A/N: I got the next chapter up! It's all about InuYasha, Rath, Kagome, and Cesia really, I have the basic outline of the story but most of what I've posted I didn't plan on making a full chapter. So this whole thing might be a little longer than I was hoping. But I've gotten some really awesome reviews so if all of you can just click that button and review, even if it's just a couple words, please do! It helps! Thanks to all of you who do review, it really helps me get excited about writing! R&R!

Disclaimer: I wish I owned InuYasha and Dragon Knights, but I don't, I just love to write about them!

Everyone one was asleep except InuYasha and Rath. Both had spent most the night glaring at each other, mentally daring the other to draw their sword, preparing themselves to destroy the other Yokai. Rath still telling himself all demons were evil and this one was no exception. InuYasha refusing to fall for this boy's tricks, he was young and evil, InuYasha could sense it, this was no normal human, and he was not nearly as innocent as appeared.

Kagome was first to wake up in the morning, yawning as she spoke, "Don't tell me you two stayed up all night fighting. Can't you get along with anyone."

"And what would have happened if I hadn't stayed up. He probably would have murdered all of you in your sleep." InuYasha crossed his arms growling at the boy in front of him, "He's a bloodthirsty demon."

"InuYasha, of all people I thought at least you would have learned not all demons are evil by now."

"I never said they all were, but he is. You say him attack me with that sword of his! Why are you on his side all of the sudden!"" InuYasha looked even more stubborn than before. He couldn't believe Kagome was taking this violent, young demons side instead of his. She had done the same thing to Koga, why did she never trust him, why did she continually side against him? "Do you just bend to the will of any guy who walks by and smiles sweetly!"

"What do you know! Maybe if you had some sense in that empty head of yours you'd know I don't always side against you, you just do some really dumb things!"

" Me! You're the one who-"

InuYasha was cut off by Rath's matter-of-fact voice, "You two fight a lot."

"Do not!" The two said in union, blushing afterwards.

"Oh come on," Rath continued, "it's obvious you like each other. Maybe you'd get somewhere if you weren't yelling at each other all the time. Even I can see that."

InuYasha and Kagome looked at him shocked, then back at each other. Of course both of them new Rath was right and yet neither of them would ever admit it. Besides, InuYasha had chosen Kikyo, hadn't he, he couldn't care for her to, could he. The two turned away from each other in silence.

And Rath, proud that he had stopped the arguing and was right about the two "companions" decided to add a proud comment to the silence, "How come everyone stops talking when they know you're right?"

This comment had pushed InuYasha to far, "Maybe you should have stopped while you were ahead demon. I'm taking you down. You're nothing but dangerous to anyone here. Prepare yourself."

"You're touchy." Rath replied.

"Shut up and fight demon!"

"I'm not a demon! Look at me, do I look like a demon to you!" Rath was sick of this Yokai continually calling him the thing he despised most. He was no demon, that side of him would never escape again, he promised himself, never again.

"Don't try to play tricks, I know what you are, you don't fool me with that disguise! Fight me!" InuYasha was determined to take this demon down, he had no concern how the other was feeling toward his proposal.

Rath had gotten good at this, he could be in agonizing pain, someone he loved could have died in his arms, and his face would remain emotionless. Not a tear escaped his eye, not a tremble vibrated through his body, he didn't dare let InuYasha's distrust in him affect him at all. Rath didn't want to be a demon, he had locked that part of him up long ago, this half-demon, InuYasha, would not affect him. He was human, he wouldn't hurt anyone on purpose. Yokai were evil, dangerous creatures, he had devoted his life to fighting and defeating them. If he ever became one again, even Cesia would not be able to save him from himself.

By now everyone around the camp site, companions new and old, had woken up, staring at the two, afraid of what they would miss if they happened to look away. Every one of them had expected to see a fight at this moment, a fight between to dangerous demons. Everyone had expected to see a bloody battle between two heartless demons. But there were two girls who new nothing of the sort would happen. Two girls who could see through the demon side of the men, and new they had a soft side deeper than their demon companions new themselves. These two girls had faith in their demon friends, but every now and then, it took a little interference to cool them down.

"Are you going to draw your sword or not. I recommend you hurry up before I slice you to pieces." InuYasha was sick of listening to what other people thought about this boy, he could sense the evil, he could smell murder thick in his voice. This boy was not innocent, he had killed before, not just demons, he had killed those who were defenseless, he had murdered innocents, this was no ordinary boy, he was demon.

