Disclaimer: I do NOT own Inuyasha.
Authors Note: So everyone will know in this fic Inuyasha already had Tetsusaiga when Kikyo bound him to the tree. There won't be any trip with the black pearl, alright? Good. Also this is my fic so I can do it that way.
Last Time: "Where the hell have you two been?" he asked.
"Inuyasha! I have incredible news." Kagome said.
"The only good news I would like is, that Naraku is found and I can kill him." he remarked.
"I found him! I found Naraku." she said, excitedly.
"You what?" Inuyasha exclaimed.
"I know where Naraku is. I have learned a new power that Miroku helped with and it can pinpoint directly wherever Naraku is, no matter where." she said.
"Where is he?" he demanded.
"He is far North. In the mountains, far in the mountains. He has many traps and allies along the way." she said.
"Come on, lets go." he ordered.
"Umm, Inuyasha? We can't go now." Sango said.
"Huh? Why not?" he asked.
"It's night and we humans have to have sleep." Miroku said.
"Feh. Fine, get your sleep. We start at dawn, we'll eat some of Kagomes' ninja snacks along the way." he said, returning to his tree.
They all returned to their places of rest. Kagome snuggled deeply into her sleeping bag and softly whispered Sesshomarus' name over and over. She chanted in her head that she will get to him, all the while visualizing him, and then she fell asleep.
She felt herself fall into the Astral Plane and she left her body going west of the camp. She had to find him because they needed him and she loved him. She never noticed that she had been seen by her hentai monk friend, whom had heard her say Sesshomarus' name, he had shrugged his shoulders as she left. He knew she would be fine.
She continued westward and soon came upon a small camp. There a small fire blazed, a green imp slept by the fire, a two headed dragon slept with its' necks wrapped around a sleeping little human girl, and then she found him. Her Sesshomaru sound asleep, but still very alert, under a tree.
Kagome smiled to herself and made her way towards him. She knelt beside him and watched the small twitches of his nose and his ears. He couldn't smell her but she was sure that he would be able to hear her.
"I found you." she said whispering in his ear.
Sesshomarus' gold eyes popped open and landed on her. They widened a fraction and she smiled at him. He was definately surprised, she noted from the small fraction.
"I found you first. I need you." she said.
"Miko?" he said.
"Even out of the dream realm you call me Miko. What is with you dogs that you can't call someone by their name?" she asked.
"What other dog?" he asked, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"Your little brother. He calls me wench, bitch, woman, stupid, you think it, he's probably called me it." she said.
"Why are you with my brother?" he asked.
"Hmm, well when I came here I let him off the tree. He was made to go with me and protect me while I look for you. He saved me from many dangers and apparently when I told him I was looking for someone and described you, he has been doing everything to keep us from meeting. Oh just so you know my camp is west of here about 4 miles. Come to me." she said.
"I will Miko." he said.
"I know. I know where your enemy is." she said.
He looked at her sharply and stood up.
"Explain." he said.
"Naraku. He is my enemy, too. He has attacked me countless times and he stole the Shikon-no-tama from me. I need it back, I am its guardian. Time is running out and Inuyasha knows where he is at and he wants us to move in the morning. If we get to Naraku without you, we will die, I will die." she said.
"When does he intend to leave?" he asked.
"At dawn." she replied.
"I will arrive before dawn." he said.
"I know. You will be there and Inuyasha will try to start a fight, probably." she said.
"Yes. Go back to your body, you need rest." he said.
"Hmm, yes." she said, standing.
She didn't move. She just stood there beside him and stared at him. All thoughts rushed through her head. She looked at his face and saw a small smirk on his lips and a humored glint in his eyes.
"I want to kiss you." she said.
"Hmn." he said.
"I can't until I am in my body unless you come onto the Astral Plane." she said.
He nodded at her. He could go onto the Astral Plane and kiss her and also see where her camp is without Inuyasha trying to cut him up.
"I guess I will go wait at my camp for you. I love you Sesshomaru." she said as she went towards her camp.
"I too, Kagome." he said.
