru pulled back, his gripped lighter on Kagome, and she stepped on his foot. He yelped and let go and Kagome leapt into Inu Yasha's open arm. He landed back on the ground next to Ayo.

"Now...back to camp where we can figure this all out. You." He pointed sharply at the strange girl.

"My name is Ayo."

"Yeah, Ayo, whatever, you're coming with me. You're going to fix this."

"I'll try." Sesshomaru watched them leave, his eyes dark.

They arrived back and Miroku approached slowly

"What happened? Is Lady Ka..." He cut off, looking at her. Inu Yasha groaned

"Sango, get Miroku away." Sango grabbed him and shoved him away

"What is it?"

"Ayo, explain." The girl sighed and told the story again. Miroku listened patiently, nodding at some points, but had his eyes focused on Kagome, who was sitting next to Inu Yasha. Sango was listening and watching Miroku carefully, her boomerang poised. Inu Yasha was watching Kagome with a more concerned face, but not totally free of want. Kagome was turning slightly red and looking more and more uncomfortable. Ayo finished and bowed her head.

"I'm sorry again. Especially to you." She looked at Kagome "This will probably be hard..." Kagome sighed

"Yeah well..." She smiled brightly "It's not like we haven't gotten through worse." She stood and look at Ayo "I'm Kagome by the way."

"Ayo." Everyone else introduced themselves when suddenly Kagome gasped

"Oh no!" Inu Yasha looked at her

"What is it?"

"I still haven't taken a bath!" She grabbed her stuff "Come on Sango, you can come too if you want Ayo."

"Uh...sure." The three girls went into the woods and disappeared. Miroku stood up.

"Well...shall we go make sure-" Inu Yasha grabbed a handful of his robes.

"No. You stay." The monk sat back down.

"Okay, okay fine. But you know you want to look Inu Yasha." The hanyou frowned.

"I'm not even going to answer that."

"Uh huh, 'cause you know I'm right."

"Why aren't you thinking of a cure to this problem with Kagome?"

"Maybe because...let me think...oh yeah, I don't want to."

"You are such a lecher." Shippo sighed and muttered,

"Do you two ever not argue about Kagome?" Inu Yasha blushed slightly

"It's not always about Kagome." Shippo rolled his eyes

"Yeah, sure. And you aren't interested in her."

"Who said I was?"

"No one has to say that you are, Inu Yasha, it's pretty obvious..."

"Oh really furball..." He started to pounded the little kitsune's head.

"Wait, wait Inu Yasha!"

"What now?"

"Miroku!" Sure enough, the monk was creeping towards the woods and Inu Yasha jumped up.

"Get back here!" Miroku took off running, Inu Yasha racing behind him. Shippo sighed and glanced over at Kirara

"It never changes huh?" The kitten mewed in agreement.