A Journey in a Different Time
-Chapter 6-
Watching Over

It's already been 3 days since Michelle has arrived to the Feudal Japan Era, and she's doing a tiny bit better now. But she still wasn't sure of being friends with them, but she's taking the chance to see if she enjoys it. She's doing well on her aiming but it's off a little so more target practice for her then!

But the thing is they haven't told her anything about Kikyo or Naraku. She did need to know who they were...she hasn't seen Naraku yet...she hasn't seen Kikyo either. She didn't know what they have looked like so how is she going to know to stay away from Naraku if he comes around.

She stopped practicing and turned around to walk back to them. She made a turn around the tree and bumped into a red object...she fell backwards and and landed her bottom. She looked up to what she bumped into...Inuyasha. She saw the hatred in his eyes and she wanted to get away from him as soon as possible so he won't kill her.

"What are YOU looking at?" Asked Inuyasha, angrily.

"Nothing...just nothing!" Answered Michelle calmly.

"Whatever, Kagome told me to get you! Let's go!"

"Um...I want to stay here for awhile..."

"Too bad, Kagome wants you to have something to eat!"

"But-"

"I said LET'S GO!! ARE YOU DEATH OR SOMETHING!!!"

"Fine!" From then on, Kagome had to follow him. She had to walk side-by- side to him. She looked at him from the corner of her eye, making sure he wasn't looking at her. She didn't want to walk with him because he hates her and all that kind of stuff. Of course, this is what she would expect from a guy like him.

She wasn't hungry right now...she wanted to stay away from them for awhile. So she turned to a different direction, and Inuyasha caught her by grabbing her arm tightly.

"Where are you going!?" Asked Inuyasha.

"I'm going somewhere!" Answered Michelle.

"No you're not! Kagome is just going to send me to get you again!"

"You can just tell her I'm not hungry! And, that I want to have some more target practice!"

"Fine! I'll tell her you died!"

"Go ahead and tell her that!"

Inuyasha and Michelle walked in the opposite direction. One just hates the other...they'll never get along. But the friendship between Kagome and Inuyasha is possible but with Michelle and Inuyasha....impossible....just the thought of them being friends just scares each other. IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN!!!

Inuyasha went to the campsite where Kagome and the others are, who were eating their dinner early so they can travel a little bit more before late at night. Inuyasha went to them and sat on the ground to eat his food. Kagome looked at him in an angry way.

"Where is she?" Asked Kagome.

"She said she's not hungry! She wants to do some more 'target practice' right now!" Said Inuyasha. He picked up his fish and started to bite on it.

"So you just left her there? Where demons can attack and kill her!?"

"Yup! Don't worry about her...she'll probably scream to death and come running to us for help before she gets killed!"

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Michelle was walking by herself with the bow in her hands and the arrows in that thing. The way Kagome does it when she's in a battle. Walking silently with no one...it has been this way ever since....for a long time.

'I don't hate you...'

Strange...someone has said that to her before...but who? It was someone outside of her family...but didn't know who. Who would someone say that to her, when everybody else around her in her world say that they all hate her? What does this all mean? Why would someone say that to her? Why? Why?? Why???

She stopped asking herself some questions because she heard something moving. She ran to the place where she heard. She stopped as soon as she saw the person who was making the noise. It was a little girl dressed in a orange and white kimono and black hair. She was picking flowers on the ground next to the tree. The flowers were daisys...picking them and trying to make a necklace out of it.

Michelle took a step forward, that's when the girl turned her head to Michelle and was startled.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to scare you..." said Michelle.

"That's okay, as long you're not a demon to kill me!" Said the girl.

"By the way, I'm Michelle, what's your name?"

"It's Rin, nice to meet you!"

"Nice to meet you too. [She's so young...] Um...can I join you?"

"Sure!" Michelle walked to her and sat next to her in the Japanese way. She picked a couple of flowers and started to make a flower necklace. It started out lovely, sweet and pretty. "I'm making this for someone special."

"Who might that be, Rin?"

"He is really special to me, he protects me from the youkai's when he is a youkai himself!"

"[Sounds like she has a crush on a little youkai boy! How cute!] Who is it?"

"His name is Sesshomaru-sama!"

"Sesshomaru? That sounds manly enough...better then someone's name!"

"Whose name?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

They both continue to finish their flower necklaces. Michelle was thinking on how she was getting along with Rin very well. She's only a little girl...and she's about what? 7 or 8 years old? "[Maybe it's best to be friends with little girls like Rin!]" Said Michelle.

Michelle finished her flower necklace and smiled. She looked at Rin who was almost done too. She decided to give this to Rin...so she put it around over her head and let it fall on her shoulders. Rin was surprised by her action. She looked at Michelle.

"Thank you, but why?" Asked Rin.

Michelle smiled. "Just for hanging around with me."

"Ok, then..." Rin grabbed the flower necklace she made and gave it to Michelle.

"I thought you wanted to give this to Sesshomaru."

"I did, but I can always make another one before I leave. It's just my thanks to you for being here with me so no evil youkai's can kill me!"

"Thank you...Let me help you to finish your new one!"

Michelle and Rin helped each other to make a new one for Rin to give to Sesshomaru. They had a couple of laughs at some points.

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Kagome was searching her backpack for something. She dig into her stuff and found out something was missing. One of her ramen was missing...and she was expecting....Inuyasha.

"INUYASHA!!!" Shouted Kagome.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome, he was sitting with Miroku having some kind of talk. But that stopped when Kagome called his name. He gave her a look when he saw her walking towards him angrily. "What?" Asked Inuyasha.

"Did you took one of my ramens!?" Asked Kagome.

