Hey! I updated, isn't it amazing! Well, I'm feeling a bit giddy right now, so this chapter is probably going to be based around my giddiness. I can't help it though, 3 bags of sour worms and swimming can really do that to ya!

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Chapter 21: The Troubles of Inuyasha

Kagome ran back and forth around her house, gathering all of her supplies to last her for at least a couple of months in the feudal area. She had came to the conclusion that one bag full of stuff just wasn't enough, that she needed two to last her for quite a long time.

She had already filled her yellow bag up to the brim with supplies, which Sesshoumaru was holding. He sighed as he watched his future mate run back and forth mindlessly around her house, forgetting what she remembered to bring, and then forgetting what she was doing. She was in quite a haste, that Sesshoumaru eventually gave up the idea of getting out of her time by at least dawn, it was now noon, and Kagome had still yet to fill her other bag.

What in the world does a girl need to last her a couple of months in the feudal area? He knew he would never find that answer out. He watched as Kagome stuffed more and more things in her big duffel bag, and mumbled incoherently.

"Mmm...sweater, socks, shorts...got it...pads, tampons...got it..."

Sesshoumaru watched along as Kagome stuffed weird looking cloths into her bag, and odd looking snake things. These things were apparently called 'pads', and 'tampons'. He would have to ask what those odd-looking cloths were used for. He couldn't have something odd-looking in his castle, at which he didn't know the use of. He smirked. Maybe it would have the same functions as that 'bra' thing...

His thoughts were interrupted by a loud squeal, then a slight jump from Kagome. He looked over at her, and she was smiling and bouncing on her toes.

"Ok, I'm done! We can go now!"

Sesshoumaru let out a sigh of relief, as Kagome ran around her house once more, to look for her mother. Sesshoumaru went over to her large bag, and picked it up. It was a heavy thing, weighing at about 30lbs, Sesshoumaru guessed. It didn't seem to phase him though, he carried many heavier things for a lot longer then what he had to carry the bag for. He walked over to the backdoor, opened it, then stepped outside. A rather large and fat cat came up from behind Sesshoumaru, and rubbed on his leg, startling him. Sesshoumaru jumped a bit, then settled down when he saw that it was just Kagome's cat, which she called Buyo (?).

He kneeled down, and petted the cats head. It purred under Sesshoumaru's touch, which made Sesshoumaru just deepen the ministrations on its head, and scratch under its ears. Sesshoumaru heaved the bags off from his back, and picked up the cat. He never saw a real cat before, only the youkai cats. Breeding normal cats wasn't very common in the feudal times, so he never got his chance to actually encounter one. Buyo rested his head on Sesshoumaru's shoulder, while Sesshoumaru pet his back.

After about 5 minutes, Sesshoumaru started to hear Kagome and her mother approaching, but he was enjoying the cat in his arms, its fur was very soft, and its purr vibrated in his head. The cat was all too calming, so he simply didn't put it down.

Kagome finally reached Sesshoumaru, and when she saw the sight that was in front of her, she froze. Kagome's mother also saw the scene, and froze, behind Kagome. Kagome's mouth gaped open, and only one thought ran through her mind.

'Isn't Sesshoumaru a dog youkai? Isn't he supposed to hate cats?'

Eventually, Sesshoumaru placed Buyo back down on the ground, where he just plopped, and lay. He picked the bags back up, and nodded his head.

"Okay Kagome, lets go. "

As he turned to go, hushed whispers were heard from Kagome to her mother.

"Kagome, isn't he a dog youkai, or something like that?"

"Yes mom, he is."

"Then why did he seem so attached to Buyo?"

"I have no idea."

Sesshoumaru smiled, and continued to walk back to the well. Who knew that he also had a weak spot for cats? He surely didn't.

Kagome came running up to Sesshoumaru a little while later. They were only feet from the well at that moment, and Kagome was full of questions. She knew that he wouldn't answer them once they started to fly back to his castle, so she had to ask them now.

"Sesshoumaru, why did you seem to attached to my cat back there?"

Sesshoumaru looked down at Kagome, whose eyes were as large as saucers. He smiled, and looked back up to the well.

"I do not know, he just started rubbing my leg, and I picked him up. He just...soothed me in such a way that I cannot describe."

Sesshoumaru frowned, and finally made it to the shrine. He opened the door, and stepped inside. He didn't like to know that he had weak spots. It nerved him so that Rin and Kagome were his largest of them all, and now he was developing more and more as they came. He would have to be more alert next time, so he would not fall for such a weak move again.

He stepped up to the well, and held out his hand for Kagome to grab. She grabbed his hand, and nodded to him. He jumped in, along with Kagome, who still had questions on her mind.

'Why did he frown when I asked him why he seemed so attached to my cat? Did I make him angry? Oh well, I guess I'll find out later...'

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Inuyasha walked back and forth in his room. When was Kagome going to get back? She was only gone one day, and already he was so worried about her. Did Sesshoumaru hurt her? Did he freak out by the rush of scent and kill Kagome? He wanted Kagome to get back as soon as possible, and that wasn't soon enough.

