Flamez-I am so FUCKING PISSED that Cartoon Network dared to take Inuyasha off and put FLCL on AGAIN!!!! SON OF A MOTHER FUCKING BITCH!!! *cough* Sorry. As for Sesshomaru having a different sign than Inuyasha, it's because 1. They have a different mother and because Inu's mom is human she has no sign so therefore he has only his father's sign (a red stripe) and 2. things would be less confusing if I didn't have to keep saying which one was which. Sorry if I confused you .! Yes I did make up the story in chapter 3, its important to the plot later on. I'm so sorry if Sesshomaru is acting weird in this fic, I just started writing Inuyasha fanfiction and I can't quite get the personalities right. *Gushes* Thanks for all the wonderful reviews! I love em! ^-^

Chapter 5- A break and a change in scenery

Hiten leered. "Yes, you didn't expect to see me again now did you?"

Inuyasha clutched Tetsusaiga and snorted. "I defeated you once, I'll just do it again." He brought the fang over his and head and charged at him.

The air around him cracked with lightning, burning the hanyou where they touched him. "Fool! Did you actually believe I would come here without being stronger first? Besides, its not you I want, it's her. Kagome."

She blinked and resisted the urge to look behind her to make sure they were talking about her. "Me?" She squeaked.

Hiten eyed her appreciatively, practically licking his lips. "Yes you."

Her surprise was taken over by anger. Her eyes darkened to an angry amber. She spat. "If you think I going to be one of your short term interests you're deadly mistaken."

"You don't have to worry about that, cause once I defeat this half blood, you'll be mine forever."

Kagome growled picked up an arrow and went to reach for her bow and cursed. She had not brought her bow to meditate. Damnit! Inuyasha's left ear was twitching wildly, it had been badly scorched. "You're going to pay for this!" He charged again, using the fang to deflect his attacks.

Hiten chuckled, "You'll have to do better than that, mutt!" Lightning traveled across the ground and ran up the hanyou's feet.

Kagome heaved at the smell of burning flesh. She had to do something! She had to save Inuyasha. She looked up at Hiten. "Stop it!"

He glanced at her. "And why should I?"

"Because if you do, I'll do whatever you want." She whispered, clenching her fists. No more than anything she hated being weak. Especially when she had the power to do something about it but didn't know how.

Hiten smiled, his lightning vanished. "Glad you see it my way." He held out his hand to her.

Hiding her eyes with her bangs, she padded over to him. But something had grabbed her ankle. "No! Kagome!"

She looked down at Inuyasha's blackened face. Something inside of her snapped. "You bastard!" She roared. Her eyes turned red, her claws grew and three jagged purple stripes appeared on her cheeks. She picked up an arrow and charged.

Hiten laughed. "Look, I made her mad." He powered up for an attack. Right before he released it she disappeared. "Why don't you be a good little girl and come out?"

When she appeared, his lightning struck at her. Her hair grew and surrounded her, protecting her from the attack. She stabbed him in the stomach with her arrow and twisted it. He wouldn't be getting up anytime soon and she knew it. But she couldn't help herself, the smell of his blood excited her. She wanted more of it, she wanted him to die. Kill him, whispered a corner of her mind, kill him slowly. Blood, you need more blood. She yanked the arrow out and stabbed him repeatedly. Kill. Kill. Kill.

Inuyasha groaned. Kagome. He needed to get to her, he needed to change her back. He crawled over to her. "Kagome...take..sword." She couldn't hear him over her new obsession with blood. Blood. Blood, need more blood. Kill. Kill him slowly. She raised her arms over her head to drive the arrow back into his flesh when something nudged her foot. Kagome looked down at a burned hanyou holding something. "Take it."

Something in her mind told her to listen to him, so she bent down and gripped the kilt. As soon as she did, Tetsusaiga pulsed. She realized she couldn't let go. Then the pulsing turned into violent shaking. Kagome was sent flying backwards through several trees before landing. When she got up she was a hanyou again, she turned the sword around her fingers. It felt slightly different now.

She scrambled to her feet, she had to get to Inuyasha. When she dropped to her knees when she reached him. Inuyasha's skin was badly burned, his left ear was nearly burned off. She had to do something! Then Kagome remembered the time when she had put her hand on his shoulder and wished he felt better. He was instantly healed.

