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Chapter 5: Suspicious, Plant Demon

Akeena quickly undressed and slipped into the water. Bree kept watch on the door to make sure no one came in. Akeena washed off her kimono, ridding it of blood. She then turned to her wound. She cleaned it off letting the hot water disinfect it.
Suddenly Bree growled and Akeena turned to look at the door. There was a small knock.
"Um, Miss Akeena, Rin asks if you would go outside and play with her," the servant girl said through the sliding door.
"Okay thank you. Oh could you bring me another kimono please?" Akeena asked noticing hers was wet. The servant left and shortly returned with a new kimono. Bree walked to the door and kindly took the kimono from the servant girl. She then brought it to Akeena, who quickly put it on. It was all white with a gold trim that matched the color of her hair. She quickly left and went outside to Rin.
"Akeena!" Rin shouted happily as she hugged her tightly.
"Well hello Rin," Akeena said smiling as she picked Rin up.
"So Miss Rin, what would you like to do?" she asked setting Rin down.
"Yeah! Lets go play in the flower fields," Rin said happily, grabbing Akeena's hand a pulling her towards the fields, both girls smiling. Rin ran around picking flowers while Akeena sat under a tree watching, with Bree lying next to her.
Akeena and Bree quickly jumped to their feet as they heard Rin scream and they ran over to her. There was huge plant-like demon. It was green and red with many long thorny vine-like arms.
"Rin!" Akeena yelled and stepped in front of the little girl. The demon attacked, lashing out with one of its vines. Akeena quickly grabbed Rin and she jumped out of the way. Bree right beside her snarling and growling. When the vine hit the ground it exploded, leaving behind a huge crater.
"Rin are you okay?" Akeena asked still holding Rin. She was shaking like mad, but nodded. The plant demon struck again, causing Akeena and Bree to move out of the way.
"Bree watch Rin. Keep her out of all danger," Akeena said setting Rin down near the edge of a forest. Bree ran over and stood in front of Rin, protectively. Akeena ran in front of the demon, slowly luring it away from Rin and Bree. The demon lashed out and Akeena dodged almost getting hit. All she could do was dodge; she had no weapons.

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Sesshoumaru sensing something wrong quickly left his room to go see what was going on. He swiftly ran to the fields and saw Akeena battling the demon. He watched as she dodged blow after blow. He caught the smell of blood and noticed that Akeena was slightly bleeding from her stomach wound. Sesshoumaru looked around for Rin and spotted her with Bree. He jumped over to them but Bree growled at him savagely causing him to freeze. Akeena glanced over after hearing Bree growl.
"Bree leave him be," Akeena yelled but held still too long. One of the demon's non-exploding vines pinned her to the ground. She slightly screamed and gasped for air.
"Akeena!" Rin screamed horrified. Suddenly two of the exploding vines flew straight at Akeena ready to kill her. Akeena stared in horror.
"NO!" Rin screamed as gold energy engulfed the demon and Akeena, and both vines collided in the gold energy. There was a mighty explosion, sending smoke and gold energy everywhere, shielding the demon and Akeena from sight. Rin started crying and fell to the ground. Sesshoumaru just stood there shocked (for once) *What is that scent I smell? It smells youkai but it doesn't belong to the plant; could it be Akeena's? No, she's human right?* Sesshoumaru thought still slightly stunned.
As the smoke and energy cleared, Sesshoumaru spotted something shimmering. As it got clearer he saw that it was Akeena's hair and that she was standing. She had apparently slipped out of the plant's vine and jumped out of the way of the other two.
"Rin don't cry, I'm fine, see?" Akeena said turning to Rin, who was staring at her. Akeena jumped out of the way as the demon attacked again,; her gold hair was blowing wildly around her. Rin stopped crying. *Man she'd make a good mother. AH! where did that come from? No, no!* Sesshoumaru shook his head ruffly, ridding himself of the thought.
"Akeena you baka! You expect to beat this demon with no weapon? You baka," he yelled at her as she dodged again.
"Shut up Sesshoumaru. I'm tired of your mouth. This isn't your battle so just stay out," she snapped at him for the first time. She stopped for a moment, panting. One of the demon's vines shot straight at her. She dodged then ran straight for the demon.
"What are you doing?" Sesshoumaru yelled as she ran towards it, some of the vines following after her. As she neared the demon more vines chased after her. At the last second, before she was to collide with the plant, she jumped, flipping backwards. She landed in front of Sesshoumaru, Rin, and Bree. The vines kept going, unable to change their coarse. They collided with the demon, killing itself.
Akeena straighten up and brushed some dirt and blood off her kimono.
"Akeena! You're all right!" Rin said happily hugging her. Akeena smiled at the young girl.
"Of course I'm all right Miss Rin. Now lets go back to the castle, clean up, and eat lunch," she said picking Rin up and walking back into the castle. Bree followed at their heels while Sesshoumaru stayed behind. *How could she move that fast?* he thought and walked over to the demon carcass. *What's this?* he thought noticing the vine that had pinned Akeena to the ground. It was mostly shredded. Sesshoumaru returned to the castle and went into the dining room.
"Woman, I want you to meet in the library," he said to Akeena.
"Please use my name, LORD Sesshoumaru," Akeena said emphasizing the 'lord'.
"I will call you what whatever I wish; you are in my house," he said coldly and walked up the stairs heading to the library.
"Now that's the Sesshoumaru I've heard of," Akeena sighed, "Well I better go. Bye Rin."
Akeena got up and walked to the library. She knocked once then entered.
"You wanted to see me Sesshoumaru?" Akeena asked stepping over to the chair Sesshoumaru was sitting in.
"Yes. I have a question for you. How were you able to move so fast? During your fight you were moving too fast for a normal human," Sesshoumaru said calmly folding his hands in front of him.
"I'm an assassin. We're trained to move quickly and be agile," she answered boredly.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going for a walk," Akeena said bowing, and left.

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Sorry for not updating so soon, I have been busy. Well see you next chapter