A/n: Sorry about the delay in updates!! As promised Sesshomaru's POV is in the beginning and it will be at the end too! So this chapter is extra long to make up for my lack in updating!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Attack by 30 Seconds to Mars; however, I do own the sirens and their creation in addition to this plot line.

A Siren's Demon Form

She awoke before too long, acting as if she was fine, yet her eyes betrayed her. His arm had taken all of her energy. She was surprised to see him still in the cross bred demons household, surprised that he had waited for her to recoup. She had returned his arm, he was honor bound to repay the debt, whether she was aware of it or not. He would not make her aware; she held enough power over him as it was.

She should sleep longer, she was exhausted and her weakened state worried him, but she was determined to leave and the idea of leaving Rin alone in an unfamiliar city did not bode well with him either. She was surprised once more as he waited for her outside; she had assumed he had left her. Did she wish to be free of his presence? The thought curled in the pit of his stomach as they walked in silence. He fought the dread that the worry incurred, it was good that she did not suspect his irrational infatuation. His beast was merely desiring a female, it had happened before, it would fade away.

However, this fixation on a particular female was unfamiliar. It normally did not matter, so long as he had one. He had never lowered himself to rut before and he would not do so now, his beast would cease this pointless rebellion before too long. Though, during the growth of his arm he had felt encompassed by her love…a desire to protect and covet was present, not the mindless urge to lay with her. This was an unwelcome frustration indeed.

They had made it to the inn, walking slowly due to her exhaustion, his impatience and irritation was dulled by her calming scent. Rin was waiting patiently as she always does, but the excitement at the sight of her sister was great, he instinctively steadied Nami as Rin ran full force into her tired body…her very fit yet womanly body. He found himself reluctant to withdraw his hand from her lower back, even through the clothes he could feel the lean muscles pull and tighten as she moved. He found it oddly arousing. She solved his problem by moving herself.

She awoke the next morning intent on punishing him. Her moan caught his attention and his eyes traced every line of her body as she stretched and arched her back, effectively pushing her chest out. She acted surprised to see him awake and watching her, but she had to have known what effect such an action caused.

She left the room without another glance at him. He was torn. He could stay here with Rin, or go with her. He chose Nami, she trusted Rin to be safe so he would follow her instead. It was merely to learn how to fight this. She heard him following, and disrespected him with that insolent smirk.

"Your insolence is not acceptable." He said. She accused him of following her, she was right. He needed a reason; he would not let this lesser demon know of his momentary weakness, "You are briefing your generals, you are traveling under me, I will know of your plans." He remembered then why she was leaving so early.

She was angered by his words, he could see it. Her aura crackled with fury as she berated him as if his rank was below hers. Her anger was too endearing to infuriate him. She had come very close to him and her aura surrounded him along with her scent. Those lips were so close again and the urge to touch them suddenly resurfaced. Before he could act she marched away. It was for the better.

Her generals were confused by his presence, but not suspicious due to the lack of alarm from their commander. She had their respect, which was odd for one so young. So, very, very young, supple and just coming into maturity as a woman, untouched and waiting for-

He fought a snarl as he cut off the alarming thoughts that had decidedly taken over his mind. He focused on the conversation, they now thought him an ally, he now had a say. She had turned to look at that foul male while thinking, that would not do. He seated himself between them, that male had no right to even be near his woma-.

He fought that thought too, she was not his woman, he did not desire such a being as his own. She was pacing now to think, he watched her legs flex with each step, a slow arousal creeping upon him. He fought it with unerring focus on the reality before him, offering suggestions whenever possible to distract himself from the bewitching demon beside him.

It was over. They made their way to the center of the city once again and he watched with insurmountable relief as the foul male began the odd courting ritual of a different woman. It was unusual, the way they received rights to courtship, he would never lower himself to such a show. Nami seemed to enjoy it however, a soft smile had lit her lips and he was entranced once more against his will by the warmth of her expression. He wanted her to smile at him.

