An Unexpected Love. by Yvette

Chapter 1: Betrayal and a new friend.

Kagome ran through the dense forest wanting to forget. 'How could you be so stupid, Kagome' she cursed herself. Rain started to come down, matching the tears on her cheeks. An evening of arguing, through chance and luck, ended up in a night of love making, after that day, she walked through a dreamworld, thinking she was a lucky girl, a stupid girl is more like it, a week later, that night, she finds her love in the arms of the woman she hated most. 'Inuyasha, how could you,' she thought, she kept on running, unsure Inuyasha was even chasing her. The forest became more dense, grabbing at her clothes and making her unable to see the cliff ahead, she tried to stop, but it was too late, she slid down the muddy slope hitting random rocks scattered throughout the terrain. The last rock hit her on the back of her head and she sloshed in to the deepening creek at the bottom, "Inuyasha," she muttered and passed out.

"Sesshomaru-sama, Rin is thirsty!" the little girl whined. Sesshomaru sighed mentally and sat down underneath a tree, "Jakken," he called, the toad-like youkai toddled over to his master, "Aye, Sesshomaru-sama?" he asked meekly. "Take Rin to get some water, and don't try anything stupid," he held a glowing claw to Jakken's face, aware of Jakken's constant efforts to rid them of Rin, Jakken shook and nodded, "Aye me lord," he stammered and took off, Rin following obediently.

"Why in the hell does he bother to keep a useless child around?" Jakken murmured. Rin smiled, "Ah, water!" she squealed and ran to the river. Rin sighed as the cool liquid ran down her throat, "Hehe Yummy," she giggled, just then, something caught her eye, someone was hanging over a rock in the river, Rin rolled up her kimono and waded towards the thing, "Hello?" she called cautiously. After a few moments, she called again, this time walking closer, "Hello?" she waded even closer, by now, she was right behind it, it was a woman, she was wearing a funny looking outfit, Rin gasped, "This is that Kagome-san that worked with Sesshomaru-sama's hanyou brother," she retreated back to the bank, "SESSHOMARU-SAMA!!!" she yelled loudly.

Sesshomaru, who was deep in thought, heard Rin's call, within a flash, he was by her side, she pulled on his sleeve, "Sesshomaru-sama, it is that Kagome-san that is with I-I-Inuyasha, yes that is it!" she exclaimed. Sesshomaru looked at the unconcious girl, she was alive...and with child, 'great, another Inuyasha to have to kill,' Sesshomaru thought, 'but where is my idiot brother, surely in this state, Inuyasha would not leave her with his stupid human emotions in the way.' He sniffed around, there was no sign of Inuyasha, anywhere, 'peculiar,' Sesshomaru thought, "Let's go," he said,

Rin panicked, "Are we gonna leave the pretty lady," she asked, Sesshomaru nodded, "Yes," he said, he then looked at Rin, tears were streaming down her face, she began bawling. Sesshomaru jumped back, slightly supprised, "SESSHOMARU-SAMA, WE CAN'T LEAVE PRETTY LADY, RIN REMEMBERS LADY TOOK CARE OF RIN, PLEASE,PLEASE PLEASE!' Rin's bawling annoyed Sesshomaru to no end, "All right, we will take the girl," He figured he could use this if (AND THIS WAS A BIG "IF") he ever needed anything from Inuyasha, and he also remembered this Kagome girl took care of Rin. He floated over the water to the semi-dead woman and picked her up. He noticed a large gash on her side, arm, and knee. 'Humans are so delicate, it's pathetic,' he thought to himself, he also couldn't help but notice her nipples showing through the wet shirt, he found himself resisting the urge to suck on them, 'Damn, Sesshomaru, do NOT be like your father, humans are a weakness,' he looked away. "Come, we are going back to the palace," he said, Rin stopped crying and followed him happily.

Inuyasha smelled the air, looking for Kagome, 'Where is she,' he thought.

Flashback...

Inuyasha stood in a clearing, in back of him, Kikyo, in front, Kagome. "Whats this all about Inuyasha?" Kagome asked confused, Inuyasha looked down, "Kagome...it's done between us," he said quietly, Kagome stood in disbelief, "What-what do you mean?" was all she could ask, Kikyo placed her hand on his shoulder and nodded, "I mean, I've chosen Kikyo, I'm sorry, but I think it best if you gave me the shards and left, please don't make this harder on me," he said coldly. Tears threatened her eyes, "But what about last week, that mean-" he cut her off, "If I could, I would take that night back, for the both of us, it was a big mistake, please just forget it ever happened and go back to that hobo guy or something," he walked to her with his hand held out, "Now please, Kagome, give me the shards," he asked, anger swelled up within her heart, "Why Inuyasha, fine...OSUWARI!" she yelled and sped off. Inuyasha lay within a 10ft deep hole, by the time he regained mobility, she disapeared, not even her scent lingered.

End Flashback...

Jakken opened the door to let his master in. "Nushina, Kazoto!" he barked, waiting for his greeters, no one answered, the entrance was dark and no servants were around. 'Oh yes, I sent them away for the week,' Sesshomaru remembered, they were going to see an old aquaintance, but the plans were changed. Sesshomaru walked up the stairs to a room on the far end of the north side, the walls were blank and made of stone, in the center was a counterish table, he laid her down, "She is soaking wet... Rin, find something for her to wear, Jakken, dress her wounds," Sesshomaru ordered, the two nodded and left, Sesshomaru sat on a nearby chair and waited, the room was hot, so he pulled off his armor and tensaiga, he looked at Kagome, her wounds were no longer bleeding, but she was still a mess; her shirt was covered in streaks of blood, most washed away in the current, her skirt was almost comletely ripped away revealing pink underwear, mud was smeared across her face and legs, and her hair was a tangled mess.

Sesshomaru stared, 'It's not like I care, but what happened, I thought that fool hanyou was protective of her, and yet, she was floating, barely hanging on to some rocks in the creek, he probably tried to rid himself of her,' he concluded. Just then, Rin walked in with a navy blue maids outfit (Kinda looks like the outfit Sango wears), "Rin found clothing for Kagome-san to wear!" she smiled happily, Jakken walked in after her, carrying some ointment herbs and bandages, they laid them down beside Kagome.

Rin turned around and pushed Sesshomaru up from his chair, "Get out, Sesshomaru-sama is a man and Kagome is a woman, it is not right to look," she said and continued pushing him out. Before he could say anything, she had the door slammed shut, "What do I care," Sesshomaru tried to sound cold but ended up sounding like Inuyasha.

