Hello everyone! Well, I've updated again. Sorry, it's been so long, but here it is. Gomen, minna! Ryoshin- "Mistress, I think you should just let them read the story." Yami- "He's right, my love" Me- 'Kay! Enjoy everyone!

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The next morning when Kagome woke up, she stretched luxuriously in a huge bed. 'It's good to be home!' she thought. Then her senses sharpened. 'Wait a minute! Naraku destroyed the well! I can't go home! But then that means...' In a flash she remembered her fight with Sesshomaru. 'Oh no.' She opened her eyes, groaned, then closed them again. She was in a very large, lushly furnished room. 'I must be in Sesshomaru's castle.' she thought. Kagome opened her eyes again and looked around. She stifled a scream when when she saw Sesshomaru in a chair across the room. 'He's asleep.' she thought. 'Maybe I'll be able to escape!'

Kagome got out of bed and tiptoed to the door. Her hand had just rested on the knob when... "Don't even try it, wench." Kagome spun around and squeaked when she saw Sesshomaru standing not two feet away. "What do you want with me?" she cried. Sesshomaru held up a small, clear vial filled with a black powder. He emptied a pinch into his hand. He looked in Kagome's direction. The miko took a step backwards, not liking the look on Sesshomaru's face. He smiled evilly, then blew the powder onto her. She took a few more steps backward, and tried to evade the powder as it magically moved towards her, but to no avail. The powder surrounded her.

Sesshomaru waited until the last grains of the black powder had faded away, then walked towards Kagome, who was crouched on the ground. She heard him approach and stood straight up, eyes closed. "Miko." Her eyes flew open, but they were different. Instead of a warm, chocolate brown, they were a dull, expressionless black. She looked at him and bowed. "How may I serve you, Lord Sesshomaru?"

When Inuyasha reached Sesshomaru's castle, everything was quiet and dark once again. He knew that Kagome must be asleep, and he decided to wait until the others got here before he faced his brother. It was about time Kagome got a few nights to sleep in a real bed, even if it was in his brother's castle.

Was he looking out for Kagome's welfare now? Inuyasha gave a small smile; he found he had been doing that a lot lately. He once again thought about his feelings for Kagome. He knew that she loved him, but did he love her? He thought about Koga always coming by and gave a small growl just thinking about that sleezeball calling Kagome his woman. And what about Kikyo? Inuyasha thought about how many times the beautiful, undead priestess had tried to kill Kagome. He had never let her. Why? If he loved Kikyo and not Kagome, then why should he care if Kikyo killed her? Sure, she could sense jewel shards, but so could Kikyo. Unless... he did love Kagome. Inuyasha compared the two women.

Kikyo was always hard and cold. Evil. The Kikyo he had once known was gone. Kagome had taken her place in his heart. She had fought so hard, so many times with Kikyo to spare Inuyasha's soul. She loved him. Kikyo hated him. Once he had compared them, Inuyasha smiled. He loved Kagome. He didn't think of her as just another Kikyo, because she was her own person. She loved him for who he was. She didn't want to turn him human, like Kikyo had. She loved the hanyou.

Kagome loved him. He loved her. He would gladly give his life for her. Kikyo mattered no more. Now, there was only Kagome.

Sesshomaru watched the miko play out in the garden with Rin. The little girl was happy, for the first time in weeks. Her face was truly a joy to behold. 'Now,' Sesshomaru thought, 'All I have to do is wait. What a surprise my brother will have when I send his own love against him-for the second time!' He watched the miko sit down and watch Rin run after a frog. She truly was pretty. He could see why his brother wanted her. He gave a small grin, exposing sharp fangs that glistened in the dying sun. "Welcome home, little brother." He said quietly. "Have I got a surprise for you."

When Sango, Shippo, Miroku, and Kirara reached Inuyasha, the hanyou was refreshed and ready to go. "My brother will pay for taking Kagome!" he growled. Miroku looked at Inuyasha . "It's finally gotten through to your brain, then?" Inuyasha looked sheepish. "Yeah. I just regret it wasn't before this." Shippo and Kirara were sleeping soundly and Sango was making supper when the men had finished talking. Miroku went to help her and Inuyasha jumped into a tree to design their battle plan.

A few hours later, he had it ready. It was quite simple, really-Inuyasha would fight and distract Sesshomaru while the others got Kagome out of there. They were all hoping that she was okay. Shippo had cried himself to sleep for the three days Kagome had been gone, and everyone else was humorless. But they never lost hope. Why hadn't Sesshomaru just killed her when they had faced him? What did he need her for? Well, they would find out soon enough.

Kirara and Shippo had gone back to sleep soon after eating, and Sango had soon followed. Miroku and Inuyasha had sat talking for another hour before the monk, too, turned in. Inuyasha stared at the dying embers of the fire. Tomorrow, he would save his Kagome. Or die trying.

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