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\\generator Msftedit 5.41.15.1507;\viewkind4\uc1\pard\nowidctlpar\qc\ul\f0\fs24 Chappie 7:\ulnone\par \pard\nowidctlpar\par \par \pard\fi720\li720\f1 I started growling when I realized that I could not leave the wen...Kagome's barrier. She was lying there sound asleep with Rin cuddled up to her. The kitsune pup she made sure stayed in my arm was begining to wake up it seemed. My growls got louder and Rin noticed.\par "Sesshomaru-sama! Don't hurt Shippo! Rin's 'kaa-san will get mad!" I nodded stiffly but I couldn't stop growling. The kitsune pup was nearly conscious and I knew I didn't want to be trapped with it. I told Rin to wake her and Rin of course obeyed. I noted with surprise that as she awoke the barrier began to become weaker and soon it was weak enoguh for me to shatter it. Watching in slight fascination as the pieces, ever though they were made of miko power, never seemed t burn me or the kitsune child. I saw staring at me before I began to shatter their barrier too. These peices fell harmlessly from the air like glitter. The barrier pieces though did not disapear as I had thought it would. Instead it began to crawl back to Kagome's body. It was re-entering her, I'd never heard of anything like this happening before. I stood behind Rin now as the miko Kagome's eyes opened in a fluttery fashion. The kitsune pup now awake jumped from my shoulder into the miko's stomach. The pup slammed the breath from her body in one smooth move. Rin giggled and the miko's cloudy blue-grey eyes focused slightly on her face.\par "Ohayo musume" she whispered her voice strained yet oddly sleepy. Seconds later her eyes shut again and I knew she wouldn't wake up until her body was fully restored. Using her powers even in the tiniest bit seemed to drain her. She was untrained and by being so seemed to be unknowingly killing her.\par "Sesshomaru-sama? Can we take 'kaa-san home with us? And Shippo?" her voice pleaded. I wondered if she would cry again if I didn't let her have her wish. I would have sighed if I could have dropped my unemotional mask. The miko would kill herself if not trained. I would have to bring her home to both train her and repay my debts. Not only had she saved Rin, her 'musume', once but now twice. My ward, my Rin, took her for a mother and so shall the miko be...for now. I gave the two pups a curt nod and gathered the sleeping woman into my embrace.\par "Call for Ah-Un, Rin, Kitsune keep near Rin." I uttered, turning the kitsune pup's overly large green eyes towards myself once again. The pup almost seemed to gulp in fear but calmed slightly at the sight of his mother.\par "Hai Sesshomaru-sama!" Rin chirped in that slightly high, way to cheery voice of hers. She left to call my two-headed dragon to us and the kitsune pup...Shippo...went after her. I wondered for millisecond where I had left Jaken, but as soon as this thought crossed my mind it was gone. The onna's slight groan was more then enough to distract me. Her face was slightly lined with pain. I held her closer and felt her unconsciously snuggle closer to my body-heat. I could hear Inuyasha coming towards me and actually groaned aloud.\par \pard\nowidctlpar 'This is going to be a long day' I thought unhappily.\f0\par