It had only been a few minutes when Jakken shouted, "Sesshomaru-sama!" He ripped through the doors to see what was wrong, Kagome stood naked in a corner, she held the tensaiga in front of her, "W-who are you, where am l?" she asked shakily, Sesshomaru walked towards her, "S-stay back!" she said, Sesshomaru kept on advancing, grabbed the blade of the tensaiga and pulled it from her, he put his face close to hers, "What is your name?" he asked cooly. Her eyes went wide, "I- don't remember...Inuyasha?" she asked herself, Rin looked at her, "No silly you are Kagome," she said. "K-kagome," she repeated, the name seemed familiar, yes, that was her name, Kagome. "And you are?" she more demanded than asked, "I am the lord of the western lands, Sesshomaru," he stated. Kagome looked down, "S-sesshomaru-sama," no, no that wasn't right, for some reason she wasn't used to calling him that, "Sesshomaru," she stated simply. He looked at her somewhat puzzled, 'She does not remember and yet she still does not fear me,' he pondered. Rin gasped and ran to Kagome with the dress, "That is enough, Sesshomaru-sama onegi, leave the room," she gave Kagome the dress and began pushing Sesshomaru back out the door.

Inuyasha wavered; he had not eaten or slept since Kagome disappeared. Miroku and Sango walked up behind him, "Come on Inuyasha, you need to eat, we will find Kagome tomorrow," Miroku said, Inuyasha shook his head, "No, I won't rest until I find her, we need to get the shards before someone else does, remember, Naraku is gone but there are still countless youkai who will kill for a shard," he grumbled (Miroku and Sango knew what happened between them, but their anger subsided for the moment). Sango walked up to him and gave him a cup of ramen, he sighed and ate it (MORE LIKE INHALED IT), she held back the urge to kill Inuyasha, "I know you merely want the shards, but we want to find Kagome and make sure she is safe" she said slowly. Inuyasha nodded, "Look, we will find her after you've rested, but first," Sango grabbed his hair and pulled out a scrubber brush, "you stink, I'm getting dizzy from your fumes, ikko," and they went hair in hand to a nearby river.

Sesshomaru sat by the entrance, 'Why am I even sitting here, and more importantly, what am I going to do with the girl, I will not have another Inuyasha roaming the forest' he asked himself, just then Rin bursted out of the door, "Don't go in Sesshomaru-sama, Rin needs to get a sash for Kagome-san," she said and skipped out to her room, Jakken went after her. Sesshomaru stood up and walked to his room, 'Why am I bothering myself with more humans, especially females, with their moodyness, emotions, and worse of all, cycles.'

"Sesshomaru," he heard a voice and turned to see Kagome standing in the doorway, he nodded a 'what' kind of nod, she looked down, "You- you seem to know bit about me, so...can we talk later?" she was blushing now, Sesshomaru turned and continued walking, "Hey, answer me!" Kagome said, sounding much like her old self, she covered her mouth, "I-I don't know what came over me," she said through her hands. Sesshomaru did not turn, "Very well, come to my chambers for dinner," he said, and was gone.

It was dark, Kagome stood outside the master chamber (Rin showed her where it was), she lightly touched the beautiful oak doors, 'All right,' she took a deep breath and raised her hand to knock, "Come in," he said without her even knocking, she walked in. Sesshomaru sat by a table in his room drinking nihonshu, "Sit," he said, gesturing the mat he was on. Sit, why did that seem so farmiliar,' she thought. She stepped silently over to the tatanami mat. God she is beautiful,' Sesshomaru shook the thought away, 'You are becoming too soft,' he scolded himself, but it was true, she wore the blue dress loosely around her body (mainly because of the gashes), giving Sesshomaru a sneak peak at a few things, she wore her hair down with a light blue flower tucked behind her ear, her scent was wonderful, soft snd loving with a hint of jasmine.

"So," he snapped out of his gaze, "What can you tell me?" she asked. He poured some nihonshu and gave it to her, (remember, it is the feudal era, so they don't know the risks of drinking while pregnant, plus, Kagome doesnt know, yet) "Well, what do you wish to know," he asked. She winced as the drink burned her throat, "Ahem, well, anything you can tell me," she said. Sesshomaru shifted, he realized that he didn't know too much about her, just then, Rin and Jakken came into the room carrying trays of food, "The servants will be here tomorrow, Sesshomaru-sama," Jakken said gleefully, Rin set a tray of Oyakodon, Gomaae, and Mochi, "Rin made this all by herself!" she bragged.

Jakken turned to Rin, "Let us go, hurry up child," he scolded, Sessomaru held out his hand, "Wait, Rin sit down, Jakken, leave us," he said. Jakken frowned, but turned and left. Kagome cleared her throat, "Yes, well, can you answer me these, how old am I, where am I, and how do I know you?" she asked, somewhat meekly, Sesshomaru swallowed, he looked at Rin slightly (EVER SO SLIGHTLY) pleadingly. As if she read his mind, she looked at Kagome, "Kagome is 18, is in Sesshomaru's castle in western lands, and Kagome doesn't remember but Kagome is Rin's adopted Okaa-san," she stood up quickly and left, Sesshomaru looked as the girl left, 'Why that little...wait, Okaa-san? Does she want...' he smiled, but quickly wiped the smile away, "The girl-" he stopped,

Kagome was looking down at the floor, blushing, "Is there something interesting about my floor?" he asked teacher-ishly, he hated when people had something to say but didn't want to, she blushed even deeper, "I...um...we...that is to say...we aren't...together...are we?" she said barely audibly, Sesshomaru took another sip of his nihonshu, "Of course not, do you really believe that I, the great western lord would sink that low by laying with a pathetic ningen?" he asked coldly, "Besides you are obviously the wench of my idiot hanyou brother Inuyasha," "Inuyasha.."

Kagome's eyes went lifeless as her memories came flooding back. She knocked her glass off the table, "I am not his whore," she growled

Sesshomaru looked at the broken glass and scoffed, "Ah you remember, well tell me, if you are not his whore, then why are you with his child?" he was surprised by the jealousy in the question. Kagome looked at him, "H-his child?" she stammered, 'I am pregnant with Inuyasha's baby, great, first I lose him, now I have to raise his child... alone,' tears brimmed her eyes, "Are-are you sure?" she whispered. Sesshomaru nodded, "Not that it matters, but why are you not with him?" he asked, Kagome sighed and told him about what happened.

When she finished, she stared him in the eye, "Please, allow me to stay here, I am not ready to go back, I won't be a burden," Sesshomaru leaned back and closed his eyes, "Now why would I keep a ningen like you around, you won't be much help, plus, you hold the child of my hated brother within you and it would be a burden to have another Inuya-" "Don't touch my child," she snarled, "as far as I can say, there is a good chance that this child will not know who his father is, if you permitt me to stay, I will work as a servant or maybe watch over the girl," she said. Sesshomaru looked at her, then stood, "Very well, you will be the nanny of Rin, in staying here, you will be given the room next to mine and will not recieve pay," he said, something wanted him to have her close to him. Kagome smiled to herself, 'Thank you,'

Chapter 2: the search for kagome, a new love sparks!

3 WEEKS LATER

Inuyasha stood before Kikyo, Miroku, Sango, and Kirara (they felt it best if Shippou stayed with Kaede). "Kikyo, you and I will search here and the northern lands, Miroku, you look in the eastern lands, Sango, you and Kirara take the southern lands, whoever finishes first, look in the western lands." Inuyasha ordered, they nodded and set out.

