Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and all of the other people. If you think I do, you're an idiot. And you owe me money. Lots of money.

AN: Ahhh... here I am again, typing for you people. I can't believe all of you people seem to like this so much. I had to read it over, you know, because I posted in mid November, and I thought this story sucked! I can't believe you guys like it! But I'm not going to complain about that. You know, because I like it when people like what I write. So with that in mind, on with the story! (But after the review responses)

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Silver-Blue-Eyes: I wish. No, it's an 'F' but I don't have to worry about her anymore. I sort of got kicked out of her class, so I wont have to worry about the tests and stuff. Now I could sleep in my new class and still pass! I like it the easy way, anyway ^^

My-Name-is-Spoken: heehee. I'm glad you like it! I'm really sorry this chapter took so long, not to mention having a fellow fan of fluff is comforting. Hope you like it! (The chapter, I mean ^^;)

Goth Child of Zyon: Ahh... again with the bitching thing? Dude, me = no bitching. Oh, and as for that 'I Hate Everything About you' song, I have the cd!! (A-hahahahaha!!) That's what you get for the bitching thing. If you beg, I might let you borrow it. No, just kidding. You can borrow it...if you're really nice ^^ as for the baby part, I sort of forgot about her, so I had to add her in there somewhere!! *^^* And the shit head part was his conscious talking to him! Conscious! How can you get a 43 in S.S? Really now... but I wont be getting those grades anymore, because I'm being moved into a normal, easy class now. La-la! No more Crosby!! And finally, you have to review because if you don't, I wont talk to you on AIM. So...blah to you. ^_~

Ptbear: brilliant, eh? That's so great! You know, the brilliant thing was one of the top reasons why I decided to start the new chapter thing. So all of the people above you should be thankful. Brilliant. Heh. That's so great. ^^

So it Would Seem...

The Misgivings

Well, here he was, the taiyoukai of the west, about to save a human from dying. Now, *why* was he doing this again? Oh, that's right, he never knew why. But that's ok, he was going to be a good demon lord and save her just for the hell of it.

Um. No. Maybe in an alternate universe. But this was now, the Feudal Era! There was no playing around here. No "saving people for the hell of it". This rule was especially taken with the demon lord who was in a position of which he most certainly didn't want to be in.

A certain human needed to be revived, but he was not allowed to use a certain sword to bring her back to life with. Time was running out and he still hadn't moved to do anything yet.

Sesshoumaru looked to the peaceful looking woman lying on the lush, green wild grass. She did something embarrassing for him. Heh. The leg thing. But, this was not the same thing! She performed the embarrassing stunt last time. He would simply do nothing! That was that. But... What about the kitsune? And Rin? This was not a good time to be arguing now. Not even with himself.

'Let's just get it over with. Once it is done, it will be done.' He thought as he moved some of the ebony strands of her silky hair. 'Kagome, you will owe me something of *great* value when you awaken. Mark my words.' He thought as he removed his hand from her features to lean down, taking a large breath of air.

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Rin was laughing again. That was a good sign, Shippo hoped.

"Do it again, Shippo-chan!" she squealed. Clapping her petite hands in joy. Shippo was getting tired. She was too, and promised this would be the last time he would have to change. Then he was done after that.

"Alright, Rin." He said, taking out the leaf he had been using to change into various creatures including Jaken, Sesshoumaru, Kagome, the pink blob, a rock, tree, duck, Ah-Un, and even Rin, all complete with a little kitsune tail. Except the pink blob, but that wasn't a real creature, anyway.

"I say... turn into Sesshoumaru-sama again!" Rin exclaimed, pulling her knees into her chest and watching Shippo as he thought about what he looked like again. Shippo had probably changed into Sesshoumaru five times before. She never seemed to tire of him. In a poof of smoke, the Shippo she saw moments ago was gone, replaced by a perfect replica of Sesshoumaru. So perfect in fact, there was no 'Shippo tail' as Rin would call it. "Shippo! You look just like Sesshoumaru-sama!" she chirped, "no 'Shippo tail'! Shippo did a good job!"