That just wasn't the only thing bothering him so much, though. It was that tiger youkai, Intaya. She intrigued him in a way that he could not understand. He barely knew the girl, but still, he wanted to know more about her. The only way he could get close to her was through Kagome or Sango though. Sango was too busy with Miroku and Seekou on her hands, and Kagome wasn't there. So, where was he supposed to get help?

He stopped walking in his tracks, and sighed. Walking in the same pace for over an hour wasn't going to solve anything. He rubbed his temples, and made for the door. Just as his hand went to open the door, though, a light knock came form the other side. Inuyasha jumped back a bit, then realized that someone was at his door. He opened it, rather hard, thinking it was a servant that just wanted to bother him again. But, only this time it wasn't.

Intaya stood at the door instead.

Her eyes were cast down at the floor, her hands behind her back. She seemed a little uncomfortable, which made Inuyasha feel uneasy.

"Umm...do you need something?" Inuyasha asked the girl, wanting to know why she was here.

She nodded her head, then looked up into his eyes. He stared back into them, getting aloft at how mesmerized her eyes made him be. She stared at him for a few seconds more, until stating her business.

"Inuyasha...do you not remember?" Inuyasha, a little taken aback by her choice of words, opened his eyes a little more. Remember what? Did he forget something? He made a weird gesture with his head, a partial nod and a partial shake, making him look all the more confused. Intaya sighed, and cast her eyes downward again.

"You don't remember...us? Our childhood? You don't remember me?" Inuyasha's eyes opened to be as wide as saucers. Remember her? Their childhood? Them? He shook his head, closed his eyes, and rubbed his temples looking for answers.

'My childhood? Intaya in my childhood? I don't remember...but I remember...a young boy, my age...playing with me...at the lord meeting...and...that girl...his sister...Intaya!'

His eyes shot opened, and looked down at Intaya. She was that girl! She was that girl at that meeting, the girl that he met, the girl that he fell in love with...so very long ago...

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Young Inuyasha stood around, looking up at all of the adults who ran the lands. By god, how he was bored! Sesshoumaru was with their father, talking about important things, like war and stuff, things that Inuyasha wouldn't have an interest in. So, he was stuck there, with nothing to do but sit and watch the boring adults have their meeting.

That was, until a boy about his age, ran up to him and punched him on his shoulder. Inuyasha grabbed the sore spot on his arm, and growled.

"Hey! You look bored. Well, I'm Seekou! What's your name?"

Inuyasha looked up to the boy who punched him, and made a quick introductory. His hair was black, with a little tinge of orange highlighting through it. He had perky orange and black ears on the sides of his head, and his tail swished back and forth in anticipation. Inuyasha smiled, and stood up, completely forgetting about the sore spot on his arm.

"I'm Inuyasha! This place is really boring. Wanna go play out in the gardens or something?"

Seekou nodded his head violently, happy that he found someone to play with. He looked over his shoulder, and saw his younger sister, sitting down, bored. He decided to bring her out also. He ran up to her, grabbed her hand, and dragged her over to Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha! This is my sister, Intaya. She's going to go out and play with us too!"

Inuyasha looked over to the girl that Seekou claimed was his sister. She looked like s shy little thing, her eyes looking down at her feet, where she seemed to spark in interest at. She looked almost identical to her brother, except for the fact that her hair was longer, and more taken care of, and her clothing was different from Seekou's. Inuyasha smiled, and kneeled down to Intaya's height. He started to speak in a more quiet tone, giving Intaya a better impression of him.

"Hey Intaya, I'm Inuyasha. Are you going to go out and play with us also?" Intaya looked up at Inuyasha, and smiled. She nodded her head, and Inuyasha smiled back. He stood, and all three of them ran out into the gardens, to play.

Except, Inuyasha seemed more interested in Intaya the entire time, he couldn't keep his eyes off from her...

After that day, Inuyasha saw Intaya more and more. Her father would bring her over when his father and hers talked about legal business, and Intaya and he would play. She would stay over the castle, and play with him for weeks at a time.

After awhile, they both grew older, and they both grew a liking for each other...Until the day, that the war finally broke out, and they never saw each other again...

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Inuyasha cringed from the past remembrance. He wanted to forget about her, so that he wouldn't live his life knowing that his love was somewhere out there, and he couldn't have her. After his mother died, he found a youkai, a youkai that gave him the chance to forget about his past, to forget about Intaya...

He took the offer, but he only forgot about Intaya. He wanted to forget a lot more, his mothers death, his fathers death, everything that he knew would haunt him forever, but he only forgot about Intaya. He completely forgot about their life together, until now.

Inuyasha finally snapped back to reality, and looked at Intaya. She was standing the exact same way she was when he met her, embarrassed, uneasy, and nervous. She still looked down to the floor, and she played with her feet. Inuyasha smiled, and finally gained up enough courage to pull her into a tight hug. She gasped at first, and didn't respond, but after Inuyasha started to squeeze tighter, she picked up her arms, and hugged him back. Inuyasha smiled into her shoulder, and buried his head in her hair.

