Larva had explained everything to Kagome. Everything about Miyu the vampire, bound to the duty of returning stray shinma (demonic beings) to the darkness. About how she had enslaved him when her vampire blood had awaked. After that half an hour, Kagome sat there, shocked yet intrigued, across from him at her breakfast table.

Giving him strict instructions to stay in the house, not to leave for anything and promising to return, Kagome had left for the Warring States era, on the other side of the well.

When she had gotten to the village, Kaede had said that Kikyo had been seen not that long ago and that he had gone out after her. Though it hurt her deeply to hear that, Kagome waited for him in Kaede's hut until he returned about an hour later. Sango, Miroku and Shippo hadn't gone with him; feeling that this was his business alone and had patiently waited with her, giving Kagome plenty of time to tell of the sudden disappearance of Miyu the vampire.

                Inuyasha seemed unusually surprised when he heard of her, let alone about the demon that had been able to pass through the well without the use of Shikon jewel shards (or so they thought). To him, this meant that there was a knew threat of demons leaking through to the Modern era and they had all agreed that the hut should be moved so as to keep a close eye on the well to make sure that no demon escaped through. But back to the problem at hand, he wasn't sure what to do. Japan was huge, and the villages few and far apart. It would take them forever to search through all of them and when Kagome had suggested that they ask Koga for assistance, he had immediately refused. 

***

                Jaken couldn't quite remember how long it had been since his master had picked up that strange girl. Lord Sesshomaru was a strange and confusing one to be around but at least it gave Jaken something to do with his life. Oh well. Though, he wondered when the girl would wake up. It had been nearly half a day and she had hardly even stirred while the demon lord cradled her in his arms. She squirmed a little, but that apparently didn't mean that she would be waking.

                The girl was light and rather frail in appearance for a demon. If one really thought about it, given the circumstances, this was a good thing. No matter how long Sesshomaru carried her, it never once had bothered him. She was probably as light as the ashes of the demon bird she had destroyed and he wondered if a local village had put out the fire since the scent of the smoke had died away some time ago. The animals too seemed to be returning to their normal, daily routines (if at all existent) as if the forest fire had never occurred. That was good, perhaps then his inferior half brother wouldn't learn of the sudden fire. Sesshomaru was not in the mood for a battle with the half-breed, at least not until the young maiden was awake and could take care of herself. She seemed capable enough. 

                "Lord Sesshomaru," Jaken began. "Why have you saved this maiden, she looks no different from any other human wench,"

                "Power such as hers is rare. It would've been a waste to allow her to die," He replied bluntly.

                "But my Lord…" he was cut off by one of his masters many icy glares. Alright, maybe now wasn't the time to discuss his sense of reasoning.

                Eventually, the sound of a running stream off in the distance got their attention. All living things desired something to drink eventually. Perhaps some fresh, cool water was what this girl needed.

***

                With Larva's arrival to the Warring States era, there had been the expected five minutes of surprise. It mostly stemmed from that fact that he himself was a shinma and Miyu was said to hunt down and kill them if necessary. He however, seemed to have somehow escaped death by becoming the young girl's servant and guard. This of course, caused Inuyasha to call him a coward and a disgrace to the demon world though he in turn was called a worthless half-demon and if not for a loud "SIT!" from Kagome, chances were, neither of them would find Miyu since they would've died in combat long before then.

                To Inuyasha's dismay, Larva thought that asking for the help of the wolf demon clan was a good idea. To make matters worse, he felt that since their leader Koga was so infatuated with Kagome, insisted that she be the one to make the request, saying that whether she wanted to travel alone or with any number of the others, was her choice. By the end of those riveting five minutes, they had decided that Sango be the escort to ensure that no unneeded bloodshed occurred.

                Since then, Inuyasha had been sulking in the corner, grumbled about the "flea-bitten, tick-covered…" Needless to say, the list of insults goes on and on and on.

***

            If this didn't wake the girl, Sesshomaru wasn't sure what would. Though his face remained expressionless, he couldn't deny that this particular river was by far one of the coldest he had ever been forced to wade into. Just one step into the rushing waters, and already he wasn't able feel his feet or ankles. The stones beneath his feet were surprising smooth and the spray from the small rapids was actually quite refreshing after the walk.

                The young girl was already squirming and moaning. Whether it was from the sound of the waters or the water itself, he wasn't sure but it seemed to be working. Though it may have been against his better judgment, he stopped in the middle of the river and slowly began to dip her toes into the water.

                She could feel it. It was as if nothing had happened, like she had just been asleep for a little while. The sounds of a river or stream had been trying to pull her from her comatose state back to the realm of awake and awareness. But as soon as she was submerged up to her waist in frigid water, she eyes snapped open.

A shinma had a single arm wrapped around her shoulders and she quickly noticed that he only had one arm. The left arm appeared to have been severed at some point in time. For a few moments she stared upward at him. She had to admit, when it came down to looks, he was very attractive for a shinma. Long hair that looked like strands of silver, and gold eyes like hers stared at her, almost in relief. Skin was pale and the facial markings were actually a very nice touch. But then her mind was flooded with questions.

'Is this shinma trying to drown me?!' she thought horrified. 'Larva! Where is he?! No, this shinma couldn't have killed him…could he?'

Quick to action, as soon as her vision cleared, she caught sight of the smaller shinma seated on the bank of the river. Common sense and experience told she not to concern herself with him until she dealt with the one who had tried to drown her.

The river threatened to pull her feet from beneath her and drown her itself but despite her still weak legs, she leapt out of the currents reach and onto a nearby rock.

"You have awakened young demon," he said bluntly.

She held out her hand, palm towards the sky as if to help him, but within a single moment, the glow of a fire floated and burned above it. The young woman glared at Sesshomaru hatefully, unaware that because of him, she had been saved from the flames.

"I am Miyu," She said bluntly. "Miyu the vampire. One of the clan who returns stray shinma to the darkness. Return peacefully, to resist would be a waste of your time."

"Lord Sesshomaru! Look out!" Jaken called from the river back. His master remained calm. This girl was nothing to be afraid of. He knew that he was faster then any of her flames. Much faster.

"Goodnight," she hissed. "To the darkness with thee!"

Author's Note: Well, what did you think? Tell me on that oh-so-important page, the review page okay? By the way, A special thanks to Lady Sakura, the first person to review my fiction. Thank you sooo much!