Recap:

Kagome was about to answer yes but was cut off by the sound of very fast and very loud footsteps. They both immediately looked at each other and then ran over to the nearest window when they heard shouting.

The gates were suddenly opened as a platoon of men came stumbling in.

Kagome tried to suppress her shock when she recognized the group of demons and one very human friend of hers. Miroku was back, and he had brought a few present with him as well. From the looks of the giant wasps one group of demon's were carrying, Naraku now knew about the alliance.

Damit, she had really been hoping that Inuyasha and Sesshomaru could have a had a bit more time to get used to each other. How in the world was this going to work now? They could barely be in the same room as each other, how were they going to join forces?

Immediately she was having the boy show her how to get to the front gates and they were rushing down the halls.

Kagome was standing in front of her long time friend as she dabbed at the cut above his right eye. It was bleeding everywhere and she couldn't get it stop. Then again, that area always did bleed more than anywhere else. Kagome reached into her trusty yellow backpack, that the children had grabbed for her, as she searched for her cotton swabs and alcohol.

"This could sting," she said sorrowfully.

"Can you just use those wonderful healing powers of yours?" asked Miroku as he watched the smelly liquid being poured onto the white blob.

"I would but we have an audience and I would like to have at least one thing about us that they don't know," she countered as she placed the white ball of fluff on his still bleeding cut.

She winced in sync with him as the burning sensation made contact with his skin.

Miroku shuttered, "That does make sense."

Kagome took a package of gauze to wipe up the excess blood, "So what happened?"

Miroku sighed, "Naraku happened. We were leaving the village when Kagura and those wasps attacked. They almost devowered the village but I was able to place up a barrier while the soldiers took care of what they could. Unfortunately…Kagura was able to get away yet again."

"So Naraku knows," she said while blowing on the wound. Slowly Miroku's eye fluttered close as he let his friend do what she was so incredibly good at…taking care of others. The two missed the new arrival of Lord Malik watching them in the background as Kagome took care of her companion.

"I am afraid he does," sighed Miroku when she stopped.

"Well that just sucks now doesn't it," pouted Kagome.

Miroku took her hand in his own, "I know you were hoping for some more time with Sesshomaru and Inuyasha but I am afraid that just is not going to happen. If Naraku discovers that the brothers are not truly working together then…" he let the sentence finish itself in silence.

Kagome's eye's remained downcast as she thought of the more than likely consequences. She knew all too well how their hatred for each other could be used against them. God, don't even get her started on Touga. She could only imagine how he was going to use all of this against her.

"Enough of that, I want my kiss now," spoke a smiling Miroku as he tried to lighten the mood.

Kagome picked up the remaining gauze next to her and threw it at him, "Then you better go find a mirror."

"But sweet Lady Kagome, you always give Shippo as kiss when he is hurt," he said flirtatiously.

She turned towards him, "Yes but Shippo isn't a lecher pretending to be a monk."

Miroku put on a face of shock at her comment, knowing he could never fool her but was always still trying, "I have been trained in the priest ways since I was a little boy. There is nothing fake about what I do."

"Yet you still grope everywoman you come across," she said while frowning.

He walked up to her, pulled her into a sideways hug with his arms around her shoulders, "Dear Kagome, you know it is the curse of my hand. There is nothing I can do about where it wanders."

By this time they had an audience and Lord Uza and Lord Shiho stood next to the pair, but far enough away to not stop the upcoming show.

Slowly, unashamedly, Miroku's hand began to creep towards Kagome's lower back. If he would have been watching his friend's face he would have stopped. If he would have been watching the tick forming on her forehead he would have known that she was already in the mood to kill and not to tempt her. If he would have been looking at the dark circles under her eyes he would have noticed that she was edgy from her lack of sleep. If he was a mind reader he would have known that Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's father was following her around annoying the hell out of her. Furthermore, since he was a ghost incapable of feeling pain and could not be hurt, the human trying to grope her would do just fine as an outlet.

Suddenly his arm was twisted and he was spun around, flipped over the petite woman's shoulder and was on his back while looking at the midday sun glowing above him.

He let out a grunt as he looked at the figure above him, "Been working out have we?"

Kagome refused to acknowledge the urge to stomp her foot in annoyance, "Just feel lucky I did not use the other move Sango taught me. You know the one where I throw you through a tree?"

Miroku closed his eyes in contempt, "Thank you?"

The shadow above him moved and he could hear her small steps walking away from him. When he opened his eyes another shadow was before him. Silver hair obstructed his view, "How are you doing Inuyasha?"

"You are an idiot," said the barefoot man as he helped his friend up, "Even I can tell she's been edgy lately."

Miroku released Inuyasha's arm as he regained his footing.

"She looked like she needed to get her mind off of, well whatever she has her mind on. I thought a good laugh would do it," said Miroku as he brushed the grass out of his hair.

Inuyasha just shook his head, "Oh, people are laughing all right. You just had your ass handed to you by a girl."

Miroku laughed at that in his own carefree way, "I did didn't I? Perhaps we should not allow our sweet and innocent Kagome to spend quite as much time with Sango anymore. I did not even see that move coming."

