Hey! Another update! I'm trying to make these chapters longer, but its just so hard! Lol... Also, my evil mom is taking away my internet and giving it to my sister...making it all the harder to update. So, I might not be able to update but once every two weeks...so until then, I'll update as quickly as possible:P

This chapter is also put in a much more serious tone, as I was in a serious mood when I wrote it. I guess my emotions fall into my writing also, I don't know if that's a good or bad thing...

Anyways, thanks much for the reviews! They bring up my day :)

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Chapter Three: The Arrogant Miko

Sesshoumaru, very irked and tempestuous, walked his way to the main hall. His stupid half brother had to ruin his day even more by ripping apart the front of his castle bit by bit, carelessly attacking his guards and destroying his castle.

He had no respect for his inferiors at all.

Numerous guards were flocking the main hall, some fighting Inuyasha, and some ready to fight him. But, as soon as Sesshoumaru placed foot in the hall, all the guards scurried out of his way, wise to Sesshoumaru's anger.

Sesshoumaru, very galled and furious, wanted nothing more than to slice Inuyasha into tiny little pieces, then be on his way. He had come to ruin his time of serenity, which he wanted nothing more then to have at the moment.

Inuyasha just had to ruin it all.

Inuyasha, starting to become very tired and palled, hitched his way into Sesshoumaru's sight, still attempting to assault the guards that stood in his way. As soon as Inuyasha stood in plain view of Sesshoumaru, he took a deep breath. He wasn't in the mood to battle with Sesshoumaru at the moment. He wanted nothing more than to just lay down, and take a small break. But, of course, he wouldn't show that to Sesshoumaru.

That was just plain sapless.

Shortly after Inuyasha took his deep breath, he looked up to find Sesshoumaru gazing intently upon him. This had peeved him at no end for some reason, but he was in no mood to fight at the moment. He wailed an attack of words toward him instead.

"SESSHOUMARU! Why don't you give back Kagome! She is of no use to you, you have no business in taking her! The only reason why you would want to take her is to trade her for the Tetsusaiga! WELL I WON'T DO IT!" Inuyasha roared at Sesshoumaru, only causing Sesshoumaru to huff. He had forgotten that Inuyasha never listened...

"Well, you dirty hanyou, if you would have listened before to me, I'm sure you would have just saved your breath." Sesshoumaru smirked when he heard Inuyasha growl.

"I do not want your Tetsusaiga, I have been offered an entirely ameliorate deal. I will have no more use for your treasured sword, I will just demolish it as a matter of fact, just to prove to you that I do not need it. Even that I don't need to prove anything to you, I will do it just because it seems to irk you so. Then after that, I will destroy you, in good time."

Inuyasha, now baffled and tempestuous from Sesshoumaru's words, thrust his body in Sesshoumaru's direction, only to hit the edge of a sharp fang, the Toukijin. From being tired and battled upon, Inuyasha squalled, and stumbled backwards, his vision becoming black, and his legs becoming wobbly. He inwardly cursed himself for being so weak, and regained his position.

Sesshoumaru, glad that Inuyasha was going to be easy to knock out, calmly walked his way up to Inuyasha. Inuyasha became tense from Sesshoumaru's calm state, and backed up a few feet, not sure of Sesshoumaru's plans.

In a wave of light, Sesshoumaru quickly and abruptly flicked open his whip, and snapped it at Inuyasha, hitting him in the face for the second time that day, but this time knocking him out. Inuyasha fell unconscious on the floor, causing Sesshoumaru to huff.

'How weak can one be...'

Sesshoumaru slowly turned around, to face a band of his strongest guards, all ready to take action from Sesshoumaru's word.

"Take Inuyasha and dump him somewhere out of my lands. Do not kill him, I wish to battle him later, to give him some dignity with his death." The guards nodded to Sesshoumaru's command, and slewed away, eying their great lord for his choice.

Sesshoumaru had simply not wanted to kill his half brother not only because it would place no pride in it, but it would anger the miko to no extent. He was in no time going to deal with a raging miko at any point, so he just found a small loophole, and chose to go through it.

Sesshoumaru sighed in annoyance, greatly chafed that he would not be able to actually finish his paperwork that night. What did a lord have to go through to make peace with himself?

As he slowly departed the primary hall, he heard a loud screeching noise come from the guest hall. His ears twitched at the volume, and he hissed. What kind of a creature was in his castle could make that kind of noise? Just as his thought ended, the sound was made again, but this time it had more of a growl in it, and he could tell it was a feminine voice. He scrunched his nose up, and growled.

'Stupid wench...'

