A/N: I do not own Inuyasha or any of it's characters. I do however, own the plot for the story as it is a belated birthday present for my best friend who this stories OC is based on. I unfortunately make no money from this either. :(
Lynn blinked and looked around. Curiously, she had a feeling that she wasn't where she fell asleep anymore. It seemed like the same place, but something about it was just…off. Johnnie-Lynn "Lynn" Carter sat up and looked around. "What the hell?" she muttered. It definitely wasn't where she fell asleep.
She was suddenly glad that she had a few of her knifes on her; her collapsible shuriken which was attached to the waistband of her black jeans; her throwing knifes which she hid very well inside her knee high leather hooker boots; and her Warrier Spike knife (yes it's real; I'm looking at it right now lol; it's basically a curved blade with a spiked knuckle guard like brass knuckles; google Warrier Spike Knife) attached to a holster under her left arm. She hadn't needed them back at home, but she had a feeling she may need them here. She turned in circles, looking around. Some of it was familiar to the rare, untouched meadows around Savannah, Georgia. The rest was…not. There seemed to be many, many more trees and flowers there then when she went to sleep.
Not to mention she more or less sensed the not so nice atmosphere surrounding the current meadow she occupied. Looking around, she couldn't see anything, but she could feel something watching her.
Hesitantly for her, she walked forward, deciding that it was best that she have a look around and see what she was dealing with. If she were home, she would be more inclined to just go blazing in. She didn't know how, but she had a feeling that she ended up in a different time, and she wasn't very keen on rushing head on into something she knew nothing about.
Of course, several questions flew through her mind as she observed her surroundings: How did she come to be here? Where was here? Was it the same place only a different time? Or was it a similar meadow to the one in Savannah, but a different state or country? She wasn't sure of the answers to any of these questions as of yet, but she made a vow to find out.
As she neared what she assumed was a forest, a big bush to her right rustled, causing her to pause and eye it warily. For a few moments, it continued to rustle, as if something was caught in it. Thinking such, she leaned forward, thinking it was a fox or a rabbit that was stuck in the bush somehow, and was going to see if she could free it.
That was a mistake on her part, for the moment she leaned closer, a hideous looking creature that was about waist high jumped out with a snarl. Thankfully, she had pretty quick reflexes (when she didn't trip over flat surfaces of course) and immediately jumped back. 'It's a good thing that I'm wearing hooker boots with thicker heals than what I normally wear,' she thought idly to herself as she observed the grotesque creature before her.
It was a pukish green color and seemed to be oozing a disgusting smelling liquid from several gashes that looked to be wounds. She wasn't a doctor, but she was almost positive that it was puss coming from the gashes. Either that or the place was a hell on Earth and this creature was a demon with natural puss emitting gashes. Which wouldn't be a surprise; she had always suspected that she'd end up in hell one day-only she'd be driving the yellow cheese wagon to transport people to hell as her best friend Maggie would be the one ruling over it. Needless to say, she wasn't particularly afraid of the short demon, but she wasn't reckless enough to attack without knowing how it worked.
"What the hell are you and what do you want?" she asked it, backing away a bit and putting enough distance between it and her in case she needed to get to her weapons quickly. Her dirty blonde hair flew up around her face as the wind blew it forward, making it billow in the wind along with her white with black splatter button up over shirt.
The creature before her merely looked at her and growled threateningly, as if it understood her, but either refused to answer or lacked the intelligence to do so. Judging by its looks, she believed it to be rather unintelligent. She arched a brow at its audacity when it finally decided to attack her. Her reflexes kicked in again and she jumped back again, this time higher and further away, startling not only the demon but herself as well. What surprised her more as she flew through the air was that even though she was flailing her arms in shock was that she landed pretty gracefully on the ground, several feet from the demon.