Kagome stomped over furiously towards the wounded batch of soldiers who had ran in with her friend through the gates. It had taken her forever to figure out where they had been taken. Turns out it was halfway across the courtyard in some little training outpost where a lot of the men slept. Maybe Miroku could sleep out here with them, he acted like some drunken soldier enough of the time to fit in.

Seriously, what was Miroku thinking? It had been…six months since the last time he had groped her and he suddenly starts it back up again now? Of all the times? Men were a race she just knew she would never understand.

Kagome looked up as she saw the various soldiers looking at her expectantly. Kagome briefly wondered why they were all looking at her like that. It was like they were waiting for an attack. Did she really look that furious?

"Of course not little one, you and I both know you are over your friends antics," spoke a voice her right.

Kagome immediately swung around so she could properly face Touga. She was about to open her mouth in retort but stopped when he cut her off, "Do not forget that you are surrounded by soldiers Kagome. They cannot see me like you can. They will think you crazier than they already do."

Kagome's mouth hung open like a fish. They thought she was crazy? Kagome looked around towards the guards who had stopped what they were doing in order to watch her properly. One demon had stopped sharpening his sword, while another was holding a barrel of hay in his hands, just looking at her carefully.

What did they think she was going to do, were they expect her to attack?

"They are confused why you are here. You are a women, a human one at that, who is a priestess that just walked into their barracks alone and with no protection. Let us also not forget that little threat you placed on their men. Miroku was hurt, they are wondering how you will respond," answered Touga to her unasked but thankfully answered question.

"So…" she started while looking at the surrounding men, "…where's Hiko?"

She watched as one of the men gulped.

Oh, she got it now. They really thought she was going to hurt him since Miroku had been injured. For a minute Kagome debated having fun with the situation but decided against it. No reason to create more enemies than necessary, no matter how much stress it would relieve.

"I promise I am not going to hurt him," she sighed dramatically, "One of you can even come along to make sure, alright?"

Slowly one of the men who had been sharpening his sword stood up and walked over to her. He was about 5'11" if she had to guess and a bear demon from the looks of it. He had coal black eyes, a huge build and dark brown hair that reached mid back. The most interesting thing though was the bear claw marking on his right cheek, "Alright priestess, come with me."

Kagome waited until he was done before she took a step towards him, knowing that all the men around her were in defensive positions in case she decided that she really was angry. Slowly she followed the demon as he maneuvered his way through the tents and campsites, Touga of course silently walking behind her. She tried desperately not to trip, knowing that she had an audience of about 200 watching her every move.

"So, was he hurt?" she asked while trying to break the silence.

"Hiko?" asked the older demon, "No, just scared shitless. He's still young and hotheaded."

"So he did something reckless?" asked Kagome.

"Yes, he challenged you. Made him rather timid on the field. I heard he would not leave your friend's side in fear of what you would do to him," said the demon as he turned another corner.

Kagome tried to suppress her laugh but she knew without a doubt it had slipped out. Thankfully none of the 200 demons watching her said anything about it.

The man stopped in front of another tent and pushed the cloth indicating an opening, "He is inside…trying not to shake."

"Thank you," finished Kagome sincerely as she stepped in, knowing that the man would be waiting outside. It seems that everyone was still rather weary around her. Then again she imagined her own reaction would be the same if the situations were reversed.

She stepped into the tent to see four cots and an indoor fire pit. There were a few pieces of raw meet hanging above the pit on a stick, as if waiting to be eaten. On the third cot sat a man with wide eyes as he looked at her in disbelief. His two friends who were standing around him were just as shocked.

"Man, we at least thought you would give him time to run," said one of the demon friends standing next to the white Hiko.

Kagome wanted to laugh at them. She had never really had anyone afraid of her before and she suddenly realized why Inuyasha could be such a hard ass. Watching people squirm was rather hilarious.

"Would you calm down, I'm not here to hurt you, alright?" she said with a smile.

She walked up to Hiko and stopped when she stood a few feet before him. She could see his look of disbelief, as well as his small quivers of fear, "I wanted to thank you. I know protecting my friend was the last thing you wanted to do. Hell, you are trained to hate people like him and me. I know he would have been a lot worse if you would not have been there and stuck by his side. Miroku is rather…limited with those wasps."

Hiko continued to stare at her, "What?"

Kagome sighed dramatically, "Aren't demon's supposed to have like extra good hearing or something? You are a demon right?"

Hiko continued to stare at her, "Did you just…ridicule me?"

"Well you are being a rather big baby about the situation," she said mockingly, while trying to get him to lighten up. She hadn't realized she had scared him that badly.

"I am not," he stood up fiercely but sat back down when she turned her gaze back towards him. "I just, you said something that really made me…think."

"Sorry, I did not realize something like that was rare for you…the thinking part. You looked rather intelligent at the time," she began again.

Kagome mentally counted off the seconds until Hiko blew up at her. Her time in this era had taught her that demons did not like being ridiculed or made fun of. If anything was going to get a head strong reaction out of him it would be an insult. She needed a reaction; she needed to know what really happened on that field. Kagome thought about the broken face of the man she had seen when entering the hut. She also needed for him to prove to her that he was alright.