Shippo beamed with pride. It was quite a complement to him. He walked over to Rin and sat down next to her. She snuggled into him, sighing contently as she sleepily thanked Shippo for keeping her safe. It wasn't long before she was asleep and Shippo lost Sesshoumaru's form. It was hard work, keeping up with such a person's appearance. He looked to where Sesshoumaru and his mother were. He couldn't see his mother very well, and Sesshoumaru's back was to him. That was odd. What was Sesshoumaru doing to Kagome? He sort of looked like... what was the word? A vampire, yes a vampire hunched over Kagome. Wait! What if he was a vampire, like Dracula, and he was sucking out Kagome's blood? It would be just like the story Kagome told him one night! What if he came after him next? Then what? It was not an easy matter, and there was some thinking that Shippo needed to do first.

"There isn't any garlic here," Shippo mused, "but I bet I could make a stake out of a tree!" he looked around the dense forest; there were no little trees around here! "Well, I guess I'll have to improvise." Looking around until he spotted the bush where the missing demoness had been found. Improvise indeed.

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His lips were soft, yet cautious as he lightly blew air into her mouth, ever aware of keeping his fingers to her nose and was prepared to jump back at any moment, once she awoke. He lifted his head again to get new air to lean down again and blow it into her mouth. He hoped this would work. Wasn't it like water? He was almost certain that he could get her to begin breathing on her own by doing this. He was jerked out of his thought when he felt a light jump come from the woman. He pulled back, letting her get all of the air she needed.

Coughing and sputtering she bolted upright and saw the molten golden gaze of her rescuer. She gingerly put her hand to her lips as she continued to stare at him.

Sesshoumaru saw this gesture, and while outside it looked as thought he was unemotional, inside his eyes were wide. 'Does she know? Surly she was unconscious! No, she *was* asleep.' He looked to her with his trademark bored expression.

"Sesshoumaru, what did you do?" she whispered. Looking into his eyes, she could not see what was going on inside. He was so guarded all the time, she could never even guess what was going on inside his head. "Sesshoumaru?" she questioned again.

"Your kit is coming," he replied, looking away from her.

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He crept low, keeping himself against trees and thick foliage. 'Sesshoumaru would not make Kagome a vampire! Was she a virgin? What *was* a virgin anyway?' Shippo thought as he neared the spot where Sesshoumaru and Kagome were. 'oh well,' Shippo mentally sighed, 'I'll pretend she is so I have to save her before Sesshoumaru makes her a vampire too!' with that, he ran as fast as his little, chubby legs would take him.

In mid charge, he saw something he probably shouldn't have - was Sesshoumaru *kissing* Kagome? Too late to stop his charge. Kagome says something... then Sesshoumaru. But what?

It was then Sesshoumaru's hand reached out to grab the piece of wood the kitsune was clutching on his decent to strike the taiyoukai. "What are you doing, kit?" Sesshoumaru sneered, quietly examining the piece of wood he held in his hands.

"Sesshoumaru, you b-better not make Kagome a vampire!" Shippo stuttered. Sesshoumaru seemed annoyed right now. Not that it ever looked like he wasn't, but this time seemed more pronounced.

Sesshoumaru turned to the human who appeared to be in deep thought. "Kagome. What is your delusional kit talking about?" he snapped. Her head shot up, giving him a questionable gaze as she turned to the kit, obviously surprised to see him.

"What did he say?" she asked quietly, her gaze returning to Sesshoumaru.

"Something about a 'vampire'?" he snapped. "Pay attention, human." He added as an after thought. True, she didn't seem interested in anything at the moment. Was it because he didn't answer her? Surly not - that would be absurd.

She laughed lightly, turning to Shippo once again. "Shippo, Sesshoumaru is not a vampire, don't worry. Why did you thing such a thing?" she asked kindly, her voice remaining soft and quiet.

"Well, I saw Sesshoumaru sucking blood from you earlier!" he said looking up to him, his eyes full of contempt. "I saw it with my own eyes! What else would he be doing with you like that?" Now Kagome was paying attention.

"Like what?" she asked innocently, attempting to crawl over to Shippo, but was stopped by an arm. Sesshoumaru's arm. "What's the matter Sesshoumaru? Why don't you want me going to Shippo? Surly you want to know what else he thought especially since you won't tell me what happened." Her eyes flashed with humor as she sat back down on the lush grass. Patting the ground next to her to silently call Shippo to her.

