Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Inuyasha characters.
Akaiinu woke up the next day. He had been laying on the floor again, while he gave his bed to Kagome. She was still sleep.
Akaiinu gave a little grin, seeing her sleeping face, her hair spread across the floor. He stood up and noticed that Kuroinu and Naraku were gone.
"Where the hell can they be?" he thought to himself and decided to look for them.
He had heard them last night doing what ever they were doing and for some reason, he was extremely angry. HE understood that that was basically what a pet was for, but he never thought Kuroinu would think about it. He didn't trust Naraku at all, even when he was working for him. That was the main reason he captured him. "But why the hell did I say not to kill him, I do not know."
He continued his thoughts as he searched for the two missing demons.
"My lady. I have created the poison." Naraku took out a bottle that contained the poison he created earlier that day.
"That fast already, my love?" Naraku gave a little flinch at being called my love, but Kuroinu didn't see it.
"Yes. I hurried to finish it yet I guarantee it is still powerful. Powerful yet can still not be sensed by any demon of any strength, so I doubt a mere human can."
"And all we have to do is slip this into her breakfast?"
Naraku gave a nod.
"You have done well my sweet. Maybe I'll reward you once more."
Naraku chuckled. "I look forward to it." And they locked themselves into a passionate kiss.
"Where were you two?" Akaiinu asked when he saw the two emerge from the woods.
"We decided to find breakfast for us all. I'm sure Kagome is famished." Naraku said, saying Kagome's name in an awkward way.
Akaiinu narrowed his eyes. He did not like the way he said her name. It was as if he was up to something.
"Come now, we must get back to camp." Kuroinu said and walked ahead. Naraku followed like a little dog and Akaiinu soon followed as well.
By the time that they got back, Kagome was just waking up. Akaiinu soon rushed to her side.
"Good morning to you. Had a nice sleep?" he asked, his voice as kind as it could be. Kagome gave a little yawn.
"Good morning. Yeah it was alright." She replied.
Kuroinu gave a low growl, but Naraku slid his arm around her waist.
"Calm down my lady. We will soon get her." He whispered in her ear. She reluctantly stopped her growling.
Sesshoumaru took his last walk around the outskirt of the village. As much as he didn't want to admit it, he was really going to miss this village. No one really treated him differently because he was a demon and no one feared him, or least didn't show fear to his face.
He let out a heavy sigh.
"What is it that you want, woman?" he asked. IT seemed that he was talking to no one until Xiara appeared from behind a hut.
"Hey Sesshoumaru, I-I was following you or anything like that. I was j-just, you know around the-"
"Save it will you. You don't have to explain yourself to me. I already know you were following me." He said interrupting as she spoke.
She looked down. "I'm sorry." She told him, but he didn't answer and kept on walking.
She ran after him and walked by his side, much to his annoyance.
"So is it true? Are you actually leaving today?"
He didn't answer right away. "Yes I am. I can not wait for Inuyasha to heal, unless it will be too late."
"Too late for what?" she asked, urging him to go on.
"There someone that is relying on me to get the Tenseiga."
"Is it a human?"
He paused. "Yes." He finally said.
"Is this human a women?"
"Yes."
"Do you love her?"
Sesshoumaru looked down at her, with an annoyed looked on his face, yet Xiara stared back, waiting for an answer. He sighed.
"In a way, yes, I do."
"Oh." Xiara said in a disappointed tone, and frowning her face. She was disappointed and she wasn't hiding it either. Sesshoumaru raised his eyebrow slightly, shocked at her tone of voice.
"I wish you would reconsider to leave today. I know that it person is important to you, but you need Inuyasha and Inuyasha needs you. It will be difficult to win if it's two against one."
"Do you know I can just kill you in an instant?" Sesshoumaru growled at her, feeling a little insulted that she just said that, even though he knew it was true.
"If you really wish to do it than do it." She told him.
Sesshoumaru stared at her grayish-blue eyes, and she stared into his golden ones.
"Why is it that I can do it? It something about that makes me not want to kill at all. Every time I look at her, I feel that same funny feeling." He thought to himself. He thought about it, but didn't want to come to the conclusion that he loved her. Xiara was thinking the same thing yet she was more obvious to her feelings.
"I want to be with him, but he already has someone. Besides it wouldn't have worked out. Just how Jinhaku told me."
(Flashback)
"Who was that Xiara?" Jinhaku asked, seeing part of Sesshoumaru as he passed the room.
"That is just a demon that Keade and I are taking care of."
He jumped off the floor. "A Demon! Are you crazy? I was away fighting off demons and you're going to invite them into our village? What has gotten into all of you? Do you remember that Demons were the ones that killed our parents?"
"You know that I remember that, but he's not like one of them. He hasn't done anything wrong in this village."
"Yes in this village, but what about other villages? What about the entire innocent lives he probably took many times before? And if I didn't know any better I would think that you were trying to protect him."
Xiara said nothing and turned her head away from him.
"You're in love with him aren't you?"
"So what if I am?"
Jinhaku gave a furious face. "NO sister of mine will fall in love with a filthy Demon!" He exclaimed.
Xiara felt tear swell in her eyes. Jinhaku sighed and walked over to her and embraced her a huge hug.
"I'm sorry, but I already lost mother and father to a demon and I don't want that to happen to you. You wouldn't be happy with a demon, he'll only cause you pain. Please remember that."
(End of flashback)
" I could never be with a demon. Especially him, though I wouldn't mind being in his arms."
Sesshoumaru made a low growl in his throat and continued walking as Xiara walked beside him. They walked in silence the rest of the way back.
The breakfast that Naraku and Kuroinu had caught consisted of wolf meat, well roasted. it had been split into several parts, Naraku did the carving himself.The poison was already in Kagome's piece.
Akaiinu looked between his sister and her pet. Something was definetly going on. But what, he wondered. Then he remembered that Kuroinu hated Kagome. Could this have something to do with that?
He looked at his sister once more. The crimson eyes were faking happiness. Beneath them was the bloodthirsty look of a killer. He looked to Kagome, who was about to start on her meal.
"you don't have to eat this Kagome. Is there another meal you would like?" he said, trying to be subtle.
"why wouldn't she like it, Akai? Don't you like my cooking?" she said, a bit angrily.
"actually, I think i would linke something beter...i have a friend who's a wolf demon" said Kagome shyly. Akaiinu took her section, and tossed it into the fire.
He glanced one last time at Kuroinu as he did. she was angry. it took a lot to get her angry. He went into the forest and heard Kuroinu following him. As soon as he was out of earshot, he turned to her.
"why would you try to kill Kagome, Sister?" he said, calmly looking at her. She smiled once more, but it wasn't the smile he was used to.
" She is the enemy, brother. She's just drawing you in so you won't hurt Inuyasha. You shouldn't listen to her. Let me kill her" she said. He scowled at her.
"i'll allow no such thing. you should watch what lies that demon of yours tells you. He seems to be corrupting you"
"Naraku isn't corrupting me. He helped me see the light. The girl is pulling you back brother. she needs to be eliminated"
"I won't let you kill her, Kuroinu. If you kill her, then you will have to kill me"
She scowled this time, the same look as when he stopped her from killing Sesshomaru.
"Fine. if you can't see how bad she is, then i'll leave. See how far you can get without me"