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Chapter 7

When Miroku and Sango had gotten back from their walk, some time after dark, they discovered something they never thought they would see.

Sango had wondered where the two of them were, and Miroku had said, "Mou- Kagome probably killed him off." And then Sango, who needless to say, was not impressed by his answer, slapped him upside the head. Looking around she saw that their bowls were still there, but again, no Inuyasha or Kagome.

"Ano…Sango, look over there." Miroku pointed to a large tree, which Inuyasha usually slept in, and at the base of it lay Inuyasha, in his human form, with Kagome curled up in his lap. Inuyasha had his arms wrapped protectively around the girl, his cheek resting on her head. Sango quickly put a hand over Miroku's mouth to keep anything lecherous from coming out and then jerked him away, back to the hut to give the two of them privacy.

The next morning, Kagome awoke to the feeling of someone holding her securely around the waist, and she caught sight of sliver hair. Wiggling slightly, she tried to move, but his grip only tightened. "C'Mon K'gome. Just stay for a while…" came the lethargic voice of the hanyou. Kagome looked up through her bangs, and sighed contently.

"All right." She whispered, cuddling closer.

Kikyo crossed her arms, and watched the two of them together. "You have made your choice Inuyasha, remember that," she said softly. "Your choice…"

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A scream from the hut awoke everyone in the near vicinity. "I'M GOING TO DIEEEEEE!" a recognizable voice screamed. "I'm bleeding to death!"

Kagome awoke with a start, as did the hanyou behind her. "What the fuck?!" he demanded angrily. Kagome sighed softly, and moved away from his comforting warmth, to find out what Sesshoumaru was shrieking about. She almost ran in to Miroku, who was being shooed from the hut, and sporting a red handprint on his cheek. He gave a wicked grin to Kagome before strolling off.

"Inuyasha-sama, stay back…" The monk warned, still grinning. Inuyasha looked puzzled, but let it go, and leapt off in to a tree that was far enough where he couldn't be "sat" but near enough so he could see what was going on.

Kagome walked in to the hut to see Sango kneeling over a pale Sesshoumaru. "Eh? What's going on?" Kagome inquired, cocking her head to the side. Kaede set to boiling water as Sesshoumaru sniffed pitifully.

"I'm going to bleed to death…." She sniffed again. "I don't want to…*sniffle* die…"

"Ye is a fool." Kaede sighed, and hobbled over to hand a steaming cup of something to the silver haired maiden. "It 'tis simply a woman's time of month, in this case, yours. Be ye more quiet, lest you attract more unwanted attention then ye already hath."

"Sesshoumaru, didn't my mother talk to you about this?" Kagome asked, sitting beside Sango and Sesshoumaru.

"Stop smiling." Ordered Sesshoumaru, glaring at Sango, who was indeed, smiling. "And she did, but I…forgot…"

"Oi! Bitch, what's going on in here??!! A fuckin' tea party??" came a loud voice. "Why do I smell blood?"

"INUYASHA!! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT!" Kagome shouted, hearing with satisfaction him cursing as he fell and hit the ground. "Stupid Hentai…" she grumbled. Sango's smile widened. "Stay out Inuyasha! And keep the monk out."

"Feh."

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After the women had dealt with Sesshoumaru, they were all sitting out side the hut (with the exception of Kaede) and discussing what they were going to do.

"There's a village a few miles north of here, I heard from one of the village women here that it is rumored to have a shard. That would be a good place to start I believe."

"Umm, perhaps that would not be such a good idea." Came a thoughtful voice. "The last time I was there… my welcome was worn out fairly quickly, thanks to the daughter of the head elder…"

"Feh, only you houshi."

"Be nice!!" scolded a soft voice. "Maybe we should head up there anyway, and see if there is really a shard up there. It couldn't hurt anything."

"Yeah, except him." Said a high pitched voice.

"I don't care where we go." Commented a silver haired girl.

"That's good. Cause' I don't give a shit whatcha want."

"Sit." Came the bored command from one of the girls.

*

Sesshoumaru sat by the campfire, holding her fish over the fire. "OW!!" she yelped as a large rock hit her in the side, and she dropped her fish in to the fire. "NO!" whined Sesshoumaru. "I wanted to eat that! I'm hungryyyyy…" She whirled her head around and glared at Inuyasha who had an arrogant smirk on his lips.

"What?" he mouthed, sliding an arm around Kagome's waist, pulling her close, making it known that Sesshoumaru couldn't do anything. Sesshoumaru scowled, and silently vowed to get him back. Somehow.

That night, Sesshoumaru crept around toward the sleeping hanyou, pulling out a pair of scissors that Shippo had given her, once she had explained what they were for. Carefully, Sesshoumaru worked, making sure to be silent, and get her job done.

*

"WHAT THE FUCK!!!!" screamed an enraged hanyou. Kagome awoke sleepily, and then gasped. "Who the hell DID this!" He roared.

The rest of the group woke up, and Miroku was the first to notice what had happened. His violet eyes widened, and he began to laugh. Sango and Kagome noticed as well. "Oh dear…" Kagome mumbled, before hiding her yawns and giggles behind a hand.

"Who the hell did this?" Inuyasha demanded, holding up a fistful of hair…. Hair that was no longer a part of his head. Shippo and Sesshoumaru examined him. Inuyasha had half of his hair missing, a ragged shaggy cut making his head look uneven, and making him look quite ridiculous.

"I-Inuyasha…calm d-d-down…" giggled Kagome. Inuyasha turned enraged eyes to the human girl who was clutching her sides, with Sango holding on to her like a lifeline.

