Chapter two- Child of Fire

"Lord Sesshoumaru, Lord Sesshoumaru, please wait for me and Rin." Cried Jaken as he trailed further and further behind the inpatient dog demon. "What is he looking for?" Jaken thought to himself as Rin picked him up and places him on the demon she sat upon. "Are you looking for Inuyasha?" he figured, wondering what was on the lord's mind.

"No" was the only response that Lord Sesshoumaru was willing to give. "Three days and not a trace of his scent. How am I to kill him and get his power if he won't show himself to me?" Sesshoumaru continued on his way north, stopping as he thought back to the day where he almost had the life of the most powerful creature alive. "I almost had him, if it wasn't for the interruption of that stupid…"

"Lord Sesshoumaru, where are we going?" questioned Rin as she studied him with her small innocent eyes. With no care in the world, he didn't answer her, he just kept on walking. Lost in his thoughts of the battle. By mid-noon Rin had fallen asleep, when out of nowhere a baby started to cry…

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"Father, could it be true? Him still alive? But how? Inuyasha wondered as he walked in front of the gang, staring into the clear blue sky. "Was Sesshoumaru just trying to get me to fall for another trap or was he serious" thump Inuyasha fell face first into the ground, eating the dirt beneath him. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?" He hollered?

"You weren't listening to me" she said as she sat down on the ground. "I'm tired, my head hurts and I am cold."

"I believe that her fever maybe acting up again Inuyasha, we should sit and rest so that she can regain her strength." Miroku said as he sat next to kagome and felt her forehead. "Her temperature is beginning to rise we should watch it carefully or she could get terribly sick."

"I'm fine, its just a little windy out her and I didn't bring my jacket," complained Kagome, as she laid and put her head upon a rock. She closed her eyes, picturing what her mother would have done if she found her with a fever. "Get to bed and I will bring you some soup." She imagined her mother say. As she thought of home she slowly drifted to sleep the sun warming her body, and she listened to the wind and the small talk among her friends. She thought back to what her life was like before she fell through the well and noticed how much stronger she has become. With her body relaxed, she started to warm up, her fever decreasing. ……

A wolf howled in to distance, alone in a deep valley. "INUYASHA" Kagome screamed scared of the night's hunters. As she reached for her bow, she realized it no longer hung on her back. She screamed as she felt pain throughout her body and what felt like blood on the head, her voice ice cold, piercing the sky like a knife.

She jumped sitting straight up, throwing the cloth Shippou had gathered from her bag, on her forehead. A hand covered her mouth so she could make no noise. Following the strangers arm she saw Inuyasha's face lined with worry.

"Try not to wake the others." He whispered as he soaked the cloth again. "Here that rock must be uncomfortable for you." He said as he motioned her to lay her head on his lap. "I'm sorry I woke you, I was just changing your cloth. It was starting to get warm. You were burning up with a fever so Shippou had gotten this and Miroku told me what to do. They needed sleep….I got plenty last night. Kagome I just..." Inuyasha began before he realized Kagome was already sound asleep on his lap. "I'm sorry." He whispered quietly to the open air. Looking up at the moon, the thought about what he should have done to prevent Kagome from getting sick. "I just wish I could keep you safe like I want to."

"It's ok, I know you try." Whispered the unexpected voice of Kagome. Inuyasha smiled at this; at least she knew he cared. He turned his attention back to the sky; Sniffing the winds that came and went like the stars, focusing on the dangers and the safe feelings he had created for himself as he held Kagome, trying to find a way to help her feel better…

Kagome woke up and let out a big yawn. Finding her head on the rock she had laid it on the previous afternoon when she laid down for her nap. "Did I just dream that" she wondered as she looked at inuyasha who was still asleep against the oak tree, his legs crossed and his hands neatly folded into his kimono. Looking around, she noticed everyone was still silently sleeping, and she quietly got up from her sleeping position. She stretched and set her mind to searching for something to eat for the gang and herself.

"Kagome, are you feeling any better?" asked the little Kitsune, startling Kagome. He came up behind her, helping her prepare the food she had gathered from her bag and looked sleepily into Kagome's eyes.

"Yes I feel a lot better, thank you." She replied in a shaky morning voice, still a little dizzy from yesterday's long walk.

"You worried us all yesterday afternoon, especially Inuyasha. He insisted on staying up and keeping a watch on you all night in case you got worse. Looks like he fell asleep," Shippou stated as he looked towards the sleeping figure.

Once the whole group awoke and finished their breakfast, they set off again promising to stop whenever Kagome didn't feel well or got a little dizzy.

It had been four days traveling since Kagome had told every one of the two strangers seeking out Inuyasha and the drop off of a baby somewhere.

