lol...That part of the last chapter about talking like pirates...I just re- read it, and cracked up! ^^ Oh, and I apologize, minna-san, I made a few typos in the last chapter....I only have Wordpad, no spell-check, but I will try to catch them myself...T.T

Also, have you guys wondered why Inu died? Well, we have two people in the series (manga and anime...) that have something to do with dead people. Three actually, but I am not counting Kikyou. Bleah. Alrighty then, let us get on with this. WILL Kagome get better? WILL Sesshoumaru ever use a breath mint? WILL Kikyou ever stay dead? (in volume 36, I think, Kikyou is back...she is not dead in the manga....*cry*) WILL I stop using the Caps lock on the first word of every sentence? WE will see....in the next installment of.... STINKY CHEESE CREAMED BEETS FROM MARS AND THE MILY WAY!! Demo......I meant...A Kitsune's Wish!

Sesshoumaru: I managed to read an article in the paper today, in English...it listed symptoms of hyperactive children... you fit quite a few of them....it said you need something called..ri..ri...*looks at the paper* Ri-ta-rin. Ritalin. Do you need it? *mutters 'damn English 'L's...*

Riinuka: I cannot believe you would be so insensitive to your reincarnation...Ritalin is for people who cannt control their hyperness.....*picks up a tape recorder, sings the Teen Titans theme in Japanese to it* I can CONTROL it....

Sesshoumaru: When?

Riinuka: grr...*starts to type maniacally fast*

A Kitsune's Wish: Chapter 11

*dream*
Kagome ran, in her dreams. She fled from Houjo, from her okaa-san, from Souta. She fled from everyone in her time, because no one could understand. No one could accept her fully as a kitsune. When she told them what she had done to Inuyasha, throwing rocks, and eventually killing her. They had told her that she was a Nogitsune, a kitsune that has evil tendencies. That is when she ran. She ran from them, and their accusations. There were only two people who could understand her. Shippou, because he was a kitsune himself, and strangely enough, Sesshoumaru. Why, she did not know. Her dream ended, and she woke herself up.

*reality*

Sesshoumaru watched her, then alarm spread across his face. She had begun to whimper, tears streaming down her face. Believing that her wounds hurt her, he gently lifted her up, trying to set her in a more comfortable position. When she only whimpered more, he ran his fingers down her face, in an effort to quiet her.

She opened an eye, and looked at him through her tears, becoming confused as to why everything was blurry.

"I....can't see very well, Sesshoumaru...is something wrong with my eyes? Did Inuyasha have poison in his claws?" she mumbled, looking worriedly at him.

"No, were you not aware that you were crying in your sleep?" he said, removing his hand, and placing it in his lap. Every once in a while, it would unconsciously drift towards her.

"I was...?" she said weakly, and began to sit up. She propped herself onto her elbpws, which propmtly gave out. She landed back on the futon with a yelp, curling up around her chest. Shaking, she lay there, as her wound secreted some thick, red blood.

"See, look. It is healing, that is why it is like that. You mustn't move while it is doing such." he scolded, laying his hand on her shoulder. She whimpered, staring at the blood. The wound closed up, true to her new youkai nature, and she relaxed a little.

"But... why does my blood...smell different?" she commented, taking in the scent.

"I was forced to give you some of mine. Blood contains the youki needed for youkai to sustain life, and you had used almost all of yours for other purposes." he replied, looking at her gravely. He stopped from elaborating further, for he was not sure whether she was aware of her onlsaught of Inuyasha. She might not have known that she had killed him, and he did not want to shock her so soon.

"Is... that why your arm is back?" she asked, moving a hand towards his right arm.

"Yes...you seemed to have regenerated it for me, and I am grateful. Although, I will have to get used to being right-handed again...." he commented with a smirk, trying to get her to laugh.

