Title: Blue Hair, Pointed Ears, And What You Most Wish For

Author: Queen Serenity

Fandom: Inuyasha

Chapter: Four – Will You Bear My Child?

After everything was pretty much settled, the trio went off to meet with Miroku, Sango, and Shippo so that they could introduce her Ginuu to them. Sango was happy to have another girl to even the group out. Shippo, of course, was happy to meet the beautiful Djinn halfling… as was Miroku…

"So that vortex in your hand is going to kill you eventually? I'm sorry… I wish there was something I could do to help you…"

Miroku grinned and saw his chance. Smiling suggestively at Ginuu, he spoke. "You know, there is something you can do to help me, if that's what you really want."

"Yeah?" Ginuu was intrigued.

"You could continue my line for me."

"HUH!" She sweatdropped.

"Please, will you bear a child for me?"

Ginuu was blushing furiously, and her jade-colored eyes showed her anger and embarrassment. "I meant- I can't believe you would even suggest- I- I- I-…" Not wanting to hurt the lecherous monk, but needing to vent, she turned on her heel and stomped to the edge of the clearing that the group was camped in. Drawing one of her katana, she stopped in front of one of the large trees and made one fast, quick slice at it. With that, she went off to vent on some more trees deeper in the woods. The other four members of the group sweatdropped as the tree fell to land near a stunned Miroku.

Chapter: Five – Kagome's Wish

It had been about two weeks now that the Djinn had been traveling with the group, and it was clear that everyone enjoyed her company, even Inuyasha… though he would not have admitted it if anyone had asked him. Already, they had been able to track down two more jewel shards, one of which had been in the keeping of a rather nasty bear demon. Inuyasha and Ginuu had had to give it their all to take down the power-crazed beast.

Now, it was rather late, and almost everyone was asleep, camped around the low burning fire. However, Ginuu was still awake. She was just sitting there, knees drawn up to her chest, staring at the flickering flames. She heard someone get up and, a few moments later, Kagome sat down across the fire from her, blanket wrapped round her for warmth.

"What's wrong, Ginuu? Can't sleep?" Kagome was worried about the Djinn. It seemed she was always up, staring at the fire. She was always the last one awake.

Ginuu answered with a question of her own. "Kagome, why don't you tell Inu how you feel?"

At this, a fierce blush covered the girl's face. "I'm afraid I have no idea what you're talking about, Ginuu."

The Djinn smiled. "Yeah, and I'm a cute kitty cat that wants some milk. Come on, Girl, don't lie to me. Anyone can see that you're head over heels for him. Anyone, that is, that's not a male."

Kagome gave in. "Alright. I admit it, I care for him… but he could never love me for me. Even if it seemed like he loved me, it would actually just be because I'm Kikyo reborn. That's who he loves. The priestess, not the modern-day schoolgirl."

Ginuu smiled sadly. "I think I understand what you mean."

Kagome changed the subject. "There's something I don't get about you, Ginuu. You say you're a Djinn, but, from what I always heard, Djinn could grant wishes. Why don't you?"

Ginuu rolled her eyes. "Only an enslaved Djinn can grant wishes. Free Djinn can grant wishes, too, but it uses up a great deal of their magickal energy. And that is a pureblooded Djinn. For a halfbreed like myself, it'd be near impossible to grant a wish without dying in the process. Speaking of wishes, Kagome, what would yours be if you could have just one?"

Kagome looked thoughtful. "I'd want to say to make Inuyasha love me for me, but that just wouldn't be right. My wish would be to be Inuyasha's equal. As I am now, he'll never really see me as anything but weak, or like Kikyo. If I was more like him… you know, faster and stronger and stuff, then maybe he'd be able to learn to respect me, at least, for just being me. What about you, Ginuu? What would be your one wish?"

At this, Ginuu looked sad. "I'd wish that I could have saved my village."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"A while back, when I was away from my village picking herbs, I suddenly heard the mental screams of my people. We can talk to each other like that, you see. They were obviously being hurt… I ran to aid them as fast as I could, but, by the time I got there, almost everyone was dead. The only one still alive, my cousin, was obviously dying. He told me that it had indeed been a demon. A really powerful one. It seems that it feeds off of magickal energies, and it drained my entire village…" She sighed at this point. "My cousin didn't even live long enough to tell me what it looked like, but I found out later that it had had a jewel shard. That was when I collected my first, when I killed it. It was also when I decided to hunt down the rest, too. I don't want the power of the Shikon Jewel falling into the wrong hands again. It was only chance that I cut off the finger which the jewel was in… that made it a lot easier to get rid of."

Kagome saw that her friend's eyes were shining with tears. "I'm so sorry, Ginuu… I can see why it is that you hate demons so much… but they're not all bad. Look at Shippo and Inuyasha."

"Yeah…"