Enter Leiko: Bringer of Bad News

To my readers: I'm now going to reveal to everyone what has caused me so much hatred and dislike. It is this very site. There will be times when I will lose my temper. Ladies and Gentlemen, my control over this temper was lost when I found out that my work of fan fiction, the one with over a hundred reviews, much loved by several readers, The Screen Names, was removed from this site, for the stupidest of reasons. "Why?" you might ask. Because this horrible web site thought that my writing consisted of chat script. So to all of you out there asking why this despicable thing has happened, your answer is here. And I would like to say that for those of you with the idea of writing something similar, make sure to put in your note before every chapter, that IM is NOT THE SAME AS THE STUPID CHAT SCRIPT! Thank you for your time.

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Sesshomaru leaned against a tree, trying to calm his demon blood. It was bad enough that he was missing the presence of his little ward, but he had been tossed out of his own home. He looked over at the flickering fire, and was reminded of his burned shiro.

Jaken was currently cooking fish, occasionally glancing over at his lord, frightened at how Sesshomaru-sama's eyes kept flashing red. Jaken sat back on his toad-like haunches, and warmed his hands by the meager fire.

A day had passed since the event had taken place, and Sesshomaru was already silently plotting revenge on the Band of "Justice". But each idea that flitted through his head was even less successful than the last.

He pushed aside his plans, and decided to get some rest. But as he sunk down to his feet, a memory assaulted him.

Sesshomaru was walking sedately through the same woods in which he had revived the strange girl, the one that had been attacked by wolves. She had been following him at a distance for some time now. He didn't know how to get rid of her presence. He had just revived the girl five hours beforehand, and she wasn't really being so annoying that he would kill her. Unlike another creature following him at that moment.

"Lord Sesshomaru! What are we going to do with the girl? Should I burn her to a crisp with my Staff of Two Heads?"

"Jaken."

"Milord?"

"Quiet."

The toad shut his mouth abruptly, and looked reproachfully at the girl, who was totally oblivious to his evil eye, and decided to run and catch up with this mysterious demon.

"Ari gato." She said, her voice coming out as a squeak. She cleared her throat, and started over.

"Um, I'm Rin. Who are you? Ari gato, for saving me." Her voice sounded disused, and she seemed too anxious to get the words out before her courage was lost. Sesshomaru looked down on the small trifling of a human.

"I am Sesshomaru. You need not thank me. I simply wanted to test the power of my sword."

"Oh. You must be really powerful if you can bring people back from death! I've never heard about people like that ever existing. Are you a demon? I've never seen demons before either! Who is that toad? Why is he following you?"

Once again, Sesshomaru looked down at the inquisitive child. Never had anyone talked to him like that. The girl talked so easily, as if the words bursting from her mouth was something she could not control. And no one had spoken like such with Lord Sesshomaru. They carefully guarded their speech in front of him. The girl's voice was not unpleasant, and he found her constant chatter amusing, but it would get tiring after a while.

"Please, cease and desist your questions. The toad is my servant, Jaken. As to why he is following me, ask him. I would prefer if your speech was limited for the time being."

Jaken goggled at his lord. Never had he directly answered a question, and he had never spoken to a human like such. Truly, this was a surprising day. First his lord had revived a human, and now he had let it follow him, as if he was grateful to it. Jaken knew that his lord would never tell him why, but the girl seemed talkative now; perhaps she knew why.

"Oy, Human!"

"Hai, Jaken-sama?"

Jaken seemed surprised at the honorific -sama that had been so easily placed at the end of his name, but shook the surprise off. He lowered his voice slightly.

"Why are you following Sesshomaru-sama? Don't you have your own home?"

"My parents are dead."

"Why is Sesshomaru-sama letting you follow him?"

"Because, he just is. Do you think he'll let me stay?"

"Not if you don't listen to him!"

"Then I will. No more talking, he said."

And with that, she ran after her new lord, unaware that he had heard everything.

Sesshomaru chuckled at the memory. Rin had kept her word so far. Even if he had said that she should stop breathing, she would have done so. And how had he repaid her; he had left her in his stupid brother's care. She was safer with him, for if danger had befallen the group, they would worry more for their friends' lives than for Rin's.

He cursed his foolishness. Rin was his ward, his responsibility now, and he had just shoved her onto an unwilling human girl, not much older than Rin herself.

