A/N: Thanks for all of the great reviews...

a few things to say to reviewers:

Emerald dragon hanyou: I know exactly how you feel...What you need is a s***load of sleep and complete loneliness away from humanity...trust me. I felt the same way a while ago, and almost killed myself...just stay in your room, and abandon your social life.

Heather Christi:dont worry bout them...not to give anything away, but my plot twists are famous... well, they should be anyway...

nekokatagi:hehe...of course...what would a kagome/ fluffy fic be without the fluff.

and all the others who praised me...THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!

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Sesshoumaru and Kagome still looked steadily at eachother. For some reason, maybe because they didn't trust eachother, or maybe they just didn't know what to do once they broke their eyecontact, they did not look away from eachother for quite some time.

But eventually Sesshoumaru gracefully stood up, and indicated that Kagome do the same. Though she didn't want to, she did so all the same. She felt so weak that she thought she would fall down once again. And she was about to...but Sesshoumaru held her up. But of course not in a pleasant manner. He sank his nails into the back of her shirt, and pulled her up by it, so even if Kagome couldn't walk, she had to.

"Where...are we...going?" the girl asked, struggling a little.She didn't get an answer, but she didn't really need one. They stepped out of the trees, to a little clearing, where a little strait flowed.

She spotted a little girl, who came skipping toward them, calling Sesshoumaru's name with joy. That came as a small shock to her. Sesshoumaru dropped her near a tree, and she fell obediantly.

The demon welcomed the little girl with a strange smile, almost as if it was a kind one, and bent down to pick her up. With her, he was gentle. Almost loving. The little girl whispered something in his ear while watching Kagome curiously, and Sesshoumaru again looked at Kagome, and carried the girl to her.

By now, Kagome noticed that there was something definitely wrong about how she felt when he looked at her. She got goosebumps. But fear was not completely what she felt. Maybe it was just how horribly chilling his gaze was. But really, however hard she tried, she could not figure out the feeling. She felt it intensify with every step he took towards her, and she was shaking slightly by the time he got right in front of her, and he leaned over to put the girl down, his face just inches away from hers, cold eyes staring at her, gleaming with the small spots of warm light that shone through the leaves.

Then he turned and disappeared among the trees, walking into the deep forest again. Kagome watched him leave, shaken to her very soul. It wasn't natural to fear anything or anyone so much.

But she warmed up a little as she turned her attention back to the little girl who was smiling at her kindly. "Hello...who are you?" Kagome asked timidly.

"I'm Rin. Who are you?" She replied happily.

"Kagome." she said simply, starting to smile a little. it was impossible to hold back a smile, the small girl was so cheerful, it was contagious. Though she felt deeply guilty for the smile.

"Has Sesshoumaru sama saved you too?" Rin asked.

Kagome was shocked yet again."Sesshoumaru...helped you?" It seemed impossible. She could not imagine the demon protecting the little girl. Or anyone except for himself for that matter."No...he kidnapped me." She added to answer the girl's question..

"Yes...Sesshoumaru sama saved me from the wolves. He's a demon, you know... Doesn't seem like it, huh? He's so nice." She grinned. She seemed to admire the demon greatly."What's kidnap?"

Kagome was too busy digesting what the girl just told her to answer her right away. Was she lying? No...she seemed so innocent. It was almost impossible not to love her just by looking at her. Well...maybe she was able to melt Sesshoumaru's non-existent heart, but she doubted it.

"What's wrong?" The little girl asked with concern.

"Huh?...oh, nothing."Kagome lied instinctively."Kidnap is when you take people against their will, and don't let them leave." she explained.

"Sesshoumaru sama wouldn't do that. But why wouldn't you want to come with him...you don't like him?" Said Rin innocently.

"Aahh...umm..."Kagome wasn't sure is she wanted to start reciting her eternal hate for Sesshoumaru to this sweet little girl who seemed to idolize him so much."I have a home to be at...a family...I miss them." She didn't even want to mention her defeated friends. It didn't even seemed real anymore. Maybe it was just a dream. Maybe they were alive. She just had a really horrible dream. But then why would she be here? Inu Yasha would have come after her by now. She was sure of it. Actually, the more she thought about it, the less sense it made.

"It's ok. you'll like it with us." said Rin, not quite understanding the concept of family.

At that moment, a huge crash came from the woods, exactly from the direction Sesshoumaru disappeared to. Kagome hoped and hoped with all her heart that some horrible thing killed the demon.

But Rin did not even flinch at the earth shattering sound. Instead she grinned happily."Lunch!" she exlaimed, and started gathering branches from around the tree. "Come on, let's make a fire." she urged Kagome, and she awkwardly started picking up wood too.

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