She dropped the sword and put both her hands on his arms. She gritted her teeth and prayed this would work. At first she could feel nothing but then all of the sudden her energy was being sucked out of her in dangerous amounts. But she couldn't, wouldn't let go. Soon she could see spots but she just held on tighter. When the last of her energy left her, her eyes rolled back into her head and she fell forward.

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Kagome groaned and slowly opened her eyes to see a very irate hanyou. "What the hell were you thinking?"

She flinched and covered her ears. "Stop yelling!"

He frowned. "I didn't yell."

She sat up, shielding the sun from her eyes. "Oh."

Miroku pushed him away. "Kagome, I know you have just woken up but I need to know something. Do you think you're up to answering?"

Kagome nodded. "Yeah."

"Was Hiten's body next to yours?"

"I think so, why?"

"Because when Sango and I found you there was a blood trail from where you were lying and it disappeared somewhere in the woods."

Kagome cursed softly. "I hoped he was finally dead. What does it take to kill this guy?!"

"There's something else." Miroku held up a sword. "What is this?"

She rolled her eyes. "It's Tetsusaiga. I know I must have been out for a while but that doesn't mean I'm having any memory lapses."

Inuyasha shook his head. "No this is Tetsusaiga." He pulled the fang from its sheath.

Kagome looked between both swords. "Where did it come from?"

Miroku frowned "It was beside you when Sango and I found you. We hoped you knew."

She shook her head. "I don't."

Inuyasha reached up and slapped his face. "Oh now you come around. When the dangers gone, eh?"

Youko leaned over and whispered to Shippo, the other person he tolerated beside Kagome. "Why is he talking to his palm?"

"He's not taking to his palm, he's talking to Myouga. He's a flea."

He bowed low. "I was simply, uh gathering information, sire."

"Really?" He nodded. Inuyasha growled and squished him between his fingers. "You little coward!"

"Wait, Master Inuyasha, I know about the sword!"

He eased the pressure of his fingers. "What about it?"

"It is called Aisaiga, it was a part of Tetsusaiga. Aisaiga was made from the wisdom teeth of your mother. It was added to Tetsusaiga before you father died. It was said to be very powerful and have very usual capabilities."

"Like what?"

"Well-I-um really don't know."

He proceeded to crush him. "What good are you?"

"Wait, wait! I know more! Aisaiga could only be pulled from Tetsusaiga when a human wanted to protect a demon and something about something else." He mumbled he last part.

"What about what else?"

"I don't know okay? I just know there's more to it!"

Kagome looked down at the new sword. She had thought it was Tetsusaiga that she was holding. Could this all be real? It was so confusing and unrealistic that it had to be real. Her dreams were never this interesting. "I did this?"

Myouga nodded. "Yes."

"How?" She wailed and kicked, like she had seen her brother do when he was upset. "Why does it always have to be fucking me?" She rose to stalk off but Inuyasha pushed her down with ease.

"You're not healed."

"I don't care!" She roared and for a split second her hair turned silver and her eyes gold and she threw Inuyasha off of her. Kagome collapsed and stared at her now normal hands. "What's happening to me?"

"I could help you figure it out."

The group turned to look at Sesshomaru. Inuyasha spat with contempt. "What do you want?"

He looked down his nose at him. "I left the child here because I thought that you could protect her, even with your dirty blood. I am taking her to my palace where she will be properly looked after and properly informed." His last comment was directed to Youko, who glared back at him. His look seemed to say shut-up-now-or-I'll-decapitate-you.

Inuyasha stood and pulled out Tetsusaiga. "You're not taking her anywhere!"

Youko and Kouga stood. "That's right."

"Is that so?" Sesshomaru disappeared. Kagome took this moment to pick up Aisaiga. She felt pretty foolish sitting down and doing nothing. She took this moment to glance at Inuyasha. In all this 'excitement' she had forgotten how badly he was hurt. He looked perfectly fine, except for his left ear which was slightly charred. Her eyes watered up as she remembered the smell of his burning flesh. He'll probably never be able to hear correctly out of that ear again.

Kagome growled slightly. If only she hadn't been so useless. She gripped the sword and looked around. Suddenly there where a pair of arms around her. She trashed but her arms were pined to her sides. "Inuyasha!" She shrieked in terror.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha brought his sword over his shoulder and ran towards them.

"I have not come to fight you, but if you insist." He started to let go of her, she slipped out of his grasp and stumbled away. His tail took a firm hold of her waist. He turned slightly and regarded her for a moment. His stare cold and calculating. "We can't not fight like this, the child will be harmed. And I can't let her go because she'll run. This fight will have to be saved for another time." He disappeared along with Kagome.

