The following morning, Kagome was down by the stream cleaning her little mess from last night. After bathing herself and washing her clothing, she now carefully cleaned her bloody sleeping bag so it will not get soaked too much. But after the 'cleaning', Kagome thought it would actually be best to buy a new one when she returned home. Folding and putting her sleeping bag away in her yellow bag, she now grabbed the knife to give it a nice wash. And since the blood had crusted upon it, it gave Kagome more job in cleaning it. Still though, she hunched over the river bank washing the knife.

Now, Sesshomaru stood right behind Kagome. Well, he actually hid behind a tree that was behind Kagome. Watching her clean the knife or even have a knife in her hand in the first place, just made the Demon Lord stay clear of her way. And then he began to wonder why his brother's wench was acting so...so...stupidly! If he knew any better, the Miko was actually very clever for her age. Yet though, here she is now acting in another word as Sesshomaru describes her, 'Insane.' Narrowing his eyes a bit, he decided the Miko owed him an apology. That bloody animal skin that smacked into his face did not do any wonders to his nose, eyes, and mouth. Stepping out from behind the tree, he strode over to her.

"Miko, I'm sure you are aware that you owe me an apology."

"Yes I know," Kagome replied surprisingly normal. "And I am sorry."

The demon Lord didn't know what to do. This human in front of him actually set him off, a human! It wasn't a godforsaken demon of fifty feet tall that actually managed to scared him a bit! It was nothing but a puny and pathetic human right in front of him!

"I mean, I wanted to save you some meat! But I was so hungry and you were no where in sight so I just ate the whole darn thing! I knew I should have saved you at least a crumb but I didn't. So I am very sorry Lord Sesshomaru."

Sesshomaru almost wanted to scream out in anger and in frustration. His left eye twitched along with the right corner of his mouth. Images flashed in his head about ripping away one of the girl's leg, skinning it in front of her, and smack the skin right into her face. But calming down quickly, he decided it would actually be best just to leave the damn apology alone. At least for now because the damn human girl didn't seem to have her head screwed on straight. Then Kagome stood and turned to Sesshomaru, with a shiny clean knife in hand. And when the sunshine made the knife glimmer, it made Sesshomaru's breath stick to his throat as he eye balled the knife and the girl with extreme caution.

Seeing Sesshomaru in this posture made Kagome laugh and jab the knife in his direction. "Are you afraid of me, Lord Sesshomaru?" She mocked him as he took a step back when she had jammed the knife in his direction.

"You're insane," Sesshomaru had finally spoken his thoughts.

"Maybe," Kagome said with a giggle and put the knife away. "Or maybe not."

No, the Miko was definitely insane. She had managed for a moment back at the river to convince Sesshomaru she was not insane. But after they left the river and began their walk again, Kagome got into an argument with a squirrel. Amused, Sesshomaru did not say anything and observed the scene. And the argument was all about the pine cone the little critter held in his hands. Kagome had said that she wanted the pine cone and that she found it first.

Well Sesshomaru wouldn't argue with that, because indeed he had seen the Miko carry a pine cone in her hands for a while until it fell and the squirrel moved quick to grab it. Disbelieving, Sesshomaru slightly shook his head. Why in the world would he support an argument that is between a human and a squirrel?

Finally the squirrel gave one last angry chatter and turned to run. But Kagome shrieked as she quickly grabbed the pine cone in her hand, demanding that it was hers and she would have it back. Well upon doing this, the squirrel was also determined to have the pine cone for itself and latched its claws and teeth into her hand. Kagome screamed as she jumped and ran around the forest with a squirrel practically eating her hand. Still though, Kagome didn't even loosened her grip on the pine cone. Then a strong hand gripped her arm and in a second the squirrel was off her hand with no head. Kagome laughed in victory as she held the pine cone in the air with her bitten hand.

"What was the purpose of gaining the pine cone?" Sesshomaru asked her bewildered.

Kagome blinked and smiled as she held out the pine cone to him. "I felt bad that I had eaten all the meat so I was going to give you this pine cone so you can it eat! I mean, you eat pine cones right? I caught Inuyasha one time munching on a pine cone so I figured dog demons loved to eat pine cones!"

But Kagome let a cry as the pine cone was smashed on the top of her head. Whimpering she asked him, "What was that for?"

