A/N: Guess what! This is my most popular story yet! You guys should be proud of yourselves, good job, I commend you all. I can't believe I am getting time to write this, first week of high school is tough, on me that is, no one else seems to be having a problem. All well, guess I can be a retard all on my lonesome. I have cake though, and all the anime characters I have captured and am now holding hostage, but that is okay!

Anyway, on with the story!

---Chapter Three---

Why did I do it?

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"Now that she is gone…"

A dark figure hovered there for only a few moments, listening to the pathetic cries of Inuyasha as the young reincarnation flew away with the Lord of the Western lands. The long, raven black hair, blew gently in the wind, but the deep eyes stayed steady. She watched as Inuyasha started to panic and run off to go and get his friend's help.

"She will never return, not after what she thinks you did to her, Inuyasha…"

Kikyo remained standing there for a long while, watching the different things goes by that had nothing to do with her. She stood watching as Inuyasha came back; the demon slayer and the monk right behind him, all of them looking like hell itself had frozen over. Such funny little people, panicking over one simple little bitch.

"You keep calling her name, but she will never turn to face you the some way again. She will only look at you with fear and hatred, but I will be here Inuyasha, I will be waiting for you," Kikyo whispered, about to disappear completely, but turned around for one last look at the pathetic humans in front of her, well, some of the humans.

As I said, such funny people, panicking over one simple little bitch…

Kikyo turned around, disappearing at last.

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"Thank you Sesshomaru," Kagome's voice said softly from behind him, startling him a little, though not showing it out loud. Funny, her voice was calm, but she is distressed, unsure, and panicking, Sesshomaru noted silently. Something must have happened, or else why would she practically throw herself at him like that, it's not natural.

"Inuyasha did something…"

Wasn't that what she had said? Sesshomaru was deep in thought once again. What did his stupid half brother do to make this usually god damned annoying wench so hurt? The demon lord glanced back at her again, she was playing with that baby boy, named Sake or something. Sesshomaru shuddered inwardly, that cursed drink was the reason he was in this mess!

"How long till we're there?" Kagome asked from behind him once again. Sesshomaru sighed, adjusting his arms from under her knees to a more comfortable position. All he knew was somewhere along the ride, the wench had decided to shift herself so he would be forced to give her a piggyback ride all the way there. Though maybe she shouldn't play with the child, it might fall, but what did he care? One less pest to get rid of.

"Shortly, almost there," he said stiffly, not at all comfortable with her yet, though he would never show it on the outside. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a nod, though it was slightly heavy looking, like she was weighed down by something. Was it the child? Women at fifteen always get married and have heirs by her age, so why did that matter to her, if that was the problem at hand at least?

The Western Lord looked ahead of himself, why did he bring her along? It was impulse, all he could remember was Inuyasha going to reach for her and he snapped, though why, he did not know. Reaching out and grabbing her at the last minute was not something he had planned on doing, so why did he do it?

Well, he had to take her to his castle so he could complete the bet, but his mind was telling him to dump her off and go beat the Northern Lord to a pulp so he would hand over the contract. Something was telling him differently though, the part of him that reached out and grabbed her at the last minute was telling him he needed her. Why? He never needed anyone, why did that annoying part of his mind say he had to have someone now.

Sesshomaru looked ahead, the castle looming over just ahead, though it was still a long distance away, he had to be flying for a while now. He heard the sound of a babies giggles over the wind, and it just kept going. Giggle after giggle, obviously the woman was amusing the child, but why? It was annoying. Sesshomaru shot a look at her, telling her to stop that or else he would drop them both.

Kagome immediately complied, nodding briefly and settling herself down again. Why did he take her with him, why did he grab her at the last moment? Kagome looked down at Sakuya, whose bright amber eyes sparkled happily in the light of the moon. She could tell he was going to be a strong child.

Not the only child you are going to have though that annoying voice in her head appeared, startling her and accidentally kicking Sesshomaru in the side, earning a low growl of warning. Kagome whispered a quick apology and settled back down.

Sesshomaru is going to be the future father of your babies it whispered softly to her. Kagome looked angry, not knowing she had spoken the question out loud.

"Sesshomaru is going to be the future father of my babies!" She was very surprised and angry that it mixed it into saying it out loud, causing the demon lord to stop in mid air. Kagome pressed a hand to her mouth, eyes shifting and trying to hide herself from view. Before Sesshomaru could even inquire what in gods name she had said, they started falling.

"Maybe stopping in mid air was not a good idea," Kagome yelled calmly over the wind.

"You surprised me," he answered just as calm, as if they were sitting over a nice cup of tea instead of falling from the sky a couple hundred feet.

"Really? You know I didn't mean that," Kagome said hurriedly, looking down as the ground came closer and closer into view, "you know, you can start flying now." Now a little hint of panic was entering her system, holding Sakuya very tight, she swallowed the lump in her throat heavily. The child seemed to be having the time of his life.

"My strength has not regained yet," Sesshomaru replied back, fear etching its slow way into his mind. He quickly shoved it out again, watching the ground come closer and closer. Kagome screamed now, making the Western Lord's ear feeling like it was being busted open.

Sesshomaru blinked, feeling slightly more relieved that a lake was just below them, and it looked like they would be falling into the deep end of it. Well, Sesshomaru thought of it this way, if he died, the contract would be over, so it wasn't really a lose-lose situation for him, though for the woman on his back it might be.

