DISCLAIMER: All characters in this story do not belong to me. They belong to Rumiko Takahashi and Naoko Takeuchi. All rights reserved to them.

Rei Hino sighed as she got off the train. Her ebony hair dancing with the wind as the sun shone down on it making her natural purple highlights shine. She looked around for any sign of her cousin whom she would be spending her whole summer with. Of course, the scouts didn't like it one bit. Rei smiled remembering the meeting they had just the day before.

Rei smiled at all of the scouts and Darien as she told them her news.
"But Rei, you can't be happy about this. Are you?" asked her whiney friend Serena. Rei smiled at her meatball headed friend and gave her a hug.
"Don't worry Serena. I might not like it, but I have to go. I promised my Grandpa I would. But, I do need you guys to look after him and make sure he doesn't get into any trouble," said Rei. Serena shrieked.
"Eeew Rei. I don't want to watch over your freaky Grandpa. He looks at me funny." At this, Serena scrunched up her nose causing everyone to laugh.

Rei smiled even brighter and went looking for her cousin.

Meanwhile, Kagome yelled at the top of her lungs her favorite word.

"SIT!" Inuyasha immediately slammed face first into the hard soil. Kagome took this opportunity to jump into the well, leaving Sengoku Jidai behind. As soon as she climbed out of the well into her time, she rushed into the house and was dismayed to see her cousin talking kindly to her mother. Clearing her throat, Kagome stepped cautiously into the room. Both pairs of eyes were quickly reverted to her . Her cousin, Rei got up and gave her a friendly hug.

"Kagome, honey, why don't you take Rei upstairs and show her your room. I'm sure she'll love to see it," suggested Kagome's mother. She nodded and led Rei upstairs to her room. Once her door was closed, she quickly spun around and apologized.

"Rei, I am so sorry for not picking you up. I was out with a friend, and when I told him I had to go, he wouldn't let me. I'm so,so,so sorry," mumbled Kagome.

Rei nodded her forgiveness. Just as Rei was about to say something, her Aunt Higurashi called Kagome down. Kagome gave Rei an apologetic smile and ran downstairs. Rei began to unpack her things. When she was done, she found that she was extremely tired. Yawning, she lay on Kagome's fluffy bed and fell asleep.

She was so sleepy that she didn't notice when someone crept in through the window. She was in such a deep slumber that she didn't notice that she was being lifted off the bed and carried from the room. What she did notice was the blue lights as she was taken down the Bone Eater's Well. When she was taken out of the well, she kicked the person who had her in his arms. He, Inuyasha, dropped her immediately and began to rub his shin where she so ruthlessly kicked him. Just as he was about to cuss, he heard an all too familiar voice coming from behind him.

"INUYASHA! You baka! You brought my cousin here. Not me, honestly, can you tell the difference between us? We don't look the remotest bit alike. You are such an idiot. SIT!" exclaimed Kagome.

Upon saying the "S" word, Inuyasha was immediately sent face first into the earth. Muttering inaudible curses, he ate dirt, so to speak. Kagome rushed to her cousin and looked her over, making certain she was all right. Kagome was just about to explain things to her cousin when she was interrupted by an all too familiar voice.

"Half-breed! Give me the tetseiga!" exclaimed the taiyoukai of the west, Sesshoumaru. Kagome groaned, Inuyasha cursed his bad luck, and Rei looked at all of the different characters in bewilderment. She was about to demand to know what was going on when she suddenly felt strong arms wrap around her waist, and the coldness of steel against her throat. She automatically tensed and felt something-warm trickle down her throat. Whoever was holding her wasn't planning on letting go anytime soon.

"Inuyasha, give me the sword or your mate-", Seeshoumaru was interrupted by Rei's indignant snort.

"Mate? Me, with that pompous ass? I don't even know him. Don't insult me that way," said Rei.

Sesshoumaru whirled Rei around to face him. For the first time since coming into the clearing, Sesshoumaru noticed that there were two girls who looked like Inuyasha's wench. So, doing the only logical thing that came to his mind, he tightened his grip on Rei and leapt into the air.

"Sesshoumaru!" exclaimed Inuyasha. "Bring her back!" Inuyasha yelled at the retreating form of his brother. He gave an exasperated sigh and turned to Kagome who had tears in her eyes. The tears were replaced by a hard glint that Inuyasha had never seen in her eyes before. He was truly scared.

"Inuyasha, don't let anything happen to my cousin or I will skin you with a spoon. Got that?" asked Kagome as she took a step closer to the hanyou.

