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Chapter 1

Lord Sesshoumaru walked along side his unlikely group of companions as he patrolled his lands. With piercing eyes and movements as silent as death itself, he guarded his belongings as if he was guarding his life. Not distracted by the yelping imp being chased by the merry child Rin, who was obviously looking for payback from Jaken, he took each stride as if trying to get farther away from the pair. Finally silence followed the loud squeak, and the Great Demon Lord felt the presence of the little girl child who followed him everywhere next to him.

"My Lord, Rin is tired; may we please take a rest?' Gazing at the human child, he noticed a change in her aura, once full of energy and joy, was now a bit off, almost as if she was beginning to get sick or something of the sort. Nodding, she smiled simply and plopped down under the nearest tree and immediately was taken over by sleep. Not admitting it, Lord Sesshoumaru was a little concerned and could not help but wonder what was happening to the young girl.

"Jaken." He called in his quiet yet powerful voice.

"Yes my Lord?" Immediately the small imp was by his side, tending to his master's every will. He waited patiently for what seemed an eternity as his Lord observed Rin while sleeping and then moved towards her as if trying to study her even closer. Not shocked, but close to it, Jaken was amazed at the tenderness his master's face held when looking at the little girl. He had never seen such…heart in anything his master possessed, little less in his face, which was always masked with a mask of hard cruelty and nothing else.

"Have you noticed anything strange in Rin in the past few days?" Keeping his words short, Jaken knew the master wasn't looking for any blabber but a straight answer.

"No my Lord. Well besides the fact she has been more tired than usual, then no." Lord Sesshoumaru again looked towards him as if telling him to explain. "Oh well umm, she has been a bit drowsy and doesn't play as much. And I have noticed that her eating habits have changed, for she doesn't eat as much as before which was a considerable amount." Jaken laughed at his last remark, but shut up quickly after being sent a death glare from Sesshoumaru.

"It's none of my concern, but I believe the girl is getting sick, don't you?" He asked him a simple question, or so he thought for all the little imp answered with was a bunch of mumbles. "Jaken, be quiet, I asked a simple enough question, but I see that is too much to handle for you so don't answer it." Jaken clamped his mouth shut, though it was hard work for he was pissed to say the least that he would give more concern to this human dump then to his loyal servant.

Lord Sesshoumaru was deep in thought, wondering what was happening to the only human he could live with without killing it for even speaking to him the way this little girl did. Maybe she was getting sick, but she wasn't in any danger…right? For once the Demon Lord of the Western Lands felt as if he didn't have a hold of the situation and he didn't like the feeling. Moments passed in utter silence, until he started to move towards the sleeping form of Rin.

"My Lord?" Jaken was utterly confused by everything and couldn't make anything out. Sesshoumaru kept walking and then stood still, towering over Rin. Then turning slightly towards Jaken, he spoke softly as if to not interfere with her sleep.

"You are to watch over her until she wakes up, then you will take her to the castle and keep her there. If she asks for me, just tell her I am away and will be back soon. Observe her closely, Jaken and report to me anything unusual, understood?" Jaken nodded obediently and stood there, dumbfounded. Finally breaking from his stupor, Jaken felt bold enough to ask further questions to his master.

"But my Lord, where are you going? And shouldn't I be going with you, I am your loyal servant after all. And babysitting the child is the job of Ah-Uh, and my job is to-"

"Your job is to follow my orders or die. Plain and simple and my orders were to watch over Rin, were they not?"

"Yes my Lord, but I am to follow you to the death, and that is what I was taught."

"You were taught to obey your master's every command! I grow tired of you Jaken, so either you obey or become my swords next victim. I won't lose any sleep from it." Jaken was speechless. He couldn't believe what his master had just said, after all the sacrifices he had done for him and all the moments he nearly lost his life for being loyal to him. And now the bastard was threatening to kill him if he didn't look after this dump of trash called a human! He couldn't believe it, and he just stood there choking on his own anger, mumbling nonsense that no one could make out.

"Jaken?" Lord Sesshoumaru asked it not out of concern but out of irritation for having to wait upon his servant's reply. Jaken just nodded not being able to say anything else and not wanting to test the truth of his master's words, he gave in and kept everything to himself. "For once you used your head." Turning away from Jaken and Rin, he spoke out a few last words. "Take care of her with your life or you will pay with yours." From green to red, Jaken was drowning in his own rage and couldn't even breathe, but he calmed down as much as he could to not act on his anger and be killed in an instant without any hesitation. And with nothing to say, Jaken watched as his master walked away into the forest on a mission he knew nothing about.

The sacred jewel was complete, and the journey was over. Their goal was all but achieved. Naraku had disappeared, dead or not it didn't matter for his life source had been taken and now he was nothing but a pitiful half-breed stripped from his power, control, and energy. Life itself had been ripped away from him, for his threatening demonic powers had vanished and he was living without breathing a single breath of life. Locked away in the cave in which the pitiful life of the outlaw Onigumo had ended and the demon heart of Naraku had felt its first heart beat, there his pathetic short life was soon to be finished. But all this, at the cost of what? Kagome stood before the well holding the sacred jewel in her hands; she took a deep breath and stepped forward. Her home for many years had given her what she had never found in the present, in the past she found companionship so deep, death was it's only separation, adventure she only heard about in fairytales and movies, pain that even though cruel, molded her into a woman wise beyond her years, fantasy that not even her imagination could dream of creating, and compassion so passionate she dared to call it love. Her years in the Feudal Era had armed her with the tools to be able to survive, with honed senses, a physical form that could be envied by even athletes, ability in archery that can rival even those of Kikyo, and a mind to follow her instincts but not be controlled by them.

With every lesson and gift this era had given her, her heart ached at the thought of leaving it. But here, nothing else was left; she had no reason to stay, and no will to return to the place with so many memories. Her heart could not withstand the memories of her last days here; to relive them would be to end her life. Stepping into the well, she dared not look back, and only looked forwards to the present, her life, and her rehabilitation from the last lesson the Feudal Era had brought down upon her.

The stench was undeniably the one of that worthless half-breed Naraku, who had so stupidly kidnapped Rin from him and was defeated by Inuyasha, surprisingly. But only his scent was here, not his presence. Looking upon the battle field, Lord Sesshoumaru pinpointed the vital points in the battle by observing the spots where much blood was splattered over the floor, both of Naraku and his idiotic brother Inuyasha. Though his skills surpassed those of Inuyasha's when it came to battle techniques and everything else, he didn't doubt the obvious power the Tetsusaiga possessed and had no doubt that the sword unleashed them on Naraku.

Stepping over the gruesome corpses of those fallen in battle, Sesshoumaru spotted many of Naraku's reincarnations lying motionless on the floor. Realizing that something was off, he looked around and proved himself correct. Sauntering slowly away from the field, he set his goal, to find his hanyou brother.

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