"This business we call rain is truly a profoundly mysterious thing!" – Ayame Sohma (Fruits Basket)

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The sky had dulled into a creamy black abyss as the fire crackled and popped in the makeshift camp. The flames of the fire danced and flickered as they illuminated the newly formed group with an ominous glow. Deep blue eyes stared straight into the flames as if searching for some invisible message. A slow breath left her lips as her gaze lifted to something she also needed to find the hidden meaning to.

His face seemed to be set in stone and held no emotion to be seen. He stood tall and poised in his silk robes. Not a single strand of his silver white hair was ever out of place. Yet, the thing that captured her most about him was his eyes. Deep amber encased around pupils in an almond shape. That is what made up his eyes. They were like his brother's eyes but different somehow. Those eyes soon turned to her.

A breath caught in Kagome's throat as Sesshomaru looked towards her as if he felt her gaze. She felt so out of place with his eyes on her. He knew of her dark side that wished to escape the world through death. It made her feel like an open book to him, letting him read through several pages of unsung tragedies.

"Sesshomaru…" came the voice of Inuyasha from another side of the fire. The hanyou's eyes were narrowed at the demon lord as their gaze met. Sesshomaru turned to look at Inuyasha with an air of indifference splayed across his face. His eyes wavered slightly to glance upon his ward sitting by the fire, before coming back to Inuyasha.

"What is it you wish to speak of?" questioned Sesshomaru as Inuyasha continued to glower at him. Inuyasha took this time to grind his fangs together as a soft growl escaped his throat. Kagome watched on at the scene with weary anticipation.

"I'm just wondering while you're still here…" grumbled Inuyasha, "because we already told you about what we know of Naraku's whereabouts. So there's no reason you should be here bothering me,"

The only sign that Sesshomaru actually acknowledged Inuyasha's words was a slight tilt of his head. His eyes darted over to Jaken giving a signal that they were leaving soon. The little green imp gave an undignified grunt as he came up to his feet and walked over to where Rin sat.

"I merely stayed to confirm something only to find out I was mistaken all along," Sesshomaru said. Inuyasha's glower turned to a befuddled look and Kagome quirked a brow at his words. Jaken led Rin off towards the edge of the campsite with much reluctance from the girl. Sesshomaru prepared himself to follow them when he was stopped by a question.

"What exactly were you trying to confirm, Lord Sesshomaru?" asked Kagome. His eyes fell to her as they had done only minutes before and it caused a chill to lay itself in the pit of her stomach. She noticed that he did not answer her question right away, but when he finally did she was not so pleased.

"Well Miko when you completely ripped the existence of that wind demoness from this world, I assumed that perhaps you were something great and I stayed around to see if this was true" Sesshomaru began, "but as they say 'you assume much, but know little'. I should have guessed that my assumption was wrong,"

Jaken held an entirely amused expression as he watched the pitiful human whom was entirely flabbergasted by his master's words. All the breath in the young woman's lungs had escaped, her eyes were wide, and her mouth hung open like a fishes. Kagome had never felt so insulted in her life.

The others whom had tried to be quiet with the presence of Sesshomaru so close took hold of the situation. Shippo grasped onto the sleeve of his adoptive mother in an attempt to calm her as Sango and Miroku stood up from their sitting positions by the fire. Sango pointed a menacing glare at Sesshomaru, while Miroku tried to play it cool and slowly approached Sesshomaru.

"Lord Sesshomaru, I would like to suggest that you should continue on your way…" yet Miroku didn't get to finish his statement as a figure sprung up from her spot by the fire. Kagome's eyes flickered from the flame of her anger and the flame that reflected from the fire beside her, but all she knew was that her eyes were currently trying to pierce through Sesshomaru's being.

"I have no idea where the hell you got the idea that you can tell someone's personality, attitude, or even the amount of power they hold in one sitting. You have only been with us one evening, yet you think you have judged me correctly in this short amount of time. I think you've assumed wrong again, because obviously you know nothing at all," Kagome snapped out. It was Jaken's turn to be flabbergasted.

"What exactly are you trying to say human?" Sesshomaru said as a ghost of a smile came unto his face. Suddenly it hit Inuyasha what Sesshomaru was trying to get Kagome to do. Inuyasha's face paled slightly and he began to rush over to Kagome, but it was too late and the damage was about to be done.

"What I'm trying to say Lord Sesshomaru is that you should stay with us for more than one sitting…" Kagome retorted.

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The sun beat down hard on the travelers as they continued on the path they had started that morning. They had reached the clearing they currently walked in an hour ago, and there were no trees to cover them from the excruciating heat. One of the travelers stumbled on the path from a rock that had connected with her foot.

Kagome hadn't slept comfortably the past couple of days, in fact, no-one had. It had been some of the most awkward nights in her entire life. It's very hard to try to sleep when someone's taking there time to judge you with everything you do. Why had he agreed to it?

Her eyes traveled to the demon lord that walked slowly behind her with his ward and servant beside him. He preferred to walk behind her so that he could scrutinize her from afar. He had taken what she had stated a few nights ago as a challenge and it didn't seem like he was going to give up anytime soon.

Kagome turned her attention back to the front where her normal group tried their best to keep their distance from the demon lord. A slight pang of guilt hit Kagome as she watched Inuyasha walk ahead with his shoulders rigid and a hand kept close to Tetsusaiga as he glanced back at Sesshomaru every so often. Kagome had not meant to cause this odd turn of events.

She felt a hand being placed on her shoulder and she tensed slightly. When she looked to her side a sigh of relief left her mouth as she realized that it was only Sango. Kagome gave a weary smile as Sango glanced back for a second. Sango turned back around with one last suspicious glance Sesshomaru's way and proceeded to whisper as light as she could to Kagome.

"When do you think he's going to lose interest in this?" Sango asked. Kagome's eyes darkened slightly and a frown marred her features. She sighed and lowered her gaze to the ground. She watched as her feet carried her over one rock and another, and then she finally answered.

"I have no idea…" Kagome said, "And that's what worries me the most,"

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I hope you enjoyed the quote I put in for you. I know the chapter is terribly short, I feel incredibly awful for letting you guys down. Well farewell my readers. Read and Review. ^.^