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A/N: Thanks to everyone who has faved, followed, and reviewed this story. I forget to let you all know that the fan art I used to create the story image is on my deviant art account Dark-Khaos ( Sesshomaru's Gift of Happiness). I know some readers were a little disappointed that the crystal didn't allow Sesshomaru and Yoruichi time together, but at least he got to see Yoruichi as a woman in his world. It is because of that experience Sesshomaru made Yoruichi a promise.
I Keep My Promises
Rin was right Yoruichi and Sesshomaru returned to Keade's house the next day. Jaken was overwhelmed with relief. He sobbed large tears of joy.
"I am so happy to see you Lord Sesshomaru." The little green demon fell at Sesshomaru's feet.
Sesshomaru proceeded to step on Jaken as he walked further into the hut. "Do you have anymore ideas?"
"Sesshomaru, Yoruichi is not under a spell. The crystal is somehow able to keep Yoruichi in her human form but ye's demonic aura is greater than what the crystal could handle. Using a larger crystal or multiple crystals may work. The crystal ye destroyed wasn't very big."
"I will get another crystal." Sesshomaru turned around and placed Yoruichi on the floor. "Jaken look after Yoruichi while I am gone."
"Yes, milord, but wouldn't it be better if I went with you?"
Sesshomaru frowned. Jaken scurried out of his way. InuYasha and the others saw Sesshomaru fly off from Keade's house. Rin and Shippo rushed over to Keade's.
"Yoruichi you're back". Rin ran over and picked up Yoruichi.
Shippo saw Jaken balled up in the corner. "What's with Jaken?"
"Master Jaken becomes quite melancholy whenever Lord Sesshomaru leaves him."
"Where is Sesshomaru?"
"Shippo, he went to see the demon eater."
"While he's gone, Yoruichi do you want to play with us? It will be more fun then watching Jaken cry in the corner." Shippo laughed.
"Let's go Shippo". Rin ran outside carrying Yoruichi.
Shippo ran out after Rin. Rin, Shippo, and other children from the village played tag with Yoruichi. Yoruichi won seven games in a row. The children were so tired from trying to catch Yoruichi they were all laying on the ground near Kaede's house when InuYasha and Kagome came over for lunch.
"Kaede what happen to the children?"
"They wore themselves out trying to catch Yoruichi, Kagome. "
InuYasha picked up Shippo by his tail. "Shippo are you getting slower? You're already small, you need speed to run away."
"I don't run away" Shippo cut his eyes. "You're one to talk. You're too slow you'll never be able to catch Yoruichi."
"I'll catch her as easy as one-two-" InuYasha dropped Shippo and lunged at Yoruichi, who had been watching several feet away.
She jumped out of the way before InuYasha could grab her. Yoruichi ran toward the bridge and InuYasha pursued. She was fast and nimble. Yoruichi turned corner with more ease than InuYasha. He almost fell several times as he chased her all over the village. Each time he'd get close enough to grab Yoruichi she'd run under something or over something. He chased her out of the village and into the forest then back to the village. Yoruichi decided to make a rooftop run after returning to the village. InuYasha keep after her but she was much faster than him.
"I got you now", InuYasha jumped. Yoruichi quickly moved out of the way. InuYasha landed face first between Kaede's house and her neighbor. Yoruichi landed on his head. She walked over to Shippo and sat down.
InuYasha jumped up. "This isn't finished."
Kagome pulled on InuYasha's ear. "Yes it is. You lost InuYasha don't be a sore loser. Besides it's lunch time."
InuYasha, Kagome, Rin, Shippo, and Yoruichi gathered for lunch. Jaken was too sad to eat. At the end of the meal there was one piece of roasted fish left. Shippo grabbed the last piece. InuYasha took the fish from Shippo.
"Give it back InuYasha. It's mine I had it first."
"If you want it take it."
