Kagome sat up suddenly. Something was making her nervous. 'What could it be?' she wondered.She looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was just beginning to rise. Shippo had curled up against her side; his tiny hands were grasping her skirt. She saw Sango propped up on the same tree branch with Miroku sitting at the base of the tree. InuYasha was awake and sitting on the other side of the burnt out fire. She didn't see anything unusual. There was absolutely no reason to be worried. Kagome uncurled Shippo's hands from her skirt and walked over to him.

"InuYasha." Kagome said. "I feel something coming." InuYasha nodded.

The two of them continued to gaze at the rising sun until InuYasha suddenly stiffened and growled. Kagome looked at him, confused.

"Sesshomaru." He spat out.

Kagome understood and hurried to wake the other members of the group. She hoped that she could get them up quickly so they could leave as soon as possible. She walked over to Sango and Miroku first. She began to shake Miroku by the shoulder.

"Urgg... What's wrong Lady Kagome?" He asked

"Sesshomaru's coming; can you help me wake up Sango?"

Miroku nodded and soon everyone in the camp was awake, packed, and ready to go. All except for InuYasha.

He stood in the same spot Kagome had left him in, waiting for Sesshomaru to come.

"InuYasha," Kagome began "we shouldn't fight with Sesshomaru unless it's necessary. If we stay it'll be completely pointless."

"Lady Kagome's right." Miroku agreed "We should save our energy so we can be ready to fight Naraku."

InuYasha saw the point in this but ignored them. He didn't want to run away from his half brother like a coward. What half demon in his right mind would do that?

The group, realizing that InuYasha wasn't going to move, and that 'sitting' him wouldn't help at all, went over and sat by the tree Sango had slept in last night. They wanted to keep out of the way. Or, at least, as much as possible.

They didn't have to wait long. About five minutes later Sesshomaru arrived on his cloud, making a soundless landing about twenty feet away from InuYasha.

"What do you want Sesshomaru?" InuYasha growled over to his half brother.

Sesshomaru ignored him and began to walk over to the group sitting by the tree. InuYasha jumped in front of his brother and the four group members stood up.
"This doesn't concern you." Sesshomaru stated, walking around InuYasha.

InuYasha stared at him mutely. He had been certain that Sesshomaru had come for the Tetsusaiga. InuYasha watched Sesshomaru slowly walk over to the others. The only reason he wasn't attacking Sesshomaru was to avoid hitting the others in the group, so InuYasha just followed him slowly. He never knew what Sesshomaru would do, so he kept his guard up. Sesshomaru stopped in front of Kagome.

"Miko," he began "you will come with me."

Kagome was shocked and a bit miffed. She never thought that the Lord of the Western Lands would ask, err, demand, her to do something. She managed to compose herself just enough to ask "why?" After all, she should get a reason.

Sesshomaru just stood there for a second, contemplating whether or not he should tell her why he needed her, and finally decided that is was best to tell her. Knowing his pathetic half brother, she would be just as stubborn until she got her answer.

"I need your assistance to acquire a few items."
"What are they?" Kagome asked, feeling self-assured.

Sesshomaru almost growled in annoyance. She wasn't supposed to ask this many questions. Just like InuYasha.

"They are four bells that can cause a great amount of destruction."

The group looked suspiciously at him.

Sesshomaru almost sighed.

"When was the last time you saw that pathetic half breed, Naraku?" He asked.

The group thought back. It must have been a couple of months since they last saw Naraku. They didn't think much of it since they probably weren't the only ones he terrorized. If he wasn't doing that, he was probably looking for jewel shards. They were beginning to worry now.

"A couple of months ago." Kagome answered.

"Naraku has been terrorizing villages in order to find these bells. With them, and the Shikon jewel, he shall easily be able to take over the world."

Kagome felt a horrible fear creep up on her when she imagined what a world would be like, ruled by Naraku. Not that she hadn't been thinking about it. She was glad that Shippo was asleep in her pack.

"Why do you need me?" Kagome asked, not liking the way her voice was quivering.
"A Miko will be able to locate the area where a bell is."

"There is no way that she is going with you, Sesshomaru!" InuYasha yelled, not wanting to be ignored any longer. "We need her to help us look for Shikon shards!"

Sesshomaru sighed and reached into a hidden pocket and brought out a black velvet cloth. He slowly unwound it to reveal seven tainted shikon shards.

"Where did you get those?" InuYasha asked staring suspiciously at the shards.

"Some of the demons on my land were carrying them around." Sesshomaru said plainly. He handed three of them to Kagome and they were instantly purified. "I will give you the other four once we finish."

"I believe you should go with him Lady Kagome." Miroku said after long pause.

"You're taking his side, monk?" InuYasha challenged.

"I'm not taking anyone's side. I believe that it would be better if we did split up. Naraku can only look for one thing at a time. If some of us are looking for the Shikon No Tama, and Lady Kagome and Sesshomaru look for these bells, we have a greater chance of finding them before he does. With the seven shards that Sesshomaru has, there shouldn't be that many more to find."

Everyone looked at Miroku for a second and Sesshomaru's little respect for the monk raised a few notches.

InuYasha was torn between what to do. He knew that what Miroku said was true, but he was extremely reluctant to leave Kagome in Sesshomaru's' care. He sighed before looking over at Kagome.

"Do you want to do this?" He asked her.

"Not really," Kagome said "but I know that I should. I don't want Naraku to become anymore powerful then he already is, so if these bells could stop him from growing stronger, then I'll help your brother."
InuYasha grumbled. "Half brother."

Sesshomaru nodded and put the remaining shards back in his pocket.

"Grab your bag Miko, were leaving."

Kagome felt a small amount of anger at him calling her that. 'If I'm going to work with him,' she thought 'he's going to have to stop calling me that. It's scary how much InuYasha was like him' Kagome went and got her pack anyway.

"I'll see you guys later." Kagome said, hugging the remaining members.

She then walked over to where Sesshomaru was standing.

Sesshomaru summoned his cloud, which earned a surprised squeak from Kagome and took off.

As the remaining group members watched them go, that noticed that something was wrong.

After looking around Sango asked "Where's Shippo?"

Miroku and InuYasha's eyes widened and they looked around franticly. They then remembered where Shippo had been.

"Oh no."