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It was almost dark when he felt his brother coming from the cave. Inuyasha stood and stretched trying to relieve the tension from watching the sleeping miko all day. He went to gather some fire and had it almost built when his brother arrived at the camp with the other miko. Inuyasha noticed that this girl was younger than the other. Inuyashas' eyes then widen when he saw that Sesshoumaru had two arms. I'll find out about it later. He snorted, and looked back at the older one. He could tell that the older miko was only pretending to sleep now. So he walked over and kicked her foot.

"Oi, open your eyes. I know you're awake." Inuyasha spat as he kicked her in the foot again. Kikyo looked up at the hanyou and glared at him. Kikyo then looked over to see Kagome getting carried by the older of the two males. Kikyo's eyes narrowed as she felt the difference in Kagome's aura. What happened, my dear cousin?

"What did you do to my cousin?" Kikyo yelled at the Sesshoumaru. When he made no attempt to speak to her she looked back at Inuyasha. "Are you going to tell me?"

"Alright fine. I don't know what happened to your cousin. I was here watching your ass." Inuyasha snapped at her as he walked off into the woods. Kikyo turned her gaze over to Sesshoumaru to see what he was doing. She wanted to kill him for taking off her clothes and looking at her that way. Kikyo picked up a rock that was beside her and threw it at the demon lord and hit him in the back of the head.

"Get away from her!" Kikyo yelled at him. Sesshoumaru turned and looked at the miko.

"She was injured." was all he said as he continued tending to Kagome. Kikyo slumped back and closed her eyes. She had to figure a way to get away from these men and get back to her time. She stopped with that thought. The priests in their time were trying to hurt Kagome, would it be better to go back or stay here. Kikyo shook her head she had no idea what she was going to do. Kikyo opened her eyes to see that Inuyasha was back with a boar. Her eyes widen as he approached her.

"I'm gonna let ya go." He told her as he slit the ropes. "No funny business. We ain't the bad guys." Inuyasha then turned and walked back over to finished cleaning the boar. Kikyo just sat there stunned. The man had actually let her hands and feet go. She raised up and walked slowly over to her cousin who was still being looked at by Sesshoumaru.

"Is there anything that I may help with?" Kikyo asked timidly, with her eyes on the ground.

"There is a stream near here, go get some water. There is a barrier up so you can not leave." Kikyo stiffened at the mention of the barrier. There goes my escape plan. She thought as she gathered a bowl and headed to the stream.

Inuyasha watched as the woman walked to the stream. He looked over and watched his brother finish tending to the younger miko then cover her up with a fur. He then sat at the head of the pallet she was layed on. Inuyasha looked back at his brother and looked at his left arm and frowned.

"How did that happen?" Inuyasha asked as he pointed to the new arm.

"The miko."

"That miko?" Inuyasha's eyes widen when he looked at the younger girl. He looked up to see his brother nod. Inuyasha shook his head and went back to what he was doing. He stuck some meat on some stick and stuck them near the fire to cook. He then prepared Sesshoumaru's and his dinner. Inuyasha was about to go find the other miko when she came through the tree line with the water.

Kikyo walked over to her cousin and started to wash off the dirt and blood. She almost got sick when she seen a deep gash on her cousin chest. Kikyo then noticed that it wasn't bleeding. She looked over at Sesshoumaru, who was looking back at her. "Did you help her?"

"Hn."

"Ok then I see you don't speak much." Kikyo spoke at she took her time to clean the wound. She then pulled the fur down where she could see all the scraps and bruising. Her eyes soften when she seen Kagome squeeze her eyes shut and heard her cry softly. Kikyo put her hands over Kagome, palm down then closed her eyes. Kikyo knew that her cousin was ill before they left but Kikyo knew that she had to get Kagome out of harms way. She didn't know why but she felt protective over her and even more since they arrived here.

Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru watched the older miko as she closed her eyes. Both guys could feel the pure energy spill forth and flow over the younger girl. They were completely shocked when they watched her bruising and scraps disappear before their very eyes. Sesshoumaru could understand how these ningen miko could be so powerful. He glanced over at his brother and noticed how Inuyasha watched the older of the two. Sesshoumaru could tell that his brother desired the older miko. He smirked internally with the thought. Just like our father. His attention was drawn back to the mikos when he heard the older miko gasp and fall forward over Kagome. He frowned and sniffed the air, finding nothing out of place. He was about to rise when his brother jumped up and took the older woman and layed her beside the younger one. Sesshoumaru closed his eyes letting his mind wander, unaware that his group of four was being watched from a distance.

A/N-Thanks so much for reading. Please review. Blessed be, god bless, and thanks.

~*Dragon*~