And into his lap.

She slipped right through his fingers. And into his lap.

He looked for her. But she was with him.

She didn't want this to happen. Neither did he.

But it did anyway.

Neither did he.

Inuyasha sighed as the sun rose. He still hadn't heard from Kagome, and Koga hadn't shown around with any sign of her either. Giving up, he threw himself against a large tree and sat there.

'Face it,' he told himself, 'she just doesn't want to be found.' Inuyasha figured this lastly, since there was no scent of her blood or anything. She just didn't want to be near him anymore. Why look for her if she didn't want to be found.

He sighed again and closed his eyes, letting the rising sun wake up his surroundings.

"Stop crying. I didn't mean to upset you. Stop it!" he heard from behind him.

Inuyasha jumped up. Sniffling, he recognized Sesshomaru, and he wasn't alone. With him...it was Kagome! An excited Inuyasha almost ran straight at them, but stopped shortly. Why was Kagome with Sesshomaru? And she was crying. Oh no! Maybe Sesshomaru kidnapped her. He peaked around the tree and spotted the two. His heart fell when he saw Kagome in the arms of Sesshomaru.

"Let me go." Kagome whispered. It was very low, Inuyasha could just barely hear it with his demonic powers. But he knew that Sesshomaru could hear also. He continued to watch, as Sesshomaru refused to let her go.

"No. Stop crying Kagome." Sesshomaru growled this time. Inuyasha figured he was caught now, so he sat and waited for Sesshomaru to come and confront him. He wasn't about to interrupt whatever the hell was going on.

"You said my name." Kagome said, surprised. She stared at Sesshomaru in question, wondering what brought about this change. "You just said my name." she repeated.

Sesshomaru, who seemed to be in a trance growled louder this time. Then he pulled Kagome closer to his body. Almost possessively. Kagome squealed in surprise, wondering what was going on. She felt his chest rumble a bit, then his trance broke and he stared down at her.

"Don't move, human. No matter what, stay here." Sesshomaru warned her. Kagome huffed at his harsh return with the use of the word 'human', but she was ignored as Sesshomaru placed her on the grass and disappeared behind a tree.

'What's going on?' Kagome asked herself.

Sesshomaru stared at Inuyasha, who was growling furiously at him.

"What do you want here, half-breed?"

Inuyasha growled some more. "What are you doing with Kagome?"

Sessomaru's face became that of amusement once more. He found that he's been doing that a lot lately.

"What ever do you mean? I am merely pushing her back to health. I am surprised that you even care."

"What the hell is that supposed to mean!"

Inuyasha lunged at Sesshomaru, but was to slow, and found himself face forward with the ground. Sesshomaru could have laughed at the sight. He didn't.

"Inuyasha?"

Both looked behind them. There Kagome was, watching them with dried tears on her cheeks. She wasn't far from them, but made no attempt at getting any closer.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled. "What happened! Are you okay?"

Before Kagome could even reply to him, Sesshomaru cut in, answering for her.

"Kagome fell off of a cliff. At the time, she's suffering from a minor cold and fever, which," He moved towards Kagome, stuck an arm around her waist and placed a hand on her forehead, "happens to be going down as we speak. Are you hungry?" he asked.

Inuyasha growled loudly, watching Sesshomaru put his hands on Kagome.

"Get the hell off of her!" he screamed.

"And why should I? If I recall it is your fault that she is in this condition. I think it's best that I take care of her. You seem to be only making things worse."

Kagome tried to pull out of Sesshomaru's hold, but he was too strong, as usual. "Let go!" she yelled.

"No." He said.

All three became silent for a few minutes. Each wondering what was going on.

'This human has done something to me. Curses Rin, why?' Sesshomaru wondered.

'If that bastard doesn't get his hands off Kagome, I'll...' Inuyasha thought.

'Why is Sesshomaru acting so weird?' Kagome asked herself.

All of a sudden, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's heads both turned in a different direction. Sesshomaru growled. Inuyasha's face became morbid, and he looked almost pale.

"What?" Kagome asked.

Before she could get an answer, a figure appeared out of the brush.

A tall figure.

With long, dark-raven hair.

Cold eyes.

Cold facial expression.

"Here you are Inuyasha." she said.