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Enter Sesshoumaru

Kagome have already gotten one jewel shard. 'I'm doing well. Way to go Kag. It's even better that when we were traveling together. On, I miss Shippou and Sango, maybe Miroku, no I mi'

"Ah!" A scream of a young girl pierced through Kagome's thought.

She started to run in the direction of the scream. 'The sun is already down, what is a young girl doing out here by herself?' she wondered.

She burst through the forest to a clearing. There before her stood a young girl and a snake yokai.

"Hold it right there."

"Ah, another human. You look delisssious, you can be my dinner, and the girl can be dessssssert."

"In your dreams!" with that she let an arrow loose. It hit the snake dead on the head; and it turned into a pile of ashes.

"Pretty lady, you saved Rin. What's you name?"

"Kagome."

"Rin know you. You are that pretty lady Lord Sesshoumaru saved."

'Isn't she Sesshoumaru's ward? Wait a second….'

"What did you say Rin? Sesshoumaru saved me?" she asked incredulously.

"Yep"

''He was once you foe.' Could it really be Sesshoumaru?' but her thoughts was interrupted by the appearance of a certain taiyoukai.

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"Master Sesshoumaru, Master Sesshoumaru, Rin ran off while she's playing."

Sesshoumaru sent Jaken an icy glare. "If she is harmed you will"

He was interrupted by a high pitched scream.

"Pay the price." He finished and ran to the direction of the scream.

'Why does Lord Sesshoumaru bother to keep that ignorant child?' Jaken thought.

He stopped at the edge of the forest. There before him, was another human losing an arrow at the snake demon, with Rin out of the harm way. The arrow hit the snake's head and fell in to ashes.

Then he stepped in to the clearing.

Rin ran to him and said, "Kagome-sama saved me Lord Sesshoumaru."

He simply nodded once and said: "Rin, go with Jaken, I will join you shortly."

"Okay! Bye, Kagome-sama!" then she skipped off to where Jaken is.

The human stood up, she is Inuyasha's wrench. In a flash, his hand is on her throat. He narrowed his eyes.

Kagome whimpered in fear. 'Oh God, Kami help me!' but her confusion was overcoming her fear. 'Is it possible that he saved me? I have to know.'

He smelled fear rather than confusion. 'I should kill her this instant, but she did saved Rin's life, so she's lucky this time. I will spare her life.'

"Se-Sesshoumaru?" Kagome whimpered in a small voice.

He regarded her coldly, but didn't speak. She took it as a sign to continue.

"Did- did you"

"Spill it out human." Sesshoumaru said with his hand still on her throat.

"Did you revive me a few days ago?" Kagome blurted out.

"Yes." He said suspiciously. 'What is this human wench getting at?'

"OH. Um, could you let go of me?" Kagome asked nervously.

He let go of her slowly.

'It's a miracle he hasn't killed me yet!'

He heard her thought easily, but he said aloud: "Since you saved Rin's life, I will spare yours. But the next time we meet, I will not hesitate in killing you."

With that said, he left a stunned Kagome in the middle of the clearing.

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Inuyasha has returned to the feudal era after explaining what happened to Kagome's mother.

The group now traveled with Kikyo instead of Kagome. Sango send constant glares at Inuyasha and Kikyo; Miroku is always deep in thought, and haven't done anything that's perverted; Shippou rarely speaks, sometimes he would cry for Kagome at night. When he wakes up from the dream, he would cry softly.

The group is no longer cheerful like when Kagome is around. It's quiet as death. They have found no shards, nor any sign of Naraku. It has been like this for several days.

But one morning, their silence is broken by a small tornado coming straight at them.

TBC

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