Disclaimer- I do not own Inuyasha or any other characters from the Anime

Disclaimer- I do not own Inuyasha or any other characters from the Anime. I only own Sesshara so don't steal her. I made her up for this story.

Italics – thoughts

Bold Italics – inner demon talking

Bold – yelling


Chapter 2 Old Faces

The group woke up early the next morning. Shippo was rather surprised when he woke up to find himself curled against Sesshara. Sango restarted the fire and made breakfast so that they could eat before they headed out.

While the food cooked, Sesshara went to a nearby hot spring to wash away any blood she might have gotten on her from her mother. Standing at the water's edge, she untied the sash holding her kimono closed, letting it open. Slipping the kimono off, she set it away from the water so it wouldn't get wet then climbed into the hot spring.

Sesshara ducked under the water, getting use to the heat. She resurfaced and swam around for a few minutes then stopped dead in the water, eyes narrowed as she caught a scent. Turning in the direction of the scent she saw a large boulder. Her hand glowed neon green as she raised it from the water and long thin neon green whip streaked from her fingers and struck the boulder, slicing it in half.

"Miroku!" Sesshara growled at the stunned monk. "If you value your life, lecher, I suggest you leave." Sesshara flicked her hand, sending the whip back in his direction when he didn't move. Miroku scrambled to get out of the whip's way, running back to the rest of the group.

Sesshara swam back to the edge of the water and stood up, water running off her hair, over her breasts and down her body. She picked up her kimono, put it on and retied the purple sash then headed back to the group.

Kagome had just finished handing out bowls when Sesshara came into the clearing. "Are you hungry, Sesshara?" Kagome asked. Sesshara nodded and sat down, accepting the bowl that Kagome handed her. Sesshara noticed that Miroku had a red handprint on his face and figured that Sango had hit him for something.

They ate in silence as they were all still waking up, then put out the fire, packed away their supplies and left the clearing. They traveled for several days and battled numerous demons, some with Jewel shards and others without. In the time that Sesshara traveled with Inuyasha and the others, she proved herself to be a powerful ally. Her sword, Suikotsen, was like Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga, being made from her father's fang. Inuyasha didn't think that she was any good with it because she never used it until they were attacked by a large horde of Youkais, intent on getting the jewel shards Kagome had.

Sesshara sprang into the air, drawing her sword as she did so. She swung her sword in a wide arc in front of her, golden fire streaking toward the horde of Youkais. The golden fire disintegrated every demon it touched. Inuyasha stood dumbfounded, the Tetsusaiga halfway out of its sheath, and watched as Sesshara slowly descended from the sky, touched ground and resheathed her sword. Inuyasha, Miroku, Kagome, Sango and Shippo just gawked at her.

She's as ruthless as Sesshomaru, Inuyasha thought. It's a good thing she's not after me…she'd kill me without a second thought.

Sesshara walked for a few yards then looked back at them. "Are we just gonna stand here or keep going?"

The others looked at each other then started walking again, talking amongst themselves with an occasional argument between Inuyasha and Kagome.


Sitting against a tree, Sesshomaru, Youkai lord of the Western Lands, watched a little human girl playing in the meadow across the road. He watched as she gathered an armload of flowers and ran back across the road to him.

"Lord Sesshomaru! Look at these flowers, aren't they pretty?" She asked, sniffing the flowers.

"Rin!" Screeched the small toad youkai next to her. "Don't bother Lord Sesshomaru with this ridiculous nonsense!"

"Jakken," The deep voice of Lord Sesshomaru said, "leave her be." No emotion showed on his face nor in his voice.

"Y…yes, M'Lord," Jakken said, bowing to him.

"Yes, Rin. They're pretty," Lord Sesshomaru said to her. Rin giggled and continued to smell the flowers, every so often putting them into Jakken's face so he could sniff them too, mush to his distaste.

Rin looked up at the road, hearing voices. She watched the road, waiting for the owners of the voices to appear over the hill ad squealed with delight, dropping her flowers and running toward a silver-haired female Youkai with dog ears that had just reached the top of the hill.

"Lady Sesshara!" Rin screamed with delight.

Lord Sesshomaru looked over just in time to see Rin hug the yasha(1) around the knees as Inuyasha and his friends reached the top of the hill as well. Lord Sesshomaru stood up, Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, Kagome and Shippo throwing him glares.

"Hello, Rin," Sesshara said, hugging the little girl. "Look how much you've grown."

Rin giggled and took Sesshara's hand, pulling her toward Lord Sesshomaru. "Come with me, Lady Sesshara! I want you to meet Lord Sesshomaru!"

Inuyasha and the others accompanied Rin and Sesshara. "What are you doing here, Sesshomaru?!" Inuyasha demanded, as they drew even with him.

Lord Sesshomaru looked at him for a moment. "Searching for Naraku, of course."

Inuyasha crossed his arms. "Hn."

Sesshara looked at the Youkai Lord. She guessed that he was about 7 feet tall, his silver hair reached his knees. He wore a red and white kimono that had bone armor. She thought that the fur boa he wore on his right shoulder was for decoration.

Rin lead Sesshara up to Sesshomaru and stopped when they stood in front of him. "Lord Sesshomaru, this is Lady Sesshara. Lady Sesshara, this is Lord Sesshomaru." She said, beaming up at him.

"So you're the Youkai that took Rin in after her parents were killed," Sesshara mused. "The people of my village had heard that a fierce Youkai had taken Rin in and protected her while she traveled with him."

Lord Sesshomaru studied the yasha. He could tell that she was half Ookami Youkai but he couldn't tell what her other half was. He knew she wasn't half human because he couldn't smell any human blood in her like he could with Inuyasha. "I have told Rin that she may leave any time she wishes. I do not keep her against her here with me against her will." Though Sesshara didn't smile, Sesshomaru saw the smile in her eyes.

"Rin," Sesshara said, kneeling to the girl's height and slipping a silver necklace with a red gem on it off and hung it around Rin's neck. "Your parents left this with my mother so she could put protection enchantments on it for you. I know that Lord Sesshomaru will protect you but he can not protect you while you are separated from him. This will."

Rin smiled at her then threw her arms around Sesshara's neck, hugging her. "Thank you, Lady Sesshara."

All of a sudden, the sky went dark with black and dark purple clouds. A foul smelling purple fog-like substance came from all around.

"Naraku," Sesshomaru, Inuyasha and Sesshara all said at the same time, both males drawing their swords and waiting for Naraku to appear.


(1) yasha means female demon

Ok, chapter 2 is done, yay! Chapter 3 should b done soon. Read and Review please.