Kagome continued to silently wait until she realized that Hiko was not going to say anything back. In surprise, Kagome looked over at him. His head was down and his friends were still looking at her in surprise.

"What happened out there?" asked Kagome when she realized something was wrong.

Hiko barely managed to look her in the eye as she asked her question, "Can you really not have a pack?"

Kagome was caught off guard by the question and was not sure what to say. What did he mean by that? Not have a pack? She had one, Inuyasha and the others, they were her pack. Kagome discreetly looked around the room for her ghost. He was sitting on the farthest away bedding from her as he watched the scene.

"He means a family little one. Children, a mate," said Touga with a frown.

Kagome closed her eyes as she tried to figure out how to answer. She was not exactly a normal priestess after all.

"Yes, and no. For most like me, there is not an option. They are to serve everyone around them but themselves in order to stay pure of this life's greed. Under no circumstances are the people they are supposed to protect allowed to be injured. They become a priest or priestess's life, their obsession. Supposedly, a family could easily get in the way of that," she started.

"Miroku and I are different, but similar. He will most likely never have the chance to have a family because of the curse placed on him by Naraku. If we do manage to get rid of that monster then yes, Miroku will have a family. This is at a cost though. Miroku has all but defected from the other monks of his religion, as his father and grandfather did. He would not be welcomed in most priest gatherings."

"I, on the other hand, was not raised as a priestess since my parents did not know what I was. I never had those restrictions placed on me. If I survive this war with Naraku they will be though."

Hiko's friend stepped up to her timidly, "So you cannot have a family either."

"Maybe, it really depends on what I end up doing with my life if I survive. My home is not like the villages here. They would never make me do that, but if I was to stay here with Inuyasha and all of my friends then it is a very likely possibility."

"I kept thinking about that when those things attacked. I saw the way you talked with the priest. He is your brother by everything but birth. I could not help but to think what I would feel like if anything happened to my own pack," he looked at her, "I am sorry that I let him get hurt."

Kagome moved over to the demon on the cot as his friends moved a bit to accommodate her, "Thank you for doing your best. I could never ask anything more of you or any of the men you work with. I am sorry I had to say those things to you, I never thought that you would actually take them to heart. And you know, give Miroku some credit. He is rather good at taking care of himself. Believe it or not all of us have a few survival tricks up our sleeves."

"Hiko!" yelled a sudden voice that made all of the occupants of the room jump.

Suddenly the man who had escorted Kagome to the tent walked into the small area. Behind him came the same, eerie, annoying, squeaky voice Kagome hated so very much. Before the man could speak Kagome cut him off, "That stupid toad is going to get his voice box cut out if he doesn't shut up. Could his voice be anymore annoying?"

Jaken scurried into the room, "Hiko, Lord Sesshomaru has demanded you-" he stopped when he saw Kagome, "Wench! What is your fowl self doing here. Is it not enough that Lord Sesshomaru graciously offered his home to you? Now you must infest his soldier's quarters with your stench as well?"

"God, Inuyasha really needs to hit you with the wind scar," she murmured as she stood up, dusting herself off from the shuffled dirt from the ground.

Jaken glared but Kagome matched it evenly. No stupid frog was going to scare her, that was for sure. With his stupid suck up voice, and squeals, and stupid stick that sets things on fire. He should really just go back to the marsh or something.

Kagome was too busy contemplating how stupid Jaken was to notice another presence step through the small opening.

"It seems you enjoy trying my patience miko," said the smooth and aristocratic voice she knew so well.

Kagome cringed. It was like the gods hated her or something. Could she just not get away from this man? Touga was probably laughing at her predicament too. He was sadistic that way after all. It was a family trait, one that he lovingly passed on.

"Hello Sesshomaru, is there something I can help you with?" she asked as politely as she could muster.

"Get out of my soldier's room, or do you wish to present yourself to the world as a whore?" asked the man smoothly.

Kagome turned her eyes into daggers as he finished his sentence. Maybe if her eye's really were daggers he'd leave due to blood loss. Then again he was a demon. Daggers probably wouldn't do that much damage. Great, another stupid demon with stupid magical powers. Well at least he did not have a stick that shot fire…oh that's right, he had finger tips that created acidic whips. Soooo much better.

Kagome, being her, decided that there was not any way she was going to win a straight up argument with him. Not today anyways, so, instead she was going to throw him the biggest loop that even he would be knocked of his high horse…cloud…thing.

"Do you use some type of special soap for your hair? Sango and I are in a disagreement about it, maybe you could shed some light," she said casually while moving to sit back down on the bed. The one where Hiko had previously been sitting on but had gotten off of as soon as his Lord had stepped into the overcrowded tent.

The room was silent as what she had said was processed. Jaken was the first to speak.

"You insufferable woman! How dare you ask such a question of our great and mighty leader!" he screeched.

"Maybe we could get Inuyasha some. Then you guys could be like twins!" she said with fake enthusiasm, "You two already look so similar anyways."