She smelled of the forest, something Inuyasha always admired about her in the past. She still hadn't lost her scent, it was something that she would have forever.

Inuyasha finally let go from her, and she looked up at him with a smile, as he smiled back down at her. Her smile eventually turned into a frown, and she looked back down again. Inuyasha frowned as well, and pulled her over to sit down on his bed. They sat, and Inuyasha turned to face her. He wanted to know the answers to a lot of questions at the moment.

"Intaya...what...what happened, after I left?"

Intaya's eyes grew weary, as she looked up to Inuyasha to answer him.

"After you and your mother escaped the castle, a big war broke out, I'm sure you know, and your father died. Sesshoumaru took the crown, and he was placed as Lord of the Western Lands. This caused a big hassle to come around, because he was placed Lord at such a young age.

Many searched the lands for you, but Sesshoumaru ordered the stop of searching for you, he said that your mother was the cause of your fathers death, so you were also at fault. This caused my father to become enraged, and after many futile attempts to try to persuade Sesshoumaru to change his ways, we went to war with Sesshoumaru. We lost, my father lost his head during battle. My brother then took the crown, and was placed as Lord of the Northern lands. Many wars and battles broke out after that, but we won them all. My brother is a strong ruler, even though it may not seem so."

Inuyasha nodded, and sighed. He felt at fault of Intaya's fathers death, but there was nothing he could do about it now. Still, he wanted to know more about her.

"Intaya...I understand what happened when I left, but...what happened to you?"

Intaya sighed once more, and told Inuyasha what she also tried to forget.

"After you escaped, your father died, and Sesshoumaru placed as Lord, all hell broke loose in my home. I couldn't even get a good nights rest knowing what was happening. But, after Sesshoumaru placed the stop of searching for you, I became enraged. I told my father that Sesshoumaru needed to change his ways, and to keep searching for you. He agreed, and set off to attempt to change him. But, I was not pleased enough. I set off myself, to go search for you."

Intaya caught her breath, and then continued on.

"When I went off to search for you, my father became deranged. He didn't know what to do, his daughter just ran off, and he was going to be at war with Sesshoumaru soon. When he went into war, he died, for me, just because I wanted you back. So, when I returned and heard the news that my father had died in battle just for me, I became more depressed. I needed you, but you weren't there. I went into a state of depression, and I was silent for about 2 years. After that, nothing really happened..."

Intaya caught her breath once more, and then stopped. Inuyasha just stared wide-eyed at Intaya, not knowing what to say or to do. Now, he felt even more at fault for her actions. He felt that her father died, and she went into depression, and it was all his fault. He couldn't even start to tell Intaya of how sorry he was, until she grabbed him, and pulled him into an embracing hug.

"Oh, Inuyasha! I'm so glad you are back! I have worried for years wondering whatever happened to you, many have placed you dead, until I found out that you were dating another girl, another human, named Kikyo..."

Inuyasha's breath caught in his throat. Kikyo? She had heard about her? When he saw the look of sadness in Intaya's eyes, he felt bad. He left that he needed to give her words of comfort, words that would make her happy again...

"Intaya, I'm not with her anymore. Me and her got into...a predicament...and, I'm not with her anymore. Please, before you assume anything, just know that I am not with Kikyo anymore."

Intaya nodded her head, and smiled. She gave Inuyasha one last hug, and then stood up. Inuyasha stood up with her, and he headed for the door, as did Intaya did. As he headed for the door, he heard the sounds of Kagome and Sesshoumaru in the main hall. His heart jumped up, and he looked back at Intaya. She was so beautiful...just like that so many years ago.

He stopped in the doorway, and Intaya stopped right behind him. She wondered what he was doing in confusion, and looked at him oddly. Inuyasha all of a sudden grabbed Intaya in another embracing hug, and Intaya just giggled, and tried to pry herself free from him. He let go, and gave out a small chuckle. He put his hands on her shoulders, and looked her straight in the eyes.

"Intaya, no matter what, promise me you will not leave my life again, and I will promise that I will never leave yours. I had to go through a series of events just to forget about you, just so I wouldn't have to live with pain and misery in my heart, knowing that you weren't there. Please, do not make me do that again, let me remember you forever. Please?"

Intaya looked straight into Inuyasha's eyes, and nodded her head.

"Ok, I promise. But, only as long as you'll promise me something." Inuyasha cocked his head in wonder, and Intaya just giggled and continued on.

"Promise me you'll stop being so sappy. Its really creepy, you know." Inuyasha chuckled, and nodded his head. He let go of Intaya's shoulders, and they both walked down to greet Sesshoumaru and Kagome, in a calming silence.

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Well, there's that chapter. I know there's not much of Sess and Kags, but I wanted to write something else, other then them for a moment. :) And, I'm sorry that everybody's being so OOC lately. I can't help it though, Inu seems so cute when he was sappy. Its definitely something you don't see everyday :)

And, Inu and Intaya aren't dating, their just friends...at the moment. Lol...just had to point that out...

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