"Are we almost there?" I groaned for the hundredth time.

Sesshomaru glared at me from the corner of his eye.

I smiled at him innocently.

"If I could fly this would be a lot less torturous on my feet." I said absentmindedly and I laced my fingers behind my back, slowing my pace slightly, just to annoy a fellow walker. "Can you fly?"

"Hn."

I groaned. I swear I saw him smirk; we can't have that now, can we? "I'll take that as a yes from now on. Cool? Cool."

He glanced at me slightly as I said this. I smiled largely at him.

Then I heard a child's voice, and a voice that was oddly familiar, not far away. I looked up in thought as I tried to remember who was annoying enough to have a voice like that. Then a flash of dark green played on my eyelids and I planted my fist on a palm up hand. "It's that imp!" I said kind of loudly.

"It's Jaken!" An angry voice called behind the small section of trees blocking our view of each other.

I laughed. "That's too hard to remember. When, really, I don't care." I said amusedly as I stepped through the trees, slightly ahead of Sesshomaru.

A little girl with pitch black hair and wearing a clean orange kimono and big, big eyes, ducked behind the imp. "Master Jaken!" She cried as she clung to his back, peeking out at me.

My eyes flew open in surprise. "Whoa, you're pretty." I muttered.

I felt Sesshomaru walk out of the trees behind me just as Jaken snapped at me. "What are you doing here?" He cringed when he saw the glare Sesshomaru sent him.

"Ah, nothing really," I answered anyways, "Just joining your little crew for a while." I grinned evilly at him, planting my hands on my hips and leaning down to look at him better.

"Luna, leave him be." Sesshomaru stated as the little black haired girl ran to him, crying out his name, with the title Lord.

"Ah, but I finally got my chance to get back at him!" I whined slightly.

"What did I ever do to you?!" He shouted.

I sent a nasty glare at him. "You said my name before I could introduce myself! I was planning on saying my name all magnificently!"

"Not my fault you didn't cut to the chase." He said, turning away and crossing his arms.

"Tch!" I clicked my tongue as my foot flew out, kicking him and sending him flying.

"Luna." Sesshomaru called my attention in a warning tone.

I snapped my head towards him; he was sitting on the ground, propped up against a tree. He had one leg outstretched and the other bent to his chest, his only arm resting on it.

"Do not make me repeat myself." He said calmly, although I could tell it was only for formalities, he really didn't care if I hit Jaken.

I smirked as I popped a hip. "Because we all know how you love talking." I said sarcastically.

I felt a tug on my dress and looked down curiously. The little girl looked up at me innocently. "I'm Rin!" She said cheerfully.

"I see." I smiled sweeter. "I'm Luna."

Her eyes lit up at my friendliness. "So you're going to travel with us now?"

I glanced at Sesshomaru, who was watching us. "Sure thing." I said, not looking at her.

Rin looked between the two, curiosity leaking across her being.

"How'd Lord Sesshomaru and you meet?" She asked.

"A long, long time ago." I said eerily and then perked up. "We are best friends after all!" I said excitedly.

I caught Sesshy rolling his eyes.

But he didn't disagree.


"Damn it!" Inuyasha yelled for the tenth time. "That bastard Sesshomaru all ways gets what he likes!"

"Inuyasha, what's really the matter?" Kagome asked observantly.

They were currently walking back from the well to Kaede's village where the others waited.

He looked at Kagome for a split second, his eyes shocked and hard.

She glared back.

He looked away as he sighed as he scratched the back of his neck. "Something about Luna just seemed… off. Like she wanted to see him but wanted to stay away as long as she could. And she mentioned something about getting into trouble. I know I'm not the brightest, but it seemed as though she was hiding from something and that if she was with Sesshomaru, she would have a higher chance of getting caught. I could tell enough from the way she acted that she didn't want to be away from him and that she missed him, but she was also… cautious. Maybe it frustrates me not to know what else is out there, or maybe it's just the fact that she knew what she wanted but held a fear from it." He paused, considering his next sentence to be a possibility. "It almost reminds me of my time with Kikyo, and maybe I just wanted to help her."

Kagome sighed in compassion as she rested her hand on his shoulder. "So you can relate to her. I guess I get it. But you can't be stepping on her toes to force what you had wished happened to you. Just stand off to the side and keep an eye on her. We all are here for you, and you can be there for her. That's pretty much all you can do." She said sadly as he looked at her. But, deep down, she knew that very same role well, almost to the point that it was painful.

He looked away once again. "Damn it!" He yelled, bringing both hands to his head and scratching wildly. "Why does everything have to be so confusing?!"

Kagome chuckled, shaking her head a bit.

He sure has a way of bouncing back.


"Bleh, I'm hungry." I grumbled, glowering at Sesshomaru.

"Hn." He replied.

