Ch.1
Back at camp, Miroku was making dinner, while Inuyasha was sitting in a tree, brooding. 'Stupid Kagome! Why does she always sit me? I didn't do anything.' He thought about their fight. They were fighting about Koga, as usual. The same - same deal: Inuyasha was jealous; Kagome thought he was being over reactive. 'And then she sat me.' He tugged at his necklace, pulling it away from his body to look at it. 'I wish I could take it off.'
Miroku still had a large headache, and was a little grumpy. "Inuyasha, would you get your lazy butt down here and help me?" The monk lay on the ground with a knot forming on his head two seconds later. Inuyasha stood up. "Stupid monk. Don't take your anger out on me. You screwed up with Sango." Miroku just lay unconscious for the second time that day.
Inuyasha jumped into his tree again." I hate being sat!" The angry hanyou sat there and pouted until the girls came back.
A few days later, the group was walking along the road when a white light came floating by. "Kikyo," muttered Inuyasha. He stopped and turned to face the others. "We'll rest here for the night." He jumped off. Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara all turned and looked at Kagome. "Hey! Let's get dinner started!" she said in a falsely cheery voice. Her happy attitude didn't fool her friends for a second, but for her sake they let it slide and began to make dinner as usual.
Well - as usual as things could go until Sesshomaru flew by. He stopped his cloud and jumped off, landing in front of the group. "Come here wench." They all looked at each other in amazement; he was talking to Kagome! Again, he said," Come here, wench." Sango and Miroku jumped in front of Kagome, blocking her from Sesshomaru's view. "Leave Sesshomaru! You cannot have Kagome!" yelled Sango. Sesshomaru just looked at her. "Fool. The Lord of the Western Lands can have whatever he desires."
He drew Tokijin and brought it down on Sango's boomerang, knocking it from her hands. He shoved her aside. Miroku was next. He blocked Tokijin with his staff, but the power between the two weapons threw Miroku backwards. The monk hit a tree and was knocked unconscious. Now only Shippo and Kirara were left.
"Fox Fire!" yelled Shippo. Dozens of tiny blue flames shot out of his hands towards Sesshomaru. He caught them. "A child's trick." he said. Shippo next tried his spinning top. It bounced off of Tokijin's blade and fell harmlessly in the grass. Sesshomaru brought Tokijin down with a swish, causing a huge draft of air to blow towards the kitsune. The force of it caused Shippo to be knocked backwards into a tree. Now there was only Kirara.
Sesshomaru watched as Kirara transformed and took a fighting stance. "A cat." he thought. "What a waste of time." He deformed Tokijin and slid it back into its sheath. He attempted to walk right past Kirara, but she jumped at him, giving him a swipe. The slash was small, but significant enough to cause Sesshomaru to give more thought to his opponent. He flexed his acidic claws, waiting for Kirara to at least tremble. The fire cat, however, stood her ground.
Sesshomaru swiped at Kirara, who dodged the claws at high speeds. He continued to slash, causing Kirara to continue running. Finally, sheer exhaustion caused Kirara to not be quick enough. The acidic claws cut a trail into the flesh of the cat, who fell and deformed to her small size, shivering as the poison spread throughout her body. Sesshomaru stepped over her and walked over to Kagome.
The miko was paralyzed at the base of a tree, but after Kirara fell, she, too, went into action. Kagome took her sacred arrows and prepared to fire them off. Sesshomaru stopped three feet in front of her. "Don't come any closer," Kagome warned. The demon payed no attention, but simply wrested the arrows and bow from her hands. Then he flipped her over his shoulder and took off into the air.
Sango watched Sesshomaru carry Kagome away as she struggled to get up. "Kagome!" But the miko was long gone. 'I've failed her. Just like Kohaku!' Sango thought. She sunk back to the ground. Then she saw Kirara. "Oh no! Kirara!" She ran over to her pet, trying to find where she was injured. It didn't take her long to find the slashes. "Kirara, no! I've failed you too! I'm so sorry." Sango wept. She felt the fire cat's tongue on her cheek. "Oh Kirara!" she said. She put the fire cat in her pocket to keep her warm until they could heal her. She went to revive the others.