A/N: It's been brought to my attention that some of you are confused as to what I put in chapter 6, so I will try to explain this as nicely as I can…Sesshomaru has no feelings for Kagome! He raped her, that's all! And Kagome just has been confused about if he really loves her or not! There. Happy now? Well, maybe this chapter can clear things up…

Chapter 7: Wasted emotion

Kagome snuggled up beside Sesshomaru, glad that she could have the feeling of acceptance from someone, even if it was Sesshomaru. Just let it be for now. Smiling, she reached to scratch behind his ear. The demon let out a noise similar to a sigh.

"Something wrong, Sess?" Kagome stopped the scratching and looked at him, confused.

The demon sat up, glaring at her. Despite wanting her to stay, despite the fact that she was human, he couldn't allow himself to get too close. As much as he wanted to deny it, she still belonged to Inu-yasha. "Go home, wench." He narrowed his eyes into slits as he slipped from the bed.

"What?" Kagome asked, confused.

"I made myself clear the first time. Go to your pathetic half-breed Inu-yasha." He ordered. "I'm done with you."

Kagome stared at Sesshomaru, trying to hold back her tears. "What's wrong with you? You kidnap me and claim you want me, but when you're through, you just turn around and abandon me! Inu-yasha's right! You are a cold-hearted demon! And both of you are exactly alike! You're both just too stupid to realize it! Both of you are incapable of love!" She cried, gathering her clothes, and running out of there.

Sesshomaru stood there, dressing himself and contemplating the miko's words. "Love…Feh. A wasted emotion for a demon. I, Sesshomaru, have no need of such." He convinced himself, closing himself shut yet again. "What is wrong with me? Feh? What is wrong with her? I bring her here and give her what Inu-yasha cannot, and she dare to ask me that? She should be grateful that I could chose someone, unlike that foolish half-breed who's still lusting over that hunk of dead flesh, Kikyo."

Inu-yasha, meanwhile, was trying to sniff out Kagome and the others. "Damn them! They think they can just leave and hide like cowards while Sesshomaru's acting like a bitch?" he mumbled. "Heh. You don't see me going crazy and singing showtunes over some candy! How pathetic!" the frustrated hanyou kicked a pebble and looked around. "Kagome? Where are you? Miroku…? Sango…?" he sighed. "Shippo?"

"Hey!" a voice came from under a bush. "How come you call my name last?"

Inu-yasha looked to the bush to see a pair of eyes staring at him. "Have you been following me the entire time? I thought I smelled a coward."

"I..I'm not a coward!" Shippo protested.

"Oh yeah? Then what are you doing hiding in that bush?"

"I'm checking to see if Sesshomaru's in it! Good thing he's not! Hmph!" The young fox demon poked his head out the bush and poked out his chest bravely. "That'll show him! If Sesshomaru was here, then I'd…"

"You'd what? Turn tail and run?" Inu-yasha laughed.

"You shut up, Inu-yasha! I'm not afraid of that stupid Sesshomaru, I'm not!"

"Oh?" a familiar voice asked from out of nowhere.

Inu-yasha turned around. "Sesshomaru!"

"Rest your nerves, half-breed. I'm looking for Rin. I have no intention of fighting with you at the moment." True to his word, the demon calmly walked off.

Inu-yasha stood there. "Feh. You can come out now, Shippo." He didn't even have to look at the bush.

"Is he gone?" He asked.

"Nope." Inu grinned and walked off in the opposite direction.

Shippo peeked out from under the bush. "Inu-yasha, you liar! He is gone!" Hurriedly, he scampered out from under the bush and ran to catch up with the stubborn hanyou.

A/N: Poor Shippo. Hm, I hope this chapter cleared up some things about Kagome's nonexistent relationship with Sess! And, yes we all know Shippo is a coward, so that doesn't need to be explained! Well, I guess that's it for this chapter. Read on!