Her heart swelled. She had heard him, I too, Kagome. He said in a roundabout way that he loved her and he used her name. She continued to her camp and waited out of her body.
Sesshomaru didn't leave her waiting for long. The first she did was jump upon him and kiss him soundly. He had not expected her to jump on him but it was not unwanted. Now that she was in his grasp he wasn't ever going to let her go.
When she pulled away she was pulled back to his lips and they continued. Only Sesshomaru began deepening the kiss and nipped her bottom lip. She gasped and he slipped his tongue in her mouth. He tasted her mouth and they battled for dominance. He won as he always had in their dreams.
They pulled away from each other but he kissed down her neck, stopping to suckle on her pulse point. She moaned lightly but it was enough to rouse the sleeping hanyou in the tree.
"Bastard. Get away from Kagome." Inuyasha yelled jumping down and charging.
He drew the Tetsusaiga and lept at Sesshomaru and went right through them both, landing on his face in surprise. Kagome laughed and Sesshomaru smirked; Inuyasha hadn't even noticed they were not solid. Also his loudness had woken his companions.
"Kagome." Sango cried.
"Are you a ghost?" Shippo asked, scared.
"No." she said.
"She is on the Astral Plane and is with, if I was to hazard a guess, the man she is in love with and has been searching all of Napon for." Miroku said, wisely.
Kagome nodded her head and leaned into Sesshomarus' arms. Sesshomaru was looking at Inuyasha as it all finally made since.
"Little brother." he said in greeting.
"Bastard." Inuyasha growled back.
"You will stay here. I will not have you running off and taking my mate with you." he said.
"Keh. I don't have to listen to you." Inuyasha said.
"You will this time." Kagome said.
"Why? You can't make me, Kagome." he said.
"Fine. I am staying here until Sesshomaru gets here. Besides if I don't come you can't find Naraku and I'm not going without Sesshomaru. I know what you are doing Inuyasha." she said.
"What am I doing?" he asked.
"I love you Inuyasha, your my best friend. But Sesshomaru is my "mate", as he calls it. Mate trumps best friend. Besides my being with him isn't going to change us being friends." she said.
"But you won't need me around anymore." he said.
"Of course I will. What is going to happen when Sesshomaru and I have a little girl and Miroku and Sango have a little boy? You know that boy will be just like Miroku. Who will help Sesshomaru protect her from little hentais?" she asked.
Inuyasha thought about it and eyed Miroku, who looked back at him with a look that said what?
"Perverted monk. When that happens you will teach your boys to stay away from my neices, you hear me?" he said.
"Yes I hear you." Miroku said.
Kagome and Sango laughed lightly.
"Better now? I won't leave you Inuyasha. Friends stick together, through thick and thin. We go together like ramen, the juice and the noodles." she said.
"Yeah. Ok. we'll wait. How long are we going to have to wait?" he asked.
"Not long, he is only 4 miles from camp." she said.
"I will return shortly." Sesshomaru said and left.
Sesshomaru returned within an hour with his small pack. The imp grumbled tiredly, the twin headed dragon carefully laid down for Sesshomaru to get the sleeping little girl off its' back. He did and laid her next to the dragon.
When he had finished settling his little pack, he sat under a tree beside Kagomes' sleeping bag and waited. Kagome jumped back into her body and woke. She rubbed her eyes and crawled into his lap. He wrapped his arms around her and smelled her hair and she sighed.
"This is better than a dream." she whispered.
"It is." he said.
"I can finally touch you and k..." she said.
He had broken off her stream of words by descending upon her mouth to finish her thought. He, too, had wanted to finally kiss a flesh and blood her and now it was so. After a long moment they pulled away and breathed.
"Yuck." they heard Shippo remark.
"Don't even think it hentai." Sango said.
"My dear Sango, I wouldn't even without your permission." Miroku said.
"Keh. Get some sleep." was all Inuyasha remarked.
That is what they did. They fell to sleep in each others' arms, finally able to touch one another.
Authors Note: Here is chapter 4. Hope you all like it. :)