Chapter 7

Sesshomaru and Kagome sat under a large tree waiting for their weapons to be ready. Shippo was up in a high branch eating the apples that the tree had produced. Kagome looked to Sesshomaru remembering she had not yet thanked him.

"Thank you Sesshomaru." She said sincerely.

"For what?" he asked her.

"For the bow and the arrows." She told him, "I should have brought my own."

"It's fine. Thank you as well."

"What have I done?"

"If you hadn't saved that baby neither of us would be getting this. I needed my sword sharpened and I didn't know how long it would last under its current condition."

"Oh… Well your welcome."

Sesshomaru leaned his back up against the tree and his right eye began to twitch when he heard the smacking sounds of the kitsune eating his apple right above his head. Sesshomaru smirked and elbowed the tree pretty hard. The tree shook and the little kitsune came falling down and landed right in Sesshomaru's lap.

"Whoa!" Shippo looked up at Sesshomaru still smacking and chewing with his mouth open.

"Shippo, chew with your mouth closed." Kagome told him.

"Oh yea. Sorry Sesshomaru." He said, "When something tastes really good to me I don't really notice I am doing it."

"It's fine." Sesshomaru said picking Shippo up by his shirt and setting him down next to him.

"You know Inuyasha usually hits me for that kind of stuff."

"He does?"

"Yep!" Shippo said taking another bite out of the apple.

Sesshomaru let out a low growl that he really didn't mean to and looked away from them. Kagome smiled at the back of Sesshomaru's head and scooted over to him. Shippo jumped back up into the tree for another apple as he finished the one he had already.

"You and Shippo are getting really close." Kagome said.

"He's actually a pretty cool kid." Sesshomaru said.

"Yea."

"He doesn't annoy me too much because he doesn't smell like a dreadful hanyou." Sesshomaru spit out.

"Why do you hate hanyou's so much?" Kagome asked him.

"They are disgusting half blooded mutts that have no right to live." He said.

"You don't think that is a little harsh?"

"No."

"You know Sesshomaru not all are as you say." She began to explain, "I think you hate them because Inuyasha is one."

"What are you implying?"

"I don't think you hated them as much as you do until Inuyasha was born." She said looking up at the sky, "I know you hate Inuyasha and us humans, but did you hate them before your father had fallen for one?"

"Hold your tongue!" He commanded as he turned to her and grabbed her by the throat. Shippo barricaded himself in a large knothole of the tree and didn't watch.

"Sesshomaru…" She grabbed his wrist and coughed some trying to breathe.

"My father was a fool! He left my mother for a human! Falling for such a pathetic human and then dying to protect the waste of time child that was born between them!" Sesshomaru's eyes began to flash red.

Kagome's eyes widened. She just realized what had hurt him so bad. She released her grip on his wrists and set her hand on his cheek. Tears began to from in her eyes as she looked at him.

"You have had a really fucked up life haven't you?" She said as he released her.

"What are you talking about?" he said turning away.

"Sesshomaru…" Kagome said, "I am going to ask you something and I will appreciate it if you don't try to kill me this time."

"Hurry up and ask."

"Did it hurt you when you realized your father was having another child?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well. You had him all to yourself for years. Did it hurt to know that you were not longer your dad's only kid?"

"No! I was fine with the kid."

"Are you sure about that?"

Sesshomaru turned away from her. Kagome nodded with a slight smirk on her face knowing that was what bothered him. She scooted up closer and in front of him.

"I know it may have hurt you, whether you realize it right now or not. Just think about this. He may be gone, but you will always have memories of him that Inuyasha will not."

"What does that have to do with anything?"

"Inuyasha told me one time that you were lucky. You got to see him. You knew what he looked like, sounded like, and even smelled like. He had never gotten that chance. Though Inuyasha may never admit it, he is jealous of you because of that."

"He is?"

"Yeah. Just think about that for a while. Here comes out weapons."

Sesshomaru and Kagome looked up to see the man and woman walking toward them. They stood up and looked at their weapons. Kagome wrapped her quiver around her shoulder and excitedly grabbed her bow. Sesshomaru took his sword and smirked. They had done a fantastic job.

"I do hope you like it." The man said.

"They are fantastic." Sesshomaru said sliding the Tokijin into its sheath once more.

"Yes they are! Thank you!" Kagome hugged them both.

The couple bowed to them and turned away. Kagome couldn't help, but continue to examine her bow. She loved the design. Suddenly they heard a loud scream.

"What the hell was that?" Sesshomaru said.

"That was a little girl." She said looking up to the tree, "Shippo! You stay here until we come back!"

Kagome ran forward and back to the village. In the town square a child was hurt. She has blood going all the way down her leg.

"What happened?" Kagome asked.

"A demon! He attacked me on the other side of the cliff! He was so big!"

"How did you get away if he was so big?" Sesshomaru asked walking up behind Kagome.

"She shot an arrow and saved me!" the child said pointing to Kagome.

"Me?" Kagome growled startling everyone, "Kikyou!"

Kagome turned around and ran as fast as she can toward the cliff. Sesshomaru followed. They ran up some man-made stairs and the closer they got the more they could hear swords clashing and people yelling.

"Miroku!!" they could hear Sango yelling in fear.

