A/n: Hey! This story came to me a few days ago. I found it interesting so I'm going to share it with all of you. R/R! Oh, and some of my ideas about half-demon and full demon aging are here, and since none of that (how they age, etc…) has been confirmed, I will write about what I think and how I believe it goes, so don't criticize my ideas, please. I will ignore it so well it'll be like you never replied in the first place, so don't bother.
Dedication: This story is dedicated to my good friend, Miranda, who, without her, I probably wouldn't have had all of the ideas for this story.
Warning: Later on in the story, some of the characters (including a later made-up character) will be out of character. You will to find out why then. (Yes, it's going to be on purpose.) Oh, and btw, Sesshomaru will be out of character quite frequently in this story, but, hey, love can do that to you.
Chapter 1The sun shone down on Kalana's head as she walked around in the sunlight in the middle of a glade. It really was a beautiful day. It was too bad she wasn't able to enjoy the day and the sunshine half of the time because she was unconscious from her visions. Being physic isn't a good thing. And being a half-demon is even worse. But she can more than take care of herself. Most psychics can't fight, but they sure as hell aren't hopeless. There is a way for psychics to fight using the powers of their mind, but it's nearly impossible to be able to do that and live.
Suddenly, Kalana senses 2 – no, wait, 3 – beings coming toward her. Since psychics only sense people who have committed crimes (people who have hurt/killed (most likely killed) other people, demons, or whatever) it was very unusual to find 3 traveling together. This promises to be interesting, she thought.
Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango with Kirara, Shippo, and Kagome walk along in the woods.
"There should be a glade up ahead," said Miroku. "I believe I've been here before, and, if I'm not mistaken, there should be an open glade up ahead where we can rest." "
"Great," said Kagome. "I'm looking for a place to rest."
"It's not even close to being night yet!" Inuyasha exclaimed.
"Yes, but we've been walking non-stop for days, I'm exhausted!" Kagome said. "I want to relax for once."
Inuyasha sighs in exasperation.
They come to the open glade and see Kalana, standing right in the middle of it.
She turns her head slowly toward them, already knowing that they were there, and smiles wickedly. "Well, hello." She greets pleasantly. "How are you?"
They all know something's wrong, as her voice is fake.
"What do you want?" Inuyasha says, tensing up, ready for a fight.
"Nothing." She says. "Nothing at all." Her eyes switch from Miroku, to Sango, to Inuyasha, and back. She sighs. "Hm. No wonder."
"No wonder what?" Inuyasha asks.
"No wonder I wasn't worried. You guys haven't done anything serious."
They all look around at each other in confusion.
"What are you talking about?" Inuyasha asks.
"I'm a Psychic Demon." She says flatly. "Or, more correctly, a Psychic Half-Demon. I knew you three were coming from a mile off."
They are all shocked.
"What do you mean by 'you three'?" Asks Miroku.
"You three." She repeats. "As in you-" She points to Sango. "-You-" She points to Inuyasha. "-And you." She points to Miroku.
They gasp.
"You three have killed, and so, sensing that, I knew you were coming."
They all just stare at her blankly, amazed.
"You being a Demon-Slayer-" She points to Sango, and Sango gasps. "-You with your Wind Tunnel-" She points to Miroku, and Miroku pulls his right hand toward him, utterly amazed. "-And you… just being you." She says, pointing to Inuyasha. Inuyasha is shocked, but not nearly as much as the others are.
"But, none of your crimes have been severe, so, there is no need for me to worry." She says, turning around. Everyone is confused when she says that.
"You don't even know our names, and you're judging us?" Miroku asks.
She turns her head back and looks at him. "When you're psychic, you don't judge people, you know." They continue to stare at her. "What? You didn't believe me that I was psychic?" She says, turning around. They just continue to stare at her. She snorts. "Figures. But, you believe me now, and that's all that matters."
"So, what's your name?" Kagome asked, trying to break the tension.
"Kalana." She said shortly. "Yours?"
"Kagome." Kagome answered. "And this is Inuyasha, Miroku, Shippo, Sango, and her pet demon, Kirara."
"Pleasure." Kalana said. "I do apologize for my feisty, aggressive behavior, but one has to be careful in times such as these. Especially if you're a half-demon…."