Her heart pounding, she found herself being glad that she had on a tight spaghetti strap tank top under her white and black splotched shirt; otherwise she was pretty sure she'd be flashing the gross demon before her. And that didn't sit well with her in the least. 'What the hell just happened?' she asked herself, keeping her eyes on the demon before her. When it went to attack her again, she quickly reached under her shirt and unbuttoned the strap holding her Warrier Spike in its holster and whipped it out with practiced grace.
The creature stopped momentarily, eyeing her and the blade warily, before deciding neither were a threat and grinned toothily and cockily. Lynn hid a smile of her own at this creatures look, knowing it was underestimating her and her ability to use her own blades that she practiced with daily. 'Well,' she smirked internally, 'it's about to get a shock, now isn't it.' Neither she nor the demon noticed the golden eyes watching them.
When the demon decided to attack again, she waited till it got closer before she punched it straight on its forehead, leaving several holes from the spikes on the knuckle guard that leaked what she assumed was blood even though it was a greenish color. The demon squawked and glared at the human before him before growling and jumping towards her again, only to draw back when she expertly brought her knife down and scratched his chest, leaving a green trail of blood.
Before it could recover, she flew forward, and in a graceful move for her, sent her right foot sailing for the demons head, nailing it in the temple, causing the demon to yelp and stagger, thus causing it to lose focus for a moment, but a moment was all she needed as she deftly charged forward and plunged her five and a half inch blade into the demons heart, effectively killing it.
As it collapsed to the ground, she found a big leaf from one of the bushes nearby and wiped the blood from it before re-sheathing her blade, making a face all the while. "That's the most disgusting thing I've ever seen," she muttered, shuddering at the smell. She decided to continue her adventure through the forest. But before she could make a move in any one direction, she suddenly felt a chill up her spine. Someone was still watching her.
Cautiously, she turned around looking at the surroundings. At first she didn't see anything, but her careful scrutiny revealed a pair of shadowed golden eyes. Narrowing her eyes at the eyes, she nearly growled out "Reveal yourself! I tire of these hide-and-seek games you creatures seem to want to play!" She watched idly as the most gorgeous looking man she had ever seen stepped from the bushes with a slightly annoyed look on his otherwise stoic face.
The man had gorgeously long, silver hair that hung straight down to nearly his feet, the most gorgeous golden eyes she had ever seen-of course given that she'd never seen golden eyes like his before made it the only pair of eyes she had seen like that, especially the cat like slits for pupils. His face was slim and nearly elfin like. There wasn't an ounce of fat anywhere she could see. Only what appeared to be broad muscle under the billowing white fabric he was clothed in. The only color on his person that wasn't white was his yellow and blue sash-which she assumed must hold up his pants as well as served as a place to hold his three swords and keep what appeared to be armor in place- and the red honey comb shaped pattern on the shoulders of his shirt and the very tips of the open sleeves. But the elfin ears and face and even the weapons and clothes aren't what she found fascinating.
What she found fascinating was the fluffy boa looking thing over that looked more than just a little bit soft and warm and the markings on the man. He appeared to have a blue crescent moon tattooed on his forehead, a magenta strip on each eyelid, and two purple stripes on each cheek. Oddly enough, the "tattoos" suited him quite well, but for the life of her she couldn't figure out why. What was even more disturbing was that she could smell his scent.
Her nose crinkled as the scent hit her nose, a mix of honey and what seemed to smell like a very clean dog. Apparently the man before her must have thought that she must have found his smell funny and didn't like it. A growl escaped his lips as he watched her nose scrunch up and an odd look come across her face. She immediately focused on the man before her and ignored his scent in favor of making sure she wasn't about to be attacked.
"What the fuck do you want?" she asked the man before her with a scowl. On the outside, she was all tough guy…but internally she was all sappy high school girl mode. Inside her head she was squealing and dancing around at the extremely HOT male before her. 'Oh…my…God! This man is hot! But why does he smell like honey and dog? And why can I smell him from all the way over here?'
