Inuyasha and all it's characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi, I just like to make up stories.

The first time Kagome met Sesshoumaru he tried to kill her. The second time she happened to meet him he tried to kill her. The third time was pretty much the same as the fourth and the fifth and the six. He tried to cut her head clean off her shoulders. But it's not like she didn't understand his wanting to end her life. She had inadvertently cut off his arm via his own brother wielding the sword his father jibed him out of. And she did try to purify him once or twice. So it's not like she deserved the close calls at the end of those perfectly manicured poison nails of his but she was a firm believer in second chances… or seventh chances. She stared blankly at the demon walking steadily toward her. Her body was as rigid as steel. She weighed her options. He'd kill her before she would get even two feet away from the spot her feet were rooted to. He'd kill her before the scream for help left her lips. He'd kill her before she'd blink long enough to break her terrified stare. She forced herself to stop shaking. She raised her hands slowly in front of her, palms open. She shivered as golden eyes swept over her body as he continued to move closer to her and to the well where she just climbed up from. She chose to come back early, just to die?

"Lord Sesshoumaru."

She bowed her head slightly before forcing a smile on her face, folding her hands in front of her to stop their trembling.

"Inuyasha's wench, follow me."

She felt her body flinch at the word wench. Anger crept into her voice.

"Follow me what?"

He stopped in his tracks and sent an ice cold glare over his shoulder. She felt a tremor start to rush up her spine.

"Follow me or die."

She immediately swallowed as he started to walk away again. She started to berate herself in her mind. Why the hell did she get so worked up about the word wench? It wasn't the first time he called her that and it probably wouldn't be the last, if he didn't kill her for not following him. But he could at least use a little more of the manners he demanded everyone else around him to have.

"A please and thank you wouldn't kill you."

She stopped muttering to herself and sprinted toward him. He was already at the edge of the forest and was walking into its dense foliage. She struggled to keep up with him. She guessed that she had walked almost twenty minutes before he came to a stop and finally turned to her.

"She is ill. Heal her."

Kagome blinked. He gestured to where Jaken was nervously glaring at the sleeping girl, before training his big toad eyes on her.

"Lord Sesshoumaru step away from that human filth. She will purify yo-"

Kagome ground her foot into his face.

"The only one I'll purify here is you!"

Sesshomaru took no notice of his incapacitated vassal. Instead he turned on his heel, walked to the base of a nearby tree, and sat down with more grace that someone sitting in dirt should have. Kagome sighed but made her way toward the sleeping bundle of a girl. She didn't have to look very far the see the problem. The poor thing was a green as Jaken.

"What has she been eating lately?"

Sesshoumaru didn't reply. He just looked at her with annoyance, like the answer to her question was obvious and it was too troublesome for him to even answer her. Luckily Jaken got his head back in order.

"Berries from the bushes around camp."

Kagome looked around and frowned. It was too early for them to ripen fully, and most of the berries were still green. She frowned down at the girl, before shaking her awake gently.

"Rin, Rin wake up."

The girl opened her eyes and Kagome steeled herself from the pain in them.

"Kagome-chan. I'm so happy to see you. Is Shippo-chan here to play? I don't feel good."

The miko shook her head no and brushed the girl's hair away from her face.

"No Rin, you can play another day. You need to rest. But before you go back to sleep can you tell me what color I'm wearing?"

She lifted one pleat in her skirt and let the little girl take a handful of the green fabric to see the color before letting go and settling herself in her beddings once again.

"Purple."

"And what color is Lord Sesshoumaru's pattern on his kimono?"

She watched as the little girl smiled at the mention of her savior.

"Purple."

Kagome nodded and continued to smooth her hair until she fell asleep again this time in a tight ball that wrapped around her. She shifted the girl aside until she could stand up again. The demon lord watched her with curious eyes. She fought back a nervous shutter.

"Dichromacy."

Jaken looked aghast, turning from her then to his master.

"How can it be cured?"

"It can't be."

Sesshoumaru rose to his full height, "How did she acquire it?"

