Day came and Kay snuck out of the village by herself.

No way am I going to live with some perverted wacko living in a deluded fantasy that he rules the world from inside his "castle" in the forest! There's just no damn way!

While she was gone, the village was in an uproar over where Kay had gone. Kaede wrung her hands together.

What am I going to do now? I can't let Kikyo go! Maybe I'll just send Fantine…

Sesshomaru was watching all of this from inside his castle. He laughed coldly and turned to a rose, sitting in one of the only sunny places in the whole castle.

"Don't worry Rin. I'll save you even is it kills me, which it probably will…"

Sesshomaru walked into the courtyard where his two-headed dragon, A-Un, was kept. He cut through the binding with his hands.

"Go and bring to me the human, Kay." he ordered.

A-Un took off into the sky, flying over the gloomy forest and into the wide green hills where Kay was running away from the village. A-Un swooped down and cut her off. Kay looked suspiciously at it.

"What the heck?" she began.

She didn't have time to finish her sentence.

"THERE SHE IS!"

The village had found her! Without even thinking, Kay leapt onto A-Un, who took off into the sky. The wind whipped around her, causing her eyes to water and her braid to come undone. Her long black hair cascaded all around her and was instantly grabbed by the wind, streaming it behind her. The forest came into view and Kay realized what she had just done.

Damn me and my stupid reflexes! Well, I have nothing to worry about. If that perverted lord tries to come anywhere near me, I'll just beat him to a pulp!