AN: Here's the new chapter. Please review. Onegai!!!!

CH: 2 Who was that?

Kagome then turned to see a very tall and some what aggravated looking inu youkai. She saw the crescent moon on his forehead and realized what he had meant by her getting off his lands. She recognized the symbol of the royal line of the Western Lords. But being who she was, Kagome didn't really care about whether or not he was a lord. She was adamant in thinking of everyone as an equal do to the fact of all the prejudice she had felt aimed at her many times.

"I'm only passing through. I have no intentions of staying." Kagome said and then grabbed her cloak.

Her incredibly confident attitude, her figure, and her scent proved too much for even Sesshoumaru's will power. He advanced on her slowly. Kagome merely stood there putting on her cloak knowingly. Sesshoumaru was merely an inch behind her and he was about to pull her to him when she deftly and quickly moved to the side.

"You may be the Lord of the Western Lands, but what makes you think you are a worthy mate for me?"

Sesshoumaru had never been dismissed before, well then again he had never advanced on a female before. He had always been the one who was pursued. "Many females would kill to be in your position."

"Well fortunately for me, I'm not one of them. Now leave me be before you end up like that snake youkai." In truth Kagome was trying her best to keep herself in control. Heat made a female act incredibly lustful as well and she couldn't help, but notice all of Sesshoumaru's wonderful attributes. 'Kami, why did he have to be so sexy? I did not just think that. I have never thought a male sexy before. I need to get out of here quick. Just stay calm Kagome and what ever you do don't give into your heat.'

When Sesshoumaru heard her response his blood boiled. He had never been threatened by a female before and he didn't know whether to kill her or take her. He lunged at her, but she dodged and tried to strike him, but he actually impressed her with his speed.

They fought for a bit and finally Kagome was able to knock the youkai lord to the ground and pin him. Unfortunately the position did not have the desired effect Kagome wanted. Instead she felt his hardness against her butt as she sat on his stomach and pinned his arms. Kagome fought her heat as badly as she could and resisted kissing the youkai lord who was so easily accessible to her.

Sesshoumaru just lay beneath her staring into her expressive violet eyes. He could see the inner battle going on and in her moment of weakness he wrenched his wrist free and pulled her down to kiss him. It was a rough and demanding kiss. Sesshoumaru plunged his tongue into her warm mouth and rubbed his arousal against her.

Kagome could almost feel herself giving in, but she knew she had to remain in control. Before anything more could happen, Kagome got up and ran away as fast as she could. Sesshoumaru was left lying on the ground panting and unsatisfied.

'Who the hell was that vixen?' Sesshoumaru just stayed where he was left and pondered what had just occurred and tried to cool himself down. He knew he had never seen her before. He would have to go back to his castle and investigate this female. Someone that powerful had to have some sort of reputation.

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Kagome got back to the clearing where she had left Shippou and saw him curled on the ground in a bed of leaves. She smiled at him and took a seat next to him. She ran her claws through his hair as her mind went back to what had just happened. 'What was I doing? I never gave in like that before. Especially to someone that arrogant. But he was hot. Wait, I did not just think that. He is not hot, he is just another arrogant lord. Who just happens to have incredibly deep golden eyes and nice body.' Kagome blushed at her last thought.

'I think this is getting to be too much for me. No one is ever going to beat me in a fight. And for my age I should have been mated a century ago.' Kagome sighed. She looked down at Shippou and wondered what she was going to do with the little kit. She had to admit that she liked his company, but it would be too dangerous to keep him with her. 'But he's just like me. Completely alone I the world now. Poor little kit.'

Thoughts of the death of Shippou's family couldn't help but bring up memories of Kagome's own loss. She remembered her mother's smiling face. She had loved her mother with all her heart. Unfortunately her father, who consequently hadn't even been her father, did not feel exactly the same. She never would understand how such a wonderful person like her mother could have had such horrible taste in men.

*flashback*

"You are lucky I even took you after what you did!" Kagome sat at the top of the stairs listening in on the argument, more like her father's abuse. "What other male would have ever taken a whore like you as their mate?!" Kagome didn't know what her father's words meant, but she knew that her mother was crying and only being five she couldn't do anything but hide and hope no one noticed she was watching.

Her father had come into the living room after a night of drinking in his study. He immediately began to ridicule her mother for all the things that she had done wrong in her life. The number one thing always being that she had given birth to Kagome. "I should have left you helpless with your little brat. Instead I took you in and that worthless child and still you can't even keep this house decent." He knocked over a vase in his rage.

Kagome couldn't take anymore and ran to her room. She knew that she would probably see her mother with a few new bruises tomorrow. She hoped that her little brother would be alright. Kagome's mother had told her that she would be a big sister soon. But Kagome had heard her mother talking to herself about how she had been lucky so far that he had not struck her stomach and injured the baby.