"Too true," agreed Inuyasha. No one could figure out if he meant the first part of the statement, the second part of the statement, or both.
Kalana just smiled at him.
"We all understand your reasons for being harsh and aggressive toward us." Miroku said. "You just scared us a bit. We honestly didn't believe you were psychic."
"It's alright. I know you didn't," she said. "But, I can prove it, so that's all that matters."
They didn't seem to mind her being psychic at all. (It's not as if she can read minds. She's not that kind of psychic, no one is. Those kinds of physics are all myths; none of them exist or ever had existed Or, well, if they have existed, they didn't exist naturally, and someone made them that way.) This would prove to be the start of a few beautiful friendships if Kalana's intuition served her.
Then Kalana felt a familiar presence come near them. It seemed so familiar, yet she couldn't place where she had felt it before. Then the source of the presence came into the glade.
Her breath caught in her throat. She couldn't believe it.
It was Sesshomaru.
She could barely breath. She couldn't believe it. It had been almost 50 years, if her memory served her correctly. He didn't look at bit different. Well, of course he wouldn't, he was a full demon! She, on the other hand, probably looked a little different, not much because she was half-demon, but she was half-human and aged quicker than full demons do.
They just stared at each other, straight into each other's eyes, completely spellbound.
All they could manage to say was their names…
"Kalana…" Sesshomaru whispered softly.
"Sesshomaru…" She whispered softly in reply.
And they just stared.
"Did we miss something here?" Inuyasha asked, and no one replied. Everyone was just too shocked.
Kalana blushed and then turned her head away, and cleared her throat. "Sesshomaru and I have met before." She said, hoping to explain without giving away too much information. "It was long ago…"
"That was obvious," said Inuyasha. "Even a fool could've seen that you two knew each other." Then a thought crossed Inuyasha's mind, and he smiled wickedly. "So, Sesshomaru, hanging out with half-demons now, are we?"
Sesshomaru looked at Inuyasha like he was mad. "What are you talking about?"
"What do you mean, what am I talking about?" Inuyasha asked, confused, and everyone else was confused as well. What was going on? They thought. Inuyasha continued, "She's a half-demon, you idiot, that's what I mean."
Sesshomaru's eyes widened in shock, and then narrowed in anger. "What do you mean, she's a half-demon? She is not. Why would you say such a thing?"
"Because it's the truth, you bastard." Inuyasha spat.
"Inuyasha," Kalana said, putting her hand up and stopping him. "Please. Stop."
"What? Why?" He asked.
"Just please, stop." She said. "I'll take it from here." She turned her head towards Sesshomaru and smiled, "He's right. I am."
Sesshomaru's eyes widened in shock, and so did everyone else's. She hadn't told him, and he hadn't known. "Impossible!" He said. "I would know. I can-"
"I know." She said. "My psychic powers keep anyone from realizing what they don't want to now. I can't reminds, but that at least I can do. You didn't want me to be half-demon, so you fooled yourself into thinking differently, because I told you differently."
Sesshomaru was in complete and total shock. It was obvious he felt very betrayed, he was being much more emotional than usual. Kalana noticed and felt terrible. "Sesshomaru," she said. "Don't be upset. I lie to just about everybody about that, so don't feel bad. To most humans I tell them that I'm a human with psychic powers. To some humans, all half-demons and very few full demons, I tell them the truth, that I'm half-demon. To other full demons, I tell them I'm a full demon."
Sesshomaru seemed to understand, because he expression softened and went back to normal. In fact, everyone seemed to notice, because all of their shocked expressions were back to normal. Everything was quiet, until… Kalana jerked back like someone had punched her in the stomach. Someone very terrible was coming, someone, very, very terrible. She started to waver, and Sesshomaru was behind her in a second, and just in time, too, because right at the moment, she fell back, straight into Sesshomaru's arms. He lowered her to the ground, concern written all over his face.
Kalana couldn't believe this pain. This person was terrible, awful, she thought as the visions ran through her mind. The pain was unbearable. She couldn't believe that one person could all this pain and suffering. Unbelieveable…
A/n: Well, I hope you enjoyed that. I will update as soon as possible. I hope you enjoyed it!