Finally she turned to him, but it was formal and distant, she wanted to leave in the morning. That was fine, these traitorous feelings she had inflicted upon him were no doubt a result of being surrounded by her lesser demons and their disgustingly open emotions.

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I was ready to go as the sun broke the horizon the next morning. I had been laying there for an hour, allowing Rin to get some sleep. But as the sun took its place in the morning sky I moved to rouse her. With a small amount of packing and a little luring to get Ah-Un away from the fruit trees we were headed out from the city. My generals had their orders and I'd said goodbye the night before. Leaving unnoticed would be far quicker.

Within the hour we were two miles out from the city and Sesshomaru had noticeably relaxed. He fell back into his steady gait and calm expression. I wondered if he had noticed his quickened pace or tight features before. I stayed beside Rin as she rode Ah-Un, far more interested in answering her questions than playing the power game with Sesshomaru and trying to keep up with him.

I knew he was aware of what I needed to do, and considering how much he had helped at the meeting I trusted just enough to follow him to whatever destination he was headed toward.

Several days passed that way, he walked steadily in the direction he chose each morning and I walked beside Rin, sometimes ran beside Rin testing to see if she was gaining any abilities as she neared the changing age. She only had two weeks left before she turned ten. So far the only thing I had noticed was her hair getting a little silkier, but I could easily attribute that to more constant baths than she had gotten while just with Sesshomaru. After a week our pattern finally changed.

Sesshomaru had stopped in mid-step, face towards the west as his nostrils flared. I had no idea what he smelled with that super powered nose of his, but it didn't look good.

"Stay here." He ordered, with that demeaning tone I hated so much. With that he took off, a blur barely traceable with my eyesight.

Rin seemed undisturbed chirping along as usual about how she couldn't wait to start training. We waited for an hour, but as I started to get thirsty I decided to go find a stream, the vegetation to the east grew steadily greener so with a gentle tug to Ah-Un's reins I lead them that way.

"Lord Sesshomaru said to stay put!" Jaken protested of course.

"He also is taking far too long, I'm thirsty and I have no desire to stay in this random gap of forest." I snapped, continuing my walk. Rin grabbed my hand and followed without concern. As Jaken watched us walk away he eventually decided staying with us was better than staying there alone.

Eventually we came upon a slow flowing river and let Ah-Un go find dinner as Rin and I sat by the stream. Jaken sat on a rock at the forests' edge, grumbling to himself about how I would be punished by his Lord Sesshomaru.

"Nami, I wanna learn about plants too, air is so boring, there's only one type of wind." Rin suddenly complained.

I looked at her and laughed. "I think father would heartily disagree with that!" I giggled. "There are so many things you can do with air, like fly! And, air attacks are amazing; you can't see them a lot of the time, unless you're trained for it."

"Yea…okay, that is exciting," She relented with a grin, "But I still want to learn about plants."

I smiled, "Okay, let's see…" I set my palms on the ground and hummed a gentle luring melody, lifting my palms slowly; smiling as Rin's eyes grew wide watching the plants follow my hands from the ground. After a moment I had three different herbs between us.

"These are plants that disguise scent, like the flowers in the clearing remember?" Rin nodded, "But, these are more powerful and less obvious, you put five or six of these spread out in the clearing and even an inu nose can't pick up the scent." I winked at her and closed my eyes, growing several of the small, wide leaved, green plants throughout the river clearing, "When Sesshomaru gets back, ask him." She nodded excitedly.

"Okay, so this one is a sleeping plant, one bite and you're asleep in no time, and out for hours. Wanna test it?" I asked with a wicked grin holding up a many leafed frond from the miniature plant.

"Oh no, I don't want to go to sleep!" She shook her head rapidly.

"We can have Jaken try it." I shrugged.

"Oh…well okay. It just makes him sleep right?" I nodded, "He is kind of cranky, I bet he could use a nap." She agreed easily and got up to drag Jaken over to us.

"Here you go Jaken." I handed him the herb leaf with an innocent smile.

"I'm not eating anything grown by your trickery!"He backed away quickly.