*end flashback*

Just thinking about what had happened made a growl come unbidden. She had loved her mother, but there was no way that she was going to open her heart so much that she would be hurt like her mother had been.

Kagome lied down next to Shippou and smiled when she felt the kit curl up to her. She stared at the night sky for the rest of the night.

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"Okay so all we need now are the Western Lord and Kagome." Eiri stated as he and Kamui flew in the night sky. "Maybe we should rest for the night."

Kamui was getting aggravated by the other kami's chatter. "You sound like a human Eiri. Or have you forgotten we only need to sleep and eat once a week." Kamui said coldly.

"I wasn't thinking about us. It's just that it's night time and there is no way that the youkai will be awake."

"He will awake for our arrival."

"You know you could get a lot more if you were some what courteous, Kamui."

"Hn, this coming from the walking doormat." Eiri lowered to the ground and stood in a clearing. Kamui sighed when he realized he wasn't going to get the stubborn kami to move. "Fine we stay for the night, but we a re leaving first thing in the morning."

Eiri seemed satisfied with this and jumped onto a tree branch and closed his eyes to rest. To anyone else it would have seemed like the two kami were asleep, but they were merely waiting for the sun to rise. Kamui couldn't understand how youkai and ningen could see the need to rest every night.

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"Well, it's about time you got back. What happened to you?"

"I was out patrolling my new lands, Inu Yasha." Sesshoumaru responded to the hanyou that was standing before him.

"That's not what it smells like." Inu Yasha teased as he smelt the distinct smell of a female on him. The way the scent melded with Sesshoumaru's, told Inu Yasha that they had been in very close contact with each other. "So who was she?"

"I don't know what you're referring to." Sesshoumaru stated walking pass Inu Yasha. "Jaken!"

A little toad like youkai ran into the room. "Hai, Sesshoumaru-sama, what is it that this lowly servant can do for you?"

"Have you gotten any word on a female that has been terrorizing any areas nearby?" Sesshoumaru asked in his usually bored tone. 'I need to find out who that vixen was.'

"Actually Sesshoumaru-sama, there was word that earlier today a female defeated a large pack of wolf youkai. But no one got a good enough look at her to tell what she looked like. All that was said was that she wore a dark blue cloak and was an impressive fighter. How a female could be such an impressive fighter is unknown, stupid wenches attacking other youkai..." Jaken continued to grumble about how weak females were and how weak wolf youkai must be to be defeated by one.

'So it was her.' Sesshoumaru thought after hearing about the cloak. He felt strangely honored that he had been able to see her without the covering of her cloak and live. He was full sure that if she had wanted to kill him at the moment she could have.

"Jaken tell me if this female is heard of again." Wit that said Sesshoumaru walked to his chambers.

"Hey, who is this female?" Inu Yasha asked running after Sesshoumaru, but he was just ignored. "Keh, stupid stuck-up older half-brothers." He mumbled and went back to his own room.

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Morning came a bit too quickly as far as Kagome was concerned. She enjoyed the night stars and the peace. She turned to the little kit, who in the middle of the night had made her cloak into his own little blanket. "Come on Shippou. It's time to get up." Shippou just cuddled closer against her. She began to shake the little kit until he finally stirred and cracked an eye open.

"Do we have to get up so early?" Shippou yawned. He tried to curl tighter into her cloak.

"Yep, sorry Shippou, but we need to keep moving." She stood up and took the kit with her. "Are you hungry?" Shippou's stomach grumbled in answer. Kagome giggled and told him to stay put while she found something for him to eat.

Shippou sat on the forest floor till Kagome came back with a rabbit. "Aren't you hungry Kagome?"

"Not right now Shippou." Kagome didn't want to tell the kit that she had only eaten with him the night before in order to keep her hunger ravings down. Kami only ate one specific thing and she was not about to subject the kit to that horrible sight. She found eating normal food would kill the cravings, but they left her feeling unsatisfied. She hadn't eaten what she was supposed to in almost two weeks. 'I wonder if I can get away from him for a moment to eat.' Kagome thought although she loathed what she had to do.

After Shippou had eaten, Kagome and he started walking again. Kagome had hoped that they would find a village they cold stay in, but she wanted to get out of the Western Lands. 'Stupid Western Lord. Guess I have to add him to the list of people to stay away from. I can't believe that I kissed him.' Kagome's hand touched her lips. She had done that last night as she stared at the night sky pondering what had happened. She could still feel a slight tingle on her lips.

"Are you okay Kagome?" Shippou asked seeing that she was lost in thought.

"Hai, I'm fine Shippou." Kagome pulled her hood down and silently hoped that she wouldn't run into anymore males. That was another reason that she was afraid to take Shippou into a village. She was glad that unlike other youkai or ningen her heat only lasted three days. "So what do you want to do today?" Kagome asked turning her attention back to the little kit next to her.

