Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha etc. I have $12 in change (including pennies) and 10 of those dollars are going to the Love Hina manga (that or the 8th Chobits- I don't know which one yet) Innyhoo, you will get two dollars if you sue, and that would be pretty damn stupid if you ask me. I just like writing the stories for no money gain. ^^

AN: Yay! I'm all better now! All in all, it wasn't that bad, I guess. Unfortunately for me, though, my younger sister had a birthday party last night and invited fifteen girls to sleep over! I thought I was in hell, all of those screaming girls running around and inviting themselves into my room. Erin and I were trying to read manga and they would just walk in! I mean, damn! *Deep breath* ok, now that that's over, on with the story!! Oh, and by the way, I got the idea for the title from yet another song. This time by Billy Talent. Yup, that song kicks some ass! *^^* Never mind.

Aira ^o^: thank you! I'm feeling great!

Rin: Wow. I would never have guessed that you had asthma! I don't know, you seem so. . . well, energetic! (And that's a good thing, too^^) thanks for reviewing!

Goth With A Glave: oh my, I told you Amber, no OOC. I am trying really hard to keep the characters in perspective! Now, if I may ask, when did Inuyasha turn Goth? And a time warp? Where do you come up with this stuff? *Sigh* you read too many AU fanfics. Innyhoo, thanks for the name, considering that you were the ONLY one who did it.. *grumbles* well, enjoy the story. P.S. I had chicken ramen and I LIKED IT!! ^^

Dragon Rae: Thanks. No adult swim + steroid-high emotional girl (note: the steroids were "necessary". I personally hate them- you have no control over your emotions and think irrationally) + no computer= MaD Neptune

Bunni Chibi: of course I know Billy Talent! How did you know that I was going to use them? Wow. That's freaky. they were playing for the 99X upstart fest last summer. Tickets were only $7! Unfortunately, I had no money to spare at the time and couldn't go. That really sucked! And then my friend Amy went (and got her shoe signed by them!) and shoved it in my face! I was so pissed, because she was all, "we shoved our way to the front. . . oh! It was sooo worth it! I got my shoe signed by Billy Talent! Aaron was so nice. . . !" shit like that. I know she did it on purpose. Anyways, what do you think about Thrice? I got the CD on Sunday. It rocks! ^^

So it Would Seem.

Try Honesty: Part I

Kagome was trying extremely hard not to fall asleep. It was difficult, seeing as how Shippo was curled up in her arms and Rin lay right next to her, snuggling into her side. The young demoness lay opposite to Rin, and just as comfortable. Sesshomaru stood with his back facing the small group, admiring the scenery that was his domain, while Jaken looked up at his master and contemplated why exactly Sesshomaru had picked up yet another human. 'Sesshomaru-sama would never do something so drastic without having something in mind.' He thought. The setting sun was low on the horizon and the reptile demon Ah-Un showed no signs of stopping. Not unless someone wanted it to, that is.

Her eyes drooped and she was heading into sleep. She could feel it now. Consciousness was drifting away as fast as the stars began to show in the sky. The warmth that engulfed her from the three children only further encouraged her to rest. Behind half-closed thick lashes she noticed a shadow coming towards her. She smiled sleepily, her eyes closing fully. Sesshomaru looked down at her, 'What is *she* smiling about?' he thought. The taiyoukai kneeled to her level, looking at her closed eyes with his cold, unemotional ones. Slowly, his hand began to move up to her cheek, stopping right before he touched her.

"Wake up human." He commanded. Her brows furrowed, and she mumbled incoherently. Sesshomaru raised a delicate eyebrow, almost smirking. 'Good. I didn't want her to wake up anyway.' He thought. Sesshomaru closed the distance between his hand and her cheek. He didn't even have to touch it very hard before she winced and looked up at him with hurt eyes.

"Prepare to carry your kit. We need to stop here for the night." He said in a low voice, slowly standing. Kagome didn't understand. Why did they need to stop? Wouldn't he want to get to, where ever he was going to go, as soon as possible? Wouldn't stopping take them longer?

"Why?" she asked meekly. He stopped and turned his head to face her.

"Ah-Un cannot last throughout the night at this pace with all of this weight. It is imperative that we get through the Crossover Forest as fast as we can. Many demons from both the Southern Lands and the Western Lands reside here. We cannot risk Ah-Un over staining themselves and passing out. We need to have them ready if anything should. . . come up." He replied. She couldn't help but notice the way he had paused before finishing. Kagome knew that he was getting annoyed, but she needed to know what he was talking about. He was being too vague!

"What do you mean, 'if anything should come up'?" she enquired. Sesshomaru sighed. All of her talking was giving him a headache.

"I told you, there are many things living here that could hurt you! Most all of these demons have been *banished* to living the Crossover Forest! They have no doubt acquired a taste for human blood!" He yelled. "Even Rin isn't in as much trouble as you." He continued, cooling down, "You are older, and are more mature. Your Aura alone should draw the most ruthless demons to you, not to mention that you hold the Shikon-No-Tama." He concluded, finally looking down at her with his magnificent amber eyes to see her pale with worry.

"Does that mean that Shippo's in danger?" she asked quietly, looking down at her kitsune. Sesshomaru resisted the erg to ask her to come again. All this time she hadn't been worried for herself but her child? He wasn't even in trouble! He stared at her, his façade remaining the same, but his inner thoughts continued, giving his headache a boost.

"No," he replied, "your kit is not in danger, but you most certainly are." Kagome's head shot up, looking into his unemotional eyes with ones full of surprise.