Kagome had the sudden urge to run very, very far when she heard the growl coming from Sesshomaru's direction, but somehow she stood her ground.

"Hiko, tell me why you left your men to fight the insects," barked Sesshomaru at the now trembling demon.

Kagome once again cut in, "Oh, he was protecting Miroku for me."

Sesshomaru turned back towards the priestess he was beginning to hate as much as he hated Inuyasha, "Explain."

Kagome tried to even her breathing as she spoke. All this demonic energy was starting to give her a headache, "I asked him to protect Miroku if the squad was attacked. He was just following orders, so don't blame him. It was my fault."

"His orders are to come directly from me miko. He knows that," snarled the demon Lord of the West to the time traveling priestess.

Kagome bit her lip, she did not mean for Hiko to get in trouble, "I am sorry. This was my fault, I will take the blame for him."

"You? You a human woman? You can do no labor, you cannot make up his work for him. What could you possibly do in order to make up for this injustice?" squawked Jaken yet again.

Kagome thought about this for a moment. There was not anything she could really do in order to make up for it. She was not battle savvy or anything of the like. She could not do manual labor and even if she could, she was not exactly good at taking orders. An idea struck her, "I'll cook and mend his squadron's clothes while I am here."

Sesshomaru scoffed, "You already cook, if that is what you name that disgusting thing you call food."

Kagome let loose a growl, "I assure you that I don't know what you are talking about, my food is amazing. You just suck as a food taster."

"My senses are better than yours wench," he argued.

"Obviously a blind cat demon has better senses than you Sesshomaru," she countered.

Silence resonated throughout the tent as the silent battle of wills stretched on. Kagome was not about to give into this fight. It was her fault Hiko was in trouble and she had every intention of getting him out of it. After a few more minutes Sesshomaru turned towards Hiko, "Remember you follow my orders Hiko, the woman holds only the power she believes she has in her pathetic mind. Other than that she is useless."

With that the demon Lord was gone, off to torture another innocent creature Kagome was sure. Probably a squirrel or a bunny. Jaken was right behind him in his usual dirt kissing manner. He would probably transcribe the torture for future entertainment.

Kagome stood up and once again looked at the pale faced Hiko. It seemed that the color she had managed to bring back earlier was once again gone. Slowly she walked up to him, careful not to scare him into cardiac arrest, "Don't worry, he's just pissed at me. He has big issues with someone undermining his authority," she said while silently patting his back.

Once that was done and over with Kagome began to walk out of the tent but was stopped once again by Hiko, "I almost died."

She spun around on her heels and looked at him while rolling her eyes, "One, no you did not. He just wanted to scare you. Two, in case you have forgotten you protected my pack member from Naraku and in doing so allied yourself with me." Her look quickly turned into a smile, "I don't let things happen to my allies."

With her peace said she was gone, out to look for the rest of her friends. With a quick nod she glimpsed at the same older demon who led her here. He was still standing by the closed tent flap. After she was able to get the proper directions from him Kagome managed to find the correct path out of the demon filled encampment.

As she was walking out she managed to calm herself down…somewhat. Fighting with Sesshomaru came naturally to her, he was just that difficult. She now believed it to be a demon trait, not just a family trait. Honestly, dogs were obedient. They sat and stood when you said so, so why was Sesshomaru so difficult? He needed obedience training or something because every time she talked to him she just got more and more frustrated.

Kagome ran her fingers through her hair.

So far, the bantering thing was not working with him, which sucked cause it was so easy and natural for her. This meant one thing, she needed to change tactics. Just super, she had to start from scratch with Sesshomaru.

It was like the universe knew exactly how to make her day.

"Kagome, you're an idiot," yelled Inuyasha as he threw yet another recruit into a tree.

"Why do you feel the need to call me names Inuyasha?" she asked while taking a bite of her sandwhich.

"I don't know, why do you feel the need to be an idiot?" he threw back at her.

She glared, "Stop being mean."

He laughed, "Stop being an idiot."

Kagome looked over towards the surviving members of the regiment, "Maybe instead of attacking him individually you should I don't know, work together?" Kagome then turned her attention back to her friend, "He was out of line yelling at Hiko like that."

"He was doing his job," huffed Inuyasha as he dodged a punch and kicked another guy in the gut. "If one guy is acting out it throws the whole team off, its why I hate it when you don't listen to me."

Kagome scoffed, "But your plans always turn out worse off when I do listen to you."

The dog eared half demon side stepped another kick and tumbled to the ground while tripping another demon in blue, "Just shut up."

"Just shut up," she mocked in a fake Inuyasha voice. She turned back towards the recruits, "No, you three attack from the right about a second and a half after the other while you six come at him from behind at about two seconds after the other."

Her attention was once again on her friend. From her perch in the tree she was able to see the battle perfectly on the ground as Inuyasha flawlessly dodged the newer guard members. They had tried to execute her plan but were failing miserably at it. Inuyasha had a lot of work cut out for him if he was going to turn them into any type of useable warriors.