Kagome got to the top of the cliff and could see one of Naraku's puppets. He had four jewel shards inside him. Kagome notched her arrow into her new bow and aimed. She heard Kikyou scream as a few of the tentacles attacked her and lifted her into the air. Miroku and Sango were both unconscious and more of the tentacles were heading toward him. Inuyasha couldn't get out of them at all.

"Sesshomaru." Kagome said.

"Hm?"

"Would you be so kind as to do your dragon strike toward Naraku's new puppet?"

Sesshomaru nodded as soon as he heard that it was a puppet of Naraku. He pulled his sword from his sheath and swung it across his chest releasing a giant wave a light blue energy across the floor and toward Naraku's puppet. Sesshomaru smirked as the puppet was torn into thousands of pieces.

Sango and Miroku woke up and looked over to see them both. Kikyou and Inuyasha looked over shocked as well. Kagome narrowed her eyes as she saw the jewel shards falling from the sky. She let her arrow fly and it surrounded itself in a bright pink light. It went straight above the jewel shards causing the purification aura to purify the jewel shards.

Kagome walked over to the jewel shards and picked them up. She turned back to Sesshomaru and walked to him. She stood by his side and looked down at the villagers on the other side of the cliff. She raised her bow and they all started to cheer.

"What are you doing?" Sesshomaru asked her.

"Just go with it. Make them feel stupid for going up against something they couldn't handle."

"You are one interesting female Kagome."

"Thank you."

Kikyou, Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha walked up behind them. Kagome turned to them and put her hands on her waist.

"What are you guys doing here?" Kagome asked.

"We were coming for you." Kikyou said.

"Well don't! I am not going back with you, okay!" Kagome told her.

"WH…" Inuyasha started to talk.

"SHUT UP!" Kikyou said hitting him upside his head, "You've done enough!"

"Kagome the way we went about it was horrible." Sango said.

"I didn't come to join this group to piss you off." Kikyou told her, "I joined it in hopes of you and I obtaining some kind of truce."

"I don't care, okay?"

"Kagome please. I mean it. I really do not want to anger you."

"Yeah, because with one sentence I can take your life away."

"Kagome when you were home Kikyou told us everything. Before she found out you could do that to her she told us all she wanted to be your friend." Sango explained.

"Why?" Kagome asked.

"Because I want Naraku dead. I want the jewel gone! I want all this fighting to stop. I am sick of this." Kikyou told her.

"Fine. It's fine with me."

"Really?"

"Yea, really."

Kikyou smiled and held her stomach trying to keep in the excitement she felt. Kagome smiled and gave her a quick hug. Kikyou gladly accepted.

"I can't go back with you though." Kagome said.

"Why not?" Sango and Kikyou asked.

"Because she belongs to me." Sesshomaru said, "Once she joined my group she became mine."

"You bas…" Inuyasha started once more.

"Shut up!" Sesshomaru said smacking him upside the head.

"What the hell?" Inuyasha looked at Sesshomaru as if he was crazy.

"Did you just smack him?" Kagome asked.

"I was thinking about what you said and I have a feeling it's true."

"I thought so."

"But nothing will be said until I can truly confirm it."

"Yes Lord Sesshomaru!"

Kagome giggled and looked back to Sango and Miroku. They both hugged her and of course Miroku couldn't do with out grabbing her ass. Kagome twitched and was about to smack him when Sesshomaru put his Tokijin to his neck.

"Hands off her." Sesshomaru said.

"Y…Yes Sesshomaru." He said.

All the girls started laughing and Shippo ran up to them. He jumped into Sango's arms and stuck his tongue out at Kikyou.

"That boy will never like me." Kikyou said.

Shippo turned to Sesshomaru and tilted his head to the side looking at him as if to say "What the hell?" and blinked really fast. Inuyasha snuck up behind Sesshomaru and felt his head. Out of reflex Sesshomaru swung his blade around and Inuyasha jumped back just in time to get out of the swords range.

"Well he isn't warm…" Inuyasha said.

"What are you doing Inuyasha?" Shippo asked.

"My brother hasn't attacked me. I want to know why!"

"Well he isn't sick." Kagome told him.

"As if you would know! He could be sick, but to cocky to say anything!"

"I am not sick." Sesshomaru said glaring at Inuyasha.

"Look. We have to go." Kagome said.

"Alright." Sango said.

Kagome and Shippo gave their goodbyes as Inuyasha kept trying to find out what the hell was wrong with his brother. Sesshomaru and Kagome walked off with Shippo sitting on Sesshomaru's shoulder.

"I hope she is okay with him." Sango said.

"Why wouldn't she be?" Kikyou asked.

"Sesshomaru said that she 'belonged' to him? That can mean many things."

"I doubt he is hurting her." Inuyasha said with his hands behind his head.

"You were the one examining him. How do you know?" Miroku asked.

"I don't know… I just hope." Inuyasha said.

"OH SHUT IT!" Sango said popping Inuyasha on the other side of his head, "THAT IS ONE OF KAGOME'S QUOTES AND YOU KNOW IT!"

"SO! I CAN USE IT TO!!" Inuyasha said sticking his tongue out at her.

"Watch it boy." Kikyou said grabbing Inuyasha's tongue.

Sesshomaru and Kagome watched them arguing from afar and just shook their head at it. Shippo couldn't help, but laugh. They turned away and continued walking down the cliff and back into the forest after saying bye to the people of the village.

Well that was a fun chapter. Lol. PLEASE REVIEW LOTS!!!