But Sesshomaru did not reply. In fact, he walked even faster than before and Kagome knew he was angry but what she didn't know was why? Rubbing the top of her head, big fat tears rolled down her cheeks. But just as quickly as the pine cone was smashed on her head, just as quickly she forgot the pain and ran to walk beside Sesshomaru. Rummaging through her back, she took out a bag that was opened and half full of potatoes chips. "OK, do you want some potato chips, Lord Sesshomaru?"

"No."

Another ruffle moments later. "Cheese popcorn?"

"No."

Another ruffle moments later, "Chocolate chip cookies?"

"No."

"How about some oatmeal cookies?"

"What part of no don't you understand?" Sesshomaru finally stopped and stared down at her angrily. "I don't want any of your human food!"

Putting the bag of cookies away slowly in her bag, with her eyes only she looked left and right, down and into his eyes again. She stuck her hand into her bag without looking and took out a bag of beef jerky. "Do you want beef jerky?" She asked him meekly.

"No, I don't want your beef jerky!"

"I also have teriyaki jerky, do you want some of that?"

He couldn't believe the human, she was relentless! "Ask me once more if I want food, Miko, and your life ends here." He said as he stared her down with a deadly look.

His look sent chills through Kagome's body and she understood quickly that she must stop. She shoved the bag of jerky back into her bag quickly and meekly looked him. Seeing that she finally understood, he released a sigh and continued his walk. If Sesshomaru knew any better, he'd say the Miko was just like a child. She was even worse than Rin. And speaking of Rin, Sesshomaru was a bit joyful to have smelled Rin and Jaken not far away. That meant that the Miko's attention would divert from him to Rin...At least that is what Sesshomaru was hopeful for.

Kagome followed Sesshomaru quietly now. And as she followed him she had already come up with some good plans to make Inuyasha suffer. She planned on telling him tonight or when he was a bit less angry towards her. Kagome felt horrible when ever the Demon Lord was angry at her. Smiling a little, she thought she could help him lighten his mood. Walking quickly towards his left side, she wrapped her arm into his arm at the bend of their elbows. But with a harsh push, Kagome landed into some bushes with a small scream.

"Don't touch me," Sesshomaru told her very severely.

"Yes, My Lord!" Kagome shouted proudly as she stood up from the bushes and ran to his side again. "So I was wondering, Lord Sesshomaru, have you got any ideas of how to make Inuyasha suffer? Because I already have some of my own!"

"Have you really?" Sesshomaru replied, almost already knowing what some of her ideas would be. Very silly, stupid, and little-thought ideas; horrible ideas.

"Yeah! Like one for starters is that we should kill Kikyo...again. And this time, kill her for good and get the other half of my soul returned to me! Or another idea would be that you have kidnapped me. I'm not stupid Lord Sesshomaru. He may say that he no longer wants me, but I know he still feels something for me and if something should happen to me he would feel guilty. And the last one is that we make him jealous. I'm sure that in the process of being so angry, you would be able to easily injure him and leave him crippled in a fight. Actually yeah, I want you to make him crippled for the rest of his life, Lord Sesshomaru!"

Make a demon crippled? Possible but difficult, Sesshomaru thought. And actually thinking about her previous ideas, Sesshomaru was surprised to find they had some good sense and results out of them. "Killing Kikyo first would not let you make Kikyo suffer like you want her to, Miko. But your last two ideas I must say, have a good sense in them." In fact, Sesshomaru stopped and turned to Kagome. He wanted to know why in times she was retarded and in others she was brilliant. Lifting her bangs with his hand, sure enough he found a fading bruise on her forehead.

"Tell me Miko, how did you manage to get this bruise?"

"I got into a fight with the trees and they ended up winning! While I fought to kick them away they hurt my foot! And then they dragged me down a cliff where they ganged up on me and beat me up! It was so horrible, Lord Sesshomaru!"

Sesshomaru stared blankly at the girl. He couldn't believe what he just heard. So translating in his head, Kagome was kicking the trees and in the process of it she hurt her foot. Then clumsily not watching she fell down a cliff where she came to a halt when her head made contact with a tree. And the contact of the tree to her head was enough to make Kagome's mind go half black.

"Why are you staring at me like I'm stupid or something?" Kagome asked him.

"Because you are." Sesshomaru released her and said to her, "Come, we have yet to arrive and decide which proposition we want."