Shippo charged. InuYasha held him off with one hand. Yoruichi jumped up and head-butted InuYasha in the eye just as he was about to eat the fish. She snatched fish out of his hand.
"Give me that fish, you stupid cat."
"Sit boy."
InuYasha hit the ground hard. "Kagome, what did you do that for?"
Yoruichi gave the fish to Shippo. Shippo smiled and rubbed Yoruichi's head. "Thank you, Yoruichi."
+++++Yuki Pt. 2
Meanwhile, Sesshomaru was searching for Yuki. A large flying demon attack Sesshomaru from above. Sesshomaru easily dodged the demon. Every time the demon would swoop down Sesshomaru moved out of the way. The third time the flying demon swooped down Sesshomaru lopped off its head with Bakusaiga.
Yuki appeared and caught the dead demon before its body hit the ground. He started to run with the demon but Sesshomaru blocked his path. The hooded demon eater laughed. "I wasn't expecting to see you again."
"I want another crystal, a larger crystal."
"Why? If you can't activate a normal sized crystal you won't be able to activate a larger one."
"The other one was activated it just didn't work like I thought it would. I want a larger crystal."
"Hmm, in that case bring me a larger demon." Yuki dashed away carrying the flying demon.
Sesshomaru headed in the opposite direction. It did not take Sesshomaru long to find a bigger demon. Another flying demon soon attacked Sesshomaru. This demon was about twice the size of the first demon. Sesshomaru wasted no time and cut off the demon's head in one quick strike.
"I'll wait here. Yuki will return as soon as he smells the blood".
Sesshomaru was right. Yuki appeared within 10 minutes of Sesshomaru's kill.
"You killed Tao. You're good. He was fast. He was strong. I'll give you crystal for such a fine meal". Yuki rolled up his sleeve passed his shoulder. He grimaced as a bony spike emerged from his shoulder. The spike was three times the size of the spike from the first crystal. He pulled spike from his shoulder. It had a 4-inch crystal attached to it. "Why do you want my crystals? Do you have a human mate in trouble?"
"Humph, no" Sesshomaru reached out his hand.
Yuki tossed him the crystal. "That's for Yao". Then Yuki tossed Sesshomaru another normal sized crystal. "That's for the first flying demon."
Sesshomaru flew away. He looked at the crystals in his hand. "This has got to work. It will work. Yoruichi I am coming."
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Yoruichi, Rin, and Shippo were taking a nap under a large tree outside of Kaede's house. Yoruichi was awakened by the sound of a twig being broken. She pretended to be asleep. InuYasha moved in to catch her. He leaped to grab her and ended up hitting his head against the tree. Yoruichi landed on his back. She laughed and so did Shippo.
InuYasha jumped up. "I'll get you, you stupid cat". He chased after Yoruichi. Sesshomaru landed a few feet in front of Yoruichi. InuYasha chased Yoruichi right into Sesshomaru's arms.
"InuYasha". Sesshomaru punched InuYasha. "I told you to stay away from her."
"What the hell is your problem Sesshomaru?" InuYasha stood face-to-face with Sesshomaru.
The two brothers glared at each other until Kaede interrupted. "Ye have return Sesshomaru with another crystal. InuYasha go get Miroku and the others so we can purify the crystal. "
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Everyone gathered to complete the crystal purification. Sesshomaru waited with anticipation for Yoruichi to emerge like before. Rin emerged from the house when Miroku removed the barrier. She called for Shippo. Shippo exited the house after a few minutes. He ran and got InuYasha.
Sesshomaru began to feel uneasy. InuYasha has been in the house for 15 minutes. Did something go wrong? Sesshomaru started walking toward the house. Jaken followed close behind Sesshomaru.
Rin stopped Sesshomaru about 10 feet from the house. "Lord Sesshomaru you can't come in yet."
"What do you mean? Lord Sesshomaru can go wherever he pleases."
"I came to get you Master Jaken. Lady Kaede needs you to come in but she said Lord Sesshomaru needs to wait."
