A/N: I am naming Sesshomaru's beast, I mean, if you had a beast inside you, with an almost different personality, you would name it too. If you are curious about the name meaning it shall be in the Author's Note at the end of this chapter. I hope I'm not making them too OOC.

Disclaimer: Once again, I do not own Inuyasha or any of its characters.

Kagome was dragged out of her slumber by the pain in her stomach and back. 'It's so warm and... soft?' Kagome groaned and curled into a ball, as her hand tightened around silk it all came back to her. ' That's right, I was attached by a demon,' she thought grogily. She opened her eyes to see Sesshomaru's face above her, turning her head she saw that his mokomoko was wraped around her. Her face tinted pink and she looked at her hand. 'Oh I am so dead!' she thought in panic ' I am touching Sesshomaru, he is going to kill me!' Kagome tried to get up, but the arm around her held her in place.

"Calm yourself miko, if you move your wound will re-open" Sesshomaru said, not looking at her. Kagome looked down to see that her wound was wrapped. "I took the liberty of getting the medical supplies out of your bag. I assumed you wouldn't want to bleed to death"

"Its fine," Kagome said as she looked up at him 'Did I imagine his look of worry? It could be because he needs me to help Rin' she thought. "Thank you, for saving me and insuring that I wouldn't die or get sick, Sesshomaru-sama" Kagome saw him look down at her, if only for a second.

'No one, excluding Rin, has ever thanked me.' he thought to himself as he looked in the distance. He felt his beast, Kodokuna, stir inside him. That was the second time Kodokuna has made his presence known since Sesshomaru began his little journey with Kagome, the first when he smelled Kagome's blood and saw her being attacked, but holding her own.

"Um, Lord Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked timidly, interrupting his thoughts. All he gave was a short 'hn' at her pause. "I can heal myself." Kagome could tell that it interested Sesshomaru, if only a little. He brought his arm from around her, he then wrapped his mokomoko around her waist gently and set her in front of her. Kagome rested her hands on her stomach and allowed her powers to work its magic. She could feel the healing properties pulse from her hand to her wound, slowly but surely healing the damage that was done. After she was finished she lifted up her school shirt to revile only the bandage. As she unwrapped it Sesshomaru saw that the cut that had been so deep, so bloody, and so damaged, was completely healed without even the slightest scar.

"That is impressive," he stated, "for a human." he added with a smirk. Kagome glared at him, 'How dare he! f-for a human?!' She stood up quickly, she would have hit him with a punch full of purification power if it wasn't for her vision blurring. She braced herself for the fall that was sure to come, but never did. Kagome opened her eyes to find Sesshomaru holding her. "Prepare to leave, we have lost two days thanks to your little nap." he said, setting her down.

"I was asleep for two days?!" she all but shouted. She ran around gathering up her things, when her stomach growled she stopped in mid-stride, her face tinting pink instantaneously. Looking over she saw Sesshomaru smirking at her.

"We shall stop at a village near my home to get you food and new clothing." He said, his smirk gone only to be replaced with his normal mask of indifference. Kagome felt grateful and began to bow, but was stopped by a hand on her shoulder. "you need not bow to me miko." Kagome straightened and look at him with a face of confusion.

"If you don't want me to bow then; thank you, Sesshomaru-sama" She said as she smiled warmly to him, then walked to her bag to make sure everything was packed and that she didn't need any herbs or make more remedies.

'That is twice now. The second time she has thanked me, and really meant it' He thought as he watched her get ready.

A/N: Yes, I will be making a habit of doing two Author's Notes, If you don't like it then suck it up. Anyways, for those of you who would like to know the meaning of Sesshomaru's beast name: Kodokuna means 'The lonely' I think it is a good name, or is it? review, review, review, I am not a mind reader.