It did not work, however, she just looked down, eyes blank and dark. He frowned, unnerved by the absense of the usual peppy attitude he had witnessed just before their encounter with his brother. 'I should not have taken her with me...' he thought, glancing at her sullen face. If not for him, she would not have been injured, nor would his worthless brother been killed. Sesshoumaru knew one more thing, though. He would never tell her that the dead miko, Kikyou, had taken Inuyasha. If he did, her heart and soul would be damaged beyond repair.

When she awoke, she found the youkai lord asleep, his hair wafting in front of his face. She looked at him in amusement, warching as he roused himself.

He looked at her in a slight daze, then blinked a few times. She smiled a little, and tried once again to get up. Succeeding without much injury this time, she stumbled over to where he was, putting her hands on her hips.

"And what do you think you are doing, falling asleep while I am in here, alone and unprotected?" she scolded, waving a clawed finger in front of his face.

He stared at her for a few seconds, then stood up. Walking past her, he stopped at a table that had some medicinal items. Picking up a damp cloth, he walked back over, standing in front of her.

"Lie down. I think you have caught a fever, by the way you are acting..." he said, sitting her down while pressing the cloth to her head.

*sweatdrop* "Sesshoumaru, I do not have a fever....I feel fine." she complained, shooing the cloth away.

"I'm afraid so, you are acting very peculiar..." he said, trying to get the cloth back towards her forehead. He grabbed her arm, and pinned it behind her, so he could reach her without interference. Her other arm was wounded, she could not hold him back with it.

Her eyes widened slightly, she started to get worried. Her heart rate was going sky-high, and it was because of her instincts.

'What is she doing? She looks terrified of me...' Sesshoumaru thought, alarmed. He pulled away, looking at her with a confused expression.

She sat there, debating this new instinct, which was overpowering her quickly. She whimpered, leaning towards him, and rested her head on his chest.

"Kagome...? What is the matter? Did I hurt one of your injuries?" he said, concerned. Unknowingly, he slipped his arm around her shoulders, comfortingly.

She began to cry, her shoulders shaking slightly. She buried her head into his haori, moving as close as she could to him.

"Kagome!" he said, knudging her gently. She looked up at him, and he frowned. Taking his hand, he stroked her hair, and she lowered her head to his chest again.

"What is wrong..? What happened...? Can you tell me?" he asked gently, embracing her.

"I-I..." she started, going into another bout of shaking. He held her closer, until she calmed again.

"I killed him, Sesshoumaru...." she said, looking back up at him. "I'm a...a murderer..." she said, lowering her head.

He tilted her chin up, and wiped a tear from her face. "Kagome, it wasn't your fault. It was you defending yourself from him. You could not have stopped it. I wish that you hadn't even jumped into the middle of it." He said, tilting his head to the side.

"But... he would... have killed you..." she replied, grabbing his haori sleeve. She hoisted herself upward, laying her head onto his shoulder. "That...I did not want to happen..." she added, curling up in his arms.

He looked at the top of her head, wondering just how she could have such an extreme range of emotions. He lowered his own head into her hair, keeping his arms around the shivering kitsune.

"It is alright.... we are both okay now, right?" he asked, stroking the back of her head.

"Yes...I think so..." she answered, falling asleep. But, her reply went unanswered, the tai-youkai had beaten her to that far away place of dreams. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------

Well, that is all for a late chappie of my best ficcie! This story has gotten more reiews than I thought I would EVER get!!! Could I have more?? *skips around, throwing flowers*

Sesshoumaru: Now I seriously doubt that you are my reincarnation.....*sweatdrop* Riinuka: *eyes go red, she appears in front of him* What was that, my dangerously-close-to-being-banned-from-this-life incarnate?

Sesshoumaru: *slightly surprised* alright... forget what I said...

Riinuka: *back to normal* Okay then! Readers, could we have some more reviews, please? I also have updated my other stories at an earlier time this week, so go read 'em!

Riinuka, signing off

ja mata de yo, minna-san!

minna-san wa shimasu hyouron, nee? (everyone will do a review, riiight?)^^