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Stephanie- Thanks for the compliment. I'll update as quick as I can. School did start so I don't have a lot of spare time, but I will try.

ali- Thank you and he meant that they both like/love each other. That sort of thing. And thanks for the compliment.

I do not own any of the characters in this story. The only character I do is Anna. As much as I would love to own Miroku…Sigh I don't.

Chapter 7-Unexpected Guests

When the sun camp up the next morning, Inuyasha was already awake by the fire. Every once and awhile he would look back and make sure Kagome was alright. As he turned back to the fire, he glanced at Sango sleeping, and then faced the fire.

Shippo soon woke up and looked around the camp area. Once he found out that Sango was back, the kitsune ran up to her jumping up and down. "Sango!" He called as he jumped up to hug her neck.

This made Sango wake with a start, but she noticed that Shippo was hugging her, so she hugged him back. "Hi Shippo."

Shippo's cry woke up Kagome, but Miroku was so in tune with his dream that he didn't wake up. Kagome looked in the direction of Shippo and Sango as a smile spread across her face.

"Sango, you're back!" Kagome walked towards Sango and Shippo. She knelt down beside then, smiling the whole time. "I'm glad you're back." Soon, the miko was hugging her friend.

Inuyasha watched Kagome, Shippo and Sango then soon turned away. "Will you stop hugging already?" He stood up and walked towards Miroku. "Get up you lazy excuse for a monk." The hanyou kicked Miroku in the side only to find his leg being hugged by Miroku. In a frantic state, Inuyasha picked his leg up off the ground and shook it hard. "Get off!" Finally getting Miroku off, he glared down at the now awake monk.

"Hello Inuyasha. Is everything alright?" Miroku questioned, not knowing what he did moments before.

"Feh. As if you wouldn't know," he scoffed. Inuyasha put his hands in the opposite sleeves and closed his eyes.

As Kagome knelt by Sango, she put her hands on her hips. "Inuyasha, just leave it."

Inuyasha stepped aside to reveal to Miroku Kagome, Shippo, and Sango. At the present time, Sango was looking from Kagome to Inuyasha and back again. 'It's nice to be back,' she thought. Then noticed Miroku was looking at her. "Hello Miroku."

Houshi-sama walked over to Sango and knelt down in front of her. "Hey…" was all he could manage to say. It had been so long since he had last seen her.

Sango felt the awkward silence blanketing them as they stared at each other. It was hard with the presences of her friends always over her shoulder…

Then she looked up. And they weren't in sight.

'Thanks, Kagome,' she praised her friend in her mind. Kagome knew just when to force Inuyasha and Shippo away. However, she thought that Inuyasha might need to stay and pick up pointers…wait, never mind.

Chasing Sango's attention away from her thoughts, Miroku asked, "So, you have returned?"

Fighting the urge to fire back a retort stating the obvious, she merely nodded and said, "Yes…I have."

Inside, Miroku was beating himself up. How could he say that? Kami, he knew how to start better conversations. It was bad enough that she already considered him a perv…

He realized that the silence was growing longer, but he was too scared to say anything else.

"I realized," Sango began, staring up at the rising sun. "It was better here than being solitary. I guess my strength came not from myself, but from everyone in this group."

Miroku felt a sudden rush of emotions. He saw her looking somewhere else, but continued to stare at her. "Sango…" Before he could continue, Inuyasha came back into the clearing.

"Done yet?" Inuyasha asked gruffly obviously uncomfortable. "Kagome made ramen and it's getting cold." He walked over and stood beside Miroku.

Miroku sighed and rolled his eyes at Sango. "If the reason is ramen, then we are done." He stood up, dusting debris off his robes.

Sango stood up and shook her head at the two. She walked to where Kagome had the ramen set up while Kirara followed at her heels.

Miroku watched the Taiji-ya retreat over to Kagome. He heaved a sigh that was quiet noticeable, especially by Inuyasha.

Inuyasha scoffed at Miroku's sigh. "Why don't you just tell her?" He started to walk back towards Kagome.

"The same reason why you don't tell Kagome how you feel." He really didn't know how much Inuyasha felt for Kagome, but he knew it was a lot.

