Chapter 2

Together in the cave

and meeting the little girl!

Another two hours of talking about her knowledge of books, history and her friends… "I'm sorry lord Sesshoumaru but I cant possibly walk another step" he growled inakwardly "we cannot stop and rest here this is a passing zone for roaming demons I would have no defense here being able to be surrounded on any side we cant stop"

But she decided to ignore him and sat down on the path. He turned around "it is not safe her now come!" he insisted "I cant my feet feel like their going to fall off I cant walk another step"

He growled at her grabbing her arm he yanked her up off the ground "walk" he barked she did but then she fell and he made no move to catch her "come on get up" she tried but just as she put pressure on her left ankle she felt back and screamed this time he did catch her "I swear human bones are so weak"

"sorry" he picked her up to where she was facing him with her legs at his hips and arms around his shoulders "this is so degrading" "I'm sorry.. I didn't mean to " she said sadly 'I letting him down now too'

"You could not have known you would injure yourself tho now we must seek a place to slumber for the night" she laid her head upon his shoulder and let out a deep breath sadly staring at him "…Inuyasha" a tear slid down her face her heart was truly broken.

He looked down at her "when I look at you I still see him his golden eyes, his beautiful silvery hair…Inuyasha" she closed her eyes and tears rolled down her cheeks "how can this feeling of love be so good if it brings so much pain to you?"

"Because if you never love you can never no what its like to be so happy all you can do is smile…waking up so happy you want to sing, feeling like your safe…feeling like no matter what you wont be …alone" another tear fell" and then suddenly in a blink of a eye its gone and you feel.. Lost, alone, afraid, sad and heart broken but you still are grateful you got the chance to love.. him"

her words they actually saddened him "we shall talk more about this feeling another day" she laid her head back down "thank you Sess-lor-" "Sesshoumaru is fine for now" she smiled and soon drifted off to sleep.

'I don't understand this love how could pure happiness turn into such sorrow so fast. In none of the books or scrolls did it say anything like this I think I am glad that I will never have to learn what love feels like'

After about another hour of running threw the forest he found a decent cave to shelter them for the night. But the air in the cave was freezing and the clothing she had on she would not make it threw the night. He honestly didn't see how she could wear that he sat in the back corner of the cage and then proceeded to wake her up "human" she groaned and moved closer to his neck. "female"

He got no response again except her rubbing her nose up against the crook of his neck

"…five more minutes Inuyasha" 'she is sleep talking?' "wake up" he said a bit more loudly. "huh!" she said lifting her head and looking around.

It was cold and dark "Sesshoumaru where are we?" "safe" but she didn't feel safe "its so dark" "point?" she looked up at him his eyes had a slight glow it was so… "pretty" he glanced at her "what" she shook her head "Nothing its just your eye's have a sort of glow to them its pretty is all"

she got off of him and sat beside him bringing her knee's to her chin her arms wrapped around them "Sesshoumaru" "what?" he said with his usual icy voice "Why did you hate him so much" he looked at the entrance to the cave it was starting to rain "His mother was the reason my mother left. He was the reason she didn't come back."

she looked down but only saw darkness "sorry" he looked at her "it dose not matter being who I am I was not allowed to care a lord should not show his feelings good or bad or it shows the enemy your weaknesses"

She stared into the darkness "didn't you have any friends" "No" "why" "my father said it was not allowed to socialize with lower level demons and the lords and lady's children …wouldn't talk to me when inuyasha was around but seeing how it was my job to watch him as eldest brother I just choused to ignore them"

"ohh did you always hate him?" he looked at her "get some sleep human because hurt or not we leave tomorrow" "ok" she laid down but the ground was so cold she jumped back up into a sitting position she grabbed her arrow case noticing the sword was still their 'he didn't take it ..wow wonder why'

She grabbed it and sat back down beside him "Why are you not asleep?" "It's way too cold!" she squeaked "I thought that it would be to cold for a human to sleep and as it seems I was right" she glared at him "I have a name you know!" he glanced at her.