"This Sesshomaru doesn't have to answer to the likes of a half-breed like you, Fox," the man in front of her, apparently Sesshomaru, sneered. A smug look crossed his face as a confused one crossed hers. 'Fox?!' she shrieked indigently in her mind. "Who the fuck are you calling a fox?!" she yelled, pointing a finger in his direction. She of course took it completely the wrong way, thinking he meant it in somewhat of a sexual slur, instead of it being that he was under the impression that she was a half fox. Apparently she either didn't get the half-breed slur or it hadn't registered yet.
"You, you miserable half-breed. If you know what's good for you, you'll stop pointing that tainted finger at this Sesshomaru or you'll find yourself missing it as well as the arm attached," he growled out. "Oh, really?" Lynn said snidely. "And what makes you think I'm scared of a fairy looking man like you? Especially considering I just kicked some creatures ass in less than two minutes and you appear to be nothing but a girly man that smells like a dog." The growl that came from the man in front of her only made him seem more of the animal he smelled of.
What startled her though was that he disappeared from front of her, only to reappear in her personal space. Surprisingly, she could track his hand moving from his side, glowing green and hissing, and quickly jumping back, again surprising herself with her sudden appearance of agility. Apparently it had surprised the man in front of her too for he growled loudly at being denied his retribution. He was getting angrier by the second as she continuously dodged his poisonous claws with surprising agility. But then again he shouldn't be too surprised, she was half fox, and not just any fox.
If he was smelling correctly, and he knew he was, she was part of the Silver Fox clan. But as far as he knew, there weren't that many left, and there was only one that he knew of that was more or less half fox demon. And he knew for a fact that that one demon was male. So who this person was escaped him. Not that he was familiar with any other Silver Foxes other than the one named Youko Kurama. Kurama himself was rather famous for being a cunning thief, of both baubles and hearts. He was rather notorious, even among the west. He had yet to attempt to steal from Sesshomaru of course, but then he didn't think that the Fox would be stupid enough to even try to steal from someone who could scent him out and track him down.
Sesshomaru stopped trying to attack the obviously much more agile than he thought girl, and instead tried to analyze the situation. He of course didn't have a problem with her other than she disrespected him. But as he thought about it, she was close to Inuyasha's human village and he knew he had never seen her before, and chances were, she probably had no idea who she was disrespecting. Frowning imperceptibly, Sesshomaru eyed her. "Where are you from, half-breed? This Sesshomaru has never seen you near my half-breed brothers' village before."
She had stopped momentarily and eyed him when he suddenly stopped attacking her and seemed to be eyeing her from head to toe as if he just thought of something. 'I really need a cigarette,' Lynn thought to herself. 'This is just too much for me right now.' So thinking, she ignored his question and reached into her back pocket, not caring if he thought she was drawing a weapon or not, and pulled out her pack of cigarettes and her white lighter that was encased in a dragon lighter sheath with a fake ruby and sapphire below it. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Sesshomaru frowning at her a bit, looking as if he was trying to figure out what the hell she was doing. Ignoring him but keeping an eye on him at the same time, she pulled out a cigarette, closed the lid and put the pack back into her pocket before popping the menthol bead in the butt of the cigarette and brought it to her lips.
She noticed, as she lit up her lighter and inhaled to get her cigarette going before placing the lighter back into her pocket with her cigarettes then returning her eyes to him as he eyed her and her cigarette, that he seemed to delicately sniff the air, as if he wasn't trying to make it obvious as to what he was doing. When she noticed his nose scrunch up a bit, she figured he must have caught wind of the smoke from her cigarette and didn't like the smell. "You have a problem with my smoking, dog?" "Answer my question, Fox," he sneered, not at all pleased with this one's attitude. And he had thought that the half-breeds wench was infuriating. This Fox topped the cake, so to speak.
"And why should I answer? It's not like I owe you a God damned thing," she sneered back. She jumped as her cigarette tip suddenly turned green and proceeded to hiss and steam up towards her lips. In shock and instinct, she let the cigarette fall from her lips and land on the ground and watched shocked as the cigarette dissolved into a small green puddle at her feet. At the loss of her cigarette, one of the very few that she had left from her only pack, she felt rage slowly begin to stream through her blood. Looking up at him with narrowed green eyes that were starting to fleck gold around the edges, she practically snarled at him. "You disintegrated my cigarette. You. Will. Die."