"Can we go play?" Shippou asked hopefully.

"Hai, I suppose so." Kagome was happy that Shippou was adjusting to being with her. She just hoped that if she distracted him enough he wouldn't miss his family so much. She knew from experience that the shock had probably not struck him yet. "What do you want to play?"

"Tag you're it." Shippou said and ran away. Kagome smirked and then went after the kit not using all her speed so as to give him a chance.

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"My lord, you have visitors." Jaken came crashing into Sesshoumaru's study where he and Inu Yasha were having another fight.

"I am not in the mood Jaken." Sesshoumaru said in a very venomous tone.

"Demo, Sesshoumaru-sama, these are not normal visitors." Jaken said before he was thrown out of the way when the door was slammed open.

"You should calm down Kamui." Eiri said after Kamui had practically torn the door apart.

"I am tired of waiting on worthless youkai." Kamui walked into the room completely ignoring Inu Yasha and stood before Sesshoumaru.

Sesshoumaru automatically knew what they were and stood to greet them. He did not like being intruded on, but he knew that even he had no chance against a kami. "What brings you here?"

Eiri spoke first to keep Kamui from saying something that could jeopardize their goal. "There is a war brewing and the kami are in need of youkai forces to aide them in the battle."

"Keh, I thought the kami were all powerful." Inu Yasha barely got out before Kamui had his claws wrapped around his neck.

"Would like to see how powerful?" Kamui said in a very menacing voice. Inu Yasha was barely able to shake his head.

"Kamui, put him down. We have orders." Eiri said trying to keep a fight from breaking out. Eiri was actually surprised that Kamui had acted like that. He was usually very in control of his anger. 'Talking to all these youkai must really be getting to him.' What surprised Eiri further was the fact that Sesshoumaru made no move to help Inu Yasha.

Kamui dropped Inu Yasha and he fell unceremoniously onto the floor. "You have my armies support." Sesshoumaru said after Inu Yasha had been released. In truth Sesshoumaru had been happy that someone had finally shut the hanyou up.

"You miss understand Sesshoumaru. We want you to fight with us, not your army. You are a powerful lord as far as youkai go. Your army would be like throwing pebbles at a mountain." Eiri clarified.

"In that case you have my aide." Sesshoumaru stated.

"No way. You're not leaving with out me!" Inu Yasha said. He was not allowed to fight as long as he was residing in the Western Lands by Sesshoumaru's orders and looked forward to some bloodshed.

"A pathetic hanyou like you would be of no use in this battle." Kamui spat.

"Hey with the Tetsusaiga I have as much strength as any youkai." Inu Yasha stated gesturing to his sword.

"You can come if you wish, but we will not be responsible for your inevitable death." Eiri compromised.

"Great now we don't only have youkai we have a weak hanyou." Kamui muttered. "And now we have to find the disgraceful crossbreed."

"You shouldn't be so harsh Kamui. Kagome is you half sister." Eiri reminded.

"You don't need to remind me that I share blood with that disgrace." Kamui walked from the room.

"This is going to be hard. If Kagome doesn't want to be found it will be near impossible." Eiri said to himself but Sesshoumaru and Inu Yasha overheard.

"Who's Kagome?" Inu Yasha asked.

"She's Kamui's half sister and the last person that we need to get to help us. You haven't seen her have you?"

"Depends what she looks like?"

"Tall, beautiful, and she wears a dark blue velvet cloak." After hearing this Sesshoumaru noticeably froze. "You've met her haven't you?" Eiri asked Sesshoumaru.

"Hai, last night. She was trespassing on my lands."

Kamui walked back in after hearing this. He had been standing by the door waiting for Eiri. "Take us to where you last saw her."

Sesshoumaru nodded and they left. Sesshoumaru, Kamui, and Eiri took to the sky leaving Inu Yasha to have to run on the ground.

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Okay slightly boring chap, but next chapter they will all meet and sparks will fly. I already got a few reviews about couples. In truth I haven't decided yet. It could be Sess/Kag, Inu/Kag, or Eiri/Kag. I might have a vote, but for right now unofficially tell me what you think. Please review!

Review Responses:

Aira^o^: yeah Kagome's gonna get the chance to kick a lot of @$$ in this fic

Ashleekyle: Thanks for all the compliments. Hope you enjoyed the new chapter.

Yume Tsukino: Feel free to throw out ideas at me.

Queen of the Storms: If it does turn out to be a Sess/Kag they won't get together for a bunch more chapters.

Soudesuka-Shurikens: I agree I love Sess/Kag fics too. They're so cute together

Inukamisashi: Going to need to wait another chapter to see if Kagome's going to help

SesshKaRin: Here's the update hope you enjoyed.

Well thanks for the reviews.

~*Shichan