"You're kidding right?" I asked crabbily.

Then, Rin's stomach growled. A light pink dusted her cheeks as we all looked at her from her perch on A-Un, the two-headed dragon. I absolutely adored the dragon, his hidden magnificence so mysterious and cool. When Jaken began scolding me about how I appreciated the wrong Youkai, I simply ignored him.

"Yay! Food time!" I cheered as I rested my hand on A-Un's head, telling him to rest. His big body hit the ground heavily. I grabbed Rin from under her armpits, lifting her off the dragon and placing her on the ground, grabbing her hand and leading her through the forest to where I heard the rushing of water.

We reached the lake, and our eyes lit up as we saw the plentiful supply of fish attempting to swim upstream. I looked at her, my eyes that of an excited child, as she did the same.

I released her hand and she raced towards the water.

"Rin, wait!" I yelled just before she hopped into the water.

I grinned at her frozen figure. "Let's make this more fun." I reached behind me to grab two long staffs and tied a piece of fabric to the two ends, making a sort of net.

Where I got the materials from?

That's my own little secret.

I handed her one pole and took my own. We placed it into the water until a fish was flapping in the net and then we pulled upwards. The fish began flopping in the air and I lunged for it at the exact same time as Rin. Our bodies crashed together and the fish fell back into the water.

I growled curses under my breath.

Rin looked a little defeated as she stuttered an apology.

I glanced at her. "Screw fun. I'm going to make this easy. How many fish do you think we will need?"

"One for me, one for you, one for Master Jaken, and three for A-Un." She said as she counted on her fingers cutely.

"The imp eats?" I asked.

"I guess so!" She giggled.

I widened my eyes slightly in annoyance at the little guy making Rin get food for him.

I stood up, Rin following my action, confused.

I placed both hands out in front of me, and then it clicked. My brain snapped into its calculating mode, my eyes flying as I spotted each of the fish that I would target, imagining their structures and sending my energy into them, the water around them, and into the air they would soon occupy. It's more difficult to switch between two mediums when moving an object.

I allowed my eyes to glow slightly as I activated my power, sending the fish flying straight up as though a magnet was pulling on their bodies.

Rin gasped in amazement as I guided the floating fish to a central point on the ground beside me. As soon as I set them on the ground they began to flop on the ground. I clenched my fists tightly, focusing on their little hearts, their source of life, silencing them and their movements, killing them instantly.

No guilt because I only took what I needed and I did need food. Humans seem to be the only creatures I ever feel guilt for killing. Because their weak corpses supplied me with no use other than attracting flies and disgusting decomposers, of which, I did not need.

I lowered my arms and restrained the power once again.

"That was amazing, Miss Luna!"Rin gasped.

"Not amazing, easy." I smirked as she picked up all the fish. "You sure you can hold all that?" I asked, amused.

"Mhm!" She grinned happily.

"Alright, show me how strong you really are and lead the way!" I said cheerfully as I winked and held up a thumb.

"Well, well, look at the pretty ladies." I heard a sickeningly sweet voice sound.

My head snapped to my left; there were about ten men, two horses, and a load of weapons on each.

"Well, well, look at the disgusting men." I ground out to myself. "Whatever do you mean?"

"I mean you and your little companion. Wouldn't you like to join us for a while?" I watched as the man climbed off his horse, probably their leader.

I heard Rin's breathing pick up pace as he approached. She was scared. I was not afraid, however. I could feel my black side peeking out ever so slightly, ready to make an appearance.

I popped a hip cockily. "Now, now, I would expect men such as yourselves to at least be capable of recognizing a witch." I smirked as a couple of men pulled back fearfully.

"I've never seen a witch as pretty as you, dear." The leader pushed on.

"Ah! You caught me! I lied." I said as my eyes darkened. "I'm a whole lot worse." I said as my hand snapped out to the side, towards the water.

I gripped Rin with my other, pulling her into me. The hand towards the water held still, but my eyes glowed as I focused on the entirety of the water. I focused on moving it as a whole. It began to rise, and the leader finally paused in his trek.

I focused on bending the water crystallizing the water so that they no longer absorbed the light, they turned pitch black as it rose higher and higher, the men staring in fear.

"You chose the wrong woman to hit-on." I growled as I made the water lunge at them, freezing solid as soon as it touched them.

I smiled peacefully and waved at them girlishly as I led Rin back to Sesshomaru and Co.


"Stupid bastards, thinking everything belongs to them." I growled as I wrung my hair out. Rin and I had ended up getting wet anyways; Rin merely got a little splashed, while I got coated when I forgot to turn the power off, making a wave of water slowly follow us.

"What happened?" Sesshomaru demanded more than asked.

