Sesshomaru spent the night in thought after the conversation with Inuyasha. He realized that for once his brother was right and he wasn't to sure he was happy to admit. "I really need to handle my teaching Maria differently but how?"

Maria wasn't the average demon, she didn't know their ways, or their customs, she was bought up differently, and he was treating her rudely.

The more he thought about it he thought maybe he may have to go slower treat her like he did Rin, show her slowly and really explain it all to her.

Sesshomaru noticed someone walked rather stumbling through the woods, along the path, the scent told him it was Maria, what was she doing out here in the dark of the night.

He ran to her worried about her.

Maria kept walking down the path, she didn't know why she couldn't sleep, she just needed out of the confiding hut, she wanted to be free.

"Maria what are you doing out here its dangerous."

Maria didn't answer, she just kept walking. She walked past the well, and deeper into the meadow, where she stopped and looked up at the night sky. Wind whipping past her hair, swirling aura of power shimmer just below the surface of Maria's skin.

Sesshomaru was entranced as he saw the power play across her skin

Maria's shape began to shimmer, as she grew in size to her true form, she blinked as everything looked so small and so different to her eyes.

Sesshomaru walked into view "Welcome to your true form Maria, feel the power flow through your body."

Maria didn't bother to look at Sesshomaru, she just pushed off with a powerful leap and was airborne, flying as she ran the sky.

Sesshomaru watched her smiling but soon transformed and joined her in the sky playfully chasing her as he did earlier in the day.

Maria spun and looked directly at Sesshomaru, she sniffed and tilted her head in confusion.

He growled and gave a playful nip to her tail and ran off, trying to get her to chase him this time.

Maria blinked, somewhere deep inside, her rational mind was fighting to get control back.

Sesshomaru stopped and turned to her waiting to see what happens next. He wanders back to her and nudges her with his nose. He give gives her a questioning look seeming to ask her whats wrong.

The female demon snarled and leapt away, she didn't know this male, she didn't know where she was or how she came to be in her new form.

Sesshomaru growled in frustration and went over her letting his aura flow over Maria to let her know hopefully who he was and who she was.

The demon backed away again, unsure. Her rational mind finally won, and the aura was pulled into her body as she began to shrink in size.

Sesshomaru joined her, walking over to her side he held her. "You lost yourself to the power, its a danger all of us face the first few times we transform." He explained using a gentle voice and taking time to explain all he could.

"Let me go." Maria states as her body locked up at the touch.

Sesshomaru did as she asked but he didn't move away he tried to tell her he was there to help without saying the words.

"I do not know how I did that." Maria softly spoke as she turned away from Sesshomaru, her rational mind knew him, but her other side didn't.

"Its okay its apart of you i can help you Maria if you want." He walks up wind of her and lets his scent fill her nose, he holds a nonthreatening pose as to not scare her like the last time.

"Your kind of help is trying to kill me by tossing me around the countryside." Maria responds "You would feel the same as I do right now, if you somehow woke up human."

I think i would and if you treated me the same way, i did you this week, i would probably be more mistrustful than you'' He steps back giving her, her space and sat down on the grass motioning her to hopefully do the same. ''Look Maria, I made lots of mistakes when it came to training you and I admit my attitude could have be better but i really do want you to come to terms with your power and hopefully yourself.

Maria slowly sat down, aware that she was only in light shorts and a tank top. She looked up at the sky, "All my life, I wanted to special, I wanted someone to love me and want me for me...now that I find out that my whole life has been one big lie. I don't know what I'm going to do." she continued to look at the stars. "I don't even know if my name is 'Maria' my caretaker as a baby called me that and it stuck for some reason."

Sesshomaru pulls off his Haori and hands it to her. "I can't I know or even begin to understand but I will help you as best i can, as for 'Maria' what ever your birth mother called you before she gave you up as far as I'm concern it always will be 'Maria' till, you got tried of the name or i could go back to calling you pup.''

"I prefer that you didn't, and Rin seems to think we're nothing more then a couple denying their feelings for the other." Maria replies

''Rin right now is still a child, and while I admit i find you to be very attractive, let's concentrate on the more important matter, and let the rest deal with itself at a later time.''

"Which is why I dumped her in the horse trough." Maria replies

Sesshomaru chuckles '' Yes i do need to have words with her.''

Maria pulled the harori closer, she felt like she was on a secret date, she started to laugh at an idea of hers.

Sesshomaru heard this and looks over to her ''What so funny Maria?''

"I knew that I was attracted to older males, I didn't think it would be by a few centuries." Maria responds

Sesshomaru looks shocked "I'm not old I'm still young compared to some other demons.''

"Still older then I am. And I was judging by Inuyasha's temperament that he is at least two hundred years old, which explains his bad temper, terrible twos and all that." Maria replies "Since you're his older brother, I would guess around seven hundred or so."

Sesshomaru was shock at her to imply he was an old man. "Guess again, I'm only about four hundred years old."

Maria shrugged, she and Sesshomaru talked about just random topics.