Hello~, I kinda had writers block on this chapter, so I am sorry if it is not up to standards for you guys.

It seems I'm getting a lot of request's to continue my Tokyo Ghoul and Because Karma, Thats Why crossover. I guess I could do a separate story for it, But it would have to be AU since kaname would be in it. Hmmm...

And I am ALL CAUGHT UP IN TOKYO GHOUL: RE~!

Uta is giving me conflicting feelings again (MY HEART!)... And for those of you wondering about My FF7 story, yes I am working on the next chapter, I am just trying to fine tune the Timeline of it. ALSO, My KHR story is not abandoned! I just have a hard time trying to write len's part involving the ring's...And Crimson Love's chapter may not be finished for a while since it's not coming out like I hope...

Also, Kouen seems to be winning when it come's to being Asura's love interest (Huh, who woulda' thought).

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THANK YOU GUY'S FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND WONDERFUL REVIEWS! As a treat for the encouraging words, there is another Omake crossover involving Fairy Tail at the bottom.

ON TO READING~!

Because...troubling thought's

"I'd like to go and investigate the well that my imouto came from."

Sesshomaru abruptly stopped in his tracks when he heard this coming from Kaname's mouth. He heard everyone else stop in their step's as well, making the sounds of birds tweeting and the rustles of the leaves be heard. The demon closed his eye's, taking a deep breath and letting out a low sigh, before turning his head to the female next to him.

Kaname was staring him straight in the eye's, unwavering determination in them. She was not going to let this go.

It had been a few day's since he had saved Rin from deaths grasps, and since Kaname saw fit to adopt the orphan. It turns out, Rin could in fact talk, she had just chosen not to. 'selective mutism' is what Kaname had told him, explaining that it was a type of anxiety disorder- what ever that was- that developed when something traumatic happens to the subject. To his understanding, it basically disables the user's vocal cords from working in certain situations or to certain people. Whatever had traumatized the child had been big enough to make the girl's vocal cord not function at all. But, it seems that Rin's interaction with himself and Kaname had work as some kind of therapy for the girl to slowly regain her voice, the final straw of that seemed to be when Sesshomaru had saved her by giving her life again. Along with Kaname bringing her along, integrating her into his pack, with them onto this journey.

Before he knew it, Rin had started speaking to them.

The first word out of her mouth had surprised him.

"Mama, Rin loves you so very much!"

It was that sentence that had frozen Kaname on the spot for a few moments, before a warm motherly smile graced her features. It was what promoted her to adopt the girl in the first place.

…

He could admit that he had never though Kaname to ever be a mother. She herself had once informed him that she would love to have children, but would probably never have them. When he had questioned as to why that was, she gave him a sad expression.

"I may not live to do so, and even if I do, I would not wish to burden them with the Higurashi curse. I do not think I would be able to handle watching my children slowly sink into insanity, nor have to worry if my daughter will live to the next day." she sighed, running her hand through her hair, sweeping her bangs back reveling her mark, before they settled again. "Kagome and Souta may have a better chance. Kagome was not born with the blood lust, and Souta didn't show any signs of it when I last saw him, so it is likely their children will be born without it as well. Those without it usually live longer lives then the rest of us."

And yet, she had adopted Rin as her own.

He allowed himself to admit, when he saw that smile on her face, that he had a brief image of Kaname with that same smile, dressed in finely made kimono's fit for a noble that enhanced her dark features came to mind. She was sitting on the grass in a grand garden, that suspiciously looked like his private one, surrounded by children- that were also dressed in fine clothing- with silver and raven hair with either amber or blue eye's. The gentle way she looked at them, as if they were the most important thing in life...

He made a silent vow that day; he would try and find a way to get rid of this curse of hers so she would have the family she dreamed of.

And he was in the process of thinking on where to start with the curse, when she stated- because he knew that tone of her voice.- that she was going to that infuriating well he had hoped she forgotten about.

"I thought I would inform you first, before I leave to do it." she continued.

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at her, "I do not remember giving my consent for you to leave at any given time." he stated, a threat clearly in his message about her doing things he did not approve of. She just smirked slightly, a hand on her hip as she stood with confidence. "Kaname." he growled lowly.

