Still sticking to the original so far – won't always though. A really long one too.

Call to me and I shall come

He had to gulp to keep himself in check when she turned around to stare into his eyes. Her orbs were midnight blue, stunning and intriguing.

"Wow," she murmured at the intense reply to her call for help. "Is everyone here for me?"She asked him, turning pick, she was feeling rather flattered.

He did not reply with words, but gave a quick nod.

"Yamazaki," Touga growled out slowly, shaking the children from his body and stepping forward. He did not stop holding her even though he knew the dog did not like it, he responded to his name being called by looking up to meet his eyes, still saying nothing. Kouga the elder immediately took a step forward to match him; he was rising to the challenge. He was rather impressed, Touga, despite all his bad points was an excellent unbeaten warrior, The Dog General turned his attention away from him and back to the wolf.

Touga's gaze went from Yamazaki to Kouga and the red which had seeped from his eyes started to come back. "Do not be a fool, Kouga," and it was his beast talking, it was too primal.

"You are the fool, Touga," he shot back, his voice too was throaty, but his eyes remained blue, and did not turn red. "You almost hurt a pure soul, it took five to protect her from you, all because she does not respect blindly."

The red seeped from his eyes once more.

"You still challenge me," he told the wolf.

There was no mischievous play, both demons were serious. He had a feeling a battle was about to commence.

"Yamazaki," he said again, "Get Kagome inside," he was talking to him, but his eyes never left the wolf.

"Take the children and Hiroki with you," Kouga added.

He did want to hang around and watch the fight, and Kagome should not either. "Come," Yamazaki said quietly to the children and Hiroki, with a short glance in their direction, it was the first thing Kagome had heard him say, he wondered if it bothered her. Then they were off, Kagome hoisted into his arms bridal style, it felt right to have her in his arms and molded to his chest, the other demons followed behind dutifully.

The girl remained silent until they were in the castle, and then the shock wore off and terrified tears began to seep through her eyes. All the present demons smelt her salty tears and both Kouga and Sesshoumaru moved forward. He set her down and let the children approach.

"What's wrong Kagome?" Kouga asked gently, while Sesshoumaru demanded she stopped crying as she was no longer in danger. Unlike Kouga, who, as a wolf assumed that as her life was no longer threatened there must be another reason for her tears, Sesshoumaru knew, he was a smart boy, but dismissed it as ningen weakness.

Yamazaki said nothing, but he shot the children a glare than told them to leave the two of them, they were not helping, and he wanted sometime alone with her anyway. They looked like they might challenge his silent order for a moment, but then they simply turned around and left, letting the older demon deal with the hysterical onna who had begun to wail. He was unsure how to deal with the tears but he saw no need for words.

He simply wrapped his long arms around her trembling form and held her close to his chest. She relaxed into his hold quickly and his strong heartbeat calmed her and stopped her tears. He did not whisper nothings such as 'it's alright now... calm down... you are no longer in danger,' for she knew all this, he did not need to tell her. The sound and feel of his heartbeat calmed her more than his voice could anyway, he did not use it often.

Soon enough, after the tears faded, she felt tiredness come onto her and she let her head droop onto his upper chest so she was leaning against him. Feeling this, he picked her up once more and carried her upstairs heading for the bedrooms. Being a youkai he could smell which one was hers, but it was not the one Touga had silently ordered him to bring her to. She looked towards him for an explanation. "This is not my room," she started as he set her down on the massive bed in the centre of the room.

He gave her a look to say 'I know'.

"Whose is it?"

He looked towards the family crest of the Inu family, and following his eyes she saw it and understood, "Touga sama."

He nodded.

"He told you to take me here?"

Another nod. He was not happy about bringing her here, but he understood why, and he was not going to go against Touga's orders, he would only go retrieve her from her rooms if he brought her there instead anyway.

"Do you know whether they are still fighting?" It did not take a genius to work out what she meant.

He nodded his head, and then shook it. A yes and a no.

"Is he expecting me to sleep here? I don't really feel comfortable sharing a bed with him," she said out loud more than to anyone. He did not feel comfortable with it either, but it was not up to him, he didn't answer, she knew.

She leant back against the pillows and let her eyes drift closed. "Thank you for comforting me earlier," she offered. He wanted to sit beside her and gold her until she went to sleep, to look after her, to show her he at least meant it when he said he'd protect her. But Touga would gut him if he stayed. Touga was not going to hurt her anymore tonight, she would be fine and he'd see her again soon, he simply ruffled her hair before leaving.

Still shaken and a little confused, Kagome fell into a deep though uneasy sleep.