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Chapter 2

After what seemed like forever, with the constant interruptions, Rena finally made it back home, and who was there to greet her, none other than a pissed off looking Inuyasha. "Before you give me an ear full Uncle, I was detained on my way back. I am really sorry." She said bowing in an apologetic manner.

"Feh, " was Inuyasha's normal response. He got up from his crossed legged position on the porch and placed his hand on her head ruffling her hair a little bit, " As long as you came back safe." His smile was soft as he took his hand back. "Come on Sesshomaru is waiting for you, but before you go see him," reaching under her hair, he took both of those cuffs off her ear, "we need to get you back to normal."

Preparing for the pain to come Rena winced as the ear cuffs were taken off. She felt the stretching as her before human ears, moved upwards and changed into fluffy dog ears; her hair turned from blonde to white with brown streaks through it.

She doubled over as the base of her spine opened up to allow her thick, long fluffy, and tail out that stopped just at her ankles. In her mouth her jaw popped to accompany the growth of her fangs, she could feel her fangs poke out past her lips cutting her bottom lip at their sharpness, licking the blood away with the back of her hand, she noticed her nails had grown. This whole process took less than a minute, but to Rena it felt like hours before the pain subsided, followed by the usually feel of power flowing through her veins and the nagging voice in the back of her mind that she has come to associate as her demon half.

Shakily standing up Rena adjusted her shorts to fit it around her tail. "Give a girl some warning next time please? This tail I swear keeps getting bigger and bigger each time I do this." At said moment the tail wrapped itself around her right leg as a lover would. The softness of the tail tickling the sensitive skin at her ankles. Rubbing her temples she watched as Inuyasha pocketed the cuffs and walked back into the home.

Sliding the door open to the dubbed "chamber room", Rena folded her legs under her right in front of Sesshomaru as Inuyasha took his place behind the sitting demon lord. "Sorry I was late getting back father," looking up apologetically, "As I told Inuyasha, I was detained on my way here by a boy named Shippo."

Sesshomaru just stared at her with his usual expression, which was nothing short of a brick wall. Getting nervous at the long silence, she jumped when Sesshomaru finally spoke, "I heard you were attacked on your way back to the well this time Rena."

Surprised Rena looked at him just ask Inuyasha exclaimed, "You were attacked!? Why did you not wait for one of us so we could take you to the well ourselves!" Sesshomaru raised his hand to silence Inuyasha, waiting for Rena to explain herself.

Sheepishly and a bit ashamed Rena responded, " I did not think that it would happen so fast, and that I would be able to get to well in time. I was close enough to the well that I was able to escape before something happened to me."

Nodding Sesshomaru got up, "Do not leave again," he fixed his steely glance on her, and Rena briefly thought that if she hadn't see it herself she would think he was incapable of feelings, "During your vulnerable days, you will stay here at the castle where Inuyasha or I can make sure nothing happens to you." With that said Sesshomaru stood up and left the room to a waiting Rin on the other-side of the door.

Letting out a breath she did not know that she was holding, she fell back onto the floor closing her eyes, exhausted from the day. Footsteps sounded by her and she felt eyes watching her; opening she saw a glaring Inuyasha staring down at her.

'It seems that a lot of people have been glaring at me more than usual,' Rena thought exasperatedly.

"I do not like it that you put yourself at risk Rena, do not do that again. I agree with Fluff ball on that note." his eyes softened up just a fraction, reminding her of her eyes, "You need to stay here from now one during your human days." With that Inuyasha left to probably get some more ramen and stuff his face. Hand on the door, "you should take a bath in the hot springs," his voice said taking on a somber tone, "it helped your mother after exhausting days."

Sitting up Rena, smiled thinking that was just the thing that would make her feel better. With a new bounce to her step, Rena stood up and bounded out the door running down the hall, kicking Jaken in her haste, "Sorry Jaken!" she ran and ignored the mumbles of an angry frog thing on her way to the hot springs.

Basking in the heat of the hot spring, Rena put her stuff down on a rock a little ways away from the spring, not wanting them to get wet. Smiling she thought, 'Inuyasha was right, this already feels great.' Folding her clothes in a neat pile she placed them on the edge of the rock wall of the spring, knotting her hair up, Rena stepped into the scalding heat of the springs and laid back until her hair was completely soaked. Closing her eyes drifting as the heated water worked its magic on her by loosening her muscles up. Absently Rena reached over for her shampoo, but instead of encountering the bottle; she grabbed a warm foot.

Rena Shrieked, grabbing her hand back. A humorous chuckled enveloped the air around; Rena's gazed traveled up the foot, to a familiar furry skirt, up to face none other than Wolf Boy, with the confiscated shampoo bottle in hand.

"So this is where you get your elegant scent from", taking a big whiff he smiled, "vanilla."

Rena blushes, and gave him a stern glare, "What are you doing here! I am taking a bath!", crossing her arms over her chest to hide from his intrigued bi-colored stare.