"My lord Sesshomaru," she started. "You have already kept me from my family once before, you have even gone as far as to keep Kagome's presence in this era a secret from me, deeming it not important for me to know. I have followed you faithfully so far, given you my trust and waited for your return when you disappear for day;s at a time...But," she glared at him here, her fist's slightly clenching at her sides. "I will not be kept from them any longer if this well can bring me back to them. I will not be denied this small sliver of a chance to see my mother and little brother."

Sesshomaru didn't like this. He didn't like that she seemed all too ready to leave his side, he didn't like his position as alpha of the pack being questioned or challenged in any shape or form. She gave him the option of fighting her on this topic, forcing them to clash, or give his consent and set a few condition's to make sure she came back. "You will come back, or I will drag you back myself if need be and destroy that accursed well."

Kaname's eye's soften for a moment, "My lord, I am just checking up on them. I will be back in a few day's time. After all," she took a few steps closer to him so they were an inch from one another. "I don't think I could handle being away from Rin for too long..." she confessed towards the end, resting her left hand on his chest and placing her forehead on his collar in reassurance. "Nor would I be able to stay away from you." she murmured with her cheeks heating up slightly.

Sesshomaru slowly blinked, calming down a bit knowing that she would not leave his side so easily. He felt his heart beat pick up slightly, and warmth spread through his veins when she was practically hugging him. The theory he had about his feelings towards her were starting to be proven, piece by piece.

"WHAT IN THE WORLD DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!"

The calm and warm atmosphere broke at Jaken's screaming.

"...Well, thats one way to ruin the moment..." He heard Kaname muttered irritably. And he admits, that he himself was enjoying the sensation of her being close to him. So when she had stepped back, Sesshomaru turned his head to glare at the little imp, causing Jaken to jerk in surprise. He would deal with the imp later. For now he had to control and suppress the warm feeling spreading in his body, he was a lord, he should not let emotion's run unchecked within himself.

But that did not stop him from flicking a rock at the imp's head.

Hard enough to send it flying a few feet back.

Sesshomaru had them travel at a leisurely pace, he was not in any hurry to get Kaname to Inuyasha's forest where the well was located. And the miko herself had no problem with the speed, so long as he actually lead her towards her destination, then they could go as slow as they wanted.

"And this one?" he heard Kaname question. She had decided to ride A-Un today with Rin, a parchment of paper and ink balanced on her knee. She was currently teaching Rin to read since she had found out that the girl could not read nor write. And in her eye's, that was unacceptable.

"I do not see why only nobles of this time were the only one's educated." she huff's, a frown on her lip's as she glared at the sky. "They do not have to teach anything political or something, but at least have the decency to teach the common folk to read and write at least!"

"Uhmmm..." Rin hummed, scrunching up her brows in thought.

"Come now, you were eating it yesterday." Kaname chuckled softly.

"Oh! Rin knows this! It's 'Fish' isn't it!?" she asked excitedly, then cheered when she got a confirmed hum. "And this one means river! So...It's...'The fish swam through the river, as hard as it's fin's could go'?"

"Very good, Rin." Kaname praised. Rin giggled in response. "Hn..." Kaname hummed in thought. She clicked her tongue, making Sesshomaru wonder what she was thinking. "My lord." she called out.

"Hn." Sesshomaru grunted out, showing her that he was listening as he walked.

"May we stop by a hotspring, or a river?"

Sesshomaru stopped, looking over his shoulder at her with a slightly raised brow. "hn?"

"Rin is filthy, she needs to bathe." she answered with pursed lips as she started putting away the ink and parchments. "It will also give me an opportunity to wash our clothing from all the filth it has accumulated. It is also not very healthy to be dirty for so long..." she glanced down at the child, said child looking sheepish. "Especially with how humans of this time don't see the value of bathing everyday."

