Varan: Wow so you guys think I'm mean to Inuyasha? Well wait till I get to Miroku. *laughs evilly

Miroku: Why me?

Sango: Because you're a lech

Varan: Right. Also I thought of something to do to Inuyasha and the others, but I can't do it until later in the story so you'll have to wait ok? And to all my reviewers who commented about them loving each other, well I did post pairings in the summary so...yeah. And it won't be so sad the whole time. The next couple of chapters will be, but after that it'll get better. Ok then on with the fic!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. I just like to mess with him.

On the way back to Inuyasha's family's lands, Kagome tried to make a plan for her freedom. It seemed to be completely futile though because she wasn't getting any ideas. Suddenly she heard a rustling in a near by bush and a small whimpering noise. Inuyasha heard it too. He walked up and parted the bushes to reveal what seemed to be a small child covered in blood.

"It's a kitsune cub," he said. "Looks like he's in bad shape too." Kagome felt bad for the boy and walked over to him. She knelt down to examine his injuries. "Don't bother, his injuries are too severe. There's no way to save him now." She glared at the dog demon.

"Do me a favor and shut up for a minute will you?," she snapped. "I need to concentrate to do this." She extended both hands over the kit and gathered her power. Inuyasha watched as a light surrounded both girl and kitsune. The light pooled into the child's wounds, healing them before his eyes. Once the wounds had healed, the light dissipated. The boy groaned and opened his eyes slowly. She sat up, hands checking where his wounds had been.

"What happened?," he asked in a panicked voice. Kagome smiled soothingly at him.

"It's alright, I just used my magic to heal your wounds," she told him. "You were very badly hurt. What happened?" They boy's eyes grew wide as he remembered what had happened.

"My family was attacked," he said, eyes beginning to fill with tears. "Both of my parents were killed!" He cried into Kagome's shirt. "I barely managed to get away but I thought I was gonna die!" Kagome held him close and soothed him. Inuyasha just watched not saying anything. He certainly didn't know how to handle pups. Still, he felt bad for the little kitsune.

"Oi brat," he called. "What's your name?" The kit looked over at him.

"My name's Shippo," he said sniffing. "Who are you?"

"I'm Inuyasha," he replied. "What happened to your home?" Shippo looked down sadly.

"It was destroyed," he said. Inuyasha nodded

"Then from now on you will be under my care." Kagome and Shippo looked at him surprised. He turned to Kagome. "You were the one to heal him, so you will be responsible for him. Is that clear?" She rolled her eyes at him.

"Like I would just leave him to fend for himself," she said bitterly. "I know what it's like to loose your family." She looked down to smile warmly at Shippo. "Hello Shippo, my name is Kagome. Don't worry about a thing. I'll take good care of you ok?" Shippo nodded and hugged her. Inuyasha thought over what she had said about loosing her family. He decided to file that away to ask about later.

"Thank you for healing me Kagome," Shippo said. Then he looked between her and Inuyasha. "So are you Inuyasha's slave?" Kagome made a face at the word slave, and Inuyasha smirked.

"Of course she is. She's marked isn't she?" Kagome gave him the finger and stood, ignoring the laughter that had followed the gesture. Shippo saw the look on Kagome's face and wisely decided not to say anything more on the subject. Instead he jumped into Kagome's arms.

"Do you mind carrying me?," He asked. She smiled down at him.

"Sure Shippo, it's no trouble," she replied. Inuyasha snorted

"Feh. Shippo, you shouldn't bother asking her. She's a slave and she'll follow orders," he said arrogantly. Kagome's eyes flashed in anger and Shippo looked puzzled.

"But that's not very polite," he said. "Mama said I should always be polite. And Kagome saved my life. The least I can do is ask her instead of ordering her around like a jerk." Inuyasha fehed again and crossed his arms over his chest. Kagome on the other hand smiled at the young kit almost completely forgetting her anger towards Inuyasha.

"It's good of you to remember what your parents told you Shippo," she said. "They'd be very proud of you right now for defending me." Shippo beamed with pride and hugged her again. "Any way, I believe Inuyasha is getting impatient. Let's not keep him waiting ok?" Inuyasha snorted again, then walked on ahead. Kagome grinned at his retreating back and followed silently. She may be his slave, but she wasn't going to be nice about it. For now she had to take care of Shippo and was willing to make a temporary truce. But later on she would do everything she could to get revenge. And he wouldn't know what hit him.

Inuyasha: *glares at Varan* Is that supposed to scare me?

Varan: Think of it more as a warning

Inuyasha: Feh right, like Kagome could think up a good kind of revenge

Kagome: You jerk! SIT!

Inuyasha: Damn it!

Varan: Serves you right. Anyway thanks again for the reviews! I know there's not alot of action, but I can't do much about that until later in the story. Just give it some time. Kagome will be flaming demon ass eventually, but right now she doesn't really know how to use her powers.

Shippo: Can I help?

Varan: We'll see Shippo. For now just help her annoy Inuyasha ok?

Shippo: Ok I can do that!!

Varan: I know you can

Kurama: They're right. You ARE evil!

Varan: Only sometimes. Besides it's fun!!

Kurama: Well at least you didn't give him candy this time

Inuyasha: Hey don't give her ideas!!

Varan: I'm saving it for later, the candy I mean. Anyway time for me to go. I'll be back soon.

Inuyasha: Damn

Kagome: SIT BOY!

Inuyasha: Ooomph!

Varan: Bye now!