Hello, my readers! I hope I haven't been keeping you waiting for a long time, at least it isn't as long as it used to be.

I'm sorry if this chapter seems to be less enthusiastic, I've been having some trouble with my mom. I'm in Florida with my dad right now, and I told her that I would like to stay for a bit longer (since the original plan was to stay for only 2 or 3 weeks). And she's been upset since, which has been upsetting me.

There isn't much to say now, so I'll start with the disclaimer. I do not own Inuyasha, though I would like to be in that world.

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So I'm gonna let you guys read the chapter, so please enjoy this new installment of A Hidden Demon!

"Why Moonflowers?"

Kagome blinked as she turned to look at the demon lord next to her. "Pardon?" she asked. She was caught off by the sudden question. It had been silent for the last few hours and the demon lord was incredibly stoic. She had not expected him to actually speak to her.

"Why did you need the Moonflowers?" Sesshomaru asked again, twirling one of the mentioned, white blossoms between his fingers.

Kagome turned her gaze down towards the sleeping kit in her lap, running her now-clawed fingers through his red hair. She spent a moment to contemplate and form her answer.

"Because I had used a Moonflower as a basis for my seal many years ago. The spell I had used needed something like it to be bound to," Kagome tried to explain. "To break it, I had to be by the Moonflowers again, if that makes any sense."

Sesshomaru stayed silent for a moment, running her words over in his head. "The spell you say… Why Moonflowers, however?"

Kagome smiled. "Simple. I love Moonflowers," she replied. Sesshomaru blinked at the answer, almost incredulous over it. She liked them, so she used them? Was it that simple? "And because Night Inus tend to use a plant for a base," Kagome lied. She did not want to reveal her real reason.

Sesshomaru scented the lie before it had even left her lips, but turned his attention to another matter she had not put to light. "Why hide that you were a demon?" he asked.

Kagome became silent as she thought of a way to answer him. She knew that the demon lord had no idea that she was from the future. But to make a complete answer that he would not argue over, she had to tell him the truth… Or she could skirt around it…

"You do not have to answer if you do not wish to," he amended, noticing that she was hesitant to answer. Kagome blinked as he spoke again and looked up at him. Did he really just give her a way out?

"No, that's not it. Where I am from, there are no demons and when I had arrived there, I had have my demon locked away to blend in, for my own safety," Kagome murmured, looking away. Technically she was not lying. She came into the future when she was only five years old in human years, already fifty in demon years, pretty young. Through the well of course, and thankfully, she was already powerful so she had cloaked herself to look human when she was taken in by the humans that ran the shrine.

Kagome was rather thankful to those humans. And when she had come back into the feudal era, she determined that she had to stay in that blasted human form and appear as a dimwit. She hated it, but she was patient in waiting for the right time to come.

And it had. Finally, after a year or two of traveling with that odd group of hers, she was able to be a demon again.

Sesshomaru looked at the strange woman next to him. Her answer made sense, in an odd way. Sesshomaru fell silent, turning his gaze to the stars above him.

Silence echoed throughout the clearing and it did not bother either of them.

As the sun began to make its appearance, Kagome stood, Shippo still in her arms. She went over to where her black bag was left and placed Shippo there, grabbing a blanket from the magically-expanded backpack and wrapped it around him, making sure he was comfortable.

Sesshomaru watched from the corner of his eye and stood as well. He had to return to his palace, when the idea came to him.

"Kagome," he called over to her. Kagome straightened her back and looked at him, her eyes wide. She had never heard him use her name before! And if she was being honest, she really liked the way it sounded coming from his voice.

"Yes, My Lord?" she answered, turning to face him with curious eyes.

"This Sesshomaru would like it you came to the Western Palace." It was a request, not an order. Something she never expected to hear from the deadly lord. A smile began to form on her lips, her fangs glinting in the appearing light.

"If it would please you, I would like that very much," Kagome replied, bowing at the waist in respect. Her arrival to the Northern palace could be postponed for a bit. Especially since she was actually nervous to go back. Sure, her father knew she was back, but that did not mean he would be pleased to see her. Their relationship has been strained for a while now. "But, if it would be alright, I would like to bathe before we set off."