"Wha-" Inuyasha turned around to face Miroku. "Who said I felt that way?" He walked up to Miroku, his anger showing a lot. Especially by how red his face was turning.

"Inuyasha, I saw you one night with your arm around Kagome. It's obvious." Miroku patted Inuyasha on the shoulder and headed over to Kagome and Sango.

After awhile, Sango, Kagome, and Miroku were sitting in what looked like a circle. There had been silence lurking in the air for awhile, but no one said anything. Eventually Kagome broke the silence with a question. "Does anyone know where Inuyasha is?"

Sango and Miroku both shook their heads. "Last time I saw him was when he was talking with Miroku," answered Sango.

Kagome stood up, smiling at Sango. "Thanks for the help." She walked towards where Inuyasha was last seen by their friends.

Since Miroku left, Inuyasha had jumped onto a branch and leaned against the base of the tree. He was thinking about what Miroku said. "It's…It's true…" His small ears twitched and he quickly looked around, inspecting for any signs of Kagome. He didn't want her to see the blush he wore on his cheeks.

Finding nothing to indicate Kagome was anywhere near by, he settled down…only to sense something that resembled Kagome's presence…

Except for this presence had the aura of death hovering all around this person…

It was Kikyo.

Her long raven black hair was how it usually was, tied back with a long white ribbon. As she walked, her brown eyes looked around the clearing, her soul catchers flew beside her, every once and awhile feeding her souls.

She held on tightly to her bow and her quiver of arrows rested on her back. Her priestess clothing blew back gently in the breeze. The miko stopped walking once she was in the middle of the clearing.

Inuyasha stared at her in awe as he jumped gracefully from the tree. He paused for a moment before walking towards her. His yellow-orange eyes gentle and caring not angry and fierce.

Once Kikyo spotted the hanyou, she dropped her bow and arrows and they fell with a clatter to the ground. "Inu…Yasha…." She took a step forwards and stopped.

Inuyasha walked up to her and stared into her eyes. "Kikyo…" He pulled her towards him and hugged her tightly.

This came as a shock for Kikyo, but she hugged him back none-the-less.

For the past day, Anna had been wondering around the forest. She got bored of Naraku's castle so she left, but nothing interesting happened to the demoness.

Behind her there was a rustle of leaves. Anna turned in time to see a young human girl run behind her and hide behind her legs. Then through the bushes came a rat demon.

Anna looked from the girl to the rat demon and smirked. "A nice rat to play with." She faced her palm towards the rat and before he could say anything he was engulfed by a flame and disintegrated.

A smirk then played on her face. She walked through the forest but soon stopped her ears twitching. Turning to a bush, she faced her palm towards it.

The small human girl slowly walked out of the bushes with a flower in her hand. "Please don't hurt Rin. She got lost from Lord Sesshomaru." Rin's black hair caught the sunlight and glistened.

"You're a mere child. I won't hurt you." She put her hand back at her side. "So your name is Rin then?" Anna questioned with her eye brows raised. "And who is this Lord Sesshomaru?"

Rin gave a big smile and took a step forward. "Yes, my name is Rin. Lord Sesshomaru took me in and he protects me from things, like Jaken." She held the flower out in front of her. "Here, have this pretty flower."

She took the flower from Rin and gave a small smile. "Thanks…Rin." She played with the stem of the flower with her fingers. She had never been given a flower before, especially by a mortal girl.

"Do you know how to play hide and seek?" asked Rin enthusiastically as she looked up at Anna.

Anna nodded slowly, taking a liking to the small girl. She let her softer side show; a side that none so far had seen and lived to speak of. "Yes I do, would you like to play?"

Rin gave multiple nods and ran off to hide. 'This will be fun,' she thought. 'I hope Lord Sesshomaru doesn't worry too much.'

'The girl stinks of human, imp and dog demon.' Anna thought as Rin ran off. But for some reason this didn't bother her. She sat at the base of a tree and counted to 100 in her mind.

During the time when Anna and Rin were playing, Inuyasha and Kikyo were still embracing each other. Inuyasha didn't know that Kagome was coming; he wasn't using his sense of smell at all.

