( I would like to apologize for the spelling and grammer mistakes, you see, i dont quite have a beta reader yet and my computer-since-crashing does not have Windows to help me...so i have to catch my mistakes myself...and my brain gets lost in this story so you can see how i miss mistakes...so please dont comment on it, i cant help it. lets be honest, i have a little trouble with the deadline this time, but i pulled through!)

~Chapter 4 Start~

I was falling, and from a good height. I cant really explain how it felt to be weightless. I felt gravity prove itself as I came closer and closer to my doom. My eyes were blinded by all of my memories. I saw my whole life in 10 seconds. I rememberd my mother, the coolest actress anyone has ever met, and my father, the most brilliant director who was able to capture the emotion of any character with his instruction. The fall seemed longer than it really was, but then again, it felt as if time has slowed to a crawl. I never imagined my life would end this way, not falling from a flying three-headed creature with my classmate looking on. Not with a stranger, that I had only met a few minutes ago, and only had a chance to judge me before they knew me, not with that rude toad-imp, who only scolled me. Not even with the one little girl that had only praised me and made me smile, I didnt want this to be the only thing she rememberd of me. Thats right, I never expected to go out like this, not without having a chance to say thanks to the one who may have very well saved my life four days ago. It was odd, but he was the only one in my mind at that moment. My eyes were closed, but I still knew that death awaited me. My hand was still stinging from the arrow that I grabbed, I didnt care, soon I would no longer feel it. Thats when I realized, I couldnt die yet. I still had to say thanks to him, I still had to live and payback the favor, my body swelled with the desire to live. My body felt as light as a feather, and I no longer felt gravity pull as hard as it did. I opened my eyes and saw Sesshomaru reaching his arm out to catch me. I noticed something starnge though, from what I could tell, I didnt really fall anymore. I saw Sesshomaru and reached my hand, and I quickly felt gravity take its pull again. Sesshomaru made a quick leap and grabbed my hand and pulled me in next to him. I was never really that close to a boy before, so I blushed alittle. He held me under his arm toward his chest protectively and we came to a quick land swiftly to the ground. As soon as I got my feet securly on the ground, I just stood there. I felt safe in his arm, and it felt right, like it was meant to be. This moment of bliss was inturruped by Sesshomaru pushing me behind him. I just looked at him confused, then to where his attention was. It was Inuyasha wielling, maybe the biggest sword I have ever seen in my whole life. I raised an eyebrow when I saw the look on Inuyasha's face, it was that of pure hatred. He just snarlled and held his sword firmly in front of him.

"Let the girl go..." he growled. I could have sworn that a few moments ago, he pretty much hated me, now he wants me free? I looked behind me to see Kagome and Sango had landed, to the right Miroku stood holding his hand, and to the left, Jaken and Rin had Landed safely as well. Hmm...dejavu? Thats when I grew annoyied.

"Is anyone going to tell me what is going on?" I asked, then looked up at Sesshomaru again, "...or are you never going to tell me?"

"Inuyasha..." Kagome said, slowly walking to Inuyasha, "Put Teseiga away," she waited for him to respond, but I could smell the stubornness that boy possesd.

"Are you crazy? Did you forget that he-" he started, but alas, he was cut off.

"SIT BOY!" with this command, Inuyasha's necklace shined, and Inuyasha fell flat on his face on the ground. Whoa, I got to get me one of those. Thats when Kagome turned to face Sesshomaru.

"I would also like to know why Jazz is here..." she gave Sesshomaru a stern look. Sesshomaru, as usual, was not phased by this turn of events. He just stood there and continued to protect me. He didnt budge, but I was surprized that he actually spoke.

"All I can say is that this girl's power will awaken in 2 days, and when that happens, Naraku will come looking for her..." Sesshomaru stated in his cool tone. Personally, I was confused at what he just said, but I could sense that this name, Naraku, was almost a bad omen. Thats when Inuyasha jumped back up.

"What?!? What buisness does Naraku have with this human?" he asked, "And more importantly, how were you able to go and get this girl?" Wait, what? I was trying to grasp this concept. Me? 'Human'? Get here? This just made my head hurt, but it was quickly relieved by the sound of Sesshomaru's voice.

