Loving Me For Me by Kiseki

~*~*Chapter 1*~*~ The Battle

Disclaimer= Inuyasha does not belong to me...but Sesshoumaru sleeps over on Sundays =D

A_N_K- Yay!! Welcome minna to my first

Sesshou/Kago fanfic =D (everyone applauds) This is my little helper that prevents writer's block...Hikari!!!!!!!! Now, Hikari is a nice fox demon...aren't you?

Hikari- Of course I am!! Why else would I help you??

A_N_K- Any ways. As I said, this is my first story so please no flames and enjoy!! =D

Kagome's POV:

I plopped down on a nearby rock, exhausted. We had been out jewel hunting all day. All day, and not one shard.

"Can we PLEASE set up camp?" I begged Inuyasha. "Onegai!!"

"Feh!" Inuyasha scoffed. "This day has been useless! All day and no shard?" He shook his head, disappointed. "Besides, you're the only one tired and we haven't done enough work yet."

Hmph! Tell that to my aching bones!

Miroku and Sango walked out of the forest they were 'exploring'. I almost snorted.

'Exploring' was just another word for making out.

The two have gotten real chummy with each other since our last battle with Naraku. Miroku had sucked up a whole lot os saimyoushous. (A/N Can't spell....don't kill!!) It was sweet, but then trned gross as Sango continuously fretted over the injured guy. I mean, he's been groping her every chance he's got and she's still all like:

"Oh, my poor houshi-sama!! How's your hand?"

I was really tempted to say: "On you ASS!!"

But seeing how they finally confessed their feeligns to each other, I stopped myself. Heck, just last week Sango stopped calling him 'houshi-sama' and just went to 'Miroku'.

I shook my head to clear my thoughts. Sango was now giving Miroku a massage. inuyasha and Shippo were arguing about how ramen (Inuyasha's vote) was better than sausages (Shippo's vote). Both are now sulking. Kirara is scratching like crazy trying to get Myouga ji-chan off her. Myouga ji-chan's been around for a long time now. Mostly because there are not much battles anymore. Just a typical day. I stretched and began to unload my sleeping bag.

"Oi! Wench!" Inuyasha hollered at me.

"Nani?" I yelled back.

"whatcha doin...?" He asked. *What kinda gay-ass question is that?* I asked myself. Sighing, I held up my sleeping bag and set it on the floor.

"Unpacking." I finally said. He rolled his eyes

"No shit! Thanks for stating the obvious." He sarcastically said. "I meant, what are you doing unpacking? We're not camping here!"

"We're not?" Miroku asked. I cast a glance at him. He was already laying on the mat set out with Sango nearby.

"See? Miroku and Sango are tired too!" I stuck my tongue out at Inuyasha. He muttered something bout 'stupid ningens'.

"HEY! Don't forget you're half human too!" I yelled, peeved that he's complaining about humans while he's half.

"Keh!" Was all he said as he jumped up on a nearby tree. Letting one leg dangle over the branch, he crossed his arms and closed his eyes. I snuggled into my sleeping bag. Shippou hopped to me and cuddled near me. I swear, the ball of fus is sooooo KAWAII!! =D. I wrapped an arm around him protectively. I guess I'm kinda like his 'kaasan now.

"Oyasumi nasai, minna!" I said, closing my eyes.

"Yasumi." Miroku muttered.

"Yasumi nasai, Kagome-chan." Sango said.

"Oyasumi Nasai, Kagome 'kaasan." Shippou yawned innocently. There was a warm feeling in my heart. Shippou just called me his kaasan. It was probs a feeling you get only as someone's mother. I smiled, pulling Shippou closer (if possible). I waited. No response from a particular someone.

"Oyasumi nasai, Inuyasha!" I called out. I strained to hear his answer. He mumbled something unintelligeble but sounded close enough to 'yasumi'. I mentally shrugged. That's probs the closest you get to a good night from Inuyasha. It was a wonder why I liked him so much. Hey...! Why did I like him so much? My eyes flew open as I thought about it. He's always grouchy. Could be PMS...Do guys even PMS? He's mean...A heck of a baka...Undecisive...Mou! He can't even choose between pickles and ramen! (A/N Pickles are from the first movie.) Mentally, I sighed. If he can't even choose between food, how's he gonna choose between me and that walking pot of clay...erm...I mean, Kikyo...I looked at the evening sky. The stars twinkled brightly. Well...Inuyasha does have his good sides...His eyes were the ame color as the stars...He's sooooo DAMN hot...Protective...Has a great bod...I blushed slightly...He's caring...My mind flashed back to when we first kissed. (A/N 2nd movie) Blushing even harder, I snuggled deep into the sleeping bag. I was pretty tired. Listening to the rhythm of Shippo's breating, I slowly fell into an Inuyasha filled sleep.

*~*~Next Day *~*

"Kagome 'kaasan...Wake up." I groaned and tried to pull my sleeve from Shippo's grasp.

"5 more minutes..." I mumbled, before flipping onto my side.

"Kagome!" This time, I was awoken by Inuyasha's rude poking.

