Hiya! Thank you if you reviewed, and if you didn't, well, please review! I had a disagreement with Gold Ink at Witch Silestial's "If You Wish" review page. I felt bad after Gold Ink mentioned what we were doing. Poor Viki! But still, Jaken is-slap- I never said anything! Stella will meet Inu Yasha and co. at CH. 4, or, if lots and lots of people review, well… (Ch. 2and 1/2 is NOT an option.)

Stella: Do I have to?

Shippo: Errr….. Why are you asking me?

Stella: (holds up a candy, smiling) Do you know what this is?

Shippo: (Hopping up and down) Oh! Oh! Gimee gimee gimee! You don't have to! Candy!

Stella: Here you go, Shippo

Inu Yasha: (Growling) Stella……

Stella: (Turning to Inu Yasha) WHAT? Shippo said I don't have to, so if you don't like it, MAGABITE ME!

Inu Yasha: (Taken back) Are you always like this?

Stella: KAGOME!

Kagome: (off) SIT!

I DO NOT OWN INU YASHA, NOT THAT I WOULD CARE- wonk -THAT HURT! I OWN STELLA LASMAE AND hehe TSUKIRO!

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2.Death of a Grandmother

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She was trembling. Stella Lasmae, the one of the blood, was TREMBLING.

"Are you ready?" Korino asked softly, touching Stella's shoulder. They were in front of the doors to the

main living room, but Stella felt… well, strange. As if something dark was inside, waiting for her… Stella shook her head. Her Grandmother, a miko, was in there. No way could a demon be in the same room!

"That dream did me in." Stella mumbled.

"What?"

"I said, I'm fine, Korino. Let's go in." Stella replied louder, smiling brightly up at her friend.

Stella gasped. An elderly women, in traditional miko's clothes, was sitting on a pile of cushions, supporting herself with her long bow. Her healthy white hair, tied into a bun, had blood stains on it, her cloudy eyes looking far away. She was on the short, stout side. But most of all, across her shirt, there was a blood-soaked line. Maids and relatives tried to convince her to let them dress her wound, but the lady waved them away.

Finally, Stella screamed on top of her lungs, "THE MAID SAID 'CRITICAL', NOT "DEATH-BED-SITUATION' !"

Silence. Stella ran to her Grandmother and hugged her, crying. Grandmother managed to chuckle.

"Stella, you're thirteen and you still don't know that it means the same thing? Except these wounds are NOT critical. They're just scratches."

"DON'T PRETEND TO BE TOUGH, GRANDMOTHER!" Stella cried. She turned to the maids.

"WHERE IS THE HOUSE DOCTOR? WHY ISN'T HE HERE? CALL HIM IN NOW OR I'LL-"

"You'll what, Stella? I'm not dead yet so I'm still the Mistress."

"But-"

"No buts. I need to talk to you." She looked around at everyone. "Privately."

When everyone filed out except for Korino, Grandmother, and Stella, Grandmother turned to Korino.

"Those sneaks are bound to be listening. Will you go and watch the door please, Korino?"

"With pleasure, Mistress." After Korino stepped out, Grandmother looked at Stella.

"Stella. When I die-"

"Grandmother! Don't say that-"

"Hush! I want no interruptions! Do you understand?"

"Yes."

"Stella. I battled the Young Lord, and found out his secret. He is not a full demon. Instead, he is a multiple of demons, brought together by one will. He has off springs, made with the help from a powerful jewel, Shikon Jewel of the Four Souls. Actually, It's not complete, for some reason... But Stella… I… He… Said… Oh, Stella… Go After Him… Find Your Mother…((kaof)) DON'T!"

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"Argh!"

"Is the old miko too much for you, Kagura? I thought it would be easy enough…"

"Shut up! Who made YOU my boss!"

"Naraku."

"Hmph! And may I ask, Tsukiro, what is YOUR talent?"

"I was told that I was created just for a young girl."

"For Kagome?"

"No. A girl much younger and unexperienced. If Naraku hadn't told me who she really was, I would have felt insulted."

"Who is this girl, then?"

"The Granddaughter of the miko that takes you AND Kanna to control, the one of the blood."

Kagura's eyes widened. She faintly whispered, "Lasmae."

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Her Grandmother was sweating and bleeding, nonstop.

"STELLA! REMEMBER THE DREAM!((kaof)) don't trust everything…."Stella had to bend over to hear. "….that….you….see." Grandmother lay there, cold. Stella couldn't believe this.

"Grandmother….." Stella checked her pulse, knowing the answer before she checked.

"…Gone?" it was barely a whisper. Fresh tears rolled down her cheeks. "NO!" Stella ran out from the room, and she thought she heard Korino yelling for her to stop. She ran out the mansion and ran… ran like in the dream, when she had escaped from the young lord. HIM! Curse him! Why me…. She stopped, and found herself sitting on the willow tree, the same willow tree by the stream where her Grandma had said her good-byes. Stella remembered something her Grandma told her two months ago, smiling.

'Don't worry, Stella. You know I won't come back until I find your mother. Everything will be alright soon.' running toward her mother's room, she threw opened the door and stared at the empty room. Her mother's room. It had an armchair in the corner, Grandmother's favorite armchair. Even the maids called it 'Mistress's Chair'.

'Don't believe everything you see' She didn't want to believe that her mother, and Grandmother, were gone.

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Bear with me as we go through the confusing part of the story! I promise you, the necklace DOES land on Sesshomaru's neck! And he's not at all happy! But that's for later… REVIEW! ;;;

Finally! "Nakagi" has been changed to "Tsukiro", due to readers' complaints about it sounding like a girl's name. like my new face? (Stella, you're SO weird…)(Hey! Don't diss me! I am Stella, Ruler of the Universe!)(…never mind …..)

05/06/06

Yeah… It's kinda embarrassing to read my old story.. But I am determined to finish it. And now that I've read it I think it's still salvageable. Also, rereading this chapter made me realize just how fast Stella must be running to get in and out of places while crying her eyes out. Must be a runner or something. --;