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While Sesshoumaru was mentally cursing his predicament, Kagome began to comprehend what would have to happen.

She eyed Rin, Miroku and Jaken. They were all already situated on Ah-Un's back, the reigns held loosely in the monk's fingers.

Rin was already dozing off, leaning back against Miroku—for some unknown reason he had an innate ability with children. Sesshoumaru wouldn't disturb Rin while she was sleeping, so carrying her was out.

And no way in hell would he carry the monk, obviously, and Jaken didn't matter; his small weight didn't have an impact to Ah-Un. So his only alternative was to cart Kagome.

They both let out long inaudible sighs at almost the exact same time. His broad shoulders sagged slightly for a few second, then he grudgingly thrust out his hand at Kagome. She stared from his elegant hand and his strong, slender fingers to his unreadable visage, hesitating.

He resisted rolling his eyes as he reached out his hand farther, grasping hers, and lifted her into his arms, bridal style.

Kagome gasped as she suddenly found herself resting in a pair of incredibly strong arms. The youkai cloud lifted them off the ground, Kagome looked up; Sesshoumaru had a weird look in his eyes.

She moved her hand from her lap and, after a short falter, lightly patted his shoulder for a short moment. She felt his muscles twitch very slightly. Sesshoumaru glanced down; his golden orbs met Kagome's and in that second she realized that Sesshoumaru wasn't emotionless at all, every emotion was hidden in his eyes instead of being in his face.

oOo

When Sesshoumaru's youkai cloud had gently lifted the two off the ground and started to soar over the trees, he got a face-full of air thick with Kagome's sweet scent.

When he first caught it he felt woozy, his impassive face turned to stone. He didn't so much as blink as a scent like jasmine invaded his over sensitive nose. His jaw was clenched tight to bite down on the initial groan that wanted to tumble off the tip of his tongue.

His grip on the tiny miko in his arms was reminiscent of a statue until a petite hand lightly touched his shoulder, bringing him out of the daze. He had to consciously focus on releasing himself from his rigor mortis-like state.

He glanced down at Kagome, she was looking at him with a strange look in her eye but the demon lord turned his gaze determinedly back to the skies, breaking their connection. After a few seconds, Kagome did the same; however, she did not dwell on the demon lord's presence. Her eyes turned downwards, out of the sky and into the passing forest.

She gaped at the scenery, the unbroken, green tree tops zipping underneath them almost made her dizzy.

Eventually, though, Kagome became bored of the never ending forest and her eye lids grew heavy.

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The young miko awoke warm and comfortable, her face was nestled into the softest silk she'd ever felt. She was being held in strong arms and subsequently laid quickly in a bed, the soft silken sheets rustled then drew up to her neck.

Kagome's eyes snapped open, all the events up till then came back and flooded her psych. She gazed up and saw Sesshoumaru starting to lean away from her. His hair had fallen like curtains over his shoulders, making a frame around his stern face and sharp eyes. She took a small breath as if to say something, but he had already turned to leave.

oOo

Sesshoumaru put the miko into one of the thousand guest rooms in the castle—for some reason he put her in the best room besides Rin's and his own. Afterwards, he went to his study. After being away from his castle for so long, patrolling his lands, Sesshoumaru's paper work had piled up like always. He entered his study and immediately spotted a large stack on his desk. He sighed. There would be no sleeping tonight.

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A/N: Hey guys! (^o^)// Another chappie up and out ^_^

Looks like Sesshoumaru has an affinity for out little miko's scent!

Next chapter we get a look around the castle so stay tuned :P Thanks for reading!

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