"It's not dangerous!" I insisted, "It'll make you feel better."

"There's nothing wrong with me wench!" He planted his staff in front of him as if it was supposed to scare me.

"Jaken, I'm just trying to help you, you seemed a little down, this could make it better, but if you really don't want it…" I took the leaf and popped it into my mouth.

Rin watched me with wide eyes as I chewed and swallowed. "See, I feel better already!" I grinned as if to prove it.

He eyed me suspiciously for a few minutes as I picked a few more leaves, then he surrendered as I guessed he would, "Okay, I want one…I have been feeling a little off…" I handed him one cheerfully and watched as he swallowed, collapsing to the ground with deep breaths in the next instant.

I rolled with laughter as I leaned over to the water and spit the chewed up leaf I had lodged in the back of my mouth into the river. "See! Very powerful, he'll sleep like a baby for a while."

Rin's mouth was hanging open, "Wow! That's was cool! I thought you'd eaten it!"

"Not a chance, I need to be awake in case some foolish demon comes lurking around. Now this one," I held up the little blue flower, "is a calming agent, you put this in someone's food or drink and no matter what happens they won't get mad. Even if they're attacked they'll just sit or talk as if nothing is happening."

"Wow, that's really scary." Rin looked at it seriously, "It works on everyone?"

"That I'm not sure of, it definitely works on sirens, but I've never tried it on anyone else and I haven't heard of such either." I shrugged; setting the blue flower in the water and watching it float away.

"I wish I-" Rin had started to speak again, but I held up my hand to silence her. I'd heard something…it was far away still, but coming fast. I extended my senses through the plants as I scooped up Rin and Jaken. Carefully I began to back up until I reached the edge of the trees. I felt something landing on tree branches, moving from tree to tree at an astonishing pace. I set Jaken down on the rock he had sat upon before, and reached out through every speck of plant life I could find. This was no siren.

It was too close for me grab them and run; it would be upon us in just few more moments. I withdrew my senses and threw them into the roots and trees nearby, standing ready to fight.

"What the fuck!" I heard the voice moments before a red clad figure crashed through the last of the trees at the other end of the clearing. "The fucking scent is gone!" He landed on the ground and his eyes immediately zeroed in on Rin and me. He had silver hair and golden eyes much like Sesshomaru, but he was rougher and less refined. "Who the hell are you?" He jerked his head toward me.

I didn't reply, instead I took in his companions. There was a human girl on his back, an oddly dressed human girl who gave off the aura of a miko. Following in the air was a neko demon with what appeared to be a taijiya on her back along with a kitsune. Lastly a monk appeared on foot, coming to a stop beside the red clothed man. On closer observation, I understood him to be a hanyou but that didn't explain how he had come to travel with two humans that had holy power and a slayer, not to mention two more demons. My brow furrowed as I studied them.

"Oi! I asked who the hell you are!" He shouted again, apparently angered by my ignoring his question.

"I don't see how that's any of your concern." I replied coolly, still unsure whether they were friend or foe. Rin however had no intention of following my lead.

"Kagome!" She shouted from my arms.

The human miko's eyes focused on Rin, then flashed up to my face, they were full of concern in an instant. "Rin! Where's Sesshomaru?" Her worried voice carried across the clearing.

I quickly set Rin behind me and answered for her, "Not here, what's it to you?"

"Inuyasha! She's a siren!" The taijiya gasped as she and her firecat landed beside them and the hanyou called Inuyasha let the miko to her feet, "They eat humans!"

The hanyou's hand grasped at his sword. "Why did Naraku's scent end here? Are you his ally? Did you block it?"

"I don't know who this Naraku is." I flexed some of the tree branches, testing their flexibility.

"Bull shit! Somehow you kidnapped Rin from my bastard of a brother; Naraku's had it done before. Sesshomaru will have your head!" The hanyou yelled, "I'll leave you to him, I want Naraku!" He leapt forward and I responded with a step backwards.

"Rin go into to trees, now!" I ordered, not taking my eyes from the group.