He huffed as he made his way up to where the noise was being fixed from, in Kagome's room. He had no idea why she would scream so suddenly and loud like that, and he would only be able to imagine why as he made his way to her room. He passed numerous guards and servants on the way to her room, all scrunching their faces together, and pressing their hands to their ears, trying to block out the horrid sound that the wench made.

He would just have to gag her when he got there.

When Sesshoumaru finally stepped foot outside her door, the noise stopped. He could sense fear and anger from the girl, but as he opened her door, she saw him, her fear started to subside. Her eyes grew wide, she scrunched her eyebrows together, and she clenched her hands into fists as he walked into her room.

"YOU!" Kagome shouted at Sesshoumaru, raising her arm, and pointing her finger at him.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO INUYASHA!"

Sesshoumaru just snorted at the miko's brave antics, and waved her off. Apparently she had seen Inuyasha be taken away from outside her window, and he made a mental note to block out all her windows so she would not be able to see out them anymore.

"I barely touched your precious hanyou. He knocked himself out. He apparently wanted to save you."

Sesshoumaru noticed the flicker of hope in Kagome's eyes, and then the anger that followed after that. Sesshoumaru just humphed, and turned his back to the girl.

"He will not save you though. He is entirely too weak, to even reach me himself. You are being traded for something all more valuable to me anyway."

Kagome's eyes flashed red, at seeming to be such a toy to anyone. He had hit her angry point rather hard. Just as she saw him depart for her door, she hurled her body toward him, hoping to scathe him, even if it was just a small ache. But, much to her suspicion, he didn't even move when her body hit him. As a matter of fact, it was almost like hitting a brick wall.

Except the brick wall attacked you back.

Just as her body hit him, she fell partly to the floor, only to have her neck snatched up by Sesshoumaru's threatening hand. He drove her into the closest wall, and held her up by her throat. She choked out a breath, as he held his grip tight.

"Such a frivolous attempt at attacking me." Sesshoumaru growled out. "But you are going to have to come up with something more arduous if you wish to hurt me, you little wench."

Kagome scrunched her face up, partly from Sesshoumaru's words, and partly because she couldn't breathe. She held her hand out to Sesshoumaru's chest, and emitted a sharp blow to him by a small purple light that uttered from the palm of her hand. He grunted, but did not let his grip go on Kagome's throat. Instead, he just squeezed tighter. This caused Kagome's vision to partly turn black for a second, and her head become light. She needed to breathe soon.

Sesshoumaru just creased his eyebrows together from Kagome's bravery act. So the miko wanted to play, huh? He squeezed his hand tighter, so he could feel the outline of her veins and glands beneath his fingers, giving no way for her air passage. Kagome choked and gagged for breath, and she flailed her arms around her, using her purifying powers on him as much as she could, and trying to kick him, just so he would let go, to let her breathe.

Sesshoumaru, on the other hand, was becoming very irritated by Kagome's small attack. He squeezed his hand even tighter, angry that even she could take an attack for that long. Kagome's battle for breath was starting to end, as her body started to weaken.

Sesshoumaru emitted a low growl before he saw Kagome's eyes go blank for a second, and then slowly close. He let go his hold on her throat, and watched her crumple to the floor. He watched her body for a second, and realized that her chest wasn't rising as it normally should. He sighed in annoyance.

He hadn't meant to kill the girl.

He thought about not reviving Kagome, until he saw the small ugly demons surround her body, wanting to take her to the afterlife, either that or eat her soul. He sighed in irritation, and sheathed his Tenseiga. He slashed his sword at the demons, and watched them expire. Kagome's light breathing was then heard in Sesshoumaru's ears, and he growled in anger.

He vowed to himself that whenever Naraku came back, he would show him just how much he had to go through for the annoying girl. She was more bothersome then Jaken and Rin were, even putting them together. Sure, he did care for Rin, and he let her stay in his castle. But, she was a different story. She just reminded him of himself when he was younger...

Sesshoumaru turned around, to find that several guards and servants had gathered at the door, all interested in the scene that was being played before them. But, when Sesshoumaru turned to face them, they all gasped, and turned to go.

"Stop."

Sesshoumaru's low voice was heard in the ears of the servants and the guards, and they all stopped dead in their tracks. All were praying in their minds that Sesshoumaru wouldn't end their lives, right then and there. Their prayers were answered when Sesshoumaru just gave them orders.

"Someone take the girl and give her a bath, try to do so while she's asleep. Someone else border up her windows, she is not to look out them anymore. After she is given ger bath, give her some food. And made sure she is not noisy, I wish to be in peace for the rest of the night."

