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Kagome stepped toward Inuyasha, a frown on her face. I backed away and watched her and Inuyasha. Kagome looked hurt.

"I-Inuyasha?" She whispered?

Inuyasha looked away, ignoring eye contact with Kagome.

She stepped toward him again, still frowning. Inuyasha didn't move.

And he didn't move when she hugged him. "I love you, Inuyasha!" She cried into his shoulder.

I bit my lip, nearly drawing blood. I knew there was something between him and Kagome, but I didn't want to believe it.

And yet I stood there, feeling my heart breaking into a million tiny pieces, watching Kagome hug Inuyasha, crying into his shoulder.

And he still didn't move or speak.

I ran away.

I heard Inuyasha call my name, and that was followed closely by a loud "Sit!"

I didn't know where I was running, but I had to get away. I stopped momentarily afer the rain had stopped, and looked up at the sky. It was starting to lighten. Dawn was coming.

I took one last look at the small crescent moon before speeding off again.

I could sense a demonic aura, and veered off course. I could not recognize the scent completely, but it seemed familiar.

Still, I went in, what I thought was, the opposite direction of the scent. It grew stronger, but I ignored it.

Until I ran into him, that is.

"Watch where you're going!" I yelled. I looked up, then gasped.

The youkai I saw was beautiful, and that's not an adjective I use often. The first thing I noticed was his great silver hair, that reminded me of Inuyasha's.

Next, I noticed his...tail? Why was it on his shoulder?

I moved my eyes up farther, and looked at his face.

He had stripes on his cheeks, a crescent moon on his forehead, and beautiful golden eyes.

I blushed slightly as I stood up. I couldn't believe that I had run into this youkai, then yelled at him!

A little human girl with black hair ran up to me, then looked at the youkai. "Lord Sesshoumaru? Is she another youkai? Can I play with her?"

I froze. "L-lord Sesshoumaru?" I couldn't believe that I had run into Lord Sesshoumaru.

I heard he was a great lord that ruled most of the Western Lands, after his father.

And I began to wonder... Why did he almost look and smell like Inuyasha?

"Not now, Rin." Sesshoumaru's cold voice snapped me out of thoughts. He was eyeing me and Kami; no doubt deeming us as no threat.

I dusted off the front of my kimono, then bowed lightly. "Gomenasai, Lord Sesshoumaru. I did not know that you were here."

I looked up, and he was still giving me an icy cold glare. "You smell of Inuyasha," he stated. "Were you running from him?"

I bit my lip. "You know of Inuyasha?"

"That wretched hanyou is my half-brother. He and his wench keep me from owning the Tetsusaiga."

"But I like Kagome, Lord Sesshoumaru!" The little girl, Rin, piped up. "She can't be all bad..."

I eyed Rin. She didn't seem much smaller than me, but she was definitely younger. But she was a human. I'd heard that Lord Sesshoumaru despised humans and hanyous alike, yet it seemed that he traveled with this girl, and he hadn't killed me yet.

Maybe he didn't realize I was a hanyou... "Your lip is bleeding," Sesshoumaru said.

I touched my fingertip to my lip. "Eh?" I looked down, and saw a tiny amount of blood on my finger.

I frowned, then rolled my tongue over my bottom lip, catching the blood. The bleeding quickly stopped. "Arigato for telling me, Lord Sesshoumaru."

He nodded, and walked past me. I bit my lip again, much lighter this time, and ran up to him.

"Lord Sesshoumaru? Could you hide me from Inuyasha? I don't think I can hide from him myself," I practically begged.

"Why do you wish to hide from him?"

I looked up at him, startled. Is he really going to help me?

"It is very complicated, Lord. Let's just say that I'm not a big fan of Kagome right now."

Sesshoumaru appeared to be thinking for a moment, then nodded. I smiled. "Really? Arigato, Lord Sesshoumaru!"

Well, I hope you guys liked this chapter. I know that an Inuyasha fanfic is almost NEVER complete without a debut from Sesshoumaru-sama.

Review Shout-outs!

Ear-Tweak: Hai, it was Kagome. And why give me a round of applause, Ear-Tweak-sama (I had an urge to call you that.)? I don't deserve it.

Lisa: -backs away slowly- Oooookay... You scare meh, Lisa dear. Kagome is annoying, but I would never kill her off. I may be mean, but I'm not THAT mean (Or am I?)!