"Inuyasha! We have to help Rin!" The miko was angry at the hanyou now.

"Sirens have control powers when they sing; Rin must be under some sort of spell." The taijiya spoke up.

They failed to realize that despite their quieted voices I could still hear every word. "I'm not going to eat her." I said calmly.

"No, you aren't!" The miko agreed angrily, "Inuyasha!!" She shouted.

"Ugh! Why do I always have to clean up Sesshomaru's messes?!" The hanyou suddenly leapt at me, drawing his blade as he came. With a start I tugged at the tree to my right, throwing it directly in his path. I heard him collide and as the tree crashed to the ground he landed a few feet behind it on his butt. "Holy shit Sango, I thought you said if she sang!"

"She must be a more powerful one; we didn't run into them very often!" She replied as she swung her giant boomerang around. She released it with a shout but this time I was prepared. I snatched it with several thick vines and anchored it to a tree.

"She," I sneered, "is Nanami, leader of the Resistance. I will not be taken down, leave us be and I will not harm you."

"Fat chance bitch." He snarled and leapt again. Several branches diverted his course.

"Rin belongs with me! You don't know what you speak of." I snarled.

"Rin travels with Inuyasha's brother Sesshomaru, not some siren, he'll kill you when he finds out she's been taken!" The miko shouted.

I sighed in frustration, "I did not take her, she came willingly."

The hanyou leapt at me once more, his fang-like blade held above his white haired head. He swung wildly and I rolled out of the way. I was back on my feet before he had turned and with a flick of my wrist a flurry of grass surrounded him. At the corner of my vision I saw the miko running, headed toward where Rin was dragging a sleeping Jaken into the trees.

I pointed at her and jerked my arm toward my body before drawing my sword and turning just in time to block the recovering hanyou's blow. But, I heard the scream that ensured I had successfully ensnared the miko with vines.

"Kagome!" The hanyou shouted, swinging haphazardly again. I easily sidestepped and swung my blade, nicking his hip.

"Inuyasha pay attention! I'm fine!" The miko yelled as the hanyou staggered slightly from the blow, but his companions allowed me no reprieve.

"I'll get her Inuyasha." The monk raised his hand and removed prayer beads from his wrist. I watched in confusion as he held his palm to me. Suddenly I was being pulled toward him. "Wind tunnel!" he shouted. I was unable to grab anything as I hurled toward the absorbing hand that had somehow produced a vortex. I flailed, attempting to sink my katana in the dirt with no avail. Suddenly the wind stopped. I hit the ground hard, gouging the arm I fell upon deeply. I looked up to see the monk on his knees, hand clenched as he wobbled then collapsed sideways. "Miroku!" the slayer shouted.

"Damn it! What'd you do?" The hanyou cursed, leaping at me again.

"He sucked in some of my herbs, one that made him fall asleep, and nothing more." I stood quickly, back to the taijiya and neko as I faced the hanyou, ignoring the throbbing pain in my arm. Our blades clashed again and it was obvious that his was a far superior weapon. We blocked and stabbed in a deadlock pace. "Stand down hanyou!"

"Not a chance!" He thrust his blade at my abdomen, only to be deflected as I parried the blow, "I hate my brother, but the little girl did nothing to you!"

"I did not take her!" I replied angrily. I could feel myself slipping as my anger grew, I was tired of this insistence that Rin belonged with Sesshomaru and I was tired of fighting this pointless battle, "I have given you chances, now you all must die." With that I inhaled and let the roots and trees become one with me and my anger.

The wood began to shiver and quake as the roots lifted from the soil. The trees stepped from the dirt and swayed waiting for my command. The hanyou continued to swing blindly at me but he was distracted by the towering trees that had suddenly come to life.

"INUYASHA!" I looked up in mid-blow but thankfully so had the hanyou, side-tracked from the open strike he had at me by the miko dangling precariously from the vines of one of my walking trees.

"Get Kagome Inuyasha." The taijiya and the neko took off into the sky again, taking over the attack as the hanyou leapt from branch to branch toward his human.

