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Sanzo caressed Miroku's now nude chest, stopping where his robe had covered most of his waist down, "Please go further,"

"No," he murmured, not looking at the monk anymore. He rose from on top of him, pulling his gun and shooting into the darkness of the woods in front of him. The bullet his and a figure wrapped in a baboon skin fell forward, "What the hell?"

Miroku had moved away from the dead body of Naraku, against Sanzo's legs.

"Hey! We heard a gunshot!" the Sanzo party, and Inuyasha and Sango came over, "We suspected it was you."

"He just shot Naraku…" Inuyasha leaned down to poke the body. Sango trailed her eyes over Miroku, glaring at the closeness he had with Sanzo.

"What where you…" Sango started. Sanzo looked at her, eyes blank from emotion.

"Exactly what you thought we where doing."

"What do we do now…?" Shippou looked up at the adults surrounding him.

"We look for--" Miroku started.

Inuyasha cut him off, "Sesshoumaru," he sniffed the air.

"Here?" Sango looked at

"Yeah," he took off running.

Kagome and Sesshoumaru where standing in the woods. Their arms, well one arm in Sesshoumaru's case, around each other. Kagome's around Sesshoumaru's neck, Sesshoumaru's around her waist.

"I…smell…Inuyasha…" Sesshoumaru said between kisses.

"Screw Inuyasha. He doesn't care." She leaned back up, giving him light butterfly kisses down his jaw line.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha ran into the clearing. Stopping in front of the two. He went crashing down to the soft ground below him as he heard Kagome say 'Sit', "Kagome? Hurt eyes looked in gold ones as Kagome continued to kiss Sesshoumaru.

"Brother, how nice of you to join us. I believe Kagome has something to say to you?" Sesshoumaru let go of her waist, letting her lean down to Inuyasha's ear.

"I have been waiting for you for over three years. You broke me Inuyasha. I don't love you any more. Sesshoumaru seems to understand that better than you." The affects of Kagome's spell wore off as Sesshoumaru took to the sky with Kagome.

"KAGOME!"

"Inuyasha?" Sango asked quietly.

He turned to her, his ears drooped, his eyes filled with tears, "She's gone. She left with…him."

"Inuyasha…"

His face crumbled. He fell into her waiting arms, sobbing.

Miroku, Shippou, Sanzo, Goku, Gojyo, and Hakkai had returned to the hut. Bring the dead body of Naraku with them, "Sesshoumaru's back, Kagome's gone, Inuyasha's crying, and Sango hates me. This sucks." Miroku sat against Sanzo's chest. Sanzo was stroking his hair, "The only good thing that happened was Naraku's death."

Goku glared at Sanzo and Miroku, "Don't forget the Monkey's attitude."

"Right, Goku hates me too." Miroku sighed.

"What about Ka--gome!" Shippou sniffled.

"Leave her. She deserves the cold hearted bastard anyway." Inuyasha rubbed his nose on the sleeve of his yuukata. His free arm draped around Sango's waist.

"Kagome!" Rin giggled. Happily running into the high school girl's arms.

"Rin, how have you been? Behaving for Sesshoumaru-sama?"

She nodded happily, being picked up, "Sesshoumaru-sama picked a good Mommy for Rin!" Kagome blushed but looked towards Sesshoumaru. He nodded, agreeing with Rin.

"Sesshoumaru-sama, why a wench like this one? There are plenty other demons out there more than willing to mate with you."

"Power, Jaken, power." Sesshoumaru grinned at Kagome, knowing full well that she knew she was being used.

"Kagura," Kana muttered. Kagura turned her head to look at the albino child following her.

"He's not dead." Kagura shook her head, with her heart beat back, she still felt his presence. "I have learned that Naraku is not able to be killed so easily."

"What do we do?"

"We gather his body, and wait until he recuperates."

"Alright" they took to the night sky on Kagura's feather, in search of the village set next to Inuyasha's forest.

Inuyasha sat in a daze in the small hut, Sango asleep by his side. Across the room Miroku dozed in and out of consciousness, keeping a watchful eye over Sango and their companions.

Sanzo was wide awake, as was Gojyo and Hakkai. Goku appeared to sleep as he faced the wall, too ashamed of his reaction the previous day. But how could Sanzo act like that? How could he be so cold? Yes, Goku knew that it was like Sanzo to be cold hearted and uncaring, but Sanzo meant everything to him. There had been times that Sanzo had reluctantly showed he had feelings for the teenager, but why, after all they've been through, did he turn on Goku and fall for that ignorant monk?

Goku stood up and donned his shirt and jeans, leaving his armor and shoes behind. He ran a hand through his hair, feeling the cold metal of the golden head band. A rush of guilt and sadness flooded his body at the touch. Why was he like this? Why did he have to wear that cursed headband? All he wanted was to be normal, to be able to be close to someone. But he was a heretic. He was a demon. And where he came from, and where he was now, most people loathed demons.