Sesshomaru thought about it, he probably should give her a chance to bathe Rin from all the dirt and grime she had on her. He had a duty as the alpha to make sure his pack member's- especially the young- were comfortable and well looked after. Seeing as Kaname was pretty much the alpha female, he figured she knew what was best when it came to children. He himself didn't understand her need to bathe so much, noble youkai like himself rarely needed to bath since they barely got filthy or stank. Yes, pup's would get dirty from time to time, but the dirt barley stuck to their clothing. Then again, Rin was a mortal pup, and he didn't know much about how human pup's worked. Kaname on the other hand had, after all, taken care of her siblings before. Her human siblings, so he should probably trust her judgment when it came to things like this.

Then there was the state of their clothing, his was just fine since it was made of sturdy material. Jaken took care of his clothing religiously, so his were not the problem either. But the two females in his group defiantly needed new clothing. Rin's had patches, tears, dirt, blood, and sweat stains. It also seemed to be a bit small on her since he could see her whole wrist. Kaname's miko clothing were starting to show the three years of use, they were frayed at the ends, small tears could be seen as well as the places she had to sow tears up. Her kimono was no longer the pristine white It use to be, small pink splatters could be seen if looked close enough, no doubt from all the fighting she had done, and dirt from the field work she had done. Her hakame was in no better state...

It was decided. He would get them better clothing to travel in.

"Hn." he agreed, making a note to keep his ear's open for the sound of any running water as they traveled.

"Neh, mama?"

"Yes, Rin?"

"If you're my mama, then does that mean..." she trailed off.

"Nh? Nani? What is it Rin?" Kaname encouraged, amusement clear in her voice at Rin's shy nature. He heard Rin fidget where she sat.

"Does that mean lord Sesshomaru is my papa?"

Silence.

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"WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT?!" Jaken yelped, seeming offended by what Rin had said. "WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU ASSUME LORD SESSHOMARU WOULD BE MATED TO A DISGUSTING HUMAN?! HAVE YOU GONE BLIND, YOU SILLY GIRL?! OF ALL THE- why are you looking at me like that?" he yelled, only to mutter in fear towards the end when a killing intent filled the area. Sesshomaru looked over his shoulder towards Kaname, and was greeted with the sight of the miko giving Jaken her death stare. Her finger twitched, and a sutra flew out of her sleeve, attaching onto Jaken and activated. "GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" the imp screamed as he ran around like a madman.

Rin seemed interested in what was happening towards the imp. Kaname was watching the imp run around, a dark satisfied smirk on her lips. Sesshomaru felt his lip's twitch upwards slightly, it always amused him when Kaname tortured the imp.

When Jaken had run past the lord for the fifth time, he decided to do something since the yelling was starting to irritate his sensitive ears. When close enough, Sesshomaru rammed his foot into the imp's stomach, pressing him down into the earth before bending over and tearing off the sutra and tossing it back to Kaname. Jaken sighed in relief, mumbling his thanks to the lord before passing out.

"...now that that is over with, Explain." Kaname said at last as she turned her attention back to Rin, curious as to what she meant with Sesshomaru being her papa.

"Well, you and lord Sesshomaru are always together, and when you walk next to each other you both get really close like Rin's mother and father did. You do a lot of things that Rin's mother did to Rin's father towards lord Sesshomaru." she said, smiling slightly as she has the attention of both adults on her. "Lord Sesshomaru glances at you from time to time when you're not looking, and his eye's search the area until their on your person. And when Rin first met you two, he was really protective of you, like when father was protective of mother when she was about to have Rin's little brother!" she chirped. "And then, theres the times when Rin sees you staring at lord Sesshomaru with that funny glint in your eye's, like when mother looked at father. And you always seem to smile when you're near him too! And your face gets a little red when you're really close to him!" she explained with a giggle, not at all noticing how said two adults froze and stared at her. "You act just like Rin's mother and father!"

"..." Kaname stared at her long and hard. …She is more observant then I had thought. She mused, thinking on if she really did act like that around the lord. Oh...? she thought as she looked towards Sesshomaru, who was staring at her. I wonder what he will say about this?

Sesshomaru, on the other hand, never noticed that he had done such things when it came to Kaname. How interesting. He thought with a slow blink, as his theory had started to become blaring obvious. He turned and started to walk again, caught up in his thoughts about what Rin had pointed out to him. He remembered his father doing the same thing once, towards the mortal woman he took interest in. he had followed his father that day, keeping a good distance from him to stay unnoticed (Although, now he realizes that his father probably knew he was there all along and just did not bother to do anything about it.), he witnessed his father watching the woman as she lounged in her castle garden. His eyes never straying from her, keeping watch for anything dangerous. ...It seems...That I may harbor an infatuation towards Kaname. He concluded.

