Summary: A group of youkais watch as a young girl struggles with becoming a kitsune youkai and being betrayed. The youkais watch and help lead the girl- turned-kitsune youkai along in finding hope, joining another group, and maybe finding love again.

Disclaimer: Really people, if I owned the story, why would I be making a FAN fiction? ¬.¬;; Really if I owned it I'd be rich and have cool things.

'thinking' "talking" +action sounds+

F.Y.I: Hmmm, Kagome and Sesshomaru mostly, some Rin and Raijin, and a scene with the 5 other youkai, and here comes Kirara and Shippo! ^-^ Unfortunately I must now tell you all the bad news. There comes a time in everyone's vacation that they are forced to go back to school X.o And my time has come. It was so nice being able to update quickly to make you people happy, but school will cut the updating time down. I'll try to update as fast as I can for you all, but I can't promise anything on speed.

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Dark jade green eyes fluttered open as a young youkai woman gained her consciousness. She shot up in bed, quickly regretting doing so as she sucked in a breath and hissed in pain. Ignoring her pain she looked around gaining her bearings before she nursed her wounds. She was in a strange room, the walls painted a soft royal blue. She was in a large fluffy futon, much to large for her. The sheets were white trimmed in blue, while the comforter was a deeper blue, darker than the blue of the walls. The true floor was totally covered by a white rug with blue designs all in it. It reminded Kagome of porcelain China plates.

Kagome, now assured of her surroundings, started to overlook herself for the damages. Her eyes widened when she saw she wasn't in her ruined dress that Inuyasha had torn and ripped when he began to assault her. Instead she was in the undergarment parts of a kimono. Undoing the top, she looked at the areas Inuyasha had slashed her breast and around her neck. The areas were wrapped in bandages. She pulled up the sleeves to see her wrists and arm had been bandaged. Fixing her undergarments she saw a violet kimono, white obi, and violet obi-jime sitting in a chair nearby.

Gingerly getting up, she walked over to the chair and dressed in the kimono and wrapped the obi around her waist. A scent came to her nose, making her quickly fasten her obi-jime over the obi. She then sat in the chair to wait for the owner of the sandalwood and soft forest scent came closer.

Sesshomaru slid the door open and stepped in, "I see you're awake." He said in his deadpan voice. "Yes I am...May I ask who dressed me and my wounds?" Kagome asked, looking at him. "A servant." He answered. Green met Gold. They stared at one another in silence before Kagome broke from his gaze, "Thank you...even though you only came for the Tetsusaiga." Kagome said, standing. "It would cause war between the East and West if I had left you to die." Sesshomaru explained, watching her as she walked to the door, "And where are you going?" He asked.

"Hmmm? Oh...I-I don't know..." Kagome answered truthfully, "I was, just going because I have to get home."

"And you have no clue your way around my castle." Sesshomaru said matter- o'-factly. "Your otousan and son are coming from the East, they requested that you not move an inch outside of the castle walls until they get here."

"Oh..." Kagome said, slightly embarrassed and angry with herself. Since she couldn't protect herself against Inuyasha her otousan was no doubt going to either force her to train even harder, or stay put in the Eastern Castle.

"By the way." Sesshomaru said, before holding out his fist to her. Kagome let out her hand as Sesshomaru dropped a few pieces of the Shikon into her hand.

Kagome started in wonder at the shards and then looked at Sesshomaru, "Did you get these from Inuyasha?" She asked him. Sesshomaru nodded. He wasn't expecting what she did next, she bounded into him and hugged him the quickly pulled away to inspect the new shards she had gained, turning her back to him. Sesshomaru was a little shocked from the contact. Sure he had received hugs from Rin, but Rin only hugged what she could reach, which was basically his leg. He had never been hugged around the neck after his mother had died.

Sesshomaru looked at the young miko kitsune youkai, who turned to look at him again and smiled. "Sesshomaru, will you let me do something for you?" She asked.

He didn't refuse so Kagome walked to stand an arm-length away from him. Reaching out she placed her hand over the shoulder that had lost its arm. Concentrating her power to her hand, she started to heal him.

Sesshomaru watched as the young miko youkai touched his left shoulder. He felt the surging heat burn his skin, and was about to push her away before she took her hand away from him and smiled weakly at him, before fainting. Sesshomaru caught her, in two arms. Sesshomaru almost dropped Kagome in surprise. He placed her back on her futon as he stared at his left arm. 'She returned my arm to me...' He thought, inspecting the stripes down the arm ending at his wrists.

He then looked back at the sleeping miko vixen. She had a serene look on her face again. Sesshomaru just shook his head, she was an enigma, but he did plan to figure her out.

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Now the group of 5 youkai's, depleted of one member, watched in Kanna's mirror, as Kagome slept and Sesshomaru tried to get his mind off the enigma and back to his work in his study.

Kitaru looked at Kagura and smiled, "It looks as if its time for you to call up the winds to delay Ojiisan and 'little' Shippo." Kitaru said giggling looking at her older brother.