The days were usually quiet filled with tension and unsaid thoughts that floated around in everyone's head. Kagome didn't want to tell anyone, but the fever got worse and worse with each passing day. Everyone in the group knew this but Inuyasha, so no one spoke anything of it. It threatened and worried her how there were millions of thoughts running through each mind yet the air still held no words.

Lost in the throbbing pain in her head and deep thought about what she could do to stop the pain, Kagome failed to notice when the group had stopped. She kept walking unaware of her surroundings. "Sango do u thinks Kilala could give me a ride on her back? My legs are getting tired." Kagome looked back to find everyone frozen in place listening to shallow winds. "What's with you guys? Inuyasha talk to me, what's going on?" she complained as she walked up to him, shaking him vigorously. "INUYASHA" she screamed.

"Be quiet Kagome. …Can you hear that?" Inuyasha questioned still lost in his shadowed gaze he had been wearing all morning.

"It's a….it's a babies cry?" stated Sango hesitantly as she looked into the shallow forests that surrounded them, the wind carrying scents every direction.

Inuyasha jumped with excitement as he focused, waiting for what was to happen next. The winds picked up even more, but all that was to be heard was a single baby's cry.

tweak, tweak Inuyasha's ears focused on the baby's cry trying to determine where it was coming from, jerking his head back and forth as he had picked up a scent." I know that smell, what is it coming from?" Inuyasha could feel the worried looks staring at him from behind as he bolted into the forest as fast as he could go, taking him towards the mysterious yet familiar scent. As soon as inuyasha was done fighting through the bundles of trees, the crying stopped the wind died down and the scent faded but as he turned around to leave a high pitched screech came out of no where and the winds began to whirl around him like a little twister, coming from every direction, then as soon as it had come it vanished.

"Father, was that you? Is Sesshoumaru right?" Inuyasha whispered as the others caught up with him, they slowly fought the branches that grew in no neat order from the trees that held them.

"Inuyasha, why'd you run off like that? What's going on here?" Kagome urged, trying not to push him of the edge as they exited the forest.

"Nothing, its jus-…Kouga," Inuyasha Growled as he spoke the name, facing toward the small twister that carried the wolf demon, "what do you want, wolf?" Barked Inuyasha, as the demon approached at lightning speed.

Kouga said nothing as he approached the half demon and began sniffing him. "Dammit, not again! How does this fool keep escaping me?" He thought to himself as he gave up on Inuyasha and calmly walked over to Kagome, taking her hand "I was just worried about my dear Kagome," he stated with a matter-of-fact tone. He slowly walked up to Inuyasha and grimly said, "There's something really weird going on, rumor is that there's another mutt running around here and I don't want it to be hurting my Kagome." He added, obviously satisfied with the look on inuyasha face when he grabbed Kagome's hands again and started to stroke them.

"SHE'S NOT YOUR KAGOME!!!" Inuyasha hollered as he unsheathed Tetsusaiga ready to fight, trying to avoid the angered look that was on Kagome's face.

"Well, it's not as if you want her to be your woman." Kouga laughed, a grin spreading across his face when inuyasha began to blush and stutter, attempting the defend himself.

"Will you two stop so we can get to finding this baby! It could be all alone, and it's near night. What if it needs our help?" Kagome interrupted attempting to put a stop to the two demons disagreement.

Instantly Kouga kissed kagome and sent his feet into a twister like shape traveling faster then humanly possible. Only seconds later a scream filled the air, the winds picked up, and all kinds of scents flew into the air.

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"Jaken, Rin stay here, there's something I have to do" Sesshoumaru said as walking at a quickened pace towards the northern woods. As he began to enter the woods, a young child started crying. He wasted no time on quickening his speed into a rushed walk, heading straight for the child. But as he did he caught another familiar scent. "Inuyasha" he grumbled as he struggled through the tight bramble. Once through he looked down at his feet and there before him sat a baby girl.

"Sesshoumaru, put the baby down!" commanded Kagome and she strung her bow.

"Why would you want the child? She's no good to you, she'd only get in your way," Stated Miroku as he took another step toward, Sesshoumaru and the baby. "Just give the baby to me."

"This baby has too much power than you and your pathetic minions can handle. Tell them to back down or I will have no choice but to slaughter them." Sesshoumaru announced, tightening his grip on the baby making it scream, the child let out an air piercing scream, forcing the winds to pick up whipping the air every which way making Kagome have to cover her eyes to protect her from the whirling branches. In having created the perfect distraction Sesshoumor fled with the baby in his hands.

"No, dammit, he got away!" cursed inuyasha when the wind died down. "Hinoko, I'm sorry" Inuyasha whispered as he looked towards where his brother had escaped. "I promise I won't leave you with him."

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A/N: This was a complicated one to write, but I hope you all enjoy it, I will update as soon as I can.