"Inuyasha. It has already been 2 days. Are you sure we aren't lost?" Miroku asked.
"Shut that damn mouth of yours already. I told you we're in the Western Lands. Meaning Sesshomaru's castle is it the center of it. It isn't that far. I know it. His scent is all around this place. But the only thing I can't really smell is Kagome." Inuyasha yelled. "Calm down, Inuyasha. I smell Kagome not far from here, but it is faint. Should we follow it?" Shippo said. He knew this would perk Inuyasha's ears. "Say what? You little Kitsune! Why didn't you tell us this before? What direction?" Inuyasha demanded. Shippo pointed northwest. "That's where we're going!" Inuyasha ran off into the direction. "He seems pretty determined when it comes to Kagome-sama." Miroku shook his head and sighed. "You're no more trouble yourself, Houshi-sama!" Sango spat at him. "My, my. Dearest Sango. Don't you already know you are the only one in my heart?" Miroku opened his arms out. While Sango and Miroku were fighting, Shippo said to Kirara, "Let's go, Kirara. Leave them be." Kirara nodded in agreement and took off. "WAIT! DON'T LEAVE US BEHIND!" Sango and Miroku yelled at the same time.
"Damn! Where are you Kags! Where?" Inuyasha dropped down to his knees and pounded his fists against the ground. He panted before he said, "I WILL NOT give up on you yet, Kagome. And you don't give up on me yet!" He then got up and took off. Inuyasha ran into some villages, who were asking him what the hell he was doing sniffing their grounds. "Shikutsu! They took off in the air from here. I can't smell them." He brought his head up into the air and sniffed it. "Yah. They definitely took off in the air." Some villagers approached him. "What do you want?" Inuyasha spat at them.
"We were just wondering why you were here." Villager Number 1 said. (A/N: I don't want to think of names right now ok? Back to the story.) "Yes. If you want to stay here, you better go and ask the great demon, Lord Sesshomaru." Inuyasha was about to leave when he heard the villager say that name. "What did you say? Lord Sesshomaru?" The villager nodded in response. "That damned half-brother of mine! He better not harm her!" Inuyasha said before taking off. The villagers were puzzled. They were all chattering amongst themselves before the rest of the gang came.
Sango was the first to speak. "Have you kind villagers seen a half-demon with a red-like kimono running through here?" Sango asked. "Hai. If your talking about that red ball of fur, then he went in the direction of Lord Sesshomaru." The villager pointed in the same direction Shippo did before continuing, "I also heard him speaking of Lord Sesshomaru as his 'half-brother' is this correct?" Villager number 3 asked. "Hai. He did mention that as well." Villager number 2 said. "Hmm…Inuyasha did come through here then. We better hurry up." Miroku suggested. So, off they went.
Sesshomaru came to his study after dealing with Kagome. 'Gosh. That girl is more troublesome than I thought she would be…' Sesshomaru rested his head on his fist. 'Hmm….if she is going to be like that, I'm gonna have to find out her weakness.' His idea was brilliant! Just like himself! (A/N: For Sesshomaru haters, 'which I hate u if u hate him!' DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT HE IS BRILLIANT!) He was smart, well educated, knows different styles of fighting techniques, and knows 6 kinds of martial arts. 'If Inuyasha was easy to handle, Kagome wouldn't be so hard either….Wait! Did I just use her name?' Sesshomaru pushed his chair back and shook his head. 'She HAS to get out of my mind. I'm going out to kill something to keep my mind off of her for a while.' He walked out of his room, and straight towards the front entrance. While on the way there, he met up with Wakana. "Wakana, watch that human girl for me while I'm out. She is bait. Tell her to start acting like it when you see her. You're dismissed." He then walked passed her. She looked at his back, quizzically. 'Which human girl? That new one? Hmm…Rin isn't bait because she belongs with Sesshomaru-sama…So it is that new girl then. I'll go and find her or I can ask Hinako.' She nodded in agreement to herself.
Kagome was sitting in her room, planning on how to annoy Sesshomaru even worse! "YEAH! I LIKE THIS PLAN!" She pratically screamed out. She covered her mouth when she turned around. There, standing in the doorway was a servant, and she knew that that particular servant looked very loyal to Sesshomaru. "What plan?" She asked with ice in her breath. She seemed no more different than Sesshomaru except that she wasn't a high class person, and that she was a female. Everything of the servant was different, except for the personality and being a demon. "I'm not going to force you to tell me, but Sesshomaru-sama says that you are bait. And also said to start acting like one." She put Kagome's kimonos on the bed and left. 'That girl is strange…' Kagome thought. 'She acts just like Sesshomaru…Does she like that jerk?' Kagome shook her head. 'No one can fall in love with a harsh, cold, demon like HIM' Kagome said HIM really loud that caught a nearby servant's attention. "What is it Lady Kagome?" Wakana burst into the door. "Oh. Wakana. Nothing is wrong. It's just that there is that strange servant that acts just like Sesshomaru…" Kagome's voice trailed off as she bit her lower lip. "Oh. THAT servant. She is one of the most loyal to Sesshomaru-sama. She was in arrange marriage with him, but he refused to mate with her. She loved him so much and thought that if she became his servant, she would get closer to him." Wakana laughed at that, before continuing, "She was so wrong. She did the impossible for a rich nobleman's daughter. A demon nobleman. There isn't much like that today. 'sigh' She didn't know that Sesshomaru would only treat her like dirt. That was why when he brought you here, I thought he was about to take a mate for himself, then he would rule the Western Lands. I was so happy at that until today when he said that you were only bait." She sighed again. "Hah! Well, anyways, to answer your question, that servant you just saw was Hinako. She is very edgy. What I mean is that, she is mostly like Sesshomaru if you know him well. That, I would leave you to find out for yourself." Wakana bowed before Kagome and returned to her room.
Sesshomaru went into the deepest of the Western Lands forests'. 'Kutsu! What the hell is wrong with me?' Sesshomaru ran even faster through the woods when he caught scent of Inuyasha. 'Hmm…So the half-breed comes to challenge me. Let's see how this would go.' Sesshomaru picked up speed and headed toward the direction Inuyasha was coming from.