"It might help if I knew it" she smiled "It's kagome" 'kagome' he smiled a little bit but never showed his teeth. but even that little bit of emotion didn't last long" you need to get some rest" he took off the top part of his outfit and dropped it on her.

"now go to sleep miko" he said in a harsh tone. she gladly accepted the peace of warmth and fell asleep thinking of inuyasha and snuggling close to his sword. Sesshoumaru on the other hand was keeping watch but every once in a while his guard would change from the entrance to the young miko beside him.

'I should have killed her' he sighed she was very intelligent for a human he couldn't see how someone as intelligent as this miko would travel with such a outcast and idiot as Inuyasha. Maybe he was mistaken about her.

Or maybe she saw something in his half-brother that he didn't regardless he didn't like being left in the dark and tho her company with him may be short he would get all his answer's before she left.

So far she told him about stars and her little adopted son Shippo and their journey's, but she did her best to not mention Inuyasha. But being he was always with her that was so wasn't easy so she just described shippo's personality and the monk and his bad habits.

Also about a little twin tail that followed them. It was all interesting yet confusing at the same time. A demon exterminator with a twin tail as a pet, a monk that's only practice was lechery, A fox cub being adopted by a miko a feared enemy to the demons…

"strange" he murmured to himself, he looked back down at her 'maybe while she is at the castle she can explain to me the behaviors of a human girl, lately rin has been acting…strange and her scent was changing' maybe she could prove useful after all.

He spent the rest of the night staring at the entrance to the cave until the first sight of the sun showed over the amazingly tall trees "wake miko its time for us to take our leave of this filthy cave" she just made a groaning sound and stayed their he growled

' waking this human is like getting rin to stop talking to breath impossible' "Woman wake this instant!" she just turned and faced her back to him he growled again he knew she wasn't asleep her breathing was not as calm as it was 'she's not going to get up till I address her by her name' "we must go" she didn't respond

'I will not let her have her way with me' he ripped his shirt off of her standing he put it back on "stay here if you wish it then" and he started to walk to the entrance of the cave "It wouldn't kill you to show kindness you jerk!" he turned his head to glare at her out of the corner of his eye.

"I'll pretend I never heard you say that last part" and he walked out. Grabbing the arrow case with sword in it she got up but she had it upside down and everything fell out she looked down and grabbed the sword and then saw his rosary with a letter on it 'I took that necklace off him the night before the battle with Naruku'

she put the sword in the arrow case and slung it over her shoulder. She then grabbed the necklace and the letter and ran to catch up with Sesshoumaru. When she did she looked down at the necklace running her fingers over the purple beads.

The necklace reminded her so much of him every time she saw him she would she it. It was special to him weather it was in a good or bad way. She put it on knowing that the spell on the beads was gone. Sesshoumaru looked behind him to see what he was doing and saw her wearing Inuyasha's cursed necklace he then saw a letter in her hands and decided it best to give her space.

She opened the letter and looked at it. It was hand written by Inuyasha…

Dear Kagome,

I know that you probably wont find my letter until I leave and join Kikyo in hell. This letter is to let you know that know matter what you may think of me right now I did all of it to keep from hurting you, and that I wish there was a way I could stay here and not go with her but she refuses to return to the land of the dead unless I join her…

I know you don't like this neither do I but my time to walk this earth ended over 50 years ago with Kikyo even if I was only under a spell that day I was meant to sleep forever in that place never to awaken. And then you came and changed all that and me well as much as I could allow anyways I just want you o be happy Kagome even tho I didn't show my feelings for you until the end I had them since the beginning. I know this letter may not sound like something I would said but that's why I wrote it you and I both know I could never bring myself to say this to you face to face. And I know without you I could have never defeated Naruku you gave me my courage and strength you also gave me friends the life you gave me was so special to me . You gave me friends ,Shippo as annoying as he was is like a son in a way to me , you also gave me a chance to love again. I know I am so very lucky I got the chance to love you. If I could be selfish just one last time I would not go with her but as I said you have changed me. Please forgive me and understand why I made this choice and tell the group I'm going to be fine.

