I looked at Inuyasha, then back at Sesshomaru.

"I....I....I don't know," I whispered before taking off back into house.

"Well, I think her choice is clear," Sesshomaru said, walking back into the castle.

I ran down the hall but could hear Inuyasha's pained growl as him and his friends retreated. I brought Shippou back into his room before retreating to my own. I layed down on the bed and cried myself to sleeep.

I was awoken by a small hand shaking my shoulders. I opened my eyes to see Shippou standing next to my bed.

"Umm...Leigha. I had a bad dream.....and my room is all dark and scary....." he started.

"Come on up Shippou," I said, moving over to give him some more room.

Shippou climbed up into my bed and snuggled up against me.

"Shippou," I started, "Do you think I should have gone with Inuyasha?"

"Yes," he replied sleepily.

"Well what about Sesshomaru?" I asked.

"I saw the way you looked at Inuyasha. There was something there, you shouldn't be here," he replied before falling to sleep.

I pulled him closer and pulled the blankets up a little higher before going to sleep as well.

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Inuyasha jumped up into a tree near the balcony outside my room. He jumped on to the balcony and slowly opened the door. He inched slowly over to my bed and sat down next to me. He put his hand to my face and that is when I slowly awoke from my sleep..My eyes fluttered open and locked on his deep amber ones.

"Why are you here?" I asked.

"I came to get you," he answered, "Will you come with me?"

I smiled and that was the only answer he needed. He grabbed my bag from the corner and handed it to be.

"What about Shippou?" I asked.

Inuyasha picked Shippou up and awoke him from his slumber. Inuyasha tucked him into his kimono and helped me on to his back.

"Where are we going Leigha?" Shippou asked.

"We are going with Inuyasha," I replied.

Shippou smiled, and so did I. I snuggled myself up against Inuyasha as he lept from tree to tree, rooftop to rooftop. I was deathly afraid of heights. Inuyasha landed and I still gripped on to him. He let Shippou out of his kimono and set me on a bed.

"You can open your eyes now. We've landed," he said to me.

I slowly blinked open my eyes. I never thought I'd be so happy to see the ground.

"This will be your room," he started, walking toward a door. "This door leads to my room, if you ever need anything just come to me. The bathroom is across the hall over here."

"Thank-you Inuyasha," I said shyly.

He smiled at me and walked into his bedroom.

"Looks like you'll be staying with me from now on Shippou," I said.

"I don't mind," he said and snuggled into the bed. I pulled the blankets over us and once again fell asleep.

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The next morning I awoke to sunlight streaming in through the windows. I could now see the bedroom in its entirity. The blood red walls were accented with black. Black bed, black carpet, black curtains. It was amazing! I heard a door slam from Inuyasha's room and yelling. I ran over to the door that connected my room to his and listened carefully, Shippou followed close behind me.

"Are you trying to get us all killed?" I heard a woman scream, "Sesshomaru is going to come look for her and we will all pay the price for your foolishness!"

"He won't do anything," Inuyasha growled, "And even if he did, I can handle it."

"You think he won't care that you just came into his castle late at night and kidnapped this girl that he obviously has some kind of intrest in?!" she screamed.

'Sesshomaru? Intrested in me?' I thought to myself.

"I didn't kidnap her!" Inuyasha screamed. "She wanted to come with me!"

"And what are you doing putting her in that bedroom? That room is supposed to be for the lady of the house! Did you guys get married on your way over here too?!" the woman yelled.

"It was a spare room," Inuyasha retorted.

"Inuyasha! There are thirty other spare rooms in this place! You expect me to believe that you couldn't chose any of the other ones?!" she yelled.

"She has a point Inuyasha," I heard a man say. "Why did you pick that room?"

"I just wanted to keep her close to me," Inuyasha said.

"Inuyasha, look at you! You haven't even known this girl for a full day and you're obviously already in love with her!" the woman yelled.

I gasped and walked away from the door. I didn't want to hear anymore. Shippou followed me back to the bed.

"Do you think I did the right thing Shippou?" I asked.

"Yes," he replied, "I think things will be much better here than it could ever be with Sesshomaru."

"I hope you're right Shippou."

The door swung open and in walked a man with short dark brown hair and black and purple robes.

"Hello Leigha," the man said, "I am Miroku. I was sent to bring you to the dining hall. Inuyasha and the others meet us down there shortly. Please come with me."

