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She crept across the bushes, tearing the seams of her pretty pink gown and muddying her dainty pink shoes. She crawled earnestly, giggling as she caught sight of her bodyguards running all over the place, and then she crept on.
The fountain was well hidden in the vast moon gardens, almost neglected because of its location, but there was always one visitor there.
Serena stared in awe at the moon goddess' statue in the fountain and at the moon she held cradled in her arms as water flowed from it. The full moon casting its reflection on the water made it glow silvery, and as Serena dipped her small hands on the clear water, the silvery glow transferred to her and she was whisked away.
She opened her eyes and let out a big smile, jumping up and down. "It worked again!" She thought, running in circles doing a little happy dance, and now that she was a little more equipped than the last time, perhaps she could stay a little longer.
Sesshoumarou was bleeding as he walked slowly, almost clumsily across the forest. His half breed of a brother had gone stronger, and it was his own fault since he had underestimated him. Sesshoumarou breathed heavily as he lay himself on a secluded spot.
"Just a little rest…" he thought. With his superior healing skills, he would be healed in a day, two at the most. Then he sniffed in the air, a growl settling in his throat, ready to scare away the intruder. He tried to sit up and hissed at the sudden rush of pain, his eyes glowing red in reaction, teeth bared.
And this was the image that greeted little Serena as she had walked merely a few steps from where she landed. She halted in her tracks afraid, and then her eyes became rounded in fascination. She no longer looked at the red eyes and the bared teeth, and though she was a little scared still, the silvery fur fascinated her. "Hmm, I wonder if it's as soft as it looks." She thought. Then she saw that it was wounded. She forced her shaky legs to move and she raised her arms in a defenseless gesture just as her teacher had taught her when approaching wounded animals.
She made soothing murmurs and flinched only once when the animal tried to lunge at her, but failed to actually hurt her.
"There, there big kitty. I can heal you." She crooned. Her hands glowed and a strange warmth was emitting from it. "Please, please let me touch you." She pleaded.
Sesshoumarou watched wary and unsure. He could still kill her in one rush if he really wished to but that would leave him defenseless later even from just the common wild animals. She looked harmless enough, although he was suspicious at the golden light emitting from her hands.
He felt a warmth on his wounds radiate, numbing away the pain taking it away slowly.
The little girl sat back exhausted. "I'm sorry, that's the best I could do." She said apologetically with a sad look. She looked at the fading moon and frowned. "I guess I have to go." Then she brightened, "I know! I'll come back tomorrow and heal you better! I'll even bring you some of Grandmama's healing brew." She said excitedly.
He just looked at her unsure, wary, but unmoving. He did not move or say anything as she ran to the forest. He can follow her scent until it was strangely…gone. Her scent was all over him though, and he figured he'd better get rid of it to ward off unwanted predators thinking he was easy prey.
Strange enough, he stayed on his spot till the next night, telling himself that he needed the rest, but deep inside he was curious of the little girl with the strange magic in her hands.
As soon as the moon rose high in the sky, he sniffed her scent and with it her fear. She was not that far away and he surmised that she must have gotten lost and some humans with evil intent were closing in on her. He could feel their sick excitement, he thought in disgust.
"Well, well what have we here…" A lizard looking man, but still human nonetheless approached her his eyes surveying her up and down.
"She would fetch a high price in the market, such a young one like her age." The fat looking one responded, both of them approaching her.
Serena looked around, her heart thumping wildly and let out a piercing scream. She closed her eyes.
When she opened them, the two ugly men hand fallen on the ground, their guts turned inside out.
Her eyes widened. It was her big kitty friend. She ran over to him. "You're healed!" He did not respond and simply walked away, she persistently followed. When he sat down, she sat down too.
"Here you can have this in case you get hurt again." She offered him the package she brought with him. When he made no move to get it, she placed it on his hands. Then she noticed something…a big fluffy tail!
Curiously, she grasped it, tugged, and pulled it hard.
He growled and pulled it back, his eyes turning crimson.
Afraid, Serena backed away. She watched the tail swish. She swallowed. "Can I please touch it?" She asked in her best pleading voice. Maybe he got mad since she did not ask first and like her mother said, always say 'Please'.
"Please?" She repeated again, giving him her best puppy dog look.
His features softened and his tail settled back in place.
She touched it cautiously and seeing he was no longer angry, she rubbed it. "Wai, so soft!" She murmured in awe and continued playing.
Sesshoumarou glanced at the curious child beside him. "Why are you not afraid?" He asked curious. "I killed two people."
"Hmm?" She said thoughtfully. "I am. A little bit. But you saved my life, and those humans were mean." She said with a sniff. "Humans are disgusting." She declared. Well that's what her nanny always said.
"Aren't you a human child?"
"No! I'm a Lunarian." She said with a shake of her head. "What about you? Are you a big talking kitty?" She asked.
"A big talking kitty?" Sesshoumarou told himself not to be insulted by such innocent comments. "I am Sesshoumarou."
"My name's Serena!"
She continued chattering on about nonsense things. Sesshoumarou glanced upwards. It was nearly dawn. She followed his gaze and pouted. "I have to go now." She announced and stood up.
He followed her secretly and watched fascinated as she disappeared by an insignificant puddle through a ray of white light.
10 years later
"Lord Sesshoumarou I bring urgent news!" His loyal subordinate Jaken ran panting, his frog like legs trembling.
"Continue."
"I hear Naraku, Lord of the Southern Lands is planning an alliance with the Moon Kingdom."
Sesshoumarou dismissed him and sat thoughtfully. What was Naraku planning?
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Lol it's my exam and here I am typing away.