Deep Forest
Chapter 3: Higurashi Hikana


Rin sat peacefully at home with her lord, Sesshomaru. It was unsually quiet. Scyllan hadn't been home yet. The maids were happy as well, but it was still strange. The young master was usually home by now...but he could take care of himself....Sesshomaru decided he would look for the boy later, and enjoy his rare peace now.


Scyllan, Tinza and Kinza had finally been able to do the stupid and irrational thing it was predicted they'd do. They were less than thrilled about it as well.

"This....sucks...." Scyllan stated the obvious as they walked through a dark forest filled with uninviting smells and angry eyes from every direction. He sighed, whatever things were in here were waiting for the three of them to get out to an open field, where it'd be easier to devour them. He gulped.

"Tinza...hand me the map" Kinza said, holding her hand out to her sister. Tinza thrusted it over.

"What's this amazing treasure you say is hidden here, anyway?" Tinza was starting to get agitated.

Suddenly, Kinza gasped, looked at the map, looked at a spot on the ground, and ran toward it. Scyllan and Tinza followed.

"Here it is!" Kinza screeched "I've finally found it!!"

"What is it???" Tinza asked, now very curious.

Kinza reached down and revealed....

"A RICE BALL?!?!" Tinza screamed. Kinza chomped the rice ball down in one bite, nodding happily. Tinza smacked her sister.

"Oww...okay, we can go now..." Kinza said after she swallowed the food.

"Okay...so...where are we?" Tinza asked.

"Hmmm....." Kinza thought a moment, taking a look around the dense forest.

"After looking around and smelling the smells, I have concluded...that we are in a forest!" Tinza smacked her.

In any case...we have to get outta here." Scyllan said, breaking up the twins' quarreling. The trio walked around for awhile, as the sky got darker and darker. Ominous howls resounded from the atmosphere and strong gales almost blew the kids off the ground. They'd been walking around for hours when Kinza suddenly perked up.

"Hey! A light!" She exclaimed, while pointing to an opening emitting rays of light. Scyllan and Tinza smiled and started running toward, with Kinza close behind. They reached the opening and found themselves in a field. A...bloody field.

"Where...are we now?" Tinza asked, her high spirits crushed immediately.

"It would seem...a breeding ground...for demons..." Scyllan answered, slowly backing towrd the forest again. The twins were following as well. A dark shadow loomed behind them.

"Where do you think you're going??" The three kids turned around and came face to face with a demon as big as Sesshomaru in his true form.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" They all screamed, running across the field with the demon close behind. Tinza and Kinza split apart from Scyllan, hoping to confuse the demon. It only chased after Scyllan alone.

"Heheh...uh...oops?" Said Kinza after she saw the demon chasing after Scyllan.

The youkai trapped Scyllan against a rock.

"W-Wait!! Do yu know who my father is?! He's The Great Lord Sesshomaru!!" Scyllan frantically screamed.

"Then you'll be even tastier." The demon licked her lips. Scyllan screamed.

Meanwhile, Kinza and Tinza watched with interest.

"Uhmmm...Tinza? Should we help him?"

"Uhh...no."

"Uhmm....okay...."

"This is it. I'm gonna be eaten. After all I've been through in my life. It's all for naught. It's all gonna end right here, right now. Oh god, I wanted to grow up and be a man. I wanted to know the twins when I was sixteen. Oh god, I'm never going to accomplish my dream. I wanted to sleep with the twins when I got older!! Gah!!" The demon brought it's claw-like hand down to crush the small (and rather perverted) boy.

Just then, It was sliced in half by a blinding light. The two halves of the demon split apart and fell to reveal...a girl. She fell down from the air and landed nimbly on her feet. She was rather tall, with long with curly hair going down to her knees. Her eyes were yellow, like a demon's. She wore a short wite dress. All in all, she looked like an angel.

"An angel that kills things..." Scyllan muttered. The girl rushed over to him and clasped his face in her palms. Her yellow eyes bore into him deeply, he blushed.

"Are you all right?" She asked, her voice sounded like a warrior's voice.

"I-I'm fine." The girl nodded as Tinza and Kinza rushed over. Kinza threw herself around Scyllan's neck.

"Scyllan!! Are you all right?"

"I'm okay."

"It looks like you are..this woman helped you?" Tinza gestered toward the mysterious girl. She was still looking at Scyllan.

"Scyllan...who is...your father?" She asked.

"Uh...S-Sesshomaru...if...if it's a reward you want, I'm sure he'd be happy to give it to you! J-Just help me get back to my house." The girl smiled.

"I don't want a reward, but I'll help you find your home." She started walking off.

"H-Hey, wait!" Scyllan hopped up, running after her. The twins did the same.

As the four were walking through the woods, Scyllan started to wonder about this girl. Who was she? Where did she come from? Why did she look so human? And the sword she carried looked so familiar...

"Hey...who are you anyway?" Scyllan voiced his first question.

"My name is Hikana."

"Where did you come from?"

"A bad place."

"Why do you look so human? I know you're demon."

"why do you insist on asking so many questions?"

"Uh...sorry, just curious."

"Curiosity leads to horrible things, it's best to stifle your curiosity." Scyllan looked up at her.

"Hey!! Who do you think you are, talking to Scyllan like that!!" Kinza, the ever protective (and now jealous) interjected. She jumped, ready to smack the woman, but was pushed back onto the ground.

"We're here." She pinted to a large palace. Scyllan cried tears of joy, running toward it and beckoning to the girl and the twins to follow.

"MOM!!! I'm home!!" Scyllan shouted happily as he entered the door. Rin came bounding in, with dried tears evident on her face.

"Scyllan!! I've been so worried!" She screamed, clutching his small form to her bosom. Sesshomaru stoicly walked in, looking down coldly at his son and new visitors.

"Where were you?" He asked.

"I was...well, I was in the woods and I got attacked by a HUGE demon! But the woman here, she saved me! Her name is Hikana!" Rin stopped sobbing and looked at him, then to woman who supposedly saved her son. She smiled warmly.

"Thank you." She took Hikana's hand and shook it firmly. "May I ask where your family is? I'd like to give them an award."

"My family...is dead, they were slaughtered by Naraku." She said, pain etched slightly into her voice. Rin stopped smiling. Sesshomaru then noticed the sword at the girl's hip.

"That sword....why do you have the Tetsusaiga?" He asked brutally. Hikana looked him square in the eyes.

"It was my father's."

"Impossible, that would make you-"

"Inuyasha's daughter. I am the daughter of Inuyasha and Kagaome. My full name is Higurashi Hikana."


A/N: haha, so....hope you liked it!! To make up for my chapters coming out later than usual, I'm going to try to make them longer!! So...yea. ^^ and please review!!