Kagome stood in the garden with Rin, the little girl fell in love with Kagome, and she wasn't the only one. Sesshomaru sat in the shadows watching the two, Kagome wore the same outfit, just as loose as before, most of her scars had healed, his head filled with ideas as he saw the slit in her skirt, form time to time, expose a little about herself. 'Maybe ningens are not so bad, seeing as how father and Inuyasha seem to like them,' he found himself thinking, 'Nay, they are a burden, only a few are useful.'

Rin came froliking to Sesshomaru, "Look, Sesshomaru-sama!" in her hand, she held a wreath of red flowers, she lifted his arm and slipped the wreath over his kimono to his shoulder, it actually looked pretty good, he nodded, "Arigato, Rin," he said with the usual monotone, Rin giggled and took off, "Rin get more!" she squealed.

Kagome walked over to them, her eyes and smile were warm, she looked to Rin, "Be careful," she said, unaware of the pothole in front of her. She fell forward, in a flash, Sesshomaru caught her in an embrace. She looked down, 'H-he caught me, no, I probably fell on him, I hope he's not pissed,' she looked up and gasped. Instead of the cold unfeeling ones, she looked in to soft, warm, honey eyes. The warmth was returned in her hazel eyes, 'he-he's not mad, he's,' without thinking, she wrapped her arms around his waist. Sesshomaru took in her scent, "So lovely..." he whispered huskily, he wanted to hold her forever. "Jakken-sama!" Rin cheered, breaking the spell, Kagome and Sesshomaru broke away from each other quickly and went to see what was going on.

Jakken lay panting under a massive yellow bag, "I...brought...your...bag...like...you...asked," he breathed. Kagome walked over to him and lifted the big bag, "Gomen ne Jakken, I forgot how big it was," she struggled as she dragged the bag the small toad, just then, she felt the bag get lighter and turned to see Sesshomaru lift it with ease, she blushed and stood up, "Eh, arigato," she said shyly.

When they got to the room, he set the bag down on the table and left. Kagome look after him, 'what was that all about, I-It felt so right being in his arms, much nicer than in Inuyasha's,' she shook her head, 'don;t think about that baka.

When Sesshomaru retuned, the room was filled with junk. 'What the?' he asked himself. Rin emerged from the rubble, "AH Sesshomaru-sama, look what Kagome-san gave Rin!" she squealed, in her arms she carefully held a blue porcelain music box, "Did you thank her, Rin?" he asked. She nodded and ran to her room hugging the precious parcel. Sesshomaru walked in and carefully stepped over the objects lying on the ground, Jakken popped up from the stuff, "Kagome-san, I think I found it!" he exclaimed, he hels a crystal bottle with blue liquid in his hands. Kagome looked up from the now empty bag

"Ah Sesshomaru I didn't hear you come in, yes Jakken, that is the one," she said. Jakken opened that bottle and smelled it, "Ah, heavenly," he exclaimed, Sesshomaru gave him a hard look, he jumped, "Ah, ah yes arigato Kagome-san," he said and left the room. Sesshomaru surveyed the items, a lot of the stuff there he had never seen before in his life, funny looking clothes were lain on the bed, things with titles like, 'Math, Doritoes, and Kotex' were cast aside most likely of unimportance. Something caught his eye, a glimmering line of beads poked put through some items, he reched down and grabbed the necklace, it looked like the one his hanyou brother wore, "Kagome, what is this?' he asked as he put the necklace on, Kagome looked up, "Oh no, don't put it on," she said, but it was too late.

He gave her a surprised look, "Why not?" he asked, she looked at him evily," You really wanna know, heehee, osuwari," she said, Sesshomaru was pulled by the neck and smashed into the ground, he stood up and tried to pull the thing off, "What the hell is this thing?" but the necklace shone bright purple and stayed put. She laughed, "Oy, Gomen ne, Sesshomaru," she walked over to him and pulled the necklace off, he grabbed her arms and looked lustfully at her, she stood still and stared back, 'Those eyes...are so...' "Beautiful," she whispered, she coughed and stood back, "I um ...ah yes I have something for you," she lied, but if she watched those eyes anylonger, she would lose control. He watched as she disapeared into the mountain of items and resurface with something in her arms, "My brother used to be into astrology, but quickly gave up on it, I hope you like it," she handed him a sleek, black tube with a smaller tube on top of it , "It's called a telescope, you look in one end and it makes objects seem bigger than they look," she explained. He nodded, "Thank you," he murmured. A servant walked into the room, "Ah um, Sesshomaru-sama, Kagome-san, dinner is served," he said meekly, Kagome and Sesshomaru nodded and the servant left, she turned to him, "Ah yes well, I found a nice dress so..." he nodded again and left.

ONE WEEK LATER...

Sango and Miroku met up, "Did you find her?" Miroku asked, Sango shook her head, "Not height nor hair," she said sadly, "Miroku," she said, "I'm starting to really worry, what if something happened to her," she asked, Miroku pulled her close, "I'm sure she is fine, for all we know, Inuyasha could have found her," Sango winced and held on to him closer, "I'm starting not to trust Inuyasha, he has become more selfish and arrogant," she said. Miroku nodded, "Well, I think it is because he still loves her but wants to be with Kikyo and the confusion is too much for him, scince they are not back, why don't we set out towards the western lands," Sango smiled , "Arigato, Miroku," she said. They told Kaede about what they knew, "I wanna go, please," Shippo begged them, they sighed and nodded. After a few minutes, they set out again.

After dinner, Kagome walked to the western balcony, thoughts of Sesshomaru filled her head. After the little backpack encounter, they had actually become more and more close, she loved talking to him and just being around him made her feel happy, like a friend, she winced 'I hope the others are ok without me,' she prayed, this was the only place she could stay since Inuyasha was with Kikyo now and her family moved to France, 'Miroku, Sango, Shippo,' she clutched her arms, missing the little kitsune, 'Are you guys even looking for me?' Doubt washed over her, 'Probably not, its been four weeks and she hasnt seen them anywhere, oh guys where are you, I miss you so much,' she looked down at the shards, 'Naraku is gone but now it seems like all we ever do now is fight over the shards like animals, I wish I never came across the damned thing,' tears poured down her cheeks, "Kagome..." she turned to see Sesshomaru standing close behind her, he reached up a clawed hand and brushed a tear away, "what is wrong?' he asked, she was drawn in to his eyes,

'Sesshomaru...' she sobbed and fell into his arms, "It-its just, my family is gone and I do not wanna see Inuyasha, I feel like everyone has left me, I feel so alone," Sesshomaru brought her face up, "But you aren't alone," he brought her face up to his and kissed her gently.

Kagome's head was spinning and she totally forgot her worries, this man, this man who is kissing her, filling the lonely void within her heart, 'Is this actually happening? Am I actually kissing the cold-hearted killer, the man who tried to rid the world of me and the others? ...yes yes I am,' she kissed him back, it was real, more real that that night with

Inuyasha...

FLASHBACK

Kagome was sitting on the side of the well looking up at the sky, suddenly, she heard a twig snap and turned to see Inuyasha walking towards her, "Watcha doing Kagome?' he asked. She shrugged, "Just looking at the stars, aren't they beautiful?" she asked. Inuyasha looked up, "Heh, yeah they are," he walked over and sat down next to her, after a long time he cleared his throat, "Kagome, do you want to be with me forever?" he asked, Kagome blushed, "Of-of course I do, I always want to stay by your side," she confessed, he smiled and grabbed her hand, "You-you speak the truth?" he asked. She smiled and kissed him, "Of course I do," she kissed him again...