He sighed and continued to the door where he stepped out into the dewy grass, the moon hanging high in the sky.

"Where are you going, stupid monkey?" Sanzo sipped some of the Sake Miroku had brought for them.

"Out," Goku replied, walking into the cold night. How could he look at Sanzo? No. Strike that. How could Sanzo look at him? How could Sanzo even have the conscience to look him in the eyes, violet orbs to golden orbs, and ask him where he was going, as if he even cared?

As Goku disappeared into the night, Sanzo grumbled as Miroku tried to stay awake. He rolled his eyes and turned to his fellow monk. "Miroku," he said gently, stroking his hair. "It's alright, go to sleep."

Miroku yawned and turned into the calloused hands of the high priest, closing his eyes as he finally let sleep take him.

"Finally," Sanzo heaved a sigh as he pulled himself to his feet. "It only took forever." He pulled his robes up and slid his arms in as he left the hut behind Goku.

Kagome stood against a large tree as she watched the stars glisten in the night sky. Her eyes fell saddened as she remembered all the times she and Inuyasha, on good terms, of course, had sat beneath those very stars just watching them. But as she stood here, she was alone. Of course there was little Rin asleep on Ah-Un, but she was too young to understand the emptiness Kagome felt in her heart which beat strongly for another man.

Sesshoumaru approached her from behind and entwined his long fingers through her hair. "Why are you saddened?" he whispered, his lips almost touching her ear.

Kagome sighed. "There's nothing I can do. All he thinks of is Kikyo, he could care less if I were your mate or not. But that's even worse. I'm no mate. I'm a woman. I'm human."

Sesshoumaru watched her walk away from him. How was he going to keep this charade up? This was going to be harder than obtaining the Tetsaiga.

"I know what you're doing, Sesshoumaru. I know why you brought me here. You'd never mate with a human. You'd never do that because your father mated with a human and you got your half brother. Anyway, a Lord of your stature cannot produce a half-blood heir to your title, am I right?"

Sesshoumaru was taken aback at her boldness. "I would have to agree with your reasons."

"So what are you going to do with me? Are you going to torture me until I can't speak to get at your brother? Are you going to leave me in the middle of no where for Inuyasha to find my devoured body? Or are you going to have your way with me, making sure I don't carry your child?" Kagome crossed her arms, hugging herself from the cold.

Sesshoumaru was calm. "I don't know why I brought you here. But with those imbeciles Inuyasha has with him, he seems even more vulnerable. What better than to take you, the love of his life?"

Kagome's kind eyes met his cold ones. "You dare to mock us, Lord Sesshoumaru? You speak as if you knew love. The words you choose tell me you were in love once and you know how it feels to have someone taken from you. Am I right?"

When Sesshoumaru's dimple in the corner of his cheek quivered, Kagome knew she had hit a raw nerve.

"Tell me, Lord Sesshoumaru," she bowed mockingly.

"There was someone, wench." He replied coldly. "But she wasn't my lover. She wasn't my mate. She was my mother."

Kagome's eyes widened. She knew how much Inuyasha cared about his mother. But seeing nothing more than a cold demeanor from Sesshoumaru, she would well have thought he had killed his own mother.

"My father was gone all the time. What more was I to do? I had become "the man of the house", as you humans say. I had to take care of my mother. She was the strongest demon I had ever seen, stronger than my father."

"Not in power, but in heart," Kagome said gently, sitting in the cold grass.

"She died protecting me," Sesshoumaru placed his right palm on his forehead, brushing his silver bangs from his face, obviously uncomfortable. "I couldn't stand up for myself, I couldn't stand up for her so she died."

Tears swam in Kagome's eyes as she watched this cold, strong man crumble as Inuyasha had. She stood once more and walked over to him. "I understand, Sesshoumaru, she reached out for him.

"Go," he pushed her hands away from him.

"No," she replied. She wrapped her arms around his head and pulled him close, pressing her cheek to the softness of his long hair.

Sesshoumaru sank to his knees. Why was he crying? He hadn't cried over his mother since the day she died. And with her, his brother's wench.

Kagome realized that a lot of Sesshoumaru's cold demeanor was because of his past, and she couldn't blame him. Her father died and left the entire family to fend for themselves, her mother was a stay-at-home mom so they had to immediate income. But as she held Sesshoumaru and let him cry, he realized that there's more to life then just getting by.

Wahoo! It only took us forever to finish this chapter! Oh, btw, it's me, Strawberri! Yes, our dear, dear Annabella obtained writer's block about halfway through the chapter so I took the liberty of finishing it for her as she has some of my chapters! So, in closing, lol. I will be starting the next chapter soon! Thank you to all of our reviewers!

Me: Anna, you wanna take over?

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