HI AGAIN! ^_^ This is the rewritten version of Before The Ice; my older Inuyasha fic about Sesshoumaru ^^ It's primarily the same except that I completely re-wrote it ^^; Um... lesse here...
'.....' Is thoughts
"......" Speech (XD)
and there aren't any authors notes in this one ^_^ yippee!
Warnings: Mild Jaken bashing (does anyone really care about that?), origonal character... not a Mary Sue, but she's a big part of the story ^^; Please R/R I'd really appreciate it. I'll put the next chapter up in a few days ^^
Disclaimer: I don't own the series Inuyasha Sengoku O-togi Zoushi (Inuyasha a Fudal Fairy Tale), if I did this would be in the series ^^ But I do own Crystalline

I want to thank the people who read my other version ^_^ If any of the rules are being broken by re-writing the fic and re-posting it I'll take the other one down simply because it isn't nearly as good ^^ Please R/R! ^_^

Sesshoumaru leapt branch to branch through the forest of the western mountains he called home. He was a young youkai, barely over 700 years old, and yet he already had the air of a prince about him. In demon terms he was about fifteen, nearly sixteen. He had his long hair held back in a pony tail at the base of his neck to keep it from tangling in the foliage of the trees. As he ran his nose twitched and he stopped, sniffing the air for his prey. There was the faint smell of human in the air, mingled with the ever present scent of demons. The scent was unmistakably female. And the creature was obviously near by. His ears twitched. Panting. The girl, wherever she was, was tired. 'Maybe she was running for a while?' He mused, looking around on the ground. There were footprints in a relatively straight line, but were obviously made by someone walking shakily. They stopped abruptly at the mouth of a large and seemingly endless hole in the earth. Sesshoumaru landed and listened. Noises were coming from inside it. 'I'm supposed to look for whatever followed that servant girl, not save a mortal.' And despite his better judgement he leapt into the hole. There was something different about that smell, youkai blood was mixed into the new scent. A scent that was surprisingly familiar. He landed on a ledge where he could get a clear view of the girl. She was tangled in some vines, wearing quite peculiar clothes. As opposed to a long, multilayered kimono, which was customarily worn by high class ladies, (which he assumed she was; there was a definite scent of perfume on her) she was wearing what appeared to be a short boy's yukata. As he watched her silent form dangling over the abyss he slipped, catching himself in a rather undignified manor by latching onto a vine cluster which just happened to be the same one holding her up. The new weight caused the vines to snap and while Sesshoumaru held fast to another rocky outcropping, the girl fell, bumping her head on a rock as she did. He was quite surprised to find himself dropping down and catching her before climbing out. The young demon lord stood for a while cradling the girl in his arms and waiting for her to wake up. Soon she opened her eyes. They were a beautiful lavender-blue with reds splashed into the center.

"Lor... Lord Sessho... Sesshoumaru?"

His eyes widened slightly. How could she know his name? "Who are you girl?"

Without gracing him with an answer the girl put a shaking hand in his hair and ran it through a few times. With a tiny smile she whispered, "Your hair is shorter than I remember."

"Who are you?" Sesshoumaru repeated, his normally calm voice rising slightly in anger. He thought hard, he had never see a girl with strawberry blonde hair before. After a minute a puzzling image flickered in his mind. The previous night he had a vision of a female youkai wearing the same kind of clothing as she did, fighting by his side. But she had died in the dream and his sword, Tensagia, couldn't even bring her back to life. She faded from his arms and he had awoken with a start, shouting a name into the darkness of his room. Crystalline. That was it, wasn't it?

"My name is Crystalline..." When she saw that he didn't recognize her name at all her eyes gained a gray tint to them, and misted over. "Don't you remember me...?"

Sesshoumaru was taken aback. Was this a spell? "I have no idea who you are. Are you a spy from one of my father's enemies?"

Crystalline looked hurt, "No! I would never spy against you! Or any of your family! I would rather die than betray you!"

"Rather die, eh? There may be a chance for you to prove that. Come." He stood up grasping her forearm tightly. "If you're lying, you will be killed."

She nodded, and was pulled swiftly through the forest. 'Why am I taking her to the den? The meeting will surely be over when I get there.' The girl behind him whimpered softly. Sesshoumaru glanced down at her and realized that it was very likely that he had broken her wrist. 'She's tough. I probably pulverized her bone and she isn't even crying!' He stopped at the cave's mouth. Without speaking, the girl ripped the sleeve from her shirt and used some branches from a nearby tree to make a splint. And together they walked into the cave only to be confronted by several ugly servant youkai, Jaken leading them.