"Well what should I have done then?" she asked Inuyasha as one demon was thrown to the ground and did not get back up. Kagome peered closer to see that the man was still alive and breathing, he was just to beat to get up and try again.

"Not go see this moron Biko in the first place," he countered.

"Hiko, and he isn't a moron, just a little cocky," she frowned as she watched him show off, "not that you know what that is."

"Confident and arrogant are different," he said while flipping a guy over his shoulder.

"Yeah, one makes you look like a self-absorbed joke while the other just makes you look like a jackass. Speaking of jokes, watching this fight kind of is one."

Inuyasha flipped over the last of the recruits and looked up at his long time friend, "Gotta see what they are good at."

Kagome quickly climbed down from the tree with a huff and walked over to Inuyasha, "So what are they good at?"

He scratched his head, "Charging recklessly."

Kagome smiled, "So you all should become fast friends then."

"No really, shut up."

Kagome quickly dried her hair off with her towel. It had been over a week since her last shower and this had felt absolutely amazing. Sure the water was freezing and the tub was small but it felt so good to be clean. Actually clean, where things were not sticking to her and dirt was not coming out from under her finger nails.

After her hair was wrapped in the appropriate bun she quickly put on her pajamas. That was nice too, actually wearing sleepwear and not clothes. Kagome looked down at herself. She wore a loose pair of stripped pajama pants and a tight cotton tank top.

They felt so clean and nice.

People should wear pajamas instead of regular clothes. If she ever ruled the world, that would be her first law.

With that done she quickly stepped out of the small bathing room and shut the door behind her. She took one step and quickly found herself face to face with the floor. Kagome twisted her body just enough to see Kilala lying down on the ground. What?

The cat demon stood up and walked over to Kagome while purring. After nuzzling her a few times, and rubbing every inch of Kagome's visible body, the cat started kneading Kagome's hair. Since Kagome was still on the ground this was a rather easy task for Kilala. Kagome, deciding that there was no way sweet and innocent Kilala could have purposefully tripped her, stood up and picked up her long time friend.

"Guess you have been feeling neglected haven't you?" she whispered while scratching the small feline behind the ears.

There was suddenly a crash to the right of her and Kagome spun around to see Shippo up against the wall, "Shippo?"

Kilala's eyes opened when she heard the name. Shippo looked up at his mother and frowned, "How did she get here before me?"

Kagome looked at the cat and the fox that were currently glaring at each other. Was there something that she was missing? Disregarding the situation Kagome walked over to her son and held his hand, "Ready for bed?"

Shippo nodded as he walked with her towards their small room. He'd get there next time, that was a promise. He looked up towards his mother as they sat down on the small make shift mattress, "Can I sleep next to you mommy?"

Kagome smiled, "Sure thing Shippo."

Inuyasha was livid and she had no idea why. The moment she stepped into the room she could feel Inuyasha tense up. Seriously, what was his problem? Okay, so she understood that having a morning meal with Sesshomaru was not part of their plan but Lord Uza had requested them there. He did not have to show if he really did not want to. So why was he all huffy?

Kagome quickly sat down next to him and elbowed him in the gut when he did not automatically speak to her, "What is your problem? If anyone should be grumpy it is me, since I did not get to sleep again last night."

Inuyasha huffed and crossed his arms, "It aint nothing your puny human head should worry over."

Before she could protest Kilala, who had been stalking her since she first left her bedroom this morning, was once again on her lap. Kagome looked down and wondered when the feline had entered the room. When she started petting Kilala another growl was heard. She looked up at Inuyasha to see him staring intently at Kilala as she sat in her lap.

What? Did Inuyasha just growl at Kilala? Before she could ask the main doors opened and Kagome's curious nature was momentarily dissuaded. Lord Uza was the first to step into the dining hall and greet them, his long time friend Lord Shiho was right beside him. Lord Malik was next but he of course gave no hug. Sesshomaru was the last to arrive and he automatically went to his seat.

"It is good to have decent company for breakfast. Those two," Uza motioned towards Sesshomaru and Malik, "are nothing if not a boring conversation."

Kagome giggled behind her hand, "You are a trouble maker Lord Uza."

He winked at her, "Just stating the facts."

"The woman is anything but decent company. Decent company does not smell like vermin," scoffed Sesshomaru.

Kagome glared but it was rather hard to do an intimidating glare when the master of intimidation was the one you were currently at war with.

"Tell me human, is it your race or just you who is idiotic enough to eat lunch with a room full of those with demon blood, as they eat the flesh of your own kind," he tried.

Kagome gulped, but pushed the bile in her throat down. They were not eating human flesh, she knew that, he was just trying to bully her out of the room. "You know where I come from they say bully's like you just didn't get enough attention as a child."

Again Sesshomaru's growl was known to her. It seemed that was his new method of communication whenever she was in the room.

The food was brought out for the demons but Kagome settled for her tea. She did not think the raw meat that the others were eating would settle well with her stomach. After a light conversation with Lord Uza and Lord Shiho, Kagome decided that this was a rather pleasant morning. In fact, if she would not have been having to ignore Lord Malik throughout the entire sitting it would have been perfect. Idly, she wondered if Touga would settle for ignoring instead of brotherly love. Either way, they weren't trying to kill each other right?