"That does not matter. I have this under control, if you have a personal problem, then take it out on Naraku..." Sesshomaru just turned to me and grabbed my hand dragged me to where Rin and Jaken were perched. I was slung onto the flying creature and Sesshomaru just began walking into the woods. Jaken hopped off and followed behind him and grabbed the reign of the creature, and it followed behind Jaken. I was still confused, but that didnt make forget my manners.

"I ...guess...I will see you later Kagome!" waved back at her, she still had a look of shock in her eyes, but she just waved back confused.

"Shut it human!" Jaken snapped back at me. If I had shoes, one would have been aimed on the back of Jaken's head.

I had rode for a LOOOOONG time. I was so bored just riding, but Rin did fall asleep in my lap, so I was stuck. I just watched as the sky turned a deep orange and chilled. Besides the whole episode I had a while back, it was calming to just lay back and relax. How convenient that we came to an abrupt stop in a clearing in the woods. I just shifted as Jaken came running up beside me.

"We will stop here for the night," he stated. I just gave him a rude look.

"Fine then," I said. We stared at each other for a moment, then I could see his frustration.

"You can come down now!" he spat at me. I just smiled.

"Fine then..." I repeated. I knew I was getting under his skin. Rin then sat up and rubbed her eyes. Jaken knew he had lost his little fight with me.

"RIN! We must gather fire wood!" he said as he stormed off into the woods. Rin slowly followed after, leaving me alone. I looked over and as soon as I did, Sesshomaru grabbed my wrist. I was confused, and scared. I knew it was coming! Punishment for running away! I just closed my eyes, ready for a smack, or a kick, anything. I felt me wrist turn and I opened one eyes alittle to see that he was looking at my hand. I looked down at it too, and I saw a purple-red color in then middle of my palm. Thats when I remembered that I burnt my hand grabbing Kagome's arrow. He gave me a hard glance. The look in his eyes was indescribable, but I couldnt stop staring into them. The voice in the back of my head said that I was in danger, yet I continued to stare.

"What did you plan to accomplish?" he asked me, anger in his voice. I just snapped out of my spell.

"Well, Kagome was aiming for you, so I just-" he stopped me.

"You just grabbed something you had no idea about and how it could harm you?" he paused and looked at my body over, "Not to mention the brusies on your other arm, and the cut in your leg..." he let go of my wrist and I winced, thinking he was going to hit me. He just turned around and found a tree to plop down against. He gave another look in my direction. "You really need to be more careful..." he stated. Thats when I got a good look at his body. He was very tone, and lean. I noticed that his right arm was placed on his lap, but I didnt really notice his other arm...because it was not there. I was suprised, I stepped down and stood beside the flying creature for the longest time. When I gained the courage to walk, I got a good look around the area we stayed at. The clearing was more of an oval shape, and Sesshomaru plopped himself on a tree opposite of where I stood. The creature surprised me by sitting itself down close to Sesshomaru. I just stood in the open space and heard a stream nearby. The place had the vibe of a cozy little house, not too private, neary a stream, it was a perfect place for a camper. I just took a coulple of steps toward the stream and thats when I felt that feeling again, as if someone was watching me. I glanced over at Sesshomaru and knew his gase was fixed on me. I just sighed.

"Dont worry, I give up running away, I just want to see the stream..." Having said that, Sesshomaru just nodded and watched me as I slowly walked to the stream. It was not too wide a stream, but it was pretty deep. The stream was about ten feet wide, the sound of the flowing water calmed me. Its strange, but having no really nothing about my situation, yet that is, I was calm and felt as if I would be safe in a place like this. It was almost like I was suppost to be born here, thats when it started. I saw a village, and I was walking toward it. I saw the looks on everyones faces as they saw me coming. It was pure terror in their eyes. I didnt know why, but I just came into the town, and with that, I turned to a man. He held a sword out to me as he was talking. I didnt really make out what he was saying, all of the peopl in the village went running into their houses. Suddenly, the man came running toward me, armed to hurt me. I just stood there, waiting. The next thing I knew, there was blood everywhere...

