Sesshomaru stared at the miko. 'God damn! She is beautiful. What am I saying?' Sesshomaru shook his head in disgust. He looked at the wall, then back at her. 'But she looks like an angel…' He bent down to try to kiss her, but he hesitated. 'It seems like I'm taking advantage in her state though! I'm better than that! I can't do this. I have to get her permission first….But it is her. I'll accept whatever she says….' Sesshomaru sighed and got up to walk around after being numb for a while. The sun rays hit Kagome's face that did make her look like she was a sleeping angel, that anyone would fall for. Far better than Kikyo, from what you can say. Of course, her clothing did change. She wore a blue gown with little pink hibiscus on there.

"Okay. Shippo-chan! Ready or not, here Rin comes!" Rin ran around the halls looking for Shippo. 'Hehe! She won't find me here!' Shippo chuckled a bit and saw Rin coming down the first hall. Shippo gasped, "I gotta find somewhere else to hide!" Shippo lurked through the darkness to find a place better than around the corner type of place. He saw the closet and decided to go into it. "Shippo-chan! Rin can here you!" Rin ran in the direction of where she heard some rattling. Shippo locked himself in the closet to prevent Rin from catching him. Then, what he didn't know was that there were stairs leading to an underground basement. He quietly crept down the steps to make sure Rin couldn't hear him from the outside. He found something amazing. A room lit with candles with a bright, delicate, looking sword. "Nanda?" Shippo curiously walked up to the sword that was held in a vault. "Hmm…What could this be?" Shippo didn't want to touch it, because, like a good little child, he shouldn't touch everything he saw. Imbeded in it were rubies, sapphires, gold, and emeralds. There was a picture engraved in it that looked like a woman slaying a dragon of some sort. "Eh?" Shippo felt a hand touch his shoulders. "Found you!" Rin giggled. "I locked the door though…" Shippo was shocked. "Iei! Sesshomaru-sama has the keys! And Rin-chan asked him for it!" Rin laughed again. "S-Sesshomaru-sama?" Shippo twitched his eye. "Hai. And you, young kitsune, shouldn't be here." Shippo turned to see golden eyes staring at him. "Ano, Sesshomaru-sama? What is this sword?" Rin asked. Sesshomaru glanced at the little girl. 'She reminds me so much of Asako…the way she asks things….' Sesshomaru sighed. "This sword was made by the very first miko that came into being, Midoriko. She carved this sword before she went to go and slay the dragon made of 1000 demons. It passes down from one miko to the next. But if it gets into the wrong hands, it spells the end of the world." Sesshomaru finished. "Ah, I see…" Shippo understood that the sword was meant for a miko, and only for a miko. "Would you mind going now, after invading someone's personal space?" Sesshomaru eyed the kitsune. "Eh…Hai! But, I thought you were evil….Why didn't you use the sword?" Shippo asked. "Good question. I'll explain OUTSIDE!" Sesshomaru glared at him and walked away. "Uh…Rin thinks we should go!" Rin followed her adoptive father and Shippo was in tow.

Sesshomaru stopped outside the closet door until the kids got out. "So, Sesshomaru-sama…Can you explain it?" Shippo asked curiously. "Because, I don't need a woman's sword. I'm a guy." Sesshomaru said promptly. Shippo's eye twitched, and he sighed. "I was supposed to give it to the miko." He looked out the window. "Oh, wakata." Rin interrupted the conversation between the two men/boys. "Ano, Sesshomaru-sama. Can we check if Kagome-chan is up?" Rin smiled. "Hmph. Seems like your more concerned about playing than keeping a person's health up." Sesshomaru chuckled. Rin laughed along, while Shippo just kept on twitching. They came upon Sesshomaru's room and found crumbs of food leading to the kitchen. They looked at one another, while Sesshomaru remained calm. "Let's just see who's eating where they're not supposed to be." Sesshomaru, Shippo, and Rin followed the trails to, well, around the whole castle.

Me: Still don't understand the author note thing. Please tell me in your reviews! I'm so slow…..just like a turtle….LOVE TURTLES! I'll update when I get the chance to. Got a Konoha forehead protector. YESS!