(ALL RIGHT PEOPLE YOU CAN GUESS THE REST >:) )

END FLASHBACK

Kagome slowly placed her arms around Sesshomaru's neck, 'forget about him, he lied to you and hurt you, look onto now' she told her self. Sesshomaru was disbelief, 'She is kissing me back, after all the time I knew her, after all the times I tried to kill her and her friends, she is kissing me back,' his long supressed feelings finally surfacing, he couldn't fight it anymore, he wanted to be with this little ningen forever, he unwillingly broke away fully aware of the disapointment in Kagomes eyes, he held her close, "Please, will you meet me in my chambers tonight?' he asked, Kagome smiled and nodded, "Yes," she whispered, he traced a deadly claw across her cheek and kissed her again, "Tonight then," he murmured and with a swish if his cloak, was gone.

"Where are they?" Inuyasha growled, they came back to see a missing Miroku, Sango, and Shippo, Kikyo walked up to him, "Calm down, Inuyasha, let us go to my sister to see if she knows the wherabouts of your friends," she said. Inuyasha sighed and pulled Kikyo close, "Yes you're right," he smiled and reached down to kiss her,

"Inuyasha, Kikyo," Kaede's sharp voice cut the air, they turned to see the old woman who ruined their moment together, "It seems ye are not as serious as ye seem about finding Kagome," she said semi-angrily.

They walked back to Kaede's hut, she sat down, "The three of them left earlier today to search the western lands," she said when they settled down, Inuyasha sat close to each other, "Well then, she has to be there seeing as we didn't find her anywhere else," he said, Kaede looked thoughtful for a moment, "Demo, Inuyasha" she said, "did ye check her era yet?" she asked, Inuyasha nodded, then gasped, "Wait, oh crap, her family had moved somewhere, some place called Frenk, Frins, France yes France, she could be there!" he gasped, he then jumped up and out of the hut to the well, Kikyo stood up and followed, "uh Kikyo," Kaede called. Kikyo turned to her little sister, "Only Kagome and Inuyasha are allowed through the well," she stated, Kikyo nodded, "I know of the circumstances of traveling through the well, but has Inuyasha ever gone through the well when this Kagome is not with him or on the other side?" she asked

Kagome stood before the oak doors as she did the first day she was there. She brushed out the folds in her dress, opened the door and walked in. The room was big, in the center Sesshomaru's large silk futon lay, on one wall stood a large bookcase full of books, scrolls and at the top, was the telescope she gave him, on the opposite wall, random weapons hung, shined and untouched.

"They are made from the skulls of powerful youkai," she turned to see Sesshomaru's dark form sitting in the railing of his balcony looking at the sky, he held out his hand, which she took and pulled her into a soft embrace. They stood holding each other for a minute, finally, he broke the silence, "Kagome, do you want to be with me as I want to be with you?" he asked. The question sent Kagome back to that fateful night, 'Would he tell me the same and be like Inuyasha?' she wondered, 'No, no, somehow it sounded different from the way Inuyasha had asked her, not because it was Sesshomaru or because it was worded different, it-it sounded true and sincere,' she looked up at him,

"You really mean that, you really want me to be with you like...like your mate?" she asked, he nodded, "Yes, not too long ago, I realized that I can't stop thinking about you, in the short time I got to know you, you have become a sort of addiction," he breathed, for the first time in his entire life, Sesshomaru was able to tell somone how he felt without fear of regret or untrust, she stepped back and looked down, "W-will you do two things in return?" she asked. He grabbed her hands, "Anything," he stated, he would gladly go to the bottom of the seven hells to make her happy, she looked in to his eyes, "Will you allow me to keep my child and allow me to complete a mission I haven't completed?" He was silent for a moment, 'oh great, what if he says no, I couldn't stand to have to get rid of it,' fear clutched at her heart, which he could easily sense, 'She really wants this baby, even though it belongs to the man who betrayed her, well if she really wants it,' he looked at her, "I will happily allow you to keep this child if you say 'yes'," joy and excitement filled her soul. She jumped into his arms, "Oh yes, yes I want to be with you forever, oh Sesshomaru, thank you, thank you so much!" Tears ran down her face as she showered him with kisses, finishing with a long deep kiss.

He swept her up in his arms, "You know what I have to do, right," he asked carefully. She nodded and pulled back her soft black hair. He bent down and ran his lips over her skin to the base of her neck and bit down into her soft flesh, she winced and a whimper escaped her lips as blood ran down her collar bone. He pulled back and buried his face in her hair, "I'm sorry, but it'll only hurt for while," he comforted, she nodded already feeling the pain subside. Sesshomaru took Kagome inside and laid her down on the futon.

chapter 3: old friends, reunited.

Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara stood before the gate. "Well this is the last place, I hope she's here," Sango said, she raised her hand but Miroku stopped her, "Wait, I feel a farmiliar presence here, is this not the castle of Inuyasha's youkai brother?" he asked, Sango gasped, "You're right," she answered, Miroku nodded, "All the more reason to be careful, Shippo, you stay her with Kirara, we are simply going to ask if he has seen Kagome and be on our way," Miroku said, the kitsune pouted, but nodded and sat near a now small Kirara.

They knocked on the door, after about 30 minutes of knocking, they saw a small door open and a big yellow eye look at them, "What do you want?" he asked, it was Jakken, "Miroku cleared his throat, "Ah yes, we wish to speak to the lord of this castle," he stated, Jakken scoffed, "Lord Sesshomaru does not want to be disturbed, now leave before-" he was cut off by Sango, "Onegi, we just want to know if he has seen a friend of ours, a girl by the name of Kagome," "Ah," he said, forgeting about the gift she gave him, if there was a way to get rid him of the pesky ningen, he would not hesitate.

(WHY IT TOOK JAKKEN HALF AN HOUR)

A knock rang through the halls of Sesshomaru's castle, though it didn't wake him. He hadn't slept that night, half of the night had been spen with Kagome and the other half he spent thinking about what Kagome told him when they were done...

YES I KNOW: ANOTHER FLASHBACK...

They lay together, a sweaty pile of entwined limbs, they decided four times was enough for that night and settled down to rest. Sesshomaru pulled her closer, allowing his long silver hair to cover them both, "Kagome," he murmured, she looked at him eyes half drawn, tired for obvious reasons, "what was this mission you needed to complete?" he asked, she yawned a small yawn and stretched.

