It wasn't long before they reached the small village Sesshomaru had spoken of and found Rin playing with two of the village children. When she saw the cloud coming closer she ran to meet Sesshomaru before he had even landed. "Lord Sesshomaru!" she called happily, "you came for me." When she caught sight of Kagome she stopped. What is she doing with Lord Sesshomaru, and why is he carrying her? Whats going on here? She slowly stepped closer closing the small distance that remained between them after Sesshomaru landed and stepped off his demon cloud.
"Rin! I have a supprise for you.....Kagome is going to be staying with us now, and you are going to come traveling with us, if you want to, we are going to hunt jewl shards with Kagome's friends. So, would you like to come with us?" Sesshomaru said crouching down to Rin's level.
Rin looked at Kagome and smiled, she had always liked Kagome and her friends, except for that stupid Inuyasha. She espiecally liked Shippo. "Sure I want to come, I always want to go with you when you leave Lord Sesshomaru, and I'll get to play with Shippo, right?" she asked excitedly. She wasn't sure what had happened to him but Sesshomaru was acting very wierd, he was being nicer than usual and he was going to go willingly to travel with his brother? Whatever had come over him she was sure it had something to do with Kagome, and she liked it.
Sesshomaru smiled and straightened up "Of course you will get to play with Shippo, and with Sango if you like, but Iwant you to stay away from that monk Miroku, understand? Now come on we have to get going, will you be allright on the cloud behind me, I have to carry Kagome." he said then whispered "She's afraid she might fall." and smiled when Rin laughed.
"Yeah I'll be okay." Rin nodded as Sesshomaru, Kagome in his arms, stepped up onto the demon cloud. Rin struggled to climb on so he reached down and pulled her up placing her carefuly behind him.
"Make sure you hold on to me Rin I don't want you to lose your balance." Sesshomaru said worried. Then he looked at Kagome, "Are you ready?"
Kagome smiled and nodded, and they took off. It wasn't long before Sesshomaru caught Inuyasha's scent, and started to follow it. They finally found them as the sun was setting, they were setting up camp in a clearing near the edge of the western lands. They landed outside the clearing and headed in. "Sango, Miroku, Shippo!" Kagome called happily.
They all came running up to her except for Inuyasha as soon as she entered the clearing. She had told Sesshomaru to wait in the forest with Rin untill she had a chance to explain. "Hey guys" she said as she hugged them "I have some good news, well possible good news."
"what, you left that bastard Sesshomaru." Inuyasha interrupted her as he slowly walked over to her. "because I know you didn't dare bring him here with you, and he wouldn't have let you out of his sight otherwise."
Kagome sighed "No I didn't leave him, but hear me out Inuyasha, You need me to find the jewl shards and if we don't find them Naraku will. None of us wants Naraku to win right? Sesshomaru and Rin are in the forest waiting for the okay to join us, He has agreed to travel with us, with your consent Inuyasha. He will be on his best behaivior and he refuses to fight you so don't bother trying. If you don't let us travel with you we are just going to go hunt the jewl shards on our own, and of course Sango, Miroku and Shippo are welcome to join us. We won't let this stupid family squable get in our way of stopping Naraku. So what do you say Inuyasha, will you let us join you?" she asked in a rush before he could interupt her again.
Inuyasha looked shoked, as did the others "Sesshomaru is going to try to be civil to Inuyasha?" Sango asked doubtfuly.
"yes he swore to me he would not fight with you he just wants to help, and to keep me safe." Kagome insisted
"I don't care if I do need you to find the jewls I don't need you to hunt Naraku, who cares about jewl shards. You two can go hunt the jewls, we are going to keep looking for Naraku." Inuyasha declared stubbornly.
The others looked at him like he was an idiot, "I will be leaving with Kagome, Inuyasha, and I'm sure Miroku will be as well. And Shippo hates you so obviously he will be going with us too. right guys?" Sango asked turning to Miroku and Shippo.
Shippo jumped into Kagome's arms and nodded while Miroku moved to stand beside Kagome and Sango "Thats right, If you want to be stupid enough to deny thier help then you're on your own Inuyasha." he said. "shall we go? Don't want to keep Sesshomaru and Rin waiting." He said as they turned and headed into the forest.
"Sesshomaru!" Kagome called as they came to the place she had left him and he was gone, "he was right here," she said confused. But before she had long to wonder where they had wandered off too Rin came running full speed around a tree and leaped into her arms with Shippo. Not long after Sesshomaru appeared running from the same spot.
"oh! uhhh, I was just playing with Rin, I didn't hear you come up. Sorry if I worried you." Sesshomaru said, recognizing the worried look on Kagome's face. He walked up and kissed her gently on the head, earning himself a smile from her and shocked looks from everyone else. "So I'm assuming he doesn't want our help."
"You assume correctly, but Sango, Miroku and Shippo want to come with us to hunt jewl shards, and Naraku, I told them they would be welcome." Kagome explained nervously.
"Of course you are welcome to join us, you are Kagome's friends nd you make her happy, and when she is happy I am happy." He said suprising them again. "what, did you honestly believe I wasn't capable of feelings and kindness? Just because I didn't like to show my emotions doesn't mean I never had them. Kagome has shown me that I can show emotion and be happy while still maintaining my power and authority." He smiled at Kagome, his eyes full of love. "Well shall we go? Where are we going to start looking anyway?" he asked looking at Kagome.
Kagome thought for a moment and smiled, "Well first I need to go home, to my era, and restock my supplies. So I guess we should head for the well, will you come with me Sesshomaru? To my era?" she asked nervously.
Sesshomaru stared at her in shock. She wants me to meet her family? "Of course I will, if thats what will make you happy Kagome." He smiled at her nervously as he scooped her up and helped Rin and Shippo onto the demon cloud. "well, off to the well then." he said as they rose into the air and waited for Sango and Miroku to join them on Kilala. Soon they took off heading for the bone well that connected this era to Kagome's.