Disclaimer: I do not own either Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho.

AN: This is for DarkAngel048.

Last Time: Raizen had Kagome shown to a room to rest, while he and Sesshomaru went to prepare for their trip as well as search for the jewel shard.

The preparations didn't take long to make and Kagome didn't rest for long. She wasn't going to let them do anything without her. They had readied themselves to leave to go after the jewel shard and take out Naraku. They had decided to do it without her, to keep her safe. But as they were going out the gates, Kagome came running after them.

"Excuse me, where do you two think you are going?" she demanded coming up behind them.

"I can leave my own home if I wish." Raizen answered her, shouldering the weapon against Naraku.

"That is not what I meant." she said to him.

"Where do you think you are going without informing me?" she asked.

"Out." Sesshomaru answered.

He really didn't want to put her in more danger than she already was. But she was insistent and he could tell that she knew what they were doing and wanted them to tell her straight up. Even though he knew what her answer was going to be. A big, fat, Hell NO!

"Let me rephrase that. Where are you going that I shouldn't go and shouldn't know about?" she asked, getting a little peeved.

"Is she always like this? So suspicious?" Raizen asked Sesshomaru.

"Yes she is and she knows exactly what we are going to do and won't let us go without her." Sesshomaru informed him.

"Is that so?" he asked.

"Absolutely." Kagome answered him.

"Well then if you know, why are you asking?" he asked.

"One cannot go on assumption alone. Besides it is my duty to collect and protect that jewel and in the end destroy it. No one is to do it for me. What kind of Priestess would I be if I let others do my work for me?" she retorted.

Sesshomaru quirked a brow at her. He knew that was how she saw things but now that she had said it aloud, she sounded so much like Kikyo. He wouldn't tell her that of course, that would earn him a nice set of subjugation beads and he wouldn't say it to her anyways. She was too good of a person to have anyone take a jab at her self-esteem or compare her to the abomination that her previous incarnation had become.

"You are wise Miko." Raizen complimented her.

"Thank you. Now lets get that jewel shard." she said and headed off in the direction of the shard.

"Where is she going?" Raizen asked Sesshomaru.

"The shard has moved out of your palace and she can find it anywhere it goes." he answered.

"Why can I not feel it?" he asked.

"You can but your power is above the jewel shard, so it does not effect you. It does not effect me either." Sesshomaru said to him.

"Of course." Raizen said back.

Both were so powerful that neither needed the jewel shard for more power. Kagome respected and commended the both of them. She had dealt with so many youkai, hanyou, and humans over the jewel shards that it made her sick but the fact that she didn't have to fight the most powerful youkai in existance made her quite happy. Having them both on her side in the battle for the jewel made her ecstatic.

Their hunt for the jewel shard didn't last long. The demon holding the shard was a common petty theif, he didn't realize what it was, only that it was shiny and he wanted to keep it. From what Kagome could tell the demon had not lost its reasoning to the power of the and the only conclusion she came up with was because it was so stupid and the darkness in the jewel shard didn't see any point in lending the idiot any of its' power.

The theif was a Ram demon and Kagome was sure that he must have taken too many knocks to the head, him being a Ram and all. When she confronted the theif, he shied away from her, telling her she was too shiny for him. She was too pretty for him and she shouldn't come into his sight. She made his eyes hurt, she was so shiny.

Kagome felt pity for the Ram and came closer to him. She told him that she needed something from him, that he had something that belonged to her, that she would leave with her light if he gave it back to her. He nodded at her and handed over his jewel bag. She thanked him and rummaged through the bag and pulled from its shallow depths, the last peice of the Shikon Jewel. She smiled at the shard and put it in the bottle around her neck then she handed the bag back to him.

