Sesshoumaru, Axel, Rin, and Jaken will be played by my friend Hannah.

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A fair-skinned dog demon with long silver hair walked down the forest path. His long hair ended about half-way down past his knees, and his face lacked all emotion. Though he was handsome, there were markings on his face. He had magenta stripes on his cheeks that matched the ones on his arm, red eyelids, and a blue crescent moon that faced his left on his forehead. His kimono was very warm-looking, and had little red hexagons that had small flowers in the middle all over it. His armor was rather elaborate and he had billowing white fur curled over his shoulder. Sharp claws adorned his right hand, and if he were to fight you, it was likely that he would use them if you were not deemed worthy to face his sword. They seeped poison when ever he wished, and the poison was very potent, strong enough to kill even the strongest demons. On this point, the poison had little or no effect on him, the Lord of the Western Lands. At his waist were two demonic swords: Tokijin and Tenseiga. Though they were both demonic, they had very different powers. The Tokijin was an evil demonic sword that could cause an injury at even the slightest touch, and the Tenseiga was a healing sword forged from his father's fang. On that fact, this lord never was happy to have a sword that he couldn't use, and the only reason that he kept it was because it was left to him by his father, and it went well with his outfit. And even though he could now use it, he still wasn't happy with it. The only use he saw for it was to bring back one of his companions if they were to ever be killed. In fact, he had already used it on both of them! He was always on the lookout for danger, because of the young human girl he had with him. He was always trying not to do something that would make him look silly, ridiculous, or would hurt his pride or reputation. Of course, as long as word didn't spread to every demon in Japan that he had revived and was now traveling with a little girl, that part of his reputation was ok. But it was still clear that having the child kidnapped hurt his pride a great deal, judging by how he would stop talking to his minion and friend that was supposed to guard her. It was on this note that he was traveling now. He wished to find who it was that had kidnapped her and kill him. Though she was safe, he would not forgive anyone who had harmed her or put her in harm, including himself, which was why he tended to try and keep her away from his fights with his younger brother, a mere half-demon, and from all other battles he faces. He paused and sniffed the air. Naraku. And……… That little trouble maker, Kohaku. Though he wanted too, he didn't growl with anger. He would keep his cool until Naraku was either right in front of him or dead. He paused again and listened to what his servant was saying to the child, while his left sleeve, which had no arm, blew in the wind.

"Why?! Don't you know anything?! We are going back to Mt. Hakurei 's crater because there may be a clue to where Naraku is now! Don't be a fool!" The little green demon ran strait into his master's leg… again. He looked up with a small whimper and saw that he was the recipient of a hard glare. There was a sharp pain in his face and he fell on the ground. "Oops." He had angered his master, who was indeed protective of the child, and wouldn't allow her to be called a fool. After all, she was just a human child. "At least it wasn't as hard as before…" The imp thought of the many times he had been hit by his master. The hardest time he could think of was when he was describing his personality to the child. She didn't seem to care about this though, and had simply continued to follow. He really did wish she would leave, but his master always guarded her. He stood up and brushed the dirt off his brown kimono, and grabbed the Staff of Two Heads. He slowly followed, watching as the child ran ahead of them again. His master was usually the one who lead, but he let the child run ahead now and then.

"Hahaha!" The little girl ran ahead of the others. Her kimono was checkered orange and white and her long black hair had a small pigtail tied in it. She laughed happily as she ran and jumped around. Despite her carefree attitude, she was still sad inside. "Sesshoumaru-sama! Jaken-sama! I can see it!" She called back. Before she had met Sesshoumaru, the Lord of the Western Lands, she had been mute. She had found a badly injured Sesshoumaru and nursed him back to health, much against his wishes. After she had been killed by wolves, he had then saved her. Her name was Rin, and she was always with the two demons. The odd thing with her was, Sesshoumaru didn't care if she didn't answer some of his questions, though she normally did. He could tell there were some things that she didn't want to talk about, such as her life in the village she was from, and her family. Once he had asked her about Kohaku after she came out of the sacred barrier around Mt. Hakurei . She hadn't wanted to answer, but she did. She had later watched Jaken get slapped by Sesshoumaru for mentioning his nose, something that was already obvious because he always lead them by scent. As they walked, the sky turned black and they found themselves in a desert, instead of the forest they had been in. A path was nowhere in sight, and a forest, some mountains, and a beach could be seen on three sides. The fourth was nothingness.