"Yeah, why?"

"I was saving that for tomorrow!! You could have asked earlier instead of just taking it without asking me!!"

"Does it matter? You did say you were saving that for tomorrow."

"I could've changed my mind!"

"There they go again!" Said Miroku. "It always starts off with Kagome yelling at Inuyasha."

"Not really. It always starts off when Inuyasha has done something he's not suppose to do," said Sango who was petting Kirara.

"That's true...but it's a good thing they didn't fight when Koga came like they did last time," said Shippo.

"The only people who fought was Michelle and Koga. And they did actually fight," said Miroku. He grabbed a soda nearby and drank it. Sango just watched him drink it.

"Should we stop them before Kagome says that word again?" Asked Sango.

"OSUWARI!!" Shouted Kagome. They heard the loud bang in the ground.

"Too late..."

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Michelle and Rin finished the flower necklace for Sesshomaru. Michelle wonder what he looked like...she imagined him a little boy. (_ What you expect! She hasn't seen him yet!) It was time for Rin to leave to go to Sesshomaru. She asked for Michelle to come with her so she won't be attacked by any youkai's. She said yes and they walked together to find him.

"So, do you really like this Sesshomaru guy?" Asked Michelle.

"Yeah, he saved me from death before!" Answered Rin.

"What? You died...?"

"Yes, by a pack of wolves. Sesshomaru-sama revived me with his sword thingy and I followed him since then."

"Wow...[This place is better then I thought!]"

They kept talking until a person came in front of them. A green toad with a staff was beside him. A beast was behind them too. Michelle was kind of scared because of the guy that has silver hair. It reminded her of Inuyasha but this guy's hair is longer then that. She saw Rin walked up to him and held up the flower necklace.

"I made this for you Sesshomaru-sama!" Said Rin. Michelle was shocked! This was Sesshomaru!? She thought he was a little youkai boy! "Sesshomaru-sama! This is Michelle, she was giving me some company while I made this for you. And she walked with me so she can protect me."

Sesshomaru looked at Michelle with the same look he always had. Michelle wanted to take a step back but something was holding her back.

"You remind me of that human mortal..." said Sesshomaru.

"Huh?"

"I'm glad you were watched over Rin, but it's time for us to go."

"Wait! It was really nice to meet you Sesshomaru. But can I ask something really quick? I'm kind of lost and-"

"I should've expect this from you..."

"And I was wondering if you can show me the way to my friends-"

"You won't me to take you to Inuyasha?"

"Well, yeah! But how did you know I was looking for him?"

"I can smelll my little brother's scent on you!"

"What? You're...his older brother?"

"Half...brother! And don't call me a brother to that hanyou!"

"I'm sorry..."

"And the answer to your question is...no."

He turned to head off but Rin stopped him by grabbing his hair. "But Sesshomaru-sama! She's lost and she's my friend! I want her to be safe...please?" Said Rin. She gave him that look to beg him. He didn't find that look familiar.

He sighed. "All right! Come on!" He walked over to Michelle. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her and he started to run. Michelle couldn't keep up because he was so fast. But in an instant they were at the spot where Inuyasha and the others are.

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Inuyasha stopped talking to Miroku for a second because he smelled a familiar scent. He stood up quickly and saw the person with that scent. Everybody was looking at him and then looked at the direction he was looking at. They were all surprised.

Sesshomaru pulled Michelle's wrist to them and let her go when they were standing in front of them. He turned around and closed his eyes to head off.

"Sesshomaru, wait!" He turned around and saw Michelle with a smile. "Thank you, Sesshomaru. If you want me to watch over Rin for you, I'll be happy to. I can watch over her any time you want me to!"

He looked at her. He didn't need a human to watch over a human. Is she trying to be nice? All he did know was that she's just another human hanging around with Inuyasha.

"No thanks...! I don't need your help with anything! Just make sure you don't run into me again!" Said Sesshomaru. He ran out of their sight and were speechless.

But not Inuyasha...he was beyond mad. He was angry. He walked over to her silently and gave Michelle a smack in the face. Everyone was shocked. But all Inuyasha was doing was clenching his teeth.

"Never EVER run into my brother again! If you go anywhere near him again, I swear I'll do more then to smack you!" Yelled Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha, calm down!" Said Kagome.

"I won't! She shouldn't have been going to him like that and bring him here to get me pumped up! Are you trying to make me get pissed so I can smack you some more!?"

Michelle put her hand on the spot where Inuyasha smacked her face. It left a red mark, did he really hate her this much? So much that he wants to hurt her...or kill her?

"I'm sorry..." Kagome and the others looked at her. "I didn't mean to bring him here but I didn't know where I was so I asked him to take me back. And besides, do you think I should know about him too!? I need to know the people I should stay away from or stick with because right now I feel like I shouldn't stick with you!!"

"Just shut up! You don't need to know anything!! You can't ask about anything because all of this is none of your business! You understand!?" Angered Inuyasha.

He turned away, walking away to a different direction to get her out of his mind. She meant nothing to him anyway so why should he care about her?

Michelle knew Inuyasha is definately one of those guys from her and Kagome's world. A guy who hates her from appearance and would beat her up just because of that. But the thing is, every time he hits her like that, her anger rises to hate him more too. She doesn't know when she might snap and punch him out of nowhere. Pretty soon, she'll be like the guys from that place and will just beat Inuyasha up because she hates him too.

Michelle hates him too and that's all she knows. She thought she was able to make friends with Inuyasha but she thought wrong. All she knows is that nothing would make those to friends....absolutely nothing! She repeated the words Inuyasha said to her. It hurt her....a lot!