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"Inuyasha, just get it over with and tell the girl!" Sesshomaru said, coming into view.

"You shut up!!"

"Please, Inuyasha?" Saisyo said, giving him the puppy-eyes.

He looked at her and sighed. "Is there a way that I can do it without being so direct and embarrassing myself?"

Saisyo looked surprised. "Since when have you not been direct?"

"Just meet her first,"

Sesshomaru walked beside Saisyo and Inuyasha led the way. Rin decided to come, too, and she was on the other side of Sesshomaru. They walked through Inuyasha's forest in silence, each being unable to talk to the other, not knowing what to say. Finally, Saisyo decided to ask what was wrong with Inuyasha.

"Nothing," he replied stiffly.

"Okay, there's something wrong. I know you, Inuyasha, now tell me."

"No."

"Yes,"

"No."

"No,"

Inuyasha, not realizing that she'd tricked him, said, "Yes."

"Thanks," she happily said, "Now, what's wrong?"

"Dammit! You always do that!"

"And you always fall for it!"

A girl in strange clothes began walking towards them and almost died seeing Sesshomaru and Inuyasha together not trying to kill each other.

Saisyo walked up to her. "Not to be rude, but you might need to close your mouth before you swallow a bug or something," she said pointedly.

"Oh," the girl said, "Sorry, but I was just surprised that they're not killing each other. By the way, I'm Kagome."

"Nice to finally meet you Kagome. Inuyasha was talking about you."

"Really?" she said, glancing at Inuyasha, "Wha'd he say?"

"Let's just say..." Saisyo started, then saw Inuyasha shooting her a glare. "Let's talk somewhere else, shall we? Sesshomaru, Rin, I'll be back in a little while. Inuyasha, don't kill anyone."

The two girls walked into the forest and sat down on boulders that were there. "Kagome, I know that you barely even know me, but you can trust me."

"I know," she replied, "I knew that the moment I saw you. There's something about your aura that confuses me, but I can't figure it out. I just feel like I can trust you with anything."

"I get that a lot. Now, I'm going against Inuyasha's wishes by telling you this, but he's in-"

"-love with me? I know. I have for a long time. I think it's about time that he knows that I feel the same way." Kagome said with a small, shy smile.

"I think you may have to be the one to break the ice, though. Inuyasha is too hard-headed to." Saisyo said.

"That's no problem, I've been meaning to because I knew that he loved me. There's only one problem..."

"Is it Kikyo?"

"How'd you know?"

"Inuyasha told me. He said that he was hurt because she betrayed him, but then found out that it was Naraku, not her. Then he felt guilty because he'd blamed her, not because he loved her but was with you instead." Saisyo explained to Kagome.

She looked confused, but got the basic idea of what Saisyo was trying to say. "Okaaay, so I guess I need to apologize for all the times I didn't believe him when he said nothing happened between them, huh?"

"Probably."

Saisyo led Kagome back to Inuyasha and stood beside her. He was sitting on the ground with his arms crossed and his head down. "Will you stay beside me while I do it, Saisyo?" Kagome whispered.

"Sure." Saisyo replied encouragingly.

Sesshomaru and Rin watched as she stood by Kagome's side while she was talking to Inuyasha. His facial expressions were changing rapidly. Every emotion, from anger, to surprise, to happiness, and back to surprise. then Saisyo left her side and walked over to Sesshomaru and Rin while Kagome and Inuyasha walked away to talk alone. "What was that about, Saisyo?" Rin asked.

"Oh, nothing," said Saisyo slyly, "I was just-"

"Playing match-maker?" Sesshomaru finished.

"Yeah, what he said."

After a little while, Rin got tired and crawled into Saisyo's lap to sleep. She slipped a little bit and ended up laying partly in Sesshomaru's, but he didn't seem to mind. Saisyo moved a strand of hair out of Rin's face and twirled it between her fingers. Sesshomaru smiled and said quietly, "You act more like her mother than her sister."

"I know. We're not blood sisters, anyway. She told me that she only had a mother, father, and brother, but they were killed. I don't know why I act like this around her, I just get this urge to protect her, and to treat her as if she was my own. Maternal instincts, I guess."

'What's he implying?' Saisyo thought, 'He already told me that he feels like a father to her, and he just now said that I act like a mother towards her. I he trying to say that-'

Inuyasha and Kagome chose that moment to come back, both looking relatively happy. "I guess it went well, huh?" asked Saisyo.

Inuyasha blushed, but smiled. "Yeah..."

Kagome suddenly lost her shyness. "Hey, do you guys want to go meet the rest of us? Well, Sesshomaru already knows them."

Saisyo smiled. "Sure, as soon as I get Rin up..."

Sesshomaru put a hand on her shoulder. "There's no need. She could sleep through anything."

He gently picked her up, held her in his arms, and followed behind Kagome and Inuyasha, Saisyo walking beside him. They came into a clearing overlooking a small village. Inuyasha led them down to it and into one of the huts. A girl with a Hiraikotsu looked up and saw Sesshomaru and asked, "Inuyasha, are you sure you want him in here?"

"No. I want him to leave, but he's a friend of Saisyo's." Inuyasha replied, "And I owe a lot to her."

"Oh, crap," Sango said, knowing exactly what a certain monk in the room would do if there was another female within thirty feet of him.

Saisyo was just looking confused at all the commotion, when a young monk said, "You look like a nice young girl, will you be mine?"

She was about to just haul out a punch him in the face, but Sesshomaru did it for her. "Back off, monk." he said, venom dripping from every word.

Everything got really quiet and there was an awkward silence while the monk stumbled around a bit. "Sorry, Sesshomaru, I didn't know she was yours..." Then, he fell down unconscious, but no one bothered to revive him.

The girl with the Hiraikotsu, who was introduced as Sango, walked over to Sesshomaru and Saisyo and thanked them. "It's about time someone hit him really hard."

The monk was introduced as Miroku, and a young fox demon by the name of Shippo hopped up on Saisyo's shoulder and said in her ear, "You don't look evil. Why are you hanging around with Sesshomaru?"

She was saved from the embarrassment of answering by Inuyasha's voice. "SHUT UP!!" He looked around while everyone had their eyes on him. "Isn't it a little too small in here?"

They all went outside and properly introduced themselves, telling about their history, and family. All except Miroku, who was still unconscious on the floor of the hut. Rin had awoken by then, and hopped out of Sesshomaru's arms to go join Saisyo, who was chatting with Sango.

I know, I know, a crappy ending for a chapter, but the next one will have a bit of a surprise in it. Hehe.