I don't own and all tat jazz

Ch. 3

"OK! I take it back! I believe in demons!" Kiyana stood at the opening of the cave facing a very large red ogre.

"You should. You are one." Sesshomaru stood behind her.

"I'm a WHAT!?" Sesshomaru killed the demon with one swing then returned into the cave to sit against the wall.

"A demon. Don't make me repeat myself."

"You just did. What kind of demon am I? How do you know I am a demon? Wait you and Jakken are demons too?! Is Rin one?!"

"You ask too many questions foolish girl. Rin is not a demon."

"How do you know I am?"

"I can smell it on you." Feeling exposed, Kiyana tried to cover herself. "Go with Rin into the town. Buy three outfits, no more no less, take a bath and get rid of those stupid eye coverings."

"Do you have a problem with me?"

"Your clothes are disgusting and you smell horrible."

"EXCUSE ME?!" She sounded mad, but she felt more hurt. "I like my sunglasses thank you very much. I do not smell at all and my clothes are perfectly normal. Yours are weird."

Sesshomaru grabbed her by the neck and pinned her against the wall. He was growling and red tinged his eyes. "To my nose you reek and if you are to stay with Rin you will do as I say. Now GO!" He dropped her and saw the bruises he left, immediately the red left his eyes. "Buy four outfits…" He turned his back and sat against a wall.

"Lord Sesshomaru is a dog demon." Rin explained, leading Kiyana though the town of humans. "He must have been sorry he hurt you. He never changes his mind." Kiyana purchased black kimono with red silk at the end of the sleeves and a red silk obi; a blue kimono with no sleeves with a light blue splash at the bottom; she then purchased a plain white Kimono that was only a little bit lower cut than the others; finally she bought an outfit that she'd be able to fight in: black knee length, skin tight shorts that she wore under a tight fitting floor length black skirt with a slit to the top of her thighs on either side and a tight fitting green top with no sleeves (No sleeves in both cases doesn't mean halter, it just means those sleeves that are longer than tank top but not as long as even a short sleeved shirt.)

"OOOOH! PRETTY!" Rin exclaimed before leading Kiyana to a bath house. As they relaxed Kiyana felt all her troubles slipping away with the dirt. When they were done Kiyana donned her fighting outfit and they walked hand in hand out of the town to the place they were supposed to meet Sesshomaru.

"Well, what do we have here? A very beautiful bride and a very yummy snack." A harsh male voice filled their ears.

"Rin, get behind me." Kiyana turned to face the demon who had spoken and was quickly slapped across the face sending her sunglasses flying into a tree. A cut formed on her cheek bone and she growled dangerously. "Didn't your mama teach you not to pick on girls?" A wind started blowing from no where. "This is why." She kicked the demon in the stomach and while he doubled over she grabbed the back of his green hair and brought his face down while she brought her knee up to smash into it twice. She kicked him one more time, then sensing another presence turned to face the forest. Sesshomaru walked steadily from the woods.

He surveyed the scene. Rin was standing behind Kiyana holding the brown back pack, now fuller because of her new clothes. The wind was blowing Kiyana's straight jet black hair over her face and when she looked up at him the eye coverings were gone. Her eyes were the color of ice bergs when the ocean reflects in them but they were quickly turning to a deeper blue, the color of a very clear lake. There was a male demon on the ground beside her that started to rise but was quickly knocked to the ground by a swift round house kick by Kiyana to his face.

Sesshomaru turned around and they walked on like nothing every happened. When the sun fell they found another small cave to sleep in. When Rin was sleeping soundly Sesshomaru approached Kiyana. "You fight."

Kiyana looked up at him. "People don't like my eyes. They'd beat me up and make fun of me. It was either get stronger than them or succumb to them. I chose to be stronger."

"Good choice. But you could have gotten Rin hurt today. You should go home. Back to your own time like that miko."

"Hey. I defended her while you were gone so back off." They were standing at the mouth of the cave.

"You don't belong here." It was like a knife in her heart. Sesshomaru walked back into the cave and sat.

"Maybe you're right…Maybe I don't belong here…But I don't belong back there either…" Kiyana whispered before running into the night. She had whispered it, but Sesshomaru heard every word.

"Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin sat up with sleepy eyes. "Where is Rin's Okaasan?" He supposed he should go bring her back for Rin.

Kiyana found her way to a nearby town and found a little bar that was allowing people to sing. She figured she would get up and sing how she was feeling. So she sang a song called Where Do I Belong by Anastacia.

"Life doesn't promise a bed of roses
Or white knights
Fields of emotions I'm trapped in darkness
Why me
Save me
To win this twisted war inside me
Won't justify the pain
Life doesn't promise a bed of roses

Chorus:
Lightening strikes the pages keep on turning
Help me to be strong
I'm floating in a sea of strange believers
Where do I belong?

Ohhh.. Ohh..

They paint a picture of perfect nowhere blue skies
Within every lie there's a web of comfort
For them
Not me
To win this twisted war inside me
Won't justify the pain
They paint you a picture of perfect nowhere

Chorus:
I said now
Lightening strikes the pages keep on turning
Help me to be strong
I'm floating in a sea of strange believers
Where do I belong?

Where do we go from here?
I wish I would disappear
I'm a lonely soul
So far from home

Yeah, yeah, yeah..

Lightening strikes the pages keep on turning
Help me, help me
I'm floating in a sea of strange believers
Where do I.. I said
Lightening strikes, I said lightening strikes
Floating in a sea of strange believers
Where do I belong?"

When she was done there was no one in the house with dry eyes. No one except the dog demon staring at her intently. She let a tear fall then got off stage and brushed past Sesshomaru to make her way to the cave with Rin.

Her voice…that song….it had moved him made him feel….pain….in his heart….sorrow….it was like her voice was magic…