So saying, she whipped out the first thing she could get her hand on, which happened to be her collapsible shuriken and quicker than she had ever done before, flicked open the blades and hurled it at the man before her, only to growl at a green glowing whip that seemed to form from his fingers and knocked her shuriken to the side without a problem. He of course was already growling at her for attacking him, not to mention disrespecting his position and ignoring a direct question but was rather amused when she thought she could harm him with such a tiny weapon. He merely flicked his wrist and grinned internally as his poison whip formed and knocked it aside effortlessly.
The shriek that followed that, however, grated on his sensitive ears and he bared his teeth at the half-breed before him for her rudeness. "My shuriken! You bastard! You melted my shuriken!" Sesshomaru found himself blinking at the scene before him. One minute, the half-breed was standing there and the next there was a taller, bigger breasted Silver Fox standing in her place with sharp golden eyes, fuzzy fox ears on the top of her long silver haired head, and white tipped silver tail swishing around angrily.
If Sesshomaru wasn't the killing perfection that he was named after, he probably would have died right that second, because he could tell the fox before him had a great deal of power, but absolutely no control over it as she glared at him. If he hadn't been a seasoned fighter, he surely would have been caught and possibly killed by the sudden vines popping up from the ground trying to keep him immobile. Not to mention the suddenly vicious plant life that at any other time would seem as harmless as a butterfly.
'Hmm, it doesn't seem as if she knows what to do with the power she has. Interesting. Maybe she doesn't even realize that she's half demon, especially considering she has yet to say something about me pointing out her half-demon status. The only thing she's reacted to so far was the Fox comment,' he mused to himself as he continuously dodged the vines and other plant life attacking him, tearing through them with his claws or whip when he couldn't dodge it quick enough. He realized that he needed to get her under control otherwise she could hurt not only herself, but anyone human who happened to be walking around the forest. Though he only cared about Rin who was staying in Inuyashas' village, not to mention that he knew for a fact that none of the humans other than the slayer and monk and possibly even the half-breeds wench would be walking around the forest at sunset.
"Hn," Sesshomaru grunted to himself and used his unnatural speed to get close to her, smirking as she jumped at his suddenly close proximity, and wrapped an arm around her arms to hold them to her sides before bringing his other arm up to place a hand over her mouth and nose, letting a little of his poison seep out. Not enough to kill, but it would knock her unconscious for a bit. Long enough to figure out what he wanted to do with her at any rate.
It didn't take long for her to fall into unconsciousness. The struggling and heavy breathing probably didn't help much in that factor. The second she lost consciousness, he felt and saw her powers receding back into her body, her body itself returning back to human form. "Interesting for a half-breed, Little Fox," Sesshomaru murmured as he picked her up bridal style and looked down at her. He frowned a bit at the slightly warm feeling that he felt in his chest. It felt slightly warmer than the warmth he usually felt around little Rin.
Wondering at it for only a moment, he turned and walked to a nearby cave, wondering why he was even bothering with the half-Fox demon. Mentally shrugging, he walked the short distance to the cave. Upon arriving, he sniffed around the air in front of the cave to see if he could pick up on anything taking up residence that could be harmful in the cave. Finding nothing but old smells from others who had taken refuge in the cave at one time or another, he deemed it safe enough to deposit the rude Fox he found himself burdened with.
Setting her down, he walked back out and into the forest. She could handle herself, he knew, but he wasn't about to be caught worrying for someone that he hadn't even known long enough to bother with. So he decided that he would walk the perimeter around the cave, making sure that there were no other beings, demon, animal or human, around. After a short walk around the outside of the cave, he settled himself under a tree near the entrance, satisfied to find nothing harmful around. Sighing to himself, so low he barely heard it himself, he made himself comfortable and closed his eyes to rest for a moment, keeping his ears and nose as well as his youkai senses open.
