Disclaimer: No, I do not own the series InuYasha or it's characters. If I had, the title would NOT be InuYasha. I think I'd call it something more...interesting...The title really didn't catch my attention, and I only started watching the series after seeing the name like a hundred times in ads in my brother's Bleach and Fullmetal comic books.

I am dedicating this chapter to my 6-year-old niece Cassey; She really reminds me of Rin so much, she's adorable, she loves flowers, and she talks in third person sometimes. She also gave me some of my inspiration for this story when she pointed out that Sesshomaru looked like an angel while I was watching InuYasha the third movie, that memory helped me write this chapter, so I am dedicating it to her. I love you, Cassey! - Your auntie Katherine. (Even if Cassey doesn't read fanfiction so she won't know about this, I just thought I'd let you all know...)

Now, on with the story!

Kagome had immediately rushed into the castle, the stranger still on her back. The thought of bringing him to her room crossed her mind, but she pushed it away with a blush. Her father would probably not feel comfortable with a strange male in his daughter's room, so it rolls out that idea.

She decided to just take him to a guest room, after calling the healers to follow her.

Of course, they had scolded her about it being dangerous to go out all alone so early in the morning. But she just ignored them, like always. They couldn't keep her in the castle forever. They weren't her father. So there! That is that!

Kagome hadn't yet figured out what exactly this young stranger was. He wasn't human, that was obvious, but he could be a youkai...though, his aura didn't feel exactly like a youkai's. It felt...more...pure...And most youkai's didn't have aura's like that.

She had refused to put him down so someone else could take him for some reason. It was odd, but she felt strangely...calm...and peaceful...when she was touching him.

When she and the healers had finally made it to the nearest guestroom, which was up a large staircase, Kagome laid him on the bed and then stayed there until the healers announced that they needed to undress him. She blushed brightly, but then just simply nodded and left, and waited outside until they were done.

Once they finally were, they had all piled out of the room, and Kagome had walked back in. She had stayed by the stranger's side for what seemed like hours. And here she was now...

She was just watching him sleep. She couldn't wait til he was awake. She wanted to know what happened to him. She wanted to know who he was, what his name was, and what he was. Kagome had also wanted to hear his voice. As odd as it seemed to her, she wanted to be the first one that he saw when he awoke.

He really was interesting...and she couldn't help but just watch him. She was sure that she'd feel just a little creeped-out if someone was just staring at her as she tried to sleep, but she just couldn't help it! He had such a handsome face, almost like an angel's, she just had to stare.

He didn't seem peaceful though. Kagome had watched Inuyasha sleep before, and though the western prince was such a loud person, he seemed so peaceful when he slept, that he actually seemed like a quieter person. Though this young man laying on the bed in front of her looked almost frightened. Like he was having a nightmare. The looks of discomfort and pain made Kagome instantly feel bad, and she ended up taking his hand in her own.

She was slightly surprised when his expression of pain melted away, but it gave her a strange form of happiness to know that she was the one who calmed him down.

Kagome had stayed by his side for a few more minutes until she saw him stir and his eyelids finally flutter open. They were a beautiful gold shade, they looked even more gold than Inuyasha's or Lord Taisho's.

"Oh, you're awake!" Kagome exclaimed cheerfully.

The stranger's eyes widened as they darted over to her, and simply watched her smile.

Kagome jolted and gasped when the young man suddenly jumped away from her, he was off the bed in a blur of white, and on the other side of the room, ignoring the bandages on his back and arms.

"What's wrong?" Kagome asked nervously, she got off the chair she was sitting on that was next to the bed and slowly approached him.

She noticed the step he took back when she stepped forward. So she stopped walking.

"Don't be afraid" The princess said, reaching her hand out, trying to smile reassuringly "I'm not going to hurt you."

Somehow, the moment those words came out of her mouth, he looked even more uneasy. Kagome had no clue what to say...what was she supposed to do? Why was he...afraid of her? Was he really afraid of her? He must be, why else would he be trying to put as much space as he could between them? But why was he scared of her? It didn't really make any sense. Kagome was harmless.

A knock came from the guest room's door.

"Come in" Kagome said.

The door bursted open, and in ran a small girl with a side ponytail, wearing a fancy orange and white kimono.

"Kagome-neesan!" The little girl cried, running to the older one as she started speaking really fast "Some of the servants told Rin that you would be in here! They said that you helped a strange man and-Oh, is that him? Rin thinks he looks like an angel, can we keep him, Onee-san?"

Kagome laughed weakly at her little sister "I don't know, Rin-chan" she told the little girl "He may need to get home. He's just here so we can heal him."

The little princess' face seemed to fall "Oh...But, I know!" she exclaimed, instantly brightening up again "Rin will bring him some flowers. I'm sure he will like them."

