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Chapter 8

No one knew which was more weird, the thought that Sesshoumaru was acting civil or that Kagome was staying with him, possibly only alive because of him. The conversations for the walk up to the house pretty much consisted of "Uh, yeah." Miroku had started to wonder if he had died and this was hell.

"Believe it or not, Sesshoumaru has been fairly hospitable." Shippo gave her a look of disbelief, but continued to follow through the hall. "He's been the one looking over my recovery. Rin stays here as well." They all gave her a confused look. "Rin is a little girl. A human. She was killed by wolves and Sesshoumaru used Tenseiga to bring her back, and she's been by his side ever since." Kagome giggled, thinking of the gap toothed smile the girl had. "Jaken of course is on his 'Humans are animals' cloud, but I've really grown to like it here, as long as everyone's in a good mood. Sesshoumaru does have a temper."

"This is wrong." Sango muttered, shaking her head lightly. Miroku agreed quietly.

Kagome ended the walk in a room with two large couches and six chairs, possibly a conference room. Everyone sat, except Shippo who lay down on Kagome's lap. "It's so grand. I always figured Sesshoumaru to be the type with no home. The earth itself his place." Kagome nodded, and Miroku had missed the thought, being too engrossed in the chair he was in. Kagome looked at Sango. "So, how did you find Miroku?"

Sango cleared her throat. "Well, we'd gone on about a third of a kilometer, and I realised I couldn't just leave like that. I had to make amends. We walked back, but you were gone. Shippo found your scent and lead us to where you were. By the time we'd gotten there, You were halfway up the hill, and Miroku was unconscious, so I took him back to the village with us. It took a while to get him to the point where he could eat, about three days of smashing food," Sango seemed to distance herself there," but eventually he came back to us." That must have been hard on her, because Sango looked very far away, as if she were reliving it in her head.

Shippo continued. "He almost didn't make it. At first he refused to drink, but Sango was eventually able to get through to him. Me and Kohaku did a lot of food searching! I'm really good at it now!" The little fox exclaimed, a beaming smile on his face, and Kagome couldn't help but to scratch on his head. He seemed content with this, and lay back down."Miroku?" Kagome was wondering what he had to say about this.

His face fell a bit, and an embarrassed look crossed his face. "I'm sorry for putting you all through that. I hadn't meant to hurt any of you, but I guess the thoughts in my head couldn't allow me continue alone. I'm used to having people there for me, and for myself to be the one others could come to. I apologise for my actions." Kagome smiled at him. "As long as you promise never to do that again!" The embarrassment got worse. "Of course. So, how have things been with you?"

Kagome told them everything. About the well, her mother's house, and the previous night. Everyone looked disturbed about the previous night. "Are you sure he didn't take advantage of you?" Sango asked. "I was being friendly with him under the influence, I'm pretty sure he didn't have to. After InuYasha showed up, I probibly seduced him!" And Kagome began to laugh and everyone around her looked horrified yet again.

Soon Dinnertime came, and Kagome took them all to the kitchen and began preparing food. This was the first time in a very long time she got to cook for all of them over something besides a bonfire, so she went overboard. A huge tray of sashimi, Shrimp fried rice, beef chow mein, chicken teriyaki and to top it off, fried bread. She had Sango escort her to Sesshoumaru's room, and he followed them at a distance to the dining room. Shippo and Miroku had brought the food out, along with tea, so they all sat to eat.

After a moment Kagome noticed Miroku looked lost in thought. "What are you thinking?" Miroku looked terrified under her eye, so she gestured for him to speak. He turned to look at Sesshoumaru. "Are you sure she didn't take advantage of you while you were drunk?" Kagome turned three shades of red, and Sesshoumaru looked at her, his face completely confused. "Why, had she wanted to?" Sango spit out what was in her mouth, and began laughing hysterically, and Shippo fell off his chair, holding his sides. Miroku wasn't sure that was an answer, but he said nothing else.

Sesshoumaru finished first, and stood to leave the room. "Kagome, please remember you have to rest to heal properly. I also amend my previous words, Your cub may stay with you. There's a spare room next to yours. I'll be up later to check your wounds." Kagome noticed the tinge of guilt as he said wounds. He turned and walked away.

Kagome turned to look at Shippo. "Would you like to stay with me, Or would you feel better at Sangos?" Shippo looked between the two for a bit before asking "Sango, will you visit often?"

"Of course!" Sango smiled. It was obvious that she only wanted him to be happy, and for that everyone was. They walked to the front room chatting about the next visit. Kagome was sad to see them go, but knew Sango had Kohaku to go home to. Miroku was going to stay by Sango's side till they died. Kagome knew this. Even if they hid their feelings for each other for the rest of their lives, He'd always be there. Kagome waved at them, Shippo beside her, and they waved back till they were out of sight, and she reluctantly closed the door.

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