Blackiecat: Hi again everyone! What's up?! I've been doing good lately on keeping up with updating. Although, sadly, my first story ever might be coming to an end in just two chapters! I'll find a way to make it longer though, don't worry! Anyways, on to review responses!

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Sesshomaru: YAY!

Blackiecat: (Whatever.) P.S. - I GOT A HAIR CUT! =O

StArT cHaPtEr

Everyone was relaxing in Sesshomaru's and Inuyasha's house again after a practice. It was almost becoming a routine, work at Kagome's shrine for a practice, and then have fun at Sesshomaru's and Inuyasha's place. This time Sesshomaru, Holly, Inuyasha, and Kagome were letting the other four play Supersmash brothers Melee. Koga and Jagz Versus Miroku and Sango. It was turning out to be very interesting. Just as Koga went to send Sango off the screen for a win, the timer ran out, and it was a sudden death match. Koga and Jaguira claimed victory. "Woo hoo! We beat them, Jagz!" exclaimed Koga, giving Jaguira a high-five. Miroku and Sango just grumbled.

"Hey guys, why don't we go and get some popcorn?" asked Inuyasha. "And I mean just us guys. You ladies pick out a decent movie. No chick flicks!" and he and the rest of the male gang went to make 8 bags of popcorn. Meanwhile the girls picked out a movie.

"I say that we should watch one of the matrix movies or something," said Sango, as she dug through the case with the DVD's in it.

"I dunno," said Holly. "I've seen Payback, that's a really really good movie! Let's watch that one!"

"Oooh yeah that is a really good movie," agreed Jaguira.

"Yea it is, isn't it," said Kagome. "What do you think Sango?"

"I haven't seen it, so I guess it's worth a try." And with Sango's agreement, Kagome took the DVD out of the movie case, and popped it in.

Happening at the same time while the girls picked a movie…

"Uh… guys..?" started Inuyasha. He was blushing and it looked like he was about to make some kind of confession. "Um… I have a crush on one of the girls in the living room…" he said, impersonating a tomato.

"Uhhh… me too…" said Koga, also blushing and poking at the ground with his foot.

"…and me…" admitted Miroku. The guys turned towards Sesshomaru to see if he would say anything.

"…" Sesshomaru looked away and mumbled something Miroku couldn't hear, but the other demons in the room could. And they grinned.

"Miroku, he says he does too," grinned Inuyasha, who soon after received a bonk on the head from his older brother. "Now, we all admit who it is that we like…" Inuyasha turned to face his older brother who seeing his look immediately blushed. "Who do you like, Sesshomaru?"

"………I like… Holly…" he admitted immediately turning around. He began digging in the pantry and pulled out 8 bags of popcorn. Inuyasha grinned, glad that he didn't have to force it out of his older brother. Now, it was his turn.

"I like Kagome…" He admitted. Inuyasha turned to Miroku, who admitted without being to affected.

"I like Sango." He said. He looked at Koga.

"… I like Jagz…" he admitted quietly. "Well anyways… lets just make the popcorn." So the boys made eight bags of popcorn and went back out into the living room. The girls had been sitting there patiently waiting for the boys to come out of the kitchen. Each of them were carrying two bowls of popcorn. As Sesshomaru was walking to his seat on the couch, he noticed there was someone sitting in it.

"Holly, get out of my spot! I always sit there," he said. She looked up at him, and shook her head no.

"I got here first Sesshomaru; sit somewhere else on the couch. There is plenty of room, ya know." She stared up at him, waiting to see what he would do. Instead of saying anything, he set down his bowl of popcorn on the end table next to her, and set her bowl in her lap. He then picked her up by the waist, sat down, and set her on his lap.

"There. Now you don't have to move," he said. Immediately Holly blushed, but she didn't get off his lap. Inuyasha had found the same problem as Sesshomaru, as did Koga and Miroku. All of them smiled mischievously and imitated Sesshomaru's action. By setting the girls in their laps.

"So girls, what movie are we watching?" asked Miroku.

"We're watching payback," murmured Jaguira.

"Oooh I love that movie." Said Sesshomaru.

"Me too!" responded Holly, practically forgetting her position and twisting around to face Sesshomaru. (A/N: just her upper body turned) "What other movies do you like?"