A snore. A loud snore. Axel had been here more than long enough to have a bad headache. And also long enough to need to sleep. He sighed, lying on the sand. It wasn't nearly so windy that he needed to stay keep moving… but he had a feeling. He slowly woke up, to find someone with silver hair's foot landing on him. 'Great way to wake up,' thought the nobody, 'Not that I should complain, not existing and all…' Nobodies don't exist. They are the soul and body left behind when a strong-willed person, or rather being, was turned into a heartless. He sat up. Alive? But… how? Had Sora won the battle against Xemnes? Two more people ran over his foot, but they weren't as heavy as the first person. How could a human weigh so much anyway? He decided to fight this person, as it would give him something to do. It was almost certain that he would regret this. Almost. He was safe as long as the other two weren't in his way.

'…?' Sesshoumaru felt something under his foot. He looked behind him at Axel. A weird outfit, but not as weird as some. And for certain it was better than his younger brother's. Rin paused too. "Were do you think we are Sesshoumaru-sama?" Rin was confused as to what was going on. That made her talk a little less. Jaken decided not to complain; getting punched once was enough. Sesshoumaru's hand moved to his sword as he said, "Jaken, take Rin and hide." Not an unusual request. If a fight was coming, the demon lord would want them out of his way. He drew the Tokijin, his weapon of choice.

"Who are you?" asked Sesshoumaru.

"The name's Axel, got it memorized?" responded Axel.

"Humph."

"Come on, you could at least state your name too. After all, it's rude to ask someone else their name without giving yours first!"

"Sesshoumaru."

"Sesshoumaru?"

"Yes. You will regret hearing my name."

Sesshoumaru's first action was charging Axel, not easy in the sand. Axel's own action was to summon his weapons and charge at Sesshoumaru too, calling, "Burn, Fire, Burn!" A wall of flames rose behind him. Sesshoumaru grunted, jumping out of the way. 'The fool must have a death wish.' Thought the lord, eyes narrowed. He swung his sword at Axel, missing when the nobody slipped into a black portal, and reappeared behind him. But Axel was finally hit when Sesshoumaru moved his sword behind him. He caught Axel, but it wasn't anywhere near a mortal injury.

"You can do it, Sesshoumaru-sama!!!" Jaken called out.

"You're doing great, Milord!!" Rin also called.

"Shut up." Also a normal response, not that Axel would know.

"Wow, you sure don't act as if you like your friends… Especially that little girl…" Axel was foolish enough to say this, and that wasn't good. You think he would have learned to be careful with his words after that time with Larxane.

//flashback//

"Really Larxane, do you think it's necessary to beat him up that much?" Axel nodded his head at Roxas, who had poked Larxane, something she hated. He was friends with Roxas, and had tried to be the one that got beaten up, but failed.

"No. It's just more fun this way."

"……You're crazy."

"Oh, Axel…."

Following that Axel too had been beaten to a pulp by the only female member of the Castle Oblivion branch of the XIII Order. Actually, the only female member of the entire Order. Larxane had walked away without a scratch, leaving the two friends and XIII Order members lying on the ground.

//end flashback//

That was bad, very bad. And Larxane wasn't even a demon lord. She was deranged, fight-loving number XII. Axel was number VIII, and Roxas XIII.

Sesshoumaru kicked Axel. He kicked Axel hard. Axel jumped back.

"What was that for?!?!"

"……"

"Say something!"

"Annoying idiotic pest."

"EH?! You have the guts to say that to my face?!"

"Shut up."

Rin was by now singing a little song, having lost interest in the fight. Jaken was simply cheering on Sesshoumaru. And he was being punched. Again.

"Behold. Dragon Strike!"

Sesshoumaru used his death blow, but Axel escaped at the last moment. Sesshoumaru himself wasn't aware of this, as Axel had mover down wind. Far down wind. Sesshoumaru was picking up the scent of a forest by now, and was walking away, Rin and Jaken following.

"Lets play tongue twisters!"

"No, Rin! Not again!"

"Red Jaken, Blue Jaken, Gold Jaken! Now you!"

"I said no!!"

"But you said that you would play!"

"I said no such thing!"

"Jaken?"

"Yes, Sesshoumaru-sama?"

"Shut up and play."

"Yes milord."

And the three continued on, Axel following at a safe distance.