He didn't even stir when he heard the Fox waking up from her poison induced slumber and groan. "What the fuck did that damn dog do to me?" Lynn said in a mutter, her voice echoing back to her from the empty cave and startling her. "Where the hell am I now?" she growled out as she sat up and looked around. "Damn it! That stupid dog could have left a fire going or something! I can't see a damn thing!" he heard echoing from the cave. He was both amused and slightly pissed with her at the moment. Amused because she seemed to think someone was going to answer her, not to mention the fact that night had fallen and the only way she could see anything is if he felt like finding some wood for her to make a fire with. And there was no way in hell she was going to do that.
He was pissed because she kept degrading him, calling him a dog. And not just a dog, but a damned dog. He was a dog, of course. A pure breed Taiyoukai. Pure dog. But it was degrading to be continuously called a dog, even if he was one. Let alone by a half-breed. Let alone by a half-breed Silver Fox. He did find himself smirking a bit as she continued grumbling, but felt his nose wrinkle when he smelled that thing she called a "cigarette" again. It smelled awful, but also minty at the same time.
At this point, however, he found himself questioning his decision not to kill the half-breed. Under any other normal circumstances, he would not hesitate to cut her down. But after finding Rin and fighting alongside his half-breed silver haired, golden eyed brother Inuyasha to kill that bastard half-breed Naraku and his detachments, he found that he had become a bit more tolerant of idiots who didn't know when to shut their mouths. He even tolerated mouthy females a little bit more.
One could say that he realized that as much as he considered himself so, he wasn't the center of the universe. And this is only after being around the ever cheerful dark hair and brown eyed Rin. 'If it wasn't for her,' he mused, 'I more than likely would have killed the Fox by now.' He tilted his head back, sniffing the air, having caught the scent of Jaken and Ah-Un. He flared his aura out, letting Jaken and Ah-Un feel it and giving them his location. Yes, he'd let Jaken find the girl some wood. Maybe he'd even get some amusement out of it.
Ten minutes later, Jaken walked into the small clearing around the cave entrance, Ah-Un being led by his reigns followed, though he would have come to his master without the help of the green Kappa that insisted on following his master. Ah-Un ambled over to his master, nuzzling against the hand that was held out to him before finding a spot, half in, half out of the clearing around the cave and settling down. Sesshomaru felt a shudder go down his spine at Jaken's shrill voice. "My Lord Sesshomaru! We have finally found you, My Lord! Your poor servant Jaken was looking all over for you, My Lord! Where have you been?" Sesshomaru resisted the urge to massage the bridge of his nose in annoyance. If Jaken wasn't such a loyal servant, he probably would have been dead a thousand times over by now. Sesshomaru tried to tune out the rest of Jakens' inane chatter, but found that the shrill voice was getting on his nerves.
He could also hear the Fox muttering to herself about said screeching, thinking it was a dying bird or something. Smirking internally at that thought, he ground out one word in a voice that promised severe pain. "Jaken." Immediately the Kappa shut his mouth, quickly prostrating himself on the ground and groveling, thinking for the millionth time that he was about to meet his death for annoying his Lord. "You will go find some fire wood and take it into the cave." He said in a soft voice, belying his annoyance. Jaken gawked at him in confusion, wondering why he would need wood when Rin wasn't there to make a fire for. "My…Lord…?"
"Need I repeat myself, Jaken? Or do you wish to have your life ended here?" Sesshomaru said coldly, leveling one golden eye on his servant with the promise of death if he disobeyed. "N-no, My Lord! I will go right now, My Lord!" Jaken stuttered out before hauling tail into the forest to find wood suitable for a fire. Of course he could still hear Jaken muttering to himself about having to gather firewood for no reason. Which of course led to a flying rock to the back of his head.
