Chained In More Ways Than One

Side Affects

The bubble appears on a hill not to far from the forest with the clearing containing Sesshoumaru's companions.

"I thought I told you never to do that again without a proper warning?" Kagome yelled into the demon lords ear before sliding off of his back to the ground. She put her hand to her chest trying to catch her breath.

"You gave me no warning that I would become your horse." Sesshoumaru replied after the ringing in his ear had stopped.

Sesshoumaru was right. He wasn't Inuyasha and she shouldn't have touched him without permission first. He had a 'no touchy' vibe about his person.

Kagome looked back at the demon lord only to see the sun just rising behind him. She had to sigh. "Well, I'm awake now." She was just about to signal for Sesshoumaru to lead the way when she had the tingling sense that could only be a jewel shard.

Two of them.

"No, no, no!" Kagome had a little fit setting Sesshoumaru on his guard. He put his hand to his sword and turned slowly as he tried to sense which direction the enemy was coming from.

He reached his hand out to an area that seemed like just thin air when a wolf demon appeared. The demon lord smirked as he caught the other demon by the throat.

"Kagome." Kouga wheezed out.

"Sesshoumaru, put him down!" Kagome yelled as she tried to pry his hand off Kouga's throat. This is the situation she had been trying to avoid.

The demon lord opened his palm dropping the wolf demon to the ground.

Kagome quickly kneeled beside Kouga in worry checking his throat for any bruising which she was surprised to find non. "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine. I thought I felt your presence around this area yesterday but you disappeared without a trace." Kouga commented as he held the hand Kagome had previously been using to examine him.

Sesshoumaru really didn't like the interaction and familiarity the miko was treating the wolf demon with. If he didn't know himself he'd say what he was feeling was jealousy. He hoped they could fell the heat of his glare.

"Kouga, what…" Before Kagome could finish, she felt what seemed like a strong arm haul her back. She tried to dig her finger nails into the dirt to stop her movement but she just left tracks.

Sesshoumaru's frown turned into a smirk as the miko was dragged until she was almost kissing his feet. The wolf demon could only watch in shock and aw as the miko got dragged by the chain as it shortened.

"I guess that is one of the side affects Totosai meant when he gave the chain it's own free will." Was Sesshoumaru's smart alack remark as he leaned over the miko with his hair pooling around his face.

"The chain wants us to be together?" Kagome asked as she tried to spit out the dirt she got in her mouth. She smiled when she saw the chain was back to its normal length and stood back up. Dusting off her skirt.

"I'm confused. Would you mind explaining this all to me?" Kouga asked as he walked toward them.

Kagome was pulled so quickly toward Sesshoumaru she was unable to stop herself before ricocheting off his chest plate. "It doesn't want me near Kouga." The miko mumbled so only the demon lord could hear.

"Kouga move back over there and I'll explain it all to you!" Kagome yelled as she rubbed her bump on a bump.

… 20 minutes later

"So you two are trapped chained together and the chain doesn't want me getting near you?" Kouga asked in disbelief.

"Exactly!" Kagome said with enthusiasm.

When the demon lord said nothing to back her up she elbowed him in the arm gaining a response. "That's right." Causing Kouga to question their relationship. They seemed way too comfortable together for his liking.

"We have to get going. I'll stop by the pack and see you when all of this is over." Kagome said before trying to drag the demon lord down the right side of the hill but he wouldn't budge.

"My companions are in the other direction miko." Was the monotone reason.

"Oh." Kagome exclaimed before going in the other direction. " Bye again Kouga. See you soon. Bye, bye." She said quickly as she speed walked away with the demon lord following behind her.

Kouga felt like she was rushing to get out of his presence and wasn't telling him the whole story.

Kagome sighed in relief as they walked through the forest. She was so glad to get out of the stifling situation of the two male demons together she thought.

They stepped through a bush into a very familiar clearing but were surprised to find it empty. Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes in suspicion.

"Rin, are you here!" Kagome yelled before walking farther into the clearing. Receiving no response. She was almost desperate enough to call Jaken's name when she stepped on something.

Kagome lifted up her foot to find…

an empty ramen cup. She picked it up and examined it. 'If this is here that means that…?" Her thought was cut off by Sesshoumaru.

"Inuyasha!…" The demon lord yelled with tacked on profanities. It seemed Sesshoumaru had figured out that his half brother had followed their previous trail and taken his companions.

