URGENT MUST READ THE AUTHOR'S NOTE!

A/N: how did you like the last chappie, I kinda liked it, though I was hoping to write a lot more but I'm rushing to get to the 17th chappie so I can post the lemoniness. Oh so goood! Any ways I must warn you that after the 17th chappie there will be a few more chappies and then it will end abruptly. But fear not, I will start the sequel only it will be Sango's, Miroku and Inuyasha's side of the story. Here's a hint, the last chappie in Married under a crescent Moon is when Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, Sesshomaru and Kagome meet up. But the sequel The gift of Misfortune will be about the blossoming love between Sango and others. After they admit their love for each other and meet up with Sesshomaru and Kagome the story will end there too. Then I will start a third sequel thingy about their little group and how Inuyasha and Sesshomaru try to kill each other. Beware, the third sequel will have a lot of drama, it might be confusing, I'm confusing my self right now just thinking about all the crap that is going on. And I haven't even written it yet!

Chappie 13

4 Days to hunt Shards

Sesshomaru laid there as the sun raised it's self upon the horizon once again. He didn't sleep. Instead he planned ahead on what would happen in the following four days before they have to go back to the palace. On that day the crescent moon will arrive signaling that the prophecy should commence. And then finally they can be rid of that annoying Naraku who is surely the new evil that was stated in the prophecy.

Sesshomaru awaited Kagome's arrival into consciousness. She fluttered her eyes open when she heard a small rustling of Sesshomaru's clothing when he shifted behind her. When Sesshomaru saw that she was awake he wasted no time and tossed her onto his shoulder. Kagome was so startled by the sudden movement that she was stunned into silence for about a minute.

"Hey what's the big deal? Put me down!" Kagome started punching Sesshomaru's back and kicked him in the abdomen, but to no avail.

Sesshomaru laughed inwardly but made sure that his expression didn't changed.

"If this Sesshomaru were you miko, ceasing his attacks on a powerful being would be considered smart."

"Are you calling me stupid!"

"Did I call you stupid?" he said mockingly. He was getting tired of her hitting. They had to collect some of the shards before the forth day came and finding them would be a very difficult task. He had no idea where to start and it wasn't as if the shards had a scent to them. If they did then it would be easier. He could smell and hear everything with in a five-mile radius if he chose to.

"Put me down!" Kagome screamed.

Sesshomaru dropped Kagome and she landed with an 'omph' on her behind. Sesshomaru smirked when Kagome glared up at him.

"I didn't say for you to drop me!'

"Did I not put you down?"

"Yes you did but you also dropped me, one would think that a taiyoukai such as yourself would be proper enough as to be gentle with a woman." Sesshomaru scoffed and snorted when the word woman came out of Kagome's mouth. Kagome rolled her eyes, crossed her arms and looked off in the opposite direction that they were heading.

"Get up miko so we can move on and get the shards," Kagome didn't budge from the spot that she occupied on the ground, "if you don't then I will leave you behind."

"You won't leave me behind." Kagome said confidently.

Sesshomaru turned on his heels and started to walk away slowly waiting to see if Kagome would get up and follow him. He waited as he kept on walking but didn't hear the small scuffles of her feet trying to catch up to him. He turned around again and saw that she was still on the ground. He narrowed his eyes at her and walked back to her healing body. She triumphantly smiled at him and got up. She dusted off her butt and started walking, or swaying her hips, the way Sesshomaru headed. Sesshomaru watched ahead of him and thought about if only he didn't love her then maybe he wouldn't have even have to waste his time out here looking for the shards. But alas he could not leave his poor Kagome out here all alone. Besides there is a mystery that needs to be solved.

Who was that the demoness with the feather and why did she take away the dead miko?

"Kagome, who was the dead miko?"

"She told me that her name was Kikyou."

"…"

"Well since you asked me a question bow about I ask you one?"

"…"

"Who is Inuyasha?"

"He is my sibling, do your human ears not work properly, did you not hear what was said earlier?"

"Oh yeah, he's your brother, why didn't you tell me that you had a younger brother?"

"You did not ask, therefore this Sesshomaru didn't tell you."

Kagome looked at his shadowed profile as they walked on. They were in a field, a very familiar field of flowers. This must be the field that I came through last time when I was following Sesshomaru…

"Sigh… you know it's gonna take us a long time to find those shards, I guarantee that we won't find even three if we're moving at such a slow pace."