Sesshoumaru was having a hard time keeping this wild girl in his arms from moving. So, he landed a few hours away from his castle in the west and roughly deposited his hostage on the ground. She scampered away from him and immediately took a fighting stance. As much as he hated to admit it, she was pretty amusing, thinking she could take on him, a full-blooded youkai, and lord of the western lands. The idea, alone, to him was amusing.

Naturally, since he wasn't expecting anything, he was quite surprised when she pulled out a strange looking device from nowhere. It also surprised him to some degree was when she called out a phrase and fire surrounded her entire body, transforming her into something else. When the flames cleared, the girl he kidnapped was no longer the same person.

She was dressed in a skintight bodysuit, and a short red skirt. There were two purple bows on her new outfit, her fuku. One was on the front of her bodysuit with a red gem in the middle. The other was on her skirt, in the back. She had on jewelry; a choker with a symbol hanging down from it and a pair of red stars in her ears. To complete the outfit, there was a pair of red pumps on her feet. She looked at Sesshoumaru with a completely annoyed look.

"Look here, buster. I don't know whom you are, where I am, or anything. But, I do know that I will not tolerate being kidnapped by some weird dude. So, in the name of, Mars, I will punish you. "

So saying, Rei took a brand new fighting stance, prepared to attack. Sesshoumaru was amused, but he was finding her stubbornness quite annoying. So, in the blink of an eye, he was standing behind a surprised Sailor Mars. Using the fumes from his poison, he knocked her unconscious. Slinging her over his shoulder, he began the trek once more to the Western Lands.

When the Taiyoukai of the West arrived at his castle, his toad servant, Jaken, wringing his clammy hands at the front door, met him. Landing smoothly, he brushed past Jaken and into the castle. His long, determined strides soon led him to the part of the castle that he marked as his wing. Only Rin was allowed to stay there. He opened the door to the room that was right next to his, on the right. On the other side of his room was his surrogate daughter, Rin's, room. He placed Rei down on a comfortable looking bed that was to be her new home. He felt more secure knowing that her room was right next to his, giving her no possible chance of escape. She was, after all, his prisoner. When he made sure she couldn't escape, he left the room, and almost tripped over Jaken. The foolhardy toad was mumbling incomprehensible nothings. Finally, he kicked the toad, making him hit the wall.

"This Sesshoumaru does not take to having to stoop to your level to understand what you are saying. Now, what are you babbling about?" asked Sesshoumaru, looking down at his servant with obvious distaste.

Gasping for breath, the toad youkai led his master to the room of Sesshoumaru's adopted daughter. When Sesshoumaru walked into Rin's room, his nose was assaulted by various pungent odors. The one that stood out the most was the smell of a human illness. Sesshoumaru almost got sick himself.

He immediately left Rin's room and went to the room that was currently occupied by Rei. Giving himself leave to enter her room, he grabbed her slumbering form and began to roughly shake her awake. When she was awake, she almost slapped him for invading her personal space. But, something held her back. She was just about to ask where she was when Sesshoumaru dragged her from her room to Rin's room.

Rei instantly left Sesshoumaru's grasp and sat at the side of Rin's bed. She placed a hand on the little girl's forehead, and to her dismay, Rin was feverish. Turning to Sesshoumaru, she asked,

"Do you have any hot towels, heavy blankets, and some cool towels?" Sesshoumaru nodded, and sent Jaken off to fetch the items.

When the toad returned, Sesshoumaru snatched the items from his hands and gave them to Rei. She began to apply the hot towels all over Rin's feverish body, and wrapped her in the heavy blankets. After a few hours, the worse of the mysterious ailment was gone. So, Rei took the heavy blankets and the hot towels off of Rin's small frame, and then placed a cold towel on her forehead to cool the girl's fever down. When Rei was certain no one was looking, she brushed a stray strand of the tyke's ebony hair behind her ear, and began to sing her a lullaby. It was the one her mother sang to her before she died.

"I pray you will be my eyes "
"And watch her where she goes "
"And help her to be wise "
"Help me to let go "
"Every mother's prayer "
"Every child knows "
"Lead her to a place "
"Guide her to a place "
"Give her faith so she'llbe safe "
"Lead her to a place "
"Guide her with your grace "
"To a place "
"Where she'll be "
"Safe ".

Rei had completed the lullaby and smiled as Rin's grip on her hand tightened.

When Sesshoumaru came to Rin's room to check on her, her was surprised to find that that girl, Rei, was still in there. He was about to go and get her when the beautiful soft voice of the young woman met his ears. So, he decided he would hear what she was singing and was quite surprised to hear her singing a lullaby to his sleeping daughter.

As Rei finished the lullaby, Sesshoumaru pushed the door open and found that she had fallen asleep curled next to Rin. So, holding his plans off until the next morning, he let the two humans be.