"Jazz...Jazz..." Rin was tugging on my kimono. I blinked and snapped out of the little spell I just had. What was that? Who were those people? Most importantly...who killed who? I just stared at the river for a while before I remembered Rin stood next to me. I straighted my face and looked down to her with a gentle smile. Rin looked at me funny, then she gave a smile. "Come on!" she giggled as she grabbed my arm and dragged me back to camp. It was not much a difference as I left it a few minutes ago, except the fire burning in the middle of the clearing. Rin pulled me to where she wanted to sit and plopped down on the ground. It was all fine, but...the only thing separating me from Sesshomaru was this small girl. I just slowly scooted away whenever Rin was not paying attention, right up untill she caught me and gave those puppy eyes of hers. I just slid back in the original spot. My eyes slowly rolled up to Sesshomaru's face, he was looking at me. I quickly looked away to cover up my blushing. The next thing I know, Rin and Jaken ran off again...what is with those too? By this time, the sun had set and it was dark, and me and Sesshomaru were the only ones at the camp fire. I decided to take this opertunity to ask my questions. I just looked his way, only to be greeted by his eyes again. If it were not for my burning urge to know my situation, I would have been completely lost in his eyes.

"I...um...well..." I didnt know how to start the conversation. He just continued to stare. My body began to warm up. NO! He is the one who kiddnapped me, I must get anwsers! I got motivated once again. "So then, are you ever going to tell me whats is going on?" I paused for an anwser, but he just looked away into the woods. It was quiet for a moment, then he finally spoke.

"The situation as stands is that there is someone dangerous is after your power...thats all I really know..." He said in a calm tone as he closed his eyes. OK, this anwsers, yet raises so many other questions. I see that this was not going to be easy.

"OK, who is this person?" I started with. He just stayed in his position.

"Does not matter..." he spoke up. I was getting frustrated, but I stayed calm for the moment.

"How so?" I asked.

"He is not a threat..." he responded.

"Just tell me, for my knowlege, please?"

"Fine, he is called Naraku." he stated. FINALLY! One clue...this was tireing, how was I going to keep this up to get all of the info I needed?

"OK, what does he want me for?" I continued.

"He feels that you are his property in a way..."

"HUH? How can that be? I never even met this guy!" I pouted. Sesshomaru just glanced at me and kinda gave a smirk. "Next question! Why does he feel that way?"

"How shold I know..." he said. Ok, moving on.

"If this guy is such a small fry, then why did you feel the need to kidnapp me?" I guess this question struck a nerve. He sat up and gave me a strong look of anger.

"Is that what you think this is? Kidnapping? I would never lower my standards as to kidnapp someone for my own gain, especally since that slime is involved." He stated in a strong voice. Whoa, that was the most I got out of him since I started.

"Then what would you call it?" I hesitently asked. He just calmed down and looked the other way, as if somehing pained him. The convertastion was cut short by Jaken tripping out of the bushes with Rin following behind.

"Lord Sesshomaru! Look at what we found!" Rin sang. She held out her hands to show that she had a fist full of raspberries. She was briming with pride as she held it up so Sesshomaru could see it. He just looked at her and knodded.

"Very good Rin..." he said. I guess I was the only one that thought it was funny and cute that this all powerful person was pleasing a small child. I giggled and Rin looked over at me.

"Would you like some? I can go get more! We can have this for dinner!" She was all excited. This is not my spoiled little celebetie's kid talking, but even I know that a hand full of raspberries did not make a full meal. Jaken was recovering from his fall.

"Now just wait a minute Rin-" he began, maybe thats why I responded so quickly.

"That sounds wonderful Rin," I cut Jaken off. Haha! I stood up. "Here, I will help you!" I said as we walked off into the woods. It was a good five minute walk before we came to the bush where she found the berries. The bush was almost too perfect, it was dark in the moonlight, and it was covered in raspberries. Rin just started to pick at them and she looked up at me.

"We dont have anything to carry them in..." she grew a frown on her face. I smiled and took the bottom of my kimono and curved it to simulate a bowl.

