A/N: Okay I am back with Chapter three; I love all of the loyal fans I have. Anyway remember to read and review, and check out my other story Family Curse: Sesshomaru's Time I think I did pretty well on that one, but hey no one cares about that so on with this story! Enjoy!

Chapter Three---
Of Demons and Trouble----

Kagome swallowed the lump in her throat, and checked back at the entrance of the cave to see if their two demon pursuers were still after them. Sesshomaru took a heavy fall and was still unconscious; therefore she had no real protection. Not to mention my protection might kill me for his armor being ruined she thought. Inuyasha certainly wouldn't help the situation, but that was okay, he would be out of the picture soon enough and Shippo and her friends would be safe. She looked at Sesshomaru from her spot across from him and sighed.

Dawn was near, and so were those two demons. Sesshomaru was showing signs of waking, like he would moan every once in awhile, but that was it. We are so screwed she thought miserably. Kagome crawled over to the entrance of the hole, and slipped out. The stars were starting to lose their shine, and the night was slowly fading into dawn. The air was still nippy though, and it smelled fresh.

She went back up the slight slope and went to go pick up a piece of armor when she saw movement from Sesshomaru. She gasped and shuffled over to him, when she got to him she examined his state. His face was pinched in what looked like an effort to open his eyes, and his body suddenly tensed. With great delight, Kagome saw his eyes slowly open and examine where he was.

His gaze finally rested on her and he tried to sit up. "Ow." He gasped and clutched his stomach lying back down. "Where am I?" He asked looking around him once more. She smiled brightly at him, relieved that he was awake and answered him, "When you foolishly jumped off that cliff I had to get you out of sight and into this little hole, but the two demons chasing us are coming at dawn, so do you think you can run and get out of here?"

Sesshomaru scowled at her for just a moment then put his emotionless mask back on. "They come at dawn?" He asked as more of verification than anything. She nodded almost reluctantly and went to sorting out some things.

Kagome came back over to his side and gently lifted up his pant leg. Sesshomaru immediately jumped up and grasped her hand from going any further. "No," he growled at her. She scowled at him and set the supplies down, then slowly turned to him.

"You have a wound and I need to heal it," she said in forced calm. He scowled at her.

"It can heal on its own," he said in the same tone as hers.

"But I have to help it go faster," she bit back a little more sourly than before.

"I say I don't need your help," he snapped, "now bring me my armor and we can get out of here." He noticed the change in her facial expression, from angry to worry. He could see her mind ticking on what to tell him. What confused him was why should she need to tell him an excuse. She didn't lose his favorite set of armor…did she?

"You don't need it," she finally said adding a little nervous laugh. He cocked one eyebrow then replied almost calmly, "Oh yes…I do." She shook her head rapidly, obviously saying that he didn't. Now he was getting frustrated.

"I need my armor," he said calmly but the anger and frustration nearly dripped off his words, "now bring them to me so we can get out of here!" She swallowed and directly at him, but he didn't miss the movement where she hid something behind her back.

"The sooner you give me my armor the sooner we get out of here," he stated icily. He could clearly see the nervous sweat she was producing now.

"I like it here," she said, "why don't we just stay?" He scowled at her then in a quick movement ripped out the object behind her back. It was a metal plate full of dirt, and the sides were chipped and it felt a little rusty. "What is this?" He half asked, half demanded.

Kagome gulped and took out the other pieced she had used and carefully laid them out in front of him. He looked at their same, nasty, ugly state curiously, and looked back up at her. "It's your armor, don't you recognize it?" She asked nervously, and laughed anxiously. He looked back down at the once polished, expensive, strong, beautiful armor that he was proud to call his. Now, it was grimy, dirty, chipped, cut, scratched, and seemed to be growing strange substances.

"This…is…my…" he started to say but seemed he couldn't finish it. Kagome smiled brightly and said, "Look on the bright side; because of your armor I was able to heal you." He looked at her and back down at his armor, then repeated the process about 5 times.

Kagome gasped and went over to the entrance of the little hole, it was dawn! The demons were surely to come and look into their hiding place today! She pulled on Sesshomaru's hand as a gesture to get up; she didn't want to risk speaking in case they were out there. He kept a calm face on but inside he was confused, what was she so worked up about anyway?

He got up on his good leg and leaned on his other to test it out. It throbbed painfully, but she did a good job healing it; he would be fine for a get away if it were to come to that. He followed her to the entrance of the cave and waited for her to give the okay that it was time to go. He sniffed the air to make sure everything was fine. Two demons were heading this way, and they were here before, he could smell the lingering stench from each of them.

"Two demons are coming," he said. She nodded and walked over to him. "I think we better leave," she said and accepted the offer for a piggyback ride to get away from here. He gave off a burst of speed and they were off. Kagome noticed that he was skillfully avoiding trees, bushes, and puddles without even slowing down.

"Sesshomaru," she called over the wind, "please no more jumping off hills to avoid the bad guys." He scowled at her and was about to protest that that was the smartest option there when he smelled humans near by. Maybe they had a bow and arrow Kagome could use to fight with, if he remembered correctly she was skilled with that weapon.

Sure enough a bon fire was up ahead and human thieves were drinking and playing with some pair of dice. The shouting was bugging his ears, but he pressed on and let go of Kagome's left leg to reach out and grab and borrow-or steal. He raced by in a blur and swiped up the weapons, handing them back to Kagome.

"I can't use my sword carrying you," Sesshomaru informed, "you'll have to clear a path for me yourself." She nodded and got a bow ready. Sesshomaru continued to run when a large demon came seemingly out of no where and swiped his giant claws down at them.

Kagome aimed as best she good and shot her arrow. The purified arrow pierced the demons heart and he cried out a screech of pain. Sesshomaru sighed and continued to run. On the short journey they encountered many demons and Kagome killed them but her arrows were running low and she was beginning to feel tired.

Sesshomaru smelled another human camp, but they never got there to steal the bows and arrows. A large blast knocked them both to the ground, and Sesshomaru hissed in pain as his leg burned. Kagome got up and looked around to see what happened, but a cold voce echoed throughout the clearing around them.

"Well brother," it said sourly just as Shakus stepped up, "I found you at last."

A/N: Short I know but I had to write this, my parents are having friends over for a BBQ and it will be hectic, anyway see you next time on chapter four. Remember read and review, no flames just suggestions would be nice