She thanked him and he nodded at her and accepted the bag back. He turned to move away from her and had finally noticed Raizen and Sesshomaru. The Ram fell to his knees pleading for them to spare Kagomes' life and his own. Kagome came to him and touched his shoulder, assuring him that they were not going to harm her or him. He was hesitant at first to even move but when nothing happened he slowly rose and made his way away from them. But before he could get out of sight Kagome called him back. She handed him a bracelet from her pack. It was an old bracelet made of real gold from her mother and she decided he needed more than she did. He thanked her for the trinket and then disappeared from them before he was called back again.

"Well we have it, now lets go squash the spider." Kagome said in a chipper voice.

Sesshomaru nodded at her and waited for Raizen to tear a rift open between the Ningenkai and Makai. Raizen did create the rift and they crossed over, once on the other side he closed the rift up.

"Concentrate, Kagome." Sesshomaru said to her.

"On what?" Raizen asked.

"The jewel." he answered.

Kagome closed her eyes, breathing slowly and deeply, pushing her power away from her to find the jewel. Searching, searching, searching. Her power fluxed and wavered and wrapped around the objects of her disdain, the jewel and the spider hanyou. She found them.

"I have you, Naraku." she said and stood and began in the direction she needed to go.

The two demon Lords followed after her. Sesshomaru strolled up beside Kagome and leaned down to tell her something and then when he pulled away she nodded and he took off for somewhere Raizen didn't know. Raizen saw him go and he took the opportunity to have Kagomes' attention on him.

"Miko, where is Sesshomaru off to?" he asked.

"Kagome, and he is off to retrieve our other companions in the fight against Naraku." she answered.

"I see." he said.

"To what? My name or our companions?" she asked.

"Both. But I already knew the first." he said to her.

Kagome rolled her eyes and continued on ahead. He teased her alot like Inuyasha did and made her confused. She loved Inuyasha but he was dead and couldn't come back. The feelings she held for Inuyasha were beginning to be the feelings she was holding for Raizen. Could she let Inuyasha from her heart so easily? Could she move on and let someone else hold her heart? Maybe she could.

She waited a year, that was how it was done in the fuedal, mourn for a year. Inuyasha had been gone for a year, she could move on and be with whoever she wanted. But was her heart ready, really ready? She knew in her mind that she was but she was still unsure about her heart. It would feel like it was nagging at her like when she met Inuyasha.

It dawned on her. Everything she felt she had felt before and she was in love. Only this time she wasn't in love with Inuyasha she was in love with Raizen. Now she was even more confused. How could she be in love with someone she just met a few hours before? That was one question she had and another, did he love her after just meeting her or did he lust after her? Should she ask him and let her feelings be known? Yes and no.

"You know flirting is a waste of time?" she asked.

"Flirting?" he asked.

"Making innuendos that you like me." she said.

"Ah, but my dear that cannot be helped. I like you and cannot help myself with showing it." he said.

"Yes, but it is a waste. Just telling me that you like me is enough." she said with a blush.

"But my dear, I believe that everyone needs to know that I am a very lucky man to have a beautiful woman to like." he said.

"Really?" she asked, even Inuyasha hadn't called her beautiful until much later in their relationship.

"Yes, really." he said and stopped her from walking.

"What? We have to find Naraku" she asked.

"You have time." he said and leaned down and kissed her.

Kagome had stiffened. He was kissing her! He licked her lower lip and Kagome relaxed and kissed him back. She wrapped her arms around his neck and slipped her hands into his hair. He dropped his hands to her sides, running them down her sides, eliciting a giggle (I hate that word) from her and took the opportunity to take control of her mouth. He ran his tongue over her teeth then over her own tongue, a small groan came from her.

Raizen relished in the sweet taste of her mouth. The feel of her body close to his was the ignition of a small fire. The moment was nice, perfect. There was very little that could ruin or disrupt the moment. Very little. But the moment was shattered by a loud growling sound.

Raizen groaned, he knew that sound and was sure that she had heard it as well. Anyone could have. Kagome gasped as she pulled away. She knew about the promise he had made and now she was going to make him promise her something.

"Wil you make me a promise?" she said, suddenly.

"Yes." he replied.

''Promise me that no matter what you will not hurt yourself like you have been doing." she said.