"Here we go," I said to Rin. She just looked at me with surprise.

"A-Are you sure, we dont want your kimono to get all dirty!" I just laughed, how much more dirty could it be?

"Its fine, come on now, we dont want to keep the others waiting..." with that, she knodded happily and threw the berries onto the kimono. She began to pick like crazy, I was begining to wonder if there was ever going to be the end. That was strange, there didnt seem to be that many berries. It was about another two minutes, and my kimono was very heavy. I watched Rin, never leaving that same spot. She was smiling away. Thats when I noticed something...she did stay in one spot, if all of the berries were picked, you would have to at least go to another side. I balanced the kimono in my one hand and reached for a berry. I plucked it off the branch and looked at the berry, then the branch. How odd. I didnt know what to think, oh well. Thats went I felt a sudden presence. I looked back at the branch and there was a new berry right where I picked the last one. "Rin, you didnt eat any of these did you?" I asked, peeking around the corner of the bush. Rin just looked back toward me.

"I was going to wait to eat with everyone..." she paused. I felt as if someone was coming my way. I glanced at the berries in Rin's hands and they began to...mold into a single lump of goo.

"Rin, drop 'em!" I yelled at her. She looked confused, then looked down at her hand. She quickly dropped what was left when she saw what I had. I let go of my kimono. The berries came thumping down, and they all began to lump together. I grabbed Rin and began to run, but I tripped on something. I looked back to see the lump had a hold of my leg. I was trippin' now. I looked back at Rin and she stood there scared. "RUN!" I yelled at her. She was surprised, but her face had expressed that she came up with a plan. Rin just ran into the woods. I turned to see that the bush had burst into nothing but darkness. I was REALLY trippin' now. A shape had formed from the darkness, the shape of a man. the darkness that had my leg continued to crawl up my leg and wrapped around my waist. The man began to form features until he finally stood over me. The man wore a type of armor, and he was tall and slightly muscular. He had long black hair, down to his shoulders. He was the kind of that bad boy cute, with his deep red eyes and the smirk he wore. As the darkness wrapped more and more around me, holding me down, he knelled down to my level.

"Well well well, look at what I found finally..." he smiled even more evily. I just stared at him confused. He just looked me up and down. "Hmm, not bad, not bad at all," All I knew was that he was a threat to me, so I did what the only thing I could do was. I took one of my free hands and swung to slap the living crap out of him. In the swing of it, he caught my hand when it was within inches of his face. "Dont be difficult, the sooner I get you to Nakaru, the sooner I can be free..." he stated with a stern look as his grasp tightened around my wrist. It hurt, its like he was trying to break it. Thats when I remembered.

"I-It was you...you were the one who poisoned me," I whispered. He just smiled.

"So, you remembered that? That was not directly me, but you are correct," he said. I just tried to free my hand with my other.

"So, what is it I should call you then, 'jerk'?" He just laughed at me.

"All you could come up with was 'jerk'? What an honor, alright then, you may call me Mayakashi," he chuckled. His grasp on my wrist grew tighter, and it became numbingly painful. I could not find the strength to respond. "Come on, scream for me sweetie!" he yelled. Even if he broke my wrist, I wont scream for his pleasure. My free hand fell to the ground and grabbed at my kimono for strength. I didnt really see what happened next, but there was a flash of light and Mayakashi had separated from his arm. I was scared at first, but I looked above me to see my rescuer, Sesshomaru. I closed my eyes in releif, then I looked up at Mayakashi, who was holding his arm. He just looked at Sesshomaru in discontent, then he held out his arm and darkness had formed him new arm. I glanced at my wrist where he held me, I wish I hadnt. His arm was still holding onto me. I freaked out and waved my hurting arm to sling off the arm, Sesshomaru must have saw me, because he just walked up to me and slowly pulled the arm off and threw it away. There was a hand-shaped bruise around my wrist, and I just rubbed it. I dont know what set him off, but Sesshomaru then started to whale on Mayakashi. All Mayakashi did was dodge, I guess he didnt have any fighting experience. I watched the fight intently, its like Sesshomaru was mad at something, and Mayakashi just seemed like he enjoyed getting a rise out of him. Suddenly, Mayakashi jumped high into the air. "I see, well then. I shall imform Naraku of this," he paused and looked at me, "...interesting turn of events..." he laughed as he dissappeard into a swirl of darkness. When he was certain it was over, Sesshomaru turned to me and headed my way. I slowly stood up and smiled at him.

