Author's note:  I know that I rushed things a bit between the two characters, but there are good reasons for it.  One is that I have to finish another fic of mine, which will be put up soon, and two, I want to keep the story short (in other words, not a lot of chapters), and get to the point of where their love gets more complicated.  My school starts soon, and I have homework to do.  So, by getting to the point of the story, I can get more descriptive about the complications, and get this done so that I can get this out of the way before school starts again. 

Chapter 3

            After that incident, Suzuki just stopped going outside the village.  She knew that if she and Sesshoumaru ever gotten serious about their relationship, it could endanger her, his, the village, and possibly their child's life. 

            'I can't get involved.  If he and I have a child together, it could throw off the balance of good and evil.  I just can't risk that,' she thought, and giving a sad sigh. 

            Outside the village, Sesshoumaru waited for her everyday at the same clearing.  He waited for her at least for a week.  When he noticed that she wasn't going to come back, he decided to leave.  On the day of his departure, the girl of who he wanted to see the most came back.

            "I thought that you wouldn't come back," he answered.

            "I wasn't.  But, I realized that, even if you're evil, my love for you will never die.  I'll understand if you want to leave, since I didn't come back for at least a week."

            "I was going to leave.  But now, I won't."  He walked up to her, and took her hand.  Suzuki was startled at first, but then smiled at him.  Her lover smiled back at her, and pulled her into a warm embrace.  The girl just enjoyed his warmth. 

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            Suzuki walked back to the village, and saw an old woman run up to her in a panic state.

            "Suzuki-sama, you must help me," begged the old woman.

            "What is it," asked Suzuki, in a concerned voice.

            "My son, he's been attacked."

            "Lead me to him at once."

            The old woman led her to her hut, where in the middle of the floor, laid her son.

            "What are his symptoms?"

            "He's been poisoned."

            Suzuki looked over his wounds, and found that they looked very familiar.

            "No, it can't be," she whispered. 

            "What is it," asked the old women.

            "Never mind.  I'll go and prepare the antidote immediately."

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            'How could he?  How could he go and harm one of the villagers?'  Suzuki pondered on her thoughts when she went to gather the ingredients for the antidote that she didn't even realize that Sesshoumaru was behind her.  She finally snapped out of it when she heard a twig snap.  Her head turned, and saw him.

            "Don't you dare come any closer," she retorted.

            "What's wrong with you," he asked.

            "Don't play dumb with me.  You went into the village and harmed a villager.  Now he could die."

            "What are you talking about?  I never went into the village."

            "Liar!  You went into the village.  There's proof.  The victim has claw marks on him that indicates you attacked him."  She took out a bottle out from her bag.

            "Do you remember this?  This is the same potion that killed the demon that attacked us.  Remember when I said that I wouldn't use it unless you harmed my village.  Well, now I'm not afraid to use it."  The girl stepped back, got her basket, and ran back to the village.  She left a dumbfounded and confused demon behind. 

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            "There.  Your son should recover soon," replied the witch.

            "Thank you Suzuki-sama.  Thank you," said the old lady.  When the medicine-women left, and the old lady went to sleep, Sesshoumaru sneaked into the hut to look over the boy.  When he saw the wound, he touched the bandages to check out the poison.  He was startled at the fact that it wasn't his type of poison. 

            "I've got to tell Suzuki about this," he whispered as he went out. 

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            "Suzuki-sama, Suzuki-sama," shouted Amarante, her apprentice.

            "What is it!?"

            "Another villager has been attacked!"

            "Quickly, we have to get there!"

            When the two arrived, the demon was still there.

            "Sesshoumaru," whispered Suzuki.

            "How wrong you are little girl," spoke a voice.

            "What?"  The so-called Sesshoumaru transformed into a human.

            "Who are you?  Tell me your name," Suzuki commanded.

            "My name's Kana."

            "What's your purpose of coming here?"

            "My main purpose isn't important, but one of them is to kill you."  He attacked her with a fireball in his hand.  Suzuki prepared her own attack.  With the fireball thrown at her, she took out her sword, and evaded the attack.  Kana next formed a big electric ball, and aimed it at Suzuki.  The witch was frozen with freight.

            'If I don't evade his attack, I could get killed.  But, if I do block it, it could hurt some of the villagers.'  While she was pondering on her plan, the attack was about to hit her.  The girl expected to feel the blast.  Instead, she felt a pair of warm arms wrapped around her.  She opened her eyes, and saw that she was in the air.  She looked at her savior, and saw that it was Sesshoumaru.  When they landed, he put her down.

            "Sesshoumaru, thank you.  I'm-"

            "Stay here," he told her as he went off to fight Kana. 

            "So, my main objective has come to me.  That makes my work easier. I'll kill you, and then kill your little girlfriend."  Kana attacked him with another electric ball.  Sesshoumaru jumped out of the way, and attacked him (A.N.: Sorry, but I don't know any of his attacks).  When all of his attacks failed, Kana struck him with an army of fireballs, causing Sesshoumaru to fall to the ground, weakened. 

            "Say good-bye," replied Kana as he formed an ice crystal.  Sesshoumaru heard someone scream his name, and expected to feel a piercing pain.  But, he heard another scream instead.  He opened his eyes, and saw Suzuki. She blocked the attack for him.  He caught her when she fell into his arms. 

            "Suzuki," whispered Sesshoumaru.

            "I'm so sorry," she whispered back.

            "For what?

            "For accusing you of hurting the villagers."  She touched his face, and then closed her eyes.  Sesshoumaru was furious.  When he looked up at Kana, he saw that he already made another crystal, and was ready to attack.  Suddenly, he burst into flames, and burned to ashes.  Sesshoumaru looked around, and saw Amarante.  She ran over to them.

            "Come on, we have to get Suzuki-sama back to look over the wound."  She helped Sesshoumaru to his feet, and volunteered to carry Suzuki.  However, Sesshoumaru said that he'd carry her, since he wasn't that injured.

A.N.:

Well, how was it?  Give me comments, but NO FLAMES.  Also, if you're wondering what the names mean, here's the list:

Amarante: flower that never fades.

Kana: Powerful

Suzuki: bell tree.

And, this isn't the end of the story.  Plus, Suzuki is a witch, and medicine-women.  She only uses her powers for good.  So, she's not an evil witch.