"InuYasha," Kagome spoke in, not an angry voice, but almost understanding, "thank you for trying to protect us, but next time," Suddenly the sweetness drifted out of her voice and thick sarcasm entered it, "try protecting us from the demons who actually want to harm us instead of the ones trying to help!" Resisting the urge to tell him to sit, Kagome stepped in front of InuYasha, hands on her hips, "Please put your sword away, InuYasha, he's not our enemy. Can't you get along with anyone?"

"I get along with people just fine," as InuYasha said this he got a number of strange looks from his long time companions, "as long as their not a demon trying to manipulate people into trusting them when they're obviously dangerous." This comment got a glare from Rath as well as Kagome who moved her lips in the form of the word sit to get her canine friend to settle down. And, as a result, InuYasha bit his tongue and sheathed his sword.

Even though InuYasha had backed down, Rath was furious, he had to show InuYasha calling him a demon hadn't affected him at all, he had to prove it wasn't he who was a demon but the creature with dog ears and claws, and to do that he would fight. But Rath didn't know the only reason he felt the need to prove this was his need to show others the comment hadn't affected him, whereas, if InuYasha had not called him a demon, Rath probably would have made a joke and walked away. Rath's desperate want to remain emotionless, to prevent himself from caring about anyone or anyone to care about him, had made him jump into fights he didn't want to be in. To everyone else this was just regular, violent, Rath. But one person saw through that attitude and could not only see, but feel the pain Rath went through at times like this. And that was the reason she promised not to let him die, she could see it in his eyes, she could hear it in his voice, it was times like these Rath felt like a Yokai himself, it was times like these Rath just wanted to die. And that was when Cesia took over.

"InuYasha draw your sword! You wanted to fight and I'm ready! I've devoted my life to getting ride of demons like you and I won't stop now!"

"Rath," Cesia broke into his rant, "please give it up, you know you don't really want to hurt InuYasha." She got a harsh glare from her companion before he turned back to the demon he was determined on slaughtering. "Rath," she began to talk to him softly so only he could hear, or so she thought, for she hadn't yet experienced the sharpness of a dog's ears, and InuYasha was close by, "I know you're not a demon, please listen to me, you don't have to do this, you don't have to prove anything to any of us. Please don't do anything rash, besides, if you kill InuYasha, they just might not help us get home." She finished with a laugh in her voice and hope in her eyes that Rath would join her, but he didn't.

He returned to her in a whisper like her own, "I'm not the enemy here, he's the one who wanted to fight me. I'm not a demon, he is."

Only Cesia would ever hear the quiver in his voice when he referred to himself as a demon, only Cesia could look deep enough into his eyes to see the real, childish, fearful Rath, and only she could save him from himself. "Rath, I know you're upset, but we all know you're not a demon. You're one of us, you don't have to care anything about us, and you can ignore the fact any of us care about you in any way, but if you really really don't care, you won't fight this guy. If you really didn't care you'd just brush him off and keep walking."

"Is this another version of your promise not to let me die."

"Do you care?" She had done it; Rath took one last look at InuYasha before sheathing his sword as well and making his way into the woods silently.

"Do you really think it's a good idea for him to go out there alone?" Kagome directed her question towards Cesia.

"He's been fighting demons his entire life, he'll be fine," she said this with a forced laugh in her voice, for she was almost as good as Rath at hiding her feelings from other people when she wanted to, "Besides, he doesn't need us, he doesn't care."

It didn't matter how good she was at hiding her feelings at this point, she turned her face toward the ground to prevent her others from seeing her eyes water slightly. That didn't stop Kagome, who considered herself the all knower of her friends romances, from seeing how Cesia really felt. And as Cesia made her way to a tree just outside their camp, Kagome followed her, ready to comfort the heart-broken girl, ready to be their if she cried. But Cesia didn't cry, she didn't need comforting, she just smiled, laughed everything she was feeling off, and began to talk about her homeland. Cesia reminded Kagome of someone, the way she fought with the man she loved, how she loved someone who wouldn't, couldn't love her back, and how in the end, she chose to brush it off and instead talk about something completely off the subject, while the whole time she just wanted the man she loved to smile, to be happy, to survive.

A/N: These chapters just keep getting longer. I hope you liked it, I do write some really long sentences and spend a long time trying to describe how each character feels, I hope your okay with that. Anyways, please review! You have no idea how much criticism can help and improve a writer! Thanks for reading!