A/N:ok, im trying to make the chaptres longer...and in this one, i had two ideas of where to take the story, and had a hard time choosing...hope you like it:)

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Inu Yasha spotted the group ahead of him, and yelled Kagome's name again as he ran closer.

Kagome's eyes lit up at the sight of him. Alive! So it was just a dream! There he was, and the others now emerging from among the trees. Miroku, Sango,and Shippo on Kilala, all ready to fight. Her heart brightened along with her smile."Took you long enough!" she screamed at Inu Yasha with a grin on her face and tears in her eyes.

"Kagome, are you all right?"he asked, his tetsusaiga pointed at Sessoumaru,who was impassively standing next to you.

"No thanks to you."she snapped, then her expression softened."It's good to see you are ok, though." she added. She ran to him, Before Sesshoumaru could grab her wrist to stop her.

Inu Yasha attacked the demon, and they fought.

Kagome, as she watched them go at it, was surprised to notice how she winced not only when Inu Yasha was about to be hit, but when Sesshoumaru was also. Sango, Miroku and Shippo kept asking her if she was ok, but she feared to take her eyes off the two brothers.

Inu Yasha had a noticable disadvantage. He was swinging the sword out of anger, madly, while Sesshoumaru just calmly dodged the attacks easily. However, luck sided with Inu Yasha this time. He grabbed the older demon's empty kimono sleeve unexcpectedly, and pulled him off balance, off his feet.

Kagome watched as Inu Yasha lifted his sword to strike a final deadly blow. She barely noticed that a voice called him panickingly to a stop. It was her own voice."Stop!" she screamed out passionately.

Inu Yasha stopped, and looked at Kagome strangely. Everyone was looking at her strangely. She only then noticed what she had done.But before she could have tried to explain it, Sango tried to come up with an explonation of her own. "Maybe she is being controlled by Tsubaki again."she suggested.

"No, that kuro miko died. I killed her with the Kaze no Kizu." Inu yasha mumbled. He looked at Kagome with a mixture of confusion and pain.

But that momentairy distraction was enough for Sesshoumaru to leap up and grab Kagome's wrist.

The girl ghasped, but it wasn't exactly fear that she felt, more like she was relieved that she didn't have to explain herself. She tried to free herself, but without much real effort.

Inu Yasha looked at his brother with intense hatred. "Sesshoumaru, how dare you steal her from us?" He yelled. He was fairly helpless, for he feared that Sesshoumaru would throw Kagome in his sword's path.

"Actually, she just happened to be in my path...I believe she ran away from you, hanyou."the demon said coldly."If you want her, you'll have to hand over the Tetsusaiga."

"Liar! Never!..."Inu Yasha boiled with anger, but he never got to say what he wanted after that.

Sesshoumaru leapt up pulling Kagome with him, Rin, following them, climbed onto her demon, and they flew out of sight.

Sango tried to follow them on Kilala, nut the forest was too dense and seemingly endless. Sesshoumaru was too fast. He disappeared into the wilderness.

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After a long time, even running over a few mountains, Sesshoumaru finally stopped and put Kagome down on the grass. Rin landed too, getting off the demon. She seemed used to dangerous situations.

The demon watched her expressionlessly for quite a while. She wished she could see what was going through his mind. Was he going to hurt her, for running to Inu Yasha, and for struggling to get away from him? Or was he glad that she stopped Inu Yasha from killing him?

Why on earth did she do that? Did She really grow fond of her captor? She was suddenly not only scared of him, but of herself. She was not sure of how she felt. She wasn't all that disappointed to be apart from her friends. She wasn't at all disappointed to be still with Sesshoumaru and Rin. There was something wrong with her.

While this was going through her head, she barely noticed that Sesshoumaru knelt down in front of her, to observe her better.He was barely twenty centimeters away from her, and she could feel his cold breath on her face.She didn't feel comfortable looking into his eyes so deeply. She was scared that she would see something she didn't want to...or just It sent shivers down her spine, to be this close to him. This couldn't be fear. She freaked out, pulled away from him, and stood up. He followed.

"Rin, go get some firewood." He asked the small girl, and she hopped away into the forest.He turned to Kagome, who was leaning against a tree, still examining herself. He walked close to her again, and without a warning, his hand pinned her neck to the tree.