Ch.3 Woman Troubles

Sesshomaru's cheeks burned slightly as he saw a strange woman in the hot spring. Her eyes flashed and her cheeks darkened as well. They stood in that stunned fashion for about 10 minutes until Sesshomaru recognized her.

"So, Saikano, putting on a show, eh?" he smirked; Rin had given him the woman's name. He moved closer as she stood in the water, then her fist whipped out. He felt something in his nose yield slightly, then give way with a crunching snap; the pain followed shortly. He gave her a wheezy growl as he clutched his broken nose, then he stormed away.

When Sesshomaru's nose had been set and bandaged, he went for Rin.

"Stay with Saikano, okay." He said, watching Rin's head bob up and down her eyes never leaving his nose (A/N: Imagine Sesshomaru with a white lump in the middle of his face, I would stare too.). He clutched Ah-Uhn's reins and was in the air, listening to Rin sob, and searching for his brother's scent, 'That wench needs a rosary of subjugation!' echoed through his head.

Saikano looked up as Rin came into the clearing, holding a kimono and sobbing dramatically. Saikano slid into the emerald kimono, "Rin, what's wrong?" as Rin told her about Sesshomaru's departure and what he'd told her, Saikano snickered. Rin looked up at the slyly smirking demon, "Rin, he told you to stay with me, right?" Rin nodded, "He didn't tell me where to stay." Rin suddenly caught on and giggled joyfully. Saikano braided her raven mid-thigh mane, and then she picked up the child. "Let's go." She whispered, following the lord's scent.

"InuYasha!" Kagome screamed her eyes flashing dangerously, "Sit boy!" a slam echoed over the glade. As the half-breed picked himself up, cursing under his breath, Miroku and Sango suddenly spoke, "What is that?" they pointed at a dark silhouette flying over them. The form suddenly veered to the left, diving into trees, "What the hell was that?" InuYasha spoke for all of them. They ran to check it out.

Sesshomaru saw Saikano far below, a mile from where he saw his brother; the female seemed to be looking for something. As he ordered his dragon to land, he remembered telling Rin to stay with that woman. "Don't tell me you lost Rin." He spat as he landed. Saikano twitched, "Okay... I won't tell you.... You figure it out..." she calmly looked on as he roared, "WHAT? YOU LOST RIN?!" "No, she suddenly ran off saying she saw you." The verbal war began.

Kagome felt a soft tug on her skirt's hem and stopped as a voice reached her, "Rin is lost." It whispered; as they looked at the small child's innocent eyes, InuYasha spoke, "where do you belong, kid?' he was impatient. "Rin was with Saikano; she is Rin's friend." The child responded, at this InuYasha paused, "Okay.... I've got the scent, let's go idiots!" he spat when he saw their –he's-actually-got-a-heart- expressions. They all sped through the trees, Sango & Miroku riding Kirara, and Kagome, Rin and Shippo being dragged by InuYasha, when they slowed, voices came to them. One of the voices was deep and familiar, while one was feminine and melodious, both were arguing, and everyone gaped at the sight that greeted them through the trees. Sesshomaru was standing in front of an unfamiliar woman, his face mere centimeters from her own (A/N: Okay... It's going to be worse than Kags & Inu due to the fact that they are both full demons. Oh... Any of my reviewers' questions will be answered at the end of this chappie!) "I can't believe you!" the male snarled, "Oh, come on! She's a smart girl... She'll survive on her own for another hour or so!" "What? I can't even begin to describe how harsh that was to Rin!" "At least I don't leave her with a toad who hates her and wants her dead!" "Well at least I don't prance around naked and break an innocent man's nose!" Sesshomaru gestured at his bandaged nose for effect, "You? Innocent? Don't make me laugh so hard I crap myself! You aren't fit for inno-!", she was cut off by Sesshomaru's lip's against her own. "Mmmmf!" she struggled, but his one arm kept its grip. When he didn't release her from either hold, she brought her knee up with a small thud (A/N: Guess where her knee hit.... 3 guesses for any slower people reading this!) he let go, clutching the pained area. Laughter made Saikano whirl to see some strange males and females cracking up, she shrugged, guessing they meant no harm then spun to look at Sesshomaru, "I'm leaving..." she kicked him onto his back, "Asshole!" she stormed off carrying Rin's small form.

Kagome, Sango, InuYasha, And Miroku snickered hysterically, after all Sesshomaru had done to them, seeing him kneed in the groin, by a woman at that, was laughable. As soon as they calmed down, Sesshomaru was trying to pull himself up, his long legs trembling violently, he was cursing to himself, yet his normally mature voice was higher than Shippo's. "It's not funny!" he fumed, but his voice cracked from high to deep on 'funny', sending them into fits of laughter again.

-------------------------------1 hour later-----------------------------------

(A/N: He's made a truce to the InuYasha group.) "You deserved...Lady Saikano's... Punishment, truthfully." Miroku chastised, "No I didn't!" snapped the lord, "So kissing her in the middle of an argument is a daily routine?" InuYasha criticized, at this Sesshomaru twitched. "I couldn't hold her and clap my only hand over her mouth! She was rebelling against me. ME! Of all people, so I had to quiet her." A voice from Sesshomaru's left ear spoke up, "I'm going to fix that problem, then." Sesshomaru pivoted "You!" he spat.

A/N: Okay.... Saikano's tail is a lot like Koga's, only black, and with longer fur, I made her up myself, and she is around 17 or 18 (Inuyasha's age). Naraku held her captive for around 3 years, and she has finally escaped. Now, she is a rare fox-dog demon, and can destroy things with her mind, although she has yet to find out... She has had a harder life than InuYasha and is more vulgar and profane than most women, as you can probably perceive from this story.