Chapter 3: Sesshomaru's encounter
Kagome led Inuyasha into a deep forest. She finally let go of his hand and stood by a big tree. "Well here we are at Goshinboku" Kagome said. Inuyasha had a great and terrible feeling at the name of this tree. He knew it meant something special and he wanted to ask Kagome about it but she looked deep in thought and he decided not to speak to her. Finally she broke the awkward silence and said "Inuyasha, there are some things you may find out that will cause you great pain when you remember them. Things I feel that you should discover yourself. But I want you to know that I will always be here to help you and comfort you".
"Kagome…" Inuyasha said stunned at the emotion she was showing. He was starting to feel that this was someone who was very dear to him when he had his memory. He walked over to her and pulled her into an embrace. "Inuyasha…" she said. "Kagome…I thank you for your kindness and I want you to know how much it means to me. I know that there are many things left for me to discover, but with your help this doesn't feel so hard." He continued to hug her until an icy cold voice broke their peacefulness. "It seems fitting that I would find you here in the arms of a human girl."
"Sesshomaru…" Kagome breathed. He looked at her and said "Girl make Inuyasha hand over the fang Tetsusaiga peacefully and there won't be any problems." "No way Sesshomaru, that sword is Inuyasha's." Kagome said. Inuyasha looked down at the sword he held in his hand. 'This must be Tetsusaiga' he thought to himself. "How many times do I have to tell that hanyou that the sword is too good for him?" Sesshomaru sighed. At the word hanyou Inuyasha had a painful memory:
Inuyasha stood looking puzzled at the other kids playing a game with a ball. He was only about 8 years old and he wanted to play with the other kids too. He ran over and started to try and catch the ball. A man grabbed it out of his reach and said "You want to play with the ball? Go fetch hanyou". The man threw the ball and Inuyasha ran chasing after it. When he got it everyone had walked away leaving him by himself.
He ran to his mother and asked "Mother what's a hanyou?" His mother's eyes filled with tears and she hugged him and Inuyasha just stood there confused.
Sesshomaru made a swift movement towards Kagome but Inuyasha stepped in. "You will not harm Kagome" he said.
Oh, interesting little brother. Go ahead, try and stop me. Inuyasha yelled "I will protect you, Kagome!" At his own words Inuyasha had a flashback. He was fighting Sesshomaru like this before and he had sworn to Kagome that he would protect her. Almost naturally the words flowed from his mouth "Kaze no Kizu!" with a swift slash of his sword Sesshomaru laid on the ground injured. Inuyasha was going to strike him again, to make sure he wouldn't try to attack him again, when a little girl ran in front of Sesshomaru. "Lord Sesshomaru you are badly injured! Please come with me!" the little girl said. "No Rin, get out of the way". The little girl shook her head no and dragged Sesshomaru off with her. Kagome looked at Inuyasha and saw that he looked exhausted. "Why don't we head back now? I'm kind of tired after that." Inuyasha nodded his head in agreement and decided it would be good to go back. He stopped in front of Kagome and remembered he used to let her ride on his back. He asked her if she wanted to ride and she said sure.
She hopped on his back and drifted off into sleep. When Inuyasha got back he laid her down gently on a sleeping mat by the campfire. He saw her shiver in her sleep and put his fire rat cloak on her. He felt happy being with her, but unfortunately tomorrow was a whole new whirlwind of misfortune.