And wasn't that ironic?

He remembered scorning his father for holding interest in Inuyasha's mortal mother. He had said it dozens of times, how he thought his father foolish for falling for a weak mortal that will die in the blink of an eye. He had loathed humans for as long as he could remember, he didn't like the way they smelled, the way they were so weak yet had arrogance to try and challenge him.

Yet, here he was, seeming to have taken an interest in a miko, of all things. How could he have become interested in a human female? Even if he had no problem with this what so ever (Which he didn't, not that he was ready to admit it yet), the councilmen and lords of other land would. The only reason his father got away with it was because he had married his mother, produced an heir, and counted Inuyasha's mother as a concubine or a mistress, he did not actually give her a position of power or influence that could tip the scales. Any hanyou she would produce would not be seen as eligible to the throne. He had fulfilled his duty, thus he was left alone when it came to his 'concubine'. He could do the same, marry some female noble youkai, produce an heir of pure blood, then take Kaname as his concubine.

But there was a problem with that plan. Several in fact.

First, he refuses to be mated to a female demon that would praise the ground he walked on. He did not want a mate that could not fight, could not hold an intelligent conversation with, would bother him for attention, could not bear strong heirs, and honestly was just a waste of space. Secondly, he was content with wandering around. There was no doubt in his mind that any noble he married would harpy him about not being in one place- her side- all the time. And lastly, he did not want a submissive wife. He knew from meeting a few noble females that they were trained to be submissive towards their mate, they didn't want to bother with war tactics, so long as the male takes care of it then they are content. They will not fight or even give an opinion if they don't agree, instead they shut their mouths and instead focus on their looks.

Then, there is the fact that Kaname is not the type to be labeled as a 'concubine'. He thought, glancing towards said woman who was teaching Rin a game with their hands. She would probably kill me for doing such. He also wouldn't degrade her like that, if anything the position as his mate sounded much better for a female such as her.

He gave a silent sigh. Politics... What is it that she called this? He thought, trying to remember that saying that Kaname had said before. Ah, yes, this is the so called 'Karma', isn't it?

His nose picked up the scent of water, interrupting his thought's, while his ears told him it was a river near by. He grunted, turning towards the river and leading them there. He could use the time they bath to go to a youkai village and by them new clothing.

"Oh, a river." Kaname said as they broke the tree line. She seemed satisfied by this, "Thank you, my lord. Come now Rin, we have to wash the filth off of you." she said, getting off of A-Un, picking Rin up as she went.

"Hn. Stay in the area, I will be back." he informed them, gathering his youkai to take flight. "Jaken, stay here with Kaname and Rin." with that last order, he took off into the sky.

"where is lord Sesshomaru going mama?" Rin asked as she watched Kaname undress, making Rin start to get undressed as well.

"I do not know Rin, but that is of no concern for us at the moment." she answered, taking her sutras and other things she used out of her kimono and placing them down neatly. She glanced down at Rin, who had already finished undressing and was waiting for her. Kaname chuckled, "Alright, lets get you cleaned." she hummed, getting some bathing oil's she brought from her pack.

"Whats that?" Rin asked as they made their way into the river. They stopped when it came up to Rin's waist, and up to just above Kaname's knees. Rin blinked, then looked up at Kaname with awe, "Mama is really tall."

"Hn, well yes, I am." she said, an amused smile on her lips as she sat down so the water was to her waist. "My father was fairly tall, he was as tall as lord Sesshomaru if I remember correctly...maybe a few inches shorter or taller, but around that height. So, since my father was tall, and I obviously take after him, I am fairly tall myself." she answered, opening the vials. "Now, these are bathing oil's Rin. They help us get cleaned." she said, "dunk your head in the water to get it wet then close your eye's. Don't open them until I say so." she received a nod, quickly taking a deep breath and dunking her head under the water. "Nufu, so dramatic children are." Kaname muttered as Rin burst back out with a gasp. "you did not have to be down there for so long."

