"Come on Master Jaken!" The young Rin giggled while her hands were full of flowers for her Lord.

"Silly girl, when will you learn that Lord Sesshomaru does not like your… gifts." The small imp said, annoyed by the human girl. "Sometimes I wonder why our Lord puts up with you."

After a couple of minutes, the two set off back toward camp. Rin had skipped a few feet ahead of Jaken. The imp's breathing grew harder after while he tried to keep up with the girl. Be human she was, she was still faster than him for having longer legs.

"Slow down Rin!"

But as a reply, there was a blood curdling scream. The imp's eyes darted around, looking for the girl that was now undetected by his sight.

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Not far from where the two were, another couple was walking.

"Why do we have to walk around like this?" The brother had nagged while he raked his fingers through his short spiky hair. Of course his sister ignored him. She was good at that. They had been walking most of the day, nonstop. That was, until the scream of the child had reached the female's ears.

"Keith, shut up and just follow me.." She demanded as she took off toward the way she heard the scream, her black skirt flailed as she ran. Keith had let out a sigh; ever since he had started following his sister when they were younger it had been a big mess. She was the one in charge and he wasn't.

Her black boots ripped through the grass while his bare feet had done the same. They ran for what felt like forever to a human then came to a stop when they seen the vines of a demon curl its way around the small human child. The girl had already dropped her flowers she had picked for her lord and had a few cuts here and there.

"Can I take this one on… Please Akane? Please?" Keith gave his sister the puppy dog look and inched his fingers to the hilt of his blade, waiting for her answer. The only thing she had done for an answer was tipped her head lightly in a nodding way. A small sound, which was more like a cry of joy, escaped from his lips and he unsheathed the blade from its hilt.

The demon looked down at the two humans and allowed the child to fall back down to the ground; though it wasn't really that far, a few feet or so. The demon then turned its full attention to its opponent. Rin got up and brushed her orange and white kimono before running over to Akane.

Though when Keith was getting ready to make his way toward the demon, a blur of white clouded its way in front of him and the demon he was getting ready to slay was dead on the ground, covered in its down black blood.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" The little girl piped before running her way over to the large dog demon. His cold amber eyes trailed down to the little girl then back at the two, letting a small growl move past his lips.

The green imp and Ah-Un had finally made it up with the demon Lord.

"Who are you?" The Lord had asked, keeping his eyes locked onto the two.

Keith had given a small bow at the waist after he had cased his katana; though his eyes never left the site of the demon. "Keith." Was the only word he had let fall from his mouth.

Unlike him though, his sister had put her hand on her hip and scuffed lightly, "Akane. Now I bet if we hadn't came along your child here would be dead."

With a flash of an eye, Sesshomaru was holding Akane by her throat, growling. The only thing that seemed to stop him was when he felt the small tug of a child's hand at his white hakama. His eyes drifted from his own hand down to the girl.

"Please M'lord… She is right."

As if on cue, Akane was released and she shook her head lightly, grumbling.

"Come Rin, we are leaving." Without another word, the small group turned and left, leaving Akane and Keith standing there.

"Stupid demon." Akane snorted before making her way along the same path they had came back on with her bother, humming now as they walked.

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Later that night, much later, Akane and Keith were both sitting around the camp fire they had built. Well, more like Keith had built. Akane was leaning against a tree, her arms resting across her chest. She was glad she had such a long skirt on, it kept her legs safe from the bugs and warm from the night air. The only parts of her body that could be munched on by the insects were her sides, low of her stomach and the low of her back. But that was due to her wearing a black belly shirt that had long sleeves.

Her brother was smarter; he had on a black hakama and a black hitoe. Which was better since it was no bugs could munch on his fair skin.

In her slight state of trance, her brown eyes had shifted up to the sky while she thought of the guy she seen earlier. Sesshomaru. Why had that name run through her head? She didn't quite understand.

A small shiver moved down her spine and she let out a small sigh. But the shiver didn't go unnoticed due to her brother taking off his own hitoe and draping it over his sister's shoulders. His left hand rested there on his sister shoulder and she moved her own hand up some to rest it on his.

"Thanks brother." She mumbled, her words barely hearable due to her tiredness now taking her over.

The brother only smiled and kneeled down beside his sister until he was sitting with his legs crossed. He wrapped his arms around her slowly and pulled close, allowing her to fall asleep on him, which she seemed to do quite well.

