disclaimer- meesa dont own the InuYasha characters. but guess what? i own the story and the plot! yipee! and guess what else? i own Yukana and Kaori 2. so ha! take that you pesky living room monsters! booyah!

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You left without saying 'goodbye'

Although, I'm sure you tried

You called the house from time to time

To make sure we're alive

But, you weren't there

Right when I needed you the most

And now I dream about it

And how its so bad

Its so bad

(Nickelback: Too Bad)

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Don't Fall Away

Chapter Six: Kagome's Anger

Kagome silently watched as InuYasha argued with the guards, who wouldn't even budge.

"We're sorry, sir, we can't let you through." InuYasha looked past the guard and directly at Kagome.

"Hey, Kagome!" he called. "Tell this moron to let me through!" Kagome turned to Rin.

"Rin, I need you to go get Sesshomaru-sama, okay?" Kagome requested. Rin nodded happily and darted into the castle. Kagome jogged to the front gate and Sango ran up and caught her in a tight hug. Kagome returned it this time, though a little half-heartedly.

"Mamma!" Shippo yelled, jumping into Kagome's arms.

"Kagome, tell them to let me through." InuYasha ordered.

"I'm sorry, InuYasha, I can't. This is not my castle, so I have no say as to who comes in." Kagome explained. "You'll have to wait for Sesshomaru to come out." Her mind wandered back to the psychic, but she decided to try to believe that she was a fraud. Kagome relaxed and was once again acting like herself.

"I don't care. I need to get in there!" InuYasha yelled.

"InuYasha, osuwari!"

BOOM

"Maybe you should learn to calm down, InuYasha." Kagome suggested.

Sesshomaru walked out of the castle a few minutes later. InuYasha had gotten off the fround by then. Sesshomaru did not seem too happy that he was on his property.

"Tell me why you are here, half breed." Sesshomaru damanded.

"I came to get Kagome, because you kidnapped her!"

"InuYasha, we have told you already, Sesshomaru did not kidnap Kagome." Sango and Miroku said in unision.

"Like hell he didn't." InuYasha spat.

"InuYasha, osuwari." Kagome repeated. InuYasha was slammed into the ground once again. "So, are you going to calm down now, or do I have to do it again?"

"Kagome, you look rather lovely." Miroku commented.

"Don't even think about it." Kagome warned.

"Dear, Kagome...I was merely giving you a compliment." Miroku said innocently. "I'm hurt that you would think so low of me." Kagome frowned and shook her head as InuYasha finally got off the ground.

"Stop doing that!" InuYasha said through clenched teeth.

"Then chill out, InuYasha."

"Feh" Kagome rolled her eyes at InuYasha's answer.

"Mamma, can me and Kirara go play with Rin." Shippo asked hopefully. Kagome glanced at Sesshomaru and he nodded his head ever so slighty. Kagome also nodded and Rin took Shippo and Kirara to play in the garden.

Miroku took the opportunity to sneak behind Kagome while nobody was looking and groped her.

"You hentai!" Kagome screamed. She whirled around and punched him directly in the jaw, knocking him backwards onto the ground.

"Miroku, when this is over you'll have more scars from the women than from the final battle with Naraku." InuYasha said in an undertone. "Listen, I'm taking Kagome and then I'm outa here. C'mon Kagome."

"The miko stays, InuYasha." Sesshomaru said. "We have already worked out a deal, and she has agreed to it."

"What deal?"

"I am supposed to train the other priestesses and watch over Rin." Kagome simply stated. "And in return I'll be trained in any weapon of my choice."

"We don't have time for this. We have to go find the jewel shards!" InuYasha complained loudly. "Come on, Kagome! We have to go."

"Why don't you just go find Kikyo and get her to help you out?" Kagome asked him irritably. "Kikyo ccan see them, too. I already made a deal and I'm not about to dishonor it when there is someone else that can find the shards."

Yukana and Kaori walked out of the castle at this point and walked over to the small group that had gathered at the gate.

"What's going on out here?" Yukana asked.

"Umm...InuYasha came for a visit." Kagome said with a grin. She looked towards Sesshomaru and InuYasha. InuYasha was busy yelling at his brother while Sesshomaru stood there looking bored.

