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WARNING - adult situations, coarse language, and suggestive dialogue!

AN- So a lot of things have been happening. Sue me.

Hmm, who's the lucky person? I dedicate the chapter to all the people that reviewed my fic and made me a very happy girl! Here's your update!

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~*~Rebellious Assassin~*~
Chapter Two: Oh, so you do have a name!
By: Shin Shin-chan

Shinshinui was at a loss. The boy's wounds were bleeding profusely, and some of them were rather deep. She could see, courtesy of his tattered clothes, a considerably deep wound on his side near his ribs. She knew from experience that wounds such as this could get easily infected and people often died because of them. She also knew that it had to be cleaned thoroughly...but, Gods she didn't even know the boy! In order to even reach it properly his top would have to be removed. Shinshinui felt a slight heat in her cheeks and with a frown smacked it away rudely.

Looking again at the boy in front of her she saw him shiver. "Shit," she muttered. He was suffering from blood loss. Without even thinking she stripped off one of her arm coverings and ran to a nearby river, and soaked it in the crystal clear water. Ringing it out gently, she dashed back to where the small clearing was, jumping effortlessly over a rather large bramble thicket. "Damn it all to hell!" she spat when she reached the clearing. The boy way scrunched up into a fetal position and was shaking continuously. He was holding the shoulder of his injured left arm, and his fingers flexed every few seconds. Cold sweat was dripping down his face and his bangs were stuck slick to his forehead.

Muttering all sorts of colorful curses, Shinshinui knelt down by the boy and untied his hoari. Pulling it open quickly, she stopped and gasped covering her mouth with one hand. Numerous cuts and bruises were scattered like stars all over his chest and abdomen. And the gash on his side was even deeper than she had first thought. There were shreds of skin plastered into the wound along with bits of red cloth from his cloths. Gingerly, she picked out any foreign objects from the wound, and then cast a slight spell that would disinfect the flesh in and around it. Then she took the damp cloth and pressed it lightly in the gash.

The wound sizzled angrily, and, surprised, Shinshinui jerked her hand away from the cut. Furrowing her brow slightly, she thought back to what her mother had said about wounds such as this. With a start she realized that it must have been caused by a weapon that was laced with miasma. A soft growl ripped itself from her throat before she could suppress it. Using miasma in battle was an extremely dirt trick. Even though she could summon it at will, she never did. Miasma was very deadly; it was really a type of poison gas that emitted itself from the user's body either from a wound or a spell, and, if used incorrectly, could kill the user itself.

And in the boy's case, dark miasma had been used. "One of the most dangerous and deadly kinds of miasma is dark miasma, which is purplish- black in color, and can kill on impact if not deflected successfully. It often kills the user as well," Shinshinui muttered, repeating what her mother had told her after she had encountered a weak wall of white miasma on one of her missions. She had been told that, had it been dark miasma, it was possible that she could have been killed. Anger began to build up inside of her, causing her blood to boil, as her eyes leaked black.

She noticed the change immediately and forced herself to take a deep, calming breath. Now was not a good time. Shinshinui sat next to the boy for a few moments contemplating what she should do next. She needed to put something on his wounds that would help them heal faster, as well as fight off the effects of the miasma. She knew what it was; it was niggling around in the back of her mind. But with all that had happened, her thoughts were too scrambled to grasp it.

Her thoughts shifted around like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that just refused to be put together. Her world narrowed as she concentrated until all that was left were the shaky breaths of the hanyou in front of her, and the answer that danced just out of her grasp. Eventually Shinshinui forced herself to block out even the subtle noises that the being in front of her was making. That caused an unwanted pang of guilt in her heart. But it turned out to be just what she needed.

There was a mental snap, and everything came crashing into place. All the pieces of the puzzle collided with each other, then burst apart and fell into their correct places. When all of the pieces had clicked together, it read in big letters, 'salve'. "Well, fuck, I'm just bloody brilliant aren't I?" Shinshinui said out loud in self disgust. "I should have known that in the first place, damnit," She muttered as she stood up and proceeded to look for the necessary herbs.