Smirking at the squawk of pain from his servant and the huff that sounded suspiciously like a laugh coming from his two-headed dragon, he focused his attention back on the Fox in the cave. He wondered why she couldn't tap into her powers as well as Youko could. Surely the Fox trained her? But she did seem to be from somewhere different. Maybe that explained why she was unable to use her powers. She must have grown up in a human village somewhere. But he knew for a fact that the area couldn't have been anywhere around here. As far as he knew, there was no one who wore such clothing like that except Inuyashas' wench, Kagome. Though even she now wore the garb of the priestess' now that she was staying here in this time.
Sesshomaru felt his eyes widen as the thought hit him. 'Of course! Why didn't I think about it before? That must be where she's from. She's from the priestess' time. But the bone eaters well hasn't worked since it brought the girl back to this time. So how is it that this Fox got here?' He stared at the tree in front of him, pondering these thoughts when Jaken finally stumbled back into the clearing, weaving to and fro from the knot on his head from the rock from earlier and the large pile of wood he had gathered. "I've got the wood you asked for My Lord. This lowly servant will take it into the cave as you asked," Jaken said in an unsteady voice as he weaved into the cave.
Sesshomaru then found himself biting back a chuckle as he heard the Fox yell out "Who the FUCK is there? Be forewarned, I'm armed and know how to use it! Just because I can't see doesn't mean I won't kick your fucking ass!" This was followed not moments later by "How dare you talk to me that way wench! Do you have any idea who you're talking to? I was sent here by My Lord Sesshomaru to bring you some wood for fire, you ungrateful human! Be glad that I don't kill you here and now for your insolence!" Sesshomaru opened both eyes and looked into the cave, his full demon Inu eyes easily piercing the darkness of the cave and able to see every detail, including the red that was seeping onto the Foxs' face as her anger rose. "Oh, really, you dying cat? You'll soon find out otherwise!"
Sesshomaru watched as the girl used Jaken's shrill voice to locate him, even amongst the echoing in the cave. She jumped forward, startling Jaken into dropping the load of wood he had found as Jaken could only see well enough to see a few inches in front of his face, and grabbed one of the pieces of wood and sending it sailing to the Kappa's head. Surprisingly, she nailed it perfectly, even though she couldn't see and didn't have the faintest idea of how tall he was. The blow sent Jaken flying through the air and he saw her smirk as she heard the thud of flesh hitting to rock wall of the cave. He arched a brow in surprise as she leapt forward in the dark to where she heard the distinctive "thud" and followed up her original blow with a sweeping kick, nailing Jaken square in the temple and sending him skidding out of the cave to land in an ungraceful heap at Sesshomarus' side.
Sesshomaru found himself fighting down a smile at this rather amusing turn of events. He had expected her to react that way a bit, but not to the extent that she had taken it to. He continued to watch as she felt around for the wood that was dropped and began situating it in the dark before pulling out that strange flame of hers and using it put flames to the wood. His attention was diverted when Jaken regained consciousness and looked around confused. Moments later, his confusion was replaced with rage as he jumped to his feet and shrieking loudly at the human in the cave. He looked around for his staff of heads, only to find himself planted face first into the dirt by the lower end of his staff by none other than Sesshomaru.
"Jaken. You will stop that unnecessary squawking right now, or I will disembowel you. Am I understood? And you will leave the half-breed Fox alone." "H-h-half-b-b-b-breed, My Lord?" Jaken squawked out from his crater around the dirt in his mouth. "Jaken, are you really that obtuse that you couldn't see that? I know that your sense of smell is inferior but this Sesshomaru shouldn't have to point out the obvious to you." "S-s-sorry, My Lord! I will endeavor to do better My Lord!" Jaken graveled, though Sesshomaru was sure that he hadn't quite grasped what was said. Sesshomaru released the two-headed staff, and in turn released him from his dirt crater.