"Alright, Rin, you go do that"

Rin smiled brightly, and looked over at the young man "Goodbye!" she called with a wave, and then ran outside the room, her quick footsteps fading with every passing second.

Naturally, there were no growing flowers, it was winter. But Rin would make them by drawing them on pieces of paper, they came out rather nice and quite realistic. The adorable princess would probably be an artist when she grows up.

A few moments of silence passed before Kagome looked back over to the man, who's name she had yet to discover. Though now that Rin had pointed it out, he really did look like an angel. A wingless angel, but an angel nonetheless. His face seemed softened, and Kagome could have sworn he was smiling earlier when Rin was here. He seemed calmer, not so uneasy, when he looked at her again. He seemed almost...relieved...she didn't know why he seemed relieved, but didn't ask.

"Hey, do you have a name?" She asked softly.

He just stared at her, not replying.

"Hellooo?" Kagome called "Can you understand me?"

His head moved down in a kind of nod. Yes, he understood her.

"Can you speak?"

He only stared.

"I'll take that as a no" Kagome sighed with disappointment, she had been looking forward to hearing his voice "Okay...do you have a name?"

He nodded the same way.

"What is it?" She asked. He continued just staring... "Oh...oh right!" Kagome walked over to a desk and grabbed a quill and piece of paper, handing the items over to the young man "You can write, can't you?"

He took the paper and quill and began to write on it before handing it back to Kagome again.

Kagome's eyes scanned over the three characters "Sesshomaru...Your name is Sesshomaru?"

Again, Sesshomaru nodded.

"All right..." She muttered "So...where did you come from?"

She handed the paper to him again, but he didn't take it from her hands.

Kagome sighed with annoyance "Look, I only want to know where you come from so I can tell my father, and we can help you get home."

Still not a single response.

"Nevermind..." She sighed "I can't see the big deal...do you no longer understand me or something?"

Golden eyes simply continued the staring blankly thing. It was beginning to get slightly annoying.

"Okay...Well, my name is Kagome, I am the princess of the eastern lands, and daughter to Lord Higurashi"

She did a small curtsy, though he only continued...staring 'I wonder if this is how he would've felt if he was awake and knew I was staring at him'

"There's a bathing room not to far from here. I can ask a servant to take you there...That is, if you would like a bath...?"

Sesshomaru gave the same small nod and followed as Kagome led him outside the room.

During the next hour...

Rin had already been done with making her flower. She had drawn a carnation. Kagome couldn't tell what color it was because it was drawn on black ink over cheap yellowish-brown paper. But it looked great. Quite similar to the actual version. Rin was getting better all the time, though she mainly only drew flowers. Kagome wondered if she would be able to start drawing people soon.

Sesshomaru wasn't done with his bath yet. It was taking quite a while, but Kagome forced herself to not go see if everything was okay. Who knows, maybe he wasn't done dressing, or he was still bathing. And she tried to avoid the inappropriate situation she may get herself into.

The sound of footsteps was heard coming closer to the library where Rin was happily chattering to Kagome about her carnation picture.

Also a familiar voice was suddenly heard booming through the hall "WHAT IS YOUR NAME, GREAT ONE? PLEASE AT LEAST TELL ME, I MUST KNOOOOW!"

Rin stopped talking about her picture, and Kagome looked towards the door.

"...What on earth...?" She mumbled as the door opened and a very wet and annoyed-looking Sesshomaru walked in. He was wearing a simple white kimono that was probably used for sleep, his hair was wet and his bangs stuck to his face, but though he still did not say anything, his facial expression showed that he was extremely irritated and rather angry.

"Oh, hello" Kagome greeted warmly as Sesshomaru walked fully inside and simply sat in one of the chairs in the same moment that another pair of feet was heard.

Kagome and Rin looked again at the entrance while Sesshomaru closed his eyes and seemed to be taking slow deep breaths.

A short toad-like creature with a beak and webbed feet and hands walked into the library. There were three huge bumps on his head, yet he looked as if he didn't even care about them.

"WHAT IS YOUR NAME?" He practically shouted in the same annoying voice.

"Jakken, shut up, and leave him alone" Kagome snapped angrily, her eyes widened as the toad continued yelling other praises and requesting Sesshomaru's name, there were stars in his eyes that were staring at Sesshomaru...This was really really wierd...

"What is wrong with Jakken?" Rin asked softly.

"I...don't know..." Kagome mumbled.

As Jakken continued yelling, Sesshomaru's eye twitched slightly.

"His name is Sesshomaru" she said, anything to shut the toad up.

"Umm...Sesshomaru?" Jakken repeated, then took a breath as if he was about to start shouting again, when Kagome simply shut him up by throwing a cushion at him, then shoving him out of the room. She had never heard Jakken shout so loud before and talk so long in that shouting. Now she may have had a headache...