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Kagome stared at the ceiling of her new room. Well one of her rooms. This was the bedroom, she also had a living room, bathroom, and a sound proof meditating room. All of which had black walls, carpet and curtains. The furniture was a bright white, so bright in fact she wondered if could even fall asleep.

She had spent the last hour exploring. The living room had a pile of large plush white pillows. It also had a low table, pond complete with fish and waterfall, six braziers, white furs, and several candles in sliver holders. The bed room had a bed that was so high, she had to run and jump to get on top of it. It had white silk sheets and fur covers. White veils surrounded the bed so if she wanted to she could draw them close to shut out some light. It had a fire place directly a across from it set in limestone. A balcony over looked the garden and a lake in the back. The bathroom had a large tub that had limestone steps leading up to it and large limestone pillars. The tub so big she could swim in it. It also had a vanity complete with chair and brushes, combs, makeup, and perfume.

After looking around she noticed one thing. Something very important. There was no way out. And she meant no way out. There was no door leading out into the hall and the only way outside was on the balcony but that was very VERY high in the air and she doubted she would survive the jump. So after discovering such she did what someone else in her position would. She threw a fit.

Anything that she could pick up, was thrown. But to her immense displeasure nothing seemed to break. So she shouted curses, most of which she learned from Inuyasha. She even resorted to falling on the ground and pounding to floor with her fists. After awhile she was exhausted. She laid on her bed and was about to got to sleep when someone spoke.

"Anything you require?"

She jumped so high she nearly fell off the bed. She peered down at Jaken. "Other than my immediate release. NO!"

He bowed low. "Lord Sesshomaru wanted me to get you these." He handed her two large books.

Kagome snatched the books from him. "I show you what I think of him and his books!" She marched out onto the balcony and chucked them over the railing. She dusted off her hands and walked back into the room. Jaken was standing there calmly, she just brushed past him and sat on her bed. One thing she did notice that there on her bed was those two books. "What?!"

The servant shook his head. "Lord Sesshomaru has a charm put under your window. Anything, including you, that falls off your balcony will be instantly transported onto your bed."

She felt so helpless she wanted to cry but she wouldn't do so until the toad left. "Go away."

"As you wish." He bowed out of the room.

Kagome sat back on the bed before jumping up again and running into the living room. Jaken had to have came into and out of her rooms by some opening and she had missed it. She growled and yanked at her hair. She was stuck in a room with no way out. She felt like fucking Rapunsel! Wait a minute! That was it! She rushed out onto the balcony and looked up. The roof had to be about nine stories up.

Kagome ran into her meditation room. She closed her eyes and tried to concentrate on anger until her breath grew ragged. But when she opened her eyes it seems as if nothing happened. She growled and went back into her room to get a vase. When she returned, she sat cross-legged in front of the vase. She closed her eyes and imaged her fight with Hiten. She could feel the power coming back to her. She went further and imaged the glass in front of her was Hiten.

Kagome heard a shattering sound and opened her eyes. The vase was broken to small fragments, she carefully poked through it. Then she found it, one silver hair. She jumped up in glee and did a little victory dance. It worked! Now she had the perfect plan! At night when she turned into a hanyou she would use her hair to climb onto the roof. Then she would just jump from the roof onto the roof of the menagerie. And from the menagerie to the woods, then to Inuyasha...And the others. Inuyasha AND the others. Her mind wandered back idly to the not-what-he-seems Youko and the supportive-and-kind Kouga.

She closed her eyes but was too exhausted to try it again so she got her new sword and practiced. In the middle of her practicing she swung and heard a little squeak.

Jaken bowed, his hat sliced in halves at his feet. "Lord Sesshomaru requests your presence at the evening meal."

Request! Ha, yeah right! "You can tell him that he can just go to hell." She brushed past him.

He threw himself into her path. "No you don't understand! You have to go!"

She kicked him out of the way. "Oh yeah and why is that?"

He hung his head. "He promised to harm me if you don't."

She turned and cocked her head to the side. Her nostrils twitched rhythmically. "You are lying." She didn't know how she could tell. It was just a feeling.

His head snapped up and he sneered. His entire demeanor changing. "Look here, you WILL eat dinner with him."

She laughed. "Big words for a little toad."

He held out his staff, fire sprouted out to block her exit. "You're not going anywhere until you agree to dine with him."

She growled. "I'm losing my patience toad."

"That didn't sound like a yes."

