Walked Away

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Last time on Justifiable Revenge:

Kagome smiled somewhat triumphantly. "I need to track down a murderer"

Pause

"What?"

"A murderer, a killer, someone who took away the life of another person."

"I know that, stupid girl, but whose murderer?" Before the words were out of his mouth, Sesshomaru knew in his heart. All the signs that had previously confused him were so clear now.

"InuYasha's"

"I really do love you Songo. I just pray that a love like ours never ends up like Kagome and InuYasha's." He whispered into her ear, not noticing that she had stopped paying attention to him. That her eyes were now fixated on a spot down the road.

"Kohaku!" Songo yelled, right into Miroku's ear. The monk gasped in pain and stepped away.

"Well that's not exactly the response I was hoping for…" Miroku whined in confusion. "Did I miss something?"

Songo pointed off towards the fields down the road. A lone figure was walking towards them. Miroku shaded his eyes against the sun but he couldn't make out who it was.

"Miroku, its Kohaku. He's come back!"

Three Weeks Later:

They had been travelling for almost two weeks. Kagome dragged her feet lazily behind, silently wishing that Sesshomaru would stop soon and make camp. Since their meeting three weeks ago, the pair had been travelling around the country sniffing out everyone who had a death threat against InuYasha, which in and of itself was a dauntless task.

Regardless, Sesshomaru had personally taken up responsibility to wipe out everyone, weather or not they knew anything about the murder, who wanted InuYasha dead. This simple fact surprised Kagome. She had expected him to either flat out refuse her offer or simply point her in the general direction of the murderer. Obviously he had taken his brothers death more seriously than she had thought. Throughout the whole journey, Sesshomaru had taken charge, taken the lead, and directed the entire operation. Kagome protested, but she was shown the error of her opinion by his harsh voice and menacing stare.

Now they travelled in an uneasy silence, neither talking to each other unless absolutely necessary. It was almost night-time. Dusk was falling on the horizon and brilliant gold, orange and blue streaked across the horizon, framing the setting sun.

"Can we stop now? Please?" Kagome asked, trying to keep the tiredness and annoyance out of her voice. She had a mission to accomplish, yes, but she couldn't do a good job of it if she was half dead of exhaustion. Sesshomaru turned around and looked at her, his golden eyes summing her up as they did every time she asked for something.

"What for?" he said coldly. This brat of a human woman annoyed the hell out of him. Her constant whining for stupid things like food and baths grated on his nerves. He would never understand how his brother had managed to put up with it. Kagome was so needy, so … high matenience.

"Well for one thing, we've been walking all day and I'm tired. Two I need to have a bath and three ….." Kagome trailed off, she had a third point, just to annoy him if nothing else, now what was it? "Oh right! I'm hungry."

Sesshomaru refrained from slapping the stupidity out of her, though he couldn't keep the anger out of his voice. "You just ate at noon, you bathed yesterday and we don't have bloody time for you to sleep!" This woman was going to be the death of him.

"I need to find some wear to sleep now! Or you're on the top of my shit list!" Kagome all but yelled. She was losing her temper again, as she was so often finding herself doing lately. This man was insufferable! All this stiff, pompous arrogance made Kagome wonder if there was something shoved some wear it shouldn't be. She glared at him as he sighed, admitting defeat. He would have done anything to shut the woman up at this point.

"Not that being on your shit list would scare me in the least, I will find some wear for you to sleep if you continue to insist in that annoying drone you call a voice." said the youkai lord and with that, he turned and walked towards the sunset, leaving Kagome standing there all alone, her mouth agape in shock. 'My voice is annoying?'

"You better not forget about me!" she screamed after him as he walked away. Sesshomaru grumbled something under his breath. As much as he hated the woman, she was the only one who could help him get revenge on whoever had killed his brother, taking away a privilege that was his by right.

Kagome huffed and sat down on the ground, near a large boulder. In her head, she went over every reason she could think of as to why she was travelling with Sesshomaru, though none of them made up for the utter torture she was enduring now. 'At least he's not beating me up … or killing me …' Satisfied that she was calm, she proceeded to take her remaining anger out in a different way. In the dirt she wrote every mean and insulting name she could think of so she could have a list for when Sesshomaru got back.

