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Author's note: This chapter is mostly fluffy filling. A lot has to happen to Sesshomaru and Kagome in the storyline, so this chapter will be just about them… (gets hit with large rubber mallets)

Chapter 14

"I can keep up with you! At least let me try!"

"No human, we shall waste time and energy over this annoying dispute you've insisted upon."

"What part of I can keep up with you did you not get through your royal skull!" Sesshomaru looked upon the severely ticked-off miko with disdain. This was getting really annoying.

"You should do well to respect me, wench." Sesshomaru said as he slowly walked toward her, a towering, calm, figure standing above a short, high-strung, bird-like girl. Kagome did not back down, in fact, she raised her shoulders and stared him in the eyes. She had gone full demon now, Sesshomaru could see, but her eyes were not blood red, instead they glowed electric blue. She seemed taller now, Sesshomaru noticed, and she held herself with controlled anger. The eyes stared back at him, and he could not move.

"My name is Kagome. You will not address me as anything above it, or below it. I resist from using more colorful means to get the point across. The next time you call me 'wench' I shall not be so forgiving." She said in an overly calm voice. Her power, both miko and demon, was radiating out from her. Not in a careless manner, but in a way that said that the owner of this power was quite able to use it. Sesshomaru was shocked by the strength and the confidence in her voice. It would've made any lesser demon run, but Sesshomaru was attracted to it. She smelled like a perfect oleander, the smell beautiful and enticing, but also deadly. How could one so small and helpless be so confident in their power? –Humph, just a lowly demon right?- said his conscience with a snide tone, but for once, the Taiyoukai ignored it, he could not back away from those eyes… Kagome's eyes snapped shut then widened as she stumbled backwards. She let out a not so ladylike word as she fell. Gentle arms broke her fall. She turned upwards and peered through her wings. 'He caught me!' Kagome thought with a sudden out-of-the-blue smile. Realizing that she was still in his arms she quickly jumped out.

"Ummm…" she said as she blushed. Sesshomaru did not notice he was having trouble with his thoughts: 'I am not about to do this, I won't do this. I, Sesshomaru will not give in and let her…'

"I shall give you one chance to keep up with me." He said coldly, and he forced himself not to thaw as she lit up with another dazzling smile. Sesshomaru turned away from her. "We will be passing my half-brother on the way there." Kagome's smile turned to a frown.

"Well, I…" she was cut off by a sudden whoosh, Sesshomaru had started running! Kagome reverted back to her ticked-off look and harrumphed as she sped after him. 'Agh! He's still so far ahead of me, I can't beat him in pure speed…' she thought as she kept running, 'I wonder… Can I use my miko abilities to speed me up?' Kagome, being a curious person, looked down at her feet and willed her power to speed them up. Well, it worked… sort of.

"WHOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAA!"

Sesshomaru smirked, she was miles away. She could never catch up to him… His ears picked up a yell, he frowned and turned around to see what had caused the noise.

That was a mistake.

Crash! Kagome had been moving so fast, even Sesshomaru's reflexes couldn't save him. Kagome plummeted into his stomach and the two demons flew for about 15 meters before Sesshomaru put his foot down, effectively stopping them. He stood up straight very quickly as Kagome bounced off of him, not having stopped, and landed with a small oomph sound flat on her butt. She was very silent for a few seconds with her head bent down. 'She's going to cry!' he thought anxiously, -Why do you care? - His thoughts were interrupted yet again by Kagome raising her head, looking at him, and bursting out into hysterical laughter.

"Hahaa… You should've… snort seen the look … on your face! I can… keep up with you!" Kagome said, gasping for breath. The Taiyoukai arched one silver eyebrow. –Maybe she hit her head too hard…- Sesshomaru looked at the sun, it wasn't high in the sky anymore, they should get moving. He glanced at the miko who was laying spread eagle in the grass, still breathing hard. 'It seems I have ignored something useful about her. Her wings… bird youkai are known to be able to fly quickly.' –Quickly? They're the fastest youkai known!-

"Kagome," Sesshomaru said, Kagome had managed to get her breath back by now, "Use your wings to keep up with me. And if you crash into me again, the consequences will be serious." Kagome rolled her eyes.

"Serious now?" she said in a mocking tone. Sesshomaru turned around to see Kagome with her hands on her hips… in midair. "Come on Sesshomaru! Don't you ever have any fun?" Sesshomaru looked back at her coldly.

"I do not have time for fun."

"You should! Geez, you get so tense it's hard to imagine why you can plan a war."

"…"

"Do you know how to play tag?"

"Tag?" 'Idiotic as it may seem, she has a point. I often get too stressed to be able to think clearly.'

"Yes. Tag is a game where you try to catch each other. You try to make the other person 'it'. Alright, let's say I'm 'it', I try to catch you, if I succeed, you are 'it', and you do the same." Kagome said confidently. 'He looks so cute when he's thinking…' Kagome thought, then she mentally slapped herself, 'Stop it, Kagome!' Sesshomaru nodded that he would try the stupid game. Kagome beamed. "Alright, I'm it!' Kagome immediately sped after Sesshomaru, who smirked and dodged. Kagome whipped around and sped toward him again. His smirk grew and he dodged again. Kagome looked frustrated. Then she smirked. Sesshomaru cocked an eyebrow in curiosity. There was a flash of blue miko power and he was knocked down, Kagome on top of him. She giggled. "You're it!" She ran away a blue blur. Sesshomaru chased her through the field and through a small forest, he kept very quiet. Kagome slowed down, thinking she had lost him. Sesshomaru smirked and tackled her. Kagome squeaked then grinned.

"You don't have to tackle me!"

"I didn't realize I wasn't supposed to." They both stayed in that position, neither of them really wanting to move. 'He has the most gorgeous eyes… They're like gold ice… Geez, nice metaphor there, Kagome.' She thought. But no one could pay her to move, she was not going anywhere. Meanwhile Sesshomaru was having a mental battle. His mind was saying to get away from the filthy creature, but his instincts told him not to. Just then, a crunching of leaves signaled the arrival of someone else. They had both been so distracted they hadn't heard anyone come up. The last person they wanted to see came up, and a red haori appeared in front of them.

End of Chapter

Again, I'm sorry if that sucked, but I've been having a brain cramp, plus I haven't been able to use the computer. So please don't kill me, though if you feel the need to kill something, please use this Kikyo doll. –drops Kikyo doll into angry mob and watches as bits of fluff come up- Oy. I'll try to update sooner…