We had been on the road for a few days now and I wasn't picking up scents from the other group and more than once I found myself tempted to walk away from Sesshomaru and go off on my own, but I knew that it was a bad idea. I might have become stronger, but my knowledge of this world is still not the best.

"Come on Lady Melanie!" Rin screamed from her spot as we passed a stall with human food. Sesshomaru didn't trust the humans not to hurt Rin because she was seen with me, so he decided to come along to watch over her. Not like I couldn't' take care of her.

"Coming Rin." I said as I appeared next to her and smiled at the creamed filled bread. "It smells delicious doesn't it?" I asked as I gave her a small smile.

"Rin! Get over here now you insulant child!" Jaken screamed from his spot. "And you!" he said pointing at me.

"You should know better then to wonder off. Rin is a child but you- "I zoned him out as I asked the old men how much it would be for two.

"I-it's free for you."

"Of course not. You must survive out here. Now tell me how much it is."

"If you insist miss. It'll just be three coins."

"Three coins? Are you mad! This is lucky enough to be worth one coin." Jaken screamed from his spot. He might not like that all we've been doing was pretty much giving away the coins to the people since I got here but he is a Lord, so he should be able to afford this much.

"Here you go." I said as I took the two pieces of bread and handed one over to Rin. Taking her free hand in mine I led her over to a fuming Jaken and a surprisingly patient Lord who hadn't said a single thing since we stepped into this village.

Taking a bite out of the bread I couldn't help but be reminded of the bread back home and how much I missed modern technology. How I've managed to survive this long without a phone is a wonder to me instead of playing where is waldo with everyone else.

"Hey Rin, how many times to I have to tell you to call me Mel?"

"Lord Sesshomaru said Melanie is Lady and I should call you as such." I raised my eyebrow. So he goes around telling people to address me as such but he can't say my name and only calls me women.

"Well as a Lady I say you may call me Mel, Rin." I smiled down at her as she continued to stuff her mouth with the bread. I looked around the village as many of the humans stopped to stare at Sesshomaru and occasionally giving looks as well, but I could feel most of them confused as to why there was a human child in the middle of us. I could only imagine all the things that they were thinking of us, not that I could blame them.

"Mel, do you like being with us?"

"I like being with you Rin."

"What about Lord Sesshomaru?"

"I- "I stopped to think what exactly to say to a child, so she won't get her hopes up of me staying with them. "I miss my life. And even though I am glad Sesshomaru has been taking care of me while I go back I don't belong here."

"I hope you can stay with us for a while more."

"We'll see Rin." She took my hand as we started walking towards Sesshomaru.

When we made it out of the village we continued throughout the night even if it was currently pitch-black and with a sleeping Rin on top of A-Un. Sesshomaru saw no need of us stopping and resting. Not that I could blame him the sooner I could get answers the better for me.

I glanced passed A-un to Jaken who was besides Sesshomaru looking content with just being in the same breathing space and I couldn't help but to giggle as I saw the sight of the two best friends. Even though Sesshomaru would probably kill me if I said out lout along with Jaken. Both glanced back at me at the same time but Sesshomaru was being a lot less obvious at the fact.

"What is so funny?" I shook my head in a no motion not wanting to fight about this with Jaken.

"You are a weird woman."

"I know." I looked back up at the sky as my smile faded. I honestly didn't even know what I was till I got here.

"There is nothing wrong with being different. As long as you are strong." I looked at Sesshomaru's back as his silver hair moved through the night's wind. I couldn't believe that he had just said that to me. While being here with him he hadn't even been saying two words to me when I asked him for stuff or he was silent when he didn't feel like making small talk.'

I stayed silent for the rest of night. It seemed like the night had drag on before Rin was awake again. Her energy was contagious but at times she could be a handful when all you wanted to do was rest. But she was a growing child and as such she was curious about everything.

We stopped a few times getting food for Rin, Jaken and I. Not once did Sesshomaru eat and instead opted for resting against a tree. I think I now know how that guy does it and if it wasn't for the fact that Rin sticks to be like glue I would be doing the same thing.

I suddenly stopped as I got hold of Kagome's scent. Stopping to look over at Sesshomaru I found him looking back at me as if expecting me to just run off and for some reason his stance looked like he was ready to chase after. I took a couple of seconds of hesitation before walking over to him and leaving Rin as she made her crown of flowers.

"Lord Sesshomaru I just want to thank you for taking care of me while I was here with you all." I stopped to look as I heard Rin gasp as she realized that this was where it ended. "I hope you will let me come and see Rin from time to time." I ended lamely as I didn't know what else to say.

His face remained emotionless as he stared down at me.

"Well this is where I say goodbye so uh bye." I cleared my throat before heading back towards Rin.

"Now listen Rin I don't want any tears okay. Because I promise I will come to see you again. And between me and you take care of the group for me." She pulled a brave face as she furiously nodded her head yes. I gave her a big hug before stepping away and running towards the scent of the others.