Kagome shut her eyes, shielding Sakuya as much as she could, the child seeming to be enjoying this near doom situation very much. She felt Sesshomaru tighten his hold on her and noticed for the first time, they were about to fall into a lake. Wonderful, they had a better chance of living, if the impact doesn't kill them, the aquatic demons in the lake would!

Kagome sighed, deemed to her fate, though she didn't feel as worried as she should have been. She felt Sesshomaru guard himself as they came closer to the surface. Kagome held onto Sakuya for dear life itself.

SPLASH!

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"I can't believe Sesshomaru kidnapped Kagome," Sango said worriedly, after all, the Western Lord was not really the kidnapping type, or what she thought of him as. Miroku seemed to agree, Sesshomaru was neither good nor bad, more like in the middle, on the good side from Naraku's point of view, and on the bad side from their point of view.

"Well he is showing his true colors now," Inuyasha snarled. He could erase the look of terror on her face though when he went to grab her and get her to safety, it was as if she was completely frightened of him. Inuyasha shook his head, he must have been imagining it.

"We are going to search for her," he called, leaping off.

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"Well that could have gone better," Kagome sputtered, crawling out of the lake slowly, still holding a giggling child, guess being half demon means you have a lot of strength. Sesshomaru jumped out of it, shaking himself in a very canine-ish way. Kagome couldn't help but let out the tiniest of giggles, he really was cute when he did that.

Sesshomaru gave her a warning glare and picked her up again, settling her on his back. "My strength regained, we should be okay to fly now," Sesshomaru said, though the three of us being water logged might weigh us down, he added silently to himself. Kagome held on tight, gasping as he leapt into the air again. Well, the wind should dry them off.

Sakuya seemed to have fallen asleep some time later, much to Sesshomaru's pleasure, the child's giggles were really quite annoying. He couldn't help but feel that the woman was a little too happy, like she was hiding something, and trying to forget it, as a way to protect herself. She seemed panicked earlier when he first carried her off from the clearing.

"We are nearly there," he said, the sound of his voice being carried back to her. Kagome nodded, resting her head on his shoulder armor piece, feeling exhausted from that fall. Well, who wouldn't? Moments later, she was fast asleep, the gentle blow of the wind lolling her into pleasant dreams.

Sesshomaru slowed just enough so the harsh blow of the winds wouldn't be rough on her, but should feel like a gentle breeze. Why was he doing this anyway, why did he feeling the need to make her comfortable? To protect her when they were falling? Well, he wasn't going to do it anymore, he was going to make her stay as uncomfortable as possible.

Somehow he knew that would never work out, but he could try! No, that would be stupid, and dammit, Sesshomaru was not Inuyasha! The demon lord shook his head, nope, he would never become as stupid as his brother, and he would rather die than loose his intelligence. Though, as he thought on it more, he also had very good memory, which can be good and bad.

"Inuyasha did something…"

That ran through his mind over and over again, and it was time he received some answers. Sesshomaru turned his head to look at her, seeing the woman drying off her hair with the help of the wind. She seemed calm, though the miko was nothing but hysterics when he first met up with her in the clearing. It would seem, if he was correct, she was trying to hide something form people and herself, which wasn't at all healthy.

"Tell me woman-," he started, but was cut off when she huffed in his face.

"My name is Kagome, Sesshomaru," she said hotly, turning back to her task at hand. Sesshomaru discreetly rolled his eyes, sighing softly in return.

"Fine, Kagome," he said, emphasizing on her name, "tell me. Why did you want to escape Inuyasha so bad?" Kagome stiffened, she had been trying to forget about what Kikyo had told her, but Sesshomaru seemed to have remembered it. Kagome closed her eyes, resting her head on his shoulder.

"I'm tired," she replied, pretending to fall asleep. Sesshomaru growled in annoyance, if it was one thing he hated, was when people tried to avoid difficult questions, when they should know that telling other people will release them from the burden they carry. Humans are so complicated he thought tiredly, not feeling like arguing with her.

He huffed silently to himself and continued on his way.

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Inuyasha snarled angrily, slamming his clawed fist into a nearby oak tree. He sank to the ground, feeling more useless than anyone would ever believe. He had no leads on Kagome, he had no idea where Sesshomaru lived, he had no idea what to do. "Inuyasha, you can't blame yourself," Sango's voice said from behind him.

The half demon turned around, snarling at her and getting up. He didn't need to be told that it was his fault, because he knew it was. When he left Kikyo, he had sensed her coming their way, meaning she must have ran into Kikyo along the way. As much as he loved them both, he felt anger towards the dead miko who always undermined himself and Kagome.

Inuyasha trekked on, hoping to pick up a scent, any indication that they had come that way before him. He sighed, maybe it was hopeless, after all, by the way they were going –they took to the skies- he was sure he had no way of indicating where they had gone off too.

Perhaps…it was hopeless.

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Sesshomaru held the boy in his arms securely as he dumped the woman on the futon without a care or thought in the world. Well, because he didn't care. Sesshomaru walked out of the room and went into the one across the hall, having enough sense to set the child down softly on the futon in that room. The demon lord ordered servants to watch over both of them, knowing they were going to be staying there for a while.

The demon sighed when he reached his room. He hated and regretted this, but he had a feeling it might not be that bad after all.

---TBC---

Okay, chapter three, please review!

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