Kagome couldn't say it. It was so hard to realize that she had only been fooling herself by thinking Inuyasha liked her more then Kikyou. "He wished that Kikyou was alive again so he could be with her." She spat out with so much pain and anger in her voice. Sesshoumaru was surprised. "Why are you mad about that?" He thought aloud. Kagome turned her head toward Sesshoumaru. They had now reached the bottom of the stairs. Kagome sat the two children down and they ran off toward the dinning room. She stood back up with her hand in fist at her side. "Don't you get it Sesshoumaru." Her eyes were now covered by the shadow of and bangs (sp) as tears formed in her eyes. 'Salt?... water? Is she crying.' He thought to himself while waiting for her to finish what she was going to say.

"Sesshoumaru I loved your brother. Ok! Yes I liked him. I thought he loved him back, more then that damn dead miko, Kikyou!" Kagome spat out while jerking her head and ignoring the tears that ran down her cheeks. A smirk grew across Sesshoumaru's face. 'Prefect.' He thought to himself. "So you hate Inuyasha now?!" He asked simply with now expression in his voice. "Hate?! I think that's going to easy on it; more like wish he was dead! I no longer love him, I hope he and that damn miko die together and I want to see it happen. I want to see the tears in his eyes as he loses Kikyou, and I want to see his blood and body dead." Anger and hate were in her eyes. She was serious. Sesshoumaru was a bit frightened at this. He hadn't seen so much hate and hurt as well as pain and anger in someone before.

Sesshoumaru started to walk forward toward the dinning room until he stopped when he smelled blood. 'Blood?' he thought to himself as he turned around. He looked at Kagome's fisted hands. "Lady Kagome, your hands. You might want to watch out for that. It will happen a lot if you don't." he said pointing toward her blood covered hands. Her claws had dug slightly into her hands and she was so mad she hadn't noticed.

She nodded as she wiped the tears from her eyes with the back of her hand and was about to walk off when a servant walked up to her with a wet cloth and started to clean her hands.

Sesshoumaru entered the dinning room to find Shippo and Rin eating as if they hadn't eaten in days. Sesshou sat down at the head of the table and started to poke at his food, maybe taking a bit here and there but no really caring all that much for it. Kagome entered a minute or two later. She had bandages on her hands and a servant behind her begging to put more medicine on it. "No, its alright Miss. Its ok. I'm fine. You've put enough medicine on them." She said as she backed into the room holding out her arms trying to stop the women. "Are you sure milady? I don't want you getting ill or an infection from it." The servant lady asked while holding a bottle in one hand and a wet cloth in the other standing at the door.

Sesshoumaru would have laughed at this, as he did find it very funny, but he merely nodded for the servant to leave and she did. Kagome sighed as she looked around at everyone. "Sorry about that." She said as she walked toward the table. Sesshoumaru placed a hand up toward a chair on one side of him. Kagome nodded and a young servant boy pulled it out for her. She smiled brightly toward the young man, "Thank you" she said as he pushed her chair in a bit so she was closer to the table.

"So how is everyone today?" Kagome asked while eating a bit of food, she also wasn't all that hungry. She just wanted to get out and explore the place. "Good!" Shippo and Rin yelled with their mouths full of food. Kagome laughed behind her hand at this. Sesshoumaru smirked for a moment but it soon faded as he answered her question. "Very well Lady Kagome. As I hope your doing well today?." Kagome nodded. "Yes very much. Sesshoumaru-sama, Thank you for saving me yesterday and for bringing Shippo and me here. I just didn't know what to do, I am not use to this Inuyoukai form. I couldn't hear the demon or sense it. I'm sorry for putting you three in danger." Sesshoumaru shook his head. "Rin and I were merely walked and I heard your scream. I had smelled you and wondered why my stupid half-brother wasn't with you. I had a few questions for you so I saved you and your pup so I could." He took a small bit of food before standing up. "Well, I have much work to do. I shall see you three at lunch I hope." He said as he walked out of the room and to his study to deal with a Demon Lord.

Kagome smiled. "Shall we go to the garden you two? The servant told me its very beautiful." Shippo and Rin nodded. They jumped from there seats and grabbed Kagome's hands running toward the garden.

Sesshoumaru stood in the shadows watching the three past. 'Maybe having her around will help Rin. Rin is growing up and needs a women to talk to.' He thought to himself as he walked to his study to find a very upset demon lord who had lost his lands to another powerful demon. (Although it wasn't as powerful as Sesshou as we all know.)



Kagome sat in the middle of a large patch of flowers watching Rin and Shippo chase butterflies. They had been there for at least 2 hours. Just enjoying the wonderful sunny day. Kagome turned her head to see a tall shadowy figure in the way of the sun. She stood up and walked to stand beside it. "So, you adopted the small girl after all?!" Kagome asked as she looked up at the slivered hair Inuyoukai beside her. "Yes. And you have adopted the Kitsune I believe?" he asked. "Yes. Shippo is very special to me. He is all I have left since I cant go home." Sesshou nodded and walked forward a bit before sitting down and watching Rin play the young Kitsune.

Kagome smiled as she watched Sesshou, he may not be one for showing his emotions but she could tell when he was happy. She walked over and sat down by him. She was about to ask him something but two objects made her and Sesshoumaru fall backwards and lose there breath for a moment.