I was far past logic, anger burned through me as this unintelligent group continually attacked without any proof behind their theories. I would not allow such a group of ruffians defeat me. Darting toward a tree I jumped into the branches to put myself on equal ground, so to speak, with the taijiya. Sheathing my katana I jerked out with my left fist as the neko closed in. As I did all the trees did as well.

I heard the hanyou curse as he was diverted, and I watched as the neko dodged the flying branches. This form of attack was tiring but the fury clouded my thoughts, I controlled the trees as if they were extra limbs, stopping every attempt to free the miko or strike me.

"Sango, stop her!"

"I can't reach her Inuyasha!" The taijiya shouted in frustration.

"Damn it!" He swore, spinning to face me. I wicked grin stole my lips as he charged the tree; I thought he had no chance against it. Then he planted his feet and lifted the blade, "Wind Scar!" he shouted. I watched in horror as a white light raced toward the trunk of the tree I was perched in. The attack made contact and the bark shattered, the tree collapsing beneath me as I was thrown from the branches. My control of the trees was severed as I hit the ground, tumbling across the grass and landing in a crumpled heap by the river side.

I forced my aching, tired arms to lift me. I suddenly felt drained but I knew there was no stopping this now, I had to continue. I had to win. I managed to stand just in time to dodge the taijiya's sword as the neko flew past me. Shakily I drew my own and braced myself. She flew at me several more times with no avail when a small aura approached from behind me.

I turned in time to see the forgotten kitsune throw his hands at me, "Fox fire!" He screamed. I flipped backwards, barely evading the green flames. However, I landed directly in the path of the taijiya as the blade sliced into the skin of my back. My control slipped almost completely away as the pain flared my anger to the extreme.

The expression on the young fox's face told me the flare in my aura was plainly visible. With a snarl I spun and ducked as I sensed miko energy flying at me. I purifying arrow shot over my head and I lost all control. "This ends now." My voice slid past my lips without my permission as my demon took control.

I won't suffer, be broken, get tired, or wasted
Surrender to nothing, or give up what I
Started and stopped it, from end to beginning
A new day is coming, and I am finally free

The raspier yet somehow entrancing voice of my demon form resonated through and against the trees. Our arms lifted, and a hand, tipped with much sharper claws pointed at the miko standing by her demon protector, the other hand waved once at the taijiya. They were both instantly trapped as roots shot from the ground and forced them to their stomachs.

It was getting harder to breathe as control was completely surrendered, our body lacking the energy to keep the demon in chains, but it pursued as the hanyou leapt toward us again.

Run away, run away, I'll attack
Run away, run away, go chase yourself

We threw everything at our attacker. Vines and roots snatched at his ankles but only served to slow him. Grass scratched at his exposed flesh but it did not hinder him. Trees crashed around us but he ensued. We could hardly breathe any more. Our hands flew up to clasp at our throat as we struggled to breathe through the gills that inevitably formed. The hanyou planted his feet as he reached us, his lips forming the words I had seen earlier and I forced out my last chance.


Run away, run away, now I'll attack
I'll attack, I'll aa-

We fell to our knees, blackness clouding our vision as something hit us.

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I was in complete darkness, but this time I could breathe. I could feel the water rushing past me, through my gills, filling my lungs with sweet, precious air. My body hurt everywhere but I knew I was far from dead as I should be. Finally I opened my eyes to find myself looking up at Sesshomaru, his hand in the water, holding me down.

He saw my eyelids open and his clawed hand around my arm tightened as he lifted me from the cool river, setting me on the ground that looked as if it had been sliced apart. My chest heaved as I tried to stand but he forced me back down, his eyes trained on something behind me.

"Sesshomaru you bastard! I was going to kill her, why'd you interfere asshole?!" I heard the hanyou's angry voice.

"What reason did you have for such an attack?" Sesshomaru was calm as he stepped between the hanyou and I.

"She took Rin, and she's allied with Naraku! She blocked his scent!"

"What proof do you have of this?"

