An invisible force brushed against the forest floor scattering the leaves in its path. Torrent fury was being pressed onward with one simple mission. It carried an omen on its breath, and its words could shake the very ground. Pure silver locks fluttered as the winds of change hit him.

Golden eyes narrowed as they snapped to the sky 'as captivating as her eyes'. A hiss barely escaped his person as his gaze fell back to his other companions. He continued to move foreword with great poise and dignity. Nothing could faze him. He was an unstoppable force. Yet, he could never stop the rain.

"We will keep moving till the sun touches the land…" he said in a deep baritone voice. An almost inaudible sigh escaped his lips as he continued to take smooth strives through the forest.

A young girl walked behind him with a smile gracing her lips. She wore a simple orange kimono and her hair took a style of its own. A tiny mass of hair was tied up towards the side of her head with a piece of thread, while the rest fell close to her shoulders.

Another companion stood not too far off. He scoffed at the young girl as his tiny steps took him closer to his lord. His complexion was green and he wore dark brown robes. He carried a staff at his side, which he would regularly threaten the young girl with.

Sesshomaru barely gave Jaken and Rin heed as he continued foreword. His blank expression never seemed to falter throughout their trek. His eyes would shift to the sky to check the time of day, but that was all. It was getting close to sunset, so they would be stopping fairly soon anyway.

Suddenly a light buzz came to his ear. It soon turned into a swooshing sound and he felt a familiar presence close by. Sesshomaru swept his clawed hand up to show his companions he wished for silence. He walked foreword and turned his head back.

"Stay here…" was all he stated before going off into a random direction in the trees. The wind from before continued to blow as Rin and Jaken watched Sesshomaru leave them once again.

"Where is Lord Sesshomaru going, Jaken?" asked Rin in a curious voice as the wind played with her loose hair.

…

Another arrow was knocked as she aimed for her makeshift target. Cerulean eyes narrowed slightly before the arrow was released. She groaned again as the arrow was blown off its course again by the wind. A sigh escaped her lips as she went to retrieve her arrows.

Her inky black hair fluttered as the breeze caressed it with its invisible palm. The young miko crouched on the balls of her feet as she quickly picked up the fallen arrows. She slowly stood back up after placing the arrows into her quiver.

She began to walk back to where she had been shooting her bow, but stopped. She strained her ears to hear any sound at all. There were no sounds. The forest had grown eerily quiet. Her cerulean eyes widened at some realization as she quickly loaded her bow.

"There's no use hiding demon…" Kagome said as she drew back the arrow ready to shoot. Squinting her eyes slightly she aimed for the aura of the demon which lay beyond the trees. The aura felt familiar… A light shuffling was heard as Kagome continued to hold her ground.

"Unless you plan to ruin another pair of my armor, I suggest you put away your sad excuse of a weapon," said a silky smooth voice as a warm breath flowed past her ear. Completely startled that he had somehow got passed her without noticing, she released the arrow which careened into a nearby tree.

"Why are you here?" came out of Kagome's parted lips, barely above a whisper. The bow in her hand lowered to her side as she tilted her head away from him. Sesshomaru in his own mind was questioning his presence here as well. He walked forward and turned his eyes to hers.

"It seems the winds of fate have blown you towards my direction once again," was Sesshomaru's cool reply. His golden eyes flickered as the young woman looked up to him with bewilderment clouding her features.

"Yet, isn't it you that has come to me this time?" questioned Kagome sporting a quirked brow. She stepped back slightly to create some space between her and the demon lord. She wasn't entirely comfortable with the situation as it had seemed at first.

"On the contrary little miko, you are wandering in places you shouldn't be and I just happened to come upon you," Sesshomaru answered back in an impassive tone. A light laugh met his elfish ears and he was somewhat thrown off by this reaction.

"First off Demon, I see no reason I shouldn't be able to wander here" Kagome retorted as she dropped the bow to the ground and slid the quiver off her back before resting on the bark of the tree as she sat down, "Secondly, I am neither just miko, human, wench, woman, or reincarnation; I am known as Kagome. That is who I make myself to be,"

An air of confidence surrounded Kagome as she looked up towards Sesshomaru with a fiery gleam in her eyes, which was thought to be lost some weeks before. He attempted not to smirk at the human girl. He was almost taken off guard by the sass she was showing him currently.

Sesshomaru slowly approached Kagome with small graceful steps. His eyes seemed to bore into her very soul and it somewhat alarmed Kagome. Stopping in front of her, Sesshomaru lowered himself to eye level with the young woman as he balanced on the balls of his feet. If Kagome even attempted to move she couldn't as a clawed hand took hold of her chin.

"For a being with such inferior hearing you listen quite well," Sesshomaru said as he turned her head to face him. The demon lord's breath tickled at Kagome's nose which sent a peculiar feeling down her spine.

"Taking in important information has always helped me in the long run, I feel the need to continue this philosophy," Kagome countered as her eyes fluttered downcast for a moment. A low gasp escaped her lips as Sesshomaru's clawed finger swept under her chin for a moment.

"So then I suppose you don't plan on ending your life anytime soon?" Sesshomaru asked smoothly while loosening the grip on her chin slightly. Cerulean orbs came back into view as Kagome opened her eyes again.

"I see no reason to, unless my life is intended to end something so great that I must sacrifice myself. Other than that, I see no other reason to die without a fight, Do you?" Kagome answered as a smile crept to her face. Oh, the sweet taste of proving him wrong made her lick her lips unconsciously. This action did not go unnoticed, for the second after she had done this a clawed finger swept over the same trail.

Sesshomaru eyed the girl before him as a feeling of some unknown origin came to him. Her eyes had widened a fraction at the demon lord's touch and she was slowly being drawn in. Both began to lean towards each other to a point where their faces were but an inch away.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" came the cry of relief from a young human girl as her orange kimono flowed beneath her with each step she took. Rin continued to make her way to her beloved lord as Sesshomaru stood up swiftly from his crouched position. Kagome lowered her head as a breath she hadn't known she'd been holding escaped her mouth.

"My lord, I apologize deeply for the intrusion. The little human wretch refused to listen to anything I said" Jaken screeched as he to burst from the trees, clambering over the rocks and fallen branches on the ground.

Sesshomaru didn't say anything as he walked towards his group. Rin smiled happily up at him before eyeing Kagome, whom continued to lay against the tree. Sesshomaru patted the top of the young girls head before ushering her towards another direction in the trees.

"Continue that way I shall follow shortly," was Sesshomaru's short and curt command. He watched as Rin simply nodded before rushing off into the direction she was facing. Jaken waited patiently by Sesshomaru's side before the look the demon lord gave him told him the need to continue on after the Rin. Once Jaken had disappeared through the trees as well, did Sesshomaru speak.

"I feel that we may cross paths again sometime soon, Kagome…" were Sesshomaru's parting words before he joined his group in the sea of endless trees. This was the second time she had watched him walk away from her, yet she felt it wouldn't be the last time either.

"Meet again we shall, Lord Sesshomaru…"