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A familiar red and white streak flew across the open field in front of the great taiyoukai. The scent of his wench and the others were soon recognized. Sesshomaru looked over towards where Sakura was standing and noticed the bright and cheerful look in her eyes. Before Inuyasha could begin with his colorful expression of insults, Sakura ran over and enveloped him in her arms. The shocked expression on the poor Hanyou's face was enough to send Kagome and Sango from absolute silence, to a fit of laughter. Sesshomaru nearly rolled his eyes at his half-brother's ignorance.

"INUYASHA!!! How are you? I've missed you so much! You've really grown." Sakura nearly yelled.

"Uhhh...yea, thanks...I guess..." Inuyasha said.

Sakura gently pulled him into her and began tenderly caressing the back of his ears. Kagome feared for the worst and expected him to freak out at the poor woman. Surprisingly, he snuggled into her warm embrace and began making a gentle growling noise that seemed to emanate from deep within his chest. "Is he purring?" Kagome asked to herself. Sesshomaru suddenly appeared by her side and startled her when he spoke up.

"I suppose you could call it purring, except the fact that he is not a cat. I would say it's more a sound of affection among our kind." Sesshomaru stated coldly.

"Can YOU purr!?!" Kagome asked excitedly. As images began to fly through her mind of the strong demon lord curled up on a couch getting his tummy rubbed and purring softly. Sesshomaru saw the look in her eyes of pure delight and it almost sickened him. He sighed softly as he turned to see Rin galloping over towards Kagome.

"He can purr! He can purr!" She called. "Lord Sesshomaru-sama can purr really loudly." She exclaimed.

Flashback to the day before the battle Sesshomaru got hurt in...

Jaken is running for his life from the poison whip that Sesshomaru is angrily cracking around him. Sesshomaru told Jaken to feed Rin some of the meat that he had hunted that morning for her lunch and that he had an errand to run and wouldn't be back until that evening. Jaken had forgotten that humans needed their meat to be well done because their bodies couldn't handle the amount of bacteria in the raw meat. Rin had become very ill that evening and when Sesshomaru returned, he noticed that she had a terribly high temperature for a human, and on top of that, she was unnaturally pale. A small amount of the meat Rin had eaten was on a small stone plate beside her. He immediately noticed that the meat was practically raw and still had some blood running out of it. It was very potent and almost unbearable now that the heat had gotten at it.

"How was your trip Lord Sesshomaru? I trust it went well." Jaken added. Sesshomaru turned and sent a death glare at Jaken. The toad noticed a terrifying aura about his master. If looks could kill, Jaken would be 10 feet under.

"Did you cook this meat Jaken? Because I could swear it just mooed at me." Sesshomaru continued his glare as he stood up and began to walk towards a cowering toad.

"I thought the girl was competent enough to cook the meat herself. I figured she needed to learn some life skills and thought that this was as good a time as any to teach her to cook." The toad stuttered. Sesshomaru's eyes turned to a deep blood red as he narrowed his eyes at his accomplice.

"Do you not realize that humans can die from the types of poison in raw meat. And since when do you find it your business to teach MY Rin a lesson about life! Did you not even bother taking a look at the food to see if it was prepared properly?! You had absolutely no business teaching Rin to cook considering you obviously don't know how to care for yourself. If she dies, you will shortly follow, do you understand?" Sesshomaru growled.

"You would kill your loyal follower? After all I have done for you, you would kill me over an insolent, despicable human child! And a female child at that!" Jaken challenged. He didn't mean it as harshly as it was said, but out of shock that his master would even think about killing him for accidentally killing a foolish human child was disturbing. Sesshomaru had obviously been angered by his comment and had enough. He let out a feral growl as Jaken began running for his life. He began walking after Jaken, cracking him with his poison whip every so often. He set his eyes on a gigantic limestone boulder. He walked calmly over to the boulder, picked it up and heaved it onto the worthless toad. Jaken let out a blood-curdling scream as the rock landed on his back.

Sesshomaru walked back to where his little girl lay, burning up with fever. That evening, as the sun began to set, Sesshomaru began to dab her forehead with a cool cloth to relieve her of the fever. Rin began feeling better so she opened her eyes to the darkness of the night. Sesshomaru was by her side with his head resting gently on her stomach. Even though he didn't need sleep, the youkai Lord had obviously been overcome with worry for Rin. He had worn himself out. She smiled at him and gently reached her hand down to caress his soft cheeks. A slight smile appeared on his porcelain features. A soft growl made itself known to Rin, and this startled her a little. But when Sesshomaru began nuzzling her affectionately in his sleep for her to continue stroking his face, she giggled, and complied. His soft purr grew to a loud rumble as the night progressed. Jaken came crawling back only to hear his master let out a harsh growl when he caught his scent. He decided it best to stay off to the side that night. He didn't want to anger Sesshomaru anymore than he was already.

End Flashback

Sesshomaru nearly keeled over with embarrassment as Rin finished her version of what happened. Kagome and Sango giggled as Sesshomaru's cheeks flushed a soft pink. He walked over to where Sakura was now sitting with InuYasha's head resting on her lap. She was still tickling his ears and he purred contently as she talked to him about how she remembered him as a little baby running around everyone's feet, and begging them to play with him and his favorite red ball.

"Sakura! Why are you wasting your time with the Yowayowashii hanyou? He is worthless, and I am done here. I am going home, you can follow me if you like. Come Rin." Sesshomaru said.

"Hold on justa minute Sesshomaru! I came here to confront you and I don't believe I've done that now have I. We ain't leaving until I'm done with you!" InuYasha complained.

"I do believe you have just confronted me, and I am going to have to decline to any offer in which you have purpose with me. I am sure it can wait for a more opportune moment." Sesshomaru snapped.

"Now who's the chicken shit, Sesshomaru! I want to settle this once and for all!" He unsheathed Tetsuaiga and charged at Sesshomaru. He easily dodged the attack, and swiped Inuyasha with his claw on the way by. Inuyasha quickly recovered and came back for a second attempt to strike his brother with the mighty fang. In the excitement, Inuyasha barely noticed when he was plucked from his feet and was being held by the collar of his fire rat kimono. Sakura kept him up until he calmed himself and then lightly set him down. "What the hell are you two doing! Your brother's for kami's sake!" she growled slightly in annoyance.

"He started it, I was just gonna save him the trouble and finish it myself." Inuyasha stated smugly. Sesshomaru walked up and stood beside Sakura and slapped Inuyasha in the face. "Know your place half-breed!" Sesshomaru growled.

Sakura glared daggers at Sesshomaru as her eyes turned a sickening blood red and she let out a deep angry growl, and for that split second, Sesshomaru felt fear like he had never experienced before...