iNuQTpIe-I have plans for Inuyasha.

Gem: I'm also aware that I do need to clear a few things up. That's what this chapter's for.

Sesshomaru: Gem only owns her OCs.

Gem: I also apologize for my accent. Please let me know if you don't understand it. Also, random Sesshomaru musing and OOCness and old spoilers.

Kagome turned to Kat after they quit talking to Inuyasha. She wanted to know why on earth Sesshomaru had come with Kat. Sesshomaru! And he wasn't killing anyone. Kat hadn't said anything yet about it.

"I like yer friend. He seems nice."

"Seems and is are two different things. Now, why was Sesshomaru with you?"

"And I thought I was blunt. Well, a few weeks back I me' 'im a' work. He was lookin' fer employment. I didn't know his story then but he seemed kinda emotionless to me. The day ya came, he was in my Communications class. I talked with 'im and he admitted who 'e was. I tol' 'im tha' we were gettin' a foreign exchange student and he asked fer the name so I gave it ta him and then he asked ta come along. I didn't see why not because I wasn't sure how good yer english was and my mum said she'd watch Rin while I went and picked you up."

"Oh," was all Kagome could say.

Kagome had noticed that Sesshomaru seemed almost nice. He had left Rin with a complete stranger and that really didn't seem like him. And then he stayed to get help with his own homework. He stayed!

(Tokyo/Feudal Japan)

Inuyasha watched as Kagome and her friend Kat signed off. Kat was definitely an odd name for someone but he had the feeling she was hiding something. Something that may be important to understanding her.

"Inuyasha, dear, would you like something to eat before you go?"

"Thank you." (a/n he's polite! Well, Kagome's mum does feed him whenever he comes)

"There's something there. I can almost sense it. Kat's not a normal name and it seems like both girls were hiding something. I'm not sure what Kagome would have to hide in America except for her trips down the well."

"What would the name Kat be short for?" he asked as he walked into the kitchen.

"Possibly Katherine or even Kathleen. Both are English names so I'm not sure of the spelling. But those two names seem the most likely. Why?"

He just shrugged and then started eating his breakfast. He would ask again after he answered the group's questions. Like what it was like watching Kagome leave. Soon enough he left for the Feudal Era and was greeted by Miroku as he hopped out of the well.

"So you stayed at Lady Kagome's last night?"

"Feh. I didn't trust those things she traveled on. Aero-planes, she called them. She said that she's safe but I have a bad feeling about something."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know but it's there. Like Kagome and her 'host' are hiding something."

They reached the village at that point and walked into Kaede's hut. It turned out that she was also cooking breakfast and the hanyou's stomach growled. Miroku and Sango just laughed at poor Inuyasha.

"Hey!"

"I thought for sure Lady Kagome's mother fed you. Using Kagome as a judge, I shouldn't be surprised," said Miroku. (a/n This I just couldn't resist)

"Is it my fault if it smells good?"

"Yes," injected Sango. "Both of you, sit down this instance. There's enough to go around."

"She'd make a good mother," Inuyasha thought. (a/n Also, couldn't resist this)

(America, Sesshomaru's house)

Sesshomaru sat on the floor in the living room. He was very pleased to have met Kat and her family. They were open and accepting to pretty much everyone. Though he was slightly mad that Kat had to leave the door partially open when she gave him a hand with his homework. He wasn't going to try anything with the girl. He was actually slightly afraid of her mother.

Looking at the clock, he called for Rin to go to bed.

"Hai, Sesshomaru-sama!" came the response. Padding barefoot into the room, she asked, "Will you come tuck me in please?"

He pulled himself up and watched as Rin scampered to her room. He loathed humans but Rin was special. He looked forward to her pleasure in the smallest things. What ever possessed him to revive the child? Perhaps his father had been trying to teach him a lesson? Or to give one child a childhood in place of the one childhood he was unable to save. His brother's childhood. He'd watched Inuyasha grow up from afar, never interfering too much but Inuyasha had lost his innocence too early. Maybe that's why he saved Rin.

Rin's room was decorated in shades of pink. Soothing pale pink walls and sheets. Even the furniture was slightly pink. Yet the room also had a more grown up feel. In contrast, his room was dark blue. Rin was sitting on the bed when he came in and she quickly lay down. He pulled a light cover over her and softly kissed her cheek.

"Goodnight Rin."

"Goodnight Sesshomaru-sama," she yawned.

He smiled ever so slightly as he left, closing the door behind him. Rin would have to be up early tomorrow. Kat's mother said that she would take the girl to school for him. Looking at the clock again, he decided that it was time he was in bed to. Kami only knew how long it would take to get both of them ready and to Kat's house tomorrow morning.

Gem: Don't you just love my hard work? My muse for this story ran away twice. I found it again.

Sesshomaru: Loathe.

Gem: What he really means is R and R please!