"What the hell do you mean 'calm down?' I am missin' fuckin' half of my HAIR!" He shouted, his hands fisted at his sides. Shippo and Sesshoumaru were trying to make a quiet get away, but the hanyou noticed them. "HELL NO! Get your sneaky asses back here, cause I am going to kill the two of you! And ya know what? First, I am going to tear your eyes out, and feed them to you… then I am going to stick your lip so far over your head, ya can swallow it! Then, I am going to stick my foot so far up your ass its going to kick… your TEETH!!"

Shippo paled drastically. "Uh-oh." He managed, before darting off, in his bubble form. Sesshoumaru scrambled off, actually scared of his pathetic half brother, who didn't seem so pathetic at the moment. Miroku was still laughing, wiping tears of mirth from his eyes, as was Sango.

Kagome shot forward, and slid her arms around his waist, holding him back. "Inuyasha! Calm down, Onegai!" Inuyasha turned to face her, and she reached up to gently tug his remaining forelock. "You look fine…" she murmured, stroking his cheek. He snorted, and watched her eyes for signs of her lying. "I kinda like you with short hair, makes you look all rugged." She giggled lightly as he sighed in defeat.

"Does it?" he asked softly his golden eyes suspicious. Kagome nodded. "That all it does?" His eyebrow was raised, a cocky smirk on his lips.

"Nope… Makes you look dashing, and heroic, and masculine, and so…" she searched for a word, to buy Shippo and Sesshoumaru some more time.

"So kawaii?" Snickered Miroku, whose violet eyes were wide in innocence. "What?"

"No! Inuyasha ignore the hentai!" Kagome ordered. Inuyasha felt her kiss his lips gently, and gave up with a deep and heavy sigh, kissing her back.

"Hey Lady Sango…" Miroku began once he had regained some of his composure.

"No Hentai." Sango said tiredly. "Let's go and find the two mischief makers, and hope our irate friend won't try to disembowel them too fast."

Miroku stood up after her, and groped her ass, dancing out of her reach before she could retaliate. "You could always bear my child." He suggested. "It would save both of us trouble, and…" he trailed off, seeing her cold glare. "Or maybe another time…" he sighed, and followed the demon huntress leaving behind the half demon, and the human girl still wrapped up in a tight embrace.

*

Somewhere in the woods…

Sesshoumaru bounded over various things in her path, and then screeched to a halt when Naraku jumped out from in front of her. "Will you STOP doing that?!" She demanded, scowling. Naraku swept a low bow, a mocking smile on his lips.

"Of course my lady…" he murmured, meeting her eyes with out faltering.

"What are you doing here?" she demanded.

"I merely wanted to ask if you would do me the pleasure of…accompanying me for a short…ahem… picnic." Naraku watched as the girl swallowed, and then he wrapped an arm around her waist. "Lovely," he purred, bowling over her shock. "Let's be off my darling…" pulling the shocked girl after him. "Come, we should not be too long, I have no want to meet up with your annoying companions…"

A breathy squeak escaped her lips as she was led off, "Help…"

*

When they arrived at a small waterfall, Sesshoumaru tried to peel Naraku's arm off her. What she saw next made her begin to snicker.

Both Kagura and Kanna were wearing matching robes, of a light pink, each holding platters of food. Kagura scowled deeply, a frown etched on her forehead. Kanna had an uncaring look on her pale face, her brown eyes lifeless.

'Why meeeee?' Sesshoumaru demanded silently.

*

Above the woods, almost a 1/4 mile away…

Shippo was hiding up in a tree, when he saw Sango and Miroku flying over the trees on Kirara. "HEY I'm HERE!!" he shouted at the top of his little lungs. Kirara drifted down, and Shippo leaped on to Miroku's shoulder. "Where's Sesshoumaru-sama?" Sango asked, surveying the surrounding area.

"I dunno. She disappeared after I ran off. Where is Inuyasha?" Shippo shivered as he spoke the name.

"Still with Kagome-chan who is buying you some time. Let's find Sesshoumaru before someone else does…" Miroku murmured, his hands sliding over Sango's ass. She growled, and turned to slap him as hard as she could.

"Hentai! Can't you keep your hands to yourself for once?" She demanded. He simply grinned widely, fixing his purple gaze on the trees below them. "Let's go Kirara, and if we accidentally drop the houshi, lets not go get him…"

*

Back at the campsite

Kagome and Inuyasha parted both needing air. The hanyou rested his forehead against hers, and sighed. Kagome smiled, thankful that she had bought the troublemakers a bit of time. Inuyasha had forgotten all about it… "Inuyasha, maybe if we go back to my era, we can cut your hair so it… is um…even?" she suggested, peering up in to his eyes.

He growled. "Gonna fuckin' kill them all," he muttered. Then his eyes widened. "Oi! You were just trying to buy them some time!" He pulled back from her, eyes narrowed in irritation. "I don't believe you!"

And with that, he leaped off, and went in search of the two he so desperately wanted to string up by their intestines…

*

Back at the woods

Back with Naraku, Sesshoumaru was trying to stay calm, but with his practically breathing down her neck, it made it hard. With a last effort to get rid of him, she blurted out. "I already have a chosen mate!"

Naraku paused, his features contorted in confusion. "Who is he?" The hanyou asked, eyes snapping in anger. "I smell no other man on you, only the half breed…"

Sesshoumaru swallowed again, and then hoped that Inuyasha would never find out what she was about to say. "Inuyasha is…my chosen…He is my…" she shuddered briefly. "My mate…"

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