Someone asked about Shippo in reviews, asking what happened to him, well, there is a bit in the chapter and more to come bout what is going on with the others. The whole fact as well with Sesshomaru having two hands will be clarified later, something as such is not as important to the plot development right now but will be later.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, there, short and simple.

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His large frame leaned against the heavily against the doorframe as he stared into the dimly lit room. He could see her there, nestled in the blankets of silk. The sheets were crumpled and bunched up around her body as the blanket rested at the end of the bed, just covering her feet.

The moon reflected against her pale skin, giving it a creamy color as if to match the walls of the very room it's self. He could see the maroon colors that had seeped through the bandaging, long since dried and stained it as her blouse rested bunched up lightly, just beneath her bra line.

Raven black hair spilled like ink around her face and shoulders, seeming to be everywhere but in the young girls face as she breathed steadily, slept silently.

He had come to check on her, to see if she was maybe having another episode such as the last. He had not known what had happened then but was glad she was calm now, it had took him a rather long time to put himself back into his work and finish with a sign off with some work towards the Eastern lands.

All the while he worked, as he read and wrote, his mind was on the one girl and he found himself compelled to check on her just as he finished and a sense or relief had washed over him upon opening the door to find her calm and quiet, sleeping soundly on her own cloud from heaven. She looked peaceful lying there really.

His explanation for his act was that she had been something of an annoyance and wanted to make sure there would be of no more disturbances.

One could plainly see the black under her eyes, the slowly healing wound upon her cheek, marring her soft skin.

But one could only look to long, gaze upon her for a certain time or so before finding his current reasoning of being where he was, not so fitting anymore, and with that thought upon him, he leaned off the wooden frame of the door and took his leave. He made sure to close the door silently behind him as he made his own way to the gardens, there he would no doubt find Rin and should find Jaken correctly.

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Chocolate brown eyes slowly revealed themselves as their thin covering flickered up and down lightly. Dark black pupils dilated upon the first light opening as the new exchange of light passed through them, causing them now take this time to adjust to the change, though only taking a moment or so before opening fully and allowing her to see the room before her.

It was the same room she had awoken up to the passed couple of times now and she still found to beautiful, she guessed she could feel the same no matter how many times she woke to it,

Such simple taste, yet an elegant look. The room was definitely that of one of the rooms in Sesshomaru's home, the room seemed to even look of him. The room was elegant, beautiful, and Sesshomaru himself fit this too as well.

There was no denying to ones self that he indeed had the looks to that of a god, but the personality of a rock.

Covering her body to the right just slightly, she let one foot fall to the ground, soon followed by the other, though her back still against the bed lying somewhat horizontal to her legs until she slowly sat up to slouch heavily as she stared down to the ground.

It took her what seemed an eternity to get up, as the pain from her sides was still eminent, as well as plenty of sore muscles.

The floor was cold against her feet as she now applied the pressure of her body's weight upon them as she just stood there, slightly slouching, allowing her body to recuperate for a moment before making the tedious journey to the vanity to examine her current state of position. Though she guessed to not be so pleasant, seeing as she had spent what she guessed to be almost two days in a bed.

One foot forward, then the other, moving just a bit ahead of the other, slowly moving, but getting there. Each step stung lightly against her sore muscles, and the bed had not helped to prevent this as well. Lying down in the bed so long seemed to help her aching joints and muscles but as well made things still sore from not moving around.

It was not until finally reaching the vanity did she place her arms out in front of her, lean forward and cross her arms along the vanity's counter and allow herself to see her reflection.

It was very easy for one to see the black under her eyes against her pale skin as well as her hair all in array. One thing she did not know she had, was the cut across her cheek, there was still a bit of dried blood along it.

Looking off to her far right, she could see across the room was another door, other than the one that let to outside the room, a door she guessed that led to the bathroom. She groaned lightly at the thought of having to walk such a distance and looked back to the mirror.

Popping her right index finger in her mouth for a moment or so before pulling it out, she then ran the now wet finger along just the bottom of the cut and down her cheek. Sure this was definitely not the most hygienic thing to do, but she at least wanted to clean the blood from her skin, she did not dare touch the cut it's self with her finger as no telling how much bacteria her mouth carried. She really did not feel like having an infected cheek just because she was too lazy to walk across the room to the bathroom.

She smiled lightly in spite of herself as she began o now attempt to tame her unruly hair by running the fingers of her right hand through it like a comb.

She felt hungry, as well as plenty thirsty as she worked at dislodging her fingers that were currently tangled in her hair, causing a light whimper of frustration to escape her lips.

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Walking along through the corridors with such a gallant stride, the demon could not help but stop at a familiar sound emitting from on of the rooms currently occupied by the miko.

The sound seemed to be the of a mix of frustration and pain. He wondered for a moment if this was a side effect from another dream or fit such as the one she had had, before. Though, she did not seem to be asleep…

Stepping up to the door, he did not care to knock, but simply opened it and stepped inside to find her out of bed and at the vanity. Of course, upon entering, she had immediately looked to him, her hand lost with the depths of black hair as she stared at him.

"Miko, what are you doing out of bed. You are in no condition to be up and about, this Sesshomaru never gave you permission to do such an act. Now get back in bed before I decide to put you back where I found you." As always, the man remained completely impassive.

"Sesshomaru… look, I appreciate the help in all, I am fine okay? Besides I only got up for a moment." She began to unwind her fingers from her hair, as it seemed to be looking much better now and put her full attention on the demon before her.

