Disclaimer: I do not own any part of InuYasha, only my own character Kakiya.

Chapter 7

Rin was riding on Ah-Un's back, who was steadily pacing along the ground, when she noticed someone in the air in the distance. When she got a bit closer, she recognized that the person flying was the same woman who she saw fighting InuYasha earlier.

"Master Jaken?" she asked as she looked down at Jaken walking beside her.

"What is it, Rin?" he looked up at the human child.

"The lady that was fighting InuYasha is flying around up there, what do you suppose she's doing?"

"Don't be silly." He looked up and saw what Rin was talking about. Then he noticed Kagura's familiar giant feather, "Maybe she's following that wind sorceress."

"Ah-Uh, follow that lady up there!" he grunted in reply and took to the skies, quickly flying past Jaken.

Sesshomaru, who was on his way to meet up with Rin and Jaken, saw Rin fly in the sky on Ah-Un. He quickly made his way through the forest and found Jaken.

"Jaken."

"Yes my lord?" he shivered, scared to think what the great dog demon might do to him for not stopping Rin from leaving.

"Where is Rin going?"

Jaken gulped, "She's following the lady she saw fighting InuYasha."

'Fighting with InuYasha...?' Sesshomaru quickly took off after Rin, leaving a confused Jaken behind. The cool breeze that blew around him brought the scent of the people flying ahead of him, 'This scent...'

Kakiya sensed the presence of a human following behind her. She turned around and found a little girl ridding on a two headed dragon, flying towards her. Kakiya stopped following Kagura and waited until she came closer. She also noticed a faint aura coming from a strong demon, but ignored it since it wasn't her current priority.

"Why are you following us? And little human girls like you should not be riding on large demons, such as this one. Are you not scared?"

"This demon has a name, it's Ah-Un and I do not fear demons; I think bandits are much scarier." Rin told her while studying the lady in front of her, 'She's really pretty...' she thought, captivated by her looks. Then she shook the thought away and focused her attention on Ah-Un's scales, "Who are you and why did I see you fighting with InuYasha?"

"So you were the human child I sensed when I fought him. You were watching from the trees, were you not?" Kakiya watched the child, "My name is Kakiya, and my fight with InuYasha was merely a play fight, there was no harm in a little match."

"My name is Rin." She told her, and then shyly looked at her again, "So... are you a demon?"

Kakiya laughed, "I get asked that a lot. I am what you can call a half-breed."

"But how?" she protested, "You look so much like a human!"

"That's what I intended." She smiled, "Now, could you tell me why you are following me?"

Rin shyly looked away, 'I just wanted to talk with you...' she thought, then noticed Kagura's feather. She quickly thought up of an idea on the spot, "Umm... I wanted to know why you were following Kagura."

Kakiya's expression turned cold, "You know who Kagura is?" she stared at the human girl, 'Can this child, Rin, be an accomplice of Naraku?' she thought.

The child gasped, "Are you perhaps getting led to where Naraku is?"

"What?" she asked taken back by her sudden question, 'So she's Naraku's enemy too? My... that man has a lot of people after him.' She giggled.

"You are, aren't you?"

"And what if I am?"

Rin frowned, "No! You should stay away from evil people like him!" she flew in front of her, "You go back, and I'll follow her. Lord Sesshomaru needs to know where he is so he can defeat Naraku."

"Lord Sesshomaru?" Kakiya questioned.

Rin let out a giant grin, "He's the greatest person you'll ever meet!" she told her, excitedly. "Maybe you can meet him too! But for now, please excuse me; I need to follow Kagura before she disappears." Rin tried to fly past Kakiya, but was stopped by her.

"You should not follow her. You will only get yourself killed."

"I won't die; Lord Sesshomaru will come and save me!"

Kakiya glared at her, "And what if said person does not appear?"

"He will!" she protested.

A dark sword appeared in her hand, "Let's test out that theory, shall we? If he comes this moment and strikes me down, you may pass." Kakiya swung at the dragon, but it quickly flew to the side.

Rin let out a shriek, "What are you doing?"

"Do not worry, I will not harm you. But I will not promise the same thing to your demon, since I suspect it will heal faster than you if injured." Kakiya swung at them again, but they avoided it once more.

Kakiya raised her sword again and was about to cut at them, but a green energy ball flew right at them. She quickly got in front of Ah-Un and the child, shielding them. The blast hit her sword, but her dark blade broke. Thinking quickly, she made a barrier around her body, but it was not strengthened in time and the blast hit her square in her stomach. It knocked her back onto Ah-Un's back and Rin was holding onto her robe, not letting go, afraid that lady would slip off Ah-Un's back and drop to the ground.

"Lady Kakiya, are you okay?" Rin asked, looking at her bloody gut.

Kakiya looked up at the child and tried to work out a smile, "I'm surprised you would call me that after testing you and this demon. I'm sorry." She coughed up blood. "Where did this attack come from? It was such a powerful attack."

Rin looked at the shadow closing in on them. Following her gaze, she saw a familiar figure flying straight towards them. The person had their sword drawn and was staring at her with a deathly glare. Kakiya quickly dropped off of Ah-Un and was now hovering in front of it.

"So the strong demonic aura I sensed earlier came from him..." she looked down at her stomach, which was now slowly healing. Kakiya held out her hand and another dark sword formed, 'I guess I should brace myself.' She thought.