Kagome lunged at him, getting him into a head lock. "You get rid of the fire or I'll snap your head off."

"Um, excuse me."

She looked up at the quiet voice by the door. She immediately dropped Jaken, though keeping a foot on his back, ensuring no escape. "Yes?"

Rin tugged at her hair. "I was bored, and I have no one to play with. Will you play with me?"

She smiled, her anger leaving her. "Of course. Jaken, if you please?"

"Then it's a yes?" He wheezed.

She rolled her eyes and nudged him to the side with her foot. "Forget it. I just walk through it." She closed her eyes and prayed. She was terrified but she said that was what she was going to do so she was going to do it. She walked straight through the fire. Letting out a relieved sigh she took the girls hand. The air rat's fur was proving to be very helpful.

"We're going to have fun together." Rin laughed and pulled her into the living room. "I only get to play with Jaken and he's no fun!" She was walking straight towards a wall. Kagome opened her mouth to warn her but apart of the wall slid away! Leaving a doorway like hole.

She gaped. She had searched the whole place and found nothing. Then this little girl goes prancing through the wall as if nothing were unusual about it? Dazed, she let her steer her around before coming to a vast garden. It was full of flowers, twisting stone paths, water fountains, trees.

Rin sat down on the fountain's rim. "What do you want to play?"

"Do you know how to jump rope?"

She shook her head. "No."

"I could show you if you could go get a rope."

She jumped up. "Sure." She scurried away and in moments she was back with a long tan rope. "Is this good?"

"It's prefect." Kagome tied one end to a tree and too the other end in her right hand. "The object is to jump over the rope every time it hits the ground. Like this." Turning the rope for herself with one hand, she jumped in. After a few jumps she stopped. "Do you get it?"

She nodded. "I want to try."

"Okay, stand by the rope and I'll start on the count of three. One, two, three." It took Rin a while to get to hang of it, a few bruises from when she fell but once she got it she was a natural.

Kagome laughed and turned while Rin sang with her. "Cinderella, dressed in yella. Went upstairs to kiss a fella. She made a mistake and kissed a snake. How many doctors will it take? One, two, three."

Sesshomaru watch from the window. He frowned slightly, she made a fine playmate for Rin but what did she have to do with him? Kagome. He detested the child but her presence somehow calmed him. Which only served to annoy him.

"Lord Sesshomaru." Jaken bowed low.

"What?" He barked.

"Kagome refuses to dine with you."

"Tell her to be in the banquet hall."

"Yes my lord." He bowed away.

He turned back to the window. If anything Kagome was just a large child. She certainly acted like it. And she was so helpless, always cowering behind Inuyasha. She had no backbone, it was pathetic and disgusting. But there was that times where she had fought him that one night and the way she snapped at him the river. He liked that side to her. He wanted to see more of it. Sesshomaru glanced once more out of the window before walking off down the hall. That Kagome was dangerous, and if she did not prove useful soon, he would kill her.

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Kagome and Rin fell to the ground in laughter. Rin pointed to a cloud. "Look it's a bunny."

"I see a fish."

"Where?"

"There."

"I see it! I see it! Under it's a duck."

Kagome tilted her head slightly. "Oh, there it is. Look there's a television."

Rin frowned and scrunched up her face, trying the new word out. "Tell-uh-ve- son? What's a tell-uh-ve-son?

"It's a box with pictures, used as a source of entertainment."

"Like a puppet shows?"

"Well-yeah something like that."

"Jaken puts on puppet shows but he's not very good."

"I'm going to pretend you didn't say that." Jaken stood over them. "Dinner is soon."

Kagome propped her head on her elbow. "And?"

He clenched his teeth. "You are to eat with Lord Sesshomaru."

"How many times do I have to say no?"

Rin pouted. "Why don't you want to have dinner with Sesshomaru-sama?"

"Because-well-when people don't li-I just don't want to."

"Why?" She pressed. "Do you not like Sesshomaru-sama? But I like him, he is really great. He is my hero and you are my sister. Why wouldn't you want to eat wit him?"

She faltered. "Sister?"

"Yes, Lady Kaggy!"

Lady Kaggy, she had given her a nickname. Damnit! Little kids will be her downfall one of these days. "Fine, I'll have diner with him." She mumbled.

Rin smiled and hugged her. "Good! Ever since he asked me about you, he's been acting funny. Maybe you'll make him feel better."

"He asked about me?"

She nodded. "Yeah, after I answered him, he looked a little pale. Do you think something is wrong?"