"Oh yes well," she reched over the futon and pulled back a small glass of shining pink shards, "These are the shards of a jem called the Shikkon no Tama, I was the keeper of the jewel, the jewel, however is not an ordinary jewel, you see. The jewel has the power to grant any wish whished upon it and so it was sought after by many youkai, even Inuyasha which was how I came to know him. One day a bird had swollowed the jewel and in a moment of devistation, I shot the bird with an arrow, the arrow hit the bird, but also hit the jewel, shattering it, for 3 years, we fought all kinds of youkai and semi-ended the battle if the jewel with a hanyou named Naraku," she explained. Sesshomaru raised and eye brow, "Semi?" he asked, she continued, "Well, he had the jewel almost completed and during the final battle, I re-broke the jewel," she blushed and smiled sheepishly, "well, we finally defeated Naraku, but had to set out again to retreive the shards. The thing is, lately, everyone has become greedy with their own ambitions and look like animals fighting over it, I wanna get it so I can wish it to never return again, please help me," she yawned and fell asleep in his arms.

END YET ANOTHER FLASHBACK...

Sesshomaru rested on his side looking down at the sleeping girl beside him, she snuggled close to him, her body heat mixing with his. Just then, he heard a knock on his door, pulled the rope by the futon. Sheer white cutains shrouded the bed as Jakken entered, "What is it Jakken?" he demanded. The youkai squinted at the curtains, unable to see his master, "Eh, oh yes, there is a group of people outside the gate me lord, what should I do with them?" he asked. Sesshomaru closed his eyes, all he could sense was two humans and two youkai, none of which posed a threat, he reopened his eyes, "They are probably just beggars, send them off, if they refuse, kill them, I do not wish to speak with anyone," Jakken bowed, "Yes me lord, " he said and left.

(THAT IS WHY IT TOOK JAKKEN 30 MIN, BACK TO THE STORY)

Jakken led the the two down the halls to Kagome's room, he was shocked when he did not find her there, "I guess she is awake, she is probably with Rin," he said and led them down another path. Sango's heart skipped an beat, 'She's here, thank god we have found her,' a tear escaped her eye.

They walked down a brightly lit corridor to a mahogany door with small children happily playing carved on it, he slowly pushed the door open, on a small light blue futon, Rin lay clutching a doll, she smiled and turned on her side murmuring something. Jakken looked around, "I guess she is not here either, I will have to confront Sesshomaru-sama about this," he said and turned back to the direction of Kagome's room.

Sango's heart sank, 'what if she ran away, no, we've come too far,' she walked close to Miroku as they passed Kagome's room and to some large dark green doors. Jakken knocked on the door with his staff, "What now, Jakken," they heard a cold voice ask, Jakken pulled at the collar of his outfit, "There is a couple seeking Kagome, but, I cannot find her anywhere," he said shakily.

After 5 minutes, the door opened, revealing Sesshomaru, he wore only his white pants and kimono untied, revealing his bare chest, he kicked the toad and looked at him meanly, "I told you I did not want to be disturbed," he snapped. The toad bowed before him, "Gomen ne, demo," he looked at the two, "They wanted to see Kagome, but we could not find her," he explained. Sesshomaru looked at them, "Aren't you that monk and youkai slayer that work with my brother?" he asked, they nodded, he sniffed around, "Is he with you?" he asked, "No, it is just Sango and myself," Miroku said, Sesshomaru looked at them for a long time, he then held out his hand, "Monk, give me your cloak," he ordered, Miroku blinked stupidly at him for a moment, but gave him his cloak, he took the cloak and went back inside his room, "Be right back," he called over his shoulder.

Sesshomaru grumbled. 'I was hoping to allow Kagome to sleep in but I guess not,' he walked over to the futon, kissed Kagome, and gently shook her, "Kagome, wake up," he whispered, she stirred and looked up at him, smiling, she blinked her eyes, "What is it?" she asked groggily, he slipped a hand under her back and sat her up, "here cover yourself with this, I have a surprise for you," he handed her the purple cloak and helped her up, she draped it around her shoulders and stepped off the futon.

Miroku and Sango looked stupidly at the door, "What do you think he wanted with your cloak?" Sango asked. Miroku shrugged, "Don't know, but I better get it back in mint condition," he complained. Just then, the door opened and they gasped, Kagome stood in the doorway, the purple cloak was wrapped around her body and she had her arm around Sesshomaru's waist, as soon as she saw them, her face lit up, "Miroku, Sango!" she exclaimed as she ran to them. She hugged them tighly, "Oh man I missed you guys so MUCH, I-whats wrong?" she asked. Instead of hugging her back, they stood in shock,

"You...and...Sesshomaru...are..." they snapped out of it, "Ah yes Kagome!" they finally returned the hug. Kagome looked down, "Ah yes, well, give me a few minutes to get ready, Sesshomaru, who went back inside his room, emerged with a tattered peice of cloth. He handed it to Jakken, "See if you can have this mended," Jakken nodded and left. Miroku snickered and Kagome and Sango blushed, fully aware of the reasons for the tatterd dress.

After Kagome dressed, they set out to one of her favorite gardens. Sesshomaru was with them, but left to do something, leaving Kagome to talk to her old friends. "Kagome, I missed you so much!" Shippo cried, Kagome squeezed the child in a tight embrace, "I missed you as well," she said, Shippo looked up at her, "When are you coming back?" he asked hopefully, Kagome smiled, "Don't know," she shrugged, Shippo looked at her sadly, "Hey, you remember Jakken, right, well tell him I said to show you to Rin's room, she is a little girl, and has no one to play with, think you can handle it?" she winked, Shippo's face lit up, "Uh huh!" he said, in a flash, he was gone.

Kagome looked in the direction the kitsune ran, "So," Miroku said, bringing her back, "what's with you and Sesshomaru?" he asked pervertidly, Sango looked at him, "Though I would reprhase it, I also would like to know," she said, Kagome smiled, "Lets just say, he and I have become really close in the past four weeks," she stated, "And how is Inuyasha?" she asked. Sango and Miroku sighed heavily, "still arrogant, pushy, and irritable as ever, the only thing keeping him busy is shard collecting and Kik-" she cut off her words. Kagome shrugged, "It's ok, I'm over him, I still love him terribly, but its obvious he chose Kikyo, but anyways, how goes the shard collecting?" Sango shifted in her seat, "Meh, not so good, it turns out Kikyo couldn't detect a shard if it was right in front of her, so far we've only found 2 shards," Miroku leaned closer, "so, how close are you with Sesshomaru?" he asked, Kagome looked at him angrily, "What does it matter?" she asked

Miroku looked at her innocently, "I just want to know," he muttered. Kagome sighed and lifted up her hair revealing his claim mark on her neck, Sango gasped, Miroku winced and gave a 'sorry i asked' look, "You and he are...but why, how-how in such a short time did you get that far with Sesshomaru, when it took you 3 years to get that far with Inuyasha?" she asked, Kagome looked to Sesshomaru's window, "This is going to sound so corny, but, when you really get to know the two, you see how different they are, it took me so long with Inuyasha because we really never had any feelings other than friendship, not to mention the fact that Kikyo always held us back," she said, "Guys, when you get back, please don't tell Inuyasha you saw me, I will see him again eventually, but until then, you never saw me, ok?" asked softly. They both agreed and continued talking.

