Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Naruto. Neither do I own Hitaru, she belongs to Satsukerin.

Last Time: Sesse was growling happily within Sesshomarus' mind as they watched the expressions flow over their vixens' features. They should have been concerned when they felt her youkai raise, they were not, but everyone else was. They could feel the other occupants youkai raise in concern and fright. If only they understood what was becoming unleashed. He did and he couldn't wait to see the vixen in her full glory. It was going to be the most beautiful bloodbath he would ever see.

Hitaru grinned happily as the blade hit it's mark and the blood slowly slipped down the ivory skin. The sight of the blood and knowing who it belonged to sent Nero straight into a frenzy. She was urging her to let the tip fall a little farther down and possibly inbetween some ribs on the left side.

She had rolled her eyes mentally and straightened her posture and sheathed her sword as Lord Kenta came to his sisters aide. Karin was pouting about getting the small abrasion and glaring daggers at her when her brother was not looking at her. Hitaru smiled, cheekily, at her and tossed her braid. Karin then knocked her brothers' hands away.

"Sister..." he began.

"I am fine. I wish to continue to spar with Lady Hitaru. I have obviously become lax in my routine and left myself open to get this slash on my face. A lesson that she has shown me and will be remedied." she said pointedly.

"As you wish." he said and backed away.

"Again!" Karin commanded.

Hitaru and Karin advanced on one another. Swords clanging and sparking, bodies twisting away from razor sharp blades, tempers flaring, and powers rising. Feminine snarls and laughter filled the air along with the heady scent of blood.

"She's making me anxious for more battle." Nero said.

"I know. My blood lust is singing." Hitaru responded.

"May I play with her?" Nero asked, pouting.

"Maybe." she said and her eyes shifted to orange and then back.

"Karin that's enough!" Lord Kenta shouted, having noticed the change in Hitaru.

Karin hissed at her brother and made a gesture for him to be silent. She was obviously letting her jealousy get the better of her.

"Karin! That. Is. Enough." he said sternly, enunciating each word to prove his point.

Hitaru glared at him. He was trying to save his sister but at the same time take away her prey and at the moment play toy. She wanted to continue with Karin but it looked as if "brother dearest" was beginning to get through to her.

"Are we done for today, Lady Karin? If so please tell me and then you can go and try to make yourself look decent." she said in a fake sweet voice.

A low hiss left Karin's lips and a growl escaped Lord Kenta's. Nero was grinning like a mad person in her head and on the inside she was dancing around at the small victory.

"Lady Hitaru... I wish to decline and return to my quarters." Karin forced out between gritted teeth.

Hitaru put on a pouting face and then turned and walked to towards the door.

"That's too bad. I was hoping to spend some more time with you. Oh well, I guess I shall find Sesshomaru to... entertain me." she said with a little laugh at the end.

"Bitch!" Karin snarled.

"Bitch, no. Vixen, yes." Nero growled.

"Pity that I have to seek him out for some fun. I had really thought you were going to be more of a challenge and yet I have not even broken a sweat and you look like a Prince's Pauper." Hitaru taunted.

(AN: Prince's Pauper... That goes with the original story The Prince and the Pauper. In the story the Pauper gets beat on for whatever the Prince gets in trouble for and has ripped and torn clothes.)

Hitaru had expected yelling but she had not expected to hear the whistle of a blade come through the air or the splintering sound of metal embedded into wood. The growling and scuffling sounds behind her she had expected but not that.

She didn't even turn her head to look, only through the corner of her eye to did she examine the sword in the wood. It was right at the level of her heart and she was sure that if Lord Kenta hadn't been there, Karin may have hit her mark. That was the first time she had been under attack and hadn't realized it until it was happening. She was not happy about it either.

"Do you want to play with me Karin?" she said and purred her name.

Her voice was barely audiblely different and Lord Kenta was just barely lucky enough to catch on to the difference. He was forcibly dragging Karin to another exit and she was fighting him the whole way, hindering her own rescue.

