When Dark Meets Light

Chapter 3

"Here we are again...in the cave..." Arashi grumbled. She already missed her home and coffin. She erected another barrier. "Let's get some rest, shall we?" Yuri asked. "Go ahead...I have some thinking to do..." Arashi commented and took off her coat again, handing it to her Yuri.

Once Yuri was asleep, Arashi began deep contemplation. She had been unable to enter Sesshoumaru's mind, and only got his name from the half demon InuYasha. Arashi let herself shudder... 'Sesshoumaru is the strongest being I have encountered in a long time...I could barely contain him...' It had taken nearly all of her regained strength to hold him back. She wasn't all that surprised, after all he had the most powerful aura of all of them. 'I will have to be careful around him...he could very well have the strength to kill me for good...' She didn't like where her mind was taking her, so she chose to rest a little bit.

Unfortunately for her, she couldn't get Sesshoumaru out of her head... "This is going to be hell..." she whispered to herself.

With Sesshoumaru and InuYasha...

"That impudent wench..." Sesshoumaru growled. He hadn't thought that it was possible for him to hate anyone more than InuYasha, but she had proved him dead wrong. 'She presumed to order me around? I have no senses, huh?' He was getting more and more frustrated by the second. Of course he had tried to follow the scent, but it lead no where...again.

Sesshoumaru's frustrations were being felt by InuYasha and his group as well, in turn making them angry. "Yeah, yeah...you've said that a hundred times since this morning..." InuYasha growled. He didn't know why Sesshoumaru was still there, and he knew better than to ask, but he had never, in all his life, seen Sesshoumaru like this. Sure they had their arguments and fights, but Sesshoumaru radiated pure malice at the mere thought of this woman.

"We don't know anything about her, but she didn't attack us so maybe...we can trust her?" Shippo mused out loud, and the group agreed. "Besides anyone who can do that to..." Miroku thought it might be best if he didn't finish that statement, the way Sesshoumaru looked at him now...he could tell that given the chance he would rip the him limb from limb.

'It wasnt enough to just subdue me...she has made it impossible for me to take out my anger on my half brother and his lowly friends...' Sesshoumaru scowled.

Flashback...

When Sesshoumaru felt control return to him, he looked to InuYasha. "She will not get the chance to meet you, or your friends..." He charged at his brother, but was unable to strike him. Something held him back. 'I can't attack...that wench...' And he knew that she had done it. Everyone looked on stunned as Sesshoumaru seemed to be frozen.

"What's the matter, Sesshoumaru?" InuYasha asked adding salt to an already open wound. He knew what would happen if Sesshoumaru tried to attack. He had heard the woman's voice inside his head after she left. 'Don't worry about Sesshoumaru...he will not harm you or your friends...' She had said.

Sesshoumaru backed down, he would have to bide his time...

End Flashback...

'And here I am...unable to do anything because I will be subdued...' He was waiting for her return, and knew he might as well stay close to his brother...she had said she would return to him. He looked to the sky and couldn't help but wonder about what she had said. 'I'm sorry, but the dawn approaches. Yuri and I must take our leave, but we will find you tomorrow night, and talk then.' 'She can't come out during the day...I've never heard of such a thing...' He couldn't quite wrap his finger around what that meant, and was unsure, even now of what kind of creature they were dealing with.

Around the campfire everyone was trying to figure it out as well. It was dusk and they wondered when she would appear to them. "What about those men? What would she want with them?" Sango asked the group, and everyone shrugged. "Blood..." Everyone turned to Sesshoumaru. "She drank their blood..." They all gasped. "That's disgusting!" Kagome crinkled her nose in disgust.

"Why would she drink blood?" Miroku asked. Sesshoumaru again stayed quiet. He knew why, he had felt her power gain in strength after. Sango looked thoughtful and said "I don't know...maybe that's what she eats..." Kagome sighed. InuYasha tried to understand what that meant, but couldn't.

Meanwhile...

Yuri woke with a start. She glanced at her master, and shuddered at the aura that she was expelling. Her powers were dark and crashing into Yuri like waves to a rock. "Lady Arashi? Are...are you alright?" She asked quietly not moving. She hadn't felt that much power from her master for a long time. Arashi took a deep breath. "I'm fine, Yuri. I must eat and then well meet those demons..." she trailed off exiting the cave.

"Lady Arashi! Your coat!" Yuri called. Arashi stuck out her hand without facing Yuri the coat flew into her hands and she pulled it on. Yuri followed at a safe distance...intuition told her that her master was in distress, and that she should keep her distance...or be forced to. They didn't speak but came upon the same village as the night before. This time however Arashi was in the mood for a hunt and told Yuri to make a sport out of it.

Yuri closed her eyes and shuddered...she didn't like it when her master was in this kind of mood. She found a man with her mind and took control. She woke the man up and made him take up a weapon...then exit the hut. He was wide awake and didn't know what was going on. He looked around and spotted Arashi and Yuri. As soon as he did... he took off for the woods. "Yuri...stay here..." Arashi said calmly and started after the human.

Back at the camp...

"It's her...she came out of hiding..." InuYasha told the others. Sesshoumaru nodded in agreement and got up to leave. "Where do you think you're going?" InuYasha asked. "I have business to attend to with that woman..." He stated coldly. "I'm going with you..." InuYasha said and looked to his group. "Stay here...I'll bring her back with me..." There were protests and declarations of strength, but he waved them off and walked to his brother and they took off together.

"Her aura changed..." InuYasha stating the obvious to his elder brother. "Yes, she has grown even stronger..." Sesshoumaru cursed inwardly and continued sprinting. He came to a sudden halt, and InuYasha did as well. A human man ran past them screaming for his life. 'It must be her...' InuYasha mused.

Shortly after the man disappeared the woman came to a stop in front of the brothers. "Hello again..." She looked at them. She had changed...mainly her eyes. They were sharper and had gone from a crimson to blood red. "What's going on?" InuYasha asked her. Then immediately regretted it, because the woman smirked which drained all blood from his face.

Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes. "You are hunting him..." He said in the most icy tone he could. He found that the thought of her hunting the human was both intriguing and demeaning. Arashi continued to smirk. "Why?" InuYasha yelled getting his voice back and looking at the woman. "I wanted to have a little fun with him first...human blood mixed with adrenaline is always a treat..." Arashi said as if it was an everyday occurrence.

"I can't let you do that!" InuYasha screamed. This woman was, if possible, more cold than his brother. "InuYasha...I'm afraid you don't have a choice in the matter..." She said glancing back in the direction the human had fled. InuYasha pulled Tetsusaiga from it's sheath and prepared to fight her. "You can't go around killing innocent people like that!" He screamed at her.

"And you're going to be the one to stop me?" She hissed. "What about you?" She looked at Sesshoumaru. He shrugged, turned and began to retrace his steps back to the camp. It did not concern him... in fact the sooner she was done with the human...the sooner he would destroy her. "Come brother..." He ordered not bothering to turn around.

"But Sesshoumaru!" InuYasha turned towards his brother. "You're just gonna let her kill that guy?" InuYasha cried. He turned to face Arashi but she had disappeared. "Damn...she went anyway." He grit his teeth. He would follow his brother, but she would have some explaining to do when they met again.

To Be Continued...

A/N: There's the third chapter...hope it's good, Arashi's past will be somewhat divulged in the next chapter...so hang in there!