Kurenai woke up to the hustle and bustle of the village. Slowly, she sat up and stretched. She could her everyone talking and jumped when Sunami ran inside.

"Kurenai! There was a youkai here last night! Apparently Kikyo had found him and wounded him with one of her arrows!" she exclaimed.

Kurenai jumped up, got her clothes on and ran outside to find a huge crowd around Kaede's hut. Running over there, she noticed that they were all crowded around someone. That person was Kikyo.

"Priestess Kikyo! Tell us how you had found the youkai!" many villagers yelled. Kurenai rolled her eyes and walked through the crowd and listened to her tell her story.

"I was patrolling around and was headed to the shrine to make sure that the jewel was safe and protected. As I exited the shrine, I felt an eerie feeling. I turned to the forest and noticed that something was there. I shot an arrow and it hit the youkai. It had left and I came back here."

Everyone was yelling how brave she was. Kurenai just sighed and walked off towards the shrine. It seemed that ever since she met that youkai, Sesshoumaru, she wanted to see more of him. She shook her head and pouted. This wasn't supposed to be happening. Youkai were evil and deserved to die.

Kurenai's ears twitched and she turned to the forest. Dropping her bow, she walked down the steps and walked into the grass. She could hear it. Someone was here. Walking quietly, she followed the path until she reached the middle. The sight made her gasp and cover her mouth.

There he was. Sesshoumaru. He was leaned up against the God Tree (A/N: I don't know how to spell the name), his silver hair was fanned around him and he had his eyes closed. He looked as if he was in a deep sleep. Kurenai slowly walked closer to him. She noticed the arrow that was broken in half and the bloodied chest wound.

Kneeing close to him, she studied the wound and the arrow. Gasping, she finally realized. It was Kikyo's arrow!! Sesshoumaru was the youkai she had shot at.

'But,' she looked at his face. 'Why was he still there?'

Blinking, she remembered last night and the voice that had entered her head.

"I, Sesshoumaru Lord of the Western Lands, am here for you."

She studied his face for a second, running her fingers across his stripes and outlining his moon. Why would he be here for her? She pulled back when his eyes opened. He stared at her for a few seconds before growling softly. Kurenai backed away slowly, still keeping eye contact with the beautiful youkai.

He had moved into a sitting position, hissing softly. Kurenai moved closer to him and pushed him back.

"Lay down. You're hurt."

Sesshoumaru's eyes bled red for a second before turning back into their normal golden color.

"I do not need the help of a human." he growled.

Kurenai glared at him. "Well you are going to get it anyway." She grabbed his belt and prepared to untie it when his hand grasped her hard but not hard enough to hurt just enough for her to understand. She looked into his eyes and sighed.

"Stubborn youkai and their problems with asking for help."

Sesshoumaru snorted. "We just don't need help from humans."

Kurenai growled. She sat back and stared at him and pouted. Sesshoumaru watched her and mentally smirked. She was pretty cute when she did that. His eyes widened a bit but not too much that you could tell it happened. Where had that thought come from? She was human and he hated humans.

(You don't hate Rin.)

'Not you. And Rin is different.'

(How so? She's a human.)

'Yes but she's still different.'

(You don't have a reason. She's none the different.)

'Leave this Sesshoumaru alone before I rip your head off your shoulders'

(wouldn't that be painful? I mean, we are the same person)

'…'

(ha!)

Sesshoumaru sighed and looked at the girl. She wasn't that unpleasant for a human. She had golden hair and aqua eyes that darkened when angry. She was a good foot and a half shorter than him but made up her height in attitude and power. Noticing her outfit and what she had said earlier, she was a priestess, a miko.

"Who are you?"

Kurenai jumped, startled at his question. "Excuse me?"

Sesshoumaru glared. "Human, I will not repeat myself."

Kurenai growled but decided to answer. "I am Kurenai Tamohi, the village's priestess and Kikyo's apprentice."

Sesshoumaru inclined his head. He was correct. She was a priestess.

"What is your age?" he asked.

"I am 16 years old in human years." she replied. Kurenai smiled a bit. "And you? How old is the Lord of the West?"

Sesshoumaru leaned back against the tree. "900 in youkai years. I would be around 20 in human years."