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Songo saw her first. She let out a giggle that only a girl could let out when seeing someone one for the first time in a long while. Miroku and Kohaku looked at each other and sighed. Over the past three weeks Songo had been in a mood of constant ecstasy, her life at full happiness now that her brother had returned, fully healthy and in good memory.

"Kagome!" she yelled running over to her, Miroku and Kohaku following in slower jog.

Kagome looked up, expecting Sesshomaru, but instead got a big surprise. "Songo!" she managed to scream back before she was knocked over in a bear hug. The two women rolled on the ground for a minute or to, then stood and hugged again. Kagome stepped back first, and returned to sitting. "What brings you two out here? Who's that with you…is that…Kohaku?"

Songo beamed. "He was found us arguing in the middle of the road a ways south of here. I mean, talk about fate! He's free Kagome and we were looking all over the place for you, just to tell you."

Kagome smiled at her two friends. They had been through so much together, so much pain and happiness. Kagome was genuinely happy for her friend, something she hadn't felt in a long time, not since before InuYasha died. "Congratulations! This is must be so exciting for you."

Kohaku smiled softly, it was hardly noticeable. He kept his eyes lower, as if he was afraid to look at Kagome "I'm happy to finally be back with my sister. Though, I wouldn't mind if she toned down the screaming here and there"

Miroku shook his head in earnest agreement. "We thought that you should know, Kagome, and we wanted to check to see how you were holding up after…."

"I'm doing fine. Keeping myself busy, travelling around, checking in on people I meet during our travels together." The miko said distantly. 'They only know half the truth. They think that InuYasha was killed by Naraku. They don't know that he was murdered, that he died for me. I can't bring myself to tell them that, not so soon after they've finally found the happiness after this nightmare' her thoughts bounced around her brain absently as Miroku went into detail over what had taken place since they last saw each other on the mountain top about a month ago.

"We also have other news. Songo and I are getting married" Kagome jolted out of her brooding thoughts at the news Miroku announced.

"What!" this came from Songo, who's mouth was hanging open in the most unlady-like manner. "Shouldn't you discuss this with me before you blurt it out to the whole world?" Her hand twitched as she brought it close to Miroku's cheek. The monk cowered, holding his hands up to protect his face, realizing his error a little too late.

"Wait! Hear me out! You said when everything was over and done with, and you had found Kohaku again we could start thinking about us. Well I did think about us and I figured that in all the time we spent together we were practically dating anyways. I don't want to chance losing you before we get the opportunity to share a life together. I want to get married. You are the only woman for me Songo. I really do love you." The monk said gently.

Kohaku stepped away quietly, encase the monk incur more wrath from his sister than usual.

Songo paused, genuinely blushing. Kagome was smiling from where she sat, knowing that the monk had hit the nail on the nose this time. Songo slowly withdrew her hand and stepped towards the monk, so they were so close together, Miroku could feel her breath hot on his face.

'Must control the hand, must control the hand' He thought, overriding habit in a hard fought battle between heart and mind.

"Who said I wanted you Miroku? Who said I want to be your wife?" she said slowly and quietly. Then she kissed him.

Kagome clapped and laughed at the pair's strange way of telling each other their feelings. Kohaku suddenly looked away, embarrassed at his new-found sister's actions. Seeing as the other three were previously occupied, he stood and walked away.

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He had gone a few feet before his senses picked up another presence in the area. Without warning he felt the sharp point of a blade in the small of his back. Behind his was a tall figure, one he recognized instantly at Sesshomaru.

"Why are you here?" the demon lord sneered, his voice sending shivers down Kohaku's spine. "You reek of blood and death, even more so than normal humans who follow your line of work."

Kohaku breathed slowly and deliberately. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. He could very likely die here and now but Sesshomaru would be fool enough to try anything this close to his sister and the others. Or would he?

"Is your pride still wounded Sesshomaru? Or have you licked your wounds and are now out for revenge?" Kohaku's voice was soft but mischievous.

"This is not a joking matter boy." Kohaku felt the blade being pressed harder it his back.

A/N: There its done. My longest chapter yet!

I went from having no idea what to write, to writing yesterday on my way home from school. I have no idea what was going through my head when I wrote this though it might have something to do with the Timmies I was drinking at the time.

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