"What the hell?! What did you do to my sister?! Why the hell is she naked?!" Inuyasha yelled, babbling on like an idiot.

"She wasn't wearing any clothes when I had her take me to a place, she feels safe—or whatever you want to call it. Her clothes should be with you. I'd thought even a halfwit like you could figure that out. Guess I was wrong." Sesshomaru fired back at Inuyasha.

"That is enough! Both of you!" Kagome snapped, scolding both dog demons, having enough.

"Where are Sango, Miroku, and Kilala?" Momoneko softly asked.

"We sent them back to the village. Sango decided it was time to start taking it easy with how much she was starting to show. Miroku offered to come back—and Sango offered to go alone. But we told them we'd discuss it whenever you two got back—and head back to the village. It's about time for me to visit with my family on the other side of the well. Momoneko, why don't you put your clothes back on; you seem cold." Kagome answered and then told Momoneko, who was shivering a little.

"Ok." Momoneko softly replied, shaking a little once she was on her feet; Kagome helped her to somewhere a little more private.

"What did you do to her?!" Inuyasha demanded, looking at Sesshomaru.

"Nothing she didn't want. Believe it or not; Momo isn't a little child you can control. Yes, you can protect her all you want. But know this: I will never hurt her. Now—as much as I don't like you; we're going to have try to get along for a while longer so that we don't stress her out. When she and her body become under a great amount of stress, she changes into that full demon form. Right now, she doesn't want to separate from you and your woman; I don't want to force her away from you just yet. But if we can't at least try for a little while, I will leave with Rin, Jaken, A-Un, and Momo. She is my mate—and I will not be apart from my mate unless I have to be. It took too long to get our Momo back from that form, so I will do what I can to keep her from coming back. So, I can and will do my best to be civil for her sake. Can you, little brother?" Sesshomaru firmly told Inuyasha before asking him—trying not to be too condescending.

"Was she as bad as me?" Inuyasha asked, watching Sesshomaru.

"She's not as strong as you or me in that form; she's just a bitch with an attitude. I prefer my—our Momo versus that Momo." Sesshomaru answered.

"Wow… My brother doesn't like a smart-mouthed bitch? Yeah… Momoneko sure is something, isn't she? Fine. I'll do my best to be civil with you for Momoneko's sake—so she doesn't go back to full demon or whatever. However, I don't think I'll be able to do that without some kind of sparring or something." Inuyasha agreed before suggesting.

"Sure. I can try to help you become stronger. Don't go crying to your woman when I beat you down." Sesshomaru replied with a cocky smile.

"Oh, ha, ha, ha. You're funny. You are so lucky you're Momoneko's mate…" Inuyasha sarcastically laughed before mumbling.

"You're lucky my mate's your sister." Sesshomaru retorted.

After they said what they said, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, figuratively speaking, had those three squiggly blue lines on their foreheads.

'Why did she have to be his younger sister?' Sesshomaru asked himself.

'Why did my older brother have to love my younger sister? Why?' Inuyasha asked himself.

When Kagome and Momoneko returned, they found Sesshomaru and Inuyasha standing where they left them. However, now they were staring into nothingness like they were in shock or something.

"Uhh… What's going on here?" Kagome asked, holding Momoneko still.

"Lord Sesshomaru and Mr. Inuyasha made a deal to get along." Rin answered with a soft smile.

"Is everything ok?" Momoneko softly asked, watching Sesshomaru and Inuyasha, concerned, breaking them out of their thoughts.

"Yeah. Everything's fine." Inuyasha answered, watching Kagome and Momoneko.

"Yeah. Where to next? Do you wish to see the demon slayer and the monk?" Sesshomaru asked, watching Momoneko.

"Yes, please." Momoneko tiredly responded.

Without another word, Sesshomaru was in front of the girls and lifted Momoneko into his arms.

"Sleep. Gain your strength. Rin, Jaken: get on A-Un and let's get going. Kagome…" Sesshomaru told Momoneko, Rin, and Jaken; he was going to offer Kagome to ride on A-Un as well, but he was interrupted.

"I've got Kagome." Inuyasha defensively told Sesshomaru, picking Kagome up.

And like that, they were off—back to Kaede's village…