"Hey, InuYasha!" Yukana called. InuYasha turned to Yukana and gave her a small wave, but then went right back to arguing with Sesshomaru.

"I can feel a fight coming on." Kagome predicted. "Let's go watch the kids." Yukana, Sango, and Kaori followed Kagome while Miroku decided to stay with Sesshomaru and InuYasha to try and keep the peace.

Kagome took Yukana and Kaori along with Sango to the area that Rin and Shippo were playing in and started with some introductions.

"Sango, this is Yukana." Kagome said, pointing to Yukana. "And this is Kaori." They each nodded to Sango as they were introduced.

"So, this is Sango." Yukana said with interest. "I've heard a lot about you. Kagome speaks very highly of you. Are you really a taijiya? I heard there weren't many left."

"No, there aren't." Sango admitted sadly. "My brother and myself are the only ones left, or so I was told."

"So, where's your brother?" Kaori asked.

"Kohaku is...as good as dead."

"Umm...Kaori!" Kagome said suddenly, making her jump. "What's it like working for Sesshomaru? Is it fun?" Sango silently thanked Kagome for changing the subject.

"Its actually not that bad." Kaori said. "Well, for me, anyway. I'm head of staff here. I even rank higher than Jaken."

"Then why don't you travel with Sesshomaru?" Sango asked.

"I just don't want to." Kaori declared lightly. "Have you ever seen the state that the imp comes back in? It's a little pathetic. I don't understand why he's even still here. Lord Sesshomaru doesn't like him very much, if you haven't noticed. But I-" Kaori was cut off by the sound of a sword coming out of its sheath.

Kagome whirled around in time to see InuYasha run at Sesshomaru with a fully transformed Tetsusaiga. Sesshomaru, however, easily dodged his sloppy attack and retalliated with a blow from his whip of light. From the looks of it InuYasha had been the one to start the fight in the first place.

"Yukana! You handle Sesshomaru and I'll get InuYasha." Yukana nodded.

"InuYasha, osuwari!" Kagome cried. InuYasha was plunged face-first into the gravel pathway that lead to the castle entrance. When Sesshomaru realized this he halted his assault on the hanyou. Yukana walked over and stood beside him.

"I tried to stop them." Miroku muttered.

"InuYasha, why must you always start a fight?" Kagome sighed. "What do I have to do to get you to be at least a little civil to your brother."

"Half-brother." Sesshomaru corrected.

"Brother, half-brother, what's the difference?" Kagome snapped. "The point is, you share blood and you had the same father. You two are grown men, yet you insist on acting like five-year-olds fighting over a toy car. Give it a rest, for kami sake!"

"Why would I wanna do that? He tried to kill me!" InuYasha said loudly.

"InuYasha..."

"What?"

"Oswari! Osuwari, osuwari, osuwari, osuwari! InuYasha, grow up!" Kagome spun on her heel and stormed into the castle, leaving an unconscious hanyou in a rathe large crater and a few confused companions in her wake.

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"Kagome?" Sango called through the door. Yukana and Kaori had taken to her to Kagome's room to check on her. Nobody had seen her since she left the group at the gate, which was about three hours ago. Sango opened the door to find nobody there.

"Where could she have gone?" Sango asked nervously.

"Who knows? She could be anywhere." Kaori said. "She knows every inch of this place. Which is more than I know, as a matter of fact."

"We should go tell the others." Yukana stated. Sango and Kaori nodded.

"She's not in her room." Yukana announced.

"Where else would the miko be?"

"We didn't tell you?" Kaori asked. "She knew this place top to bottom when she first walked in here. She was the one that gave us a tour." Yukana nodded.

"Let her do what she wants." InuYasha sad irritably. "She'll come back, she always does, anyway." Miroku, who was standing slightly behind InuYasha at the time, bopped him in the back of the head.

"Hey, what was that for?" he asked furiously, rubbing the back of his head. Miroku shrugged.

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'Those two can be such idiots sometimes.' Kagome fumed. 'Can't they stop fighting for more than five seconds in order to work things out? It's amazing they're both still alive.'

Kagome walked out of the storage room and made her way towards her own bedroom to try to get some rest. She was exhausted, so she gave in to the idea of a nap. Kagome walked into her room and collapsed an the bed, not even bothering to change before she fell asleep.