"Lord Sesshoumaru! Were you followed by that mortal whore?" The air took on a sudden chill. All eyes turned to Crystalline. The girl bit her lip and her eyes were blazing a bit angrily at the insult. She was about to make a move when Sesshoumaru raised one arm and intervened.

"I allowed her to come Jaken. She wishes to fight with us in the upcoming war. Maybe we should test her abilities when the time comes. Is father's meeting over?"

"No my Lord, it continues." Jaken bowed almost to the ground, his face a bit red from embarrassment. The other youkai snickered behind him.

Ignoring the snickering Sesshoumaru gave Jaken a cold look and said, "Take Crystalline to Mistress Shinju's chamber and say that I ask her to please provide her with a Kimono that suits her. I will attend the meeting." Having said so Sesshoumaru swept down the hall and out of view.

Jaken bowed stiffly. "Come m' Lady. Lady Shinju's chamber is this way." The toad youkai led her to a side chamber, which had a sad yet beautiful piping sound coming from it. "My Lady Shinju. Lord Sesshoumaru requested that I bring a girl he found to you. He asks that you let her borrow a Kimono." The piping stopped which made Crystalline a bit sad. Although the music was a bit depressing it was a haunting and beautiful melody which pulled at the soul.

"Send this girl in." Came a clear sweet voice from behind the painted screen doors. Jaken slid open the door, and motioned for Crystalline to enter. Shinju was a young woman with long beautiful raven black hair that went a few feet beyond her back. (It was hard to tell if it went to her feet for she was siting down.) And her eyes were a sparkling blue that reminded Crystalline distinctively of sapphires. The younger girl bowed to the beautiful woman sitting before her. "You do not need to bow to me." Lady Shinju laughed, and her laugh too was beautiful to hear. "Please, tell me your name and story. How did you come here?"

Crystalline sat across from her. "My name is Crystalline. As to how I got here, I'm not quite sure. I vaguely remember being in a battle... I got drugged and woke up near here... Even though I was a little shaky I walked around, trying to find my friends and I fell into a hole. I must've hit my head or something because the next thing I remember was Lord Sesshoumaru finding me. And that's all."

"Very interesting. I can't quite make sense of it but, interesting. Now then," Shinju smiled and stood up, gesturing toward her vast closet, "let us find you a Kimono."

Inside the main hall Sesshoumaru, the other fighting Demons, and his Father were discussing their current predicament. Shinju's father was, evidently, still holding a grudge toward Sesshoumaru's father and, now deceased, mother. There was going to be a war soon. They couldn't avoid the human confrontation any longer. Crystalline was going to get a chance to prove herself, that was for sure. Of course, Sesshoumaru had not told his father about her request to fight at their side. That would need to wait untill it was asked of him, although he would have preferred to talk about it alone with his father. Inu-Youkai looked at his son with pride. Although Sesshoumaru was young he was already a great strategist. The demon lord doubted highly that he would have anything to worry about with his first son already so brilliant in the ways of war. The only thing about him to worry about was his vindictive streak and his mild distaste toward mortals... but Inu-Youkai presumed that that could be easily dealt with as the boy grew older. For the time being he was a good right hand man and a wonderful son.

"Son, soon we will need to enter battle," The demon lord spoke softly, yet the entire hall could hear him clearly, "we might need a few reinforcements. Do you know of any young youkai who might assist us?"

Sesshoumaru stood up and cleared his throat. "While I was making sure m'lady's servant was not followed I ran across a girl in the forest. Whom, while she appeared quite human, smelled like a demon. She said that she wanted to fight at our side if the chance ever arose. She is making company with Lady Shinju at the moment." He sat down amidst murmurs from his father's court. His sharp ears picked up much of the conversation and he noticed that most of the youkai were against the idea of an unknown woman joining them just before a battle.

Inu-Youkai thought for a moment and waited until the murmuring subsided. He spoke again and the remaining whispers died away immediately. "I see, son go get her from Shinju's quarters and bring her before us."

