"Listen well girl. I did not bring you here to kill you. I brought you here to see if you chose the right man. I do this not for you but for my brother. He is no fun to bother with anymore. Both Koga and InuYasha are on their way after you. Koga is in fine health but InuYasha has been wounded severely. I have put demons of all kinds in their paths. Although both men have friends traveling with them, only they can kill the demons. See how well they try and get to you. Their love for you will be proved." Sesshomaru informed Kagome. She stood in a dark room, in a phantom castle like Naraku's.

"Is Naraku included in this?" Kagome asked looking around at her surroundings.

"No. But he does know that both InuYasha and Koga are on their way here. He may choose to show I do not know."

"InuYasha wait!" Miroku shouted at the dot in the distance. InuYasha turned and leaped toward them.

"Can't you go any faster?" He complained. He turned back in his original direction and headed off. Miroku turned to Sango.

"Do you think his wounds have healed?" "Not likely. His love for Kagome is strong, he may be running with blood pouring from his body. But then again he is a demon, maybe they have healed." Sango replied.

"That's what I am afraid of." Miroku groaned. A cloud dust, a few yards away, progressed in the same direction. "Do you think that is the wolf tribe?" He pointed to the cloud.

"Most likely. Can you not hear the yips and yaps?" Sango asked. Shippo sniffed quietly.

"What's going to happen to Kagome?" Shippo cried aloud. Sango turned and gathered the kit in her arms.

"Oh Shippo, InuYasha and Koga won't let anything happen to her." She comforted. InuYasha stopped in the distance. The dust cloud also stopped and settled. Miroku, Sango, and Shippo looked onward with curiosity.