-Plops down and hugs my pillows.- Drivers ED is really BLEHEHEHEHEHEHEH... I just really can't write fast these days qwq. After school ended for summer break I was like YES NOW I CAN WRI- sees I have drivers ED.-...SHIITTTTTT! DX Anyways, I love you all so much! Thanks you sdrlana21, Darkshadowrose2, write more soon, Fluffy237((YOUR WORDS ARE SO KINDS QAQ, and kagome thanks you for the new bow x3!)) , Sesshomaru2004, nikkisue01, sexyshewolf, and SuperSOULEATERLOVER!((you got your wish, well at least I hope I didn't make you wait long. qwq))

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Chapter 8: One so Similar

Kagome sat in her hut all alone, her knees were to her chest as she sat in the middle of the empty, torn up room. Silent tears fell down her cheeks as the blood on her was now dry and had started to crust up. She pressed her hands to her face as she wept, the sorrow in the room was as if a heavy wave had just washed over her, causing Kagome to start drowning in the despair around her. How had this happened? How could I have known that you were still here? Why...Why would you do this to me? I-I...I thought...Her thoughts were interrupted by the door opening. She froze immediately," Come now...It'll be fine, after all, you still have me, right...Kagome?"

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Kagome slowly opened her eyes as she looked at the blue sky, What was I just dreaming about? She tried to chase the dream, but soon realized that it was already out of her head. Sighing, she looked around, soon realizing that Rin and Jaken were a bit away, playing with the snow. More like Rin playing as Jaken complains about his life. She smiled at the thought before she looked over to find Sesshomaru sitting beside her and just staring at her. She stared back, and it held for a long minute as if seeing who will back off first. Then Sesshomaru moved his hand to her cheek as he lifted her head and checked her neck. What is he doing? Her eyebrow lifted in confusion and also curiosity from Sesshomaru's actions. Sesshomaru stared at her neck for only a moment before looking back at her face," Are you hurt Kagome?"

A vague blush brushed her cheeks as he said her name," I don't believe so." She moved experimentally, but realized she was only a bit sore," Yeah I'm good." He gave her an odd look, well a Sesshomaru odd look, which was only a slight tilt of the eyebrow and a mysterious look in his eyes. " Um, should I not be okay?" She laughed a bit as if it was joke, but soon realized that's exactly what Sesshomaru was meaning. " Oh...Well," she coughed out of the slight awkwardness," I'm a bit sore, does that help?" He just continued to stare at her before getting up and motioning for her to follow. Slowly, Kagome got up and followed him. A few minutes later, she got a heavy whiff of just pure sex and blood. Please tell me that we did not cause that smell... But as they got to the river, her fear had been correct.

Tree's were smashed and knocked over, some had a chunk of themselves missing, crusted blood was all over the place, and the smell of sex was all you could smell in the air now. Not even the blood could overcome the smell. " Do you see now Miko...why it is strange you are not harmed?" She stared at the river for a minute and then moved her gaze to Sesshomaru," Yes..." He grabbed her, causing Kagome to 'eep' in surprise. He stared at her before moving to her neck and sniffing her. Kagome stood still out of her shock, but before she could even question what he was doing, he had let her go and started moving back to camp. " Ah, Sesshomaru!" She ran after him and started to question him on what that was all about. Sadly, all Sesshomaru would say was 'hn' and that was it! Grr, that demon really annoys me sometimes. In her thoughts, she began to think a bit and soon realized that she hadn't heard from that perverted little voice in her head in quite some time. Maybe it's finally gone? She smiled at the thought as she put her hands behind her back and looked up at the tree branches.

She watched a family of squirrels eat nuts together as the little ones began to fight. She smiled a bit at the action before frowning as she thought of her family. That's right...I'll never see them again...No fights with Sota, no advice from mom, and no lessons from grandfather. Her walking slowed as her bangs covered her eyes. What do I have to show for leaving them...After all, Inuyasha had abandoned me when I returned... "Miko." She snapped back to reality by Sesshomaru holding her shoulders and staring at her. " O-oh I'm sorry Sesshomaru, I just got lost in thought." She smiled brightly as he stared at her. His grip slightly tightened on her shoulders as she looked confused," Sesshomaru?" He let go and turned as he kept walking and merely uttered," Lag behind and this one will leave you." She was a bit confused at his actions and his words before speeding up her pace to keep up with Sesshomaru. She noticed he was walking a bit faster than he usually does, that's odd...he usually slows down for me. Kagome tried to catch up but kept lagging behind. She finally just sighed and gave up trying to be beside him. That didn't stop her from glaring at his back though.

They had finally reached the camp after a few minutes. Rin was sitting by the fire as she warmed her hands with a gentle smile and was actually looking quite relaxed. Kagome smiled and walked up to Rin and opened her arms for a hug," Did you have fun with Jaken?" Rin smiled mischievously as she nodded and pointed to him, the poor toad demon was completely knocked out. Kagome only laughed as she hugged Rin and kissed her forehead. As she turned, she saw Sesshomaru staring at her again with a strange look in his eyes, but as he saw her look at him, he turned away and walked off into the woods. What's up with him lately... Kagome merely sighed as she put some more wood onto the fire. Her thoughts went into a dark place again as she thought of her family. Gah! Kagome get a grip! She took a deep breath and smiled as she put her hands on her face," Alright!" Rin looked at her a bit confused and before Kagome was about to suggest they play a game, Rin spoke," Are you and lord Sesshomaru fighting?" Kagome had her mouth open out of shock from the little girl's words. " Of course not!" She chuckled a bit with a smile. Rin stared at Kagome with a worried expression," You just looked so sad now, and lord Sesshomaru seems to look at you strangely as of late." Kagome looked confused at her words," What do you mean Rin?" Rin started messing with her kimono for a moment," He looked at you as if it was something he loathed, yet it was a mix of kind of how he looks at me...but it was so different."