"Um, I like the matrix trilogy, Triple X, and a few others that I can't seem to think of…" murmured Sesshomaru who started blushing when she turned around.

"I love all those movies!" Holly turned back around and leaned back, resting against Sesshomaru. "What else do you like?" she asked. Almost instinctively, Sesshomaru wrapped his arms around Holly's waist when she leaned back, but she hadn't minded.

"I like theaters, and good food. I also like dogs, but I'm sure you can guess why," he said smiling.

"because you are an Inu youkai?" she asked.

"Yup." The other boys watched Sesshomaru and Holly somewhat Jealously… as did the girls.

"Well then, since I'm a Panther hanyou… are you fond of cats Sesshomaru?" she asked. This time everyone took an interest in what Sesshomaru was about to say.

"Only one."

"What? What does that mean?"

"… Well… a panther is a cat Holly, and here you are sitting in my lap. I would have to be fond of you to let you sit on my lap." He responded.

"Ooooh…" but the answer just didn't seem like enough. "How fond..?" she asked, turning her head to the side and up a bit so she could look at him. She noticed him blushing, and just accepted that for an answer, blushing and smiling as she turned away.

"Get a room!" said Jagz, who was soon hit in the head by an empty popcorn bowl. (A/N: soon she looked like this: )

"Are there a couple of tomatoes in the room? Or are the tomatoes a couple? … PROTECTION PEOPLE!!! PRO! TEC! TION!" ask/yelled Miroku.

"MIROKU!" scolded Sango, smacking him in the back of the head. At that statement, Sesshomaru and Holly blushed even harder… if that was possible. Holly then grabbed the nearest thing, and chucked it at Miroku. It happened to be a UFC. (Unidentified flying cup)

Kagome turned to Inuyasha as soon as all the commotion settled down, and they started watching the movie. "Soo, Inuyasha… what's up?" she asked.

"Nothing much." He responded before shoving some popcorn in his mouth. "Are you enjoying the movie?"

"You bet I am. Payback is an awesome movie."

"Agreed. What do you like most about the movie?"

"The plot."

"I like the seats."

"Inuyasha!" She said, hitting his arm playfully. Then she blushed, turned back around and leaned back. The other girls leaned back too, it just wasn't comfortable trying to sit up straight. "Can I ask you something, Inuyasha?"

"Sure."

"Can I rub your ears?"

"Sure." Kagome reached up and started to tweak Inuyasha's ears. She could hear a low purring type sound of contentment coming from him, she couldn't help but smile.

Sesshomaru could hear his brothers contended purr, and that was how he got an idea. He reached up, and started tweaking Holly's ears. He could hear her purr.

"What's that sound?" asked Koga.

"That would be my sister," answered Jaguira. "She purrs really loud. But why is she… oooh. Koga look at them." Koga looked over and he could see Sesshomaru rubbing Holly's ears. She was purring really loud.

"May I?" he asked her.

"Sure… why not." Koga then reached up and rubbed Jaguira's ears, she began to purr too, only not quite so loud.

"hmm… I never figured that you girls would like having your ears rubbed," he commented.

"Well, we do. It just feels really good…" she said before returning to her contented purring.

As Sango sat back enjoying the movie, Miroku asked her a question. "Sango, have you ever seen this movie before?"

"No I haven't. It's really good so far.

"I like this movie too. But there is this one part where the dude is having his toes smashed by a sledge hammer. If you want, I will cover your eyes," he offered.

"Ok Miroku. Cover my eyes whenever there is a part that you don't think I would like to see, I guess it wouldn't be too bad… as long as your hands stay where they belong."

"They will Sango, I promise."

Meanwhile, as Holly sat back in Sesshomaru's lap, she noticed there was something else around her waist… not just Sesshomaru's hands. It felt weird… so she reached over and felt to see if it was there. Sure enough, as soon as her hand came in contact, a white, fluffy, something appeared. "Uuh, Sesshomaru? What is this thing around my waist?"

"Oh that? That would happen to be my tail. I like to keep it hidden so it won't be a distraction to others," he replied.

"Ooh that's soo cool!" Holly reached out, and began to pet the furry appendage. She nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard Sesshomaru purr behind her, his chest rumbling and everything. It even made her laugh.