"But Rin wanted to see how long she could hold her breath." Rin stated with a smile.

"you can do that after I clean you up."

And with that, Kaname started the long task of cleaning Rin from all the grim and dirt she had accumulated, untangling her hair, getting her to sit still, and telling her story's to pass the time. Once she was done with Rin, she let her play in the river as Kaname quickly washed herself before grabbing their clothing and started to wash them. There was a small incident of a kappa getting too close towards Rin for comfort, so she got rid of it, but other then that they had a peaceful time in the water.

It was afternoon when Sesshomaru had come back, Kaname and Rin were cooking fish and a pheasant that they had caught for dinner.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin called out when she spotted him, waving at him in greeting.

He glanced at her, before striding towards Kaname- who had stood up from her crouch to greet him- and held out a wrapped bundle towards her. He saw the questioning brow aimed towards him, but he said nothing. So, with curiosity, Kaname took the bundle from his hands and opened it.

"Oh..." Kaname gasped softly as a fine purple kimono was shown. She knelt down and put the bundle on the floor, before picking up the kimono to get a good look at it.

It was a dark purple Furisode type, with black skull's and white vines decorating the sleeves and hem of the kimono, the inside linen was a beautiful silver and matched the obi. There was another kimono underneath the purple, but it was smaller and obviously meant for a child. It was orange and cream checker pattern, with the occasional green circles here and there complimenting the green obi it came with. It was simple, but it seemed right for Rin.

"...Thank you, Sesshomaru." Kaname said at last. A small warm smile soften up her features as she picked up the clothing and ushered Rin towards a bush so they could change. She heard him grunt an answer for her thanks, trying to play it off as nothing, but it was obvious that he had put a lot of thought into picking them out. After all, he could have just picked out some plain single colored ones. She thought with a giggle.

Once dressed, she noticed that she could move fairly easily. The bottom half seems to have been modified so I could still fight. She thought in approval as she swung her leg out and met little to no resistance. It seems he thought about the possible handicap.

"Mama, you look so pretty!" Rin exclaimed with sparkle in her eye's. She was enjoying her new clothes since they fit her better and were warmer then her last one.

"Thank you Rin, you look beautiful yourself." Kaname responded as she loosely braided her long hair over her left shoulder, in the mood for a different style. It gave her a more, homely look, then her usual ready for a fight. "It seems that the food is cooked," she commented, pointing towards the fire. "let's go and eat, neh?"

"Un!" Rin agreed, eagerly scurrying over towards the food with a giggle.

Kaname sensed him before she heard him. Looking over her shoulder, she was met with the amber eye's of the daiyoukai. They stared at one another for a bit, obsidian lost in gold, finding peace in each others presence before Rin called them both over. Kaname brushed her hand lightly over his while sending a quick flirtatious smile at the lord, before calmly walking away. She mentally chuckled when she felt Sesshomaru's aura spike a bit, before calming down.

Omake:

Fairy Tail crossover – Purifying Death: Zeref.

"Oya, Oya, Oya?" Kaname mutter as she observed the field she suddenly found herself in. she looked left, then right, not recognizing anything around her. The air seemed strange to her, there was something in it, and not just in the air. The ground, the sky, the tree's, the animal's. All around her a strange energy radiated. It was...different then the youkai she usually felt in the air. It felt more close to her spiritual power, but it wasn't that. Not by a long shot.

No, it felt exhilarating. In fact, she thought as she looked at her hand. Whatever it is, is making me a lot stronger then I was before? No, that's not it...It's...combining with my power? She thought, fascinated by what was going on. "Hn...How interesting." she mumbled. "But...whatever did this could have chosen a better time." she sighed, looking down at her nude body that was only covered by a fluffy orange and white towel. She had just finished taking a shower when a white light surrounded her, luckily Kaname was quick enough to wrap a towel around her body and snatch Sō'unga before she disappeared. "Hmp, and mother said it was ridiculous to have my blade near me at all times. It is a good thing I did not listen to her when she said to leave you out of the bathroom, neh, Sō'unga?" she questioned the demonic blade that hummed in approval, a deep chuckle answering her in her mind.