She glanced to her right to see Inuyasha staring at his half empty plate, and then to her left to see Sesshomaru glancing out the window. She was attempting to ignore that fact that they were purposefully sitting on opposite ends of the table. This could be considered getting along right?

She went to pick up her cup of tea when a sharp spark shocked her fingers. Kagome automatically yelped as the pain of something powerful coursed through her body. By the time the pain subsided and she could feel her fingers again she had the audience of the entire table. Kagome, not knowing what the hell just happened looked over at her cup. It appeared rather normal, like an everyday feudal era cup but…it had shocked her.

She looked up once more to be met with Sesshomaru's curious gaze. What the hell was his problem?

She warily pushed her cup towards the end of the table with Inuyasha's chopsticks and looked back at the other occupants of the breakfast table. Inuyasha, knowing that his friend was not always the smartest person around was the first to speak, "Kagome, maybe we should get you some training, you just attacked yourself with your own powers."

Kagome's mouth dropped as the situation hit her full force. She what? That was impossible, she barely knew how to call on them in the first place, let alone redirect them towards herself. Suddenly it hit her. Sure, she did not know how to do that but a certain someone else did.

Kagome quickly stood up and looked at Inuyasha, "I'll be right back, I have to umm….check on something in the kitchen."

Kagome nearly ran out of the dining hall, after pushing Kilala off her lap, but somehow restrained herself. Once the doors were shut she quickly turned the other way, away from the kitchen. Hopefully she could find an empty hallway to yell at herself in.

The second she made it around the corner and found an empty hallway she turned on her heel, ready to yell, already knowing he would be there. "What was that for?"

"It was just a little reminder that your mission is to get them to get along, not ignore each other," he said while checking his nails.

"You-you are not allowed to shock me!" she yelled furiously.

"Sure I am," he countered, once again amused at her outburst.

"No you are not, it's against the rules!" she tried again.

"There are rules? No, I don't think I like that. I am getting rid of the rules," he said while smiling.

"You-you are not allowed in my head either!" she was going to get him to agree to at least one of her conditions if it killed her.

"I agree to that one, mainly because your head is very confusing. I could not make sense of anything. Your heart on the other hand, is incredibly easy to read," he said while circling her.

Kagome was too shocked to really say anything back to that.

"Well, just, umm, stay out," even she had to agree in saying that that was pathetic.

Just as she was turning around in order to return to the dining area Touga's voice stopped her, "Sesshomaru is doing a patrol today. You will cover the recruits for Inuyasha and he will head out with Sesshomaru."

Then he was just gone.

Kagome was left with her mouth wide open and eyes dull in disbelief. He could not just order her around like that. It-it was against the rules! Quite furiously she stomped back towards the appropriate room and pushed open the doors. After a quick glance she found the room quite similar to how she left it. The only difference being that Inuyasha was talking to Lord Uza. Now there was a bit of a shocker.

"The boar demon would kill the wolf demon because wolves are pathetic on their own," countered Inuyasha.

"No, no my boy. The boar demon would lose undoubtedly," argued Lord Uza.

"Inuyasha, just say what you really want to say," she said while smiling. "They would be at a draw until a random dog demon would enter the scene and kill them both, thus being the best. Did I cover it?"

She quickly sat back down in her previous spot.

Inuyasha, used to how easily she picked up on a conversation nodded his head in agreement, "That I can live with."

He suddenly froze midsentence and glared down at her lap. Kagome, not seeing the problem, looked down to see Kilala once again on her perch. The familiar growl once again came from Inuyasha's lips. Kilala, noticing the growl immediately was on all fours, hair standing on end and hissing at the silver haired dog.

Kagome grabbed Kilala and pulled her away to the side where the two could not see each other. She glared at Inuyasha, he had never had a problem with Kilala before so she had no idea what was going on now, "What the hell Inuyasha?"

He stopped growling and looked innocently at his best friend, "What, she's getting cocky and it's annoying."

A servant girl quickly stepped forward and handed Kagome another cup of tea, this one being warm. While she was taking in her drink Kagome listened into the rest of the conversation Lord Uza was leading, "Are the new recruits taking to your teaching?"

Inuyasha smirked, "They're a bunch of sissies but I'll toughen them out. Those pups cannot even take a proper beating without whining about it."

Well there was an opening if she had ever seen one. Kagome was already angry at Touga, and now that Inuyasha was acting up there was no way she was in a good, friendly, let it pass mood. Kagome just had to cut in, "Cause you were so compliant when Sesshomaru gave you that black eye in your father's grave. Tell me again how you whimpered?"

Inuyasha turned on her immediately, "He's got poison, that stuff stings."

"Yeah, cause getting thrown through a tree doesn't hurt at all. I am just saying that you shouldn't be so tough on them. It hurts a lot more than I think you remember," she tried. Inuyasha tended to forget that although he was a half demon, he was stronger than most full demons they had come across.