"What?" he asked, he wasn''t hurting himself as far as he knew.

"Eat." she said.

"You know?" he asked, shutting his eyes.

"Yes, Sesshomaru told me about you." she said.

"I can't." he said quietly.

"Do you love me?" she asked.

Raizen froze. Did he love her? Did he? He did like her very much but did he love her? He wasn't sure if he did or not. The feelings he held were ones he had felt before, with the very woman whom he starved for. So maybe, he loved Kagome. Not maybe, he did.

"Yes." he answered her.

"Promise me then." she said to him.

"Demons of the Makai eat humans." he informed her.

"Hmm, I have turned a many human eating demons to eat anything but humans." she said and rummaged through her pack for beef sticks and handed them to him.

"Eat these." she said.

"What are they?" he asked opening the wrapper.

"Cow." she answered.

He looked at the sticks and pulled one from the pack and broke it in half. Kagome smiled at him and he ate the beef stick half. He hadn't had human food before and the beef stick was strange yet tasted good. It had a spice to it that he didn't know but he enjoyed it.

Kagome saw that he had eaten a peice and decided that she had won. She had found something he liked on the first try, maybe he would like ramen or chocolate?

"So that means you promise?" she asked.

"Yes I promise." he said and swallowed another peice.

"Thank you." she said and gave him a hug.

"Do you have anymore?" he asked.

"Yes, I have several more beef sticks amd may other items." she said.

She motioned for him to take a seat and she went through her bag. Kagome pulled out a cup of ramen, some crackers, pocky, and chocolate peanut butter. She had him try eachand every thing she pulled out of he bag that was edible. It turned out that he didn't like chocolate or ramen. But he did like pocky, crackers, beef sticks, and beanie weenies.

She had him full and she was quite pleased. Not only because he wasn't hungry anymore but because he had lightened her pack quite considerably but had left enough rations for everyone else. Which was a wonderful thing considering that her friends were strolling into their little camp.

"Kagome!" Sango called and ran forward.

"Sango!" Kagome said as she approached.

"We have returned." Sesshomaru said.

"I see." she remarked.

A small whirlwind passed Sango and stopped before Kagome. It was Koga, he had come along. Kagome was thankful that he wasn't into her anymore. He had accepted her being with Inuyasha and he had mated Ayame, like he promised. Now they were brother and sister, she was after all a honorary member of the Wolf Tribe.

"Sister!" came the call of Ginta and Hakakku as they ran to catch up to Koga.

"You're all here." Kagome said.

"Yeah, *pant*, we are." Hakakku puffed.

"Take a rest. I have supper made." Kagome said and they all sat.

"You are wonderful." Koga said.

"I know." she said and began handing out dinner.

After dinner was handed out Kagome sat down beside Raizen. He was sitting seiza and was ignoring the new arrivals. They ignored him so he ignored them. It was rude on both of their parts. But he did notice her sitting beside him and she laid her head on his shoulder.

"Tired?" he asked.

"Mmhmm." she answered.

"You should have rested earlier. But you wouldn't." he said.

"I know but as I told you I have a job to do." she said.

"I know." he said.

The group had been watching them and had no idea what was going on with the two but they did know who was with her. Sesshomaru had told them that Raizen had joined them but he didn't tell them that he had a thing for Kagome or that Kagome had a thing for him.

"What is going on?" Koga asked Sesshomaru.

"It would seem the miko has moved on from Inuyasha." Sesshomaru answered.

"I see that. Will he be good for her?" Miroku asked.

"He will and she will be good for him." he said to them.

Raizen smiled, he had heard the slight conversation. He would be good for her and she for him. Good for each other. A moment with each other was all they needed to find their happiness. A moment that they both wanted to last forever but knew wouldn't, they still had work to do. A spider to kill and a jewel to complete and maybe they would have their perfect moment without a care in the world but only for each other.

AN: Yay, I have finished Moment. Ahh, it feels good to finish another fic.