Sesshomaru looked side ways and saw that Kagome was lazing behind and didn't even bother to catch up. He decided that they should just fly around and see if anything suspicious about youkai or human behavior. Or they could just go after the rumors that heard about them. They are bound to find at least one with in the four days.

Sesshomaru summoned his cloud genki and grabbed Kagome before the cloud levitated to far up. Kagome shrieked in surprise.

"Well what else haven't you been telling me Sesshomaru? I didn't know that you could fly."

"…"

"Why do you insist on being so quiet, if you love me then you would talk to me."

The loving her thing struck a nerve. Of course he loves her but it's just that he prefers not to speak unless it was somewhat urgent. He didn't have the need to speak but for her he would start a conversation. That was until he felt Kagome's body jerked against his violently.

"What is happening?" he asked Kagome as her body stopped jerking around.

"I felt a very strong force, I think it's a Shikon shard."

"You can feel the presence of the shards?"

"Yeah, gomen for not telling you Sesshomaru sama."

"What else have you been hiding Kagome?" Sesshomaru asked as he smiled down softly at her. He thought that today she would be the day where she would see him smile more often. Wow. Sesshomaru looks so cute when he smiles.

They descended from the sky slowly. As they reached the ground Kagome hopped off the genki cloud and headed where she felt the pull of the shards energy. They reached a forest and Kagome was the first to enter and Sesshomaru was the second to follow. As they walked into the forest it was eerily quiet. Hhhhmmmm… this is just like the forest that is on Sesshomaru's land. Come to think of it, I think this is the same forest.

"Sesshomaru sama? Is this the same forest from whence we were before?"

"…"

"I'm speaking to you!" Kagome started to wave her hand in front of the taiyoukai's face frantically.

"Silence, something is stalking us."

"Oh, okay, if you just told me in the first-----!"

Sesshomaru cupped his hand over her mouth to silence her when there was rustling in the trees nearby. Kagome soon heard it too and ripped Sesshomaru's hand away from her mouth so she can breathe. They waited until the rustling stopped and both Sesshomaru and Kagome tried to search out this unknown follower with their senses. They felt his presence but couldn't really put their finger on where the mysterious person was.

"Who in hells name are you!" Kagome shouted at the top of her lungs causing Sesshomaru to cover his ears. There was even more rustling in the trees. All of a sudden a dark figure jumped from one of the trees right in front of them. Kagome backed up a few paces and into Sesshomaru's chest. She looked up at him and saw a firm frown set upon his beautiful face.

"Takeda, I should have known it was you." Sesshomaru said calmly. But inside he was seething with rage. This was the man, the man who caused his father Inu Taisho to run to that slut Izayoi in the first place.

Flash Back:

"Momma, momma?" called the young Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru was only about eight at this time. His father walked behind him calmly. Today was Misusage's Birthday, Sesshomaru's beloved mother.

"Oh momma! Papa and I will find you!" Sesshomaru yelled excitedly as he ran around following his mother's scent. He picked a bouquet of flowers for her earlier and hoped that his mother Misusage would like it.

As Sesshomaru ran around the palace he ended up in front of one of the guest rooms. Sesshomaru heard something going on inside. There was a lot of banging and clattering. It was probably just his mom trying to hide from him. Sesshomaru stepped aside as his father came in front and pushed open the door. The sight that he saw would scar him for life.

His uncle had his crying mother bent over. His hakama's were dropped to the ground and his uncle was hunched over his mother's sobbing form.

"Uncle Takeda what are you doing to my momma!"

Takeda's body jerked up and saw Inu Taisho and nephew Sesshomaru staring at them in the door way. He pulled his hakama up and walked over to them both. His father Inu Taisho was furious. His eyes were bleeding red.

"Takeda! Explain what you were doing with my mate!" Inu Taisho demanded.

"She asked me to satisfy her since you couldn't." He lied.

Sesshomaru's mother Misusage looked up in bewilderment at what she heard. Sesshomaru looked up at his father in a confused state.

"What will father do? Uncle Takeda is lying, can father see through it?" Sesshomaru thought.