What a strange place you have taken me, Kaname-sama. Sō'unga responded.

"Strange indeed." she answered back, before she snapped her head towards the direction a dark presence was. "Hooh? That was close to a youkai aura." she hummed, trying to get a good grip of whatever it was she felt. "What do you think Sō'unga? Shall we go and investigate?"

We might as well. We may get some answers as to where we are, for it is obvious that this is not Japan. He reasoned.

Kaname hummed in agreement and started to walk in the direction where she felt the aura. "I do not think we are even on earth."

And so, the miko out of her time and space, walked. As she did, she observed the area, so far she could tell that this place resembled her home when it came to animals. But, then she saw some...strange, shall we say, animals that were defiantly not apart of her world.

Like the flying school of fish that swam (Flew?) over her head...

or the pig-bear thing that had crossed her path...

….even the beaver that seemed to be...using magic...?

Kaname had to stop when she saw that. Was that really a beaver using magic she just saw? Legitimately using magic?

"...what an odd place..." she mused softly, watching the beaver using some kind of spell or something to cut down the trees. Only...when it turned around, it revealed to be a short- very short- man in a beaver costume.

... she could just feel Sō'unga deadpan.

"...I...do not know what to...think about this place..." she said slowly as the man-beaver-person dragged the tree away. When Sō'unga did not respond, she decided that the sword had nothing to say about the strange place they had landed in, so with a shrug she went off again. She didn't encounter anything as weird as that anymore, so she had a fairly calm walk. Sure, it was a little drafty because she was only in a towel, but it was nice.

Then again, she didn't really care if she was walking nude or not. She was actually very tempted in shedding her towel to do just that, walk in the nude, but Sō'unga advised (yelled at her) against it.

Alas.

After a few more hours of walking, she blinked when she felt the aura from earlier getting closer. "Oya?" Kaname hummed as the aura seemed to be walking towards her. She felt excited to see what it was that had a slight resemblance to youkai. Is it a monster? A human? A spirit? A god maybe? She thought as possibility's ran through her head, spurring her to practically skip towards the thing. Ooooh~ so many possibility's! Are you not excited by this, Sō'unga?! She received a chuckle in answer. I wonder if they are powerful? Do you think it will scream if I incantations into it's flesh and activate it?! She was getting more excited as she went. It was so close!

A few more feet!

It started to move faster as she did.

Suddenly the presence disappeared, making the miko gap and speed up. She was not going to lose that aura! It was the only interesting/familiar thing around here, and she wanted to see if whatever it was knew how she had gotten here!

And just as she turned the tree...

"Ah!" a male voice gasped, running into her and knocking the miko down.

"Oh!" she gasped, landing on her back with a 'thump'. She blinked and focused in on the black head of hair that seemed to be planted between her breasts. She stared, by the groaning she could hear that it was a young man, probably around her age (Well, physically anyway), wearing a long black coat with gold trimmings and a white sash. "...A...Boy...?"

"Nnngh..." the boy grunted, placing his hand on the ground and pushing himself up. "Ow...nh?" he muttered, pausing as he stared at what he landed on.

Kaname raised a brow as the boy's face seemed to suddenly redden furiously. He yelped, quickly pushing himself off and falling on his behind while crawling away. One arm was lifted up, covering the bottom half of his face, while the other propped him up. She furrowed her brows at his behavior, wondering why he was acting like that. Shrugging, she instead decided to get back up, picking Sō'unga as she went, and looked around for the aura.

It was gone.

"Tch." she clicked her tongue in disappointment. "It seems it got away." she muttered with a sigh. Hearing shifting, she looked towards the boy who was also getting to his feet, his face still red as he avoided eye contact with her. ...The aura? She thought in shock when she felt that dark presence coming from the boy. I really shouldn't be surprised, you can never judge a book by it's cover. She mentally chastised herself. He said something, but she could not understand what it was head said. Oh? And what language is this? She wondered. "...I do not understand what you are saying." she informed him. This was going to be a problem, how will she get her information if she couldn't understand the what the man was saying? Although, he looked as if he could understand her.

