A/N: I just wanted to apologize for the EXTREME OOCness of Sesshoumaru...I needed him to be this way for the purposes of my story...please don't hate me... :)

Chapter 3: Panic

After everyone had said their goodbye's they split apart and headed their own separate ways. They would reunite in around four hours.

With Sesshoumaru

So how much farther to your Aunt's house, Sesshoumaru?" Kagura asked him politely. After almost an hour of driving. "Actually we have about ten more minutes until we reach her house." He replied searching the road for signs pointing him the way. "She lives in the middle of nowhere..." He added mostly to himself. Everybody was asleep in the back and they were the only two up. "Why couldn't InuYasha take the package?" Kagura looked at him. "I mean wouldn't that make more sense then all six of us going...?" she added. He smiled at her. "Well my parents thought that since InuYasha had only been there once he wouldn't know the way and get lost..." He trailed off finally noticing the correct road sign...

"You don't have to wake anybody up...I want to make this as short a visit as possible." Sesshoumaru looked at Kagura and she nodded. She didn't want to stay there longer than was necessary. It would take them a while to get back to the others and she was getting tired. They pulled up the driveway and Sesshoumaru got out and grabbed the package. "Be right back..." He called to Kagura and winked. "Okay..." She replied and smiled tiredly.

Fifteen minutes later he showed up and quickly got in. "I tried to get out of there sooner...sorry." He was obviously out of breath from trying to escape his Aunt. "No problem...they're all still asleep and I'm not far behind..." She smiled at him. They pulled out of the subdivision and were on there way to the highway...when...

Meanwhile with Sango and InuYasha

"Where is this hotel that we are supposed to get to?" InuYasha asked for the millionth time. "Listen Inu, I dont know...let's just pull over and ask..." She was beginning to lose patience herself... They were supposed to be there already. "There's a gas station...let's just get directions..." She pointed down the road. It was beginning to get dark and they wanted to find the hotel fast.

She pulled into the gas station. "Might as well fill up while were here, right?" She suggested. "Yeah okay, I'll fill up and you ask, okay?" InuYasha said getting out and started to take the gas cap off. "Sure be right back..." Sango jogged up to the small building. She reached out and opened the door only to find that the attendant was even weirder than the last one. "Um...excuse me...my friend and I are lost can you tell me how to get to the Super 8...it's supposed to be around here somewhere..." She almost wished that InuYasha had come in here instead. He looked up at her and she nearly gasped. He was covered in burn scars that left him horribly disfigured. "You and your friend need to hurry, you don't want to be out here at night..." He said with some urgency in his voice.

"Yeah...that's why we want to know where the hotel is...so, can you help us?" She asked getting over her initial shock. "It's back that way about ten miles...you should see a big sign about three miles to your right." He replied pointing in the direction that they had come from. "Okay, thanks..." By that time InuYasha began heading into the station. "Hey what's taking so long Sango...?" He asked when he came in. "Nothing, let's just pay and get out of here." They walked up to the counter and paid.

After they got back on to the highway she saw the big yellow sign. "Hey there it is!" Sango pointed out. "Keh...Finally, how did we miss it?" She asked InuYasha. "I don't know but were there..." He smiled at Sango as they pulled into the lot.

They checked in and brought the things to the room, including everyone else's stuff. They were just going to share one big room. After they got settled they sat down exhausted and laid back on a bed. "I hope the others are alright..." Sango said loftily. "I'm sure they're fine...besides we haven't gotten any calls, so they aren't in trouble." He answered, not really wanting to think about the others. 'It's now or never man...' He heard the voice in his head again. He took a deep breath and swallowed. Looking over at Sango, she was staring at the ceiling. Little did he know her thoughts were running a course similar to his.

"Um...Sango..." He began and smacked himself mentally for being nervous. 'It's alright...she's your best friend..." He kept thinking to himself. When he snapped out of it he saw Sango was looking at him, curious. He began again. "Hey we've been friends forever, right?" Sango noticed that he was anxious about something. 'Is he gonna ask me?' She smiled reassuringly and urged him to continue with a nod. "So...I was wondering..." 'Why is this so difficult!' He yelled at himself. 'This is just Sango your talking to...' The voice trying to assure InuYasha that all would be well... 'Yeah just Sango...' He tried again. "You know...if maybe...um...we sho-." He was cut off...again.

"That damn phone, I swear!" He yelled, his nerves working overtime. "Hang on..." Sango sounded dejected. 'This is pathetic...' she was telling herself. "If it's Sesshoumaru again, I'll kill him personally..." She said under her breath, but InuYasha heard it. His face lit up... 'Maybe she does like me...' "Hello?" Sango answered dangerously calm. "Hey Sango...it's Kagome..." 'Add her to the list right under Sesshoumaru...' she thought to herself. "What is it Kagome?" She couldn't keep the edge out of her voice. "Were going to be a little late...there was something in the road and it popped two of our tires." Sango immediately softened. "Do you need any help?" She asked. "No, I think it-."

What Sango heard next sent multiple shivers down her spine. There were strangled cries of help. She could here panic and scuffling in the background. Her eyes widened with the thought of what might be happening. "SANGO! HELP US!" She heard Kagomes voice cry out and then the line went dead. "Kagome? KAGOME! Kagome are you there!" She yelled into the phone. Nothing. She dropped her phone and looked towards InuYasha who had a 'What's going on?' expression. "We have to go! Come on!" She yelled and began dragging InuYasha out of the room. "What's going on Sango, whats wrong?" He asked but it was futile. They ran as fast as they could to the car and got in.

Sango stepped on the gas...squealing tires out of the hotel parking lot. They got to the highway and she was pushing her car as fast as it would go. "Theyre in trouble..." Sango told InuYasha. "How...what do you mean?" He immediately felt his heart beating even faster than it already was. "They had a flat tire...and then I heard something like them fighting something off..." She trailed off. She was trying to assure herself. They were with Sesshoumaru, Miroku and Kouga. 'All of those three are great fighters and could protect them, right?' she questioned herself, trying but failing, to believe it.

"Do you know where?" He asked her. "No but, if they aren't on the highway, then maybe that road from your Aunts house...right?" She was trying not to panic, but going 115 mph on the highway, towards her friends who were in trouble wasn't helping. They traveled back down the highway and didn't see anything. They exited and went down the road where they had seen Sesshoumaru go. She was still going at a blistering pace, and she was unsure how much longer her little SUV could hold up.

"There!" InuYasha yelled and pointed. They saw theSuburban and pulled up beside it. They ran towards it. "Nobodys here...!" Sango yelled searching desperatly for her friends.They began looking around and couldn't really see where they would have gone to. "Hey Sango! I see tracks!" Sango rushed to his side and indeed there were tracks. "Looks likethey go that way!" She pointed. In the distance they could see faint lights in a house. "Lets go!" They started sprinting towards the lights. Hoping that they were headed in the right direction.

A/N: Well that's chapter 3...I hope you liked it...I promise it get's going in the next one... Please R&R!