I love you so much Kagome,

Inuyasha

She looked at the letter again and smiled she didn't feel as bad now ' I never knew Inuyasha had a side like that it was so honest, and caring' she carefully folded the letter back up and placed it neatly in a pocket hidden in her skirt.

She then ran up to Sesshoumaru and started walking beside him. Not bothering to look at her "…are you alright miko?" she looked up at him "I now know he is happy so yes I think I am" "last night when we were talking about history and I was wondering how you knew so much at such a alarmingly young age" she sighed " how did I know this question would come up…"

"well…believe it or not I'm from 500 years in the future.. Now wait before you start with the impossible and are you a sorcerer because no I'm not I'm a average 19 year old girl" she looked at him to make sure it was ok to go on with her story of how she knew so much about history. He looked very interested.

"well on my 17th birthday I was on my way to school she my family we live in a house right by the sacred tree and we also own a shrine where we tell the legend of the shikon no tama because where I come from demons and magic is all a fairy tale told to kids.."

"Anyways on my way to school my little brother stopped me and told me our cat buyo ran into the well house and he was to scared to go get him. See our grandpa said it was forbidden to go in their and he would tell us about the mistress centipede and how her bones were buried in that well and so we should not go in there or we might wake the sleeping soul that recedes in the well but I never believed any of it"

"..and I went in anyways we heard a noise and the next thing I new the centipede had grabbed me and taken me with her into the well it was a purple light all around us and she kept telling me to give her the jewel and at the time I didn't know what she meant and then she licked me and it creped me out.."

She looked at him and he half way smirked and she huffed "continue" "well I shoved her off of me and my hand glowed and one of her arms was scorched off at first I thought it was a dream when I landed back in the well but then I saw her pale pasty white arm still on my shoulder then I yelled for grandpa and sota but known answered I just thought maybe Sota ran off scared but when I climbed out of the well I saw a huge field and then not long after I met your brother who ended up trying to kill me and he like you wouldn't say my name"

She touched the necklace "I put this on him to keep him from killing me during our hunt for the jewel shards remember I told you how that happened already." he nodded "anyways after a while I noticed I didn't need the necklace to keep him from killing me but to sit his but into the ground when he was being a jerk"

she giggled "I'm surprised the necklace lasted threw all of the times I sat him" Sesshoumaru nodded having seen her sit him quite a few times he started feeling bad for the ground.

"miko" "M'lord?" she said sarcastically he grunted but continued "There are certain rules…one must follow in the castle-" she put on a sad face "aww what no purifying your guards?" she said innocently.

"Yes that would be one. You must not wander out side the castle unless I accompany you for there are people who would slaughter you to see my reaction, even tho I would not even lose a seconds thought" she glared at him "as-" "Two you must treat me with respect and act as a lady would. I shall not how you disgracing my lands you are a guest and should act as such…Also you are not to wear such revealing clothing on your stay here is that clear?" this time she grunted but nodded

"you will give your dress size and measurements to my seamstresses" "fine" she grumbled and then not 2 minutes later they were walking past the guards at the gate entrance to his castle they strode past the guards like they owned them all and in a way it was true he did own them all…

they walked past what she thought was an amazing garden half way to the castle doors there were two fountains one on either sides and paths going around them the castle itself was made of gray stones it was so tall it seemed almost endless looking at it from the ground.

And then one of the doors opened to the castle and a young 'human' girl ran outside and dashed to Sesshoumaru where she proceeded to latch onto his leg "your back my lord this one is so glad to she you" he put his hand on the back of her head and smiled "Rin I would like you to meet our newest guest Lady Kagome" Rin squealed

"Hi Lady Kagome I'm Rin! Do you want to play with Rin? Do you like Rin? Why is your dress so short? Will you be my mommy? Do you think I'm pretty? What's your favorite color?"

"umm I would love to! Yes you seem very sweet, it got ripped? I don't know, yes, blue"

She smiled as wide as her little mouth would allow showing her missing tooth and then running back inside. 'wow I thought I could go 90 to nothing she beat me'….