"So Imp, who else has it out for Naraku," Rei asked. The group had traveled a distance of two hours, it was getting dark and Rin got hungry. Sesshoumaru had gone on ahead to follow Kagura and Rei decided to stay with Rin and Jaken.

"Jaken! My name is Jaken," He shouted. Rei leaned over him. "Just tell me already,"

"Why do you want to know Rei?," Rin asked. "Well if Naraku made someone like Sesshomaru his enemy I assume there are more people he has angered, like me," She stated.

"Well Naraku has made a lot of enemies, Lord Sesshoumaru for example he deceived my lord to do his dirty work, he's also an enemy of Lord Sesshoumaru younger brother Inuyasha and his group of friends,"

"Inuyasha? He has a brother," Jaken nodded. His face stern. "Yes, but he is only his half brother, Inuyasha is a half demon,"

"You mean like half demon? So Sesshoumaru is full demon,"

"Of course!," Jaken said "but don't talk about Inuyasha around lord Sesshoumaru,"

"Why is that?,"

"Inuyasha wields their fathers sword Tessaiga, which he used to cut off my lord's arm," Rei put her finger to her mouth as she began to think. Jaken of course was still talking and telling a tale of how Sesshoumaru would rule the western lands.

"Hey, why can't we work together?,"

Jaken looked up at her. "I mean if we all hate Naraku why can't we all work together to defeat him?,"

"Bwahahahahaha! My lord work with a bunch of humans and a half-demon, Hahahah, that's rich," Rei twitched.

She suddenly grabbed both sides of his cheeks and pulled. "It's not that funny," She growled. "Ow! Let me go!,"

The sound of a low growl was heard. Rin touched her stomach. "Hey Rei, I'm getting hungry, may I go look for something to eat?,"

Rei smiled at her. "Of course, I'll go with you,, Imp are you coming or do want us to bring you something to eat?, "

"I'm not hungry," He cried with tears running down his face as he rubbed his red hot cheeks. Rei sighed. "Big baby,"

They walked through the forest and Rin saw a field. "Oh look watermelons,"

"Is it okay to eat them," Rei asked.

"Sure," He hurried into the food. Rei watched her inspect the watermelons carefully and choosing one. "Let's get one for the imp okay," Rei said. "Master Jaken?,"

"Yeah he might be hungry, want to grab another for Sesshoumaru?," Rin smiled up at her. "Sure,"

Rei and Rin walked back to where Jaken had set their sleeping grounds. Rin cradled her watermelon as they walked through the forest. Rin looked up at Rei. She had a stern look on her face. Rin smiled up at her. "Hey! I have an idea how about was ask master Jaken to make us a bath?,"

"A bath? You mean like a hot springs?!," Rei squealed with a glitter of hope in her eyes.

"Yep!," They approached Jaken who had just finished feeding the fire with firewood. "Hey! Imp! Rin just told me you can make a hot spring for us?,"

"What?! And just said I would,"

"Oh come on Master Jaken, I'm sure you'd like to take one too," He grumbled a bit and sighed. "Fine!,"

"Thanks Jaken!," Rei smiled. 'Is it me or does this woman use my name only when I'm doing favors for her'

Rei slowly sunk her body into the pool of warm water. She let out a long relaxed sigh. "I haven't had a bath since I left home,"

"…What was your family like Rei?,"

"Well I don't really talk to my parents, I live with my grandpa, at our families shrine,"

The loud sound of a bird echoed in the darkness. Rei and Rin looked up in the sky.

Nothing. Just stars and the moon.

"Birds at this time of night?," Rei questioned.

The loud screeching of the bird came again.

Rei looked around the surroundings of tree. Two pairs of red eyes glowed through the trees. Rin hurried to Rei and pulled her out of the hot springs. "Let's go Rei, it's a little scary here," They stepped out of the hot springs and put their clothes on. Rei looked back up into the trees and the eyes were gone.