"Osuwari..." I muttered. BAM!

"Damn bit--" He began.

"Osuwari." I said breezily, rolling over again.

"Ne, Kagome-chan." I cracked my eyes open. Sango.

"Not you too..." I groaned. I lightly shoved her and flipped over onto my stomach.

"Kagome-sama." My mouth twitched. A certain SOMETHING was touching my ass.

"Damn hentai!" I sat up, whacking Miroku clean on the head. He shook his head and backed up. Yawning, I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes.

"Okay...I'm awake. What's this earth-shattering news you wanted to tell me?" I uselessly tried to comb out my tangly hair with my fingers.

"We're hungry!" The Inuyasha-tachi chimed. I sweat dropped.

Mou! Just yesterday i was shard finding girl. Now I'm Miss-Make-Us-Ramen. Personally, I preferred shard finding girl. I grumbled as I poured hot water into the ramen cups. Handing each one to a person, I sat down and dug into mine.

Suddenly, an all too familiar feeling came to me. A chill ran down my back. Something pulsed in my ears. I counted how many times it pulsed. 200, no, 239!

"Kagome-chan?" Sango asked, noticing my frozen state.

I blinked.

"Shikon shards." Was all I said before the gang was up and rady. My eyes dropped down to the forgotten and spilt ramen all over the dirt ground. They woke me up for THAT? I left my cozy sleeping bag to feed them, only to get my food split, ruined, on the ground? Reluctantly, I stood up from the rock I'd been using as my chair, my eyes never leaving the spilt ramen.

"How many?" Inuyasha's voice made me look away from the poor shriveling ramen. i was peeved. The ramen is wailing its head off and all he cares are about shikon shards? Whoa! Where'd the wailing part come from? I've seen Bambi too many times. I shook my head to clear my thoughs.

"Uh....Shikon shards...right...eito...239." I scrunched up my face, trying to remember the long forgotten number. "That's a lot of shikon shards." I added.

"It has to be Naraku. I can smell the filthy bastard." Inuyasha growled. "Come out, you sick bastard!"

An evil laughter surrounded us. Hmm...kinda like surround sound...ARGH!!! Kagome, FOCUS! There was a rustling of bushes on my right. I spun around in that direction. Shippou practically glued himself on my leg. I readied an arrow.

"Hiraikotsu!" Sango's bone boomerang broke trees as it revolved around the forest. Almost instantly, millions os youkai jumped out, heading towards us. inuyasha pulled out Tetsusaiga. I pulled at my bowstring. Sango caught her boomerang, preparing herself for another attack. Miroku pulled on his beads on his right hand. Kirara transformed, protecting us all. Shippou clutched tighter at my leg.

"Shippou," I whispered to him. He looked up at me with fear in his eyes. "When I tell you to, I want you to run under that boulder. You got that?" I jerked my head slightly at the boulder not far from us. Shippou nodded. I looked at Sango, her knees were bent, preparing for battle. Next, I looked at Miroku. His fist clenched and unclenched around the beads. I watched as they looked at each other.

"I love you." Sango said.

"Aishiteru mo." Miroku said. Something pulled at my heart. Jealousy. I wanted to say that to someone and have them say it too. Finally, I looked at Inuyasha. He turned and looked at me.

"Gambatte." Was all he said. My heart dropped. i thought he'd tell me. I thought he...cared. I averted my gaze. Well, If he's not gonna say it, I might as well. I mean, it could be our last battle. We might...I gulped...die... Gathering all my courage, I looked him straight in the eye.

"Inuyasha, I...I..." I struggled with my words. Time was being wasted. The oni and youkai were approaching. "I love you!" I shut my eyes tightly, afraid to see his reaction. His hand gently touched my arm.

"Kagome...Look at me." I opened my eyes. He was...smiling.

"Inuyasha?" I was confused.

"It's ok...I --" He was cut off by Sango's yell.

"Hiraikotsu!" Her giant boomerang cut through hundreds of youkai.

"Guys! Pay attention!" Miroku yelled, sucking youkai through his kazanna.

Embarassed, I noticed the youkai were much closer than before. But, all this youkai and no Naraku. I quickly pulled my arrow back and released it. A soft pink glow of purity surrounded my arrow. Grass and flowers bloomed under my arrow's path. A sign of improvement. Or at least, that's what Kaede-bachan told me. My arrow wiped out hundreds with the aura and a few with the acutal arrow. I cheered inwardly. Shippou grasped at my leg.

"Shippou..." I forgot about him! I frantically looked around for the boulder. To my horror, there wre thousands os youkai surrounding it. I had to get Shippou to safety. Quickly, I lodged an arrow and shot it in the direction of the boulder. The youkai around it turned into dust, blowing away in the wind.

"Shippou, go!" I nudged him with my foot. He didn't budge. I had like 2 minutes before they noticed. "Shippou!" I nudged him harder.

"K-Kagome...I-I don't...I can't..." Shippou looked at me with fearful eyes. I groaned inside.

