Thanks for the reviews, everyone. Here is the next chapter. I tried to make it a little more clear when i jumped to someplace else.

Departure

Two days after Sesshoumaru and Kagome's discovery. Word was received that Inuyasha and his group was nearing the castle. The messenger bowed and headed from his lord's site when a load crash was heard at the front gates.

"KAGOME!!!" Inuyasha sniffed the air he knew she was her and he planned on saving her from Sesshoumaru, "KAGOME!!!" He yelled louder making his way to the doors from the court yard. He raised the sword to slice through the door and let himself in.

"Your Rude, don't you ever knock first?" Sesshoumaru snipped at his brother.

"Where's Kagome you BASTARD! Give her back" Inuyasha leapt towards his brother, only to be slammed on to his face, with a firm Osuwari from Kagome who had just exited the door. Sesshoumaru smirked at how easily she could control his brother.

As Inuyasha picked himself off the ground; Kisho, Rin, Jaken, Miroku, Sango, Shippou, along with Kirira all entered the court yard. Inuyasha growled as he stormed over to Kagome, who looked at her other friends knowing that she had to get them to leave her for now, so that their lives weren't in danger now.

"Kagome why did you do that? That Bastard needs to pay for taking…" Inuyasha was again face down in the dirt muttering curses towards Kagome who kept saying osuwari until he stopped.

"Inuyasha can't you behave there are children present." Kagome pleaded once he stopped cursing loud enough for others to hear. Or so she thought until Kisho was standing at her side growling at the angry hanyou for not listening, the Tetsusaiga at his side.

Inuyasha froze staring at the sword that he to wore at his side as he stood up. He fell back to the ground when he saw exactly who the person that wore that sword looked like.

The growling stopped when Sesshoumaru stood over Inuyasha's dazed form and put a hand on his son's shoulder. Kagome's other "Rescuers" stood wide eyes with their jaws open as they saw a smaller Inuyasha standing over himself.

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"What do you mean that we can't come with you and take care of this thing? It is just a weak youkai from what you told me right now. So let's just go find it and kill IT!" Inuyasha barked in the meeting hall. Sesshoumaru sat there wondering how he didn't manage to hurt his own ears with the noises he was making.

"Calm down Inuyasha yelling is not helping anyone." Miroku placed a reassuring hand on Inuyasha shoulder to calm him slightly. "Please continue Kagome-sama"

"Well, all I really know is that if you go you will die," tears started to fill her eyes as she looked down to the floor before looking back up to her friends.

"I think what Kagome-chan is saying is that we have deep pains in our past, that will make it easier for this youkai to eat us." Sango spoke up for the first time in the two hours that Inuyasha had been raving about not allowing it.

"I don't know what you are talking about Sango, I don't have any deep pain." Inuyasha snuffed with his nose in the air.

"Really Inuyasha, then what about Kikyou uh?" Kagome snapped at him.

The hanyou paled at Kagome mentioning that here, and his face softened to be more depressed than it had been a minute ago. "uh well," his eyes looked about the room like a child would look if they just got caught with their hand in the cookie jar.

"Kagome is right Inuyasha, we all have very pain full things in our past, Miroku, has the death of his father and the pain of his curse, I have my little brother, and you have your betrayal of Kikyou that pains you so. Shippou has.." Before Songo got to finish Inuyasha had put his fist through the wall of the room.

"Shut up," Inuyasha huffed away and sat off by himself to pout.

"I would appreciate it if you did not go destroying the palace up," Sesshoumaru turned his gaze from watching the children playing to Inuyasha in a scowl disappointed his brother would lose such control on himself over a woman. The only response he received was a Feh from the Hanyou as he turned his attention back to those in the room.

"So how is this going to work Kagome-sama? Exactly how are you going to find this shadow youkai?" Miroku said after the room sat with a long pause.

"Well from what we understand is we need to wait for it to start moving. Once it does and starts killing we should be able to track it by its aura. Much like I do with the shards only Kisho will be the detector." Kagome replied looking up to Miroku's eyes as he gave a slight smile, "So it's settled. Then when all this is over I will continue to help you search for the Shikon Shards?"

Sango and Miroku nodded and went to gather Shippou from the courtyard with the other two children. Inuyasha jumped up and glared his older brother in the eyes.

"Nothing better happen to her Sesshoumaru. If something does I'll"

"Don't worry Inuyasha I won't let anything happen to your mate." Sesshoumaru turned to his brother who turned just as red as his Haori. "it… a, It's not like that. She…She's not my mate." He snapped back. Sesshoumaru look over to Kagome who was the same shade of red, fiddling with her fingers, avoiding his gaze. He then simply shrugged and walked out of the room to leave the two to say there good byes.

"Hey Inuyasha?" Kagome whisper after the door shut, "can I ask you to do me two favors before you leave."

"Yeah sure" as he met her blue eyes.

"Could you tell my family that I am ok and I won't be able to come home for awhile? I mean I don't want to risk this thing running around in my time too." He nodded in understanding, and took a step closer to her. "and ah the second thing his can you keep the shikon shards for me I don't want to have to deal with that thing if it gets even one shard."

"Hai, I can." His voice was a whisper now, as he wrapped his arms around her. Kagome let herself be comforted by his embrace.

"Thank you Inuyasha." She said burying her face in his chest.

"Your Welcome Ki…" He stopped himself short as she pulled herself out of his arms anger flashed through her eyes.

"Kikyou, KIKYOU! I am not Kikyou you BAKA!!" Her fists were doubled at her sides as he stumbled over his words trying to say something to fix it, "osuwari osuwari osuwari osuwari osuwari osuwari osuwari osuwari osuwari Inuyasha you're a BAKA OSUWARI!!!!" She stepped on Inuyasha as she left the room turning back before she shut the door, "Inuyasha," He covered his ears not wanted to hear her say osuwari again, "Goodbye" she slammed the door behind her leaving Inuyasha to pull him self out of the meeting hall floor.

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She hugged her friends, and handed the shards to Inuyasha. Then stepped away and watched them turn to leave the castle walls. She heard Shippou crying as they stepped though the doors. Then Sango, Miroku, and Shippou turned and waved at her just before they walked out of site.



Kagome looked at the sky as she held herself. She felt her tears running down her face but she didn't care at that moment. She glanced back out to where her friends waved goodbye, sighed deeply, then returned to her room.