(Storyweaver1 pokes his head out of the water and takes a deep breath)

I've been hiding from dragons and demons all day.

Some of you may be wondering how Shiken attacked Reia, He can split his sword into two swords. He used one to fight Sesshoumaru and hide the other until he wanted to attack Reia. He hide the second sword before attacking them.

Disclamier- I don't own Inuyasha

Kagome the Cat Demon Chapter 32 Hope and Despair

Sesshoumaru ran at top speed and reached the rest of the group very quickly.

" Miko." He said looking at Kagome. " Please Help Reia." Kagome jumped up after seeing Reia's wound and Seshsouamru's blood stained armor. She quickly cleared an area for Reia to lay down and gathered some herbs she might need.

" What happened?" She asked.

" We were attacked." Said Sesshoumaru. " It was an enemy I thought was dead."

" Let me take a look." Said Miroku. Sesshouamru glared at him, Miroku seemed to take offense at what the Demon Lord was implying. " I may be a pervert but even I wouldn't grope a badly injured female." After looking at Reia he frowned. " There's a marker on Reia's soul." He said.

" A marker?" asked Souta.

" Yes, Think of it as a spirtual rope. When the victime dies, the holder of the rope can pull the soul to them as it leaves the body. So in other words, if Reia dies, Sesshouamru's sword won't be able to revive her." Said the Monk. Inuyasha looked toward his older brother expecting him to handle the news like it was nothing. However he was shocked to see anxiety in his eyes, his whole body stanct of fear.

' He's actually afarid? The Infamous Lord of the Western Lands? He's gotten a lot softer then I thought he was.' He thought.

" Don't worry Sesshouamru, Reia will be ok...I hope." Said Kagome.

Shiken

The Demon chuckled as he watched the group in Kanna's Mirror.

" Oh how the mighty have fallen" He said. " Sesshoumaru, stiff with fear for his mate's life."

" Very good Shiken, This will cause the Sacred Jewel to absorb more sorrow and Pain." Said Naraku.

" I don't care about your werid obession with defiling the Sacred Jewel, I just want to make Sesshoumaru suffer." Said Shiken.

' I sure can pick them, Shiken openly defied Naraku, he may even be able to defeat him.' Thought Kagura. Shiken started to get up.

" Where are you going?" asked Kagura.

" I have just the thing to make that dog suffer more. It should add plenty of sorrow to the Sacred Jewel." Said Shiken.

" Kagura, take him there." Ordered Naraku.

" Yes, Master." Said Kagura a little too quickly for her taste.

Inuyasha-gumi

The group had made a lean too for Reia to rest in. Sesshoumaru to refused to leave her side. Her wound had been cleaned and bandaged, but she had not escaped without a fever.

" Sessho...umaru." Reia muttered in sleep. tossing and turning. Sesshoumaru stroked her cheek to calm her down.

" Relax Reia, I'm here." He said, Reia started to calm down, the reached up and gently held his hand in both of hers, then her breathing became more even. She looked so childlike and innocent laying there.

' She was hurt because of me.' Sesshoumaru thought. ' Because she was with me, she was almost killed.' Sesshoumaru took another look at his beautiful mate's face. ' I will not let her get hurt again. If I leave her, creatures like Shiken won't hurt her.' He tried to get up but Reia still had a grip on his hand, as she felt the hand leaving her, Reia subconsciously held it tighter and brought the hand closer to her. Sesshoumaru keep lightly tugging but Reia wouldn't let his hand go. So Sesshoumaru waited, lightly easing his hand out of Reia's grasp untill finally his hand was free.

" Sayonara Reia." Said Seshoumaru softly. He went over to Ah and Un, Rin was curled up against them fast asleep. Sesshoumaru smelt a strong smell of salt mixed with Rin's normal scent " Keep an eye on Rin, make sure she stays out of trouble." He commanded. The Dragons nodded their heads. As he left the camp Jaken caught up with him.

" I'm so glad you've come to your senses milord. Dumping that Wrench and pup off with your brother and his friends is the best thing for us." He said. Sesshoumaru turned around and glared at him, Jaken gupled.

" I'm doing this for her sake, now my eneimes won't hurt her." He said.

" That won't work." Said a voice. Sesshoumaru sighed.

" Kazesune, this is the best thing for Reia and Rin. I can't guarantee there safety if they're with me." He said.

" You know, you're more like your younger brother then you think." Said the Fox demon. " Inuyasha tried to banish Kagome to her Era to keep her safe, but she found a way back to him anyways." Sesshoumaru stayed silent, so Kazesune continued. " The point is, even if you leave them, they'll still follow you, even if you tell them not to, they will. "

" For their own safety I must..."

" They might stay physically alive if you leave but they'll die on the inside. You should know how much they love you, If you leave, their soul will die." Said Kazesune. Then he vanished.

" Don't listen to that stupid mongurel master, he is a sentimental foul." Said Jaken. Sesshoumaru continued walking away from the group.

Reia

Reia shivered and woke up. She saw that Sesshoumaru was nowhere in sight.

" Sesshoumaru!" She called but got no answer, she called several more times but still recived no answer. Realization hit her like a gong and she fell to her knees and cried. The rest of the group heard her and went to her.

" Reia, where's Sesshoumaru?" Kagome asked.

" ...He's...He's...gone." Reia barely managed to say before crying louder. This woke Rin up. She walked over to Reia and tugged on her Kimono sleeve

" Oka-sama where's Otu?" She asked. Reia wiped her eyes and pulled Rin into a hug.

" He left you?" Kagome asked in shock. Reia nodded and clung tighter to Rin, it was if she where the one in need of comfort, instead of Rin. Kagome frowned and and reached into her bag.