Shippo stuck his tongue out at his sister, "Oh be quiet it wasn't my fault I was that small then."

Kitaru just giggled more. Kagura grinned and pulled the feather from her hair. In a blast of wind she took off into the sky. Stopping the feather to hover, she raised her fan and cast a wind spell to cause a horrid storm to start howl to life. It would cause Azuma to delay going to gather his daughter, ruining the ball, and forcing Kagome to stay longer with Sesshomaru.

Kagura landed and placed her feather back in her hair. All five youkais then looked back at the mirror, watching Rin and Raijin scurry into Kagome's room.

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"Kagome-neechan?" Rin chimed, sliding the door open. She saw Kagome sleeping in bed again. Sighing Rin looked at Raijin, "Well, since Kagome- neechan can't play now, Rin can take a nap with her at least. Rin walked over to the futon and crawled into the covers beside her. Raijin settled at the end of the futon. Both quickly fell into a deep sleep with Kagome.

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Sesshomaru stared out the window in his study as rain started to pour. Thunder rumbled as lightning flashed. He then looked for the Tetsusaiga, which using Kagome, he had put in the corner of his study close to his desk. When he looked, he found that the Tetsusaiga had disappeared! Rising quickly he rushed out of his study. Something led him to Kagome's room in search for the Tetsusaiga.

Opening the door he saw a sweet scene of Rin sleeping cuddled up to Kagome. Kagome had her arms wrapped around the little girl, keeping her to her chest, as if protecting her. He also saw she was holding something.

Softly he drew closer to them, looking over Rin to see what Kagome held in her hands. Suddenly he heard the unsheathing of a sword and a dull blade point poked at his thigh. He looked at the kitsune woman, holding the still sleeping Rin to her, and holding the Tetsusaiga's handle to his thigh. Her eyes were half open, her fangs bared, and her body held in a protective position over Rin, yet Kagome was only half awake.

'So she protects what she sees as her children even in a half awake state. She will make a good mother to some pups one day.' Sesshomaru thought, also remembering she had adopted a full youkai as a son.

"SESSHOMARU-SAMA! SESSHOMARU-SAMA!" The shrilly and annoying voice of Jaken filled the air as the screeching toad rushed in. "Sesshomaru-sama, a young kitsune pup and a large fire neko have come to the castle requesting to be shown to Kagome." Jaken informed.

Sesshomaru sighed, "Let them in." He said in his deadpan voice. Kagome had awoken more to the sound of his voice, though Rin still slept, and Kagome relaxed her protective stance. Jaken quickly left and Sesshomaru looked at Kagome, "Why did you take the Tetsusaiga?" He asked coldly.

"Huh?" Kagome looked at him and then felt the handle in her hand and the sheath still in the hand that was connected to the arm that wrapped around Rin. "Oh...I-I didn't know I had it, I didn't come and get it, I just felt it in my hand when I heard you come in." Kagome said truthfully.

"Mn..." Sesshomaru answered, eyes not moving, staring at her still. "Why?"

Kagome knew he was asking about her returning his arm. "Because, even though you probably did it for the Tetsusaiga and to keep the East from warring you for not helping, you still helped me...so I decided to give you something back."

"I see..." Was all Sesshomaru said. He smelled the air; the smell of an old bog came closer, followed by the smell of fire and ash, and the smell of pine and birch wood.

"Shippo and Kirara." Kagome said quietly, picking up the scents as well. About two minutes later the small kitsune pup and a small Kirara bounded in. Shippo launched himself at Kagome, who turned herself so that she could catch him and still not bother the little girl sleeping in her other arm. Shippo started to whine, "Oooh Kagome I was so worried that something bad had happened to you when you didn't come back and-" He was stopped by Kagome's finger placing over his lips.

"Shhhh, Shippo, calm down I'm fine...you should have come with Otousan, something could have happened to you. But I'm alright, now keep it down, Raijin and Rin are sleeping." Kagome said softly to her son.

"Rin?" Shippo looked around Kagome at the little girl sleeping in Kagome's arm. "She's Sesshomaru-sama's ward." Kagome explained to him, "Now come and lay down, I'm still tired and Rin is asleep, so you should take a nap too." She suggested. Shippo nodded, and cuddled to her, in the arm he was already in. Kagome looked at Sesshomaru, he was gone.

She looked beside her where she had dropped the Tetsusaiga when Shippo had lunged at her. Sesshomaru had left it since she couldn't touch it. She rolled her eyes over the rusty katana, and then looked around her bed at the two neko's, now cuddled up together. She smiled and laid back, moving a bit so that the two slept on each side of her. Rin was cuddled up on her side with Kagome's arm around her waist. She moved Shippo a little so he set on her stomach with her hand on his back.

Satisfied, the kitsune miko fell asleep.

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Youkai: Demon

Kitsune: Fox

Neko: Cat

Otousan: Father

Miko: Priestess