Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha or anything related to it, but i do own this story line and i can toy with the characters to my heart's content (:

Summary: Kagome catches Inu Yasha with Kikyo and she just can't take it anymore. She runs away and straight into Sesshomaru's hands. When Sesshomaru takes her back to his castle what will happen? How will he react when a war is waged against his castle in search of Kagome?

Chapter 1 - Just a Shard Detector

"Oh, Inu Yasha's gonna kill me. I'm so late!" Kagome muttered to herself as she hauled herself to the top of the well. She threw her overstuffed backpack over the edge, but lost her balance in the process.

A yelp escaped Kagome as she fell to the bottom of the well. Standing up abruptly, she dusted off her uniform and climbed out of the ancient well and into the darkened surroundings.

Kagome picked up her yellow bag and had only taken a few steps toward the village when she noticed soft white light coming from further in the forest. "What's that?" she wondered aloud to herself. Thinking nothing of it, she turned to continue down toward the village. She was stopped in her tracks when familiar white soul collectors glided past her. 'Kikyo!' Forgetting all thoughts of going to the village, Kagome followed the soul collector at a safe distance.

Noticing that the light was becoming brighter, Kagome chose her steps carefully, making the least amount of noise possible. The path ended up ahead and opened up into a clearing. Kagome chose a thick tree to hide behind and spied the scene before her. As she expected, Inu Yasha was standing before Kikyo. His back was to her.

Much to Kagome's dismay, Kikyo's eyes met hers. Flushing, Kagome pulled herself further into the foliage and listened intently to their conversation.

"Inu Yasha," Kikyo cooed, eying the spot where she'd seen Kagome, "That girl, my reincarnation, what is she to you?"

"You mean Kagome? Nothing Kikyo… she's nothing but a shard detector," Inu Yasha answered. Kagome didn't notice the sleepy quality to his voice.

Kagome's heart hammered painfully in her chest. So that's all she was to him?

"So after you have found all the shards?" Kikyo stepped closer to the hanyou, knowing Kagome was watching.

"That's it. She will return home and never return. I'll bring you the Shikon no Tama," Inu Yasha answered dutifully. He wrapped his arms around the miko.

Kagome's eyes widened in shock, 'Inu Yasha…?'

Kikyo peeked over his shoulder and noticed Kagome's expression. Just a little more. Gazing back up at Inu Yasha innocently, she murmured, "You won't ever leave my side?"

"Never; I would never leave you for that half-wit shard detector."

Kagome felt sick. She turned away from the clearing. She didn't need to look to know that the couple was becoming more intimate now.

How could he be so insensitive? So two-faced? Angry tears slid down her cheeks and Kagome turned and ran. She ran away from everything; away from the village, away from her friends, away from Inu Yasha. She had to get away. It didn't matter where she ended up; she just needed some time alone.

"What was that Kikyo?" Inu Yasha asked back at the clearing. He pulled away from her and turned to scan the perimeter of the clearing.

Once she was sure that Kagome had gone, Kikyo had sent her soul collectors to trace her path and blanket her scent. Inu Yasha would never know. "Nothing Inu Yasha, I must go now. Return to the others. Perhaps your shard detector is back."

Inu Yasha's thoughts vaguely turned the words over in his mind, 'Shard detector?'

Kikyo watched the slowed emotions slipping over his features. 'Hm… he will become more aware soon.' Squeezing his hand one last time, Kikyo turned and disappeared into the forest. She left a few soul detectors with him to escort him out of the forest and hide the telltale scent of sakura blossoms.

Inu Yasha turned slowly and walked back to the village. As Kikyo had intended, he missed Kagome's scent completely. Arriving at Kaede's hut, he went inside and seated himself beside Miroku.

"Where were you?" Sango asked uninterestedly, glancing up from her thorough study of the floorboards.

The sound of her voice snapped him out of his haze and back to alertness. "Nowhere, I was just by the well waiting for Kagome," he answered in a measured voice.

Shippo's green eyes narrowed and he sniffed exaggeratedly, "Then why do you smell like burial soil and bones?"

Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at the hanyou, there was only one person who he could've gotten that smell from.

Inu Yasha's eye twitched and he glared at the kitsune murderously, "So what?"

"Inu Yasha," Kaede began, "Are you certain that nothing occurred between you and my older sister? If not, then where might Kagome be?"

Inu Yasha seemed to just notice that Kagome was not in the hut. "She's probably just late, as usual," he answered with a scoff.

'Why do I even bother with Inu Yasha?' Kagome thought as she dashed through the forest, tears leaking from her eyes. Low branches and twigs snagged her clothing leaving little cuts and angry red scratches on her skin. When she was too exhausted to run anymore, Kagome slowed to a walk and chose a clearing near a spring to spend the night in. She built a fire to keep herself warm and gathered enough fallen twigs and branches to keep the fire going for the night. Finally settling down, Kagome took out the food she'd prepared back home and ate it quickly, relishing the feel of good food on her tongue after a long run.

After eating to her heart's content, Kagome packed her leftovers away into her bag and was about to pull out her sleeping bag, when she remembered it was back at Kaede's hut.

Groaning to herself, Kagome chose a particularly healthy looking patch of grass to sleep on. Lying down, she turned on her side and was asleep instantly.

He was doing his weekly rounds when a familiar scent reached Sesshomaru's nose. It was faint but it was unmistakably the scent of his brother's wench. She was on his lands and she was alone. Getting closer, he noticed that her scent was mixed in with salt and dried blood.

An ear-splitting shriek interrupted his musings. Sesshomaru turned to see a lowly demon with long filthy arms and bony hands, dressed in one ragged filth-coloured garment beginning to tear a human woman's clothing, its eyes red and greedy.

Sesshomaru leapt toward the demon and easily sliced it in two. The woman clutched at her shredded clothing and covered herself the best she could. Bowing downf to the Western Lord she stuttered, "Th-thank you so much m'lord."

Sesshomaru nodded and began walking away, aware of the woman watching him, then scurrying back to her hut.

Sesshomaru wheeled and began making his way to the edge of his lands where the hanyou's wench slept.

A/N) So I said I would rewrite this story and this is the first chapter rewritten. Bear with me, the next chapters aren't done yet, but near the end the english gets better. :$

Oh yea, by weekly rounds I mean of his lands; he's just checking to see that everything's okay. Also, in case you're wondering, Inu Yasha was put into that little "trance" by Kikyo.

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