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It took Shinshinui about an hour to find all of the herbs she needed to make the salve. All of them that is, except one. No matter how hard she looked, she just could not find the flower that would disable the effects of the miasma, as well as keep the wounds from getting infected. Shinshinui had just started mumbling about herbal flowers that were impossible to find, when she sensed the presence of a strong youkai coming her way. Startled, she stood quickly, and tried to judge from which side it was approaching. From her right she concluded, and there was also the presence of a lesser youkai . and a human child.

At that precise moment the boy regained consciousness. He groaned loudly and rolled onto his back, catching Shinshinui's attention immediately. She kneeled down slowly in front of him so he wouldn't be startled, and brushed some clingy strands of hair from his face. He groaned again and cracked his eyes open narrowly, digested that amount of light, then opened them some more. "How do you feel?" Shinshinui asked him gently as she laid a hand on his forehead. He squinted up at her, screwed up his face, then roughly pushed away her hand.

"Where a- am I?" he asked. "Who are you? And why do I feel like I just fell off a cliff?" he said in a heavy, rasping voice. "You're in a forest, just across from the Endless Field," Shit, she thought, the Demonic presence is getting closer, "and from what I can gather you have been in a sever battle, and have been badly wounded as well as poisoned by dark miasma." She told him, pushing him back down when he tried to sit up. He glared at her weakly. "Okay," he said, "that's great and all, but who the hell are you?" Shinshinui frowned slightly, then stuck out her tongue. "My name is Shinshinui: Daughter of the sorceress Wabuka and the Inu youkai Shinyu, User of magic, Lover of Challenges, Second heir to the Neebu clan throne. You can just call me Shin though; I don't like all the formality that comes with my full name."

The boy took a moment to digest this, while Shinshinui gauged how long it would be until the youkai she had sensed earlier would be upon the small clearing. Not long at all. "So," she said turning back to the hanyou in front of her, "what's your name?"

"Why should I tell you?" he said defensively.

"I told you mine."

"And that matters why?"

"It's just polite, that's all. Polite is good."

"Who says I'm polite?!"

"Don't take that tone with me! I was about to make a salve that will help you get better faster! Of course, I can't find the final ingredient. "

"I didn't ask for your help!"

"Of course you didn't. You were unconscious." "Well, I don't want it!"

"I guess that means you want your clothes back, right?"

"When did you . give me my fucking clothes!"

"Maybe I don't feel like it," Shinshinui said, dangling his hoari just out of his reach. The boy had long since eased himself into a sitting position with his back against the tree. She pulled the article away from him when he snatched at it, and laughed when he cursed in frustration. She knew she should be more concerned about the youkai that was nearly upon them, but for some reason she wasn't. It had been a long time since she met someone who matched her in temper, and being playful by nature, she just had to take advantage of the opportunity. The hanyou lunged again, but he moved to sharply, aggravating a deep wound on his ribs as well as his seemingly dislocated left shoulder.

"There, now, you see? You do need me help," she said. "I do no-!" A twig snapped to their right. Both hanyou's turned around slowly to witness a tall, white-haired Inu youkai lift his foot delicately off of the twig. Shinshinui vaguely registered the growl the boy made; she was too caught up in the beauty of the newest arrival. He eyed her briefly, raising an eyebrow at her scantly clad figure. Shinshinui suddenly had the strong urge to get to her feet. Even the way this man stood demanded respect, and sitting on the ground certainly did not show any. There was a crashing sound behind the stoic figure, and a loud squawk, and a stubby green toad- like imp burst into the clearing. He glanced quickly around the clearing, and upon spotting the boy, jabbed his strange staff accusingly at him.

