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Anyway, if I missed someone that just means you were a new reviewer. But anyway I'm going to start posting the votes so far and thanks to everyone for reviewing.

Kag/Sess: 6

Kag/Kur: 4

Kag/Kur/Sess: 0

Come on guys, keep those polls running. Anyway, here's the new chapter just for my loyal readers.

The Breakfast Club

Chapter 4

After Sesshomaru left, smirking at Kagome's rising aura, he continued on into his own lavish walk-in closet to dress for breakfast. (Come on, you guys know he has to have one) As he dressed, he pondered over what his next move should be.

Okay. First he brings home all of his brother's companions and allows them to stay in his castle. And then, last night in a total show of weakness had allowed a ningen woman to sleep in his bed. And he'd held her. He'd been shocked to awaken that morning to ffeel her lush body lying underneath his own. Her look of shock had snapped him out of his youkai-indused mind. He'd almost cause himself a hernia when he'd actually asked her how she was.

And then he'd gotten interrupted by his stupid servant who just had to come barging into the room at that exact moment. Sesshomaru growled. How he hated that stupid retainer. Too bad he was so loyal. Sesshomaru ensued dressing in his customary battle kimono, but left his armor in his room.

He smirked as he made his way to the dining hall, remembering how he had demanded Kagome to eat with him. He wished he could have seen her face. If he didn't have so much damn pride he would have laughed outright when he felt the change in her emotions. He nodded to a guard who opened the doors leading into another extravagant hall, the dining hall. Used to the décor of the room he took no notice of his surroundings and replaced his typical stoic mask.

It wasn't long after he seated himself, that Kagome entered the room, looking a little nervous and out of place.

He watched as she made her way over to him and he beckoned her to take a seat on the left side of the table. She walked slowly, yet gracefully and he couldn't help but run his eyes over the kimono she'd chosen to wear. He caught his breath as he gazed upon her beauty. She was dressed in a dark blue kimono that used to belong to his mother. She wore part of her hair up and the other half hanging in loose curls.

She sat down and met his gaze evenly. "Ohayo," she whispered, finding it hard to look him in the eye. He was staring at her with this blank expression, but she could tell he was thinking something by the barely noticeable twitch in his right eye.

"I believe we've already said our good mornings," he couldn't resist teasing her a little, although his tone relayed nothing of his amusement.

For a moment Kagome was confused until she remembered her strange awakening in his bed that morning. Sesshomaru took notice as she blushed and her emotions kept switching rapidly, from embarrassment to anger and then finally to resigned. Finally she squared her shoulders and looked him directly in the eye. "Lord Sesshomaru, what exactly have I been brought here for?"

All joking aside he got down to business. "I found you after the battle with Naraku. You and your companions were injured and so I healed the monk and fire cat. You and also the kitsune were unharmed but exhausted and so I brought you here to rest."

Kagome was surprised and thought about their last encounter, remembering how she'd asked him not to heal her minor wounds. She finally took his hand, ignoring his gasp of shock that she had dared touch him and finally spoke very seriously, "I give you my sincerest gratitude, Sesshomaru-dono, for taking us with you and housing us. If there is anything you ever need help with, you can call upon me and I will aid you to the best of my abilities."

"Yes," another voice joined the conversation. Kagome and Sesshomaru were both surprised by the sudden appearance of Miroku, although Sess didn't show it. "What Kagome-sama speaks is the truth. You have truly honored us with your help. I, too, would come to you in your time of need, my friend."

Sesshomaru was indeed shocked. A friend? The monk had welcomed him as a friend. He glanced at Kagome to see her nodding her head in agreement. He felt strange but in a good way. It had been so very long since anyone had thanked him for anything. He'd been thanked by the ningen woman and the monk so sincerely that for the first time in his life he couldn't think of any sarcastic thing to say.

Instead he uttered a small, "Arigato." To which Kagome and Miroku smiled.

Kagome, Miroku and Sesshomaru began their breakfast, while Kagome and Miroku talked about what to do and where they could go now, while Sesshomaru listened and brooded at the same time.

"I'm sorry, Miroku," Kagome said at one point when there was a lull in the conversation.

Miroku looked puzzled. "For what, Kagome-sama?"

"For letting everyone down and allowing Sango-chan and Inuyasha to die; for not being there in time, for-"

Miroku interrupted her with a frown, placing one of his large hands on top of her from across the table. "Kagome-sama, look at me." She was unable to look him in the eye she felt so very ashamed of herself. Finally he took his other hand and raised her head so her eyes were on his. "None of this was your fault. You are not to blame. If you want to blame anyone, blame Naraku." Kagome had tears in her eyes.