"Um...thanks man!" I smiled to him. He just looked pained for some reason.

"Are you hurt?" he asked me. Well, I sure have been through a lot, a broken arm would only add onto the list.

"Oh, its not that bad, see?" I held my wrist up and showed him. I lied, to be honest, it was throbbing. I dont really think Mayakashi broke it, but something was wrong with it. Sesshomaru just gave me a strange look, I can only describe it as worry.

"You are a strange human...no matter...we are taking you to a doctor..." he calmly said. HUH? NO! I dont like doctors!

"Oh, no, its fine, really, see look!" I began to move my wrist up and down, but it hurt so much, my smile began to krumble, and my wrist only moved slower and slower each time. he saw through me and grabbed my good arm and dragged me off to the campsite. He let go and just went back to the tree he sat at before. Rin and Jaken had been waiting and Rin jumpped up with a smile on her face.

"Rin, let her get some sleep, you sleep too..." he sternly said. Rin just frowned and sat back at the spot she was at. I just took my place beside her. I was tired, so I laid down and curled up into a ball. I got all cozy and went straight to sleep.

I was walking in the woods on my own. I had a certain intention, but I couldnt remember why I was out there. I heard someone behind me, so I turned around to see a mob of townspeople with torches and swords. They called me names, 'monster', 'demon', 'wench'. I didnt like what they called me, this brought up memories of my childhood, thats when I lost it. I took out my sword and slaughterd them all, one by one. They all screamed and begged for their lifes. Humans are truly pathedic, they will curse their life in one minute, then beg for it in the next. I killed them all perfectly, and in a rain of blood. There was silence as I slid the bloody weapon into its sheath. I looked down at my kimono to see I was soaked in blood. I didnt care anymore, I decided I would become what they all claim me to be, as if accepting my name. I heard laughter coming from the bushes. As I turned to face a figure dressed in baboon skin, he continued to speak.

"You seem pretty heartless, I like your power. You are still too nice for me, so when you become more cold, come work for me..." he said, tossing me a black shard. As soon as it landed into my hands, I had a strong blood lust. The shard sunk into my skin, and I grew more and more angry at the town who had just sent me into the woods. The figure faded into the darkness, and I faced the bloody bodies. I slowly headed toward the town that had hated me ever since I was born, now I will give them a reason to hate me!

I Woke up in a cold sweat. What the heck was that? I threw the covers off of me and felt a sudden fear rise in my stomach. Why would I dream such a horrific dream? I reached for my forehead, and it hurt worst than it did last night. Wait a minute...I looked around to see I was not in the place I was last night. I could have sworn that I was in the middle of nowhere, but where was I now? Could all I have been through been just a dream? Nope, my arm still hurt, and I still had a now healing cut up my leg, and now that you think about it, I turned my wrist over to see if the burn was still there...yep, right where I left it. I thought back to the dream I had.

"UGH! What the crap went on last night!?!" I yelled as I flopped back onto the pillow. I was suddenly blinded by a bright light by a folding door. I closed my eyes at first, then I glanced up to see a boy, around the age of 16 or 17, looking in on me.

"Lady Azumi, she is awake!" he said. Lady Azumi? What is with these people and nobility names? Thats when an older looking lady came and looked inot the room.

"Well, open the door, let some light in for her!" she said with a creaky voice. The room was soon flooded with light, and I was able to make out the two. The woman looked to be in her 60's, with her long white hair in a braided bun, and faded blue eyes. The boy had dark-brown hair down to his ears, and his eyes were a deep reddish color. His face looked like some teen heartthrob you would see in a magazine. At first, I was confused, but what happened next was what really got me.

"Sister!" a small girl called to me. I looked in the doorway to see Rin run up to me and hug me. Now, I was REALLY confused.

~~~Chapter 4 End~~~