Author's Note: Hey Guys! So this is my second story because my first one was kinda a bust. I ended up with it seemingly going nowhere… ANYWAY this one will not end up like that! I promise! I'll try to make chapters longer than 2,000 words.

READ: This story is set in the series during the Final Act (If you haven't seen them, go watch!) after Kagome goes back to the Feudal Era- but with one change! Kagome and Inuyasha aren't getting along as planned (what a shock) and Sesshomaru is now living in the village with Rin. Miroku and Sango have moved to Mushin's shrine to raise a family so I doubt they will play a part in this story.

Yes! This will be a Sess/Kag story!

Enjoy!

"The moon sure is bright Lady Kaeda! " Shippo being his normal playful self was out running around the outskirts of the village followed closely by the elder priestess.

"Aye, Shippo. I've never seen it this bright. We best be heading back, it might yield danger." Kaeda looked up into the endless sky to peer at the large orange moon before turning back toward the village with the young fox demon at her feet.

The walk back was short and the camp fires were already starting to light up the area. The fire outside was accompanied by Inuyasha, who at the moment was poking and prodding at the fire ignoring the two as they approached from behind.

"Ye know that causes burns, half-demon." Kaeda bent her elderly figure down and spoke next to his ear.

"Gah!" Inuyasha fell back on his behind, his heels he had been balancing on no longer holding him up.

"Crazy old hag! Don't sneak up on me like that!"

A smirk came across Kaeda's face, and she started walking with the giggling Shippo back to her hut before answering him.

"Ye could of sensed me if you were not playing with fire like a child."

"Keh." The silver haired half-demon continued to play with the fire pit, ignore the sly remark of the old priestess.

Inside the nearby hut, Kagome was whispering a lullaby to the little brown eyed girl in front of her. Rin was lying down on her side facing the miko, intensely listening to her as if she was in a trance.

Sesshomaru left in the morning for an "important mission" so Kagome was left with the task of caring for Rin, though she did not mind one bit.

"Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me,
Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee;
Sounds of the rude world, heard in the day,
Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away!"

By the end of the last verse, Rin was fast asleep in the hut. Kagome left the hut slowly and quietly seeing as now it was okay to leave the sleeping child.

Outside she saw Inuyasha, now laying sideways in front of the fire with his hand holding up his head. She walked over to the opposite side of the fire and sat down, enjoying the warmth.

It was now almost fall. The leaves were starting to change colors and it was now chilly during the day and even colder at night. Kagome silently thanked the gods that the fire inside the main hut was warm, keeping Rin safe from the breeze.

She was accustomed to the silence between her and Inuyasha now, it was nothing new. They would argue, make up, then argue some more to the point that Kagome left and wandered the forest, unable to return home. Sometimes she would wander for hours, pacing back and forth the forest until Inuyasha came and told her she needed to come back to do some work or cook.

"Hey, Kagome?" Inuyasha's eyes never moved from the spot in the sky he was looking at.

"Yes?"

"Do you sense that?"

Kagome paused for a moment and tried to sense something other than the demon blood in Inuyasha.

"No, I don't. Why?" Confused, Kagome became curious and she wouldn't stop pestering until she had an answer even if she had to sit him a hundred times before he told her.

"I thought I sensed something coming from the north, must of just been passing through."

The priestess nodded, knowing the corner of the half-demon's eye would catch it.

'No arguing? This is the first.' Kagome was shocked that he openly told her what he was thinking, something he often didn't do.

A little while later the fire started to die. Kagome stood up and started walking back to the hut she shared with Rin and sometimes Inuyasha when she felt a pull on her wrist. The miko stopped and saw that Inuyasha had a grasp on her.

"Hey, Kagome?"

Somewhat annoyed that he had used the same tone as early, the priestess did the same thing back. "Yes?"

"I sense it again. A demon, and by the smell of it not a small one."

"Inuyasha, if it was headed for the village I would of sensed it too, I just think you're paranoid because Sesshomaru isn't here right now."

Inuyasha's grip tightened on her wrist and he stood up, now facing her and looking her in the eye.

"I'm being serious! It's not the time for cocky jokes!" His voice settled and he let go of her wrist and turned around. "I'm going to check it out."

A flash of red went off in the distance and he was gone.

"I'm the cocky one?" Kagome mumbled under her breath and went back to the cabin before drifting off to sleep on a mat beside the sleeping form of Rin.

Everyone in the village was now asleep. The tops of the nearby trees were shaking from the wind and only visible because of the bright moon.

'Hn. So it's true, the moon does turn yellow when it awakens.'

Sesshomaru almost allowed a smirk come across his face, but seeing as he was joined by Jaken he didn't allow it to show.

He was much softer now from living in the village with Rin and all the "pathetic humans". But he would never be so soft as to show emotions so openly.

"My Lord? What compels you to be here?"

Silence was the usual answer for all the imp's questions. He dare not ask again to risk infuriating Sesshomaru.

He continues to gracefully walk, followed by the small demon that had to almost jog to keep up. The group of demons were heading south, on a two day journey to slay the "moon beast".

Sesshomaru did not know the demon's actual name, nor did he care. He only knew of where it was hidden, and he was almost there before he stopped to take a rest.

Sesshomaru and Jaken had been walking since morning, and it was now almost midnight. It was a measly stroll for Sesshomaru, but Jaken's constant grumbles would push Sesshomaru off the deep end if he would keep going.

According to legend, it was the size of a mountain but not intelligent in any way. The moon would turn yellow at its presence because of the overwhelming reflection of its yellow shell into the sky. Before now, it was underground in a deep sleep.

'Naraku's demise must of caused it to come out of hiding.' Sesshomaru was amused at the thought of killing it. Being stuck at the human village by the pleas of Rin was taking a toll on him. The demon lord wanted to rip something apart, so why not a legendary suppose-to-be-dormant demon. It was a break from the village, a break from the stench of humans and the half-breed.

Sesshomaru had admitted to himself though, he had missed the scent of the girl. Not just Rin- but the miko. Her scent of honey and flowers sometimes drove him crazy (A/N: In a bad way, perverts!) but now he was longing for it only after a day away from it.

Squishing that thought from his mind, Sesshomaru drifted off and let his body relax. Jaken was already asleep, and he was heading in the same path.

'Tomorrow, I will hurry and finish off that damned demon' was the demon lord's last though before he completely let blackness fall over him.

Author's Note: First chapter :D Review with what you would like to see happen? :)