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Authors Note: OK cats and Kittens, even thought the chapters name is “The End” dont worry, we're not quite finished yet. Just remember, Into every life a little rain must fall. Have fun.

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Chapter 7: The End

“My biscuits always bake up hot and flaky. The whole family will love em. Eehh heew”

“Hey” InuYasha came running up with a scowl, “What do you think your doing?”

“I'm trying to get him to wake up, this cannot be healthy, I mean, look at him.” She had just noticed how awful his normal perfect appearance had become. His eyes were red, and bloodshot. His hair disheveled, and full of bits of twigs, leaves, and dirt. The clothes that had never before seen a wrinkle or a stain were now almost unrecognizable. She could even see that he was still wearing his “Captains” shirt under his kimono.

“Awww, he's fine, just leave him alone. I can finally say that I actually want to spend time with my brother.” InuYasha begged, “Look, he seems so happy.”

“CLICK”
“You will never forget the day, you almost caught, Captain Jack Sparrow.”

“Kagome-sama.” She looked down at the small child. “Please let Sesshomaru-sama stay this way. It's the only time I've ever seen him seem ...happy.

“CLICK”
“I love you. You love me. We're a happy family, with a great big hug and a kiss from me to you, wont you say, you love me too.”

She knelt down to be even with the girl's face. “Rin,” she said sweetly, “Sesshomaru is not happy, he's...” she looked back at the dancing purple dinosaur...”disturbed. He is not himself. I am worried that if we can't figure out how to help him, he may be stuck like this.”

“CLICK”
He lifted his arm to the sky. “By the power of Grey-skull, I have the POWER!”

She stood back up and faced him, her anger rising. This has gone too far. I can't take much more of this. I he keeps this up much longer I'm gonna have to get InuYasha to attack him.

“CLICK”
“Are irritating hemorrhoids driving you crazy? Should have used Preparation-H.” “Preparation-H is for external use only and may cause discomfort, itchiness, swelling, bleeding, and anal leakage. Consult your physician if problems persist.”

She stood, muscled rigid, fists balled. All the previous anger and frustration she had earlier directed at Sota now came flooding back to her. I'm trying here, and all you can do is act like an idiot. I honestly want to know if you are really interested in me, but at the moment I just want you to shut up!

“CLICK”
“Live, from New York. IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT!”

I mean what kind of a moron goes to Sota of all people for advice about anything, especially women? He can't even walk down the street without picking his nose, why would he know anything about how to pick up chicks?

“CLICK”
“Sheera, right, and monkeys might fly out of my butt. She's a babe.” “If she were president she'd be Baberham Lincon.” “In Latin she would be called 'Babeicus Majorous', ” “She makes me feel like when I used to slide down the rope in gym class.” “Schwing!” “Scha-wing”

InuYasha pushed Rin back as he saw Kagome anger rising. InuYasha had seen many demons suffer from her rage before turning to dust, and he did not wish to be among them.

Her aura swirled around her, growing in size and power. Something had been loosed in her. The thought that; someone thought she was special, and had wanted her to return such feelings, and it all being shot to hell, was too much.

“CLICK”
“Oh. My. God. Becky. Look at her BUTT! It is, like, so big! I mean it's just out there.” “I like big butts and I can not lie. Them other brothers can't deny. When a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist and a round thing in your face, you get SPRUNG!”

Her hands flew out, fingers spread, palms pointed at him. She'd had enough. If he says one more thing, just one more, he's toast!

“CLICK”
His hips began to sway side to side, and he ran his hand up the back of his head ruffling his hair. A raw, gritty soprano came from his mouth. “Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and games. We got everything you want...”

One too many. A bolt of energy from her completely enveloped the Youkai. One steady stream of pure, anger assisted pink light pounded him mercilessly. Sesshomaru was unaffected. Although he was not in control, his mighty demonic aura was battling that of the miko's in what seemed to be an even battle. He danced and pranced, completely unaware as he continued his song.

“In the jungle, welcome to the jungle, wont you bring me to my Sha- n-n-n-n-n-n-knees, knees, knees...”

Kagome's assault was unrelenting, she had not expected him to continue this farce if he was in danger of being purified. Her anger at the sheer stupidity of it all rose up again. He's such a... such a... such a... She couldn't think of the proper insult to hurl at him in defeat.

Her arms dropped, her attack ending, as she screamed, “YOU ARE SUCH A SPAZ!!”

The silence was deafening.

Sesshomaru stood facing Kagome, still and quiet for the first time in hours. It was not her powers that had broken the spell, but her words. Or rather one word. He thought back to the instructions the boy had given him, “Just remember, whatever you do, don't be a spaz. Don't be that guy.”