The servants bowed to Sesshoumaru, nodding in the process. The guards quickly saluted their lord, and quickly scuttled away, eager to be out of the presence of their lord. It was quite redoubtable.

Sesshoumaru walked out of Kagome's room, and toward his study. He was sure glad that the miko was taken out of his hands, and into another's, with sure knowledge that she wasn't going to be bothersome to him.

He finally made his way to his study, thoughts locked on finishing the mound of papers on his desk, and then sitting down, to enjoy the nothing that went on around him. He hated to think for no reason. He sat down behind his desk, to start the process of signing papers.

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Kagome sat in her bed, growling at the servants that scurried about her. They were bear youkai, very powerful and muscular, even if these were female servants. They were not ones to be trifled with. Yet, this had not stopped Kagome from being a burden.

They had tied her mouth shut, just because she wouldn't stop telling them to go away, or to let her go. So now, she sat in her bed, eyes full of wrath for the servants that completed their duties about her.

Some things they did were completely unnecessary to her. They had shoved food down her throat, made her change into a kimono, and even bolted her windows shut, and blocked out the view! Sure, she was a prisoner in the castle, but she was in a normal room! If they were going to treat her like dirt, they should have just put her in the dungeon. Not that she was complaining about being in a nice room or anything. It was just all confusing to her.

Kagome watched the servants clean the kimonos, clean the room, and make sure everything was all right in her room. Kagome slowly inched her hand up to her mouth, to take off the restraints that closed her mouth. A servant saw her do this, and slapped her hand away.

"Don't make us tie your hands up too! Maybe if you're better next time, we won't put the gag on you!"

Red flashed in Kagome's eyes, but the servants paid no mind to her. Kagome reached up and tried to pull the gag off from her mouth, but to her surprise, it was on her in a peculiar fashion, one she could not figure out. The servants grumbled, and snatched her hands away from the gag. They took both of her hands, and grabbed rope. Kagome saw this action, and began to struggle. Her attempts were futile though, as the servants were much stronger then she was. They had finally managed to tie her hands up a few moments later.

Kagome yelled behind the gag, as she was sure she wasn't going to give up the fight quite yet. The servants just sighed, and looked intently upon her. Kagome growled at them, and they just narrowed their eyes at her. Sure, they were just servants, but the girl was a prisoner. She was lower then they were.

"Miko, I would not try to draw Sesshoumaru into your room right now. He has killed you earlier, and for some rummy reason, he has revived you. I'm sure that if he killed you again, he would make no assay to resurrect you again."

The words of the servants had hit a bell in Kagome's mind, and she stopped brawling. This made the servants sigh in felicity, and continue to do their duties. Kagome stared at the bed, her thoughts obscuring her mind. He had revived her? Why? Was this 'deal' of his that important to him? And at that, who was she being traded to? Was it Naraku?

Kagome's thoughts still tainted her mind as the servants completed their task, and went to take the restraints off of her. They hesitated for a moment, and knocked her out of her thought phase.

"Miko, if you will not bicker or dither, we will take the restraints off from you. But, if you make an attempt at escaping, being noisy, or anything of the sort, we will not hesitate to tie you back up. Understand?"

Kagome looked up hazily at the servants, and nodded slowly. The servants then took the restraints off from Kagome, and she didn't make to move, or even talk as they were gone. The servants closed their eyes in happiness, glad that the girl wasn't going to be loud or annoying. They then looked at Kagome one last time, in curiosity at why she wasn't being galling. She just sat on the bed, her eyes starting straight forward, into nothing. They closed their eyes, and shook their heads, then walked out the door, closing and locking the door securely behind them.

Kagome still sat on her bed, thoughts clouding her mind. Was she ever going to see her home again? Would Inuyasha actually save her? What was going to happen to her? And, most importantly, who was she being traded to? Were her miko powers actually that strong? She could only guess.

At the time being, she was stuck in her room, with no way out. For once in her life, she felt stuck. She had nowhere to go, no options to choose from. She could only wait and see at what would happen next.

She laid down on the bed, curled her knees up to her chest, and held them. At the moment, all she could do was wait. Just sit and wait. She squeezed her eyes shut, and hoped that the wait wouldn't be long.

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Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes, to find grass lying about him. He groaned and clutched his head. His head was pounding loudly, and his entire body hurt. What happened to him?

At that moment, all the memories flashed back to him. He passed out when Sesshoumaru smacked him in the face with his stupid whip. But...he didn't kill him? Now, that was weird.

Very weird.