Bowing to his father and then the council, Sessho-Maru left. He walked down the hallways, hewn into the mountain centuries before his birth and felt the walls with his hand. They were smooth to the touch in this part of the underground labyrinth, while the walls closest to his hall (for the son of the lord of the west could not have simply a room) were more grainy, like granite. He had, however, lined his rooms with marble for effect. When he reached the door to the woman's chamber he knocked lightly.

There was movement behind it, followed by a giggles and soon a voice rang out happily, and still with a slight giggle in it, from inside.

"Yes? Who is it?"

Sesshoumaru sighed quietly. He hated to speak to his father's new mate. It wasn't that he disliked the fact that she was human, although later he would certainly hold that against her, it was because she was like a replacement for his mother, and that burned him a bit. "It is Sesshoumaru m' Lady. Lord Inu-Youkai wishes that Crystalline be brought to him."

More giggling. Was that all girls ever did? He sighed again and tapped his foot a few times. After a (seemingly) long wait the panel slid open. Crystalline was sitting next to her new friend, wearing a cherry blossom patterned Kimono, and was obviously embarrassed at the way the kimono fit. Sesshoumaru stared at her for a second, surprised. Her hair hung loosely about her shoulders and flowed down to the small of her back. She stood up and followed Sesshoumaru out to the council. She bowed stiffly before the assembly, earning many whispered comments. Soon, a cat youkai stood up and addressed her somewhat scornfully.

"Little girl," the blue haired youkai's voice was also laden with a condescending tone, "Have you ever even seen a battle? By the looks of things you're a little princess without the strength to lift a weapon!" There were distinct murmurs of agreement from the others.

Crystalline was quiet for a moment and smiled, "I'm flattered that you think I am a princess, m'lady. Although, admittedly, I am not the best fighter in the world I can hold my own in a fight. And I enjoy it very much."

"Do you think you could hold your own against a Dragon?" Asked a male horse Demon who stood a few feet away from the cat woman. He had a strong build and a bit of a surely look about him, but he was also much more kindly spoken when he addressed the girl.

After a minute or two in thought she sighed and spoke, "It would depend on the Dragon. I might hold my own in a race with a swift one... I would probably lose in a fight with a first class, a high mage dragon could definitely beat me, hands down. But I have cared for some and I might be able to win in most cases."

Inu-Youkai stood up and addressed her, a thin smile pulling at the edges of his mouth. "Do you think you could defeat Sesshoumaru or me?"

"I might be able to, if my arm weren't broken." She looked at Sesshoumaru and he avoided her eyes. They seemed like they could cut through stone and he didn't quite like them staring into his.

"Son, bring your sword." Sessho-Maru stood up and crossed the room.

"Yes father?"

"Attend to her wrist."

He took his sword and swiftly sliced her hand. The whole council gasped, expecting her hand to fall to the ground.

Except nothing happened to it. Crystalline removed the bandage to look at her wrist. It was completely healed. After swinging it around a bit and flicking it around she smiled. "Thank you Lord. Please allow me to do battle with you tomorrow."

Inu-Youkai smiled. This girl looked as if she could be trained. "You will need somewhere to spend the night. Would you mind sleeping in my throne room? It is quite spacious."

Sesshoumaru looked at his father, mildly confused. Inu-Youkai had a tendency to fill his throne rooms with the skulls and bones of his enemies, once the flesh had been eaten away. "Father," he whispered, "are you trying to frighten her?"

Inu-Youkai replied in a similar tone, "I am simply testing her nerve. If she fights with us she will see at least that many carcasses. She might not be able to handle the carnage."

"Oh, she can Father. Crystalline may have been a priestess, but she is much braver than she looks." Sesshoumaru said with pride. Then he realized what he had just said. 'Where did that thought come from? I hardly know her!'

After a few minutes of walking they reached the chamber entrance. Upon opening the doors they expected Crystalline to faint, as Shinju had done, or scream at the very least. Instead she said; "Nice bone collection. Maybe I could add to it." And sat down with her back against the wall. She took a knife out of her kimono and looked at Inu-Youkai. "May I carve some weapons and figurines with the Ogre bones? I haven't carved for a long time."

Too astounded to speak the Lord of the West nodded. Then turned and walked out, followed by his son. "That woman reminds me of your Mother, Ryoko. You'd do well to find a mate in her."

Sesshoumaru looked at his father in surprise, which showed in his voice. "I hardly know her! Besides, she's probably mad at me 'cause I broke her arm."

