Author: Yay! I'm glad I have another wonderful reader! And here ya go FoxLion! The third chapter is now complete! I'm glad I have two readers! *jumps up and down but trips over Miroku* wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Miroku: Why did you fall on me? Or is it that you want me?

Author: Hey no touchy ya Hentai!

Miroku: Damn!

Author: Chappies are a bit short right now but I promise they will get longer at some point in time! *dunno when or how but they will*

Author: Hey no using bad language! If there is any bad language to be used it shall come from the characters! Wait you technically are a character oh goodness! *ish is confused*

Disclaimer: Why? Why must you torture me? Why? I love InuYasha! It's not so much that I love InuYasha himself but I would really want to own Miroku…. *eyes Miroku standing in the corner* But I don't even own my thoughts! Nope the government ya know they program your mind at the start of life but some how some of my thoughts seeped through the programming…. Wahhhh! I want Miroku!

Chapter three:

Akiko and Kikyo's Crystal

"Where are we going now m'lord?" Akiko asked Sesshomaru with Hoshiko being a small sleeping bundle in her arms. She smiled down at her sister. It was five months since had found the young hanyou and had began training her to protect herself.

"You shall soon see Akiko in at least a day." Sesshomaru said. He was beginning to talk more around Akiko and it irked him. 'Is she making me turn soft?' He thought angrily tot himself.

"Well who are we going to see then?" Akiko asked this time hoping for an actual answer.

"We are going to see someone who knows what the crystal is." Sesshomaru answered.

"Sesshomaru-sama if we are going to be walking all night can you at least carry me Hoshiko-Chan is making me sleepier every minute." Akiko said and looked into his golden eyes pouting at him. At that moment something inside him snapped when he looked at the girl and tiny smile played across his lips.

"All right." he said still in his cold manner but Akiko smiled.

"Oh goody!" She said as he reached down and picked her up as if cradling a baby he carried her as she began to sleep. He smiled down at them. He then realized what he was doing and shook the smile away replacing it with his normal mask covering up his emotions but contentment flashed across his eyes when he kept looking down at the sleeping little girls in his arms.

"She is making me turn soft..." He whispered as he saw Akiko smile in her sleep apparently having a good dream. They were only hours away from reaching their destination but dawn would come soon and he wanted to be there in less time and sped up his pace they were seemingly flying through the trees. Dark greens and browns mixed together making it seem even darker than night usually was.

With Sesshomaru's new pace they would be there sooner than with Akiko walking around looking at everything so in away it was good Sesshomaru was carrying her. The sun was now raising in the sky and in just a few minutes they would be just where they needed to be. He sniffed the air once more just to make sure they were in the right place. Then he heard a angry growl and stopped just before Tetsusaiga

came down missing him by mere inches.

"Hello little brother." Sesshomaru said. That was enough to wake the fourteen year old girl in his arms.

"Are we there yet Sesshomaru-sama?" Akiko asked as he set her down on the ground. Hoshiko woke a few moments later stretching her small arms she sniffed the air and found there was another kitsune around.

"Ok I smell another Kit." Hoshiko said looking around.

"Feh!" Came a voice Akiko nor Hoshiko had ever heard. Akiko quickly turned to see another hanyou who surprisingly resembled her lord Sesshomaru.

"Oh who are you?" Akiko asked him. The hanyou glared over at her.

"So oniisan you've found a new little girl to follow you!" The Hanyou spat. Akiko frowned.

"You know it is not polite to talk about someone who is standing right in front of you." Akiko said.

"Feh!"

"Little brother though it pains me to say this. I need your help." Sesshomaru said in his same icy tone his mask still in place. The Hanyou's jaw dropped momentaily and then there were a few noises in the bushes and a whole group of people entered where they were now standing. Akiko whimpered.

"Lord Sesshomaru why are we here?" Akiko complained then Hoshiko spotted the other kit she had smelled and rocketed out of her sisters arms the same wit the other kit which had been on a black haired lady's shoulder. The two kit's accidentally knocked into each other and hit their heads hard.

"Hoshiko get back here!" Akiko said trying to get her little adopted sister but ended up chasseing two kitsunes around in a circle. The other group of people laughed at the girl chasseing the two kits. When the black haired lady joined in chasseing the two until she had hers and Akiko had pounced on Hoshiko. Sesshomaru just stood glaring at the collapsed girl and Kitsune.

