Disclaimer: This is the last time I'm going to write this. I do not own Inuyasha.

Chapter 11

A Sweet Surprise

The sun glistened off the early morning dewdrops that were spread out over all of the plants in the forest. Miroku opened his eyes slowly looking down upon whom he held in his arms. Sango was resting her head on his chest, sleeping soundly there all night. Enjoying this moment Miroku neither moved or made a sound and just sat there for a few minutes until Inuyasha returned to the campsite.

"What are you all doing still sleeping? We have to go save Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled startling Shippo and Sango from their slumber. Shippo jumped up in surprise while Sango sat up quickly, almost hitting Miroku in the process. "What was that for Inuyasha?" Miroku asked. He was upset that Inuyasha cause Sango to move away from him. "It's getting late and we need to save Kagome! The faster we get there.... the.... the less likely she'll be hurt." Inuyasha told him.

"Oh Inuyasha, I'm sure Kagome-chan is fine." Sango comforted him. "I don't care what you think. I know differently." Inuyasha argued. Ever since Kagome had been taken away everyone, especially Inuyasha had become easily agitated and gloomy. Even Shippo wasn't his normal cheerful self. He considered Kagome his surrogate mother and he just wouldn't be able to lose another mother.

Inuyasha continued on westward towards his brother's domain. Sango, Miroku, Kiara and Shippo following behind him. Nobody saying a word to anyone else, but that didn't stop Miroku from occasionally glancing over at Sango. When Sango would catch him looking she would just smile and watch red tinge his face at the embarrassment of being caught.

They had walked till about high noon when a strong demon aura sped towards them. A whirl of dust and debris stopped in front of Inuyasha revealing a wolf demon, a prince to be more exact. "What are you doing here, worthless wolf?" "I came to rescue my woman from you dog face." He answered. "Inuyasha, Kouga-kun, will you two quit it already!" Sango stepped in-between them before they ended up destroying each other. "Besides Kouga-sama, Kagome is gone. She was kidnapped by Sesshomaru-sama." Miroku added. "Well it looks dog face can't protect her. I don't see why she just doesn't come with me and by my mate. I can protect her." After that Kouga left in a hurry back to his clan in the Southern Lands.

Sunlight filtered through the translucent ivory curtains in the room where Kagome was currently being held captive, the rays warming her skin and waking her up. She sat up in her bed only to find out that she had a visitor sleeping next to her. She recognized her visitor as the little girl she met in the hallway the other day. She looked down at her a smiled. The girl seemed so young and innocent; she wondered how and why the taiyouki kept her around.

The little girl started moving around and Kagome could hear her breathing become more rapid and her heart rate increase. The little girl fluttered her warm brown eyes open and stared into Kagome's feline-like honey brown ones.

"Rin says good morning and would like to know who you are pretty lady." The girl told her. "I'm Kagome." She told her. "When you are talking about yourself you use I instead of your name." "Oh..." Rin thought about it for a minute. "Rin...I mean, I like to pick flowers. Do you?" she asked. "I do. How come you slept in my bed last night? Does Sesshomaru know that you are in here?" Kagome questioned. "Sesshomaru-sama does not know that I am in here. Rin slept in here last because I was afraid." She told the older girl. 'Well at least she saying I sometimes.' Kagome thought. "Oh well I..."

At that moment Sesshomaru opened the door to Kagome's room finding his ward and prisoner talking merrily on her bed. "Rin, what are you doing in here. Didn't I say that you were to not come here?" Sesshomaru stated, emotionless as always. "But I had a bad dream. I didn't want to go to Jakan because he smells and your room is too far away." Rin told him and got out of the bed. She ecstatically ran over to him a grabbed a hold of his leg. "Rin. Go find Jakan." He told her. "Ok Sesshomaru-sama." She replied, letting go of his leg and slipping past him out the door.

"She does anything you tell her to." Kagome said to nobody in particular. "That is because she knows obedience. Unlike a certain demoness who needs to learn." Sesshomaru told her. "Oh..." Kagome said quietly bowing her head slightly. "Sesshomaru...I need to ask you something." Kagome waited anxiously to see if he would allow her or not. "What is it that you would like to ask Kagome?" He asked her, somewhat surprised by her boldness. "Yesterday, that kiss. Did it mean anything?" she asked him and kept her head down the entire time.

It made Sesshomaru think. He didn't know what came over him at that exact moment. Normally he is able to easily calm his need for the affection of another and didn't allow many7 to get to close to his heart. Ever since Rin had shown him kindness that he had never known before, he began to feel emotions new to him. Sadness, worry, love, none of which he was ever shown before. It puzzled him. How could one small human do such a thing? Now this demoness that sat before had shown him something else that was foreign to him, being confused.

Kagome interrupted his thoughts. "It's just that I don't want to be hurt again. My father died and Inuyasha betrayed me. I don't think that I can handle loving another man and then let him leave me." The scent of salt hit his nose. 'She is crying?' He thought. Confused at what he should do, Sesshomaru closed the door with his tail, which he kept slung over his shoulder and walked slowly towards Kagome as to not frighten her. He sat down on the bed next to her and gently pulled her towards him. Kagome wrapped her arms around him and cried onto his chest. He wrapped his arms around her and did his best to comfort her. Whatever that filthy half-breed did to her must have been awful, although he could relate to losing a parent.

"Kagome, what do you mean by having another man hurt you?" Sesshomaru asked after he was certain that she stopped crying. "Sesshomaru... I...I don't know why or how but somehow I've fallen in love with you."

Author's note and review responses.

Ok, I'm going to be mean and leave you all with a little cliffhanger. There is one thing that I think you all should know. Sesshomaru is a character that we don't see much of therefore I believe that us fanfic writers should have the freedom of being able to change him over time throughout the story without out being OOC. Thank you very much and that's all for now.

Kayla- Thank you so much. Don't worry I plan on finishing this story as long as I continue getting reviews.

kilala92- Thanks a million! Your review helped me out of my writer's block! Like I said to Kayla, I plan on finishing this story as long as I continue to get reviews.

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Raiyushin Takaniru- Ok, please don't take any offense to this but I believe that the author of a fanfic involving Sesshomaru, should be able to change him over time. From going to an icy demon to whatever they please. This is simply because not too much is known about him.