Sorry It took so long to review. I just had a hard time thinking of what will happen next. He he, well let's get started!

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--Chapter-Saving her --

Everything around Umeko grew silent. Nothing made a sound nor movement. Then her little girl tugged on the sleeve of her blood red kimono.

"Mama, your clothes changed again."

"I know love, I know." Glad that the silence was broken, so they could get out of there, without more questions being asked.

Umeko bowed. "We shall take our leave." She straitened and then gave a soft calm look to Ruri. " Ruri we are leaving, is there anyone you want to give good-byes?"

Ruri shook her head. "I'm weird, no one really liked me."

" Love, I would say that it all gets better, which it truly does, but I must also say it gets worse before it gets better." Umeko must have had a far off look on her face, because everyone around her suddenly looked saddened. But she of course couldn't see it, plus she was way to far into the memory.

-- Flashback--

"Mama, where are we going! I can't save the man from death so we are leaving? Mama! I'm sorry it's all my fault!" Umeko was seven and just learning about her power.

Her mother sighed. "Honey I'm not going…" Her mother heard a loud crash and they both turned toward the sound.

A demon screamed at Umeko's mother, then attacked her.

"YOU WILL DIE FOR BRINGING TO LIFE THAT LEGEND!"

Umeko's mother signaled her to run out the back. At first she was very hesitant. Well at least until she saw her mother's lifeless eyes staring back at her. She ran as fast as she could, soon she was in the city.

There were people everywhere, they all gave her strange looks. Then a little girl came up to her.

"Hi, I'm Kagome! What's your name?" Kagome asked with a small grin.

Umeko replied shyly. "I am Umeko, it's nice to meet you."

Kagome grabbed Umeko's hand and dragged off her to the park. "Let's pinky swear to be friends forever!"

Umeko looked at the outstretched pinky and smiled, she wrapped her pinky around Kagome's.

"You are my first friend!"

--End--

Umeko snapped out of her daze. "Come on love, let's go."

Ruri smiled. "Okay mama."

The village people said their good-byes, as Umeko and Ruri traveled though the village.

This was the first time she took notice at how small the village really was.

"Mama?"

"Hmm?"

"What were you trying to remember?" Ruri asked trying to soothe her mama.



"Honey it's what I did remember." Umeko took a deep breath, she would leave out the bad parts. "I remembered my first friend, the nice girl that I will never forget. No matter where I am, or who I'm with."

"Oh I bet she's real pretty, huh." Ruri said with starry eyes, trying to picture what the girl would look like.

"Yes she is indeed beautiful." Umeko said softly.

Then they heard it, a high pitch shrilly scream. A little girl's scream.

"Ruri I want you to stay close to me. I am going to save whoever that little girl is."

"Okay mama. Are you going to go full demon on them?"

"I won't let my beast go, but my aura and scent will release. Please stay safe."

Ruri nodded as they ran towards the sound.

A little girl with dark brown hair and extremely pale skin was screaming.

Umeko released her aura with a growl. "An innocent? You shall never harm another."

She waited to formulate an attack. She already knew that the demon would attack first.

It did but she drew her Love blade before he even got close to her (A.N.The blade appears when needed). A swift horizontal strike and the dragon crumbled to the ground. She turned to look at the girl, while doing this saw Ruri comforting her. Umeko walked over to the girls.

"Young one why so many tears?"

"Master jaken." The girl whimpered while pointing to the dying toad demon.



Umeko nodded and walked over to the toad and kneeled down beside him. Once she saw his wounds, she realized they were fatal. But she knew she would only be able to heal him so much, someone had already brought him back to life, trying so again would surely kill him. She channeled her power to flow through her like fluid, then she forced the healing part through the skin of her hands and into his small body.

She stopped where she thought was the safest, a short coma will keep him asleep so the healing process will quicken. After making sure he would be okay for the moment, she got up and walked back to the girls while carrying Jaken on a small cloud. Once near the girls she sat down.

"Mama?"

"Yes Ruri?"

"Are we going to stay with them until Jaken gets better?"

"Yes I must keep the two of them safe from other demons. Innocent lives should not be taken for the fun, it's not a respectable thing. Girls it is the night, sleep well."

The girls nodded and snuggled against the earth.

This made Umeko growl, the growl brought a cloud towards them. "Young ones, please use this cloud for sleeping it has a blanket on it. Please sleep gracefully, I bid you good night."

"Mama?"

"Yes Ruri?"

"Both Rin and I want a kiss good night."

Umeko sighed and walked over to the girls while whispering a soft tune.

"When she's criying on your shoulder
And you just don't know what to say
Just whisper softly in her ear
That everything will be okay


When she says her heart is broken
And her soul feels so alone
Just tell her that you love her
Just tell her on the phone
When you hear her breathe so gently
And see tears fall from her face
Wipe them one by one away
Tell her everybody cries
And soon she will look up at you
And maybe start to smile
And thank you for just being there
Through all the painful while
And you'll look down in her golden eyes
And know just what to say...
That on you she can depend and everything will be okay."

When she finished she saw the both of them asleep, so she kissed there foreheads and whispered a soft "good night."

She settled down to sleep lightly. Which really didn't happen, the only thing that did was her beast watched for threats while she slept.

-- three hours later--

Umeko was dead asleep, when Sesshoumaru showed up.

"Lord Sesshoumaru! Rin missed you!"

"Rin lower your voice." Sesshoumaru told her, he was technically staring at his young wards savior.

Both girls saw the look and walked far enough away so they could plan without the parent figures hearing them.

"Rin, we should get them together and have a full family again." Ruri whispered.

"I agree, we should. But how?" Rin asked while looking at the direction of the camp(A.N.Rin only talks in third person when around adults, but really acts like her age around other kids).



" I have a plan." Ruri Said while whispering into Rin's ear the whole plan.

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Hey it's me again, sorry it's not as long as the last. I wanted to show a little of Umeko's past. I figured that this also was the best spot to end it. Hope you all like it. Please review!

Love you all dearly,

The-Beloved-Companion

PS. Thank you HallowEmotion for making this a fave, I also would like to thank Sakura999 for the review.