Kagura slammed the door. Silently she walked away from the room, 'Could she know?' A tear dripped from the end of her slender chin.

"KAGURA!"

"Huh? Oh, Lord Kouga." she stopped walking so that the lord could catch up to her. "What do you need?" Her back still turned to him she wiped the remaining tears from her face.

"Did I not SPECIFICALLY ask you to stay with Kagome today? We don't need her running off to the Inu land now do we?" Kagura froze as she felt a strong arm wrap around her waist. Slowly he pulled her into him. His breath hot on her neck. "One more slip up from you, and you know what happens."

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Kagome sat down on the edge of her bed. The image of Sesshomaru still fresh in her mind. 'I know him.' In her mind was the picture of this youkia. Something about him made every nerve in her body come alive. Kagome started to put a puzzle together in her mind. The only problem was this puzzle was missing most of the pieces. She didn't was to brush this feeling off as-having a bad day-no, this was much more then that.

'Kagome, I'm coming. Wait for me...' Kagome jumped up. Very startled she looked around the room. "Hello? Is someone there?" Empty, no one was in her room but her. How can that be? She distinctively heard a mans voice.

Suddenly her heart became heavy. Her thoughts dripped with memories of the silver-haired boy. Every second, more and more tears fell from her eyes. 'Inuyasha'
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Inuyasha stopped dead in his tracks, he heard her. Kagome, he heard her voice. His heart lifted knowing that she was still his.

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Miroku stopped dead in his tracks. "Sango!" He looked around frantically. It took a minute for Inuyasha and Rin to realize what was going on. Sango was gone, but where?

"INUYASHA! Sango's gone!" Miroku frantically took off into the forest. Inuyasha and Rin watched him disappear into the dark.

"Should we go after him, Inuyasha?" Rin looked from the dark to Inuyasha. "No, if I know him he will find her. Besides we don't have time." Inuyasha kept walking. Rin was a little bit take aback. "Aren't you worried! Inuyasha!"

He didn't have time to deal with his brother right now. Kagome was in trouble. "Look, Rin. Sango and Miroku are both strong people. They can take care of themselves! KAGOME CANT!" Inuyasha took off into a dead sprint towards Kluge's land leaving Rin.

"Inuyasha! Don't leave me!" She ran after him as fast as she could, but it was no use. She couldn't keep up with that kid even if he was a snail. "Now what?" Rin leaned against the nearest tree. She could turn around and go back to the castle, but that would be a waste of time.

"May I be of some assistance?" Rin turned around sharply. "Who are you!" The tall slender man stood calm, collected. She couldn't help but notice how handsome he was. "Do you always speak to new people like that?" His voice low and his eyes fixed on her he took a step in her direction. "What do you want? I have nothing for you!"

"Tisk, tisk. Why do you people always think I want to take something from you? I am merely admiring your ... person."

'Ah! My person! Who is this guy?' a blush spread like fire over Rin's face. "Allow me to introduce myself while you collect your thoughts. I am Lord Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's older brother." Rin took a step back.

"It was you then. You were watching me from the tower, weren't you?" She had a weird feeling about this man. It wasn't a bad one, just very peculiar.

A chill ran down her spine as she watched his eyebrow raise in amusement. "Maybe." He held out his hand for her to take. "Would you like to come with me?"

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Kouga slowly pulled away from Kagura. He could feel her body shift to hold its own. "I trust that I can count on you to go to that little wretched village and give this to the miko that lives there?" Kouga handed a small box to the already breathless woman. "What is it?"

"Just something that I don't need anymore." Kagura opened the box, inside was a small ring. She had seen this ring pretty much all over the castle. Whether is was sitting on the table, or hanging in the door way. "Kouga? What is this?"

"The miko from the village enchanted the damn thing so that Kagome would forget about her other life. With the wedding tomorrow, Kagome is distracted enough. I don't need it anymore, she stopped fighting the spell."

Kagura sighed heavily. She put the box into her yukata and walked away.


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