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((Also, it's the next day. Just so everyone doesn't get confused.))

"Inuyasha! Sit!" The young Miko had screamed, which had caused everyone around to cover their ears.

Of course the hanyou had gone crashing down to the ground, leaving a rather large hole in the ground where he lay.

Shippo jumped around with joy, giggling at the fact he had gotten his way once more.

"Some people will never learn…" The young monk sighed, moving his right hand over to grope at Sango's butt. Just as soon as the palm of his hand made contact with her bum, a slap was heard. When Sango had pulled her hand away, a red mark was left on Miroku's left cheek.

"Are we sure you're a monk, Miroku?" Shippo asked, watching Inuyasha collect himself out of the ground. Kirara, of course in her little form, looked toward the edge of the forest and let out a small hiss.

Inuyasha's ears perk up to the hissing sound the small cat demon was producing, causing him to look over in the direction Kirara was looking. "What cat? It's only humans.."

Just when the hanyou had said that, Keith and Akane made their way into the clearing where the small group was. Akane's eyes had drifted over to the little feline and she rolled her eyes.

"Come on brother."

Though, when she started to walk away with Keith trailing beside her, the perverted monk had already got in front of her, down on one knee. The young woman's eyes trailed down to the male's eyes and she only let out a small grunt, not really liking the attention that he was giving her.

He took her hand into his hand quickly and began to speak, "Will you b-…" But before he was able to finish, Keith had jumped him and began to pound his face in. It had taken both Kagome and Sango to pull Keith off of Miroku and Kagome's sit command to keep Inuyasha from killing Keith. Shippo, Akane, and Kirara had just stood there, watching the scene unfold in front of them.

While the actions were still happening, Shippo's eyes fixed on Akane; he knew something was up with her. It was like he knew her but he couldn't put his finger on it. She was human, or so he had thought because of her scent and appearance.

Finally, after the incident had occurred, everyone seemed to settle down a little.

"My name is Keith… And this is my sister Akane." He pointed to his sister who was sitting under a tree with her arms across her chest.

"Why are two humans traveling around here? There are so many demons around this part." Sango questioned, looking at both Akane and Keith.

Akane's eyes shifted from the ground she was looking at to the demon slayer that had spoke, "Because we can take care of ourselves." Her words came out soft yet cold sounding.

Keith was the only one that seemed to not be fazed by the way his sister had spoken. He was use to it. She was cold and heartless. While him on the other hand, had a brighter and warmer heart, unless you messed with his sister of course. Shippo walked over to Keith for a second and looked up at him, eyeing him down before the little kitsune made his way over to Akane.

The young woman's eyes seemed to soften when she looked at Shippo with a smile. "Hello there." Shippo beamed, recognizing the voice of the woman.

Inuyasha was about to put in a few more words until his ears had gave a small twitch. "There is someone coming…" His hand quickly traveled to the hilt of his blade, the Tetsusaiga. "And its has some shards.." After sensing this, a bright smile had formed on his lips.

Before long, there was a demon slithering its way toward them; mainly toward the way it smelled the Shikon No Tama. The demon itself looked like a giant snake with a dragons head and dragon arms. A long fork like tongue moved forth and retracted, "Give me the shards mortals.." He hissed, his words slurred.

Sango lifted her Hiraikotsu and shook her head, grinning, "Not without a fight from us." Kirara looked up at Sango and shifted into her big form, growling at the demon now. Kagome looked up at the demon, searching for the shards. Finally, after a second or two, she found four of them. One in each arm, one in its chest and one embedded in its head. Keith ran over to his sister and looked up at the demon, smirking.

"You're a weak demon, using the shards to boost your power." Inuyasha's words came out mockingly, causing the demon to growl. Though, without much of a warning, the demon swung down one of its claws, knocking Miroku into Sango. He's quick, very quick. Was all Inuyasha was able to think before the demon's claw came after him.

Miroku plucked himself off of Sango and apologized quickly, rubbing the back of his head and helping Sango up as well. The woman only grumbled and got ready to sling her boomerang at the demon.

"Weak humans." Akane mumbled and stood up, brushing the dust off of her skirt.

"Show 'em what ya got Akane!" Shippo laughed, jumping onto Keith's shoulder.