Inu Taisho turned his angry gaze from Takeda and turned it upon his mate. At the speed of light he was by her side and darted his hand out to her throat. Sesshomaru watched speechlessly as his mother struggled in vain to get away. His father squeezed her throat tighter and tighter and it wasn't long until his mother's body ceased to have any movement at all. Sesshomaru yelled when he realized what his father did. When Inu Taisho heard the scream from Sesshomaru he tamed the beast that wanted to rip the body in its grasp. He looked up and saw his mate, dangling lifeless in his claws.

Inu Taisho felt something heavy lay on his heart. It almost suffocated him. A lone tear escaped from his eye and a blanket of sorrow wrapped itself around him. He heard Sesshomaru's cries and tantrums.

"Takeda! Get out!"

"But brother---…" "I said get out, out of my castle and never return!"

"As you wish." Takeda walked out slowly and smirked at Sesshomaru's watery eyes that watched him as he left.

Sesshomaru caught that smirk and nearly died when he saw it.

"How can you uncle Takeda? How can you lie to father like that and have him kill my momma? You lied. Now my momma is dead. Being dead means she can never come back. I hate you Takeda. I hate you and father. Both of you are the cause of her death. I will kill you one day and when I do I will dance on your grave." Sesshomaru thought angrily.

Inu Taisho turned around and met his heir's gaze. As his solemn eyes locked with Sesshomaru's, the young one's eyes went frosty. Inu Taisho was almost taken aback with this sudden behavior. But Taisho knew better then to ask his son why. It was his mother.

End Flash back:

"Why isn't it my nephew Sesshomaru, I haven't seen you for a while. You look just like your father." Takeda said.

"Sesshomaru he's the one with the jewel shards." Kagome whispered.

"Shards? He has more then one?" Sesshomaru questioned Kagome. She nodded in response.

"So nephew, who is the beautiful woman behind you, is that your mate?" Takeda asked thoughtfully.

"Your as stupid as ever Takeda, if she were my mate then you would smell my scent all over her."

"Since she is not your mate then I would like to court her."

"How dare you think that your ugly old ass can court me!" Kagome burst out.

"Feisty… is that why you keep her around Sesshomaru?"

"Enough, we came here to take the Shikon shards from you." Kagome stepped out boldly.

Takeda jumped back in surprise and eyed her suspiciously.

"How do you know I have shards?"

"You need not know. Prepare yourself for battle." Sesshomaru said as he rushed forward and swung his sword Tokijin at his uncle. But even as Sesshomaru swung he met only air. Takeda quickly came up behind Sesshomaru and grabbed his shoulder and yanked him around so Sesshomaru could face him.

"I see that you're as slow as ever Sesshomaru, never could beat me when you were young."

"That was when I was young, I am much older and strong now." Sesshomaru kneed Takeda in the gut and as Takeda hunched over in pain Sesshomaru brought the butt of Tokijin down to his uncle's head. The impact of Sesshomaru's hit made his uncle sprawl to the floor. The back of his head bled profusely. Takeda tried to get up but was kicked onto his side by Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru gazed into his uncle's eyes. Takeda turned away as he saw the rage that flickered into Sesshomaru's emotionless face.

"Takeda you will die now, you took away what was mine and now I will take away what is yours, your life." At those last words Sesshomaru brought Tokijin's sharps edges down across Takeda's neck. Takeda's eye's glazed over and his breathing stopped. Soon his chest stopped heaving up and down struggling for breath. He was dead. Sesshomaru was satisfied. His uncle is dead and he managed to avenge his mother. Takeda soiled his mother by raping her and causing his father to believe that his mother went to another's bed for sex.

"Sesshomaru?" Kagome tugged at his sleeve.

Sesshomaru turned his gaze away from the puddle of blood that his uncle produce and looked down at Kagome. She had a calm face on, as if it didn't bother her. But Sesshomaru can smell her unease with the body that lie in front of them.

"What."

"His back, the Shikon shards are imbedded in the back of his flesh." Kagome answered.

Sesshomaru reached his hand out and dug the two shards out and handed them to Kagome. They were black. Kagome took the shards and stood there. She wrapped her delicate fingers around them and bowed her head. Sesshomaru watched as she concentrated on something. Her body glowed pink and Sesshomaru stood back as the pink genki around her licked the air and accidentally hit his arm. He hissed and felt the burning sensation it induced. So this is the power that this Sesshomaru must unlock fully. This Sesshomaru doesn't know if his person should try now. When the pink glow went away Kagome opened up he palm and Sesshomaru saw the pure pink crystals that lay there.