"Go Jaken". After five minutes Sesshomaru started to worry. I can't enter but Jaken can, what's going on? What if something has happened to Yoruichi? I have to know. Sesshomaru charged into the house. He saw Yoruichi surrounded by the others. She looked fine. He moved closer and the crystal around Yoruichi's necked started to glow brighter and brighter with each step he took toward her. He was about three feet from her when the crystal glowed so bright the light was blinding.
"Stop Sesshomaru ye can't move another step."
Sesshomaru continued forward. A hairline crack formed but the crystal still glowed. InuYasha stood between Sesshomaru and Yoruichi.
"Move InuYasha."
"Kaede told me to stop you by force if necessary."
"Why?"
"Because ye can't get any closer." Kaede looked closely at the crystal. "The crystal has already cracked, if ye moves any closer ye will destroy it."
"Yeah, Sesshomaru, you're demonic aura is too evil. So back away Sesshomaru."
"InuYasha is right. Sesshomaru, ye has a very powerful demonic aura. Shippo and Jaken's demonic aura isn't as powerful so they can come into contact with Yoruichi. InuYasha's human heart balances out his demonic aura allowing he to stand close to Yoruichi."
"Sesshomaru looks like three feet are our limit." Yoruichi stood. "At least that's in talking range. Let's go Sesshomaru I want to talk to you."
Sesshomaru watched Yoruichi as she walked three feet ahead of him. He found her to be ravishing even in Kaede's oversized clothes. Her long purple hair was almost as long as his silver hair. He watched it sway as she walked. The way she moved was almost hypnotizing.
"Let's stop here Sesshomaru." Yoruichi sat on the bank of the river. She turned to Sesshomaru, and gave him a smile. "This place reminds me of where we first met." Sesshomaru didn't respond. He just stared at her. Yoruichi continued. "Sesshomaru I want to thank you for watching out for me and for finding a way to change me back to my true form. I am curious, how did you knew I wasn't just a cat?"
"Well," Sesshomaru looked away from Yoruichi for the first time as he searched for answer. I can't tell her the truth. She'll think I am crazy or a lecher and think I only saved her because I expect her finish what we started behind The Waterfall of Dreams. "Sigh. It's hard to explain." His eyes turned to the river.
"I am glad you realized it. You're an interesting demon Sesshomaru. I heard from a very good source that underneath you're boiling, angry, seething mass of evil, but I don't believe it think you're a nice guy."
She thinks I am a nice guy. How am I supposed to respond to that? No one has ever called me a nice guy. I, Sesshomaru, am not a nice guy. "I"
"I am glad to have met you, Sesshomaru." Yoruichi gave him another smile.
Sesshomaru noticed it wasn't a smile like before it was a warm smile. The kind Kagome, Sango, or Rin gave him when he did something they considered to be nice. For some reason Yoruichi giving him that smile disappointed him.
Yoruichi read the change in his eyes. "Is something wrong?"
"No." Yes, this isn't fair. I expecting you to run to my arms but I can't even touch you. Now you think I am just some nice guy.
"Then why are you so quiet, and why won't you look me in the eye?"
Sesshomaru avoided answering the question and looking at her. "Will you be returning to your time now?"
"I don't know how I ended up here or how I can return to my time. I am stuck in the Feudal era until I figure out away back home."
I was foolish to think she'd want to stay here. This isn't her time. She wants to go, "Home" the word slipped out louder than Sesshomaru expected.
Yoruichi heard him. She was about to speak when Shippo ran over.
"Yoruichi, will you help me catch something for dinner? InuYasha challenged me, and I kinda promised to catch a boar like Sesshomaru did". Shippo looked up at Yoruichi with puppy dog eyes. "Please, help".
"Sure Shippo just let me finish talking to Sesshomaru." Yoruichi looked over and saw Sesshomaru walking away. "Sesshomaru". He ignored her and kept walking. Yoruichi gently shook her head. "Looks like we can get started Shippo."
