A/N: I've got nothing
"I'm gonna go to the library and get books, so we can study." Melissa said to Ai, who was in his usual position on the living room floor. "Inu-kun, you stay and eat your pocky. I wouldn't want you to miss out." The she walked out the front door.
"Why is she going to the library?" Kagome asked, her two hands wrapped around the straw looking, chocolate flavored candy.
"We have a test next week. She's really worried about it." Ai replied, watching the Japanese game show.
On the way to the library
A strange old woman wrapped in a black cloak stood in front of an alley on the way to the library. She bent her head down so you couldn't see her face.
"Young girl." She said to Melissa in a scratchy voice.
"Huh?" Melissa turned to her.
"Would you like to have your palm read? For free?" The woman asked.
"I guess." Melissa replied then followed her into the alley.
Back at the house
Inuyasha looked up from his treat with an alert look on his face.
"What the matter, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, she had finished her stick of pocky.
"Melissa's in danger." He replied, a savage look coming into his eyes.
Ai looked worried, for his part. He stood up, not bothering to change into his 'costume', and ran out the door. Slipping his shoes on, of course.
Back in the alley
"Come a little closer." The woman said, turning to face Melissa in the alley. Mel obediently walked forward.
The old woman let out a villainous laugh. "I've got you where I want you." She said in a whole new voice. She swiftly lifted the cloak off of her body; it was Kagura. "Come with me." She wrapped an arm around Melissa's shoulder, and with the other hand pulled out a feather from her hair. On top of the giant feather sat both Kagura and Melissa. Kagura now had a hand over her mouth.
On the streets of Tokyo
"Where could she be?" Ai mumbled to himself. In the messenger bad he was carrying sat Inuyasha and Kagome.
He continued to run through the streets of Tokyo, desperately looking for Melissa.
On top of a building
"Now I shall kill you." Kagura said, her fan over her mouth. "You are Sesshomaru's partner, are you not?"
Sesshomaru's partner? But I'm Inuyasha's partner…And now I'm going to die! Melissa thought, maybe the last thoughts she ever thought.Kagura lifted her fan, readying herself for 'Dance of the Dragon'.
"You shall not kill her." A cold voice said. Melissa had closed her eyes, so she had no idea who it was.
"Sesshomaru!" Kagura yelled.
Sesshomaru? Melissa thought, opening one eye. It was Sesshomaru! But why was he here? What did he want? Why wasn't he with his partner? Melissa asked in her head.
"Coming to the rescue of your partner?" Kagura asked, now closing the fan.
Sesshomaru stayed silent.
"I will leave you two with a small present from Naraku." Kagura was now on her feather again. She threw an orange demon stone towards the building, then flew away.
From the demon stone came an orange mist. When the mist parted a tiger demon stood where the stone had been.
"Stay back." Sesshomaru ordered, taking out his whip. With a few (or hundred, Melissa couldn't tell) flicks from Sesshomaru's whip the tiger demon had been destroyed.
Melissa went over and picked up the stone. A stripe from a tiger was in mixed in with the orange. "Here." Melissa said, raising the stone up to Sesshomaru. "It's yours."
Sesshomaru looked at the stone. "I-" He was cut off.
"Melissa!" A trio of voices said. Inuyasha had transformed (he couldn't while Melissa wasn't near) and was carrying Ai and Kagome.
"Hi guys." Melissa greeted back to them.
Inuyasha stopped dead in his tracks. "What's he doing here?" It seemed his hatred for his brother hadn't been only from the anime and manga.
"He saved me." Melissa told them, now standing next to Sesshomaru.
"But how?" Ai asked, he had climbed off of Inuyasha's back and had Kagome resting on his shoulder. "He can't transform when his partner isn't around."
"That's the weird thing." Melissa started. "Kagura had said I was Sesshomaru's partner, yet I'm Inuyasha's partner."
"I think that both I and Inuyasha" Sesshomaru said 'Inuyasha' with hate, "Are both Melissa's partner."
"But how?" Ai cried.
"They're both brothers," Melissa said, looking thoughtful, "so they have a special connection. Maybe they both need to have the same partner because of this connection."
"Let's hope so." Kaede walked up behind them.
"How'd she get here?" Kagome whispered into Ai's ear. He just shrugged.
"I think Melissa's right. I mean, they are kind of the same." Kagome chirped.
"What do you mean, 'the same'?" Inuyasha asked. He was now being held in Melissa's arms.
"You both have the same father, you're both dog demons, you both have white hair," And the list went on and on.
Everyone laughed except Sesshomaru.
Later that night in Melissa's room
"Sesshomaru?" Melissa asked.
"Hn?" He looked towards her.
"Can I call you something besides Sesshomaru?"
"If you insist."
"Okay, Fluffy."
"Fluffy!" Inuyasha cracked up at this.
"Inu-kun," Melissa started to try to calm him down.
"Inu-kun?" Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow.
"You gotta problem with Inu-kun?"
"Do you have a problem with Fluffy?"
Melissa just stared as the two brothers fought.