"Kagome, you can purify shards?"

"Yeah, sorry I didn't tell you that either Sesshomaru sama, I guess I haven't told you many things that I can do."

"…"

Sesshomaru beckoned to Kagome to climb on his back and Kagome happily jumped on him. He carried Kagome for a few miles until they came upon a spring. Kagome hopped off of him and ran to the spring. Kagome turned around.

"Sesshomaru sama, I need to rest. I want to bathe first before we go on. Plus you can go and actually do something."

Sesshomaru quirked a perfect eye brow at her it question.

"What do you assume this Sesshomaru can do miko?"

"…"

"Kagome."

"Well you can go and hunt something for us both to eat. I'm pretty hungry."

Sesshomaru turned around and proceeded to walk off into the forest to hunt. He couldn't let his poor Kagome starve. Why did he keep referring to kagome as his poor Kagome? He acts as if she is helpless. She is certainly powerful enough with a little more training to rival Sesshomaru's own power one day. She's not as helpless as she seems. Sesshomaru kept walking.

Meanwhile Kagome stripped off her training kimono and slipped into the spring. She relaxed against a bunch of rocks. Kagome liked laying in hot springs, they made her less tense. After the fight today she can see how brutal Sesshomaru can actually be. That was his uncle for Kami sake; he should have at least taken a little pity and not just outright kill him. Kagome just sighed and slipped further into the spring. She was so relaxed that she did not notice a pair of red orbs watching her.

Naraku watched Kagome bathe through Kanna's mirror. Kagome was even more beautiful nude in Naraku's eyes.

If I were the one to claim her, I can have her produce me an heir. Then I can absorb her body. The power with in her will make me powerful…thought Naraku.

"Kagura, as soon as you can sense that she is with out that Sesshomaru I want you to kidnap her."

"Yes Naraku."

Hhhhmmm… so he wants me to kidnap the miko, I wonder what he has in store for her. I can't let him get her that is for sure. She and that taiyoukai is the key my and Kanna's freedom. I should warn her.

When Kagura was sure the feeling of Kanna's mirror disappeared she jumped from the tree. She had to hurry before Naraku called upon Kanna to watch Kagome again. Kagome was startled and almost yelped. Kagura covered Kagome's mouth with her hand. "Why does everyone insist on covering my mouth?" Kagome thought to herself. Kagome relaxed when she was sure that the visitor was of no threat.

When Kagura was sure that Kagome would not scream she removed her hand.

"I don't have much time, I must warn you that Naraku has some thing in store for you Kagome, most likely to steal your power in some form I do not know of yet."

"What! Who are you?" asked Kagome.

"I am Kagura, demon of the wind, Naraku sired me from his own flesh."

"Then why should I listen to you if you're his child!"

"He has a particular organ I wish to get back and I wish to be free, who else can you trust?" Kagura asked.

Kagome thought for a while. She knew that she shouldn't fully trust Kagura but couldn't help it. She placed too much trust into people for her own good. But she knew how Kagura felt, if Kagome was in the same situation then she would probably betray her master too if he held something precious of hers from her. She had to listen to what Kagura had to say.

"Fine, what is he planning?" Kagome huffed out covering her naked body with her arms.

"Oh please both of use are women here sheesh!"

Kagome blush and almost chuckled at Kagura's way of trying to ease her mind. She waited for Kagura to explain what was to happen.

"In two days Kagome, I am to kidnap you and bring you to Naraku."

"What! Why?" Kagome yelped.

"Hush! I don't know, just prepare yourself because your Sesshomaru and I must fight and you have to convince him not to kill me, I can be useful and bring you information if I'm not dead. Just beware, Naraku has ways of watching you other then I."

"Really? How?"

"My younger sibling Kanna, she is a void demon, she can portray your image in a mirror she holds, what you do Naraku can see but what you say he can't hear."

With those words Kagura jumped onto an enlarged feather and drifted if into the sky. Kagome was left in the spring wondering what will happen the day Sesshomaru and Kagura were to fight. Can she really trust Kagura? She'd just have to tell and ask Sesshomaru when her got back. Kagome got out of the hot spring and dries and dressed herself. She began to collect fire wood and built a fire while waiting for her Sesshomaru.