You need to be playing the song Inuyasha ~Soutanshi~ while reading this chap IT WILL AGAIN PUT YOU IN THE STORY. playlist . c o m

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Kagome walked with her hands folded in front of her. When she reached the tree, the wind blew, sending the fallen cherry blossom away from the ground they had fallen on. Kagome eyes went to the grass, blood.

Her blood still stained the grass. Kagome knelt down and touched the grass with her finger tips. It was if the cherry blossoms were trying to hide it. The wind blew again and Kagome stood up, she took 2 steps and placed her hand on the tree's trunk, she closed her eyes. It was like she could feel the tree's spirit, the wind picked up again.

Kagome opened her eyes and look to her right, and there on the ground, peeking through fallen cherry blossoms was his sword. Kagome back away from the tree and knelt down by the sword.

"Did he use the sword, did I really die?" Kagome said soft to herself. Kagome reached out to take the sword,

"Miko"

Kagome gasp and looked up to see Sesshomaru standing there, the wind blowing his silver hair and thick clothing. Their eyes locked. Kagome picked up the sword and held it "You forgot it"

She then held it out for him. For some reason he didn't want to take the fang, but he did and placed it by his side. Sesshomaru turned away,

"Thank you" He heard her say,

"For what miko do you owe this Sesshomaru thanks?" He asked not looking back at her,

"For using your sword, and, and saving me"

He turned his head to her "I did not save you, I merely let you live so you could finish what you started"

Kagome could not help but to fill a little bit hurt "Well thank you anyway, for using you sword"

Sesshomaru turned his head away again,

"He didn't use the sword" Both Sesshomaru and Kagome turned and looked up at a near by tree. Inuyasha was sitting on a branch, watching, his voice calm but dark. "He didn't use the sword, the sword would not work"

Kagome looked back at Sesshomaru, he had his eyes on his brother.

"It matters not, your miko is alive half breed" He again turned around. Inuyasha jumped down but did not come closer, "No, why don't you tell her Sesshomaru, tell her how you saved her, shes not mine anymore is she!" Inuyasha yelled the last part.

Kagome didn't remeber belonging to either of them,

"You were the one who chose to leave her, though it matters not to this Sesshomaru" Sesshomaru began to walk away. Kagome looked back and forth at both brothers. Inuyasha had his eyes pinned on his older brother. Kagome turned back to see Sesshomaru vanish into the forest. She felt the need, she followed him.

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"Sesshomaru!" She called as she ran to him, he again stopped,

"How did you save me?" She was standing right behind him, he turned around and looked at her. She just wanted to know. Sesshomaru reached out and moved her hair back, he then rubbed his thumb on her neck "Though this mark bares meaning, it bares no meaning to us"

His eyes went to hers, his hand left her neck and he watched as she placed her hand where his had been. She felt it, the mark. Her eyes got wide and that's when he turned away from her.

"You, you marked me" She said in a almost whisper, then what he has just said hit her. Though he marked her, its meaning and title had no meaning. She was by means his mate, yet not. Not to him anyway. Thought what she did not know was it was not by his wanting or not wanting that he said that. He had said what he said for her. He knew she loved his younger brother. It was not the idea that she was human that caused him to say what he did, it was just realistic thing to say. They had no connection other then meeting here and there and fighting Naraku, so why would he hold her to it. He had saved her on his own will.

He closed his eyes and thought for a moment before opening them back up, he began to walk away. "Go to your half breed"

She had so many questions to ask, and she now found silent tears running down her cheeks.

"What happened!" She yelled "What happen that made you-" She didn't finish and once again the demon Lord stopped and turned his head to her. His eyes were a bit wide, she cried. It was not what he thought though. It was not cause he marked her that she cried, it was because in Kagome's eyes he had giving up his power to mate, to love, as if had any care to love. But he didn't not know that.

"Perhaps you should ask the half breed" He said not knowing what else to say

Kagome went to her knees "Why cant anyone tell me" She whispered as her face was held by her hands.

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Sesshomaru left at that moment, he could not stay any longer.

Kagome found herself walking back to the tree, tears still falling down her face, Inuyasha was not there anymore. Kagome placed her hands on the tree's trunk "What happened, why cant anyone tell me"

The tree's branches sagged with the hash wind, and it look as if the cherry blossom tree was trying to hug the miko.

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NEXT CHAP will have flash backs!