Chapter 5

Kagome woke up once again with Shippo in her arms and Sesshomaru by her side, but this time it was weird. She had not moved. She was still in the same spot and he was the one that had shifted his position.

"Sesshomaru?" Kagome whispered his name, but he did not move.

She looked down at Shippo and he had already been awake. He smiled up at her not wanting to make any noise. She moved a bit stretching out her arms as Shippo jumped off of her lap. Kagome turned to look at Sesshomaru.

Kagome knew that Sesshomaru was a handsome man, but for some reason he looked absolutely stunning. His hair fell softly across his face, glistening in the morning sun. His skin was perfectly clear except for four fascinating violet streaks that ran across his cheeks.

Kagome reached out and ran her finger lightly along one of the marks. Shippo looked at her curiously as he watched Kagome examine the Demon Lord with such a loving look on her face. Shippo's eyes widened as he sensed Sesshomaru was now awake, but for some reason not moving.

"Wow…" Kagome whispered quietly as she continued to examine him.

Sesshomaru, awake, but still not moving wondered why she was touching him this way. Shippo didn't say anything out of his own curiosity for why Sesshomaru wasn't moving. Kagome looked down at his chest, for some reason in her own little world, and ran the tips of her fingers along his haori. She wanted to bad to be able to remove his shirt, but fought the feeling. Sesshomaru knew this.

"Kagome?" Shippo finally said snapping her out of her daze, "What are you doing?"

"N…Nothing." Kagome blushed and sat back down not facing Sesshomaru.

"Well that was interesting…" Sesshomaru said opening his eyes and looking at her.

"What?!!!!!" Kagome jumped and looked back at him, "You were awake!!"

"Yes? Did you really think that I would sleep through anything?" he said sitting up fully, "If I can sense a demon coming from a mile or two away I can sense it when someone is touching my skin."

"Well that was embarrassing!" Kagome banged the back of her head on the tree.

"Kagome, why did you look at Sesshomaru that way?" Shippo asked.

"What way?" Sesshomaru asked with an eyebrow raised, "I can't sense the way someone looks at me."

"No way!" Kagome said, "I didn't look at you any certain way."

"Yea you did…" Shippo said clueless to what he was doing, "You looked at him like you wanted to kiss him."

"NO I DIDN'T!" Kagome yelled blushing a deep red.

"Yes you did." Shippo said, "You looked at him like my old mommy looked at my old daddy before they died."

Kagome shook her head and covered her face trying to hide how red she was. She had no idea she had that kind of look on her face. Sesshomaru smirked at her and looked down to Shippo.

'I think I am going to like this kid.' He thought to himself.

'Oh here we go again. When the hell are you going to act like you again?'

'I am acting like me!'

'You just allowed a human girl to lay their hands on you! You are not acting like yourself.'

'Whatever!'

'Remember! She is your slave, your servant, your BITCH! Now treat her like it!'

'Leave!'

'I'm already gone!'

Sesshomaru let out a growl that startled both Kagome and Shippo. They looked to him as he stood. He turned to Kagome and glared at her.

"Do not touch me again, you hear me wench?"

Kagome gasped. She stared up at him trying to fight the tears that were coming to her eyes. Inuyasha always called her a wench. Did she just go from one Inuyasha to another? And she knew this one was different; this one would kill her. Inuyasha didn't have the guts. He needed her.

Kagome turned away and let the tears fall. Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow at her and grabbed her shoulder, digging his nails into her skin.

"You stop the fucking crying. NOW!" He demanded.

Kagome yelled out in pain. She grabbed her shoulder and fell onto the floor as a few drops of blood trickled from her new wound. She glared up at Sesshomaru and ran off not looking back at either of them.

"Where the hell does she think she is going?" Sesshomaru said.

Shippo knew what was wrong with Kagome and jumped on Sesshomaru's shoulder. He was nervous as hell when he did it, but he said it, "You called her what Inuyasha always called her. It really hurts her feelings and she thought she had finally gotten away from it."

"What Inuyasha called her?" Sesshomaru said.

"Yeah, he called her it everyday and when he was really mad he called her something I am not allowed to say again." He explained.

"I will not do something that my brother has done!" Sesshomaru said.

"Sesshomaru, I know I am a kid, but can I talk to you before you go after her?"

"Fine, what?"

"Well, Kagome is like a mommy to me and I really care about her. I don't like seeing her get hurt."

"Is there a point to this?"

"Well think of it this way. We know you care about Rin."