"My Lord! Is that not your worthless half brother?!" it said in a rush, turning around the bounce almost excitedly in front of the man. Lord? Shinshinui thought and got to her feet faster. "Jaken-sama!! Don't leave this Rin behind!" came a high pitched squeal from the surrounding woods. Shinshinui flattened her ears, along with the other hanyou. She noticed that the youkai only let a small muscle in his cheek twitch, while the imp squawked and waved his staff around. Shortly after a small girl burst into the clearing and latched onto the stoic man's leg. A small human girl. "Sesshoumaru-sama!" she yelled in delight. Oh shit, Shinshinui thought. She knew very well who he was, but not what he wanted. "Jaken. We will speak of this later," he said, and began to walk across the clearing.

"B-b-but my Lord! What about your worthless hanyou brother?!"

"Shessoumaru! What are you doing here?!"

Shinshinui heard the imp, Jaken, and the injured boy yell at the same time, but she was fixated on the little human girl. She noticed that she had a bundle of flowers in her hand, and among them was the one flower she had been searching for. She quickly motioned for the girl to come to her, which she did almost too eagerly. "What's your name little girl?" she whispered. "My name is Rin!" the girl shouted, attracting the attention of Jaken. "My lord," he whispered, "what is the hanyou girl doing to Rin?" Sesshoumaru turned slowly from the other boy, with which he was quietly threatening his life. He saw her delicately pluck a pale blue flower out of Rin's hand, and saw the child smile brightly. Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes slightly. "Girl. What are you doing."

Shinshinui swore softly. Oh shit. Standing up slowly she turned to face Sesshoumaru, putting on her best innocent face. "I was merely asking the child for a flower," she said widening her eyes and twiddling the flower. "See?" she said thrusting it out in his general direction. Sesshoumaru just raised an eyebrow and motioned, slightly, for Rin to come to his side. The girl skipped to him and latched herself onto his leg. "Jaken, we are leaving." the stoic man said. The imp squawked loudly and spluttered. "B-b-but what about the Tetsuiga?!" "My brother is in no condition to fight, so it would not be worth my time," The dog demon said slowly and evenly. Then he turned on Shinshinui. "You make sure he heals properly so that I may have my fight." "Of course," she said.

Sesshoumaru stood where he was. He had a look on his face as thought he was waiting for something from her. Shinshinui stared at him for a minute before she grinned slightly sheepishly. Still grinning, she bowed to him from the waist, flashing him with her curves. Sesshoumaru just raised an eyebrow and turned to leave. "Sesshoumaru! Where do you think you're going?! Come back here and fight me!" the injured boy yelled. Shinshinui jumped. She had forgotten he was there. "Don't tempt me, Inuyasha," the dog demon said as he disappeared into the surrounding forest. After a few seconds Shinshinui dropped to her knees beside the boy. Inuyasha. "Oh, so you do have a name," she said. Inuyasha just scowled and stared off into the forest after Sesshoumaru.

Shinshinui sighed. "Lemme guess," she said as she began to mix together the ingredients for the salve. "He's older, you're younger. He hates you because you're younger and you're a hanyou, not to mention that you're related. So, for that, he wants to kill you because you're pretty much the black sheep of the family. Oh, and for some reason he also wants your sword."

"Yeah, pretty much," Inuyasha muttered.

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AN- WEHOO! Ok! I finally got off my ass and updated! Time for review responses!

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Okay. Confession time. This chapter was longer than this. unfortunately there was a bad thunder storm down here in Jersey, which resulted in a power surge, which resulted in the deletion of this chapter, which resulted in a VERY pissed me *which is NOT a pretty sight*, which resulted in the re-writing of this chapter, which resulted in this slightly shortened version, which resulted in a not-to-pleased me. So there you go that's the whole deal. Well. umm. yeah. I'll try to update as soon as I can, but my family is in the middle of having a house built *which my daddy insist we help with.the git* so I don't know how often I'll be able to update. Oops.