Smirking Akio placed the bottle back down; taking a sit on the edge of the spring his legs in the water, "I had to make sure that you made it back safe, I was not kidding when I said I was making sure you were safe." He took his eyes off her for the moment and looked at the home behind her. "Would have never guessed you for being part of Sesshomaru's litter." Turning his eyes back on to her, " or a half breed either."

Blushing more, but this time out of embarrassment, "I never hid the fact that Sesshomaru was my father", giving an angry glare towards him for the 'Half-breed' comment.

"Your ears are looking cute," Akio said throwing Rena off for a bit. "This explains the scents I caught coming off you." Reaching out tweaking her ear, smiling.

Smacking his hand away, and moving them to cover her ears, she sends him another scalding glare mean to singe his hair, "What do you mean 'my scent'?''.

Akio's eyes widen and he shifts his line of sight elsewhere, smirking to himself. "You looked more human but I smelled strong whiffs of demon on you, I mean you don't look human much anymore, which confuses me."

Rena ran her hand through her hair sighing, pausing debating on telling him but decides against it, "I am part priestess, I would be horrible at what I did if I couldn't hide my other half. Doing my job gets really hard when you have a tail, ears and fangs." Rena said pointing to each consecutively; not noticing she was stretching her body for him to see.

"Fuck them", Akio stated simply, his face turning red from the heat of the springs.

Rena gave him a quizzical look, "Why?"

Shrugging off a non existent speck of dust of his shoulder Akio shrugged, "If they do not except you for what you are then what is the point?"

Rena gave him a shrewd look, "If you say that, then why do you keep turning your head the other way to hide that small scar on your right cheek?" Reaching up to touch his scar when he pulls away from her, causing her to fall face first on to his skirted lap. Both jolting backwards out of embarrassment; Rena sinking into the hot spring water and Akio flailing around trying to not fall in but not hit his head falling off of his rock.

Grunting Akio rubbed the back of his head, wincing, his hand coming back with blood. He ignored it and looked back at the hot spring waiting for Rena to come back up. After a few moments Akio caught the scent of blood coming from the water; panicking he jumped in reaching his hands in to find Rena. Getting further into the springs, his legs are wrapped by a warm, long, soft object and immediately reached down picking up her unmoving body. He placed her on the edge he was sitting on, and looked her over trying to find where the blood came from.

Turning away he grabbed the red kimono from the pile and covered her body with it, and as he turned it around to place it on her to see that the 'warm, long, soft object' was her tail, now wrapped around her body to keep you warm as she coughed and sputtered water.

"I think i just inhaled the springs," she said groaning rubbing her forehead, pulling her hand away encountering blood.

Akio placed the kimono over her naked body and sighed. "Good thing I did not need to take you to Sesshomaru," He laughed taking her white scrap of fabric and using it to dab the blood on her forehead. "He would probably kill me where I stood thinking I did it."

Wincing at his light touch, "It isn't Sesshomaru you need to worry about... it is my uncle Inuyasha." Rena looked at the fabric in his hands, "Is this my tank top!?"

Confused Akio unwadded the fabric in his hands, "This is clothing?". Sighing Rena just took it from him, and rather than explain it just nodded. Akio moved closer, grabbing her chin between his fingers taking a closer look at the cut.

Rena blushed more, feeling overwhelmed with his body so close to her and his breath mingling with hers. She felt the urge of falling forward, 'Was it hot in here or just me?' she thought.

Oblivious to this Akio examined the cut on her forehead turning her face this way and that way. "you should be fine, it is only a small cut," he let her chin go and blinked at her flushed suggestive appearance. "It should be healed shortly." All this went unheard as Rena fell forward into Akio's body, over-heated from the hot spring.

Putting his arms under her legs he picked her up bridal style, being mindful of her tail as it curled itself around his arm. "I hope to god you do not wake up, or you family finds us." Carrying her off into the woods, determination in each step, he arrives at a small stream where he was getting water before catching whiff of her scent.

Akio placed Rena on a rock, pulling her kimono off, then picked her up again , he promptly tossed her in the deeper end of the stream.

"Holy shit! That is cold!" A soaking wet, half-dog demon, sputtering, Rena said scrambling to get herself out of the freezing cold water. Akio laughed at her expression holding his stomach, "Well it was either the easy or the hard way. I choose the easy way, so I do not die."

Wrapping her arms around herself, Rena looked for her kimono, found it and roughly put it on her. Using her hand she wiped the bangs from her face and sent another scalding glare his way. "I am gonna get permeant frown lines being around you."

"Well since, you seem to be fine, I need to be getting back to my pack." He dusted his legs off. "If you want to go back home, go that way." He said pointing down a path.

Rena was so dumbfounded, she only turned and headed the way he pointed.

"By the way wet puppy," he waited till she turned to look at him, "You have a great body." He ducked and smiled as he barely missed the rock that was thrown at him.

"Stop following me around you damn mutt!" she yelled, putting her chin up in the air and heading back home.