The sun was setting and the monk and slayer found themselves struggling to pry a bawling kitsune from Kagome's arms, "NO, KAGOME, COME WITH US , I WANT TO BE WITH YOU!" he cried. She pulled her face close to his and whispered, "Calm down, Shippo, now look at me, smell me carefully," Shippo nodded and sniffer her shirt, after a few moments, he satred at her in disbelief, "Kagome your, your..." she placed a finger in his lips, "Its out little secret, ok so don't tell Inuaysha," he smiled and walked towards the two, "Our little secret!" he called over his shoulder, Sango walked over and looked at Kagome(they had a bath to wash off Kagome's scent, so they couldn't hug), "Remember, don't tell him alright, I'll miss you guys," Kagome said

Miroku walked up behind Sango and stared at Kagome, "If you'll have us, we'll try to visit again soon," he smiled, Kagome nodded, "Sure, I hope to see you guys again, please, take care of Shippo for me," she asked.

She waved a goodbye to her friends as they disapeared in to the evening sky on Kirara's back. A feeling of loneliness crept up her heart, she shook it away, 'You'll see them again soon, goodbye, my friends,' with that she turned and walked back in to the castle. When she got to her room, she gasped, the walls were bare and her belongings were gone, 'What the?' she wondered, a voice made her jump, "Calm down, you things have been moved to my chambers," she turned to see Sesshomaru right behind her, he slipped his arms around her and pulled her close, she smiled up at him, "O.k. I just thought for a minute that you-" he kissed her, stopping her from completing the sentence, "Now that I have you, I always want you near," he murmured, she placed her arms around his waist, 'A little possesive, but I know what he means,' she thought to herself.

chapter 4: the search for shards, the rat race begins!

The next day she woke up to see him dressing in his usual garments, a determined look on his face, she sat up and stretched, her chest bare. He smiled at her, "Nice view," he said, she blushed and pulled the covers up (not that it makes a difference), "Where are you going?" she asked, he tied the yellow sash around his waist, "Correction, where are we going," he tied the sash and looked up, "You said you wanted to find the shards right, well, lets go," he walked over to his desk, got a pile of clothes, and handed them to her, she looked down and smiled, her uniform was mended up like new, "Arigato," she said and began to get dressed.

ONE WEEK LATER<--this is getting tire some, but a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do ;p

Inuyasha looked to the west, Kikyo dressing his wounds. After about 5 minutes, Miroku and the others appeared, Inuyasha's heart sank, "Damn, they didn't find her," he muttered. Miroku walked up to Inuyasha, "So, how was...what the hell happened to you?" he asked, pointing at the Inuyasha's bandaged head, Kikyo sighed, "He went to see if the girl was at her own time and jumped head-first in to the well, I'm guessing the well does not work with out the girl with him or on the other side," she finished.

Sango tried to control her temper, "I would appreciate it if you didn't refer to Kagome as 'the girl'," she said through gritted teeth, in actuallity, she despised Kikyo, not only was she as arrogant as Inuyasha, she was stubborn and talked down at them like she was better than them, Kikyo shrugged, "It matters not what I call the little wench," she gave Sango a small, evil smile.

Before she could say anything, Inuyasha interupted, "Did you find anyhthing, anything at all?" he asked, Miroku looked down and sighed, 'ok, you can do this,' "No nothing, not even Sesshomaru knew anything about her," he lied, fortunately, Inuyasha bought it, "Where the hell can she be?" he asked.

Kikyo shrugged, "The poor girl was probably devoured by a youkai or something, well at least the shards will still be intact," Inuyasha nodded, surprising the group, Sango clenched her fist, but smiled within herself, 'Shows what you know, little miko, damn you Inuyasha, how could you possibly think Kagome is dead,' she took a deep breath and exhaled, "Well theres no sense looking for her anymore, lets go look for the rest of the shards," they all agreed and set out again.

Kagome looked at the slightly more than half completed jewel, in the one week they had been searching, they had made good time finding the shards. After searching, they settled down for the night, Kagome settled down between Sesshomaru's legs and sighed, she looked at her slightly larger stomach, "Sesshomaru," she said, Sesshomaru nodded, "what do you think we are going to have, boy or girl?" she asked, he placed a hand gently on her tummy and smiled to himself, "Yes, we are definately going to have a boy," he mumbled, she smiled, 'a boy...' she snuggled closer to him and drifted off to sleep.

YES I KNOW THIS IS BORING, BUT IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER WEEK >:P

Inuyasha grumbled at the 4 shards they managed to get, it seemed like the more the days went on, the fewer shards there were, "We need to get more serious about finging the jewels," he complained, then sighed, even he had to admit, it was easier with Kagome around, 'Damn,' he cursed himself, 'I shouldn't have listened to Kikyo...

OK THIS IS THE LAST FLASHBACK IN THIS STORY, I SWEAR!

Kikyo sat by the river edge next to Inuyasha, she threw a rock in to the water and turned to him, "I think its better if we took her shards and had her go home," she said, Inuyasha looked at her, "But we need her, she can detect the jewel shards for us," he argued softly. Kikyo clenched her fist, "Look, its getting hard to keep up with you, without being with you, I would join you, but it would be too akward and tense being around her, and in the end, the search would slow down eventually to a stop. Inuyasha," she said, tears were pouring down her eyes, "Is it only that she is a shard detector or is there something more?" she asked shakily, Inuyasha pulled her closer, "Of course not, Kikyo, I love you and you alone, if you think it best...I'll let her go," he said regretfully and kissed her tenderly.

END FLASHBACK

'I should've waited, at least till we got more jewels, then we wouldn't be in this mess,' thoughts ran through his head as approached a nearby village.

Kikyo and Miroku walked through town to the center of the village, an old woman, dressed in a faded miko outfit looked at them and smiled, "Ah hello," she said squeakily, Miroku cleared his throat, "Excuse me, but we are a group of youkai slayers in search of certain jewel, tell me, are there any youkai around the village who have seemed unusually powerful?" he asked, the old woman remained smiling, "Oh yes, a powerful youkai by the name of Mizushino, used to reighn over the waters near our village, but I am afraid you are too late, he was destroyed by a youkai lord and a pregnant ningen,"

Miroku looked at the old woman, 'youkai lord and a pregnant ningen, great this woman is losing her mind,' he thought

(a/n Miroku and Sango don't know Kagome is pregnant) Kikyo looked at the woman, "What did they ask for payment?" she asked. The old woman put a wrinkled finger to her chin and thought, "Ah yes, that was the strange thing, they asked for no payment, only took a broken shard that they found on the youkai's back, we offered them a meal and a room to stay, but they just left," she said, Kikyo and Miroku bowed, "Arigato, we apreciate this information," they turned and left, Miroku exhaled,

"Great, someone else is in search of the shards, Inuyasha is not going to like this," he said.

He was right, Inuyasha exploded, "WHAT!?" he yelled, Kikyo walked up to him, "Inuyasha, calm down now, we will find these two and get the shards back," this didn't help. "TWO! GGggrrrr, fine, what did the old woman say they looked like?" he growled, Kikyo sat next to him, "She said it was a youkai lord and a pregnant ningen," Inuyasha raised an eyebrow, "youkai lord...and a pregnant...ningen," he repeated skeptically, Miroku nodded. "Well then, I guess we start looking for them," he said and stood.

chapter 5: the final showdown!