He pushed the thought aside as he sat his head, up, eventually his entire torso going up with it. He looked at the area around him. It was nothing new, just a bunch of the forest. But, he wasn't in the Western Lands. He didn't save Kagome. All of a sudden, that thought caused a loud pang to appear at his heart.

He didn't save Kagome.

He sighed, and clutched his head. For the second time that day, he failed at trying to rescue Kagome. Why couldn't he save her? He had managed to save her numerous times in the past, even from Naraku. But now, he couldn't save her, not from his stupid half-brother.

He stood up painstakingly, but heeded no mind to the pain. He was more pissed then hurt at the moment. He couldn't save Kagome.

His Kagome.

For once in his life, he called Kagome his. Why? He didn't know, but it felt right. No, Kagome didn't belong to Sesshoumaru, she belonged to him. He wasn't about to let his brother take Kagome away from him, for whatever reason it was. He would get her back, no matter what.

As he stood, he sniffed the air. He could place a slight trace of Sango and Miroku's scent on his nose, and he realized how much of an idiot he must had made himself when he ran off so abruptly to try and save Kagome. Now he would have to go back to his friends, empty handed. He knew his friends would scold him for being so idiotic and stupid, but he would just have to get over that. He turned in the direction that they were in, and started sprinting toward them.

He had passed an umpteen amount of youkai on the way, but he was in no mood to battle any of them. They weren't on his priority list right now, getting back to his friends and saving Kagome were. As he ran, he could have swore that he placed a slight trace of Naraku's scent up, but he paid no mind to it. After all, it was retreating from him, not gaining on him.

Eventually, he saw his friends in a small clearing, Miroku and Sango were talking seriously to one another, while Shippo and Kilala slept in Sango's arms. He eventually approached them, and he saw the scorn look in their eyes for him. He had returned with no Kagome, much to their disapproval.

Inuyasha placed a downcast look upon Sango and Miroku. They just shook their heads, and closed their eyes. Inuyasha immediately began to try and defend himself.

"Hey, guys...I know I didn't save Kagome, but I will next time. I just wasn't in a state to fight anyone, and I had to battle tons and tons of guards. When I eventually reached Sesshoumaru, he just knocked me out with a flick of his whip...and I woke up in the forest. He apparently didn't want me dead for some odd reason..."

Miroku and Sango looked at Inuyasha with curiosity. Miroku decided to speak up.

"Sesshoumaru didn't decide to kill you, right then and there? Hmm...that's very odd. Well, while you were gone, Sango and I have come up with a conclusion to Kagome's kidnaping."

Inuyasha eyed Miroku intently, curiosity fazing over his eyes. Miroku just sighed, and continued.

"Well, last time we encountered Sesshoumaru, he said that Kagome was being traded for something all more valuable then the Tetsusaiga, but, what could be more valuable to him then the Tetsusaiga? And, who would offer him this, and wants Kagome? Well, we have came up with that Sesshoumaru made a deal, possibly with Naraku. He's the only one who would want Kagome, right? And, he's the only one who would offer something so great, that Sesshoumaru would actually take the offer up on, right? So...yeah..."

Miroku watched Inuyasha for a little bit, before he saw the red glance in Inuyasha's eyes. Miroku gasped, and Sango did too, apparently she had seen the red in his eyes also. Inuyasha swiftly stood, and growled.

"We have to get her back, right now!" Inuyasha yelled out, causing Miroku to stand with him.

"No, Inuyasha! We can't make the same mistake we did earlier. Sango and I have already started to make up a plan to take her back without any battles or fights. You are going to have to stick with the plan that we make up, or we will fail again at getting Kagome back. Do you understand?"

Inuyasha, on the verge of just running back to the Western Lands, killing Sesshoumaru, and taking Kagome back, finally subsided and agreed. He knew that they were not going to win her back through pointless battles, they had learned so earlier. He would have to get over it, and listen to Miroku.

He sighed, and sat down next to Miroku and Sango. He watched as Miroku pointed out what they had to do, and what he had to remember. He could see Miroku's mouth moving and his hands showing, but he couldn't hear him talk. All he could think about was Kagome, and the danger that she was placed in at the moment.

It was getting to him that he couldn't do anything about it. He sighed once more, and squeezed his eyes shut.

'Kagome...just last a little more longer...I will save you soon, I promise...'

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Well, there you go! Heh, sorry it took so long to update. I've been pretty busy lately though, to tell you the truth. Fanfiction just hasn't been on my mind. I'm sorry :P I'll try to update quicker next time, I promise :)

Also, sorry this chapter was kinda boring. As I said earlier, I'm in a pretty serious mood right now. And at that, its two in the morning. I'm kinda tired... :P

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