This new chapter and story are still without beta so I hope that you can bear with me again.

Well, no more Blablabla and hop to the reason you are there, ne ? Shall we ? ;)

Disclaimer : (sigh) I don't own InuYasha

This is a slightly revised version of the chapter. I have yet to find a beta for this story so I hope that you can find in your heart to bear with me.

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Previously, in the chapter 4 :

She looked straight at him in the eyes for a time, trying to judge or find some evidences of some trickery or anything suspect. She didn't really know what she was seeking, but found nothing but truthfulness. She had two options: trust him and go or choose to continue alone. This DaiYoukai was the Lord of these Lands. His influence can make her survival in the Western Lands possible, but at the same time, knowing the law, he can't discover who she really was before she was ready to expose herself and go back in the South. It was a difficult decision to make knowing that she wasn't really gifted in lies.

Finally, she came to a decision and took a deep breath. She then looked at him directly in the eyes before answering the sentence that could really well sealed her fate.

« Ok, I'm going with you. »

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Chapter 5 : curious

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She moved to follow him but then came to a halt. Feeling that she wasn't following him, InuTaisho turned around and look at her in question.

« What is it, little one ? »

She hesitated a moment before spoke out loud what was in her mind. « I-I can't come with you. » She finally said, feeling miserable. It would have been so simple if she could have been under his protection but she hadn't realized that going with him would just cause more trouble than worth. It was too dangerous for her to go to his castle.

InuTaisho froze. « Why ? I will not hurt you if it is what is troubling you. » Really, this human girl didn't know what she wanted. At one moment she was all for going with him and then now, she said she can't. The Lord of the West couldn't find any reason for her to not come with him. After all, if she wanted to hide in the Western Lands, it would be almost suicidal to not go to the castle. If she were to go to a village, she would disappear in no time and no one would do anything to help her.

The demon Lord wasn't a fool. He knew how some villages acted 'behind his back'. He had installed laws forbidding youkais to kill humans without reason. It was small, but it was still something and had been really difficult to make it accepted. He could insure that it was followed in the castle ground, but for some isolated villages, habitudes were difficult to overcome. After all, some tribes, even in the West had the use to consume humans' flesh, repulsive if you asked him.

It was against the law now but the Lord knew that some of his subjects, even if a few, had transgressed that law since its establishment. That's why he had propose this option to her. She will be in great danger if she was to continue in his Lands alone. Plus, from what he had deduced, she was from nobility, so she wasn't used to the life in the wild. In fact, he just had to look at her to confirm his deductions… even if he was impressed in the fact that not every nobles' daughter would have been able to do what she did…but he was digressing.

Kagome then gather her courage and finally answered. « No no, it is not what I meant. It's just…If you take me to your castle…The court, I… » She didn't know what to say without revealing too much. In fact, in the inside, she was literally panicking. She should have thought of a plan if she was to cross path with someone! Now, what was she supposed to do? She was already a bad liar but if she had nothing prepared before head then she is doomed.

But chance seemed to be back at her side as the face of the Western Lord immediately cleared in understanding.

« You are afraid that someone will recognize you or something of that sort, am I right? »

« Hai. » she said, sighing. She didn't have to find a lie to feed him with, which was great. She sucked at lying anyways. Keeping secrets is one thing, she had been raise to be able to keep the secrets of her clan under any condition, she was the heir after all, however, lying was something else altogether.

He paused for a bit, trying to ponder what will be the better solution. He didn't want to leave the young lady alone in the woods after everything that happened to her, or more precisely, what he through happened to her, since she didn't voice it to him. She walked for days to be able to hide in the Western Lands, he will not let her down. She had travel from far to hide and be under the protection of his Lands, he felt somewhat honor-bounded to help her. Then, a spark flash in his eyes as an idea entered his mind.

« If you want, you could hide in my castle maybe, I don't know, as a servant or something and not a guest. You would not do anything difficult or anything of course but at least no one will know that you are nobility and most of the time stay away from the court without a problem. You don't want to be where people could know you, but still, the palace is the safest place for you on these lands. I won't say that you won't have to stay on your toes around most of the people there, but it's still safer. I know it is something really difficult to ask for someone of your status… »

« No, it's ok. I will do it. » She said firmly, taking a deep breath aftermath. The idea wasn't so bad at all. Well, she hadn't served anyone in her whole life but it mustn't be worst than fed for herself in the wild. She had to do it more than for her safety but for the people she had been forced to leave behind.

InuTaisho smiled down at her, glad that she had taken this decision. It was for the best, anyways. Yeah, she was full of curiosity, this little human woman. If he had proposed that to any other woman of her circle, he was sure that any other lord's daughter would have run away screaming. Even his beloved mates would not have accepted do it under any conditions. But in the little time he had known her, he had been pretty sure that she would not refuse. He had sensed an inner force in her. Most noble women were pampered lady who cannot stand the thought of any difficulties or work, but her, even if you can feel her delicacy and fragility there was something else too.