"Yes. I will admit that."

"Well what do you think of the idea of Rin being forced to watch someone hurt you when you have no way of defending yourself?"

"This Sesshomaru will never have that happen! Not many people are able to."

"Just think about that for a second. WHAT IF, this happened. I am not saying that it would. How would you feel knowing she would have to watch that?"

"Alright. I understand."

"You know Lord Sesshomaru, you aren't as bad as everyone says you are. You are a really cool guy. A whole lot better than better then Inuyasha."

"That I thank you for."

"No problem, but we need to go find Kagome."

Sesshomaru nodded and walked after the girl not minding that Shippo was on his shoulder. Shippo smirked. He had his own idea. He was going to get Sesshomaru and Kagome together. Not only because he thinks that they are going to be cute together, but because it will really mess Inuyasha up. He hated Inuyasha and he wasn't going to let Kagome go back into that jerks arms again. He was going to keep her away from him.

Sango and Kikyou were the first to wake up. Miroku and Inuyasha were knocked out in their own area across from them.

"I'm really sorry about all of this, you know?" Kikyou said.

"It's okay." Sango said, "Honestly Kagome and I have had conversations about having you join."

"You have?" Kikyou said excitedly.

"Yeah…" Sango said, "We had thought about it many times."

"Then why did she react so strongly?"

"Because we let Inuyasha speak." Sango said tossing a rock to his head.

"OW!" Inuyasha said jumping up, "What the hell hit me?"

"A rock." Sango told him.

"You threw a rock at me!" Inuyasha yelled.

"I can't believe I am saying this, but you completely deserved it." Kikyou said, "Why the hell did you talk to Kagome that way? Why did you tell her that she had no say in whether I could stay or not?"

"Because I know how she would have reacted!" He yelled.

"And how would she have reacted Inuyasha?" Kikyou said, "From what I see things still got fucked up. She is with your brother and not with us."

"Yeah, I agree with Kikyou." Sango said nodding as she looked to Miroku, who had just woken up, "If you weren't so harsh to her we would have had a better chance of her staying with us and not joining your brother."

"I do agree with what you are saying." Miroku sat up and joined the conversation, "But at least we know that Kagome doesn't hate us for agreeing with Inuyasha. She went with Sesshomaru and not Naraku because she only wanted to hurt him."

"I can't blame her." Kikyou said.

"Yeah and at least we know she is safe." Sango sighed in relief.

"And how the hell do you know she is safe if she is traveling with my brother!" Inuyasha asked furiously.

"Because Inuyasha, Sesshomaru has always been a man of his word." Miroku explained to him, "He offered her his protection if she joined him and she did. He will not go back on his word."

"And from what I understand Sesshomaru is traveling with that child Rin." Kikyou stated.

"Yeah! Sesshomaru said that Rin was fond of Kagome and he wouldn't hurt her!" Sango said excitedly and feeling reassured. " He protects and cares for her obviously. He won't do anything that might cause her to not like him."

"For now Kagome is safe." Miroku said.

"Whether she is safe or not, I do not trust my brother." Inuyasha sat himself down and leaned up against a tree with his arms crossed.

"Well we should get going." Sango said standing up, "I may be okay with the thought of Kagome being with Sesshomaru, but I still would prefer to stay as close to her as I can."

"I agree." Miroku nodded and stood up.

They all gathered their stuff and made their way through the forest once more. They headed in the direction that Kagome had gone with Sesshomaru. Inuyasha kept track of them with whatever scent he could find of the three, but it was faint. He wondered how far they had gone.

"Damn it." He said.

"What is it Inuyasha?" Miroku asked.

"The wind has scattered his scent." He explained, "I don't think I can follow it."

"Well he was heading west." Sango said, "He rules the Western Lands, so it would be good to head to his castle."

"Yeah, that's right." Kikyou said, "Do you know where it is Inuyasha?"

"Yeah… It's shocking that I remember it though." Inuyasha said.

They all began to follow Inuyasha as he looked to the west and they began their journey to the castle of the Western Lands. Inuyasha had been band from his brother's castle for years. He didn't know what kinds of things he was going to encounter on his way there. And at that he knew it just might take months to get there. They were in the Far East and were heading to the very far west.

Well that is another chapter. I hope you all liked it.

And I know I am supposed to do this at the beginning of the chapters, but I had forgotten…

I DO NOT OWN ANY ORIGINAL INUYASHA CHARACTERS!!!

There is my disclaimer!

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