"Sesshoumaru sama!" Rin ran towards her master as he emerged from the trees, her arms hanging after her. Sesshoumaru could see Jaken frown at the girls way to greet him.

"Did you find out what you wanted to know, Sesshoumaru sama?" Jaken asked.

"No, but I gathered some other usefull information."

Sesshoumaru had lied to Jaken and Rin and said he went to gather information. He always did when he went to meet her... Kagura.

He did not know why he felt any need at all to meet that woman, he didn´t even know her. He went anyway in hope to figure it out.

"Lets go." He started to walk in the direction of his brother´s scent, keeping a good distance.

They didn´t walk far before they heard footsteps behind them. Sesshoumaru knew who it was with a sniff, and felt kinda relieved.

"Kagura," he said without turning around, "what are you doing here?".

"Only wanted someone to talk to while I´m healing." Sesshoumaru smiled in his head at the cockyness in her voice. Around her he felt a warmth in his heart, and an equal pain, but he couldn´t think of anything that could explain those feelings.

"So, does Naraku has something to do with my brothers... condition?"

"I dont know, but he probably has. He just came to me really chopped up and sent me to attack Inuyasha."

Sesshoumaru felt anger, Naraku had sent Kagura to attack Inuyasha after he himself had been defeated.

Naraku abused the control he got of Kagura, Sesshoumaru could not forgive it. His arm started to shake and he made his hand a fist to gather control of it again. He was glad this went unnoticed due the sleave of his haori. Why was it all this strange feeling came to him when he was around Kagura? He, Sesshoumaru, protects nobody and care for as many. He shook the thoughts out of his head, covering it pretending to throw his hair behind his shoulders.

"I see."

Kagura felt disapointed and upset.

´"I see." is that all he has to say?´ Kagura had wanted him to at least call Naraku a bastard, but he had confirmed his listening as he didn´t care about her at all. Not that anybody did, nobody showed her respekt or sympathy, but ´they´ are either Naraku or his enemies. Sesshoumaru was different, he wasn´t her enemy. She couldn´t quite put him in a category, acqauinted maybe. She didn´t know why she felt as she did, and she didn´t care. She had never been good at hiding her feelings anyway.

She snorted "I better head back." and flew away on one of her feathers.

"Why did you upset her, Sesshoumaru sama?" Rin asked.

"I did that?"

"I think she became upset because she likes you, but you act like you don´t care about her."

"... I see."

Inuyasha and the rest had reached Toutousai´s mountain and set up camp as Inuyasha went to meet with the swordsmith. Inuyasha entered the small house and saw the man with his back towards him, working on a sword. Totousai looked over his shoulder.

"Hello there Inuyasha! What can I do for you?"

"Well, I have some questions..."

Toutousai turned around and narrowed his eyes.

"Does it have to do with your eyes?"

"Yes." Inuyasha explained everything from the beginning.

"Hmm." Toutousai thought for a while, "Your mind is still the same, and being able to use tetsusaiga means your body is still hanyou. You´ve probably found a way to use the full power of your youkaiblood without succumbing to it. It´s nothing to worry about, but keep me informed."

"Ok." Inuyasha left without saying bye.

Inuyasha had came back and said that everything was ok, Kagome felt relieved. Not soon after they had all gone to bed except Inuyasha who kept guard, his back against a tree. Once again Kagome found herself and Inuyasha the only ones awake.

"You should sleep you know..." Inuyasha said, "or do you want a goodnight kiss again, huh?"

Kagome blushed a little and Inuyasha stod and walked over to her. He bent down to kiss her and she sat up to meet him. When there lips were only an inch apart Miroku jumped up from his sleeping bag.

"AHA! I knew you did hide something! So THIS is what you´re..."

SMACK Hiraikotsu slamed into his head.

"Why don´t you go back to sleep?" a sleepy Sango yawned. She lay down and fell to sleep again.

"What´s going on?" Shippo asked.

"Nothing, just go back to sleep." Kagome said with an "innocent" smile.

"Ok." Shippo curled up into a little ball again, with his tail around him.

Inuyasha had already went back to the tree when she looked back up from shippo, so she lay down and let sleep overcome her.

Miroku was the last one to wake up the following morning. He stod up slowly with a groan and held his head.

"Can someone tell me what happend yesterday?"

"Why?" asked a slightly annoyed Sango.

"Well, I woke up on the ground with a major headache and have a blurry memory."

"You only have yourself to blame."

"Why, Sango...?" He collapsed.

"Houshi sama!" Sango ran to his side.

´Maybe it´s not a good idea to hit him in his head all the time...´ she couldn´t finish her thougt before:

Rub, rub

´oh, fuck it! DIE Miroku!´

Slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap!

Miroku again fell unconscious, this time with red handprints all over his face. He woke up again within a few minutes, but this time he was smart enough to not say or try anything. He accepted his bowl with food from Kagome and ate in silence.

After everyone had eaten Inuyasha asked:

"So Kagome, can you sense any shikon-shards?"

"It´s faint but, over there!" she pointed into the distance, "I think it´s more than one."

"Lets go!"

They saw a small village emerge in the horizon, a column of smoke rising from it, but that was not what bothered Inuyasha. How he hated that disgusting he knew to well... Naraku.

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