Kikyo finally broke the unsettling silence. "Inuyasha, I do not belong in this world. Please, let me go…" Kikyo didn't try and move away. She just stayed in the same position she had been in for awhile.

Inuyasha took in what she said and let her go, only to look her in the eyes. "Kikyo…" He put his hands on her shoulders firmly, but as to not hurt her. "You're not going to leave. I won't let you."(A.N. - I'm sorry for all thoughs Kikyo haters out there. I'm trying to keep with how Inuyasha would act. I myself hate Kikyo, but I'm trying to keep to how Inuyasha would act as much as possible.)

At that moment, Kagome was walking through the brush when she heard voices. "Who could be there?" She questioned herself before cocking her head and running towards the voices. The young miko stopped in a bush and watched Inuyasha and Kikyo. Her suspicion was correct.

Kikyo smile and shook her head. "Farwell, Inuyasha." Her soul catchers surrounded her and took her away, into the sky.

Inuyasha watched as the person he once loved rose into the sky and out of sight. "K-Kikyo." He turned around when he heard rustling in the bush. Seeing nothing he started to walk back to where Miroku and Sango were.

Kagome ran towards Sango and Miroku, getting there in no time. She emerged from the trees with shock still written all over her face. She walked over to Sango and sat beside her, staring into the fire.

Sango looked from Kagome to Miroku and back again. "Uh Kagome, are you alright? Where's Inuyasha?" The Taiji-ya's second question was soon answered by the presence of Inuyasha himself.

Inuyasha looked around the group but avoided Kagome's gaze. He sat down next to the monk. "Hey," he said sullenly. The hanyou looked at Miroku, noticing a big red hand print on his face. "What did you do now?" He said in his arrogant tone.

Miroku sweat dropped and scratched the back of his head. "I didn't mean to. My hand just slipped." He looked around the group and all eyes ere on him. "What?"

Sango crossed her arms and stood up. "You pervert. Will you ever learn?" She headed off into the forest with Kirara at her heels, both tails swishing as she did so. As the Taiji-ya walked, you could head mumbling. "That lecherous, womanizing, criminal, fool…"

Miroku looked nervously at Inuyasha and Kagome, but soon stood up and followed Sango into the forest. "Sango, wait up!" In no time at all he was walking behind Sango, wondering where they were going anyways.

Three days have past and Anna had been playing and taking care of Rin. Anna brushed a strand of brown hair out of her face then asked, "When is this Sesshomaru person coming?" She ate some food and waited for Rin to answer the question.

A figure spoke from behind her. "I'm already here." Sesshomaru spoke softly, as his gazed moved from Anna to Rin.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin ran over to the stationary lord, who did not acknowledge her presence.

"Who are you?" Sesshomaru demanded of Anna.

"Anna." She replied meekly, but yet confidently. "I was merely watching after your human companion. As you can see, she is well." Her ears twitched and her tail swayed.

Sesshomaru sniffed the air then narrowed his eyes slightly. "So, you're a cat demon are you?" He took out Toki-jin and held it at his side. A demonic aura started to come from it.

Anna quickly stood up, her palm faced upwards. Flames emerged from the middle of her palms as she stood looking at the sword, seeing the demonic aura coming from it.

"Nice sword." Anna remarked. "The sword would naturally posses any normal demon. You must be incredibly strong."

"Comments from a mere cat demon have little importance to me." Sesshomaru raised his sword and looked at Anna's hands. 'She's strong. I can sense it,' he thought.

A voice suddenly came to life in Anna's mind. "Anna now is the perfect time to get Sango's shards…" It was Naraku.

Giving a nod, she turned to Sesshomaru. "I have to go now. See you around dog boy." She turned and ran into the forest towards Miroku and Sango.

Sesshomaru stood there as Anna left a weird feeling inside of him. 'What is going on?' He thought as he sheathed Toki-jin. "Rin, let's go." And together, they left into the forest surprisingly where Anna just ran off too.

Wow, the story just started to get popular at chapter six. It was odd, but very nice to see that. I'm glad people like the fanfiction. Please read and review.