"I will not go! She has insulted me for the last time!" Karin was shrieking.

"Do you want to play with me Karin?" she asked again, her voice a couple of octaves higher.

"No!" Lord Kenta shouted.

"No, Hitaru I don't want to play with you. I want to..." Karin was screeching and was cut off by Kenta covering her mouth.

"Hitaru isn't in right now." she said and turned around.

Lord Kenta and Karin saw her eyes to be orange and the slightest outline of something over her form. Hitaru or whoever she was, was changing before them. They didn't know what to make of it. It was different than every other demon they had seen. Was it just a rise in power or something worse?

"But I will gladly take a message." she snarled.

(Sesshomaru and the other Lords)

He wasn't sure how much longer he was going to have to hear the two Lords drone on and on about things that were none of his concern or problems. He wanted to rip them apart but alas he had to behave. Something then sent Sesse raging around in his head. Youkai was rising to dangerous levels in his castle. He began to search out the cause.

"Do you feel that?" Lord Hiroki asked.

Sesshomaru knew who was sending out that power and he was probably going to have a mess to clean up. He took off to the dojos with Hiroki and Shiro behind him.

When the three arrived they were amazed. Kenta was being held up on another wall by only the youkai that had enshrouded Hitaru. She had her arm outstretched towards him in the same gesture as the youkai but all the while she was advancing on Karin, who was doing everything she could to stay out of arms length.

Lord Kenta had seen them and was telling them to calm Hitaru down and save Karin. Sesshomaru had shrugged and leaned against the wall to watch it all play out. He was not getting in the way and ruining his relationship with Hitaru or getting killed. Shiro and Hiroki saw what he was doing and tried to scold him but he shook his head and told them that if they interfered they would get killed. They called him coward. Thus immediately grabbing all of the attention on them.

(Normal)

She had heard Sesshomaru and the two that called themselves Lords come in to the dojo. She heard Hiroki telling them to calm her down and save Karin. Save her from what? She wasn't going to kill her. Just give her a few scars. Nothing to major. Then she heard what Sesshomaru had told Hiroki and Shiro and then she heard them call him coward.

"Coward? Who do they think they are calling Sesshomaru a coward?" Hitaru spat.

"Do they want to see a coward? I will show them a real coward." Nero hissed.

Nero grabbed Karin by her hair and held tightly to it as she turned on the Lords. Karin screamed and scratched at her hands, pulling, trying to get free.

"This is a coward!" she shouted and shook Karin a little.

"This poor excuse for royalty is a coward. A coward stabs someone in the back or tries to. A coward is you three Lords trying to take over the Western Lands by using me so you won't get your hands dirty! You want to see real cowards then take this peice of trash with you as you go in search of mirrors." she yelled and threw Karin to Kenta's feet and released him.

That moment Nero gave control over to Hitaru before she let her temper get away with her and destoyed something. Hitaru come out and went to Sesshomaru. The other Lords helped Kenta and Karin to their feet and stood before the couple.

"I want you out of my palace and out of my lands." Sesshomaru snarled.

"My Lord Sessh..." Lord Hiroki began.

"Did you think I didn't know what was going on in my own home? I knew what you were doing before you even arrived and then you bring that tramp into my home to cause an uproar. Do you think now to tell me lies and stay? Get out!" Sesshomaru ordered, his youkai coming to the surface.

The four left the room quickly and left the palace just as fast. Sesshomaru watched them leave from his study with Hitaru and just as they were getting out of sight he asked her something.

"What happened to playing with her?" he asked.

"I was playing with her until she decided to throw a sword at my turned back to go through my heart. Then the gloves were coming off and she was asking for it." she defended herself.

"I see. This won't be over you know." he stated.

"I know. They can't accept defeat gracefully and with dignity. They will come back to destroy us." she said.

"They will and I hope you will return after I give you this." he said.

"Give me what?" she asked.

AN: HAHAHAHA. An evil cliffie! Well it had to stop somewhere. What do you think has happened?