Unknown Feelings

A/N: I'm new to writing fanfiction but I've read a lot, feel free to leave a review and tell me how I'm doing or what I need to improve on. I hope you like my first story! ^-^

Chapter 1

Kagome was wandering through the vast forest in the darkness of a warm summer's night, she continued to walk deeper and deeper into the forest, aimlessly. Kagome gently pushed a young branch, from a tree to her right, out of her way as she continued down an unmarked path. The calming sound of crickets chirping and the faint sound of birds singing in the distance. She had been unable to get any rest and had decided to take a short walk in the woods nearby to soothe her nerves, she wasn't sure what had her so nervous but she was sure that it would show it's self soon. She suddenly stopped walking and looked up at the high tops of the trees that seemed so far away but yet so close. Kagome looked through the dense canopy of leaves and branches and caught glimpses of a beautiful star filled sky. "I could never see the stars back home," she thought peacefully as she continued to admire the stars that had been unseen to her for so long. Kagome smiled softly, "I wish that it was always this peaceful," Kagome thought almost in a melancholy tone as she recalled all of the hardships that her and her friends had been through in the past.

Kagome let out a soft sigh before deciding to head back to where they were making camp that night, she retraced the path she had taken and she slowly emerged from the woods and her eyes found the still flickering fire of their camp that had not gone out yet. Her eyes slowly moved from the fire to the silver haired man waiting for her return. "Inuyasha," she breathed out and she let a simple smile cross her face as she walked towards the young half demon dressed in the red robes of the fire rat. As she moved to stand next to him and she looked up at him with questioning eyes as to why he was still up, he responded, "Feh, it took you longer than usual to calm down," Inuyasha said trying to sound uninterested as he justified why he was up waiting for her. Kagome cracked another smile and Inuyasha let his façade fall as he looked at her happy face in the dying light of their fire. "Same old Inuyasha, not being honest but I know he cares," Kagome thought to herself as she continued to smile.

They sat next to each other looking at the now dimming fire while their companions slept peacefully. Kagome closed her eyes and silently rested her head on Inuyasha's right shoulder, Inuyasha glanced at her when he felt her begin to lean on his shoulder. His eyes softened when they saw her serene face, he quickly turned his head towards the fire once again so Kagome couldn't look up to see him staring at her. They both quickly fell asleep underneath the summer's night stars.

He gracefully ran through the tops of the trees in the dense forest, unsure of what had brought him here but he was determined to figure it out. He suddenly stopped when he felt someone else moving through the forest as well. He looked to his right, below him, and saw the young miko that traveled with his bothersome half-brother. Sesshomaru almost scoffed as she looked distractedly towards the sky, but realized that he shouldn't display feelings towards anyone, even if the feelings were of the person's own absentmindedness. As he looked at her skeptically from afar, he realized that she wasn't looking at the sky with a distracted look in her eyes, she looked at the sky with admiration and knowledge that Sesshomaru had yet to find in anyone else.

He looked at her calm features and watched as her aura embraced the forest and the forest embraced her. Sesshomaru watched as a simple smile crossed her face but he noticed that there was almost a sorrowful look in her smile. She turned around and made her way out of the woods to where he assumed, her comrades had made camp for the night. Some odd sense compelled him to follow her and Sesshomaru quietly made his way out of the forest, following the miko. As she exited the forest, he still stood behind the cover of the trees as he recognized his half-brother waiting for her return, deciding to stay hidden because if he was spotted he knew there would be hell to pay and he didn't feel that blood should have to be spilled that night.

Sesshomaru watched their interactions while still in the cover of the forest, he felt something in his chest when he saw her rest her head on his half-brother's shoulder. It was then that Sesshomaru decided to leave, sure that the human miko was doing something that was affecting him. He glided through the dark forest, back towards the western lands of his domain. "That was a waste of time," Sesshomaru concluded as he continued back towards his palace.