"She had Rin and there was no trace of his scent, I shouldn't have to explain this you arrogant ass!"

"Control yourself Inuyasha before you shove your other foot into your filthy mouth. You've made quite a fool of yourself as it is."

"What the hell do you mean by that you fucker?!"

I had turned around and without thinking I used Sesshomaru's arm as leverage to stand, "I told you I had not kidnapped her, but you did not listen to reason." I spoke through a sore throat.

"You mean you know Sesshomaru? He…trusts you?" It was then that I noticed that the rest of the hanyou's group had gotten free. Looking around I noticed that all the roots had receded and the trees had moved back, implanting their roots where they belonged once more. The only proof of the battle was the three deep gashes in the river side.

"Do not imply such things miko." Sesshomaru snapped coldly.

I rolled my eyes, "Rin is my sister." I explained hoarsely. My knees shook beneath me as my body argued with my determination to stand. I began to collapse when Sesshomaru's arm snaked around me and held me up. The hanyou's eyes widened as did the rest of the group's. "She is a hanyou as well, half siren, half human. We share a father."

I was hit with a sudden surrealism as I realized I was now having a civilized conversation with a group I had been intent on killing moments ago. My control over my demon had to have been weaker than usual if I had not tried to explain more.

"Holy shit! Human and hanyou hating Sesshomaru is traveling with a half-breed?!" Inuyasha suddenly exclaimed. Well…the conversation was mostly civilized…

"Silence." Sesshomaru snarled.

"Inuyasha! Sit! Don't be so rude." Kagome ordered. I watched with interest as the hanyou suddenly face planted in the dirt seemingly against his will.

"Nami?" I heard her voice from the trees, "Can I come out now? Jaken's awake."

"Come Rin." Sesshomaru commanded and we both looked behind us to see her orange clothed figure streak from the trees toward us.

"My Lord! You have returned!" She giggled, clapping, "Nami is everything okay? I like Lady Kagome, you two can be friends!"

"Siren's are known for eating humans…how is this possible?" The slayer eyed me suspiciously from where she stood beside the sleeping monk on the back of the neko.

I was so tired, exhausted to the point of collapsing but I forced myself to answer, "I am the leader of the rebellion against the flesh eating vermin that inhabit our home in the sea…we are called the Resistance." I felt my body sag even more, only Sesshomaru's body was keeping me upright.

"Enough." He suddenly intoned, "Either leave or stay, but Naraku is gone and there will be no more fighting. Attempt it and I shall kill you." With that he turned and walked to the shade of the trees, still very near the water, more or less dragging me with him.

My eyelids drooped as I clung unabashedly to his haori. He set me down in the soft grass and I slumped sideways, asleep with exhaustion in mere moments.

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POV change – Sesshomaru!

He had awakened long before her the next morning, ready to leave immediately. She however remained asleep for several more hours and he could not bring himself to wake her. Instead he watched her sleep, the steady rise and fall of her chest, the flicker of her eyelashes against her cheek, the occasional shift as she grew uncomfortable, and his favorite, her tongue peeking out from between her delicate lips, wetting them as they dried.

He sensed when she awoke and tore his attention from her, staring decidedly at the wall, aggravated with himself for giving into his whims in the first place. He fully expected her to rise but he had to wait another hour before she finally sat up, stretched in the enticing way, and roused Rin. Finally they were leaving.

As they grew steadily farther away from the city his relaxed, soon he would be out of their range and these pesky urges would surely dissipate. However as the day dragged on the desire to look back at her, to walk beside her, remained.

In fact it grew stronger as the days passed by. He was furious with himself, angry that there was beginning to be an actual physical pain by her continued disregard to his person. He was a demon lord! She should be begging for his attention, not him desiring attention from her! Yet the ache grew as they spoke not a word to each other for days. His mood darkened.

After a week he caught Naraku's scent in the air, fresh and strong, "Stay here." He commanded, before taking off on the scent trail. He followed the trail for nearly two hours before he found himself before another puppet. Releasing his pent up anger upon it he demolished the imitation with Tokijin before the puppet had delivered the message Naraku had intended it to deliver, he wasn't interested in any messages from him.