"Hn." That was the only reply she had gotten from him, but she took that as a 'yes.' Kagome turned and placed a barrier over the clearing, so that she would not have to move Shippo again. The barrier was that of a protective defense, and would alert her immediately if there was a threat nearby.

A smile burst on her face. She was back!

Inuyasha had trudged back to the inn, his head lowered and his eyes covered by his bangs. His chest, his heart, felt as though it were ripped into pieces. Not only had he lost the woman he had loved, again, but he had watched his best friend leave.

Sango and Miroku were awake and eating the breakfast that the inn had provided for them. The two were talking quietly amongst themselves, occasionally looking towards the room they believed Kagome was still in.

Miroku was the first to see the half demon enter and joyously greeted him as he made his appearance. "Good morning, Inuyasha!" Sango quickly followed with her own greeting, smiling.

Inuyasha looked up at the remaining members of his group and nodded, instead of using his words. As he moved to sit down against the wall, he removed his sword from his belt and let it lean against his arm.

"When do you think Kagome is going to wake up?" Sango asked him as she turned to look at the sliding door that led to the miko's room. Inuyasha tried to think of a good response to that, trying to think of a way to answer her question and tell them both that Kagome left with Shippo.

"I am sure that Kagome will get up when she is good and ready. After all, she probably used a lot of energy defeating that spider demon yesterday," Miroku answered for him. Sango considered that and nodded.

"True, if Inuyasha lets her sleep that long anyway," she quipped back, raising an eyebrow at the half demon.

"Trust me, I won't be able to," Inuyasha finally answered. The monk and slayer did not seem notice the double meaning to his words. Inuyasha came to a decision. "Because Kagome is gone."

"What!" Sango yelled, bolting to her feet. Without waiting for an answer, she hurried to the room where she had thought her sister was in. As Sango threw open the door, it was revealed that Kagome was indeed gone.

"What did you do this time!" Sango yelled. Inuyasha immediately growled back and jumped to his feet.

"I didn't do anything! She left on her own, in the middle of the night," Inuyasha instantly defended.

"You must have done something, Inuyasha!" Miroku said, standing in defense to Sango. She was glaring death at the hanyou, but Inuyasha wasn't about to back down.

"I didn't do anything! She left on her own!" Inuyasha growled loudly, turning and stalking out.

Sango and Miroku watched him go, the former not taking a moment to relax her tense posture as she turned back to look at the empty room. She then realized that Shippo was missing as well.

With her anger draining away and taking the energy she had for the moment, Sango collapsed into her knees. Miroku followed her and held the sobbing demon slayer to his chest, in an awkward attempt to comfort her.

"Where did she go?" Sango sobbed.

"I am not sure," was all he could say.

A sneeze escaped Kagome as she brought herself from the hot spring and emerged into the clearing. Sesshomaru looked up at the sudden sound, raising an eyebrow.

Kagome shook her head. "Someone must be talking about me," she muttered as she knelt next to the still sleeping kit and her bag. Sesshomaru watched her from the corner of his eye as the demon female looked through her bag and then closed it.

"Shippo, it's time to wake up," the miko-demoness murmured as she gently shook her young son's shoulder. His response was sluggishly cute as he sat up and clung to her arm when she started to pull away.

"Mama, why is Sesshomaru here?" he asked, cowering behind her as he caught sight of the demon lord.

"He won't hurt you, Shippo. And he has allowed us to stay with him in his palace," she answered. Kagome could tell that he was still scared, but she also knew that he trusted her to make decisions that would benefit them both.

Shippo nodded and climbed onto Kagome's shoulders, getting comfortable for the journey they were about the take.

"Lord Sesshomaru, if you are ready to leave, we are waiting," Kagome said, coming up next to the still lord.

Sesshomaru nodded and turned towards the border between the Western and Northern Lands. Kagome followed behind, smiling brightly.

The two did not notice, however, the bright red eyes watching them leave.

And so, that is the next chapter to A Hidden Demon!

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