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Chatper 6

That night, after he was cleaned and I had set his favorite blanket over him, I built a fire and watched the light dance across his tan face. I felt sorry for him yes, and it was no wonder he wanted to be stronger. No wonder he wanted the power to be a demon. With siblings like that, who wouldn't want to be? So twas' his brother whom had been bothering him, trying to kill him and such. But why did Sesshomaru want him dead. I had heard of brothers being jealous of each other, and then trying to kill each other, but what had Sesshomaru to be jealous of? What was it that Inuyasha had that the Lord of the

Western lands would want? The thoughts continued to race through my head.

Inuyasha's father.what kind of a fellow was he. What was his name.?

Ah, Seinishi, that was it.

Menimori, Seinishi of the Western lands. That was it. Seinishi..

I had heard of his tales long ago. He was supposedly the most powerful and feared of the dog demon tribes.

But there was something else.that thing that made him revered. Oh yes, it was the fact that he had taken on a dragon once and one, but only merely.

But that would make no sense. If that were true, then Sesshomaru might have beaten me had he taken the opportunity. But something stopped him. Maybe it was that he didn't have the confidence to fight with me, or that he had no care in fighting me anyhow.

Small gasps coming from before me threw me out of my thoughts.

Inuyasha was coming around. And he looked angry again.

"Why did you save me?!" He asked, after taking a look at his surroundings. "Why? It was my business not yours!" So foolish and young he was. The pride within his heart would hurt him someday, that was a certain, and nothing I did could rid him of it. This pride was forcing him to try to act like an adult and take care of his own business, but yet, it made him just like a child.

"You would have died." I replied calmly, my voice very quiet and hard to hear by mortal ears. Inuyasha picked it up just fine.

"I don't care. It's my life and stay out of it!" He shouted. He watched him innocently. His golden eyes glistened angrily, watching me to wait for my reply.

"It's too late Inuyasha. I'm in your life, and no matter how far you run, or what you do, I will always be there to save you. I'm too involved and you know it." I spoke to him gently, trying to calm him down. He didn't take the hint.

"Shut your mouth. I will never be stronger if I think your always going to be there to save me!" This was beginning to make me angry.

"Shut your trap." I hissed at him, and instantly he sat still watching me quietly with a look of surprise upon face. He had never seen me in a fit of rage before, and I'm sure he never wanted to. "Stop being so proud and selfish Inuyasha. You are not the strongest person in the world, and for your information, no one is! No one can be the strongest, because there is always someone stronger than you, and you just have to get used to it and learn to survive. You can't take everything on yourself Inuyasha.some things, but not all, and at the moment Sesshomaru is one of those things you can't take on, on yourself. You will someday, that is a given. When I no longer live and you are stronger and wiser than you are now. Then you will be ready to defeat your elder brother. But for now, you are still young, and still ill trained, and so you must wait with the virtue of patience 'til you do have the strength." I had let out my anger for that moment, but I was calmer now, more ready to listen to his words. We were both silent for a moment, and the both of us occupied ourselves with watching the crackling of the flames, watching as the wood was devoured. I hadn't meant to unleash on him like that, but his foolishness had drove me to it. Now I felt like apologizing.

But just as I opened my mouth, he spoke. "I'm sorry." He replied. Inuyasha was apologizing? Had I really scared him that bad?

"I.I had never looked at the world that way and I didn't mean to act like a stuck up jerk. I.I am sorry." He told me, his gaze staring at the floor.

"I'm sorry too." I said. "I didn't mean to blow up on you."

"You had every right to." He replied, not ever moving his eyes from the fire. "I was being a jerk."

"Yeah, but every one is at some point." I replied playfully. He looked up and gave me a simple statement.

"Kojika, I will learn to the best of my ability anything you have to teach me. I no longer want to be a full demon if it will make me something like him. Now I want to increase the power I have now as far as it can go."

"Nice to hear." I replied, closing my eyes tiredly. It had been such a difficult day.

"I say we retire for the night. Good night Inuyasha." I said after a moment.

"Good night." He replied, and he squeezed back under the covers again. I fell asleep with my head resting against the tree behind me.

*How was that? I think it's very short by my standards. Oh well*