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Sesshomaru went one way and Yoruichi went the other. He just wanted to be alone. Being alone was not what he'd plan. He'd thought Yoruichi would be by his side. Sesshomaru had broken the curse that was not a curse, but he still couldn't touch, kiss, or hold Yoruichi as a man holds a woman.
He ended up further down the river from Kaede's village. Sesshomaru could still smell Yoruichi's scent. Her scent seems stronger now that she's in her true form. I, Sesshomaru, do not understand why I feel such a strong need to be with her. She isn't the same as the woman from the waterfall. She looks the same, speaks the same, and smells the same, but she acts different. It doesn't make a difference she wants to go home. It was just an illusion. I, Sesshomaru, refuse to be trapped an illusion.
He had nothing to do. His plan was for Yoruichi to broken from the spell and then she was to make him happy. Sesshomaru thought of flying away but couldn't leave Yoruichi behind. He watched the sunset on another day in which he did not find happiness. His eyes closed and he drifted to sleep.
He was awakened by the sound of a waterfall. It can be it's The Waterfall of Dreams and that's Yoruichi bathing under the waterfall. It's a dream, another illusion. Sesshomaru was drawn to Yoruichi and could not fit the urge of walking over to her. "This has to be a dream."
"Of course it's a dream, Sesshomaru, it's what you want", Yoruichi looked over her shoulder at him, "I am what you desire. I the one to make you happy." She held her head down and sighed, "You gave up on me Sesshomaru."
"You want to go your home."
"Why wouldn't I want to go home? Why would I want to stay?" Her golden eyes locked on to his.
"Because, you're supposed to make me happy."
"So this is about you. You haven't figured it yet. Sesshomaru, if you want me to stay I need a reason better than that. You'll need to do it quickly someone knows how to get me home. "
"Who knows? Tell me what I need to do."
"I already told you about the light."
"Yoruichi, I found the light and I can't even hold you in my arms without you turning into a cat."
"If I am still turning into a cat why do you think you found the light? Who said the small amount of light found in Yuki's crystal was the light? By the way, Sesshomaru, you're going to have competition vying for my attention. You've got work to do. I have to go I've said too much already." She disappeared into the waterfall.
Sesshomaru chased after but all he found was darkness. It's the same darkness as before. Yoruichi! Yoruichi! Sesshomaru woke up calling for Yoruichi. I have to find the other light before she finds a way home.
Sesshomaru headed back to the village. Shippo and Yoruichi were returning to the village as well. Shippo entered Kaede's home.
"So Shippo where's dinner? I thought you were going to bring home dinner being a man and all."
"InuYasha stop picking on Shippo." Kagome gave her husband an angry look then she turned to Shippo. "It's ok Shippo, InuYasha will be happy to go out find something for us to eat."
"That's not necessary Kagome. We have it covered Yoruichi helped me. She was behind me but Jaken stopped her with his crying."
Yoruichi walked in a few minutes later carrying a huge boar on one shoulder and a crying Jaken over the other.
She dropped Jaken. "InuYasha can you help me with this. I knocked the boar out, but I didn't have the heart to kill it. I don't think I'll have any problems eating it though".
"Shippo, I thought you said Yoruichi helped you catch the boar, but sounds like she did all the work."
"InuYasha, I"
"It was a team effort. Shippo found the boar and acted as bait. He made it easy for me." Yoruichi winked at Shippo. "Let's go InuYasha". Yoruichi headed outside.
"I bet he made it easy. Let's go Shippo and butcher your boar." InuYasha killed the boar without any help from Shippo.
"Good job InuYasha. Now I can setup the fire. Watch Yoruichi. Foxfire!" A blue flame shot from Shippo's hand.
"Good job Shippo."
"It was nothing, Yoruichi, I can do other fox magic too." Shippo leaped in the air. "Spinning Top"
A huge spinning top came down almost hitting InuYasha. InuYasha sliced the spinning top in half before it reached him. Sesshomaru returned to village and saw InuYasha cut the spinning top.