He streaked through the sky in his ball of light back towards Rin. He was there in a quarter of the time it had taken him to track Naraku, but Nami and Rin were gone. Inhaling as he reached the ground he took off after them, quickening his pace as he heard shouts and Nami's voice ring through the trees.

Breaching the natural barrier the trees made around the river clearing Sesshomaru stopped cold as he took in the sight before him. Nami was battling with the despicable half breed but it was not the demon woman he was used to. Her vivid green hair was paling to an iridescent white as her skin broke out with scales. She sang in a raspy dark voice as his brother barreled toward her. Spines of hard fins sprouted from her forearms and back and he then remembered what she had told Rin. The demon form of a siren could not breathe above water. Without another thought he streaked towards her as her hands clasped at her throat, confirming his hunch. Sesshomaru collided with her just as Inuyasha let loose the wind scar and Nami passed out.

He landed on the other side of the river, ignoring his brother's shocked face and the sudden movement of plant life around them as it released his brother's travel companions. He knelt on one knee beside the water and submerged Nami in it, holding her down as he willed her to breathe. He shouldn't have cared and he didn't want to, had she died he would have been relieved of her burden and the unwanted feelings she inflicted. Yet, he could not deny the relief that blossomed in his chest as the white receded from her hair and the steady rise and fall of her chest picked up again. He actually had to fight a sigh of gratitude as she opened her green eyes to look at him.

He lifted her from the water and fought the urge to press her against his chest and hold her there. Inuyasha was yelling at him but he only paid him half of his attention. The rest of his focus was unwillingly yet irrevocably on the siren beside him. As she tried to stand he kept her down. It worried him to see her so weak, fighting all four of them had been no easy task. He surrendered to his protective instinct and stood between her and the half breed, irritated by his constant shouting. He was in no mood to fight with him; he was far more concerned with her recovery.

He made no protest as she pulled on his arm to stand up, in fact, his heart leapt at the apparent comfort she felt with him to do so…even if it was disrespectful. He couldn't make himself care enough to snap at her. One of her hands remained on his arm to steady herself as she answered the half breed's questions. Sesshomaru found that he was pleased with her height as it placed her head just at his shoulder, and he liked that her slight form looked as if it would fit quite snugly against his.

He fought yet another snarl as more traitorous thoughts of just how well they would fit together broke through his mental barriers. He was pulled back to the present situation as she began to collapse. Instinct took over once more and he held her close, holding her up with an arm around her tiny waist. He ignored the looks the group gave him. He found himself sick and overjoyed at the same moment.

He was thoroughly enjoying the feeling of her body against his, armor or not, and he liked the way her petite form felt in his embrace. It made him sick that it was pleasurable.

Her voice was painful to her without a doubt and the worry he felt at the thought of her in pain eradicated all others. He saved her the pain of calling Rin by doing so himself but she answered the slayers question before he could. Her body collapsed almost completely then and his grip around her body tightened. Could they not see that she was exhausted?

"Enough." He snapped, fighting a growl, "Either stay or leave, but Naraku is gone and there will be no more fighting. Attempt it and I shall kill you." He could not bring himself to care what they chose either way, so long as Nami was safe. He was angered by the thought of caring about her safety. But he was angered more by the thought of her being unsafe.

He fought the urge to carry her, instead dragging her along as if it made it look like he cared less. He settled her in the grass as Rin followed and a groggy Jaken stumbled from the trees. She was asleep in seconds and Sesshomaru stared down at her as Rin chattered mindlessly and his brother's group apparently decided to stay, making camp several yards away. Sesshomaru studied her form for injuries, tearing his gaze away and stalking to a tree to sit as he caught himself thinking how beautiful she was regardless of her injuries and flaws.

A/n: There! That's my longest chapter for this story yet, 12 pages on Microsoft word! Lol, anyway, hope you enjoyed it and I would love it if you let me know by pushing that little green button under these words…;)! Review!