Now isn't that an interesting thing? Maybe she was still on earth, just a different country?

"I..said that...I..apologize for running into you..." he said, a smooth voice escaping his lips. He was surprisingly the same height as her. He had fair skin, a tuff of black hair sticking up, and most surprisingly black eye's (Eye's that she has never seen on anyone else but her own). He had felt something strange enter the world, and seeing as he was close by he had decided to see what it was. To determine if it needed to be eliminated or not. He was expecting a monster of some kind, or even a god or something...

But he wasn't expecting a teenager, wrapped in a bath towel, holding a sword that was oozing the aura he felt.

He really didn't know how to deal with this.

"Oh! So you can understand me."

"Ah...I have never...spoken to someone who can..." he trailed off, his nose scrunching up as he tried to find the right word. "Speak?" he muttered, testing it out before nodding. "Yes, who can speak this language before."

"Really?" she asked.

"Yes, this is a dead language. It has been centuries since it was last spoken from what I read." he informed her.

"Centuries?" she mused softly to herself, shifting her feet,"This will make things a lot easier since we can communicate. My name is Kaname, hello, and I am a bit...lost..." she introduced herself, giving him a slight bow. "Tell me, do you know where we are at the moment? As in, what land am I in?"

The boy blinked, seeming surprised by her question. "...Hello, Kaname, My name is Zeref..." he paused, observing her as if waiting for a reaction of some kind. All he got was a raised brow for it, along with the disinterested aura radiating from her. "...And you are in the land of Fiore." he, Zeref, finished when Kaname gave no further reaction. He watched as Kaname cocked her head to the side, her lip's pursing slightly before a grin overtook her features.

"Oya, oya, oya~? So then, We really aren't back on Earth, or rather no longer the earth I knew of if Japanese is now an 'ancient' language. How..." she trailed off, the fingers of the hand holding the sword lightly tapping it. "Interesting." she purred. A glint that Zeref knew well shone in her black eye's (Eye's that were like his own), the glint that he knew meant she was thirsting for knowledge.

A new land to explore. She thought with anticipation. A new world that I have no knowledge about! New animals to dissect, new people to observe and study, a new language to speak, write and decode! Her fingers were tapping faster. A history of who know what! Oh the possibility's of what I could learn here!

"Excuse me, Kaname." Zeref said, interrupting her mental rant. When he got her attention, he pointed to her body, a blush making itself known, "Is...there a reason why you are only clad in a bath towel? Or...?" he trailed off.

"Oh, this? I had just gotten out of the shower when I was taken, I was lucky to be able to get Sō'unga and a towel." she said with a shrug. "Sō'unga is my sword." she said when she received a questioning stare, pointing to said sword resting against her shoulder. Sō'unga pulsed, making Zeref tense and eye the sword.

"...It's sentient."

"Yes, he is."

Zeref stared at the sword a bit longer, before looking back to her. He glanced down at her body once move, before lifting his hand up and flickered his finger at her. Next she knew, Kaname had a coat similar to his but fashioned as a dress with a red sash. "Much better." he muttered.

"...That is impressive." was all she said, staring at her new clothing. "How did you do that?"

"I'm a mage, something like that is fairly easy to do for me." He then seemed to be debating something about her, ans Kaname wondered what he was thinking. Maybe he is just uncomfortable with a naked woman being so close to him? She thought.

Kaname-sama, you should stay with this one. Sō'unga stated, making Kaname give him a look. This one...is not a normal mortal. Was all he said before going quiet. This comment made her curiosity sore, after all, Sō'unga rarely said anything about mortals or demons unless they caught his interest.

Zeref seemed to have come to a decision as he gave a sharp nod to himself. "Kaname, would you...like to travel with me?" he questioned. "It seems you know nothing of this world, so you would get lost until you learned the language and the currency. I can teach you if you'd like, but the only way to do that is to travel with me as I do not like staying in one place for too long."

She smiled, "I think I will take that offer so long as you can help me, Zeref. I am in your care." she chuckled with a bow. Magic is it? I wonder if I can learn it as well? I think I'm liking this world already. She thought as she followed Zeref to where ever he was heading.