Over here, I put a warning for Hojo lovers: my first reviewer just gave me the idea of killing or getting rid of Hojo somewhere in this story.

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from InuYasha but Amaya's mine! All mine!

Sparring

The car screeched to a halt in front of the shrine steps. Amayajumped out and grabbed Kagome again. Leaping at an incredible speed, they reached the top of the steps in a matter of seconds. Amaya grabbed a bag sitting on the ground by the well house, "I got all your stuff already. Let's go."

Kagome nodded. She didn't want to sit InuYasha so might as well return sooner.

They reached the village and Kagome went to find Shippo. Amaya went to the hut where Sesshoumaru was supposed to be resting in. There, she found everything as she had left it including the Taiyoukai who was in a very foul mood. As she had expected, he had recovered wonderfully and was in full health now if not sore. Snapping her fingers, the barriers collapsed and the Taiyoukai got up slowly. He was probably stiff from lying down too long.

Amaya's P.O.V.

I realized all of a sudden that he only has one arm. Stupid me to have not noticed it in the first place! I went over and put my hands over where his arm used to be. Beams of energy swirled round and formed an arm. It then materialized and stopped glowing. I let go and looked at my wonderful work of art. He flexed his fingers tentatively before looking at me. His eyes narrowed and he flew at me. Being the clever little me thatI am, I anticipated this attack and stepped aside. He went out the door though so he didn't injure himself or anything. I stepped outside to see that cute girl attached to his leg.

"Rin, let go." "Hai Sesshoumaru-sama."

She let go and ran towards me, "Amaya sama, is Sesshoumaru-sama alright now?" I bent down and patted her head, "Of course, Rin-chan took care of him, didn't she?"

She beamed and glomped me. I laughed and tackled her, tickling her till tears came to her eyes. I glanced at the taiyoukai and noticed a twitch at his lips. I whispered evilly to Rin, "Shall we attack Sesshy?"

"Don't you dare."

"Do we dare?"

"Rin doesn't know, but Rin would like to try."

"Don't you even think about it, Rin."

"At the count of three, one, two, THREE!"

I dashed at Sesshoumaru and pinned him on the floor while Rin poked his ribs tentatively.

Poke

No response.

"You don't tickle like that, Rin." I ran my fingers down his ribs.

Still no response.

I straddled his waist and crossed my arms, "You're no fun." I also pouted a little enticing giggles from Rin and a small twitch of the lips from Sesshoumaru.

"Aha! You smiled!" I pointed right at his nose, making him go cross-eyed for a second before he frowned.

Rin was rolling on the ground howling with laughter. I guess seeing two adults acting like kids is funny. Anyway, the child's mirth sort of distracted me so Sesshoumaru pitched me onto the floor and pinned me down.

"Hey! You cheated!"

"All is fair in love and war."

"Why you…"

I blushed when he pulled his face up close to mine and whispered, "Comfy position isn't this?"

Then I realized the rest of the gang were staring speechlessly at us and I realized our very awkward position. I shoved him off and got up.

"Well, I never thought I'd live to see my sister-in-law." Dumb mutt, wrong thing to say.

I punched him and sent him flying before Kagome sat him while in the air.

Then I heard his usual cold voice, "This Sesshoumaru hasn't gotten even with you yet wench." I spun round, eyes blazing and temper rising…and barely missed the punch he aimed at my face. I growled and sent powerful stream of fire at him. His eyes widened and leapt out of the way only to meet my fist to his gut. Then we were trading blows while leaping from tree to tree. He was definitely a worthy opponent.AsI was blocking and throwing attacks, I just realized I hadn't eaten anything this morning and if past experiences are correct, I'd be fainting anytime soon. Sure enough, my sight started to fog up and I fell backwards.

Sesshy's P.O.V.

The wench just went limp and she fell from the tree branch. Trust me, that tree was no short shrub. It probably was one of the tallest tree in the forest and the branch we were sparring on was really high up. I don't know what came over me but I leapt down and caught her before she hit the ground. I landed carefully and observed the wench in my arms. I only started to really look at her then. She was quite beautiful and her smile was intoxicating. The only thing was her attitude. I really have to break her in once she's mine. Wait. Since when did this Sesshoumaru consider this ningen mine? But that wench packs a mean punch, a worthy opponent. I shook my head clear ofall the confusing thoughtsand headed back to the huts.

As I approached the clearing where InuYasha and his friends were, his wench saw us and ran up to us. She thought that I had injured her cousin so badly that she was unconscious and started ranting about purifying this Sesshoumaru. Her voice is very grating I'll have you know and having extra sensitive ears does not help. Just as I was about to snap back at the ningen wench, her cousin stirred in my arms and I turned my attention to her.

Amaya's P.O.V.

I remember waking up and looking into beautiful amber eyes, eyes that were full of worry before his usual emotionless look took over. Igrinned at him mischieviouslyand closed my eyes again, this time in annoyance at Kagome's ranting.

"Kags! Relax! I just didn't eat anything this morning as I wasn't hungry then. I have low blood pressure remember?"

"Oh yeah, sorry."

"Forgiven. Now can someone bring me to the hut? I feel a killer migraine coming up."

"Sesshoumaru? Will you bring Amaya in?"

"Fine."

I dozed off again and turned a little, clutching the soft furry thing he had over his shoulder. I felt protected in his arms, like I was worth protecting.

Okay, a little cheesy (Go Mozzarella!) but a chapter all the same. And I'm sorry if Sesshy is a little OOC (Get real you lousy writer. A little would be the understatement of the year).