"So you're the one who sent that dying cat in here," Sesshomaru heard. "Dying cat! Why you-!" Jaken started only to have a pebble flicked with precise aim at his head again, again knocking him momentarily unconscious. Lynn looked down at the motionless green blob in front of her. She stood there watching him for a moment before returning her gaze to the man before her. Eyeing him, she narrowed her eyes in slight anger at him for destroying two things precious to her. "Why are you helping me? It's obvious that you dislike people in general. So why bring me here? Why help me? Especially after you attacked me." "Hn," was the only reply she received. In a huff, and because the fire was climbing its way down the stick she was holding and getting closer and closer to her hand, she turned and walked back into the cave. She tossed the stick into the fire pile and laid down and made herself comfortable close, but not too close, and closed her eyes, cursing internally at her current predicament.
Sesshomaru smirked as he watched the Fox for a moment before Jaken distracted him by waking up and moaning and rubbing his head. He turned his head a bit at hearing some muffled snorts coming from Ah-Un that he could tell were laughs at the Kappa's expense. Jaken heard this too and whipped his head around and glared at the dragon who looked away innocently and pretended that nothing had just happened. "You ungrateful beast! How dare you laugh at my pain! Why I'll-"
"Jaken! Silence yourself before this Sesshomaru silences you with my poison." Ah-Un chortled again as Jaken apologized quickly and started groveling again before growing quiet. A little while later Jaken hesitantly approached his Lord. He didn't say anything but just stood there as if he was waiting for permission to speak. He stood fidgeting for so long that Sesshomaru finally got annoyed with his presence and barked out at him. "Speak, Jaken, or this Sesshomaru will take off your head!" Sesshomaru of course probably wouldn't do that because he was so loyal. Probably. But he was rather annoying with Jaken acting timid when he thought he was about to die.
"I-I-I'm sorry, M-m-my Lord. This lowly servant was merely wondering if needed anything for the night." Narrowing his eyes, Sesshomaru merely turned away and focused on the darkness in the trees. "No, Jaken. I need nothing from you. If you are tired then rest. We're leaving in the morning." "Y-yes, My Lord! And the…Fox, My Lord?" Jaken asked bravely and squeaked when Sesshomaru fixed him with a cold glare. "Not that it's any of your concern, Jaken, but she can fend for herself tomorrow. We will be returning to the castle on the morrow. You know as well as I that mating season is coming up and we have been chosen to host that abominable mating ball this season. Likely so those inept Lords can shove their eligible daughters off on me. Which reminds me, Jaken. You will see to the preparations for the insipid ball. As well as order a new kimono for Rin."
"Yes, My Lord! Is there anything else My Lord would like for me to do upon returning to the castle?" Sesshomaru thought about it for a few seconds before closing his eyes and sighing in his mind. "I suppose we'll need to invite that half-breed and his rag tag pack, as I'm sure Rin wouldn't be happy unless she could be around someone she knows at the ball. And see if you can track down the kit. I'm sure the half-breed and his wench will want him to attend as well. He is getting to that age that he'll be hitting his heat cycle soon. Make sure that you have adequate guards escort them at the appropriate time." "Yes, My Lord," Jaken murmured and bowed, waiting for his dismissal.
Sesshomaru waved him away and closed his eyes, preparing to settle down for the night by extending his senses and letting them scan for any danger. Not smelling, hearing or sensing anything, he let himself fall into a light sleep, his ears twitching a bit at Jaken and Ah-Un settling down to rest. Once they were settled, he fell into slumber, asleep enough to get enough rest, though he didn't need it, but light enough that he could wake a moment's notice.
The next morning Lynn woke and stretched as she walked out of the cave. Frowning, she looked around. She didn't see that green blob or the hot male anywhere. "Nice of you to leave and not tell me anything, asshole," she muttered. She started to walk forward but stopped when she felt a shiver go up her spine. Someone was watching her again. She turned in circles as she tried to locate the source. At first she didn't see anything, but a flash of red and green caught her eyes and she found herself slightly mesmerized by the being before her. 'Now what?' she asked herself as the person stepped forward. 'Wow…he's…'