"Do not address this Sesshomaru in such and informal manner. While under this Sesshomarus's house and care, you shall refer to him as your higher."

"This is no different than anytime I have seen you when I was with Inuyasha, you are not my higher and I will not degrade my own self to refer to you as my lord!" Kagome glared at the man upon hearing what he had to say to her. How dare he tell her she had to refer to him as a higher just because he was helping her back to health! He would have left her had it not been for a certain young girl.

One could easily see the anger in the man's eyes as he worked to keep composure, to remain impassive. " Miko, you will hold back your tongue and rethink your words if you wish to not live to regret them."

"Kagome! My name is not miko! So why do you insist on calling me that! KA-GO-ME!"

Sesshomaru seemed to growl as his mask slipped he closed the distance between them in a few mere steps. Upon finding himself in front of her, his hand wrapped around the silk of her blouse and yanked her forward a bit before shoving her back onto the bed.

She gritted her teeth light at the feeling of part of the framing dig into the small of her back and quickly made to scoot herself the rest of the way onto the bed.

"You shall be addressed to a Miko, or whatever this Sesshomaru chooses until you gain his respect to be called otherwise!" The man was definitely angry as he remained where he been when he shoved her back onto the bed, his mask having almost completely slipped away as her appeared infuriated.

"Kami, your so fucking conceded! You think just because you are the lord of the western lands you can do whatever the hell you want!"

"Do not use such foul language in this household miko." His voice dripped of venom as he spoke, glaring heavily at the girl just in front of him as he now stood next to the bed.

"KAGOME DAMNIT! MY NAME IS KAGO-"

Sesshomaru did not allow her to finish but growled loudly as he grabbed her shoulders and shoved her down to lay on her stomach as he leaped onto the bed and straddled her behind. With one hand, he ripped off the back of her shirt, revealing her bandages and the back of her bra. Removing his hand, he left it up and a bit and cracked his knuckles.

Kagome hadn't much time to react as she now found Sesshomaru sitting atop her and heard him crack his knuckles. "Sesshomaru, no please I-"

"Silence miko, until you learn how to address this Sesshomaru and hold back your tongue, you shall be punished for your insolence." Letting a drop of poison fall from the tips of one of his claws.

Kagome fisted the sheet beneath her as she clenched her eyes shut and cried into the pillow. She could feel the poison burning her skin where it had touched just above her bandaging anon right below her bra on her exposed skin. It ate lightly away at the top most layer of her skin a small part of her back. It only burned her a moment or so before it so, but the pain remained.

Slowly stepping down off the bed, Sesshomaru stopped just a moment before leaving. "A servant will come to get in an hour to prepare you for dinner, I accept to see your behavior to be better at the table." And with those final words, he exited the room as she cried softly into her pillow.

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Sitting in the lap of the demon exterminator, the redheaded kit smiled to himself as she stroked her hands through his hair, lately he had been receiving a lot of attention from her and Inuyasha was hardly ever around, always off visiting his clay pot,

"Sango, when did Kagome say she would be back?" He spoke as he opened his eyes a bit and looked up to the one of speaking too. But her face with grimaces as she removed her hand from his hair and just stared down to him.

"Shippo, she is not returning, Inuyasha screwed up big time and told her to leave and not come back…" Sango could not help but let the single tear slip down her cheek as she watched all the different emotions flicker across his face and felt her own self missing the girl who had become like a sister to her.

"But Kagome is Shippo's Oka-san…" he spoke sniffling light as he grabbed at Sango's kimono, fisting his little hands into it as he stared up to her disbelievingly. "She would not leave me would she?…"

"No Shippo, she loves you very much, but she had to, she could not take you with her, she had to leave all of us."

Neither one could really hold back their tears as they did their best to bring comfort to the other.

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Kagome found herself lying awake in bed until the time had come did her tears dry and the servant Sesshomaru spoke of entered the room.

Upon entering the room, she closed the door behind her and made her way over to where Kagome lay on the bed. She was told of to treat the spot on her back where Sesshomaru had inflicted his punishment upon her and get her ready for dinner,

She stared down to the girl with sympathy, before entering the bathroom and wetting a washcloth and coming back to the girl's side to clean the wound of any remaining poison.

The cold, wet cloth felt heavenly against the burn as the woman dabbed at it lightly before laying the cloth over the spot and departing to the closet where she pulled out a single, elegant kimono.

"While you were sleeping, Sesshomaru had one of his servants have some kimonos made for you, as he likes everyone to dress proper at meals. You are to arrive on time, and do your best to be silent to avoid any conflict."

Slowly turning her head, Kagome looked to the girl and smiled, it was nice to have someone civil to talk to if not for that long.

The girl wore a simple black kimono and was bare footed. Her hair was a very dark black with hints of blue in it. Other than that, there really was not much to her.

"Come now, we must move post haste, Sesshomaru does not like to be kept waiting."

"No, we wouldn't want to anger Sesshomaru" Kagome spoke with a groan as she almost rolled her eyes lightly and sat up.

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Okay, so this chapter was longer than the others were. It did not take too long for me to get the update out, but I did work harder to make this one longer for you guys. I tried my bets as well to keep everyone in character, but Sesshomaru is so hard to do…

So, give me some reviews, tell me what you think as always. One thing I felt somewhat worried about though really, was Sango and Sesshomaru's character.

But anyways, review!

Lub

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