He towered over Jaken who was trembling in fear. Somehow Kagome felt bad for deceiving Sesshoumaru like this but Jaken deserved to has his life shaken up a bit after calling her filth.

"It hereditary."

Sesshoumaru had his hand on his sword and Jaken threw himself at his feet begging for mercy and Kagome couldn't stand it any longer. She could feel the anger rolling off of the lord in waves and she knew blood was going to be shed very soon.

"Though it's mostly found in boys, she is lucky she can see every other color but red and green."

Golden eyes met hers and she found herself laughing at him instead of shivering in fear. The confusion in them was just too hilarious. He watched as she clutched at her stomach as she tried to heave air back into her lungs. Jaken tried to yell an insult at her but the flat end of his masters' still drawn blade sent him crashing into the woods.

"Explain, wench."

Her laughter was completely cut off with his harsh command.

"Dichromacy, red and green color blindness. Sometimes people who have it can see red and greens as one color. My brother sees them both as dark blue. Rin sees them both as purple."

After a heavy silence he sheathed his sword and gestured to the girl. He wanted to know what happened to her.

"She has a stomach ache from eating unripe berries. It's not fatal but it could have been. Some berries around here are poisonous if not eaten in the right seasons. Picking them and eating them without knowing when they are safe to eat can be dangerous, especially if you're color blind."

Sesshoumaru glared at Jaken who had just found his way back into their campsite. She felt bad for the little imp, well, almost.

"I have medicine for her but it's in my bag, back by the well."

He turned around and started walking towards were they had came from almost an hour before.

"Jaken watch over Rin… better than you have been doing as of late."

This cold shiver she could not hide. Master and vassal would have a discussion about bad babysitting skills when he got back and Kagome hoped she wouldn't have to see it. She had a feeling it would be very painful.

"You have great knowledge of medicine."

She was so startled by his compliment that she tripped on a root and fell to the floor catching herself at the last second on a low hanging branch.

"And very bad knowledge of gravity."

She scowled at him.

"I want to be a doctor in my own time."

He didn't answer her. He just kept walking. And Kagome was fine with that. He either scared her or pissed her off. Suddenly her anger got the better of her as they finally entered the familiar clearing.

"Why did you ask me for help? Don't you hate me?"

She stared at him as he watched her fume. When it didn't look like he would answer her she passed him up and went to her bag. She started digging through it. He might piss her off but she wouldn't let Rin suffer for masters' fault.

"I came to you because you would let no harm come to Rin." She spun around to meet his impassive face, clutching the mint colored bottled to her stomach.

"And I do not hate you… I hate all humans."

There he went again, complementing her and then spitting in her face. She forced herself not to roll her eyes. It really shouldn't surprise her. Inuyasha did it all the time. It proved that they were related after all. She shoved the bottle out to him.

"Make her take a cap full when you get back, and another every hour until her stomach is settled."

He eyed the plastic but took it anyways.

"I owe you a debt."

Once again Kagome found herself going stiff. She felt him staring at her intently and it made her nervous. Her question came out more bitten off than she wanted.

"I thought my life was my payment?"

He sneered at her and turned away, "I do not give away my favors lightly. But it is of no concern of mine if you choose to waste your debt on something as useless as your own life, wench."

Anger clouded her judgment and before she knew it she took a step forward and grabbed his arm. She realized her mistake the second his youkai flared but she stood her ground.

"Stop calling me wench!"

He narrowed his eyes at her and she felt her composure beginning to slip under his icy glare. Just as she was about to start apologizing (much more humbly than Jaken had earlier) he nodded.

"Our business here is over. Goodbye… Miko."

She pulled her hands away gently and watched him walk away into the woods. She sunk to the ground and rested her back on the old wood of the bone eater's well. She lifted her face to the heavens and let out a loud plea.

"I need a vacation!"

"Didn't you just have one?"

Her eyes snapped to the smug looking hanyou, barely catching a glimpse of her friends beyond him.

"SIT BOY."

Kagome was pleased to see the birds roosting in the nearby tress take flight at the violent shaking of the ground.

My Christmas gift to you all!

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