I'm so sorry it took so long.Thank you for your patience. I made this one extra long to make up for lost time.I added a couple of new characters. I hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any othercharacters, except for the ones I create.

Chapter 9

Kagome tossed and turned in her bed. At one point she shifted her body and felt a sharp pain in her side. She moaned and quickly shot up, "Ow," Kagome looked around the room. "What the? This looks like…"
"Big sister!" A voice said from the doorway, it was Rin, "You are awake." She quickly made her way beside the bed. "Are you feeling well?"
Still confused, Kagome smiled back, "Yes, I'm fine."
Rin smiled, jumped up and hugged Kagome, "Good, cause last night you were all scratched up."
"What?"
"Well, Lord Sesshomaru brought you back last night. He said that a demon attacked you."
"Naraku! That's right, I remember. Naraku attacked me and that's when I blacked out." Kagome's eyes widened, "Was it Sesshomaru? That light… did he save me?"
"Kagome?"
Kagome snapped back to reality, "Uh, yes. What is it?"
"You should get dressed and have some breakfast. Then if you're feeling better, we can play." Rin jumped down from the bed, "I'll be waiting down stairs." She exited the room closing the door behind her. Kagome crawled to the edge of the bed, stood up then looked down. She was naked, except for a bandage around her stomach. Her face turned red, "What? Ahh, where are my clothes?" She ran to the closet, hoping there were still kimonos inside. Sliding the door to the side, Kagome sighed with relief seeing many neatly folded. Randomly, she picked one up and slipped it on.
Kagome walked out into the hallway, "It feels like it's been forever since I was last here, but it was only a couple of hours ago." All the sudden a million questions popped into her head but she was able to shake most of them away. One however, baffled her the most, did Sesshomaru save her? "Why? Why would he? I tried to escape from him, I know I'm still his hostage but I never thought he actually cared about my welfare." Her lips curled into a grin and she smirked, "Yeah right… If Sesshomaru cared about anything other than himself maybe-" Kagome suddenly stopped walking and hide behind a near by pillar, a couple feet away, Sesshomaru stood in the middle of the hallway. His eyes looking somewhat troubled.
"Wait, Why am I hiding?" Kagome questioned glancing around the wooden pillar.
"Why? Why did I bring that woman back? Why did I curse Inuyasha when he threatened to take her from me." He didn't understand what had come over him. This angered him. He snarled showing his fangs; he clenched his fist and drove it into the wall. Startled, Kagome jumped, "What the matter with him?"
"Lord Sesshomaru!" Jaken called coming around the corner, "Lord Sesshomaru, about your appointments today. What happened to the wall, my lord?"
Sesshomaru looked down at his servant, "Have them sent to my study, I will be there momentarily."
"Y-yes my lord." Jaken stuttered running back down the hall.
"I don't have time for this. I have to concentrate on the matter at hand, after all a war might break out soon. And if that happens..." Sesshomaru glanced behind him, he sensed someone was there but ignored it and walked to his study, "It's rude to ease drop on other people when they are thinking. You could have tried a little harder, Kagome." Kagome jumped once she heard her name. She stood up with her face flustered and came into Sesshomaru's view, "I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." Sesshomaru slammed the door of his study behind him. "Why that little. He could at least listen to my apology." Kagome stormed off down the hall to the garden, "Dang it, why do I always forget? I should have asked him."
"Ask who what?" Rin asked stepping in front of Kagome.
"Oh, uh nothing." Kagome replied, "So what do you want do today?"
"I want you to meet someone." Rin smiled grabbing Kagome's hand and hauling her out to further into the garden. "Ahh, Rin, hey!"

Inuyasha sat up against the wall of a small hut. He snarled recalling what had happened the night before, "Damn you Sesshomaru! You not only take Kagome away, but you beat her and slice off my arm. Your dead, I swear I'll find you and kill you."
"Inuyasha?" Shippo called pulling on his shirt, "Are you alright? Oh no you're bleeding again." Shippo wrapped another bandage over his shoulder, Inuyasha gently bumped him off, "I'll do it myself, take care of them." Inuyasha looked over to Miroku and Sango who were still unconscious on the floor wrapped in bandages. Kirara was right next to Sango meowing in concern.
"Don't worry, Kirara. She'll be okay." Shippo replied placing a damp cloth on her forehead.
"So Inuyasha, do you think Kagome's okay? I mean she was really messed up-"
"Of course she is!" Inuyasha yelled, "We're going to get her back!"

Kagome stood before a small boy with short purple hair about the same age as Rin, "Uh, hi."
"Kagome this is Crono, Crono this is my big sister, Kagome." Rin replied.
Kagome smiled and held out her hand, "Hi, nice to meet you."
The boy blushed slightly, looked at Rin and back to Kagome's hand. He hesitated, but raised his hand and grasped hers.
"Ahh, he's so cute!" Kagome thought shaking his hand, "So where are you from?"
"I'm from the Kagoboku Demon Tribe in the south."
"Demon Tribe? This sweet little boy is a demon? "The south, huh? Do you like it there?"
"Meh, it's okay. I guess… it's not as nice as the west but, we manage."
"Enough talk, let's play!" Rin exclaimed tapping Crono on the back, "Your it!"
Crono shot up and chased after Rin, "Get back here!"
Kagome jolted after them but stopped only moments later. Grasping her side, "Oww, my side. It hasn't healed yet. I shouldn't be running around like this, but I don't want Rin to worry." She let go of her side despite her pain, and slowly jogged after them.
Crono tackled Rin to the ground, "Got ya!"
Rin giggled in excitement, "Alright, big sis. You better watch out," Rin and Crono stood up and charged for Kagome.
"Uh," This is gonna hurt, Kagome turned around and ran as fast as she could. Which was merely just a jog. Crono was on her right on her heels, Rin just behind him. With one finger he tapped once on her back, "You suck."
Kagome immediately fell to the ground, "Don't hit that hard, that hurt."
Crono stood over her and snickered, "Well, if you weren't so slow. I wouldn't have."
Rin sat next to Kagome, "Are you alright? Please don't hurt Kagome, Crono. She is still recovering."
"No, Rin it's not his fault. He probably can't control his power yet. Come on let's go back to the castle and get something to eat." Kagome stood up and took Rin and Crono's hand and pulled them towards the castle.
"This woman? She is exactly like Rin."
Kagome, Rin and Crono were almost to the dining hall when they heard yelling coming from Sesshomaru's study.

Suddenly there was a loud crash and the door swung open, "This is an outrage!" Said a deep voice from the doorway, a tall man stepped out. His purple hair tied back in a long braid that stretched to his feet, "Lord Sesshomaru, this is a mistake!"
Sesshomaru stepped out into the hall, "That may be Lord Kotaro, but my decision is final."
The man known as Kotaro snarled, "You are just like your father, he refused to believe in the Kagoboku Clan and we were tossed aside. Humans were the cause of it all, they are a plague and you allow them to enter your territory." He glared over his shoulder to Kagome and Rin, "If not for them we could have joined our forces long ago."
"I am not anything like my father, he had weaknesses. His feeling for humans betrayed him, and thus he was killed by his own ambition." Sesshomaru responded coldly, "The reason I do not join with you is that I am to busy now-a-days running the western territories as it is. I have no time to baby-sit any allies."
Once again the demon snarled, "Fool, you have no idea what your doing." He turned swiftly and walked towards the exit. Passing by Kagome he gave her a bitter scowl, "Crono, we're leaving."
Crono bowed, "Lord Sesshomaru." Then followed his leader.
Kagome looked at Sesshomaru and turned to see Crono and his partner leave, "What was that about?"

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