He huffed, "You are such a mother. Gotta let kids get the crap kicked out of them once in a while."

Kagome frowned, "I agree, which is why I let Sesshomaru beat you up all the time."

He glared, "He does not beat me up."

"Your right, pummel is a much better word."

"Alright children," cut in Lord Shiho. He immediately sighed as he took in the situation, "It is like being back home with my nieces and nephews. You two fight like brother and sister."

Inuyasha and Kagome continued to glare at each other.

Lord Shiho rubbed the corners of his eyes, "What is the problem here?"

Kagome looked at Inuyasha, and Inuyasha looked at Kagome. They immediately started saying their piece, determined to get it in before the other. Unfortunately they just ended up speaking at the same time so no one could understand them.

"The bitch needs to put that stupid cat down. She never listens to me and who the hell told her she could take a bath without telling me first!"

"He's so immature! Kilala was just sitting here, she did not do anything to him. What's his deal acting like a bully, it's starting to piss me off."

Kagome huffed as she stroked Kilala's fur and Inuyasha continued to glower.

Lord Shiho looked at his friends, "Did you catch any of that?"

Lord Malik sighed, knowing a sibling argument when he saw one, "He's mad she didn't do what he never outwardly told her to do and she's mad that he's mad at her for doing what he never actually told her not to do."

"So, sibling stuff?" asked Lord Uza.

Lord Shiho turned back to the pair, "I have found that sibling squabbles tend not to have anything to do with the actual sibling you are fighting with but they instead provide an outlet for something else. I do not think you two are actually mad at each other but have no other way to vent your frustrations."

Kagome huffed, well of course she was not actually mad at Inuyasha. It would take a lot more than a few mean comments to get her mad at him. She was really furious at Touga but didn't know how to get back at him. Kagome peaked out of her eye to watch Inuyasha, but she really didn't know what his problem was. And where did he get off, being all mad at her for taking a bath? She tried to pick up her tea, unfortunately the stupid thing shocked her again. She immediately dropped it and it crashed to the ground, liquid going everywhere. Stupid Inuyasha, stupid Touga, stupid everything. The only thing she wasn't currently hating right now was Sesshomaru, which was stupid in itself. Oh, wait, she did hate him. He was a good for nothing demon too.

"Did you just shock yourself again? You are such a horrible priestess it's amazing," argued Inuyasha.

"Bite me," she growled.

"Is that a request or an order, god knows you love ordering people around."

"I think you are confusing me with yourself," she said angrily while stirring her previous, and un-spilled cold tea with the spoon.

Lord Uza, seeing an opening in the dispute quickly cut in, "Maybe you two should-"

Kagome screamed.

Red, bloody and juicy meat went sliding down her body as the contents of Inuyasha's half eaten plate were tipped over and onto her chest. Kagome looked down to see little drops of blood cascading down her shirt, the slices of meat quickly following. She could feel them slithering down her body, sticking in places that raw and beyond juicy meat should never touch. In her lap stood an equally angry Kilala, fur raised and hissing like a madwoman.

She tried to ignore Sesshomaru's smirk, she really did. It wasn't there, on his face, as the human-no, it was animal! Animal meat ran down her body!

Inuyasha pressed his nose face to face with Kilala's, "Don't do that again."

Kilala's hair slowly went back to normal as she recognized the alpha tone in Inuyasha's voice. Fine, she would listen for now. But the moment Inuyasha left was the moment she took her perch back. Kilala slowly got up from Kagome's lap and headed over to the nearest window where she could properly clean herself off at. Kagome, seeing the whole scenario was completely baffled. She looked at Inuyasha who was now sitting peacefully on his pillow.

"Did you just yell at Kilala after you dumped your breakfast on me?" she asked.

Inuyasha opened one of his eyes and glanced at her briefly, "I wanted her to leave, so I made her leave."

Kagome wasn't sure what to think of that, "So let me get this straight. You were fighting with me in order to get Kilala off my lap?"

Inuyasha crinkled his nose, "And you smelled like cat. She was getting cocky and forgot her place. Public humiliation is one of the best ways to deal with an irate pack member who thinks that the rules don't apply to them."

"W-What rules? She sits on my lap at almost every meal!" Kagome yelled in disbelief. There had to be something she was missing.

Inuyasha's glare hardened, "Not after a bath she doesn't."

"So you poured meat all over me to get Kilala off my lap?" again she asked in disbelief.

"And to get her smell off you," he corrected.

Kagome massaged her temples as she rested her forehead on the table, "It's like this argument makes sense to you or something."

Inuyasha, who saw nothing wrong with the situation stood up and pointed her to the bath house she was at earlier last night, "Go get cleaned up, I'll wait outside until you're done."

Too out of energy to care to argue, Kagome stood up and peeled what was left of the sticky substance off of her. This was worse than demon guts she quickly concluded. After the last visible layer was removed, she did not want to track dead animal around with her, she headed back towards the bath house to get clean.