I ignored his tone as I wrung out the sleeves to my dress. "Bandits, or something, were down by the river. I had to get nasty." I said absentmindedly as I looked down at myself. My once white dress that had once, a long time ago, covered my feet in length and hands in long flowing sleeves, had been burned during my last attack, right before I had been placed under the curse. So the sleeves were still too big around, but only reached my elbows and the ends were crusted and stained by black ashes, with holes in them, as was the bottom, and it only went to my knees, showing my legs. How very un-lady like; I don't give a shit.

A thick piece of fabric was soon in my hands, I glanced up at the person who had put it there. Sesshomaru turned and began walking back to his perch.

I shook the fabric out curiously, revealing another dress with the same exact design, except this one resembled a thin kimono and the plain black belt was about a foot in width. The dress was white with little black and red designs covering the entirety of it.

I glanced up at Sesshomaru suspiciously. He wasn't paying a lick of attention, or so I thought, for his eyes were closed in a relaxed manner.

I snuck away just barely into the cover of the trees. I literally ripped the dress off and wrapped the Kimono around my shoulders and crossed it in the front, it fit perfectly.

Then came the belt part.

"Stupid… belt thingy… you just need to stay… tied!" I ground out as I continued to have issues.

The sun had been setting when we went to go get the fish, and now it was completely dark.

I suddenly felt my hands being pushed away from the back of the belt as a cold hand took over. I recognized the air as Sesshomaru's.

"It's a miracle that you can do that with one hand." I stated plainly as I felt him release me.

"It's a miracle you can't do it with two." He threw right back.

"Ouch. It hurts… right… here…." I said dramatically, gesturing to my heart.

"Hn."

I smiled, pleased, as we walked back through the trees to the blazing fire Jaken had set up to cook the fish.

"Wow! Ms. Luna, you're so pretty in that!" Rin gawked.

"As expected of Lord Sesshomaru! He can make any wench pretty." Jaken said rudely, but I caught on to the hidden meaning.

"Thanks you two, this Kimono really is nice. I'm flattered by it. Thanks Sesshy." I said as I looked down at myself once again in awe.

"It's Lord Sesshomaru! Address him properly!" Jaken scolded.

"Why should I?" I cocked a hip. "I mean, he hasn't scolded me yet about it. And I could probably kick your tail into next week!" I grounded out.

"I'm tired of your mouth!" Jaken screeched.

"I'm tired of that annoying voice of yours!" I threw back at him.

"Bitc-!" Jaken began his next insult, but was interrupted by the deep commanding tone that he respected so much.

"Jaken. Refrain from setting Luna off, I would rather not deal with a Black Luna." He said coolly.

"Oh, I don't think that would be an issue, I wouldn't regret killing his sorry ass." I glared at the little Kappa.

"Ms. Luna! Come sit by me!" Rin called out from over by A-Un.

I sent the little imp one more dirty look before I went over to Rin, sitting beside her. She scooted as close as she could, almost to the point that she was on my lap.

I yawned.

She looked at me curiously. "You sleep?"

I smiled sweetly at her. "Yeah! I'm not some kind of demon." I laughed lightly as I ruffled her hair.

We then curled up against each other, our bodies molding to fit the position of the other, and we closed our eyes as we drifted out of consciousness.


I still can't believe she has awoken. We all deemed her to be dead.

We even went ahead and chose a new betrothal to Lord Sesshomaru.

We? More along the lines of his blasted mother. She believed from the beginning that Luna was a curse to her family's blood line. But always kept her mouth shut for her husband's sake. I wouldn't be surprised if she had something to do with the disappearance of the girl in the first place.

Hush your tone, if she heard you, we would all be in for an earful.

I don't care. Even her own son can barely stand her!

Well, back to the topic that we began with, what is going to happen between the two women betrothed to the Lord of the West?

One of the women doesn't even know she's betrothed to him! Wouldn't that count as a disadvantage?

Well, the Lord asked us himself to keep our lips shut about Luna's betrothal to him. So that might count as an advantage.

So are we going to allow the two ladies dish it out between themselves?

I believe we will allow the Lord to choose his bride, agreed?

Agreed.


Sesshomaru paused in his steps. Something else had joined the smell he had been tracking.

Even though he had flared out his demonic energy around the campsite where his little crew had been sleeping, another Demon thought it best to die tonight by coming within close proximity. Either stupid or brave, Sesshomaru did not know. So he decided to let it slide as long as the Demon stayed around the outside of his area.

And then another Demon presence joined it; this one, however, he recognized as stupid. The half-demon he had been hunting down, Naraku.

So he had decided to lead them away from the campsite.

When he felt them going closer to the campsite and not him, he spun on his heel and ran full speed, planning to cut them off. But, when they sped up, he knew that the place they would intercept would be the campsite.

He felt Luna's mind stirring as she sensed it as well as the lack of his presence. She would at least be able to hold them off if not defeat them before he got there.

He sped up even more.