He slipped an arm around her waist making her eep-ed in surprise and took the sky towards the palace, a cloud of youki forming under their feet.

After a while, he saw that she had difficulties to stay awake as she was leaning more heavily on his side. Her eyes were dropping from her fatigue. He moved her in from of him and then took her bridal style.

She looked up at him, blushing lightly and whispered a really soft thank you before closing her eyes and let sleep overcome her. InuTaisho can't explain the warm feeling which was currently running in his veins due to her show of trust in him. She had enough trust to fall asleep in his arms! He smiled down at her tenderly.

She is lucky that it was this InuTaisho who found her, and not another youkai who hates human. He thought to himself.

He then saw the necklace around her neck, one of the symbols of the South, a drop of water (like the crescent moon the West's). Definitely, a noble birth. It only further proved that he was right in his deductions. No one else but someone from a riche noble family would wear the insignia of her lands at all the time. His golden pools could only soften at her sight. She looked so pure and innocent. He could feel her inner strength but her purity and innocence shined so brightly while she is peacefully sleeping that it caught your attention immediately, you can't escaped it even if you tried.

On this necklace, the demon Lord could feel that something was special about it, even if he couldn't place it at the moment. She had more secrets than what met the eyes.

His muses were interrupted by a whimper from the young woman currently sleeping in his arms.

InuTaisho was torn. He didn't know what to do, but he was reluctant to stop in the middle of nowhere just because of a nightmare. They were still flying over the forest after all. It would be dangerous to stop now. He had to think of something and fast. She was whimpering loudly now, her pleasant scent almost totally submerged by fear and sorrow. His nose wiggled in distaste.

He then did the only thing he could think of at the second. He started to emanate a soft vibration from the back of his throat which sounded very much like a purr. That made all his ribcage vibrate against the sleeping woman.

He didn't place a bet on the fact that it could work. This is a technique youkai used to calm down a pup or a mate when distressed. Through, this particular technique had never really worked on his second wife, who was human. However, in the current situation, he didn't know what else to try. To his absolute surprise, she snuggled closer to him, nuzzling her face in his pelt resting on his shoulder. She stopped whimpering and even sighed contently.

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The great InuTaisho couldn't believe his own eyes. What the Hell was happening?! In fact, he was so distracted that by the shock that he almost lost his concentration and fell from his cloud of youki.

When his golden eyes fell on her again, they were a lot more softer. Strange creature. It was really shocking that this technique work on her. I mean, not always but most of the time, that technique worked only if you have the trust of a mate or a pup. And there it's work on her?! It doesn't really work in any other condition. Sometimes, it could be use between brothers or sisters, when a deep trust is flourishing between the sibling, but nothing more. Nevertheless, she reacted unconsciously to him and she just met him a couple hours ago. It was surreal!

To have this kind of trust consciously and unconsciously in a so short amount of time, it's unbelievable.

She was human, so she should distrust him automatically for his origin. It baffled him how she could put her trust so blindly in a youkai, and one she just meant at that. Maybe it was because he was the Lord of the Western Lands. But, that wasn't enough a good excuse. Not at all.

If that was the Lord of the North, he would probably have tried to kill her or leave her alone in the woods where she was, or worst. InuTaisho preferred not to think about it.

Before going more deeply in his reflections, his castle was ahead.

He then hesitated, pondering which line of actions would be better for his position and hers. It wasn't every day that the Lord of the castle comes back from one of his early scouting with a human woman in his arms. He could already hear the gossips of the court and servants, and anticipated the horrible headache to come. What should he do? When he arrives, would it be better for him to entrust her with one of his servant, and in this way, control more the rumors of who she was that was without any doubt fly and his relation with her, or take care of the matter himself, brushing off anything that his people could think and imagine ? He made up his mind rapidly. When his feet touch the ground, he called the first maid who crossed his pass and instructed her to make the headmaster came in his office immediately, not relinquish his hold on the human.

The young mouse youkai servant took a look at her Lord's precious 'package'. Her eyes widened noticeably, showing her shock and confusion at the young human girl sleeping in the arm of her Lord. But she didn't say a word. She knew better than that. The servant bowed and run. When her errant will be done, she had some people to go and inform of this new castle occupant and how she came be to be here. Oh, she knew already some people that won't be delighted by the prospect of another human, even if only temporally, staying in the castle ground. She couldn't wait to see what will happen…

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InuTaisho could clearly feel the eyes of the servants and the guards on him, but he couldn't give a damn. He took the sky again to land on the balcony effortlessly. He opened the window and arrived in his office. He walked in.

He walked forward the couch and was about to put her down when the door opened suddenly and brutally. With some chance, his precious package didn't wake up.