Kagome didn't get the girls words and was even more confused as she patted her head, Does Sesshomaru hate me now? For what reason?! Oh, Kagome was beginning to steam at the mans actions as she tapped her hand against her arm for a moment. She then sighed after a few minutes when her anger had cooled a bit. " Come Rin, lets play while we wait for Sesshomaru to return to us." She gently smiled as the girl got up, practically buzzing with excitement.

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Sesshomaru growled to himself as his thoughts were filled with that damn woman. What is the meaning of this...His face was emotionless as usual, but for some reason he was aggravated. Every time he looked at Kagome, his mind would scream of words like, beautiful, lovely, perfect, mine. He closed his eyes for a moment as he stopped walking, Perhaps this one should not lay with her for some time in order to get these thoughts out of this one's head. He opened his eyes as he started heading back towards camp. Lucky for Sesshomaru, he had won the bet so the only thing getting in the way of his plan, would be his own self restraint.

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Rin had agreed to play hide and seek with Kagome, and just in case she brought her bow and arrows with her in case any demons showed up. " Ok Rin, I'm going to count to 10, run and hide ok?" Rin nodded and started running away as Kagome covered her eyes and started counting out loud. When she finished counting she happily shouted," Ready or not, here I come Rin!" She smiled as she slung her bow over her shoulder and started walking. She knew Rin was a really good hider, she had to be in order to survive. Sometimes it feels like I'm training Rin to hide, instead of just having a fun game with her. The thought was a bit saddening, but she pushed it away and kept searching for Rin.

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Sesshomaru arrived back at camp and didn't see the girls there. " Jacken...Where are they?" He looked coldly at him as the toad demon shook," T-they went to go p-play a g-game m'lord." He bowed low to Sesshomaru," I apologies for my inability to keep them here while you were away!" Jacken shut his eyes tight as he kept talking and apologizing. Little did he know, Sesshomaru had already left in search of the girls long ago.

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Kagome walked for a good couple minutes, searching for Rin with her miko powers, when she finally found her, she felt two beings in front of her. Oh no...She picked up her pace as she got her bow and arrow ready. She stopped, and hid behind a tree as she saw an ugly demon pierced to a tree by branches. He was being slashed with claws by a lovely looking male inuyoukai! He had Rin's arm in a painful grasp as he seemed to torture the demon by slowly cutting it's arm off with his claws. She already had her smell and presence shielded so he couldn't tell she was there, so for now she had nothing to worry about.

She aimed the bow at the demon who was suffering, nothing deserves to be tortured, no matter how evil or pitiful...She fired the arrow as it hit the demon right in the side of the head, painlessly killing him as he turned to ashes.

The Inuyoukai's head snapped in her direction as she readied another arrow, stepped in plain view, and aimed it right at the Inuyoukai's head as she stared at him coldly," Let the girl go Inuyoukai." She noticed that this Inuyoukai was different, his hair was down and went to his lower back, he wore no armor, his slash markings on his cheeks were blue, and he had no mark on his forehead. The moment he turned to her, she saw his eyes were an icey blue. She glared at him as she pulled the bow back more," I will not repeat myself again." He wore a blue kimono, had bandages around his chest, and didn't have his left sleeve on. A gentle smile appeared on the Inuyoukai's lips as he let the little girl go," Rin I want you to run back to camp ok?" Rin nearly objected until she saw Kagome's face and merely nodded as she started running back to camp, crying.

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After a few minutes of walking, Sesshomaru started to have a bad feeling. He didn't know why, but his instincts were brimming with tense nerves. As if...something strange was in the forest. His pace slowly increased until he started running, searching for Rin and Kagome. A few more minutes passed until he finally heard Rin running, he quickly turned in the direction and found her. " Rin, what happened?" He saw her crying and Kagome was not in sight. Rin fell to her knees and through her sobs could only utter," K-Kagome...saved me."

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The Inuyoukai gently put his hand over the traditional wolf mask on the side of his head," You are just like me woman." She looked surprised at his words as he put the mask on and suddenly disappeared. Her miko powers flared around her as she closed her eyes, trying to figure out where he went...There! She fired the arrow upwards towards a tree as it scraped his arm and burned around the wound. He made no sound as he seemed to stare at her, then vanish again as he appeared in front of her. She gasped as her hands glowed pink in order to defend herself. But instead of striking, he put his own hand over his wound as a blue light shone and his wound healed. Her eyes widened as he gently put has hand on her cheek after words. "I will not hurt you woman...I merely wish to speak with one so similar to me." Before she could question him and ask what the hell he was meaning, a blinding blue light flared, making Kagome scream from fright before her world went black once again.

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Damn I just love that cliff hanger don't I? XD Oh well, thanks everyone for waiting so paitently for the next chapter, and I'm sorry I couldn't update sooner. I just finished up my drivers Ed and should be able to write more often x3! I love you all SOOOOOOOOOOOO much and hope you all have a wonderful day!~

Kagome: Why is my world going black so often?...

Sesshomaru:-glares at me as he brings up his claws.- Explain yourself.

Me: NO WAY SESSY! NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU THREATEN ME!

Sesshomaru:-he goes to attack as I smirk and start typing as he stops in mid air.-

Me: Oh Sesshomaru, you aren't in control anymore! Now sit like a dog!

Sesshomaru:...-slowly sits like a dog as he looks absolutely pissed and ready to kill as his eyes turn red with blue irises.-

Me: HAHAHA do that all you like you mutt.-puts my foot on Sesshomaru's face as he is unable to attack.- My words are the key to your downfall!

Rin:-giggling in the background.-