Sesshoumaru's eyes actually started to glow red and his profanities turned to growls. Kagome had only seen the demon lord this mad once before. It seemed Inuyasha was the only person or thing that could make Sesshoumaru lose his composure.

Not even Naraku.

Kagome decided it would be best if she stopped him now before he transformed to his true form like last time. She grabbed Sesshoumaru's cheeks and made him look her in the eye. "You need to calm down. I know that Sango and my friends wouldn't let any harm come to Rin, now Jaken's a different matter. I'm pretty sure I know where Inuyasha is. We would've had to find him anyway so we aren't going to be going out of our way."

It was easy for her to get up the courage because she knew he couldn't or wouldn't hurt her, even if his mind was controlled by his beast.

Sesshoumaru shut his eyes and took two deep breathes to calm down. When he opened them back up they were back to their normal gold colour.

"Are you back to normal?" Kagome asked receiving a nod in confirmation. It seemed maybe the demon lords vocal cords hadn't adjusted back yet. "Now we are going to follow the trail Inuyasha left behind and track him down."

"I thourrght…" Sesshoumaru had to stop to clear his throat. "I thought you said you knew where he was?"

"Yes I did. This is just incase Inuyasha decides to be unpredictable for once, which is highly unlikely. Start tracking." Kagome defended her reason with crossed arms.

Sesshoumaru felt like he was being used as a common hunting dog but put his nose to the air anyway. His half brother had a very distinctive smell so it took him no time to find the trail (the broken branches helped).

He signaled with two fingers for the miko to follow before walking through the path of minor destruction his half brother left in his wake.

(check in with Inu Gang and Rin)

Inuyasha's ears twitched. He could of sworn he heard his name called. He observed his surroundings and found everyone was still asleep. He had returned back to Kaede's village with the others to wait for his half brother's arrival. They couldn't search for the jewel shards until Kagome returned.

He looked out the window and noticed the sun had just began to rise. Inuyasha started to count. "1, 2,3..."

"Good morning!" Greeted Rin as she popped up like a daisy. Waking many of the others. Apparently his half brother woke his ward up at the same time everyday and she had gotten so use to it she had set her internal alarm clock.

Shippo sleepily walked and stood beside Rin and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. "Inuyasha, when's Kagome coming back?"

" Hopefully, Lord Sesshoumaru will be here any day now." Rin claimed.

"I think we should go outside kids and let Miroku and Sango go back to sleep." Inuyasha suggested when he caught sight of his half awake companions. They were both leaning against the wall to stay up right. Miroku was still snoring and Sango's mouth was opened wide.

Both Rin and Shippo made the shushing motion with their hands and crept outside with Inuyasha following behind.

Once they had left the hut Miroku slid back to the ground with a thud.

" Lord Inuyasha, what are we going to do now?" Rin asked.

"I'm not a lord." Inuyasha grumbled as they walked in the direction of the clearing containing the well.

"I heard one of the villagers call the forest Inuyasha's. Does that not mean you own it?" Rin questioned.

"No. Inuyasha was sealed to a tree for 50 years and that's why it's called his forest." Shippo cleared the misunderstanding.

"Oh. Then what's your title if you aren't a lord?" Rin asked Inuyasha.

"Title?"

"You know. Like Lord Sesshoumaru, Master Jaken, and Lady Kagome. What should I call you by?" Rin received a blank stare from the half demon. "Well if your Lord Sesshoumaru's brother and he's like a father to me. I could call you uncle."

Inuyasha had a look of horror. "I'm no one's uncle."

"You can't question a child's logic." Miroku laughed as he caught the tail end of the conversation. After hitting his head he was wide awake and decided to follow the others.

"Just go play tag or something." Inuyasha commanded with a sour look.

"Yes Uncle Inuyasha. " Was Rin's departing remark. Miroku snorted when Inuyasha slapped his forehead.

Uh-Un stopped grazing and followed after his handler's ward to make sure nothing bad happened to her.

Rin and Shippo ran into the forest and waved to Jaken as they passed the toad demon who had been tied to a tree and gagged. For sanities sake.

The shadowed figure hidden in a near by tree sighed in boredom as he watched the spectacle. 'When was Lord Sesshoumaru going to show up already?' The spy asked himself.

Fully ready for the war to begin already.