Sry everyone for taking so long to get this chapter out! OK here is Chapter 3, enjoy! Oh and remember I own nothing but art supplies and books.

(Last time.)

" You are quite sure, Sesshoumaru?"

"Quite."

(This time)

"I see, but her scent stops here."

" And?"

" So I was wondering if you had seen her considering that both of your scents are here. That's all." He said with an annoyed tone.

" No I, Sesshoumaru, have not." Sesshoumaru said in an equally annoyed tone.

" Well with that all said then I will go." Then said under his breath " I must get to her soon.

"Until next time then, InuYasha." Noting what InuYasha had said under his breath.

"Until then Sesshoumaru." And with that he left running top speed in the same direction that the woman had gone in.

And again Sesshoumaru was left staring off alone.

Kagome had been running hard for about three hours now and her muscles were beginning to ankh, because while she was running a pack of wolf youkai decided to ambush her and she had killed them, but it had lost her some very precious time. She knew that her half-brother was gaining on her because of that. Kagome saw something move in the bushes up ahead of her, so she slowed to a jog. Just then a Bear Youkai attacked her, it sliced at her, so she quickly did a back flip and while in the air drew her swords. She landed safely in a tree, and looked down at her attacker. It was a very large bear, and it had a look in it's eyes that said " I want to kill you", this look didn't intimidate Kagome in any way she just simply looked down at the thing in annoyance. Kagome watched for a chance, then she saw it, she took it, the sword made contact with the heart of the beast but before it had died it hit Kagome on the shoulder and she was losing blood, fast. Kagome withdrew her sword from the things heart, and sniffed the air, she smelt water nearby and thought it wise to clean up the wound, she got to the lake and was starting to feel tired. She had managed to clean and wrap the wound, before slipping into sleep. And because she had fallen asleep and not told her magic to keep the concealing spell on her mark working, it reappeared.

InuYasha found her two hours later, lying on her back, arms by her sides her hair fanned out around her, and her long black tail across her stomach. With the moon casting it's eternal beams around her, making her look like a goddess. InuYasha had seen the dead bear youkai only a few minutes before finding Kagome; he had smelt her and the bear's blood, which got him even more worried for her life. He was shocked when he had found her, because she looked so pure and powerful. InuYasha shook his head at this. It was time for him to take her home. He got within about 10 feet of her, when 3 things happened, first he smelt arousal, second he ran into a barrier, and third he saw a carcass of a male snake youkai, burnt.

Kagome felt something hit her barrier, and she smelt the pasting breeze, it was her half-brother InuYasha, Lord of the Southern Lands. She opened her eyes and saw him looking at her; in his eyes were worry, anger, and, and, what is this praise? She was now confuse what was he proud of her for?

InuYasha was extremely proud of his little half-sister; because she had defeated a pack of wolfs, a bear and a snake, who were all more powerful then her. And to plus that all off, she had done all of that in a three- hour period. And that was something to boast about, normally a female couldn't do anything at all like that.

Kagome decided to drop her shield so her brother and her could talk.

InuYasha walked up to her as soon as the shield was down, he of course made a mental note to ask her wear her had learned to make a shield that would kill an enemy like that. He knelt down beside her to look at her wounds. He was very surprised to discover that her one and only wound, the one on her shoulder, was completely healed with no trace of blood anywhere. He looked unto her face with all out confusion, but she averted his gaze.

" Come little one its time for us to return home to the south." She gave a small nod before he picked her up ran towards the Southern Lands.

(Three months after the encounter between Sesshoumaru and Kagome took place.)

" My Lord, my Lord, there is a message for you from the elders." Said the annoying servant Jaken, who had just, came running into his master's library.

"Jaken." Said a cold, voice from the desk.

"I, I, my lord forgive this worthless servant."

"Bring the letter and leave."

"Here, here my lord." And he all but ran out of the room.

Sesshoumaru picked up the letter. And read it, it was an announcement of the Courting Ball that was to be held at the meeting grounds of the Lords and Ladies. Sesshoumaru growled at this, they were demanding that he must find a mate at or before the ball. The true be told, Sesshoumaru had already chosen the perfect female to be his mate, but he still had to find her, and not knowing her name didn't help. Yes he had fallen in love with that mystery maiden that the Southern Lord had been looking for. He had sent out spies to locate her, but none ever found her. He still remembers how she had moved, so full of control and grace and how she had cut off this sleeve; he still refuses to let the servants to fix it. It was his reminder, of her. The only demon, demoness to ever defeat him. He was now more then ever determined to find her and make her his mate.

Kagome was called into her brother's study after dinner and he told her that the elders wrote him a letter that said that she must choose a mate for the courting ball. Kagome only listened half-heartedly to her brothers words, she was to busy with her only thoughts about a certain male, with long silver hair and golden eyes. She remembered the way he moved, so smooth, so god like. She was just beginning to think about how muscular his arm was and was going to start wondering what the rest of him looked like. When Her brother asked a question.

" Kagome, what about Kouga?"

Kagome mentally cursed she hated that stupid male wolf, he was so annoying. "InuYasha, I will not mate with that animal."

" And why is that, little one?"

"Brother, besides being a wolf, he is dirty, a male that has had to many females, and a jerk!"

" Don't over step your place pup, you have no say in this." Said Kikyou, InuYasha mate, she was a human, but she could act like such a bitch, that you would think that she was a dog youkai like InuYasha and I.

" Of course, Lady of the South, Kikyou, is correct. Young one, you really don't have a say in this." Said Narku my brother's royal advisor, and in my opinion, the slim ball. He does fix his species though, a snake youkai.

Kagome have tried to tell her brother that his mate and advisor were lovers but he was to blind to see it. So she just stood there and took it, Kikyou could do no wrong in her mates' eyes. She mentally decided to run away tonight she had to get away from all of these lies that surrounded this place. Kagome was dismissed after Kikyou said that she wanted to talk to InuYasha alone. Kagome ran to her room and put on another black kimono, and obi. Took her swords and put them on, took a bow and some arrows and ran, once again. Towards the west.

Sesshoumaru and Rin were out in the garden when Sesshoumaru smelt a fimiler scent faintly on the breeze. He stood up and told Rin to go inside and tell Jaken that he was going to be back in a day. When she got inside he went running towards her scent.

Kagome had run away again, and was now running on the outskirts of a village of kitsune youkai. When she heard screaming , and smelt smoke. She changed her course and ran towards the village. When she ran out of the bushes she was met with a bloody battlefield. It was clear to see that all of the youkai were dead, Kagome saw this and decided to bury them. As she was going through a den, she saw that a basket was shaking. Kagome drew her sword for safety. She lifted up the basket to reveal a small kitsune pup, eyes close, shaking uncontrollable. Kagome's heart went out to this little pup, which had lost everything. She put her sword away, and gently put a hand on the little one's head. She watched as he just froze up when her hand touched him. She told him in quite words that it was ok, and that she wasn't going to hurt him, he had started to cry and Kagome's motherly instincts took over, and she hugged the little boy close to her chest. He quietly cried on her chest, before falling into a deep sleep. She picked him up and ran from the destroyed village. She, ran to a stream where she jumped into a nearby tree and went to sleep.

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Sess: Wm? Where am I?

W.M.: You are going towards her.

Sess: Oh, ok ,review humans.

W.M.: Bye!