His eyes slanted as he stared at InuYasha. It looked as if InuYasha was protecting Yoruichi. A frown covered his face as he saw InuYasha yelling at Shippo about being careful. Yoruichi said there would be someone else competing for her attention. Did she mean InuYasha? InuYasha is married to Kagome. Maybe he's inherited more from father than his taste in human companionship.
Yoruichi interrupted Sesshomaru's thoughts. "I am glad to see you, Sesshomaru."
She's glad to see me. Sesshomaru stepped forward.
"Hold up Sesshomaru, you can't come any closer."
Sesshomaru looked down at Shippo. Shippo was right and Sesshomaru knew it, a few more steps and he'd been passed his three feet limit. He sighed, "Yoruichi, you were saying."
"I am glad you're back. Poor Jaken is very depressed without you. He's crying."
She was only worried about Jaken. I need to hurry and find that light. I-
Jaken came running up to Sesshomaru. He would've cried if he had any tears left. "Lord Sesshomaru, you've returned. I am so glad to see you my lord. Where have you been my lord?"
Sesshomaru ignored Jaken. "Yoruichi, I need to know where to find the light."
"What light?"
"I don't know, which light you told me to find the light."
"I did, are sure I told you?"
"You told me in a, in a dream. You said, I needed to find it quickly."
"Sorry, Sesshomaru I don't know what you mean."
"I knew it, I knew Sesshomaru wasn't trying to help Yoruichi out of kindness. What's this light supposed to do make you more powerful?"
"InuYasha you fool, I don't need anything to make me more powerful."
"That's right Lord Sesshomaru is the most powerful demon alive." Jaken ran behind Sesshomaru. He pointed at InuYasha. "He's more powerful than you'll ever be InuYasha."
"Ye, had a dream where Yoruichi spoke of a light." Kaede stepped through the doorway. "What does the light do?"
"I am not sure."
"If ye tells us more, we may be able to help. Sid ye see the light in the dream? What happen in the dream?"
"No, Yoruichi was bathing under The Waterfall of Dreams."
"That sounds like a perverted dream to me." Shippo pointed at Sesshomaru. "You should be ashamed of yourself".
"I was not in the water with her."
"That makes it worse you were just peeping."
"How dare make those kinds of accusations about Lord Sesshomaru." Jaken jumped in front of Shippo. "Lord Sesshomaru is not a pervert. He's only interested in finding the light because it will bring him happiness."
"Jaken"
"Yes milord." Jaken moved back behind Sesshomaru.
"I have to agree with Shippo, it sounds like a perverted dream to me".
"No one asked you InuYasha." Sesshomaru's eyes moved to Yoruichi. He couldn't read her facial expression. "Yoruichi we only talked. Then you walked into the waterfall. "
"How did ye know it was The Waterfall of Dreams? The waterfall is legend."
"It's not a legend. Lord Sesshomaru visited only three months ago. It was a gift from-"
"Jaken"
"Sorry milord"
So you think I can tell you where to find happiness, Sesshomaru. Is that why you were so eager to help me? "Sesshomaru I don't know about the light or The Waterfall of Dreams."
"I see". Sesshomaru's eyes shifted downward for a moment.
Yoruichi saw Sesshomaru's disappointment. I'm sorry Sesshomaru.
Miko: No fair, Sesshomaru has a 3 feet restraining order
Velveteen: At least Sesshomaru and Yoruichi can talk now.
Peace in Chaos: Yes, talking is good. He also knows that there is another light out there somewhere.
Miko: Yeah, but he doesn't know where and he still has a 3 feet restraining order. He can look but can't touch.
Velveteen: Yeah, poor Sesshomaru. I wonder who is going to get Yoruichi's now that she's a woman.
Peace in Chaos: You'll have to read and see. Thanks for reading this chapter until next time peace.