She quickly stepped in and disrobed, throwing herself into the cold water. After a good thirty minutes of scrubbing, she did not want to remember the feeling of juicy dead animal running down her body, she finally got out. She of course had nothing to wear other than a towel Inuyasha had left at the base of the door but that would have to do for now. She wrapped the semi fluffy object around her body and stepped into the servant's hallway. Before she could react something heavy was dropped on top of her head.

After pulling the offending object off her eyes she looked to the right to see Inuyasha standing there…almost but not quite smiling. His red outer shirt was off, which she assumed was what was on her head right now, and he only wore his white inner lining for a top.

He inhaled deeply, "Much better."

Not wanting to walk around in her towel, even in the servant's quarters that were maybe sixty feet away from her 'room', she quickly put on the fire rat robe.

She looked at her friend, "You're weird."

"You'd get it if you were a demon and had super senses like mine," he said arrogantly.

She smiled as she took in the moment, "I was lying you know, you totally kick his ass."

Inuyasha did something incredibly rare at that moment. He reached over and gently pulled Kagome into a sideways grip. It almost felt like a hug. As quickly as it happened he let her go, "Let's get you back to your room and in real clothes."

Kagome smiled as she buried herself in to the manly smelling jacket, "That would be nice."

After she was back in regular clothes, a pair of low rise jeans and a white t-shirt, she made her way back towards the dining area. When she stepped in she saw that Lord Uza and Lord Malik had both left. That left only Sesshomaru and Lord Shiho. Sesshomaru and Lord Shiho immediately turned in their direction when the door was opened, a look of confusion on both of their faces. They were of course staring at her; everyone always seemed to look at her with that baffled look. Though it was an odd one to see it on Sesshomaru.

Kagome suddenly felt the same painful tingling at the base of her fingertips, though it was not nearly as bad as it was before. Understanding the reminder sent from Touga she quickly stepped forward, "Sesshomaru, what do you do on your patrols?"

Sesshomaru, who had previously been trying to ignore everything to do with her, aside from the random bursts of staring, lazily changed his gaze towards her direction, "Nothing your mind would comprehend."

She frowned, "Were you born an ass or did you just work that hard at it?"

Lord Shiho immediately stood up in order to interfere, "Lovely day Lady Kagome, care to go for a walk with me?"

Kagome continued to hold the gaze of Sesshomaru who had immediately snapped his neck around to properly intimidate her. "Know your place woman."

She was about to fight back, in her own undermining little way, but then something clicked. "It is like no one has ever stood up to you before," Kagome realized. It was not a question, just a statement that suddenly made sense to her.

This was going to be even more difficult than she originally imagined. He was nothing like Inuyasha. Inuyasha, who had to constantly stand up and defend himself felt at home with her banter. Hell, he welcomed it; it was what he was used to and knew how to handle. It was one of the reason's they were always at each other's throats. For Inuyasha it wasn't fighting, it was instead one of three things. It was his way of playing, communicating, or his way of calming down after a stressful situation. Sesshomaru was nothing like that. He took her, by now natural arguments and was ignoring every attempt she made at communication. She needed to try something different, something that would appeal to him.

Another realization suddenly hit the girl from the future. Sesshomaru was a dog demon, a full blooded canine. Where she came from dogs were more curious and single minded than cats ever were, no matter the common sayings from her time about curiosity and cats. "Where I come from, there aren't any demons you know."

It was a long shot, one that she probably should not be taking, but hey, this was all new to her. She had tried working with Sesshomaru like she had learned how to work with Inuyasha. Insults and play fights did not go over well him like they did the younger brother, it was time she tried another tactic.

"Kagome, that's probably where you should stop," Inuyasha tried to cut in.

Though Kagome still had more to say, she could tell that she had caught the demon Lord's attention, "Actually, that is probably why I have such a hard time listening to you. I never actually learned to fear demons. Inuyasha was the first one I had really ever spoken to and that was on my fifteenth birthday."

"Fifteen years with no demons, that is impossible woman. There is no place, I would have heard of it," he argued. "You are lying to this Sesshomaru."

"You are a powerful demon Sesshomaru, one of the strongest I have met. I know you can tell when someone is lying to you," she tried while absentmindendly playing with the spoon in her cold up of tea. Her seeming lack of interest was probably the best way to keep him.

He continued to look at her, "There are ways to cover up deceit."

"None of which I know," she said while tapping her spoon on the side of the cut, then placing on a nearby napkin. She could not say too much more without giving herself away, that and Inuyasha was about to pull out his own hair in frustration. Sometimes she thought he was more protective over her time period than she was.

Slowly she stood up and faced the door, "Inuyasha has been to my home as well, if you feel like asking him about it. Though, even you will have a hard time getting anything tangible out of either one of us. I mean, your good, but you're not that good."

She was almost out the door when she heard, "Inuyasha, you shall accompany me on patrol today. It is time you did something useful. The wench will be joining us as well."

Firevixen73- I am not sure if I like this chapter or not but I know I needed to post so here you go. Sorry if there are mistakes, I did not have time to recheck everything. I also have another story posted as of today. It is a one shot and another Sesshomaru/Kagome pairing. It is called Work Problems. If you have time check it out. I hope you like it!