Sesshomaru walked through a forested part of his lands when he felt a disturbing presence ahead, It felt familiar and in pain. He drew in a large breath of air.

"Jaken, stay here, make camp. If anything happens to Rin it will be your head."

Sesshomaru ran towards the blood he smelt lingering with the scent of his brother and the Miko. Something was amiss and Sesshomaru would be damned if Inuyasha would continue to be in his land, once he reached the clearing in the woods he was not pleased with what he saw.

Kagome cried into the soft dirt, her skirt was in shards barely clinging to her bruised hips, and as she slowly realized the predicament she was in all she could think was 'Inuyasha how could you?' She lay curled in a ball on the forest floor and she simply couldn't believe the turn her life had taken Inuyasha, the man she thought she loved, had treated her cruelly, called her worthless weak and a whore, and then he had left her there in the woods alone and defiled. She felt so breakable and weak as if death was but a breath away, she held to life as best she could fighting for every heartbeat and forcing herself to not give up. All she could do was cry all her pain into the leaves and grass as her blood slowly stained the dirt and life slipped from her body.

Sesshomaru didn't understand the new and very powerful protective urge he felt towards the weak little human dead on the grass. He wanted to lift her body up and hold it close, he wanted to rip Inuyasha limb from limb for all the cuts and bruises that were splayed out over her body. Instead however he simply stood there and controlled himself, he had spent years denying himself the things he wanted because it made him stronger, but he wasn't able to stop the protective growl that rolled forth from his chest and out of his perfect mouth.

Kagome dragged herself off the ground when she heard the growl, she assumed it was something that had come to finish her off and she wasn't ready to just lay down and die. She pulled every reserve of energy she had out and tried to run, but her strength is feeble and quickly a strong arm wrapped about her waist. she clawed at the arm around her and beat on the chest behind her, they however were rock solid and didn't give an inch.

Sesshomaru was greatly disappointed at himself, when she Ran he wanted to chase her and keep her near him. He was impressed by her strength, given the nature and severity of her injuries she should be long dead by now, however she was alive and very much afraid. Though it went against his nature he wrapped his arm about her and pulled her to his chest, he ignored her attempt to fight him and instead he muttered calming words into her ear as he purred low in his chest in the hope of calming her.

The words he spoke never truly reached her, but the calming purr he emitted lulled her energy drained body to sleep.

MEANWHILE somewhere in Sesshomaru's woods…

There was a young female wolf demon, with blonde hair flowing to her knees, full pink lips and soft brown eyes walking along, dressed in a simple yet lovely green Kimono with little blue Sakura flowers on it. She was gathering fruit from her garden when she heard a low moan, she placed her basket aside and moved over to the noise. That is where she came upon another wolf demon and he was so bloody she would have thought him dead, if it hadn't been for the near constant broken moan coming from his split swollen lips. She ran to him and lifted him into her arms forgetting about her food she hurried home to tend his wounds and hopefully save this young strangers life.

"Hold on please your going be alright I promise"

"Uhhhhh", was the only response he was able to give.