Enter a young demon, silver hair and cold golden eyes. His unreadable gaze fixed on InuTaisho and his eyes narrowed at what he saw in his arms. He was about to say something but the instant he opened his mouth, InuTaisho send him a dead glare and a 'don't-you-dare-scream-at-me' look. The young demon closed his mouth and clenched his teeth tight. He narrowed his eyes further as his golden eyes flicked to what was currently in the arms of the Lord of the Western Lands.

Behind him, arrived another demon with the same kind of silver hair and golden eyes but not so cold as neither of the two others. But what caught the eyes at first glance was the two fuzzy little dog ears on the top of his head. (A/N : They are so cute. I love when they twitch, sooo cute *grin*). It seemed that he didn't see the regard of the elder one was sending in their direction or didn't understand. He was about to yell about what that human was doing here, but before he could start to scream, the young demon whom enter before him, as if sensing what he would do, hit the back of his head.

« Hey, what did you did that for, bastard? » The dog-heared youkai growled, soothing his aching head.

« Watch your tongue, 'little brother' » The other one growled back.

« It's enough, you two. And keep quiet, or it will be your head, get it? » Snarled at them InuTaisho, clearly not amused by their antics.

They shut their mouth, detecting the exasperation coming in waves from InuTaisho and closed the door behind them. From the expression on the older DaiYoukai's face, privacy was in order. The younger one crossed his arm on his chest and had his ears twitch furiously on his head and let a « Keh. » escaped his lips.

Then, he looked at his father or more precisely the young human woman currently snuggled in his arms, who was clenching on the lord of the West's haori as if her life depended of it.

« Who is this, Father ? » He asked, cocking his head to the side in a cute puppy pose.

InuTaisho looked up at his youngest then at the young woman. At her sign, his eyes softened slightly, which didn't pass unseeing by his eldest. InuTaisho stopped trying to pry Kagome's hands from his clothes, who was still sleeping soundly unaware of her audiance. He chuckled. « I don't really know my son. »

The taller one growled deep in the back of his throat, his eyes becoming mere slits.

« This Sesshomaru hope it is not your new toy, Father. » He spitted flatly.

The Lord of the Western Lands growled low at his eldest, his eyes flashing from golden to red a second. « Sesshomaru, do not ever speak to me like that ever again! And to answer your so delicate question, no, it is not my 'new toy' like you put it so nicely. » He breathed deeply to calm down and sighed. « I found her in the woods, not far away from the border with the South… »

However, before he could continue to explain, the young one in question started to whimper again and a tear run down her cheek. Sorrow, pain and fear invaded and tainted her sweet scent anew. InuTaisho looked back at her and brushed gently her lone tear, mindful of his claws. Her nightmare was back. Like previously, he emanated a purr-like sound coming from the back of his throat. He passed a hand in her hair in a soothing way.

Sesshomaru was fighting to not show his anger and disgust and all this display, but keep his cold mask was difficult with the amount of anger surging through him. The youngest looked at his brother as he sensed his raging aura and back at his father, puzzled. What was going on here?

« What are you doing, Father, that didn't work on…human. » His sentence finished in a murmur. His eyes open wide at what was happening before his very own eyes.

« What the fuck?! » He exclaimed, unable to keep his voice down as his father had previously ordered.

He gazed at his elder brother, whom, this time, couldn't hide his surprise from showing through his mask. That, in itself was showing how much he was shocked too.

The young human stopped instantly to whimper and nuzzled the chest of InuTaisho more closely when she felt and heard his soothing purr-like sound. He continued to growl softly during a moment and sigh, passing his hand in her silky hair.

What's going on here ?! Since when that technique work on human bitch ? And look at the old man…disgusting. Thought Sesshomaru while observing his father acts around the human woman.

When the Lord of the West was sure that her nightmare had passed, he stopped and sighed again. He looked up but couldn't help a chuckle at what was awaiting him... The dumbfound faces of his two sons. Though, Sesshomaru regained his composure rather quickly. « Yeah, I was shocked too that this technique work on her, when it's happened earlier. »

« I through that didn't work on human…That never work like that on Mother. » Said the still dumbfound the youngest demon.

Scratching his forehead, InuTaisho tried to explain. « I can't explain that fact either InuYasha, my son, I really don't know. She is a little curiosity. A strange woman, indeed. »

This time, Sesshomaru couldn't help a growl escaping his perfect lips.

« Sesshomaru, don't act that way. » Said his father in a deep and cold voice, narrowing his eyes at his eldest.

A knock came from the closed door of the office, interrupting them.

« Come in. » InuTaisho said a little louder.

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End of the chapter 5.

So, any idea who is at the door ? (grin) Don't be angry at me (puppy eyes). Hope you liked this new chapter. See ya

Sweetest Angel.