"Shippou-chan. Now's not the time to be scared!" I was practically kicking him now. amazingly, he still didn't budge. Time check...10 seconds. gasping, I noticed the youkai wre beginning to turn towards us. I picked Shippou up and ran towards the boulder. 5...4...3...2...1...0...I got there, stuffed Shippou into the crevice under the boulder and stuck an arrow there. The purity would purify the youkai for as long as I wanted it to. Relaxing, I slumped against the boulder. He's safe...I caught my breath and opened my eyes, surprised to find them closed. I tensed as I realized I was looking into blood red eyes. Youkai. i gasped in pain as the youkai's claws cut into my stomach. I could barely feel the pain. All I could think was that I had to get them away from Shippou. With a grunt, I kicked the youkai in the shins and quickly grabbed my bow and arrows. To m y amazement, the arrow slipped into place. I released the arrow and ran. The youkai in front of me vanished. I struggled to run. i was losing a whole lot of blood.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha leaped in front of me.

"Kaze no KIZU!" He flawlessly executed the move that he before struggled with. "Daijoubu ka?" I weakly nodded. Kaede-bachan had taught me something...a spell...that could close wounds for 48 hours. What was it now? My face scrunched up as I tried to remember it. My eyes lit up as I did. Inuyasha was looknig at me, confused. I smiled and brought both hands to my stomach.

"Kizu go away...

Come back in 2 days...

Kizu go away...

You're welcome another day..." I closed my eyes and changed. My body felt warm all over. Liquid stopped pouring on my hands. I opened my eyes. The wound was gone. It worked.

"Nani...Naze..." Inuyasha stuttered. I put my still tingling hands on his body. His woulds healed.

"This lasts for 48 hours. After that, they'll appear again." i gently said.

"Go help Sango, she's beaten up bad. So's Miroku." He nodded in the other direction. I hurried over and pressed my hands on her wounds. Then I tended to Miroku. By the time I finished, the tingly feeling disappeared. The two nodded at me before starting battle again. it was a gruesome battle. It was certain Miroku's kazanna grew. He was starting to struggle to keep it under control. Sango's boomerang was cracked. It could break anytime. Inuyasha had a hole in his chest...again. But he was doing okay. All the youkai were gone. I rushed to tend to their wounds. Sango and Inuyasha were ok, but Miroku was really really struggling. I put my hand on his kazanna. An incantation came to me.

"Spirits of death, give him two years.

To release him from death and from fear.

I beg of you, don't take this man's life

To take him away would be a cut of the knife

Change this hold back to what it was

Back to the size it was before the cause."

Another tingly feeling passed through me. I waited until I felt the kaze around us gro stronger. I tried to calm my panicking heart.

"Kagome!" I heard Inuyasha's worried cry. I held up my other hand to show him I was okay. I took a deep breath. The kaze slowly stopped. Miroku dropped to the floor. Sango rushed to him, kneeling beside him once she reached him. He took a deep breath. I watched as Miroku pulled his beads away. The hole...was...small. Miroku's hair moved towards the hold.

"Mirokku! What are you doing?" Sango wrapped the beads back on, alarmed.

"It's small again." Inuyasha said. Sango threw her arms around Miroku and began to sob.

"I was so scared!" Miroku hugged her back, whispering reassuring words into her ear.

I walked away with Inuyasha. I placed my hands on Sango's hiraikotsu. I focused my energy on the cracks and felt the cracks slowly mend. Inuyasha was watching me intently. I next fixed up tetsusaiga.

"Kagome." Inuyasha gently called my name. I looked up at him.

"Nani?" I asked , searching his eyes.

"I-I-I..." Inuyasha began. An evil cackling surrounded us once more. Inuyasha spun away from me.

"Naraku..." Inuyasha growled. He quickly grabbed the mended tetsusaiga. It transformed at his touch. I looked around. Miroku and Sango rose. Sango made a break for her hiraikotsu. Miroku grabbed his houshi's stick. A rustling sound was heard and a shadowed figure appeared. A figure wearing a baboon skin. A figure, with the shikon no tama. A figure...

"Naraku..." I gulped. The shikon no tama was complete, save for a few shards. Shards that I had...

**~*~~~*End Chapter 1*~*~

Kagome- A_N_K!!!!!!!! Why did you make me whine about ramen? I could care less!

A_n_k=...WEllz, it was written in the script and you hafta act it out.

Sess- (hugs Ai from behind) Hello my darling demoness.

Ai- (shrugs out of sess's embrace) Hi Sess...

Kagome- Hey!! Sess is supposed to be with me.

Ai- In the script yah...

Sess- I LOVE AI!!!!

Ai- Shut up!

Sess-(all pissed now) You dare to threaten this Sesshoumaru?

Ai-uh...Yah Fluffboy.

Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, Shippou- (laughing their asses off backstage.)

Sess- (approaches Ai)

Ai- (grabs rosary and puts it on Sess.) Down.

Sess- (Falls on ass)

(Every1 laughs)

Ai- Wellz...Thanks for reading my story... It took me forever to write!! =D plz review!!!!!! Ja ne!