Kagome and Sesshomaru decided to take a break, they had just finished defeating a youkai named Mizushino. The youkai could control water and mud so they were a big mess. They found a lake and bathed, "Sesshomaru, please hand me the blue bottle," Kagome asked, Sesshomaru handed her the bottle and left, "I'll be at that clearing over there," he said pointing to his left, he had finished bathing first and just wanted to rest, having done most of the work anyway, he didn't think like that though, Kagome was a big help, it was her dead acurate shooting that finished the youkai off and had saved him a couple of times. He walked over to a shady tree, sat with his legs criss-crossed, folded his arms and nodded off.

Inuyasha and the others were walking through the forest, suddenly, something caught his eye, he turned to see Sesshomaru sleeping under a tree, "Sesshomaru," he muttered.

Sesshomaru's eyes snapped open, he could smell his brother close by, he looked to his left where the scent was coming from, sure enough Inuyasha stood 20 ft away, he stood and continued staring at the hanyou. Inuyasha slowly approached him.

A bad feeling ran through Kagome's chest, 'somethings wrong,' she thought, she then shook her head, 'if something was wrong, Sesshomaru would have told me, stop being so paranoid' she said mentally, she pulled a sheer blue dress over her body and reached for her bag 'Oh crap, I forgot he has the backpack, damn'. She wrapped her hair in to a towel turban, and went to get the bag.

Inuyasha and the others stood in front of Sesshomaru in silence, suddenly, they heard rustling in back of him, it was Kagome, "Sesshomaru, wheres my ba-" she froze.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome, 'My god, she's beautiful, how did she get so beautiful...wait whats that?' he looked closely at the mark on the base of her neck, "That mark..." he said, she nodded, 'no, no she's not his, she was mine, no,' 'what do you care?' a voice in the back of his head remarked, 'you left her for Kikyo, thats what you wanted right? Then why feel so bad?' he wondered, she looked past him, a sad look on her face

"Did you tell him?" she asked, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo, shook their heads, "No, we just stumbled upon you, I swear we didn't tell him," Miroku said. Inuyasha looked back at them, "You knew about this?! Why did you lie to me?" he asked, anger rising within him, "I told them not to," Kagome said, "I wasn't ready to see you again," she stepped closer to Sesshomaru.

Miroku looked closely at Kagome and gasped, "Kagome are you...are you..." he pointed at her little tummy, she nodded, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you," Inuyasha couldn't believe it, he then realized, "Wait, did you two defeat a youkai by the name of Mizushino?" Sesshomaru glared at his brother, "Who wants to know," he asked coldly. Inuyasha scoffed, "I do," he answered, Kagome placed a hand on Sesshomaru's shoulder, "It's not worth fighting yet," she looked at Inuyasha, "Yes, we did, earlier this morning," she answered, she squinted at his pocket, four shards appeared, she looked back at Inuyasha, 'Damn, he has the jewel shards we need, how the hell am I gonna get 'em?' she asked herself, Kikyo stepped forward, "Wow, I'm impressed, look Inuyasha, and here we thought the useless girl died long ago, you've really surpassed my standards, well," she grabbed Inuyashas arm, "in some categories," she gloated, Sessomaru gritted his teeth.

"Inuyasha, you will teach that bitch over there to hold her tounge, especially when the situation had nothing to do with her," that hit home, Kikyo stepped back supprised, "Who the hell gave you permision to talk to her like THAT!" he lunged at Sesshomaru, who easily dodged it, Inuyasha was now next to Kagome, he grabbed her wrist, "Look, all we want is the 3 shards you still have and we'll be on our way," she pulled her arm away, "No, and I have more than three shards," she said, Sesshomaru appeared behind Inuyasha, grabbed him, and thew him back to the others, "Don't touch her ever again," he snarled.

Kikyo helped him up, "Inuyasha, take out the youkai," she whispered, Sesshomaru looked at him, "I'll strike a deal with you, if you defeat me, we'll give you the jewel, and if we win, you give us your shards," Kagome looked at him, "No, Sesshomaru, it's not worth it, we'll get the shards another way, please," he pulled her close, "This is the only way, believe me, don't worry, I'll be fine," he bent down and kissed her. He stood up and turned to Inuyasha, "What do you say?" he challenged.

Inuyasha, who was angry that at what he saw, nodded, "Fine, I accept," he said, he pulled the shards and handed them to Kikyo.

Sesshomaru have Kagome one last kiss and stepped forward, Inuyasha unsheathed his tetsusaiga, "Lets go," he said. Inuyasha ran towards Sesshomaru with god-like speed and slashed at him, Sesshomaru jumped out of the way, the blast took out everything behind him. He shot down and smacked Inuyasha, sending him smashing through a tree. Inuyasha stood and sent another blast at Sesshomaru, he dodged the strong portion, but the lesser part of the blast sliced his arm.

Sango watched as the fight carried on, she then looked around, 'wait a minute, wheres Kikyo?' the miko was missing. By the time she found her, she gasped, Kikyo stood between two broken trees, her eyes set and her bow and arrow raised, the target; Kagome. 'oh no you don't,' she grabbed her boomerang and chucked it at Kikyo. The miko barely saw the boomerang in time to jump out of the way, the boomerang came around and Sango caught it. She walked towards Kikyo, "I didn't care that you stole Inuyasha, and I didn't care how you treated me, but I'll be damned if you try to cheat or kill Kagome," her rage was bubbling over, she ran to the miko and slapped her hard, Kikyo shot eye daggers at Sango, "I'll do whatever it takes to get that jewel even if it means taking out anything or anyone that gets in my way, she brought her fist to Sango's stomach, she gasped for air and fell to her knees. Kikyo readied another arrow, only Kagome saw what happened and ran to Sango.

Kikyo pulled the arrow back and aimed carefully, she had stepped away from Sango as to not be foiled, Sango grabbed her boomerang and chucked it as Kikyo released the arrow, the arrow struck the boomerang and sent it hurling at Kagome, Sango gasped, "Kagome GET OUT OF THE WAY!" she screamed, Miroku looked at Kagome, "Damn," he opened his air void, causing the boomerang to fly off to the left (oh yes I forgot to tell you, even though they killed Naraku, for some strange reason, the hole remain, which is why he wants the jewel), suddenly, he felt the hole pulsating, "Damn, its getting bigger," he shouted.

Inuyasha sent blow after blow at Sesshomaru, who continued to dodge them, Sesshomaru looked at him, "That's big of you, relying on fathers sword to protect you," Inuyasha scoffed, "I don't need this sword to rip you to shreds," he put his sword back in its sheathe and threw it aside, he raised his claw, "Iron reaver, soul stealer!" he yelled and brought his claw down. Sesshomaru dived in and slammed fist after fist at Inuyasha, all of them hitting, he sent a kick to his head knocking him to the floor. Inuyasha struggled to stand, but fell to his knees, 'Theres no alternative, I have to," he bent his head and concentrated, youkai blood filled his veins and he began to transform. Slowly all of conciousness, all the restaint, deciphering, and memories slipped from his mind, all he could think was, 'KILL, KILL!"

