A/N: sorry for the longer wait, I havent been feeling well and lost a few days of writing. Because of this the chapter is a bit shorter. thank you for the wonderful reviews ^_^

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or the characters within it.

Sesshomaru glanced up to see Kagome making her way, ever so slowly, towards him. She didn't seem to notice his awareness of her so he turned his head to look at a nearby tree. He did that more than he would care to admit, observing nature. Sure he would do it when hunting his prey, but some how it was different when he wasnt about to kill something or someone. his thoughts were soon interrupted by Kagome's approach.

"Um, Lord Sesshomaru?" She didn't continue untill he finally made eye contact with her 'He will acknowledge my existence' she thought. " I was wondering when you would like to leave, I'm ready now if you want to go."

"We shall leave when i say we do, do not question me." He felt a spike of power in front of him and wondered who could have snuck past his senses with that massive energy. He looked up once more and for once was shocked but he did not let it register on his face. 'it is the miko, how could she-.. no, she does not yet have full control of her powers, i see' He felt her nervousness ebb away to bring forth a new emotion, anger.

" I just wanted to know when you wanted to leave! I would like to get to Rin as quickly as possible so i can help her!" Kagome felt her powers rise to the surface with her rage, they were both begging to be released, 'show him,' she heard in the back of her mind 'show them all that we are not some weak little human that can be talked down to!' the voice was dark, it was as if venom dripped from every word. Kagome maintained control of her powers and pushed back the dark thoughts, where had they come from? she didn't have much time to think about it ass she suddenly felt herself being thrown into the tree Sesshomaru was sitting at just seconds ago. Her back was in emense pain and the hand around her throat tightened.

"You will not speak to me in that fashion, insolent human. If it were not for Rin needing you, you would be dead at this moment." he snarled at her. he had gotten the reaction he wanted as he saw fear spring into Kagome's eyes.

Kagome went into a near panic state. ' He just tried to kill me! He came to ask me for help and he threatens to kill me?! But... I guess i can see where he is coming from, but i have to make him know some weakling he can push around!' at her last thought she let her powers gather into her neck and seep into Sesshomaru's hand, not enough to really hurt him, but he will be feeling it for a while. He pulled his hand back in pain, though it didn't touch his face.

"We will leave tomorrow at sunrise." he stated plainly

"Okay, thank you Lord Sesshomaru." Kagome said as she smiled at him. This confused him to no end 'I just threatened to end her life and she acts like it didn't even happen, is she ignorant?' he thought as he left the clearing to scout the area for any demons just outside of his detection, wait for him to drop his guard. he scoffed at the idea, as if that would ever happen, he was also warding off any lowly demons with his stong demonic aura. He was gone longer than he expected and everyone, except his half-brother, was asleep. Sesshomaru made his way over to a tree, barely illuminated by the fire in the center of camp.

sitting in between the roots that jutted out of the ground he inwardly side, his trip with the miko would be a long one.

A/N: i think this looks shorter than my first two chapters, but i could be wrong. Should i try to keep my chapters longer? i know there are people who hate longer ones, and those who hate too short of chapters, so let me know what you think I should do, it would be greatly appreciated :)