She had called him the dreaded spaz, and rightly so. He thought back to all that had transpired since he had first gone down the well. He had not once been the “cool guy”. He had only bounced from one ridiculous incarnation to another, waiting for one to make her bend over and flip up her skirt in desire.

He blinked his eyes several times, as if waking from a long dream. She was just a few yards away, looking intently at him, like she expected him to do, or say something.

Oh, kami, it worked! Now he can just walk over, tell me that he loves me, and we can figure out if we can housebreak InuYasha, or if he will have to live out in the yard.

He moved close, eating up the ground between them in long strides. Maybe he'll just take me in his...arm, and kiss me passionately. She licked her lips, and began to pucker.

“Miko.” His voice was cold and dead, the way it had always been before the week had started. “I have tried to become the 'cool guy' that I thought you desired. But I have played the spaz instead. I wished to show you that I could be what a woman like you would want. Instead of winning you over with 'smooth' and 'cool', I have been no better that the Screech, or the infamous Urkel.” He reached out a hand and cupped her cheek for a moment. “I shall not trouble you any longer. Goodbye”

With that, he turned and walked out of the clearing without even a glance back.


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“Shit! Shit! Shit! Why me? Why can't I ever get it right. First there's Hojo, and he either thinks I've got the immune system of a newborn, or I'm a hypochondriac. Then there's InuYasha, I only get insults from him, and whenever Kikyo comes around I get ditched for that clay bitch. And now him” she pointed to the hole where the Youkai had just departed. “First he's trying to kill me, and then suddenly he likes me, but does he bother to TELL me? Noooooooo. He just starts acting like... like... like an entire ward at the mental hospital!”

She was breathing hard, her shoulders slouched and heaving. She wasn't angry and defiant like before, she was sad and defeated. She had lived for so long not really belonging in either world. As strange as it sounded, she actually began to want him to keep coming around. Even with his strange behavior, she had felt special, and desired, and she could still remember the heat between them as he had held her as 007.

“Uhhh, Kagome-sama?”

“What!” she snapped looking down at the toad that stood beside her. He cowered, still afraid that he might get purified if he stood too close.

“Kagome-sama, I do not think you understand. Sesshomaru-sama has perused you since the first time he met you in his fathers tomb. I believe that you have not been educated in the customs of how a dog demon courts a female. He has been frustrated for quite some time that his attempts to gain your favor have been shunned. He was not sure if it was because you did not desire him, or if InuYasha had simply not explained the obvious signs.”

She glared over at the half-breed. He knew! He knew all along, and didn't say anything. Ooooo.

InuYasha knew he was screwed. He stepped several paces back, his hands held out in front as if ready to deflect an attack. Suddenly he bolted, and ran for the trees. Kagome smiled, knowing full well that he couldn't outrun the spell that activated the beads around his neck. She was just waiting for the right moment. The moment he thought he had escaped her. The moment he was thirty feet in the air, leaping from a tree branch.

“SIIIIIIIIITTTTTT.” she growled through clenched teeth. She saw him plummet from the height, and nodded with satisfaction.

“But why didn't he just tell me? Why all this...insanity?”

“That is not the way things are done. When a dog demon wants a mate, he goes through certain rituals in order to convey his desire for the female, and to judge if she is willing. When he found out that things are not done this way in your world, he attempted to re-create the mating rituals he saw there. It is a wonder that he was even here in the first place.”

“What do you mean?”

“Sesshomaru-sama has been out on the northern border of his lands leading the campaign to quell an uprising of flamingo youkai there. He had been gone for over a month before he went to your world down the well. He has not slept in almost five weeks!”

“Five weeks!” Well that explains a lot. I start getting cranky if I don't get a full eight hours every night.

“Jaken” her eyes were large and pleading, “What should I do?”

The diminutive retainer replied immediately, he had been prepared for this eventuality, and knew what was necessary.

“You must go to him!” he stated sharply. “You must go, and resolve this with him.” He stamped the staff of Two Heads on the ground to signify that his words should be obeyed.

“What? I thought you hated humans. Why would you want me to to to him at all?”

He fidgeted, knowing that he would be punished for relaying certain details. “My master has not tried to court a female in over 600 years, and the last time ended in a war. I fear that if you do not go to him, he will never try again, he will never have an heir, and the Western Lands could be plunged into civil war. Also, he gets very angry when he does not get what he wants.” He rubbed his scalp, and thought of the knots that would rise when he got back to the palace and his lord needed a punching bag.

She paused for only a moment, then nodded. There was no way she was going to let the Western Lands fall, just because she wouldn't make a little time with him. He had traveled to her time, and done the best he could trying to get her to see what he wanted. Sure it was stupid, but, then again, she could think of plenty of stupid stuff guys did to impress girls back home.