"She seems to be a strong girl, I'm sure she'll get over it." Inu-Youkai stopped at the doors to his son's personal chambers. He ran a clawed hand through the young warlord-to-be's hair and gave him a smile, "Have a good night's sleep son. Be ready to spar with her in the morning."

In the morning, after having woken up and dressed for battle Sesshoumaru went to his father's throne room opened the doors. He glanced at Crystalline. She was sound asleep with her hair obscuring her face, and her soft breathing could almost be seen rising as mist in front of her. In her hand was an almost finished bone dagger. It's handle had a Dragon intricately etched into every inch of the bone. Sesshoumaru found himself brushing the strawberry tinted hair from her pale face with a surprising tenderness he did not know he had. 'She is kind of pretty... she doesn't look much like a warrior though.' Crystalline stirred. Her eyes fluttered open and she found herself looking at a slightly startled Sesshoumaru.

"Wha? Oh... Good morning Lord Sesshoumaru. Are we going to spar this morning?"

A slightly embarrassed Sesshoumaru nodded. Crystalline shook her hair from her face. Sesshoumaru noticed something different about her.

"What's with your ears? They don't look like they did last night."

"Hn?" Crystalline raised one hand to her ear and felt its change in shape. It had grown almost two inches longer and forked off at the tip. "Oh... last night I was in a more human form than normal. I must've used up my magic. That kind of thing happens when I do something strenuous, sometimes." She got up and pulled a comb from her kimono, she had carved it the previous night, and combed the bone flecks and tangles out of her hair. After a minute or two they walked out. As they went through the damp corridors Crystalline slipped on a wet patch in the cave and into Sesshoumaru's arms. They stood that way for a minute, shocked and embarrassed. After a few seconds of staring into his golden eyes Crystalline righted herself and, blushing, murmured; "I'm sorry. I should have been watching where I was going."

Also blushing, though far less, Sesshoumaru replied. "It is slippery here, especially during the spring. I guess you're not used to wearing that kind of sandals."

She nodded and they continued. Soon the path grew thinner. And they had to walk closer together, Crystalline feeling a bit awkward and Sesshoumaru ignoring the awkwardness of it all. Sesshoumaru walked swiftly outside. His Father was waiting. "Girl, your first opponent will be me. Do you have any objections?"

"Well, I don't think I should fight in Lady Shinju's Kimono. It might get dirty." She smiled. "I'd like to wear my other clothing. If that's alright."

Inu-Youkai laughed throatily, this lass was interesting. "Very well." He summoned a toad youkai (who looked far too much like Jaken for Crystalline's tastes) to bring them to her, "Here they are. Go over to the spring and change. Sesshoumaru will make sure no one peeks."

Sesshoumaru looked at his Father and noted a gleam in his eye. He was up to something. Crystalline smiled again. "Okay then. If you say so. I'm gonna change." She gathered her clothing and headed towards the spring.

Sesshoumaru followed, uncertainly. 'What was that gleam in his eyes? I wonder what he's got planned for us... er...' He shook his head and mentally corrected himself. There was no 'us'. There was Crystalline and there was him, Sesshoumaru, but there was no 'us'.

Upon reaching the spring Sesshoumaru stationed himself behind a large oak tree and waited. "No peeking Sesshoumaru!" Crystalline called jokingly. She knew he'd never peek at her. And it didn't matter since she was wearing a series of bandages that covered her chest and lower half. Sesshoumaru sat with his back to her, waiting for whatever his Father was planning to do, since there was obviously something in store for them. He remembered what his Father had said the night before. '"That woman reminds me of your Mother, Ryoko. You'd do well to find a mate in her." Maybe he's going to try and put us together.' His brooding was cut short by Crystalline's shriek.

"Yeek! Sesshoumaru, I need a little help here!"

Sesshoumaru looked at her out of the corner of his eye, a small smirk tugging at his normally nonchalant features. "I thought I couldn't come over there."

"I'm not naked! Just come get this rabid wolf off me!" She continued to wrestle with the wolf until Sesshoumaru wrenched it off, and the middle of her bindings along with it. Without looking he threw the wolf into the forest. Crystalline looked at the scrape on her stomach and sighed; it wasn't deep but it still hurt.