He inwardly sighed. Once he got himself out of this mess, he would go find Rin, and he would let her follow him to the ends of the earth.

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Rin was also leaning against a tree, but instead of thinking, was watching what Shippo would have called "two stubborn people having a spat just for show". The young kitsune had run off looking for acorns, leaving Rin with Kagome and InuYasha.

"It was an accident! I don't just say osuwari for fun! Ooops. Ah, gomennasai! I didn't mean to!"

"You bi…"

"Osuwari! See, that was on purpose! Don't say such words in front of Rin."

"Why shouldn't I? If you think I'm going to listen to you, you can shove it up your…"

"OSUWARI!"

"Aw, fu…"

"OSUWARI, OSUWARI, OSUWARI, O-SU-WA-RIIIIIIIIII!"

InuYasha's body twitched. He had created a little crater around himself, and he was at least five feet into the ground. Luckily he was a hanyou, and was used to being sat, so he could take the pain, otherwise he would've died.

Kagome picked up one of his puppy ears, and pulled him up.

"Oww, ow, ow, ow!"

"Now you listen InuYasha, and you listen good. I will tell you in four simple words so your tiny brain will comprehend. Innocent ears are present. But, apparently, you do not have innocent ears. So all I want you to do is to keep your filthy comments to yourself! I do not want Rin to become a miniature of you! Kami knows how I've struggled to keep Shippo innocent, and yet he spouts curse words as well! YOU HAVE NO COMMON SENSE, DO YOU!"

Kagome dropped InuYasha's ear and turned on her heel, stomping into the forest. InuYasha pushed himself up from the ground, and glared at her back. Rin tried to stifle her giggles, but the laughter burst from her.

"Are you-giggle-okay-laughter-InuYasha?-uncontrollable mirth"

"Just peachy. Damn the bitch anyway! Thinks she has to lecture me every chance she gets. Who does she think she is?"

Rin ignored the curses. She had heard worse come from Jaken, but at Sesshomaru's wishes, had never said any of them aloud. But in her head…well, that was a different story.

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Kagome smashed through the underbrush, as if it was tissue paper, her anger driving her onward. She never paused, never wondered where she was headed, but only concentrated on putting her feet into motion.

But as she passed a certain bush, something grabbed her ankle in an iron grip, too strong to break. She looked down at her right foot, only to see a clawed hand.

For a moment she paused, absorbing the sight of such a thing. Then she let out an eardrum-breaking screech that was so loud that even the hand let go.

"Ouch, not so loudly, demons have better hearing ya know!" said the owner of the hand, as it dragged itself from its place in the bush.

It was a small demon girl, who looked about ten years of age. She strained to raise herself from the ground, her movements hindered because of a cut decorating her lower torso. The wound had stopped bleeding, and had scabbed over, but still looked very painful.

The girl saw Kagome looking at the cut and shrugged ever so slightly.

"A mere scratch. What's it to you?"

"Nothing, nothing, I just thought that since I'm a healer I could help it heal faster, so that there wouldn't even be a scar."

"No thank you. I have more pressing business." The girl said, coldly. "I am looking for a hanyou, who goes by the name InuYasha. I have bad news to deliver to him. Do YOU know where he is, Human?"

Kagome was shocked at the young girl's utter disdain and disrespect. She was arrogant and rude, even more than InuYasha himself.

"I am one of his companions." The girl's eyes widened.

"Oh my, forgive my impudence, for you must be no one other than the miko, Kagome-sama. I am Leiko, daughter of Kane, who serves as a soldier in the great Lord Sesshomaru's army, and I bring a plea to InuYasha-sama." Kagome noted how Leiko's tone had changed, so now it sounded more formal, and less cold.

"I suppose that I could lead you to him…"

"Oh would you? Thank you ever so much! That would make my task easier, and I could breath a sigh of relief much faster." The girl gave Kagome a winning smile, but to Kagome it looked like a grimace.

Kagome sighed.

How do I get myself into these sort of things?"

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Note: More Japanese words. If anything is still unclear, look it up on an online English/Japanese dictionary. Believe me, they're a BIG help.

ari gato: Thank you

hai: yes

-sama: a respectful term for elders

kitsune: fox

osuwari: This term does mean sit, but is mostly used for dogs, which just cracks me up!

gomennasai: A polite way of asking for forgiveness

Kami: a Japanese god

miko: priestess