I haven't edited this yet because it's too fresh in my mind, but didn't want to keep you waiting anymore. I might have gone a little to far on this one but one idea led to another, some things just happen.

Chained: In More Ways Than One

Undress

Kagome avoided eye contact with Sesshoumaru at all cost as they followed Koga back to the witch doctors house. The dog may not be able to say anything to her while in this form but she always found his eyes were very telling.

Sesshoumaru glared at the miko's back. Ever since they'd stopped talking and started their journey she'd been avoiding him. Not even talking to the wolf demon. Whenever he would walk up beside the miko, she would turn her head the other way, so he just decided to fall back behind her.

Koga could feel the tension in the air between the miko and demon lord. It was making him feel very awkward, like he was the third wheel in this equation. He didn't need them to tell him something had happened between them since the last time he'd saw them. He thinks he knows what about though.

The wolf demon sped up, hoping that it would bring an end to this torture quicker. The miko and demon lord behind him increased their pace to match his.

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Maryoku smirked as she sipped her tea. Not having to imagine how her plan unfolded, as she could see it in her minds eye.

It will do the pup good to learn a bit of humility from his experience. Maybe one day soon he will be the young man his father hoped him to become and would have been proud to call his son. The witch saw this happening through the young miko who accompanied him.

She started to hum to herself as she looked at the demon lords empty clothes on the pillow he once sat on, not too long ago. His un-drunk tea long grown cold.

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They didn't snap out of their moods until they heard the wolf demon knock on a door.

As soon as Koga had spotted it, he basically ran full speed. Kicking up dirt behind him.

It was the only house in the area so he assumed this was the witches, so he quickly rapped on the door. It quickly opened but there was no one to greet them at the door. They all just stood there.

"Come in already!" Came an inpatient voice from within. It could be heard mumbling to itself.

Koga entered with the others filing in behind him. He went to introduce himself but was cut off.

"Koga of the wolf tribe, I heard before." The strange old women explained.

Kagome pushed past the confused wolf demon so she could get to the witch doctor. "Maryoku, can you please turn Sesshoumaru back. I know you did this." The miko pleaded with the smiling witch doctor.

"I know being a mere dog for a little while has already done the pup a world of good." Maryoku said with a twinkle in her eye of knowing. "I don't see why not." She exclaimed before standing up to pet Sesshoumaru, who growled at her.

'That was a little too easy.' Kagome thought to herself, but she was happy anyways.

Koga was examining the room when he noticed something, the demon lord's empty clothes. "Wait…" The wolf demon said, but he was already too late.

The witch doctor snapped her fingers, Kagome was starring in anticipation. Where there once was a dog, now stood a naked demon lord.

Sesshoumaru could hear the miko give off a squeak, before the wolf demon quickly covered her eyes.

"You'll be dizzy for a little bit so you shouldn't move around too much just yet." Maryoku exclaimed happily.

Sesshoumaru growled and took a step to attack the witch but ended up with his legs giving up from under him and falling to the floor.

" I told you not to move." The witch doctor reprimanded the pup at he feet.

Kagome pushed Koga's hands away from her eyes at the sound of a body hitting the floor. She rushed to help the demon lord up, forgetting about his state of undress. Shocked to feel so much bare skin on contact.

She helped him up anyway; giving herself a pep talk about how she was a modern women and everything was available on the I internet for her to brose at her leisure.

Koga quickly grabbed the demon lord's clothes, throwing them into his arms. "Cover yourself up for gods sakes." A lot of demons had no shame in their nakedness because it wasn't their true form. It appeared Sesshoumaru was one of them.

Luckily the demon lord's kimono was so big it covered all his important anatomy without him even trying. The demon lord had a glassy look to his eyes like he was disoriented. He had to blink a couple of times to gain back his bearings.

"Why am I naked." Sesshoumaru asked himself.

Maryoku sat back on her pillow and poured herself another cup of tea, and sat back to watch the show. She hadn't been this entertained in centuries.

"If you realize your naked, why don't you get dressed already?" Koga yelled at the demon lord. Who sent a death glare back in the wolf demons direction; the first sign that he was returning to normal. "And let go of Kagome! I'm sure you can stand by yourself now."

Sesshoumaru blinked, for the first time realizing he was leaning on someone. He looked to his left to see the miko's blushing face. The wolf demon's reaction to this gave him a strong urge to pull her closer to himself instead of releasing her, but he did it anyway.

Kagome sat down and poured herself some tea to calm he nerves as she waited for the demon lord to finish dressing himself.

Koga stood leaning on the wall trying to calm down. "Ok, he's back to normal. What do you want to do now?" He directed his question toward the miko, not deeming the demon lord's opinion important in this matter.

"We will find my half brother and then plan our next move from there." Sesshoumaru informed them as he finished tying his sash; which was much easier to do with two hands.

"You mean your not leaving me?" Kagome asked in amazement. She'd thought from the very beginning that as soon as the demon lord was unchained from her, he would leave as fast as he could. Which is pretty fast.

"Shizaru is still looking for us. Even though, we are now physically able to be separated, it is better if we stay together. My half brother is also in possession of my companions." Sesshoumaru explained.

"So your staying because the mutt face has your minions, your just trying to make it sound noble." Koga snapped when he saw how Kagome's face had lit up when she heard what the demon lord said.

"No, I'm staying because Shizaru wants to kill me and marry the Miko. I think she has the worse end if things turn out badly. She'll be better protected if I'm there to defend her, along with my half brother, when he finally makes his move. He'll come after us wither we are together or apart." Sesshoumaru defended his reasoning.

Koga just frowned.

"It's settled then. We'll travel back to Edo to meet back with Inuyasha." Kagome exclaimed. Happy with this decision.

"We should also find a way to contact the other two demon lords. They're involved just as much in this situation, although they are unknowing of the situation at the moment. Shizaru's plan is to go after them next." Sesshoumaru suggested.

"I'll do that." Maryoku spoke for the first time in a while, putting her tea down and standing up.

"How are you going to do that?" Koga moved out of the way when the witch doctor tried to get into a cupboard behind him. "Don't you need to at least ask him for the information he wants you to tell them?" He asked.

"I have my ways, of knowing." The witch doctor spoke mysteriously as she removed a large bowl from the cupboard and put it on the table.

"Do it quickly. The sooner they are informed the faster they will be able to help." Sesshoumaru demanded. Leaving without asking any questions about how she would do it.

Kagome ran after Sesshoumaru, Koga followed her out. While leaving he managed to catch a glimpse of the witch doctor examining different bottles before pouring some into the stone bowl. Creating an ere light on the old women's face as the chemical reacted to each other.