Midnight: All right! So here comes the long awaited first story!

Yami Midnight: Took us long enough to think of a real plot.

Midnight: Ok, so we've hit a few bumps in the road, but I'm hoping this one will work out!

Yami Midnight: Quit your yapping! People want to actually read the story not our life's confessions!

Midnight: FINE!

The Rescue

Looks like a blizzard will be coming in soon. Not like I have to worry. Maybe I should get Rin indoors. Sesshoumaru looked over his shoulder at the little girl. She was already shivering. He heaved a sigh.

Now I have to look for shelter! I could be doing much better things. He looked over his shoulder again and saw that Rin had fallen over. He turned around and bent to pick her up. Looking around, he found a small wooden cabin not too far away.

That will do. He faced the hut and started plowing through the rapidly falling snow. A few minutes later he crashed through the door, careful not to break it. What he found when his eyes swept the room he did not expect. A young woman, demon by her scent, was looking at him with wide, ice blue eyes. Getting one good look at the wet child in his arms, she took action.

"Come in, close the door."

"I'll find another hut." Sesshoumaru answered.

"No. That's all right! Besides your child needs help now. Look at her she's all blue!" The girl said desperately.

Sesshoumaru looked at Rin and gave in. She was rather blue. "She's not my child!"

"Sorry. Now, you need to take her wet clothes off and wrap her in this." The girl answered, handing him the blanked she had wrapped around herself.

Without hesitation, Sesshoumaru tore Rin's clothes off and wrapped her in the blanket.

"Keep her close to you to warm her up with your body heat."

"How do you know all this?" he asked as he sat down net to her, cradling the small bundle in his arms.

"I just do!" She answered with a smile. "By the way, my name's Katiyo"

"Sesshoumaru" was the gruff reply.

"Um... If she's no your child, if you don't mind me asking, why would such an obviously powerful demon like yourself, have a human child in his company?" Katiyo asked timidly.

At least she knows who's powerful around here. "Rin found me when I was injured and just kept coming back with human food. One day she came and she was all bruised. I asked how she got them, but she only smiled. When I recovered, I found her dead in the road. Wolves that had also destroyed her village had attacked her. So I revived her with my sword. Now she follows me everywhere." Somehow, it was easy to talk to this girl. He looked down and saw that Rin's skin was now a normal pink hue. He turned to thank Katiyo and found she had collapsed and he skin was blue.

"Foolish girl! Giving me her blanket!" he touched her clothes; they were as wet as Rin's.

Unwinding the blanket around Rin, he tore a piece off with his claws, rewound Rin in the smaller piece and started wrapping Katiyo in the lager one. Take the wet clothes off, you baka! He hesitated for a second or two, not wanting to undress the girl he had taken a liking to. Undress her or she dies! Making a quick decision, he took her clothes off, grateful for her breast band and loincloth, and wrapped her in the blanket. Tensaiga lay completely forgotten.

Sesshoumaru picked her up and held her close, trying to share his body heat, like Katiyo had said before. She's so light! It's as if her bones are hollow! Maybe hollow bones made for poor heating, because she was not getting any pinker. He tried rubbing her arms through the blanket but that didn't work either.

Body heat, body heat! My body heat isn't reaching her! We need to be closer! There was only one way to do that. Get under the blanket with her. One look at his damp clothes told him he would have to take them off for this to work.

So he did.

He took of his clothes, right down to his loincloth and got under the blanket with the she-demon. He put his tail under her head and wrapped his arm around her small waist to keep her close. This better work. He had no idea why he cared so much about this girl. Maybe it was because she was a full-blooded demon, unlike his brother. Or maybe it was because she cared for Rin. A small part of his mind said it was because she was beautiful, but he quickly silenced that thought.

He dared a glance at the girl close against his chest and was relieved to see that her skin was pink. He took this opportunity to take a look at her features. She had glossy brown hair that she kept in a knot at her neck. He ears were small and delicate as was her nose. Her eyes were framed with long, black lashes and she had a light dusting of freckles. Her chin was round, almost stubborn and she had full, red lips. He ran a finger along her jaw and marveled at how smooth her skin was. Gently, he pulled the pin out of her hair and from the knot tumbled lengths of glossy hair. He told himself it was to keep her neck warm, but his tail was already doing that nicely. Without thinking, he gently picked up one of her hands. It was small and soft, like the rest of her. Her five feet were dwarfed by Sesshoumaru's seven.

Suddenly tired, he put down Katiyo's hand, wrapped his arm around her waist again, made sure Rin was not to far off and still pink, and fell asleep breathing in Katiyo's sweet scent.

Midnight: Well, I hope you liked it!

Yami Midnight: Just a couple reviews and we'll put up the next chapter, ok?

Midnight: Just to address one point here: We know Sesshoumaru has never been this nice. But the only time you ever see him is around Inu-Yasha, his sworn enemy, or plotting against him. You've also never seen him with a female demon, either!

Yami Midnight: So you never know what he's like when his bro's not around! Maybe he's a huge flirt.