Hello everybody! How are you all doing today? I'm doing fine myself, once again sneaking in my writing during class when I'm supposed to be working on a project that is due Friday. So I seem to be getting back into the swing of updating frequently, but I am still stuck for those Twilight stories. I might get a chapter up, I might not… But I know it won't be any time soon.

Again, thank you love for being my beta. The best one ever… In my opinion.

I do not own Inuyasha… Breaks my heart to say.

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Please enjoy this new chapter for Hidden Demon. :D

Somewhere deeper in the Western Lands, Sesshomaru was walking through the forests, doing his usual patrols of his lands. It was a tedious job; every demon knew not to mess with the Ice Lord. Unless they didn't have any regard for their own lives, then they would attack him and his lands.

An irritable sigh escaped his lips as he stopped at the border of his lands. Really one of his guards should have been doing this, but Sesshomaru had decided to do it himself… Honestly it was a bad idea on his part. But he had to get away from the annoying servants that insisted on being destructive today.

The Daiyokai could feel a vein in his forehead begin to ache at the memories of constant breakage throughout the Western Palace. They are all sincerely lucky that he didn't feel like killing… For once.

He continued the slow walk to buy time before he had to go back. He knew that he could have had this finished in no time at all, but he didn't want to get back to the even more tedious work. Who does?

With a small sigh, Sesshomaru continued to walk. He stopped when he noticed a change in the air. Suddenly, there was an onslaught of power that nearly brought him to his knees, nearly. He was able to hide the tremors that ran rampant through his bones at the pressure, thankfully.

The power felt familiar, however he couldn't pinpoint where he felt it before. He did notice the direction he felt it coming from, which made him run towards that direction.

However, as sudden as it had appeared, it had disappeared. The trail disappeared along with it, making Sesshomaru stop in his tracks. There was no way to tell where that power had come and gone now.

With a low, angered, and completely annoyed growl, Sesshomaru turned to go back the way he came so he could go back to looking over his borders.

He stopped when a chuckle was heard in a dense part of the vegetation that surrounded the noble figure. But that was all that was left. For there was no presence to sense nor were there any other sounds to distinguish. Maybe it was a trick on his ear…

With a growl, Sesshomaru turned and started making his way back the way he came. He had to finish his rounds.

Just as Sesshomaru reached the borders again, he stopped. That power… It returned and it was closer than before. He faced the direction it was coming and was shocked to see, even in the darkness, a shadow forming out.

It was moving in a trail but as it traveled to the ground, it formed what looked like a female body. The tendrils of the shadows traveled into the form to solidify it and then dissipated, leaving behind what indeed was a woman.

Inuyasha's woman, Sesshomaru noticed as his eyes narrowed. What is she doing here? And if she's here, that must mean that his brother is not far off… But there was no sense of his aura anywhere nearby.

So why is she out here?

"Woman, why are you on this Sesshomaru's lands?" Sesshomaru asked. His beast roused inside of him at the sight of the woman. He immediately pushed the beast back into his cage before he could make a fool out of him.

Kagome looked up as she heard the deep voice that made her heart spike and her brain scramble. She immediately bowed her head, making sure that Shippo stayed comfortable in her arms.

"Excuse me, Lord Sesshomaru. I did not realize that I had crossed into your lands. However, I would like permission to cross so I could get into the North," Kagome said softly, keeping her eyes lowered. She knew it was disrespectful to look at a higher up in the eyes.

Sesshomaru tilted his head. This woman was different from previous encounters when she was with his brother. She was more… Respectful and demure. However, she still seemed to have that passionate streak that intrigued him.

Sesshomaru said nothing in his musings and turned to walk away. He then noticed that the woman was not following and looked at her slightly over his shoulder. "Come."

Kagome smiled and rushed forward to follow him. She decided to keep her new weaponry hidden, not wanting to give Sesshomaru a reason to think that she wanted more than what she asked of him. She also made sure to stay behind him, since she was not given the permission to walk next to him. On any other occasion, she would have said 'screw it' and did as she pleased, but right now, she had no reason to get the demon upset with her. If she wanted her plan to work anyway.

The two walked together silently, letting the night enclose them in sounds of the wind going through the brush, small creatures of life going about their own business, and the sounds of her feet going over the vegetation on the ground.

"Where is Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru asked. Kagome blinked and looked up, snapped out of her internal musing, as he spoke. It then hit her that he was waiting for an answer when he looked at her over his shoulder.

"I do not know. Nor do I care. I have left to travel on my own," Kagome replied, looking up at the star-speckled night sky.

"Hn."

"Anything else you would like to ask, Lord Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked him, picking up her pace, only to slow down when she heard the clank of her blades that her movements caused.

"Why are you out here alone?" Sesshomaru gave out immediately. He could not help his curiousity; Inus had the dangerous streak of being curious beings…

Kagome hummed to herself as she thought of an acceptable answer. "I needed to get away. I need to be on my own for now," she finally answered after a couple moments of silence. This did not appease his need to know, but he let it go for now.

The two lasped back into the quietness of the world around them. Due to their pace, the duo was already halfway to the Northern borders of Sesshomaru's lands. He was quite surprised that she was able to keep up at all, since he was traveling faster than a human should be able to.

It was these thoughts that made it impossible for him to notice an upcoming danger, but Kagome immediately sensed it.

"Sesshomaru-sama…" Kagome started to say. She then noticed that he wasn't paying attention and the threat was getting closer. "Lord Sesshomaru," Kagome said as she put Shippo down and stopped walking.

Noticing this, he stopped and looked at her. His eyes immediately went to the sword at her hip and the hidden blade that had been released from her wrist. "Woman..." he warned as he glared.

"Sesshomaru!" Kagome yelped as the threat she was sensing finally made its appearance, in the form of a large tentacle that penetrated the daiyokai's shoulder. The pain did not immediately register in his mind, but the fact that he was losing blood quickly once the tentacle was removed did.

Pressing one hand against the gaping hole in his shoulder, he looked around for what attacked him. He then turned as another tentacle came at him from behind.

"Not this time!" Kagome hissed as her blade sliced through the scaley skin of the tentacle. A shout of pain registered in her ears as her enemy pulled back, blood spilling to the ground from the loss of the limb. Kagome's eyes were that of blue molten lava and her hair was being picked up by the energy her aura was causing.

Sesshomaru stared at the tiny human who had just stopped an attack on his person with such ease. She was holding her sword loosely, yet it was in a way that he could see fit her best. Her position allowed for a swift attack to be launched if needed. He watched as her eyes looked over the brush and lock on a specific area to the left of them.

"Naraku."

Trouble comes in all forms, but I think we can all agree that Naraku is one of the biggest pains in the ass ever!

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