Kagome watched in horror as she remember the transformation, "Sesshomaru, get out, he's transforming," she pleaded, Sesshomaru looked at her, "Don't worry, just stay out of sight," he said, she nodded and turned to Sango and the others, "He's transforming, again, get out of there!" they ran to her and ducked in to the bushes, all for Kikyo, who remained behind, she turned to her, "Get out of there Kikyo, get away from Inuyasha," she was slighlty dumbfounded, "Why?" she asked, too late.

Inuyasha stood up, his eyes were blank red, purple streaks ran across his face, and his teeth and claws were longer.

"Inuyasha," Kikyo called softly, Inuyasha turned towards her, she walked towards him slowly, "Inuyasha..." big mistake, he raised his claw and ran it across her side, she fell to her knees, blood running from the gash, he turned his attention to Sesshomaru, in a flash, the was in front of him slashing and slashing,

Sesshomaru was truthfully using all his might to keep out of the way of Inuyasha's attacks. He flew back to dodge a slash across his torse, wrong move, Inuyasha spun around, swung his claw, and jammed it in to Sesshomaru's going all the way through his stomach, he gasped as felt the fist go in and come out on the other side. Sesshomaru fell to the ground, unconcious.

Kikyo growled and stood, "Damn, I can feel this body dying on me, I've got to get that jewel." she placed her hands together and began to pray.

Kagome ran to Sesshomaru's body, his clothes were soaked with blood, and his breathing was slowing down, "Sesshomaru..." she cried, he opened his eyes weakly, "Don't...cry...it...doesn't...suit...you," he shuddered a last breath and was gone. "no...NOOOO!" she cried, just then, she saw a flash of red and found herself, pinned against a tree, Inuyasha's hand closed tightly around her throat, "Inuyasha, ah," she yelpd as he closed his grip even tighter.

She looked in to his eyes, suddenly, she felt the jewel being pulled from her, she looked sideways to see Kikyo calling the jewel, 'Damn, gotta think fast,' she was getting dizzy from the lack of oxygen.

She placed her hands gently on his arm, "I-Inuyasha...would you...really...want to...kill your son...," she choked she didn't want Inuyasha to know it was his, but she had no choice (at this point in the transformation, not even the rosary would be effective), "Krrr...krr...Kagome..." he growled, his grip loosened, "Rrrrrrrun," he dropped her, as she stood up, she called Miroku, "Come here, and restrain him," Miroku nodded and did as she told.

At that moment, the jewel flew from her and in to Kikyo's hand, she fused the last of the shards with Kagome's piece, Kagome walked towards her, "Kikyo, give me the jewel," she asked, Kikyo shook her head, "No, I'm going to wish this, all of this never happened," she said, Kagome looked around and Kikyo continued,(Sesshomaru lay in the ground, Inuyasha was still in youkai form thrashing, Miroku held him in a half nelson, his right arm shaking furiously by the openeing of his air void, Sango sheilded Shippo's eyes, not wanting him to see the sight, tears flowing down her cheeks) "Look at them, it is because of this jewel that they are all like this, I was stupid not to destroy it when I had the chance," Kagome shook her head, "It's sad I know, but all this happened for a reason, even if you just erase all this, the jewel will remain, giving it the chance for this to happen all over again, please...give it to me," she kept walking towards Kikyo, "Well...that is a risk I'm willing to take," she held the jewel above her head, Kagome ran to her, jumped, ang grabbed the jewel as well, it shone a bright white, 'I have to do it now,' she closed her eyes, 'please jewel grant my wish.'

When she awoke, she was no longer in the clearing, but in a feild of flowers.

She sat up and looked around, in the center of the feild, was Medoriko. "M-Medoriko," she whispered, the armoured miko stood up and walked over to her, she held out her hand and helped Kagome up, "What am I doing here, where am I?' she asked, Medoriko smiled, "You are in a sort of limbo. Kagome, was that truly the wish you wanted to make, for the jewel to be destroyed?" she asked, Kagome looked down, "No, no that was'nt the...only wish," she confessed.

Medoriko looked at Kagome, "What else did you wish for?' Kagome did not move, "I also wanted to wish that everyone's wish was granted, but I knew that the jewel was only allowed to make one wish," Medoriko placed a finger under Kagome's chin and brought her gaze up, "Even at the cost of your own happiness?" Kagome nodded, a tear slid down Medoriko's cheek, "Arigato, Kagome,"

Kagome was confused, "For what?" she asked, Medoriko looked at her, "You've set me free, since I entrapped the war within the jewel and thrust it from my body, I was doomed to forever fight until a pure heart wished a selfless wish on the jewel, after all the youkai and ningen who wished selfish wishes on the jewel, I lost hope, but now, I can finally rest and for that I thank you," she opened her hands, Kagome gasped, instead of the small, marble size jewel, it was now returned to its base-ball sized form, "Make your wish from your heart, and try again," Kagome nodded and closed her eyes.

When she re-opened them, she was back at the clearing, 'Did it work?' she wondered. She heard laughing and turned to see Miroku hugging Sango tighly, "Kagome!" they ran to her and hugged her, "Kagome, my wind tunnel, it's gone!" he showed her his pale right arm, her heart jumped, 'It worked!' she said happily to herself. She looked over to Kikyo and Inuyasha, they were holding each other. She looked closer, Kikyo's flesh was pink and her eyes warm, Inuyasha, though back to normal, stood indifferent, Kagome's heart sank, 'he's still a hanyou, his wish didn't come true,' she walked over to them, "I'm so sorry Inuyasha," she said, Inuyasha looked at her, "for what?" he asked, tears slid down her cheeks, "your wish didn't come true, I wished everyones wish came true and yours didn't," they stood in silence, finally, Kikyo spoke up

"Wait, your wish was to become youkai, right? Well my wish was for you to become ningen, so maybe the wishes cancelled out," she said, Kagome looked at Kikyo, "Did all your wishes come true?" she asked

"Kagome..." she turned to see Sesshomaru standing 5 feet away from her, his aromor completely destroyed, but his wound was gone, "Sesshomaru..." she turned and ran to him, throwing her arms around his waist, "but I thought you were dead," she hugged him tighter, but in her mind, she was baffeled, 'I did'nt wish for him to be back," the image of Medoriko came to her mind and she smiled, 'Arigato,' she said.

9 MONTHS LATER...

Kagome stood on the balcony, a baby girl in her arms. The door opened and she turned to see Sesshomaru in the doorway. "Hey dad," she said, he walked over, kissed Kagome, and placed a hand on the baby's head. Kagome pouted, "You lied to me, you said she was going to be a boy,"

Sesshomaru shrugged, "I'll guess the next one right," he said, "And the one after that?" she asked. He pulled her close, "Yes," he murmured. He looked down at the little girl, she looked just like Kagome but with Inuyasha's hair and ears, she opened her hazel eyes and smiled at him, he smiled back, "What are we going to name her?" he asked. Kagome looked up at him, "Medoriko," she said, Sesshomaru took the girl into his arms

"Medoriko Kagome..."

THE END