Chapter Three: A new alliance
After Kina flew off she stopped at a small spring with a lovely little waterfall. She sat next to it and looked at the half of the shikon jewel she held in her hand and smiled to herself. There was a sound behind her and she turned to see Sesshomaru and Jakken. Sesshomaru stepped up to her and sat down.
"I see you have my brother's piece of the jewel of four souls."
Kina looked at him then back at the spring. "Who are you?"
Sesshomaru smiled. "My name is Sesshomaru, and I want to help you."
She looked at him, then at Jakken who stood a few feet away and smiled. She was still in demon form, so it was quite creepy to Jakken, and surprising enough, to Sesshomaru, too. "I work alone. Why would you want to help me anyway?"
Sesshomaru looked at her and smiled a little. "You are very powerful. I think us working together will benefit for the both of us. I don't usually travel with anyone either, so we aren't much different there."
Kina stood up and that's when she changed back into her human form and fell to her knees. Sesshomaru grabbed her shoulder as she fell, to make sure she didn't hurt herself. "What is it?"
Kina looked at him, then at the jewel in her hand. "No... why this..."
Sesshomaru was now confused and he looked at her as he cocked his head a bit.
Kina sat up straight and sighed. "I didn't mean to steal the jewel from Inuyasha and the others. I lost control, I couldn't help it..."
Sesshomaru looked away. "I see... well listen to me, young lady. I will take you back to my brother, Inuyasha, and his companions, but only if you come with me to kill Naraku."
Before Kina could say anything another demon came running out of the surrounding woods straight at her. She reached for her weapon, then realizing that she left it with Inuyasha. Sesshomaru noticed her lack of weapons and stood up as he took out the Tensusaiga. He was very calm as he looked the straight in the eye and sliced down as it approached. The demon stopped and looked at him, then turned and ran away.
Kina looked at Sesshomaru as he put his sword away and turned to her. "Why did it run away?"
Sesshomaru put out his hand and helped her up as he spoke. "This sword is the Tensusaiga. It has the ability to heal 100 souls in one swipe, and it also holds the ability to purify... I hate it."
"Oh? Why's that?"
"As you may have noticed, I'm not the best person to have this ability as I don't care about anything living or dying. Just don't get in my way, and I wont hurt you."
Kina raised an eyebrow and stepped back a bit. "Did I get in your way?"
Sesshomaru smiled at her and started walking towards Jakken. "I don't think so. If anything I should have gotten in yours... are you coming?"
She looked at him then at Jakken, who appeared now to be hiding behind Sesshomaru. "Fine. Okay, I'll come. But were are we going?"
"We are going to find my brother and his friends. You will give them back the jewel and you and I will continue on our search for Naraku."
Kina walked next to Sesshomaru as they started into the forest.
Inuyasha and the group walked out of the forest into a clearing and Miroku sat down on a rock as the girls and Shippo sat down around it. Inuyasha walked a little farther into the clearing and his ears perked and he looked around. Kagome noticed this and she too looked around. "What is it, Inuyasha?"
"Feh... Sesshomaru..."
As he said this Sesshomaru walked into the clearing. "I believe I may have found something of yours, Inuyasha." Sesshomaru stepped to the side and Kina waved to them.
"Uh... hi guys..." This was a little awkward for her because she just stole from these people something very important so she was a little hesitant to talk to them.
Inuyasha stepped up and looked at her, a little angry but he understood that she couldn't help it. "Give us back what you stole, Kina."
"Oh, yeah. Sure, here." Kina took out the half of the jewel and tossed it to Miroku, who caught it without difficulty and gave it to Kagome. "Well, I'll be seeing you."
She turned to walk away when Sesshomaru grabbed her arm. "That's not a very good goodbye."
Kina rolled her eyes and turned to them, speaking quickly. "I'm going to find Naraku with Sesshomaru because we made a deal. If you need me, I'll be killing evil demon's trying to take over the world. Goodbye."
She turned to walk and Sesshomaru followed. "I suppose that'll do."
They were walking away slowly, so Inuyasha had time to stop them. He walked around in front of Kina and looked at Sesshomaru then held her shoulders. "Don't travel with Sesshomaru, he's not who he appears to be. Kina come with us. We'll keep you safe."
"You're right. Sesshomaru isn't who he appears to be. You wouldn't have the jewel back if not for him."
Inuyasha hesitated but took out Kina's sword, handing it to her. Kina smiled slightly and walked past him, Sesshomaru following. Leaving Inuyasha and the others alone again.