The battle.. is today. Thought Inuyasha as he opened his eyes only to be greeted by the shine of the morning sun. He wasn't exactly fancy about his opponent, but deep inside his blood thirst for a good battle. It had been so long since Inuyasha had a fight, most of his days lately were spent doing almost nothing. He had jumped down from the tree in which he was sleeping in, and looked down a path that lead to anywhere he wished to go.

Sesshoumaru walked along the cherry trees, deep in thought, with no worries.

"I wonder why I spend so much time here.. I guess I enjoy the peace more than I thought, heh." She continued walking until she reached the nearby village.

Inuyasha walked into the forest of cherry blossoms. He was ready to draw his Tetsuiga at any time. His instincts were well prepared for battle, but his heart wasn't. He didn't want to fight her, but a burning anger told him that is was right. He suddenly stopped, picking up her scent. He reached for the Tetsuiga, but was cut off by Sesshoumaru coming at him from behind in a surprise attack. Inuyasha dogged and drew the Tetsuiga. He came at her with a cunning blow, but she easily dodged. She made a swift strike, but missed also. Only a clash of swords and a few misses were to be seen so far. Until Sesshoumaru made a back hand swipe, and managed to rip the front of Inuyasha's clothing, and leaving a slight cut too. Inuyasha then made a comeback with cutting her right shoulder slightly. They both stopped to face each other. Both ready to attack at any time, and also to dodge an attack.

"You're good." Inuyasha said.

"No, I'm better!" Sesshoumaru said going in for a swift attack. She was coming right for him, when she suddenly disappeared. Inuyasha started to freak out. She stabbed him right in the gut, making him double over in pain, and blood. She pointed the Toukijin at him. "Now you shall die." She raised her sword up, ready to make one blow to slice him in half, but her looked up at her. Determination and defeat in his eyes. She could see his pride wouldn't give up, but his body did. "I.. I can't do it." she said, draw back the Toukijin.

"What? Whar do you mean 'I can't do it'!? You're weaker then I thought. You seemed so ruthless, cunning, ready to kill, and here you are drawing back your sword like a pathetic human!" He yelled at her.

"Don't you dare call me human, hanyou! You're the one with human blood in you, not me! Consider yourself lucky, because now I really want to kill you. I don't think you're in any position to tell me who I am." she drew the Toukijin back at him, and made a deadly swipe to him, that made him collapse, but he was not dead. "You can lie here, if you are to die, then remember this. Don't ever push someone stronger than you around." she put the Toukijin away, and walked away, leaving Inuyasha to die. Inuyasha struggled to look up to see her walk away.

"Heh.." Inuyasha coughed briefly "I never... knew... your name.. ughh.." Inuyasha then passed out in a pool of his own blood. Sesshoumaru walked only little distance, before she turned her head. Somehow she actually felt sorry for him. She went back and picked up his practically lifeless corpse. She took some of the cloth that wasn't dripped in blood off of Inuyasha's clothing. She wrapped up his wounds to stop the bleeding. She then smiled a bit before coming back to reality. Am I smiling!? She thought before getting up and leaving.

Sesshoumaru sat on a cliff looking at the moonlit lake. Did I actually.. feel pity for him?.. she wondered before hearing footsteps coming towards her. Slow, but definitely footsteps. She turned her head a bit to see who was approaching, and then turned all the way around to see a bloody Inuyasha coming towards her. He stopped right before her.

"W-why.. did you.. save me.. ?" he then collapsed onto her. She was still sitting, but a drowsy Inuyasha was leaning on the front part of her shoulder. After getting over being a bit shocked, she then shoved him off, and he staggered back a bit, before barely catching himself with his arm.

"Don't touch me, hanyou." she said with hatred in her voice. "I spared your life so that you could live on and take it as a warning, not so you could pester me even more!" her eyes had a cold look in them.

"H-hey, don't call me that!" he sat next to her. She turned her head, and was about to get up, when Inuyasha took her hand. "Your hands a-are staind with m-my blood." she then snatched her hand back.

"I said don't touch me, hanyou!" she said with hatred again. "What exactly do you want anyw-" she was cut off by Inuyasha fainting again onto her.

"S-so.. what's... your... name... ?" he said and then finally passed out. She then had a look of sadness in her eyes.

"If I were to tell you, it would break your heart, and somehow... I just can't do that.." she gently set him on the ground before getting up and leaving.

Inuyasha awoke the next morning in pain. He could barely move because of the wounds he had. He did roll over though and looked at the clouds, it was a rainy day, and he could feel a light shower falling onto his skin. He tried to recall last night and the battle before that. He could barely remember anything, but the look of sadness in her eyes before he finally passed out. She.. was sad... for me? he mentally asked himself, before trying to get up again. He finally did, and decided to take a walk. Erm.. a slow walk...

He was barely moving, but he knew he needed to have some food, he then spotted an apple tree. Luckily, one of the braches was low enough for him to get an apple, he sat down and ate it leaning on the trunk of the tree.

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I'M SORRY!!!

I think this chapter took long enough, I'm sorry to keep you waiting, I had major writers block, till I finally thought a cute little scene would make up for that battle, let's just say the battle thing was just a cover up for the lake scene.