"But, Miroku, what if I had come earlier or something? I could have stopped everything. I could have protected Sango and I could have prevented Inuyasha's death. I could ha-"

"You could have died, miko!" Sesshomaru spoke loudly, attracting their attention. "Any second sooner and things could have been different. You could have been the one lying there among the dead bodies and Naraku would have succeeded in destroying us all." Miroku and now Kagome were staring at Sesshomaru in wonderment. "Do not waste time thinking of what could have been, when you should be thinking about what you did do, miko."

Miroku smiled at Kagome. "Lord Sesshomaru is correct, Kagome-sama. You saved our lives at the very least, and you were the one who defeated Naraku. You, a lowly miko from another world, defeated the great Naraku. You ended it all." That statement caught Sess's attention and he put it away in the back of his mind for a late discussion. From another world? That would explain some things.

Kagome sniffled and then smiled a watery smile, brushing away some left over tears. "Thanks guys. You're right, though. I told myself this morning that I would quit living in the past and start anew. And that's what I'm going to do."

"Here, here," Miroku cheered, raising his beverage. "I can agree to that, Kagome." She smiled as he finally cut off the apprasing suffix. They both turned to stare curiously at Sesshomaru who up until the point had not had much to say, besides what he'd just spoken. He could read the question on their faces and finally with a roll of his eyes merely nodded that he was on their side.

"Then lets make a blood pact," Kagome responded excitedly.

"A blood pact?" Miroku asked confused as to what Kagome was hinting at. He watched as Kagome used one of her sharp nails and drew a tiny line of blood. She brought her hand up and cut another line on Miroku's wrist. "Anywhere you go, I go," she spoke. Slow on the uptake, Miroku finally realized what she was doing and pressed his bleeding palm to hers, mixing their blood. They were both shocked, but pleased when Sesshomaru, without a word placed his own bloody wrist upon theirs.

All three whispered together, "anywhere you go, I go. Anywhere you go, I go," until a blinding light filled the room and Sesshomaru heard the agonizing screams of Miroku and Kagome. Alarmed Sesshomaru used his sense to try to find out if this was some kind of attack. When the smoke cleared, Sess was relieved to find both ningens unharmed. Only they weren't ningens anymore.

He heard a cough coming from Kagome and his eyes almost bugged out of their sockets, when she sat up holding her head. Miroku followed a few second later, rubbing his temples.

When Kagome's eyes cleared she noticed Sesshomaru staring at her with a bizarr look on his face. "What?" she asked. "Do I have something on my face?"

"Kagome, why do you look like a youkai?" Miroku asked curiously, thoroughly confusing Kagome yet again for like the tenth time that day.

"Youkai? Miroku, did you hit your head or something? I'm not a youkai, I'm a ningen."

"Then what are those?" Miroku pointed to something on top of her head. Kagome looked up and tried peering at whatever Miroku was looking at. She looked to Sesshomaru who was also looking at that area. Okay, now she was nervous. She couldn't be a youkai, right? It was just too crazy. Deciding that both men had probably both drank to much sake, she sighed and reached up to prove them both wrong, only to find....dun dun dun....ears.

"EARS!?" She shrieked. "I have ears!!?" She began running around like she was running for her life. "HELP!!!! I'm a mutant, I'm a freak, KKKKKKKKKKKYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kagome continued to run around only to get cut off when she ran into a pillar and effectively knocked her out.

Sesshomaru, after uncovering his very sensitive ears, stood up and went to the fallen Kagome. He and Miroku helped her stand and then Sesshomaru picked her up.

"Wow, so Kagome's a youkai, huh? How'd that happen?" Miroku commented, scratching his chin.

"I wouldn't be so calm, monk. You have ears too."

It took a moment for Miroku to realize what he'd said, before he too went crazy. "KYYYYAAA," he screamed a manly scream. "I'm a monk, not a demon!!!!" He brought out his binding wards in an attempt to exorcise himself, but only succeeded in buzzing himself and falling unconscious as well.

Sesshomaru sighed again at how unfortunate his life had become. He had thought he was going to be stuck with two annoying ningens only to find himself bonded with stuck with two doubly annoying youkai. Oh, yeah, his new life was going to be just great. He picked both Miroku and Kagome up and threw them over his shoulder, allthewhile mumblings about baka youkai and why hadn't Naraku killed him as well.

Well, how was that? Funny, huh? I tried to make it interesting but oh well. The story should begin picking up now. The next chapter will be picked up 3 years after this, and be continuing on. So, please read and keep up the voting.

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