"What did you say to him?"

Jaken grabbed her wrist a pulled her away. "No time! You have to go now!"

Kagome twisted her arm out of his grasp. "I will NOT be dragged!"

"Fine, just be sure to keep up."

"Just be sure to keep up." She mocked silently. 'His legs are like two seconds long and HE wants ME to KEEP UP?!' She followed him into a large room. The top half of one wall was full of stained glass, the rest of the walls were stone. There was a fire with two chairs facing it and a table that could easily sit 30 people.

Jaken rushed her to a seat to the right of the head chair. "Just in time. It's not good to keep him waiting."

Kagome rolled her eyes and snorted. "Like I care."

"Sh! You must not speak that wa-"

"Save your breath, Jaken, she is a stubborn mule." Sesshomaru sat down and glared at her. Like he resented her. HE dragged HER here and had the NERVE to be MAD at HER?! What was wrong with these people's logic?

Her lips curled in a sneer. "At least I'm not a cold hearted fool."

"Watch your tongue child, before I remove it. You will learn to control your cheek, I'm not as soft as that mutt Inuyasha."

Her hair turn silver and her eyes flashed gold. Only for a moment, but he noticed. "You're not one one hundredth of the man he is." Her voice low and dangerous. "I may be stuck here temporarily but I do not have to please you. Kill me if you must and get it over with but DON'T think you can tell me how to behave."

He stood, placing his fists on the table. "I will kill you when it is my wish to do so. Until then know this, your stay here will end when your life does." He turned and walked away but stopped at the door to say over his shoulder. "And do change your clothing, it smells of that wolf. After that, bathe thoroughly to get rid of the mutt's stench from your skin." The he walked through the door.

Kagome, in a fit of rage over his words, she lifted the table and threw it. She fell to the ground with a thud. She cried into her hands. What was happening to her? She felt such anger at times it scared her. Was she turning in some type of monster? Someone nudged her, thinking it was Jaken, she snapped. "What?"

"I just wanted to know if you wanted to jump rope with me." Rin said.

"Oh, Rin, no I'm sorry. I think I'll just go to bed. Will you take me to my room?"

"Okay." She pouted slightly and took her hand.

When they got her room, Kagome waved goodbye and went straight for her bed. She hadn't been lying she had really wanted to go to bed. She was exhausted, she felt as if she had just ran a marathon. She even had a stitch in her side. After collapsing on her bed, which took her a few minutes to climb onto, she pulled the covers over her head. Tonight, when she turned hanyou she would escape. And she would NOT change and bathe for him, serves him right, the bastard. Not being able to sleep, she kicked off the covers and went out onto the balcony.

Rin lead Sesshomaru over to where she and Kagome had tided the rope to the tree. "Look what Kaggy showed me!" She picked up the rope and turned, singing a song that she taught her. At the end she stopped.

He raised an eyebrow. "Jumping over a rope as a means of entertainment?"

"It's fun really! Look what else she showed me!" She picked of a string of gardenias. "I made it for you." She held it up. He bent slightly and she placed it on his head. "I dub thee, King of the garden!"

The left side of his lips lifted slightly in amusement. "Oh, so what would that make you?"

"Your loyal servant, of course!"

He shook his head. "That is a low position, leave that to Jaken. You will be Lady of the garden." He took a branch off the willow and bent it into a crown and placed it on her head. "Now go forth and tend to your lands. The peasants are angry and they want to burn you at the stake." Rin yelped and ran off.

Kagome walked back to her room. Sesshomaru, going on with a little girl's make believe? She would never have guessed he had that side to him. Even though he said her subjects wanted to burn her. She frowned quickly, realizing she had been smiling. Sesshomaru was still a bastard, nothing could change that. But she found that she wasn't tired and she wanted to take a bath. NOT because he said to but because she was still sweaty from the workout she had earlier.

She walked into the bathroom and fiddled with the knobs on the tub until it was just the right temperature. After stepping out of her pants and peeling off her shirt she got into the water. She was scrubbing her arm when she saw it, she gasped. In between Inuyasha's red stripe and Kouga's royal blue fang was Sesshomaru's crescent moon. It used to be on the bottom now it was second to the top.

Flamez- Don't worry Hiten fans, he's not out of the picture yet! And the swords name Aisaiga-I hope it means love break fang, I'm not sure. If it doesn't oh well I still like the name. If you want more or have any more questions about what's going on REVIEW!!!!