Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of its characters. Rumiko Takahashi does and I must say, she is a GENIUS for creating Inuyasha.

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Summary: Sesshoumaru finds Kagome near death in the middle of his lands while out on a walk with Rin. After hearing Rin's plea to help the lady and sensing his half-brother no where near by, he takes her back to his castle. His plans were to keep her until she was healed, but his emotions have been on the fritz since he saved the young miko and are stopping him from letting her go. What happens when Inuyasha finally finds out where Kagome went? What happens when the guards in Sesshoumaru's castle start taking notice in Kagome? What happens when everybody gets in a huge fight to win Kagome's heart? [*Holds up 'Gasp' sign*] Stay tuned to find out! [I suck at summaries. Just read it. :D Please and thanks!]

Chapter 1- An unlikely savoir

Kagome let out a groan of pain as she rolled her head to the side, trying to shake away the headache. Gathering what strength she had left, she sat up and pulled herself over to a tree so she could lean against it like a chair. Upon not seeing the gang, she started to worry and tried to stand, only to fall back down with a hand on her side when she felt a large amount of pain. 'Oh, Kami, what happened? Where's Inuyasha? Why aren't the rest here? Where am I?' As the last question ran through her head she inhaled sharply at the pain in her side and passed out.

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Rin ran happily through the thick forest of trees as a terrified Jakken ran away from her, "Rin, get away from me! Get awwwaaaaaayy!!!!" Rin only giggled at the toad youkai's request but stopped suddenly when they came to a clearing and saw a girl laying on the forest floor.

Slowly, she made her way over to her and gently shook her shoulder, "Lady, are you okay?" She continued to gently shake Kagome's shoulder as she tried to wake her, "The pretty lady won't wake up, Jakken, help Rin find Sesshoumaru-sama!" She turned around quickly and ran into a pair of white pants. She looked up and grinned, "Sesshoumaru-sama! Rin was just coming to find you! The pretty lady won't wake up." She then turned and point to Kagome and pouted.

His golden eyes studied the girl laying on the ground and could easily tell she was going to die within the hour if she didn't get help. 'That's my brothers wench. Why is she in my lands and where is that stupid hanyou? He can't be far if she's laying here dying like this. He'll take care of her.' He placed a hand on Rin's head gently before turning around and heading out of the clearing, speaking in his normal emotionless voice, "Rin, we're leaving."

Rin's eyes bugged and she ran after Sesshoumaru and tugged on his pants eagerly, "No, Sesshoumaru-sama! Save the pretty lady, please. Save her." She looked up at him with pleading eyes that were filled with tears then looked back at Kagome, "She won't wake up. Rin wants to take the pretty lady home."

Sesshoumaru resisted the urge to sigh when he saw Rin's pleading gaze. Instead of ignoring her request and continuing to walk toward his castle, he turned around and headed back to Kagome. 'Why should I save this silly human? She's caused me nothing but trouble. But, if Rin wants me to help, then I shall. Only until she's better.'

"Rin, Jakken." He picked Kagome up bridal style, ignoring her whimpers of pain, and summoned his cloud [AN: Dunno what it's called.] once they were standing by his side. '+Only+ until she's healed.'

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-Nothika [Krys]