"Sesshomaru.?" she questioned. Sesshomaru played what he had said over in his head and almost blinked in surprise to recover what he told her- out loud. "Sesshomaru, are you alright?" she asked, her hand reaching up to his face. He was compelled to move away, but found that he couldn't. His feet stayed, no matter how loud his mind screamed for him to move. And *that* most certainly didn't help his headache.

Her hand continued to come closer to his face.

"Nope, no fever." she mumbled. (AN: I know! What a way to ruin the moment. . .) Sesshomaru grew extremely angry. What the hell was she doing? He roughly grabbed her wrist and threw it away from his forehead.

"Stupid human." He spat. "What were you doing, touching me in such a manner." She giggled at his comment. And lightly shook her head. But, *why* was he disappointed? What did he want her to do? He couldn't get the feeling off his chest, and that annoyed him. He wasn't used to not having control over things. The new feeling did not appeal to him at all. Sesshomaru gave Kagome a cold look as he turned to face Rin and the young demoness. Both were still sleeping soundly, but the kitsune was awake and staring at him angrily.

"Sesshomaru, didn't you learn to treat women with respect?" the kitsune asked rudely. The taiyoukai looked at Shippo with darkening amber eyes. However, before he could reply (with his claws), the human woman spoke:

"Shippo! How rude! Didn't you learn to speak to you elders with respect? Now, apologize." She commanded sternly. The kitsune pouted, but did as he was told, and mumbled an apology.

Ah-Un stopped as Sesshomaru tenderly picked up Rin, Jaken following not far behind. Kagome, who was still on the reptile beast, stared after them. It was quite an odd family. Then again, Kagome and Shippo were as well. She and Inuyasha. Her eyes grew wide. 'Inuyasha.' She thought 'Oh my god. How could I forget?! I bet he's worried sick! We have been gone for two days now and I still haven't seen any trace of him.' She thought.

"Are you coming?" came the stoic voice that brought her out of her thoughts. She gave a quick shake of her head to clear her mind before scooping up the demoness and instructing Shippo to follow her and not get too far behind.

"Shippo," she called kindly, "hurry up, your falling behind again." Kagome turned around, only to be greeted with nothing. "Shippo?" she questioned more urgently. Still nothing. 'Dammit, Sesshomaru said that no one would want to mess with him!' she thought. Kagome looked back in the direction Sesshomaru was. She was tempted to say something to him, but thought better of it. Kagome was capable of taking care of her own child. She began to retrace her steps, hoarsely whispering her child's name.

Sesshomaru stopped suddenly, Jaken, the ugly toad demon, nearly running into him. The taiyoukai duly noted that the human woman was no longer behind him. He could clearly hear her whisper her kit's name. 'So, he has gone missing.' He thought. 'He probably fell asleep while we were walking.' He looked down at the sleeping Rin in his arms. She looked even more innocent, clutching her "father's" haori in her small fists. 'Should I bring Rin with me, or leave her with Jaken and Ah-Un? All I am doing is getting the human and her kit after all.

Sesshomaru used his nose to track where Kagome was *supposed* to be. His eyes narrowed, all of his scenes doubling. He gave a feral growl low in his chest, which woke the slumbering Rin.

"Sesshomaru-sama?" she whispered. Even she could feel the ominous forbidding of this part of the forest. Surly the human woman felt it too. Then again, if Shippo were in the middle of it, she would defiantly ignore it and go to him.

"Kagome." Rin breathed.

The taiyoukai's head shot down to face her.

"Where is she, Rin." It was meant to be a question, but came out as a statement. More of a command. He was defiantly *not* used to asking questions. He knew everything he needed to. That is until he met *her*. The human and her kit. His thoughts had been jumbled, he wasn't thinking of things he used to.

"Where is she?" He repeated.

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Kagome searched franticly for Shippo. Where the hell was he? She looked attentively for any signs of the kitsune. A shiver ran down her back as she neared a small cove in the forest, in the center was the sleeping Shippo. 'He must have fallen asleep while we were walking.' She thought. Kagome remembered with a start what she had thought towards Sesshomaru. 'I'll have to thank him for telling me that Shippo would be alright. Even though I didn't believe him, but I really should! I mean, he knows more about the Western Lands than I do.' She thought as she rearranged the demoness in her arms to carry the sleeping Shippo.

It was easer said than done, both were about the same size, and she could carry only one comfortably. Kagome eventually got both of them situated as she began to walk out of the cove. 'I don't like this place.' She thought. 'There is something wrong here-something forbidding.' Suddenly, Kagome could no longer breath. "Hel . . ." she gasped, but couldn't get the 'p' out. The last thought that went through her mind was a surprising one, she *should* have been thinking if the two children in her arms, or a certain hanyou, but instead, it was Sesshomaru. 'Sesshomaru, please, notice I'm gone. . .'

(AN: I should end it here, yes, I think I will. It's been so long since my last post. I feel bad for not hurrying up!)

Well, I guess this is a cliffhanger. I don't like them. I don't like to write them. I don't like to read them, either. I call them unnecessary tension. I mean, I get enough of that every day! Oh, by the way, did you hear that I got a 73 in Spanish? *Sigh* hello? It's really not that hard! I passed most of my tests, and, yeah, so I didn't turn in all of my homework. Like that can make my grade go down that much! And then the teacher from the black lagoon Crosby gave me a freakin' 78.and the sad thing about that is that Social Studies is, or rather was, my favorite subject, too. Well, all in all, my quarter was screwed. If I don't do better, I might not be able to post in a long time. As always: please leave a review!