"You should rest," Sesshoumaru told Kagome as he stood up and faced her. He turned to Shippo and picked him up by the haori. "You should not have left, Rin is all alone." Sesshoumaru began to walk out of the small cove. "Come, we will leave her alone for the time being."

Kagome was at a loss for words. What was going on? Did Sesshoumaru really... you know, give her mouth-to-mouth? Was that why he didn't want to tell her what he did to save her?

"Sesshoumaru," she called out, "are you going to leave me alone?"

"You shouldn't move right now,"

"Well, that's nice, but don't you think something else can happen?"

He stood there, resisting the urge to roll his eyes and sigh ironically.

"I am not going to leave you, fool. Do you think something will happen to you once I turn around? You are not that important."

Huff. That was rude.

"I never said I was. I was only asking a question, no need to get defensive, Sesshoumaru." Kagome calmly replied. She had a good idea about what to say when he got back.

'That human, she is scheming something,' Sesshoumaru thought as he ignored Shippo's requests to let go of his haori. "Quiet, kit. I do not need to hear your whining." That was the last he heard of the annoying squabble of the kitsune pup. Once he returned to the tree where Rin resided, he set Shippo down. "Now," he said, "pick up the demoness and follow me." From there, he picked up Rin and began to walk back to the small cove. His expression remained impassive as he walked back to Kagome, laying Rin down close by.

"Aw, Rin looks so cute sleeping like this," Kagome cooed as she crawled to where Sesshoumaru laid Rin down. Sesshoumaru almost stopped her, but decided against it, seeing that she wouldn't stop even if he did make it a point to. Not to mention he didn't want to add to her list of things to inquire about later. Kagome gathered the child in her arms as she lay down again on the lush wild grass. "Sesshoumaru?" she whispered as she moved a stray hair from the child's face. Not waiting for an answer she continued, "Why did you do this for me? Save me, I mean. Or... were you thinking of someone else." Her eyes strayed down to Rin before she sought out Sesshoumaru's cold, golden orbs.

No answer from the stoic demon lord.

She shrugged her shoulders, as if she wasn't expecting an answer anyway. "What's the matter Sesshoumaru, not one to kiss and tell?" it took a lot of control not to laugh. But she did inside, and that's all that counts. He looked at her, almost ready to slash that small, insignificant little head off her shoulders. Alas, one such as him cannot complete a task such as that. For he needed her, and in order to get what he wanted, he would have to put up with her for only a bit longer. Once that task was complete, she would be useless, and there would be no need for her any more. Only then would the task be compliable, and in that moment, he would be able to do whatever he wished with her – and that meant crushing her throat until a large crack could be heard.

She would laugh no more, like she was now – while playing with Rin's hair. He looked away. It mattered not if Rin liked her or not. Shippo could carry the dead body of the demoness back to that dammed demon lord's castle and all will be as it was. No more captures and no more unnecessary hold- ups. He, Sesshoumaru – Demon Lord of the Western Lands would not yield. And so yes, he *did* save her from death. And true, he should have let her die; now having the time to really think about it. But he now knew two things, one: he will let her die next time the chance arises and two: misgivings should always be paid in full. He paid his debt in full, plus some. He now knew that she would have to repay him for his kindness – and he was not planning on taking this lightly. In fact, Sesshoumaru was going to use it to its full extent.

How little did that foolish child know about the Southern lands and its' leader. She was going to help him in getting what he wanted, and she would not be able to do anything about it, because she was helping the South all along. Misgivings of all he did for her would come together if he played his cards right, and he always did.

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A-haha! Look! I finally finished that stupid chapter! I will have you know that I was just planning on ending it right here – I was so tired of this. The next chapter was going to be the ending. I was just going to make up something stupid and end it. I decided to keep it going, however, because I'm such a nice person. I guess you can keep an eye out for the next chapter. The next time I'll try my best to update in *under* 5 months. *^^*; But I'm really sorry to keep all of you waiting, and I know this chapter wasn't the best, but if you bare with me, you know, let me exit this writer's block, I think it will get a little better. But I'm really sorry to keep you waiting. And I mean that. Really.