Chapter 4: Hero

The title has like absolutely nothing to do with this chapter.

It was dark now and Rin and Shay were asleep leaning against Ah-Un and Jaken was building a fire with his staff. Sesshomaru went to the mountain top.

Shay opened her eyes and stood up, leaving the blanket wrapped around Rin who was still soundly asleep.

Jaken noticed her movement and held up his staff. "Stay back or I'll burn you to ashes!"

"Clam yourself and watch over Rin." Shay walked to the mountain path.

"I do not take orders from you! Only my lord!" Jaken complained.

Shay turned her head and let out a ferocious warning growl at him.

Jaken went still and nearly trembled. "I'll watch her!" He gripped his staff tightly.

"Good imp." Shay smirked and started to walk up the mountain path.

Sesshomaru stood looking at the full moon. A woman dropped down behind him. "Yo, I'm here on Naraku's orders to kill you." Kagura said as she beat her fan on her palm.

Sesshomaru unsheathed tokojin (tokijin?)(How do you spell his sword's name?). "You will perish."

Kagura only laughed…then…they fought.

When Shay reached the top of the mountain she saw a woman, badly cut on her stomach and bleeding, then she saw Sesshomaru…who hardly had a scratch on him.

I know that woman…that's who…that's who took Tsyuo away from me! Shay was angered as she thought of her sister, who had also been a demoness, but she was young, only nine…Shay began to change…

DESCRIPTION OF SHAY'S DEMON FORM

Extremely lt. blue hair, almost white, down to the middle of her back

Very Very Very Extremely light green eyes

Sharp, short claws

Small fangs, all pure white teeth

Pointed ears

Thin, black streak across right cheek from corner of mouth to temple

Sesshomaru felt a powerful demon presence just beyond a wall of rocks. I usually only feel her when she's asleep…unless… Sesshomaru dodged Kagura's wind blades.

Shay stepped out onto the 'battlefield' powered by the darkness and anger in her heart for this wind controller.

She's…Sesshomaru stopped his own thoughts, staring at Shay's true form.

"Who do you think you are…interrupting my fight just when I was about to-" Kagura started.

"Shut up." Shay growled.

Kagura looked taken aback. "How dare you." She raised her fan. "Dance of the Dragon!"

Shay ran through the coming twister, falling for Kagura's trap.

Kagura quickly threw a feather from her hair into the air, she dropped what looked like a beehive off of the mountain, and threw powered miasma at her own feet, then jumped onto the feather.

Rin screamed from the foot of the mountain. Sesshomaru turned and looked down to see Naraku's poisonous insects surrounding her with Jaken trying to burn them away without hurting Rin., Along with Ah-Un who couldn't exactly attack considering they would harm Rin in the process. Sesshomaru jumped down, leaving Shay with Kagura.

Shay jumped from side to side and onto Kagura's feather before she could fly off. She made the mistake of inhaling as she lunged for Kagura and received a face-full of miasma.

She was instantly blinded and weak as the miasma entered her eyes and lungs. With that, loosing her strength, she returned to the human form and lied there, paralyzed.

Kagura smiled. I didn't accomplish my goals of defeating Sesshomaru…but…I have a plan for this girl. Kagura thought, looking at the blind woman lying in front of her still on her feather.

Sesshomaru had killed all of the insects with his poison whip (what's it called?) and realized he could no longer sense or smell Shay's demon presence, just her human form but the smell was getting farther and farther away.

He turned to see Kagura kneeling on her feather flying away with long black hair flowing from the side of the feather and a pale hand dropped over the side. He growled and Rin looked up also.

"Lord Sesshomaru! Mother!" Rin Pointed to where the feather had been, it was now out of sight.

"Jaken watch Rin." Sesshomaru started walking.

Rin ran after him. "Where are you going Lord Sesshomaru?"

Jaken ran off to fetch Ah-Un who had chased a few of the insects away.

"You would like her back would you not?" Sesshomaru looked straight ahead, showing no sign of emotion.

"Oh…well yes! Rin would like to have her back very much so!" Rin smiled and Sesshomaru continued walking with Rin waving at his back.

Kagura floated just above a river on her feather, looking at Shay who was still laid in front of her. She opened her fan. "You're no more use to me now, he hadn't come as soon as I expected…" Kagura smirked and shot her wind blades into Shay's stomach.

Shay merely inhaled sharply and winced.

Kagura whipped her once more with her wind blades and she rolled into the river immediately sinking. Kagura continued to smirk as she started her travel back to Naraku's castle.