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Crystal



Sesshomaru neared his target. Then-

"Sesshomaru-sama!" Rin burst into the clearing."Jaken-sama hit me! Oh."

Sesshomaru froze. The girl looked at Rin and smiled. Rin smiled back and jogged off to the youkai girl. The girl faced Rin, minding her injuries carefully.

"Rin! Don't go-", Sesshomaru began, but the girl cut him off.

"Rin is it? Nice to meet you. I'm Crystal." the youkai girl said. Then she noticed Sesshomaru get upset a bit, and then hide it behind his indifferent mask. "Don't worry. I don't harm children." Crystal said. Then she convulsed in pain.

"Crystal-chan! (A/N: Sound familiar? ^-^ hint hint- my username is.) Daijobu desu ka?" Rin cried.

"I'm. o.kay," Crystal groaned. Suddenly she looked at Sesshomaru. Her eyes were glazed over with pain. Then, they glowed. Sesshomaru suddenly sat down, feeling drained of energy. Then he felt fine again.

"Wench! What did you do?!" He said through gritted teeth. Then he stopped and nearly gasped. The girl had. changed. He noticed the immediate changes. She, Crystal, now had. white hair and golden-red eyes. The crystal on her forehead was now a blue crescent moon like Sesshomaru's; only it had a small, red crystal connecting the two ends. Two stripes like Sesshomaru's ran down her face and arms in the same places. All her injuries were healed, though her kimono was still ragged, torn, and stained with her blood. What caught Rin's attention, seeing as she began to play with it, was a now wagging half-curled, white, short tail. (Think of a husky's tail. That's it. I HAD to h-include a tail. ^-^)

"Ano, Sesshomaru-sama? If you are quite done, um, examining me, I feel I owe you an explanation." Crystal said a bit uncomfortably. Sesshomaru did nothing, but silently agreed. "What I did was. involuntary instinct, yeah. Sorry" Crystal said and smiled shyly. Crystal stood up and carefully walked towards him. She gasped and backed off.

"You're... you're a taiyoukai! I.oh gods.Sorry! Sorry, sorry, and sorry!" Crystal cried. "Ano, Crystal-chan? Why do you look like Sesshomaru-sama?" Rin asked.

(COMPLETE change in mood.) "I absorbed his power? Isn't that interesting? Say, Sesshomaru-sama? May I-" Crystal was about to say when she was RUDELY interrupted by-

"Sesshomaru-sama! The girl has-" Jaken spotted Rin. "You stupid little-" He raised his staff.

"Jaken." Sesshomaru said, and was about to reprimand him, but Crystal got there first.

"Listen, Froggy-sama! If you don't want her to run away don't hit her!" Crystal yelled, though it caused both she and Sesshomaru to internally wince for their sensitive ears. Jaken, on the other hand was positively stunned. He hadn't before noticed Crystal.

"Ah! Master! Youkai!" he screamed. (A/N: Duh!)

"Everyone knew that, Froggy. Yuk!" Crystal said. She walked over to Sesshomaru. He invisibly tensed, though Crystal spotted the action. " Please, don't hurt me. It was purely involuntary."

"Crystal-chan? You travel with Rin? Ano.no.CAN you travel with. us?" Rin asked, correcting her grammar. " Sesshomaru-sama? Pleeeaaaase?" Rin put on her best begging face.

Sesshomaru looked at Rin, then at Crystal. He nodded slightly.

"I need a better keeper and a tutor for Rin. You will do it." Sesshomaru stated. "Go get new clothing as well. There's a village a mile from here." He added.

Crystal looked down at herself. She was practically in a state of undress.

"Eep! See ya soon!" She yelped and made a mad dash towards the village Sesshomaru mentioned.

~ A/N: Well? Did ya like it? Please review. Please? (Hopefully nice reviews.)(IF there are flaws, point them out. Please)