"I'll show him." She muttered. Inuyasha gasped in horro at what she pulled out.

It was a rosary.

" I'll find that conceed emotionally consipated demon and sit(WHAM!) opps, sorry Inuyasha." Said Kagome. Inuyasha grumbled something no one could understand. " I'll subdue him till next year for this stunt!" Kagome finished. There was a gust of wind and Kagura appeared along with Shiken. The later smirked at Reia.

" Feeling better already? Good, it won't be much fun to screw a bleeding dragon"Almost everyone in the group gasped. Inuyasha drew his sword.

" Leave this to me. KAZE NO KIZU!" Shouted Inuyasha while swinging his sword.

Sesshoumaru

" Is something wrong Master?" Asked Jaken.

" I can't stop thinking about Reia and Rin." Said Sesshoumaru.

" You should forget all about them milord. They was nothing but trouble." Said Jaken. Sesshoumaru grabbed the staff of skulls from Jaken and hit him in the head with it in the same motion. Jaken rubbed his head were a large bump was forming.

" Don't speak ill of Reia or Rin, Jaken." Sesshoumaru ordered.

" Yes Milord." Said Jaken.

' I'm leaving her because I love her. It's for her own safety.' Thought Sesshoumaru. ' I love you Fluffy' Sesshoumaru shook his head to clear it but couldn't shaken the image of Rin from his mind.

Inuyasha-gumi

Shiken and Kagura jumped clear the attack.

" Dance of Blades." Called Kagura as she swung her fan. Inuyasha used the Tessegia to block the white blades of energy that came at him.

" Haraikiyomeru Neko Aroo!" Called Kagome. She fired off an arrow hat had a pink cat head in the front, it fly towards Kagura's heart, or were it would have been if Naraku didn't have it. Kagura jumped away but as the arrow passed, the Cat head grabbed her sleeve and exploded in a flash of pink Miko energy,forcing Kagua into tree, she glared at Kagome, The Wind sorceress was moderatly wounded but not quite out.

" Dance of Blades." Kagura fired her attack at Kagome, Inuyasha intercepted it.

" Kagome! You shouldn't be fighting!" He said.

" I can so!"

" Can not!

" Can so!" They both growled at each other.

" KITSUNE BI!" Vadimir threw blue fire in the path of an attack from Kagura.

" Shouldn't you guys be fighting Naraku's pawns instead of arguing?" Asked Shippo. " Uh oh." He looked toward Shiken was charging up a large youki blast from his swords "Fox Shield!" He called. Souta, Shippo and Kina jumped on each other's shoulder, with Shippo on top., Then they all merged into a large brown/silver/gold shield that blocked Shiken's attack.

" Good job." Said Kazesune. They all poked their heads out of the shield.

" Thanks Kazesune-sensie." They all said. Everyone gathered behind the shield.

" How long can you mantain that?" asked Miroku.

" It depends on how hard the attacks are and how frequent." Said Kazesune.

" FLYING CLAWS!" Kathy jumped up from behind the shield and launced launched her energy claws Shiken deflected them with his swords, but a few got past him and dug deep into his chest. Kagura had a look of horror as she saw the attack connect. Shiken let out a grunt and fell to one knee.

" Nice shot Kathy." Said Kagome.

" Thanks Sister." Said Kathy.

" Now to finish him off!" Said Inuyasha and he ran from the shield and made a jump slash at Shiken.

" DANCE OF THE DRAGON!" Twisters emerged as Kagura swung her fan and blew Inuyasha away. She got out her feather and escaped with Shiken.

" We won!" The chibi foxes said and unmerged.

A few hours later

" I wish I could've helped durring that battle." Said Souten. She had just gotten back from a village she knew of, sort of like a recon mission.

" Did you find anything out?" asked Sango.

" Yes, A the local lord has been very succseesful in war laetly. He might have a shard." Said Souten.

" Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Said Inuyasha.

" NO!" said Reia. " I'm going to wait here for Sesshoumaru!"

" Feh, he ain't comming back." Said Inuyasha.

" Maybe he changed his mind, maybe he'll come back." Said Reia.

" I know he isn't." Said Inuyasha. Rin sniffed the air.

" I smell my otu! He's comming!" Said Rin with an ear to ear grin. Miroku shook his head.

" Poor thing, the shock put her into denial and she's smelling things that aren't there." He said.

" No, She's right. I smell him too." said Inuyasha. Soon enough Sesshoumaru appeared.

" Fluffy!" Reia shouted

" Otu-sama!" Rin cried. Reia slammed into Sesshoumaru and hugged him tightly, Rin grabbed on to his leg.

Reia started pounding on his chest. " Baka, baka, BAKA!" She said. Sesshoumaru wrapped his arms around her.

"Reia, Rin, Please forgive me. I just didn't want you to get hurt. I thought if I wasn't with you, creatures like Shiken won't hurt you." He said. After a momment Reia asnwered.

" Sesshoumaru, as much I love you, you are such a baka." She said. " If you hadn't come back, we would go find you." Then she went on her tip toes and kissed Sesshoumaru. After the kiss broke, Reia went with the rest of the girls to help plan Kagome's wedding. Sesshoumaru pryed Rin off his leg and picked her up.

" Do you forgive me?" Rin smiled and jumped hugged him around the head.

" So why did you come back?" Asked Kazesune.

" I realized that I need Rin and Reia as much as they need me." Said Sesshoumaru.

That Night

" FLUFFY!" Reia shouted. Inuyasha groaned and covered his ears with his pillow.

" Could they be any quieter?" He asked. Another shout of pleasure and Inuyasha pulled the pillow closer around his head.