"Guess I need some more bandages. Thanks for the help." She looked at him. He was ridged. Her ears twitched. "What's that?" She pointed to a bush, it shook slightly.

"DEMON BEGONE!"

Some Monks jumped out with arrows drawn tight in their bows. "Away from the Priestess, vile Demon!"

"What the?" They chorused.

"Priestess?" Sesshoumaru echoed, "What Priestess?"

The Monk's leader, an aged man, about forty years of age, was carrying a golden staff and he pointed it toward Crystalline.

"Me?" She hid behind Sesshoumaru. "I'm..."

The leader muttered something and made a motion with his staff. A ball of blazing white light flew at Sesshoumaru. He braced himself, waiting for the blast to hit him, but nothing happened. He opened one eye and looked; Crystalline was standing before him with her unfinished bone dagger held in front of her. Her hair was flying around her, glowing lavender around the edges.

"Go away. You have no business with me, or Sesshoumaru." She stared lazily at them, trying hard to conceal her laughter.

"Lady Priestess, the Lord of this land wishes you come to him. He is in need of spiritual healing."

She smiled darkly, her eyes shining brightly, "You say he needs to see me? Why not one of you? There should be no need for a Shameness from another province."

"The lord wishes for a Priestess to exorcize the Demon from his chamber. You're the best we could find."

"Fresh load of bull if I ever heard it." Crystalline mumbled. To the Monks she said, "Interesting offer, but I serve only one Lord."

"What?! Which Lord?" The head-monk looked startled, although he also seemed to have expected the answer to be exactly that.

She smiled and pointed to Sesshoumaru, "This Lord, and his Father."

Sesshoumaru looked at her, a bit surprised for the umpteenth time since meeting her. "You weren't kidding when you said you were loyal only to me."

She gazed casually at him, "I don't kid about that stuff. It's not my style." She looked back at the Monks, "Now, you've had your fun Kitsunes. Go away."

The Monks gasped and turned into fox-like Demons. "How did you know we were pretending?"

"I smelled Demon. Not a very good impersonation."

They gave her one uneasy look and ran off into the forest. "...Off to report to your Father." Crystalline murmured. "Let's go. I need to spar with you and your Dad still." She took a moment to done her previous garments and smiled at her friend. "Come on we'd better get going." Sesshoumaru blushed faintly at her smile and nodded. She giggled and started back for his home.

"About time, I was going to send a search party out to find you two." Inu-Youkai greeted the two friends warmly. "Shall we spar now Crystalline?"

She grinned, "Of course. But on three conditions, though I doubt you'd violate any of them."

"What conditions?"

"One; if you or I get pinned to the ground, we lose, two; if one of us forfeits there will be a rematch, three; no hurting or involving the spectators. Deal?" She held out her hand.

Inu-Youkai looked down at her, and smiled in spite of himself. She was two heads shorter than he was and yet she looked ready to defeat even a Dragon. He took her hand readily.

The cat Demoness was refereeing and rang a gong, "Ready... Fight!"

Crystalline and Inu-Youkai clashed, not waiting for the other to show any openings, they went at it full force. Murmurs arose from the crowd, bets for and against the competitors.

"I bet my armor the Lord wins."

"I'm not betting against him. He's battling a young lass!"

"Well I think Crystalline will beat my father." Sessho-Maru said smugly, smirking confidently. "She's more calm than he is, and it looks like she's blocking most of his attacks."

As if to prove his point, Crystalline flipped the Demon Lord onto his back and pinned him down. Five seconds later both warriors got up and shook hands.

"That was fun." Crystalline was smiling at Sessho-Maru, "I get to fight you next. So don't try to wiggle your way out of it." She winked at him.

"There is no way I'm going to 'wiggle out of it.' We're going to fight. Even if you don't want to. And we'll finish it."

"I'm sure we will. I know you won't go easy on me just 'cause I'm a girl."

"Are we gonna fight or talk?" Sesshoumaru demanded impatiently.

The cat youkai finished collecting some gold from a younger demon and returned to her station by the gong. "Ready... Fight!"

They leapt into the air together. Aside from the fact that both were avoiding hurting one another, this battle was almost the same as the first one. The spectators were almost evenly divided, as for the favorite was. In a short while the battle took to the sky and was lost from view.

Wings sprouted from Crystalline's back as she rose above him. After doing a series of warm up loops she hovered before Sesshoumaru, who was very shocked that she suddenly had wings. 'She's an angel now?' He wondered then smirked.