"Yeah. Let's go,"

The next morning Rin went fishing in the river with A-Un and Jaken, while Sesshoumaru sat under the shade of a tree and leaned against the bark of it. Rei turned from Rin and Jaken and stared at him. Rei had dozens of questions floating inside her head. And they needed answers.

She slowly walked over to him. 'What's his name? Sesshoumaru? Lord Sesshoumaru? Lord?…I'll just call him by his name…Yeah Sesshoumaru….No everyone else calls him Lord…I don't want to call him that, it's embarrassing,;

"Girl….What do you want?," His voice snapped her from her train of thought and she looked down at him. She had been standing there for a bit giving him a rather strange gazing.

"Ah…Um…Lord Sesshoumaru?,"

'I said it…! Great!' She sighed.

"I have a few questions actually, That woman Kagura? Have you lost her?," He didn't say anything. "I don't think you have but it seems that she's going in two directions," Rei stated. This caught his attention and he looked at her in the corner of his eye.

"There was a light, in that last fight, I could sense it, that's how I destroyed the demon, but that woman took it with her, now I can still sense it but there's two now, as if that light slip or something," Jaken hurried over to them. "That light you saw must have been a sacred jewel shard,"

"Sacred jewel shard?,"

"Yes a jewel with immense power, it's said it was broken into hundreds of pieces from a weird priestess," Jaken stated folding his arms. "How can a normal human like you sense such great power," Rei growled and stepped on his foot. "I'm a priestess!,"

"Okay, okay!," Rei got off his foot and folded her arms. "As I was saying, the jewel you sense might not be Kagura but someone else,"

"Someone else?,"

"Of course there must be a lot of demons holding possession of a jewel shard," Rei awe at him. "I see,"

"Now, if you really think it's a jewel shard we would have to investigate both of which you say they are-,"

"Let's go…," They turned to Sesshoumaru who was standing up. "Well which direction?,"

"You want to investigate both jewels?," Jaken asked. "But my lord that will waste time, and maybe this woman is lending us on! She could be sent from Naraku herself or just playing tricks-," Rei lifted her left leg and swiftly kicked Jaken in the face. "For your information! Have you forgotten I want my revenge for my village? How could I ever pull tricks or team up with a monster who slaughters innocent people! Don't ever forget that imp!," Rei stormed off back toward her arrows and bows thatlaid away from them in the middle of the field.

Sesshoumaru and Rin watch her walk away. Rin gasped and ran over to Jaken's twitching body. "Master Jaken, she's right you know, Naraku destroyed her village and left two children orphaned," She said helping him up.

Sesshomaru watch Rei bend over her weapons and slowly lifted them up into her hands and squeezed.

Rei felt a tear roll down her cheek and onto her arrow. 'I'll never forgive those who hurt others for their own games…never'

Caw! She jolted at the loud screeching of a bird. Rei stood up and wiped her eyes with her sleeve. She looked up at the black bird, a crow. In a second it was joined by another crow. Rei looked up the pair and they stared back. Their eye flashing red.

"Girl…," She gasped and turned back to Sesshoumaru. "Which way are the jewels' leading?," He asked. "Ah um…There's one behind those forests and the other one….," Rei bit her lower lip and frowned. "It's gone…," Sesshoumaru looked at the forest. "Fine we'll follow that one," He began to walk but stopped as Rei called out to him.

"Alright, Hey Lord Sesshoumaru, my name is Rei by the way, you don't have to call me girl," He just glanced at her and kept walking. Rei sighed and followed him. Rin approached her riding on A-Un, with Jaken rubbing the knot on his head. "Don't worry Rei, that's how Lord Sesshoumaru is with humans," Rei nodded and turned back to where the crows were, they had disappeared. "Woman hurry up!," Jaken shouted. She turned to Jaken and glared at him. "So it's back to woman now?,"

"Well you called me imp," He shot back. "Fair," She mumbled and hurried over to them.