"Aww why didja stop?" he asked her.

"I… never… ever thought I would hear… you… purr… hehehe…" she said between laughs. He could only smile and ask her to return to petting his tail. And she did.

AUAUAUAUA

It was the next day, before school. Sesshomaru was leading the group in another conversation concerning their practice that afternoon. "Please bring armor, weapons, or anything of that sort for sparring. Now that we've practiced our abilities, we need to learn about using them in battle," he said. The others nodded their heads. "We'll meet a little later then we normally do. How does 30 or so more minutes of preparation time sound to you guys?"

"Sounds good," replied Kagome. The others nodded their head in agreement.

"Okay, so then we'll meet at the shrine at about 4:30 PM. I'll see you all then."

The group said their goodbyes, and headed off to their classes.

It was after school at Kagome's shrine. Everyone was prepared to spar. Some people were dressed the same, while others were different. Miroku carried a staff, Inuyasha had a sword. Sango wore a Tajiya outfit that was black with pink spots on the knees, elbows, and a couple other places. She carried a small sword and a boomerang. Kagome didn't look much different, except for that she had a bow and arrow. Sesshomaru looked like he came from the feudal era, wearing a white Haori and Hakama's with a red sakura blossom pattern. He had spiked armor, and carried two swords. He wore black boots, and a yellow and blue sash. When Holly and Jaguira arrived, they also looked quite different. Holly was wearing a short midnight blue dress with a black belt, she carried a sword and she also wore black gloves and boots. Jaguira was wearing a short camouflage dress with jagged ends, and she was barefoot with spiked gloves. She carried a staff of sorts also. Everyone stood prepared in the clearing.

"Alright everyone, get with your normal practice partner. Today we practice sparring, so be somewhat careful not to hurt one another," ordered Sesshomaru. Everyone paired off into their normal groups, and prepared to battle.

"So, Jagz, nice outfit…" said Koga, eyeing her legs.

"Quiet or I'll bite you!" she threatened.

"Bite me? I dare ya."

"Ok!" Jagz jumped over, and bit him on his head. (Like Shippo does to Inuyasha) Suddenly a remark was made from not to far away.

"Wow! Jaguira, you're marking him already? I didn't know that you guys were so far in the relationship!" Inuyasha made a snide remark.

"WHY YOU!!" Jaguira shouted. She grabbed a limb from the ground, and started to chase Inuyasha around with it. She hit him on the head numerous times before he fell to the ground dazed.

"Jaguira? I think you've done enough…" said Holly, who stopped her from hitting Inuyasha while he was down.

"OK," she replied happily. To her it seemed like nothing important had happened. She just skipped off and prepared to spar with Koga. Holly sighed at her bizarre sister.

"Alright let's get this party started!" said Kagome, who got ready when Inuyasha finally came from the ground.

Everyone flew into battle, using battle skills that none of the others knew they had. About one hour later, when Sesshomaru called off all fights, he checked the conditions of his friends. Holly had a small cut on her cheek where one of his blasts from Tokijin had hit her, and his own armor was broken. Holly's dress sleeve was also cut and so it hung down in front and back, but not revealing anything. Inuyasha had been hit in the leg by an arrow, so that was being tended to, while Kagome was taking care of some scratches on her arms. Jagz had a couple bruises on her arms and legs, but that was all for her, and Koga had a few lumps on his head from getting hit by her staff. He also had a couple cuts on his arms from her sending energy blasts at him. Sango had a couple of bruises on her legs from Miroku's staff, and Miroku had big bruises on both cheeks from getting slapped. Also, he had a bruise on his stomach from when she smacked him with her boomerang. Everyone seemed to be alright, though.

The next eight weeks that the team took to prepare for Naraku went by quite fast, and soon it was time to face him in battle. Everyone was prepared, emotionally and physically, but all were worried for each other. Some special relationships had formed in the time of preparation, and all were ready to die for their comrades.

AUAUAUAUA

BC: I'm sorry to say that this story is soon coming to a close! Next chapter is the last one! I hope you all loved the story!! Please R&R, I look forward to seeing you all again.

Lek: Check out Holly's new fic, "Love's Might"! It's a Sess/Kag pairing, and her first try at it too. Hope you are interested!