She turned and walked back to the well and retrieved her yellow pack, bow, and quiver of arrows. She started walking to where she had last seen the Tai Youkai. Looking back over her shoulder she shouted, “Don't worry about me, I'll be fine.” She took a few more steps before spinning on her heel and saying loud enough for everyone to hear clearly. “And tell InuYasha, if I catch him following me, I'm gonna seal him to a tree like Kikyo did!”


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Sesshomaru wandered blindly, not caring where he was or where he was going. There is no way she will accept me now. Not after I have acted so foolishly.

He stopped and realized that he was headed towards home. He didn't know why, but it made sense in a strange way. He sat on the ground, back against a tree, and allowed his mind to drift.

She had been quite beautiful, stunning really. She was of the golden Inu tribe, and the daughter of a powerful lord. He had been smitten with her the first time he saw her. She sat there, at her fathers table, her bodyguard behind her, daintily eating while the others around her ripped and tore their meat like savages.

His father had thought it a good match, especially seeing as the reason they had been there in the first place was to strengthen relations between the two tribes. After talking to the girl's father, he had encouraged the boy to pursue her.

And pursue her, he had. He had tried everything, but to no avail. She wanted nothing to do with him. He had finally approached her father, wanting to speak with her privately. Although it was not customary, the older man had understood, and agreed. He had been allowed into the palace gardens, at night, and had rushed to her side, begging her to give him a chance. She had not answered, only turned her head away.

That's when he noticed something different about her scent. I had been covered before by the close proximity of her bodyguard. Not only was she already mated, but she was pupped as well. Her father had to have known. He roared in rage at how foolish they had made him look. The bodyguard had come to protect his charge, as he drew near, Sesshomaru's light whip had cut him down. She had fallen, sobbing upon her beloved, as guards and soldiers had come pouring into the garden. It had been a trap!

It was there, that he had earned the name “The Killing Perfection”. Not one had left the garden alive save him. The war that followed had lasted for 75 years, and had only solidified his place as the next Lord of the Western Lands. He could still remember her face as she lay, licking the wounds of her beloved, and trying to revive him.

He had trained himself to be cold and aloof, to not care for others. He had hardened his heart, and with it, any chance for happiness. Until the girl had come. She brought light and laughter into his life once more, and his black heart had begun to soften and long to be loved by another. Rin was his girl. She worshiped him, and he doted on her. She had saved him from a life of lonely solitude.

And now there was this other human that tormented his thoughts.

He rolled onto his side, just wanting to sleep, and be done with the whole mess. He knew they would come for him as he slept. He would have no defense against them. He would fall asleep, and in his weakened state, so would the shield that held his aura at bay. The would all sense it, for miles, they would feel the power he had, and it would call to them. The would want his position, his power, or just to say they were the one that killed the mighty Sesshomaru.

But he didn't care any more. It just didn't seem worth it at all. If he slept here, instead of pushing on to the palace, at least he wouldn't have to see her again, of hear the mocking laughter of his brother rubbing it in.

His eyes closed. And sleep took him.


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Kagome walked through the woods, looking for the embarrassed Inu. How am I ever going to find him? He could have turned into his ball of light thingy, and be home by now. She was determined though. She had plenty of supplies, and had decided to just keep walking until she reached his palace if need be. She was determined to get some closure on this, the strangest week of her life, which was saying something.

She suddenly sensed a powerful aura nearby, and recognized it as his. She quickened her pace. She had never felt him before today when they had clashed by the well. Something was wrong!

She reached a grove of tall ash trees, and saw him laying on the ground. She ran to him, wondering if he had been injured. He appeared to be fine. She held his face in her hands, “Sesshomaru, Sesshomaru! Are you alright? It's me Kagome.” but he didn't respond. She started doing what everyone does to those that are having difficulty understanding. “SESSHOOOOMARUUUUU,” she yelled in his face, her words elongated. “IT'S ME KAAAGOOOMEEEE.” His head lolled to the side, as he began snoring softly.

“Well, I guess I'd sleep through just about anything if I had been awake for five weeks straight too.”

She stood up, opened her pack, and started to prepare a small camp. She had decided that she would stay with him until they had a chance to talk it out.

As she was putting the last of the rocks for the fire-pit in place, she heard a growling behind her. Stalking slowly, on silent paws was an enormous tiger. He continued to creep closer, but stopped when he heard, “Um, Excuse me. Can I help you?”

He looked at the sound. Walking sideways, she came to stand between the great beast and the sleeping dog.

“I'm sorry, but this is a private campsite. You'll have to find accommodations elsewhere.”

The tiger growled, baring it's fangs, and hunched down preparing to pounce.

She brought her arm up, an arrow already notched. Pink energy pulsed from her fingers infusing the arrow, and causing it to glow with purifying power.

“You caught me on the wrong day, Kitty.”

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