"Thanks! I'm Akiko who are you?" Akiko asked the black haired lady. She smiled at her.

"My name is Kagome. That's Shippou my adopted son. That's Sango. That's Miroku. And that annoyance over there is Inuyasha." Kagome said ruffling the kitsunes hair and glared at InuYasha for glaring at her.

"This is Hoshiko my adopted sister. And do you know Lord Sesshomaru?" Akiko asked smiling at Sesshomaru who didn't say anything back just continued to stare at her. Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Shippou all looked at Sesshomaru as if he was a disease they didn't want to be near. Sango began to go into a fighting stance when they all noticed that InuYasha wasn't trying to kill his older half brother and Sesshomaru wasn't trying anything with InuYasha.

"Why are we here Sesshomaru-sama?" Akiko said again and Sesshomaru finely quit staring at her.

"Akiko take out the crystal you found." Sesshomaru said icily and Akiko did as she was told and the crystal in her palm began swirling with colour's before it stopped on emerald green. InuYasha stared at it before rushing at Akiko getting ready to take the crystal from her but Akiko quickly closed her palm and jumped over his head landing softly on the ground.

"Your not very nice so I'm not sure if I should let you see my crystal." Akiko said turning around and when she saw that InuYasha was going to come at her again she quickly drew her sword with a speed not even Sesshomaru's eyes could catch. She quickly held InuYasha at sword point.

"Be nice and maybe I'll let you see it. If your not gonna be nice then you can just leave me alone." Akiko said and Hoshiko watched from where she had jumped to the ground just moments before.

"Be careful sissy..." Hoshiko said softly eyes wide.

"I will don't you worry." Akiko said with a wink at her sister.

"That's Kikyo's crystal so give it here Mutt!" InuYasha yelled.

"Look who's talking!" Akiko scoffed still holding the sword at InuYasha's heart. InuYasha swat her sword away and reached for Tetsusaiga the sword turning into the fang and it clashed against Akiko's sword. Akiko relied on her new found strength to help her in this fight. But she also called upon her wits and winked at InuYasha also making a kissing noise with her lips. InuYasha stood stunned momentarily before he got angry.

"Give me the crystal little girl!" InuYasha yelled and Akiko shook her head.

"You still wont be nice so I wont either."

"You'll regret th….:

"What is it with you and this Kikyo person anyway? Why's she so special?" Akiko asked and InuYasha's face flushed with anger.

"Kikyo's special to me! She's dead ok now gimmie the crystal wench!"

"Nope sorry dose not register…"

InuYasha decided that he had had enough and attacked Akiko who quickly dodged his blow using the still lightening fast speed that she had developed during her stay with Sesshomaru. The fight continued but began boring Akiko by the way InuYasha kept attacking using the same moves over and over again. Akiko decided to make it a bit more interesting and sliced InuYasha's shoulder drawing a little blood. But as soon as she saw the blood her senses were overwhelmed.

Sesshomaru now looked worried. Once Akiko drew the blood of her opponent she couldn't stop without drawing more blood. But the more blood she drew the more she wanted to kill. After all he should know when to make her quit but he wanted to see how his younger half brother would react.

Inuyasha became angry that the girl had cut him but then saw the longing on her face as she saw the blood on the blade of her sword. The look of want to see more to smell more of his blood. Kikyo's crystal wasn't worth being killed over and he saw in Akiko's eyes she wanted him dead to just have his blood. He quickly put away Tetsusaiga and stepped back dodging her next blow.

"Don't you give up?" InuYasha asked. Akiko took another swing at him and Sesshomaru stepped in between the two and held up a hand stopping Akiko's sword just before it could have sliced InuYasha's head of his shoulders.

"Akiko. Stop." Sesshomaru said coldly as he held the blade of her sword with his thumb and index finger. Akiko swallowed hard.

"I'm sorry…" She whispered and ran off into the woods using her lightening fast speed to get away from them before anyone could notice she was gone.

"Where's my nee-chan?" Hoshiko asked looking around. "Why was she doing that to InuYasha?"

"There is something about blood that just makes Akiko go insane. I thought you would no better than to attack a person you hardly knew InuYasha but I guess it was wrong of me to think you were actually smart enough to think of something like that.

"Well if you will all excuse me I'm leaving as I had planed. Meet up with you all in a few month's or so." Miroku said and walked in what he thought was the opposite direction in which the girl had fled.