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Chapter 1

Sesshomaru looked up at the sky, it was about mid-afternoon. He knew that Inuyasha and his little friends were around here. Bandits were attacking a village and they always like playing the heroes. He might as well go try to stop them. (But we all know he can't know matter how hard he tries. Gorgeous he may be, but so is Inuyasha, and he's the good guy and they always win).

"Rin," he said.

"Yes, Lord Sesshomaru?" She asked, looking up at him smiling.

"I'm going to be gone for an hour or so, be good."

"Okay," she said cheerfully.

Sesshomaru smiled in spite of himself, and walked off.

Meanwhile...

"Inuyasha! We have to help them! They don't know what they're doing," Kagome yelled.

"Hmph! Always playing the hero," but still pulled out Tetsusaiga.

"What's wrong with that?" Kagome snapped.

"A lot! What have they done for us?" He asked hotly.

"Well, nothing, but if we were in trouble they would probably help us," she said.

"You are so naive Kagome!" Inuyasha snapped. "They don't even know us. If we were in trouble I highly doubt they would help us. Just by looking at us they wouldn't. We have a perverted monk, a half dog demon, a kitsune demon, he may be puny but he still looks odd, ("Hey," Shippo protested). Plus there's you, an oddly dressed girl who can't keep her mouth shut."

"How could you be so cold, Inuyasha? With all these helpless women to save," Miroku demanded, and added stiffly, "Besides, they couldn't tell I was perverted by looking at me."

"When you walk up to them they could," Inuyasha said.

"Really? Why do you say that?"

"Because you'll be groping them by the time you're in 'groping' distance."

"That's not true, I don't do that with men, or if the woman was um... slightly disfigured."

Sango scowled, "You mean if she was ugly?"

"To put it harshly, yes I suppose so."

"You're pathetic monk," Inuyasha snapped.

"Um... hello, burning town we have to save, please stay focused," Kagome said.

"Yeah, yeah," Inuyasha muttered.

While they're kicking ass, we'll go to where havoc is still under way; there was an old man talking to a nineteen-year-old looking girl.

"Miona, you must leave the village, you are no longer safe here. Who knows what these monsters do to women?" The man said.

"Otou-san, I can't leave you, come with me," the girl said while tears were running down her eyes.

"I would only slow you down! Now go!"

"Otou-san..."

"Go!" He yelled.

She ran with tears in her eyes. She was about half a mile from the village when she saw a meadow with a girl picking flowers in it, humming a tuneless song. She stepped forward cautiously and made a slight noise, the girl's ears perked up and she turned around and smiled when she saw her.

"Hello," she said cheerfully. "Who are you?"

"Miona," she said smiling kindly, this girl must have run away from the village, although she never saw her before.

"I'm Rin," she looked expectant, "Wanna play?"

"Okay."

They started to make a chain of flowers when Rin looked up at her curiously and asked, "Why are you crying?"

Okay maybe this girl isn't from the village, she thought. The real problem is how do you explain something like this to a little girl? "I found out I might not be able to go home and I was sad."

"Oh," Rin said, the type of "oh" that said "I understand".

"Do you have a home?" She asked.

"I suppose you could call it a home."

"Who takes care of you?"

"Lord Sesshomaru, oh he is the best," then she started talking about how wonderful he was. "He even saved my life," she finished.

"Wow, he seems very nice," she said. This man must be very kind to take in a homeless child, she thought. (Ironic isn't it?)

They heard some yelling in the distance. "Baka crazy half-demon, he has no right butting in our business," one of them muttered.

"Just be thankful you're alive right now," another said.

Miona recognized the men as the bandits who attacked her home. "Rin, run away from here as far as possible," she whispered, not wanting them to hear, but unfortunately they did.

"What's this, a woman?" One said. "And a child," another muttered. "She's a beauty." What do you think I am an animal or something, she thought furiously, while praying she can keep her mouth shut. I can't take them all on, 5 men! I could only get three of them distracted, and I doubt Rin could take on one of them let alone two!

"Hey wretch, you lost? You're supposed to be in my bed," they roared with laughter.

"Oh yeah, that's real smooth, you sure the hell have turned me on," she said sarcastically with venom in her voice.

"Ooh a feisty one eh?" He grabbed her chin and made her look up at his ugly face; she almost gagged by his stench. She looked around; she and Rin were in the center of five ugly, disgusting, and drunk bandits.

"Don't touch me!" She snapped, slapping his hand away.

The asshole looked mockingly (I dunno if I spelt that right...) scared. "O-oh no, I think s-she really wants to h-hurt me," he said shakily. Everyone else thought this was hilarious.

"You're damn right I do and I will," she shot back. Sigh So much for keeping my mouth shut, she thought.

"Oh yeah," he said grabbing her wrists, and pulling her close to him. "I'd like to see you try." (This guy was obviously the leader.) Eww! Eww! This guy smells like someone died!! She thought while gagging.

"OH MY GOD I CANNOT TAKE IT ANYMORE; YOU ALL SMELL LIKE YOU DIED FOUR MONTHS AGO! IF YOU'RE GONNA RAPE ME (or at least try) PLEASE WOULD YOU BE AT LEAST DECENT ENOUGH TO BATHE BEFORE YOU DO!!" She screamed.

"Shut up wench!" He slapped her. The others looked nervous; as if they were doing something they weren't supposed to do (which they were).

"Oh! Is somebody afwaid they're gonna get caught?" She said as if she were talking to a baby.

"Oh, once I'm through with you you're gonna die," he snarled.

"Hey boss what about us?" One of them asked.

"Oh you can have the girl," he said as if it didn't really matter to him. They all got this distinguishing grin on their face and started to close in on Rin.

Rin looked confused. "Huh? W-what's going on? Miona uhm what's going on?!" She squeaked.

Miona's hazel eyes flashed and she said in a deadly whisper,"don't you dare touch her," and before anyone could say anything she kneed the leader in the groin. He moaned and fell to the ground. That made the other four stop what they were doing and look up at their boss; they instantly forgot about Rin and started toward her. She pulled out a dagger and slit the leader's throat, who fell to the ground dead with a look of pain on his face. For a moment the other four idiots stood there confused, until they finally realized what just happened. That's when they attacked her. She slit two more throats, but when she was about to stab the fourth guy, the one behind grabbed the hand she was holding the dagger in. She was momentarily startled and he took advantage of the moment and stabbed her in the chest using her own hand. Miona fell to the ground with a look of shock on her face. While still clutching the dagger in her chest she died.

Oooh cliffhanger ending! Gotta love em'. I hope you all liked it, if you didn't please criticize all you want. I'll try to write the second chapter ASAP. Review please!