Before I made it towards the end of the field Inuyasha came out from the other side of the forest ready to attack. I side stepped him before his face showed shock at seeing me.

"What the hell Inuyasha!"

"What." He sounded as confused as I was.

"Why would you just come out and attack me like that?"

"I thought you were that bastard?!"

"Who?" I asked as he finally made his way towards me this time in a more calmer manner.

"Sesshomaru."

"Why would you confuse me as him? Last time I checked I didn't smell like him and I am sure as hell not him."

"Feh like hell I would know why." He stopped right in front of me as the other showed up on the side of the forest.

"Inuyasha I tried telling you that it wasn't Sesshomaru! It seems like he just covered his scent with hers, but you ran off before I was able to tell you.

"Well maybe if you would be quicker and not freeze like a weak- "

"Sit. Sit. Sit." Kagome screamed out loud as I continued to look at them all as if they've suddenly grown two heads. Sniffing down at myself I couldn't tell a difference in my scent. Sure his scent was bound to cling on to me from those times I would walk next to him when Rin was sleeping or off doing her own things once in a while but for my scent to disappear.

"I don't smell anything."

"It seems he did it without your knowledge." Miroku commented from his spot next to Sango and Shippo. I smiled over at him wanting to say something smart but holding myself back.

"Why would that bastard do something nice like that?" Inuyasha grunted out lout as he pulled himself out of the small crater his body left behind.

"Nice?" I asked now knowing why anyone would consider that being nice.

"He's a Lord dummy. It means he sees you as under his care, so he made sure his scent was mixed to yours, so no one would mess with you unless they wanted to face him." My eyes must have been the size of saucers because next thing you know I had both Sango and Kagome laughing at me.

"How is that even possible without me even noticing?"

"That's something you would have to ask him."

"Okay. So then how do I take off his scent? Do I just take good thirty-minute bath?"

"That's not something you can easily get off of you. He mixed in your aura with his Melanie." I gave out a sight as I nodded my head in understanding before remembering why I was even looking for them.

"Where is that old guy?"

"What old guy?" Kagome asked.

"The guy that was behind Inuyasha during his fight with Sesshomaru."

"Oh you mean Totosai. That coward is back at his home most likely."

"And how far Is his home."

"It's in a volcano and even then, it's not a guarantee he'll be home he might be traveling around with Mo-Mo." Inuyasha said as he stood to his full height.

"Ugh, why does everything have to be so complicated!" I screamed out loud as put my hands on top of my hair and made a full dramatic spin.

"Why do you even need to see him?"

"I think he knows who I am."

"You think?" Inuyasha asked.

"She might be right Inuyasha he was asking about her just before we left."

"What did you tell him?"

"Well we told him that you were taken and were most likely with Sesshomaru and we tried looking for you, but it seemed like you had completely disappeared and Inuyasha couldn't pick up your scent. We hoped we would find you soon I can only imagine how awful it was to spend time with him."

"He was okay. Not much of a talker but Rin made up for both him and Jaken." I sat down on the ground not knowing what to do.

"Don't worry Melanie. He's going to come back if not he might go looking for you with Sesshomaru and will know you are with us again. All you can do is wait for him to come to you. The journey to his home is out of our way and we have to time to go back and forth while Naraku is still out there. But we promise as soon as we defeat him we'll help you out." I smiled over at Inuyasha and nodded my head in understanding.

"Okay. I understand."

"Oh dear Melanie it's so nice to see you back with us safe and sound." Miroku commented as he walked over to me and his hand began to touch my bum. My eyes widened at the sudden touch and my hand found his cheek as a slap could be heard in the forest.

"You pervert!" I screamed out loud as he fell to the ground unconscious from the slap while sporting a small smile on his face and a hand print.

"He'll never learn." Both Kagome and Sango said as they shook their head at his figure.

"Kirara carry Miroku on your back while he wakes up. We have no time to waste while he dreams." Kirara immediately changed to her bigger form and waited till Inuyasha put a passed out Miroku on top of her before walking next to Sango. With Inuyasha leading the group and me walking next to Kagome we made our way to our next adventure not knowing that Kagome's confidence in Inuyasha was about to be tested in the next couple of days.

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I would like to give a big thank to Tawodi for commenting in almost all of them. Honestly, I had an idea of what type of demon I wanted her to be but I had to find one that was the definition of pure and what better then to go with a Phenix. Now exactly your everyday sort of demon but this is a world of magic so why not. You will find out her exact age in a couple of more chapters. Don't worry all questions will be answered soon enough! I hope you enjoy this chapter.

And as for everyone else thank you for Following and Favoriting this story. I try to post once a week, but sometimes real life gets in the way and I just have little to no time to write a chapter. And I for one don't want to sacrifice my sleep. It already passes by in a blink of an eye.

Question for all the readers: Who do you want to confess their love for each other first Sesshomaru (who I can't see confessing for some reason) or Melanie? It's not coming any time soon but I'm not quite sure who I want it to be. I for one know who will start showing their feelings first but to confess! :o that's a big step.