I had seen the lecherous smile on his face. That's when I realized that Inuyasha would be the only one here I could trust. Miroku took a step toward me, his hand extended.

"No," I said.

"What?" he asked, stunned.

"I won't go with you," I answered, backing away from him.

"I see," Miroku said, walking toward the door.

Miroku opened the door and glanced back at me before leaving. I sat down on the bed with Shippou in my lap.

"I have a bad feeling about him Shippou," I said.

"Me too. Do you think we will be able to trust anyone?" he asked.

"I'm not sure," I replied staring out the window, tears streaming down my face.

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Miroku entered the training gym where Inuyasha was.

"Inuyasha!" Miroku yelled.

"Yeah Miroku!?" Inuyasha replied from behind some weights.

Miroku walked over to Inuyasha.

"She won't come with me," Miroku said.

"What are you talking about?" Inuyasha asked.

"She won't go anywhere with me. She acted like she was afraid of me."

Inuyasha set down the weights and walked into the showers. He rinsed off, got changed and rushed to Leigha's room.

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Inuyasha rushed into my room and sat on the floor next to me. He lifted my head out of my hands and saw my tear streaked face.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

I jumped onto him and wrapped my arms around him. Holding on for dear life.

We just sat like that for hours. He rocked slowly back and forth trying to comfort me. I eventually cried myself to sleep.

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I slowly eased out of my slumber and opened my eyes to see Inuyasha laying next to me pushing the long purple hair out of my face. I smiled at him and he smiled back.

"Feeling better?" he asked me.

"Much," I answered.

"Want to tell me what was wrong?" he asked.

"I just got a weird feeling about Miroku, like I couldn't trust him." I answered.

"I'd never let anyone harm you Leigha. I'll always protect you," he whispered, pulling me back into his embrace.

I felt so safe and protected when he was around. I knew he would never let anything bad happen to me. I could tell from the moment I met him.

Miroku walked in a few moments laters, starteling me. I watched him carefully as he walked in. I gripped Inuyasha's kimono as tight as I could, never letting go. Inuyasha stood slowly, taking my hand in his own letting me do the same. I tried to stand behind him, but he pulled me up front, putting his arm possesivly around my waist.

"Yes, Miroku?" he asked.

"We have just located the last piece of the moonstone, Inuyasha," he answered.

Inuyasha's face lit up. He took a step to the side to leave and I tightened my grip on his arm. He turned to face me with concern in his eyes.

"Don't leave me, please, take me with," I said.

He smiled and said,"I never would have thought of leaving you here."

He put his arm around my waist and walked me to a room at the end of the hall.

"This is my den," Inuyasha whispered into my ear, as Miroku opened the door.

Miroku sat down a circle table next to a woman holding a cat. Inuyasha sat next to him, and I sat next to Inuyasha.

"Leigha, this is Sango," Inuyasha stated. I reconginized her as the yelling woman from earlier this morning.

"Yes, and this is Kirara," she said, indicating a small demon cat sitting in her lap.

"Well, where's the last piece of the moonstone?" Inuyasha asked.

"What a moonstone?" I asked.

"Its a stone that can grant anything you wish. I can be used for good, or evil. Anything you want it will give it to you. But it can only be used for one wish, and then, it dissappears. The demon leaders of our land split it in to four pieces, and each leader got a piece. We are trying to collect the pieces." Inuyasha replied.

"Demon leaders?" I asked.

"They control all the demons in their land. There are four of them. One is the North, East, South, and West." Inuyasha answered.

"Who are they?" I asked.

"Well, the demon leader of the north is Hiten and Monten, the TunderBrothers. The East belongs to Jaken, Rin, Ah, and Um. The South belongs to Totousai and Myouga. The west used to belong to an old priest named Jiichan, but since he died its been an ongoing battle for the title." Inuyasha answered.

"Well the battle is over now, Inuyasha. There is a new leader of the Western lands." Miroku said.

"Who?" I asked.

Miroku turned toward the fax machine wich was extremly modern for this time and read each name as it printed slowly on a piece of paper.

"Lets see here.Kagura.............Kahnnah..................Naraku...........and......." Miroku started.

"Sesshomaru," I gasped.

".........and S-S-S-esshomaru," Miroku choked.

Everyone gasped and looked at me.

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