Kurenai nodded and played with the grass she was sitting on. Here she was, having an actual conversation with someone other than her sister and she didn't know what to say. Normally she'd be full of questions and would talk constantly but this man, no, youkai, made her confused and unable to speak.

Sesshoumaru noticed the silence and decided that this was the time to leave. Kurenai noticed him getting up and jumped up. It was now or never.

"Last night, you said that you were here for me. What did you mean?" she finally asked.

Sesshoumaru stopped in his tracks and kept his vision straight ahead.

"I meant what I said. I am here for you and when the next full moon comes along, I will take you." with that said, he left.

Kurenai stood there, wondering what he meant by that. He would take her by the next full moon. Gasping, she realized something. The next full moon was in 2 days! Running to her home, she ran into someone once again. Cursing her luck, she looked up to find gold eyes staring back at her. Jumping up, she stared for a moment.

No this wasn't her god, but he did look like him. His silver hair flowed down his back and his gold eyes were lighter than those that she was just looking into minutes ago. Looking at all of him, she noticed he was wearing a red kimono and was barefoot. Looking back at his face, she saw that he had no ears. Shocked, she looked up and saw two triangular puppy dog ears perched on his head. She had the sudden feeling to reach up and rub those cute little appendages.

"Hey!!! Let go!!"

Kurenai blinked and noticed that she was indeed rubbing those cute ears. Blushing, she tore her hands away and apologized. Pausing, she blinked and looked back at him and gasped.

"You're a hanyou! I must tell the village!" turning she tried making her way to the village but was stopped by a hand grasping hers.

"Stop! I'm here for Kikyo. Do you know where she is?"

Kurenai stopped and turned. This must have been her hanyou lover. "How do you know Kikyo?" she asked.

The hanyou blushed and mumbled something. "She's a friend of mine. She promised to meet me here with something."

Raising her eyebrow, she asked, "What was she bringing you?"

The boy glared. "Keh, why should I tell you? You're just a stupid human."

Kurenai growled. "Tell me or I'll purify your ass."

He gulped and looked around. "Umm…she promised me a jewel of ultimate power. She said it could turn me into a human." he whispered and Kurenai's eyes widened.

No. It couldn't be. Kikyo was going to give him the jewel. She was going to give a youkai the Shikon no Tama. There was only one thing to do. Tell Kaede. Kurenai ran for it. She ran as fast as she could to get to her destination but something had stopped her. Something or someone had pushed her making her fall.

Looking up, she growled. Kikyo. She had pushed her down and was glaring at her.

"What is the rush, Kurenai?" she asked in the sickly sweet voice she normally used.

"You planned to give a youkai the jewel, Kikyo. You cant do that. You are no longer the guardian." Kurenai spat out. Kikyo glared harder and backhanded the girl.

"Silly little girls shouldn't play with fire. I should teach you a lesson for disrespecting me and taking my place." with that said, Kikyo grabbed a hold of Kurenai's shoulder, pulled her up and punched her in her gut.

Kurenai gasped and coughed while Kikyo punched her once more but in the face. The young golden haired priestess fell to the ground coughing. Kikyo made a move to kick her but someone stopped her.

"Kikyo! Don't do this!" he said.

"She plans to tell someone about what I am to do for you, for our love, Inuyasha. She needs to be stopped." she replied back.

Just then someone had pushed both Kikyo and Inuyasha back and growled. Kurenai was lifted up into someone's arms and held tightly.

"Don't you ever think about touching my little sister ever again. If you do, you shall never see the light of day again." Sunami spat out at them and left back to their home.

Once inside, she laid Kurenai down and fed her broth and tea, watching her slip into the land of dreams. Kurenai thought about only one thing that night, while slipping into darkness.

"The night of the full moon, my god will take me away."

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MG: mew did you like it? sneezes

Sess: What is wrong human?

MG: Inu is cleaning all the dust and its making me sneezes…sneeze…

Kur: MG why don't you go to bed. We'll handle this.

MG: Thanks Kurenai. goes to bed

Kur: Sess why don't you close us up. goes to eat

Sess: all alone Thankyou for reading and please review. looks around and sighs always alone am I.

Please review. It would mean the world to me!