Sesshomaru and the group continued to walk thru the forest. As the sun faded behind the mountains, Sesshomaru finally stopped.
"Its late, we shall stop for the night," Sesshomaru said. Everyone nodded and began to set up camp; it was then Kagome remembered her knapsack.
"Oh shoot" Kagome muttered loud enough for Sesshomaru to hear with his demon senses.
"What is it?" Sesshomaru asked, Kagome jumped a little, surprised that he heard her.
"Oh, I just left my backpack back at camp" Kagome said. Sesshomaru stared at her weirdly. Rin tugged on Kagome's sleeve, and Kagome looked down at her.
"Lady Kagome, what is a backpack?" Rin asked Kagome.
'Right they have no clue what that was, no wonder Sesshomaru was staring at me so weirdly' Kagome looked back at Sesshomaru.
"Its like a sack thing that holds all my traveling gear, I forgot it at Kaede's hut" Kagome explained.
"Oh, well we could…" Sesshomaru began.
"No, I can wait to go back if that's what you were thinking about" Kagome replied. Sesshomaru didn't bat an eye.
"Fine, your loss, I'm going to go see what I can find to eat" Sesshomaru said as he disappeared into the dark forest. Kagome glared at him and watched him leave, she knew this would be an interesting stay with the western lord. She sat down and watched Jaken try to make a fire using the Staff of Heads, but every time he used it, he would burn the wood to a crisp. Rin giggled, Jaken glared at her.
"I would like to see you do better Rin!" Jaken cried, Rin's grin disappeared into a scowl, "That's what I thought".
"Here," Kagome grabbed more firewood and made a tepee shape out of them. She put some dried grass in the middle, grabbed some rocks beside her and started banging them together.
"How will you make a fire with THAT!" Jaken spoke as he sat down and continued to watch Kagome work. Soon the rocks banged together right and sparks flew on the wood and started a little fire. Jaken and Rin stared wide-eyed as Kagome started to add more wood.
"H…How did you do that!" Jaken cried. Kagome looked over at Jaken.
"It's common knowledge to me, but I guess not to you, here, you might want to keep these" Kagome threw the rock at Jaken and he caught them, he looked down at them in wonder.
"But…there just rocks?" Jaken questioned. Kagome smiled.
"Yes they are, but they will be good for future purposes for making fires easier" Kagome replied. Jaken looked up at Kagome and nodded, he went over by Rin and sat down. Rin sat by the fire to warm up while Kagome leaned up against a tree and relaxed as they waited for Sesshomaru to return.
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"Inuyasha please come back to the hut," Miroku begged, looking up at the hanyou sitting in the god tree. Inuyasha glared at the monk.
"Monk, I'm warning you. I'll be fine" Inuyasha muttered and looked up at the moon, it was almost gone and by tomorrow evening, it would be a new moon.
'How will I get thru that without Kagome?' Inuyasha thought.
"Shippo didn't mean what he said," Miroku said.
"Yeah whatever" Inuyasha replied.
"Fine Inuyasha be as stubborn as usual, but tomorrow, your staying in the hut, and you know why". Inuyasha made no comment. Miroku sighed and headed back to the hut. Inuyasha ignored him as he walked away. Inuyasha sighed and lay his head on the tree.
"Ummm Inuyasha?" A voice said out of nowhere,causing Inuyasha to jump, he looked up to see Shippo sitting on the branch above him.
"Oh, It's you squirt" Inuyasha said as he balanced himself back out on the tree. He sat up against the trunk of the tree, cross-legged, "What are you doing out here?". Shippo jumped from the branch onto the branch Inuyasha sat on andsat beside him.
"I came here to apologize, Sango and Miroku told us what happened" Shippo replied. Inuyasha nodded.
"Its okay kid" He replied. Shippo nodded.
"Would it be okay if I stayed out here with you tonight?" Shippo asked. Inuyasha looked down at Shippo and nodded, Shippo grinned and jumped into Inuyasha's lap. Inuyasha smiled, he took of his fire rat jacked off and wrapped it around the kitsune.
"Inuyasha?" yawned Shippo.
"Yeah?"
"Will Kagome come back again?" Shippo asked. Inuyasha froze.
"Yeah, she'd miss you too much Shippo", 'the only one she wouldn't miss would be me' Inuyasha thought.
"Good I miss her" Shippo spoke curling up in Inuyasha's jacket.
"I do too kid".
Soon Inuyasha could hear the steadiness of Shippo's breathing and knew he was asleep. Inuyasha yawned and soon found his eyes becoming heavy and soon sleep consumed him.
Miroku watched the 2 demons from the ground. He smiled.
'If only he would act like that around Lady Kagome' Miroku thought as he walked back to the hut.
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Kagome sat and watched the fire die down. Jaken was asleep not too far from her, drool falling from his mouth as he slightly snored. Rin was asleep, wrapped up in Sesshomaru's tail, leaning against him. Sesshomaru was leaning against a tree also watching the fire die down. Kagome looked up at the sky and saw the full moon.
'The moon's almost gone….wait tomorrow it will be a new moon, Inuyasha will be human!' Kagome thought.
"Is something the matter" Sesshomaru asked. Kagome looked up at him and shook her head.
"No nothing" She replied.
"Well tomorrow were going to head back to the village, you can get your…umm…sack thing" Sesshomaru said. Kagome nodded and looked up and the moon once again as sleep overcame her. Sesshomaru watched her fall asleep.
'If we go back to the village tomorrow, there's a big chance she will stay there, for if I'm correct, it will be when Inuyasha is the most vulnerable, when he turns human. I don't get how he can get thru that once a month. Id die rather than live a human life' Sesshomaru thought. He looked down at the sleeping Rin. He picked her up and put her in his lap, 'And yet, if I hate humans why do I protect her? What is so special from her apart from anybody else?'
The fire cracked the last time and went out.
A/N: Hehe i havent updated in a while, but ya this is what i came up with. Review!