"Never a dull moment with you. Eh, Crystalline?" He flew forward and tried to grab at her. She dodged gracefully.

"I never liked dull moments. I've got to keep life interesting." She caught him from behind, grabbing his arms and pinning them behind his back so that escape would prove difficult. "Do you give up? You know I've got ya." She cooed into his ear, causing color to rise to his cheeks again.

"Not yet!" He flipped so suddenly that she was caught completely off guard. Crystalline's spinning through the air with her wings askew and no control gave Sesshoumaru the perfect opening. He grabbed her arms and pulled almost the same technique she had used against him, except that her wings were pinned to his body, leaving her immobile.

She struggled futilely, but he definitely had the upper hand. "Okay, I lost. Let's go back down." She sighed. "I wish I could've done better."

Sesshoumaru looked at her, "Why?"

She looked up at him, which was hard to do since she was planted firmly to his chest, "You probably think I'm weak, since I was so careless in the fight."

"No, I don't think you're a weakling. You just defeated my father and didn't even rest before we fought. I'm surprised you could even last this long."

She looked down towards the fast approaching ground. "Oh, I see."

Sesshoumaru felt something wet on his arm. He lifted her into a more comfortable position and looked at her, she was crying. "Hey, don't cry. I didn't mean it like you were... Um..." He trailed off, he couldn't say anything to make her feel better. "Sorry I underestimated you." She still cried. Her tears were unabated, she couldn't move her hands to dry her eyes. Unaccustomed to being so gentle, Sesshoumaru wiped her tears away with a clawed hand.

She smiled at him again, tears still present, but fading. "Thank you."

When they landed, no one was there. "Guess they got bored waiting for us."

"You're right... What's that smell?" Crystalline pointed toward the mountains. There was a blackened area with the faint smell of mortals Demon blood, and... "Oh God! Sesshoumaru, the war must've started!"

An icy claw of fear gripped Sesshoumaru's stomach. The servant girl who came the night before must have really been a spy! "C'mon we've got to help!"

"R-right!" She sped off into the mountains after him. "How far?"

"About five minutes, that's too long." He looked back at Crystalline. She was holding her mouth, like she would through up. "What's with you?"

"This smell... It's nauseating. Like stuffing your head into a four day old carcass."

Sesshoumaru sniffed, the horrid smell wafted over him. He wobbled. "That's putrid! I don't know why anyone would fight near something so horrid smelling!" Suddenly Crystalline grabbed his wrist and started through the woods faster than ever. "Wha...? Crystalline?"

"Their plan is so simple! Demons have sharper senses! Your dad, he's a dog Demon, that makes him even worse!"

"What do you mean 'worse?' How is he worse by being a dog Demon?"

"His sense of smell! It's even sharper than yours! Especially if he's in his giant dog form!" She pulled him harder, urging him to speed up. They were almost on the battle field. The smell was nearly unbearable. Crystalline stopped. "Do you think you can handle the smell?"

Sesshoumaru nodded. Even if he was on the verge of passing out, Crystalline wasn't going to last longer than he was in this fight. "I can fight as long as you can."

She glanced at him with a sort of pitying look in her eyes before she charged into the fray. Sesshoumaru fought scores of mortals and imps alike. But his mind wasn't focused on the battle. He was remembering his dream, the one where Crystalline died. This battle had a different smell. But what if his dream was a vision of the future?

Crystalline was cutting mortals down by the hundreds with a whip of golden energy. She was crying. Why? She had said she liked to fight. A new smell filled the air. This one was more powerful than the carcases. This was more like...

"Sesshoumaru! There's a dragon coming!"

The mortals were almost all dead. The ones left alive were terribly wounded. Crystalline was in the air with her blade drawn. The dragon was a red first class. Built for speed and power. Nothing could've frightened Sesshoumaru more. His Father lost to Crystalline, and she doubted her abilities against it. How could she win? Crystalline flew toward the dragon uncertainly, her wings flapping slowly. Compared to the dragon Crystalline was tiny, like a mouse with a man. The dragon was black and had a green shine to her scales. She made a strange sound and blew fire everywhere. Sesshoumaru dodged and looked fearfully up towards where the brave girl had been. A ball of fire hung there. No sign of Crystalline.

~*~TBC~*~
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