She heard Jakken's muffled shouts from outside the door, but it was easier to ignore now. Soon, his shouting stopped completely, and Kagome guessed that the toad finally left.

"So, you're name is Sesshomaru?" Rin asked cheerfully, running towards the pale young man.

"Hn"

It wasn't much of an answer, Kagome was thinking, but it would do...She tried to guess how his voice sounded based on that little sound...

"Rin is Rin, I'm Kagome-neesan's sister" Rin continued "Here. Rin made this for Sesshomaru" she handed her carnation drawing over to Sesshomaru who accepted it easily "Are you an angel?" the young girl asked, tilting her head "Mommy used to tell Rin stories about angels...you look like one...are you?"

Kagome watched as Sesshomaru smiled softly.

'He looks even more angelic like that' Kagome thought.

He ruffled Rin's hair, making the little princess giggle.

Rin, seemingly pleased by his silent reply even though she wasn't sure if it was a yes or a no, skipped off and rushed out the door of the library, most likely going to find something else to do.

A silence came over the two that were left in the room.

Kagome looked over at the person she saved just earlier "You know, I wonder who did that to you. You were really wounded earlier. I mean, you're wounds seem pretty much healed. Are you a youkai or something?"

Sesshomaru stared at the floor, then slid his eyes over to her, before looking back at the floor again. Maybe he didn't want to talk about it? If it made him uncomfortable, then Kagome would simply keep silent on that subject. But really, where did he come from? He was mute, and wasn't exactly a youkai, his aura felt too pure, Rin said he looked like an angel and he did, but what was he really...?

"What...what are you?" Kagome asked suddenly.

He smiled at her faintly, but that was it.

Kagome looked up towards the door again when she heard faint voices coming from outside and footsteps again, before the door opened widely. Both her and Sesshomaru stared at the doorway to see Souta and Kikyo looking at them in surprise.

"I heard shouting" Kikyo stated.

The two siblings that just came in walked over to the pair that were already inside the library.

"Kagome, what's that?" Kikyo motioned to Sesshomaru.

"Oh, that's Sesshomaru" Kagome explained "He's the person I saved earlier. Didn't some of the servants tell you?"

"Wow really?" Souta said, walking over to Sesshomaru and beginning to circle the seat that the young man was sitting on "He looks interesting...Is he a youkai?"

"I don't know" Kagome admitted truthfully.

"Are you a youkai?" Souta asked Sesshomaru, leaning closer as if it was some secret. Kagome rolled her eyes at that. But Sesshomaru only stared at Souta.

"He's apparently mute" The curly-haired princess said.

"He is not a servant, is he?" Kikyo demanded.

"No, of course not" The younger sister replied.

"Then why is there a demon under the same roof I am under if he is not a servant?"

Kikyo seemed to really dislike youkai, Kagome almost forgot that.

"Because he was hurt and needed help, so I helped him" Kagome answered firmly.

"You should have left him there"

"Why?" Kagome demanded in anger.

"Uh-oh..." Souta mumbled, though he went unnoticed.

"Demons are nothing but filth. Perhaps this is why you were never accepted in becoming a priestess"

"No, I didn't become a priestess because I didn't want to, that's all. Besides, I'm not even sure if he is a demon. His aura seems really pure"

"Of course he is" Kikyo said, then forced a humorless laugh "What else would he be? A monk? An angel or something...?"

"Well...Maybe!" Kagome angrily shot back.

Kikyo laughed "Pathetic..." she mumbled, simply turning and walking out of the room.

Souta watched them for a few seconds, before... "Hey, I think I'm just going to go find Rin. Oh, and Kagome? I believe father's coming back from the north tomorrow, by the way..."

"Uh-huh"

Souta shrugged at his sister's short answer and simply left the library after that.

Kagome and Sesshomaru were once again alone.

"Kikyo can be mean..." Kagome explained quietly "She doesn't like youkai. I don't know why, I don't even think she has a reason. Well, my father's coming home tomorrow. I wonder if he's got that treaty with Lord Naraku, I hope we don't stay enemies, whenever Naraku attacks, it's always full of demons here, attacking everywhere...quite annoying really...Maybe when we're allies, all will be peaceful, since we're already allies with the main south and west kingdoms as well" she looked back at Sesshomaru who was staring at Rin's carnation picture, was he even listening to her?

"Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked softly.

His slowly looked up, golden eyes curious.

"I'm going to be going now. You can stay here and read if you'd like, or just go back to your room. Alright?"

"Hn" that same sound. It was so short, but Kagome again tried to figure out what his voice sounded like.

With a sigh, Kagome got up and left the library.

Okay, well that's all for now. I hope I'm doing good for a first time.

If you review, no flames please! This is my first fanfic!

- Katherine