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'blah' means thoughts

When Kagome found the raven-haired child, the girl was close to tears. Sniffling, she kept murmuring, "S-Sesshomaru-s-sama."

"Rin," Kagome called out. Catching sight of the older human, Rin started running in the opposite direction. "Rin, wait. I know where Sesshomaru is!"

Rin stopped, turned around, and walked back to the teenager. "You've seen Sesshomaru-sama?"

"Yep and he is worried about you. Before I take you to him, I have to tell you something. Something happened to him. He seems to be just a little older than you."

"You mean he's a kid?"

"Yep."

"I want to see Sesshomaru-sama."

Kagome put an arm around Rin's shoulders. "C'mon. Let's go."

When the two humans returned, the two demons were both up in the tree. Inuyasha was sprawled out on one of the branches, while Sesshomaru was sitting on a higher branch. Rin spotted him with little difficulty.

"Sesshomaru-sama!"

Sesshomaru turned around. "Rin?" He jumped down and landed in front of Rin.

She threw herself into his arms with the cry of "I was so worried!"

The young demon wrapped his arms around the girl. "So was I, Rin."

Rin looked at the demon. "You're still wearing my present, Sesshomaru-sama!"

"Yes, I am. I-"

"Sesshomaru, sit!"

The young Demon Lord was slammed into the ground. Fortunately, he was not still holding Rin. Sesshomaru lifted his head and growled. "Inuyasha, sit."

The hanyou fell from the tree and into the ground. Rin helped Sesshomaru to his feet. The fourteen-year-old demon smirked. "You deserved that, Little Brother."

Inuyasha stood up and put one hand on the hilt of Tetsusaiga. Sesshomaru faced him, one of his hands on Tokijin's hilt. The hanyou and youkai stood facing each other, neither one moving and yet silently daring the other to draw his sword. Rin, who had moved behind Sesshomaru when Inuyasha placed a hand on the hilt of Tetsusaiga, whispered, "Sesshomaru-sama, please don't."

Sesshomaru took his hand off Tokijin's hilt. Inuyasha drew Tetsusaiga, which transformed, and charged at his half-brother.

"Inuyasha, sit!" Kagome yelled.

The half-demon was slammed into the ground, and a de-transformed Tetsusaiga was embedded into the ground inches away from his claws. He lifted his head. "What'd you do that for?"

Kagome knelt down next to the fallen hanyou and placed her hand on top of one of his. "Sesshomaru wouldn't have pulled his sword out in time, and you might have struck Rin in the process. I couldn't let that happen."

"Tetsusaiga wouldn't have touched Rin. The sword was made to protect humans. Inuyasha couldn't use the fang to harm her anymore than you, Kagome," Sesshomaru explained.

Suddenly, Kagome gasped, "Oh, no!"

"Feh. What now?"

"I left my back pack at the well."

"So?"

"You should care, Inuyasha. I brought ramen and chips for you," Kagome said.

At "ramen" and "chips" Inuyasha's ears perked up.

"Let's go retrieve your backpack, Lady Kagome," Miroku put in.

"And my bike. It's at Kaede's."

As Inuyasha-tachi walked towards the well, Sesshomaru turned in the opposite direction.

"Sesshomaru-sama? Shouldn't we stay with Kagome?"

"Do you wish to, Rin?"

"Hai."

"All right." Sesshomaru turned back around and walked in the direction of the well. Rin smiled and followed him.

It took about thirty minutes to get back to the well and set up camp not too far from the well. Kagome was cooking ramen for her group while Sango dug through the backpack handing drinks out. Miroku had gone to Kaede's hut to get Kagome's bike for her. Sango threatened to hit Miroku with her Hiraikotsu if he took too long.

"Inuyasha, do you remember what tonight is?" Kagome asked.

"Damn. The new moon."

"Inuyasha, sit." The young half-demon got a mouthful of dirt. He looked up at his half-brother. "Watch your language, Little Brother."

Inuyasha got back up, grumbling about older brothers.

"Ramen's ready. Who's hungry?" Kagome asked.

"Me!" Shippo exclaimed.

"I am," Inuyasha said.

"I'll take some, Kagome," Sango put in. "Miroku will more than likely want some as well."

"That makes five." Kagome started dishing up the ramen.

Rin, who was sitting next to Sesshomaru, kept looking from the ramen to Sesshomaru and back again. Sesshomaru noticed this and said, "Go ahead, Rin."

Rin nodded and walked over to Kagome. Without looking up from the cup she was working on, Kagome asked, "Would you and Sesshomaru like some ramen, Rin?"

"I will have some, Kagome-san, but Sesshomaru-sama doesn't eat human food."

"He doesn't? But Inuyasha – oh, right. Half-demon." Kagome handed Rin a cup of ramen.

By that time, Miroku was back on Kagome's bike. "Kaede wants us to meet her in the village tonight."

"Any reason why?" Kagome inquired.

"Because I told her what happened as far as I knew." Miroku turned to Inuyasha. "How did this happen?"

Inuyasha had been eating ramen so his mouth was full and he couldn't answer.

"It was some kind of miasma," Sesshomaru answered. The entire group turned and looked at the Demon Lord, who was sitting underneath a nearby tree. "Inuyasha and I were fighting a demon puppet and it released a strange miasma."

"It was his fault. If he'd let me use my Backlash Wave instead of butting in where he doesn't belong, we wouldn't be in this situation."

"Sesshomaru, why are you after Naraku?" Sango asked.

Sesshomaru remained silent, refusing to answer the question. Rin however, was happy to supply the answer. "I was abducted by Kagura and was held under watch by Kohaku."

"Naraku tried to have her killed," Kagome said, nodding her understanding.

"Kohaku? You've seen Kohaku?" Sango asked Rin.

Rin nodded. "He said he didn't remember anything."

"He's my brother. He had been killed and was brought back to life by the power of a Shikon jewel shard."

After five minutes of silence, Kagome said, "We should get to Kaede's village before nightfall."

Kagome packed everything up in her backpack and placed it on the back of her bike.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha half-whined. "I was going to be there!"

"Well, you can rest on top of it."

"Feh, now that's stupid."

"Sit, boy." In her anger, Kagome forgot to specify who was supposed to be sat, so both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru got sat. "Oh, I'm sorry, Sesshomaru. I'm just used to saying the word without specifying."

Inuyasha started snickering.

Sesshomaru growled. "What's so funny?"

"You're obeying a human like a lowly dog."

"You're doing the same."

"You have no room to talk!"

"Neither do you!"

By this time, they were both on their feet. "SIT!"

Both got slammed into the ground when they chorused the word.

"Damn. I forgot about that."

"Inuyasha, sit."

Inuyasha got a mouthful of dirt. "All right, you two. Stop playing around. We need to get to Kaede's hut." Kagome picked up Inuyasha and set him on top of her backpack. "You stay there." Then she leaned in close. "Don't start another fight, Inuyasha. You are no match for him with the new moon an hour away."

"Feh."