The person neared and Kakiya recognized him as the same man who saved her from the bandit Onigumo many years earlier. She lowered her sword in awe, and wondered if it was, in fact, the same man. Sesshomaru flew towards Kakiya and swung at her. She blocked his sword with her own, but already she could feel his power surging through her own sword and electrifying her hands. Cracks started to form in her blade.

'This man is very strong...' Kakiya struggled to push him back, but failed, 'I think he might be stronger than me...' Kakiya shifted to the side just as her sword broke once again, 'No, he's a lot stronger than I am.' She thought.

He swung at her again and this time, nicked the flesh on her leg before Kakiya could completely dodge his attack. Sesshomaru quickly brought up his sword and was now pointing it at her throat.

"Lord Sesshomaru! Don't kill her! She didn't mean any harm." Rin cried out.

He glared at Kakiya, "So we meet again." He simply stated.

Kakiya smiled, "Yes, and what a pleasing encounter this was. Let me introduce myself this time, my name is Kakiya." She slowly backed away from his sword, which he swiftly tucked away, "I'm sorry for attacking those two." Kakiya told him, nodding to Rin and Ah-Un then looked into Sesshomaru's golden eyes, "And I don't think I've ever properly thanked you in the past. So, thank you for saving me from those bandits." Kakiya did a small, quick bow and looked up at him again.

Rin looked at Kakiya and then at Sesshomaru, "My Lord, I didn't know that you knew such a beautiful lady and even saved her too!" Rin giggled then realized what she had just said, 'Ah... maybe I should have kept that to myself,' she thought when she saw him stare at her.

"You have changed a lot." Kakiya said to him, remembering what he looked like when he was younger.

Sesshomaru turned his attention to her, "I'm not the only one." He answered, noticing her enchanting beauty when Rin mentioned it.

He noticed her quickly glancing behind her, "Please pardon my abruptness, but I must get going before my guide is completely gone from my senses." Kakiya looked at Rin before she left, "Perhaps we shall meet again, and we shall have more fun then. I'm sorry for the horrible greeting I gave you. I'll leave you with better memories next time, I promise." She smiled and pat Rin on her head before quickly flew away.

"Make sure you keep your promise!" Rin called to her as she flew away.

Kakiya simply raised her hand, indicating that she heard what Rin said.

"Where is she headed?" Sesshomaru asked Rin.

"She said something about following Kagura to where Naraku was." She answered, still watching Kakiya's distant shadow and then steered Ah-Un towards that direction, flying after her before she lost sight.

Sesshomaru silently flew beside Rin while following the distinct scent of Kakiya's sweet blood. He saw the girl enter a small cave a ways ahead. Sesshomaru slowly landed in the trees below and told Rin to stay there and wait for him.

"Will you bring Kakiya back with you?" she asked, excitedly.

Sesshomaru looked down at Rin, "Why are you so fixated on someone you just met?"

Rin looked puzzled, "I don't why... she just seems... lonely..." she whispered.

"Lonely?"

She put a finger to her temple, "I can see it in her eyes, they are very similar to my own before I met you," she giggled, "It makes me want to stay with her so she's not lonely anymore."

He said nothing and walked towards the cave. When he came, he saw his little brother's human companions enter the cave. InuYasha stood there, waiting while he glared at Sesshomaru, who was slowly making his way up towards the cave.

"Why are you here?" InuYasha demanded.

Sesshomaru simply ignored him and walked passed him.

He stared at his older brother, and then quickly ran ahead of him, passing Sesshomaru, disappearing into the darkness. InuYasha followed the scent of Kagome and eventually found an ugly scene. Both Kakiya and Kagome looked to be unconscious while suspended in the air and being held in the grip of thorny vines. The scent of Kagome's blood reached his nose. He saw Kagome's white shirt was stained with blood; her own blood. InuYasha noticed the large plant monster the vines were connected too. The plant was holding Kagome right above its wide gaping, teeth-lined mouth.

"Kagome!" InuYasha drew Tessaiga and raised it above his head, "Wind Scar!"

A large barrier appeared, blocking his attack from reaching the plant. A thick, thorn covered vine came out from the ground, under InuYasha, and smashed him into the rock wall behind him. The thorns scrapedacross InuYasha's flesh and left small scratches on it.

He wiped a drop of blood from his scratched cheek, "Ha! You think this will do any good? These are only small scratches!" He looked up at the unconscious Kakiya, "I'm disappointed in you Kakiya I can't believe you let this measly plant bring you down." InuYasha felt his eyes droop, "What is this...?" he felt his strength quickly leaving him. 'What's happening?' he thought.

Kagura, who was quietly sitting on a large root before, was now laughing, "Poor InuYasha, this measly plant has also managed to poison you! You will soon fall unconscious like these two and will be eaten up by this plant!"

"You damned witch!" InuYasha tried to lift Tessaiga, but only fell over and collapsed on the floor.

Sango and Miroku finally came into the scene. "Sorry we are late, the caves were... well let's just say they were difficult to navigate through."

Sango threw her hiraikotsu, which was coated with her own poison that she had prepared, at the vines holding Kagome and Kakiya, cutting them free. Kirara quickly flew towards them and caught both Kagome and Kakiya, but Kakiya's body slipped off and fell towards the plant's main body. The plant demon caught Kakiya in a pod-like projection, enclosing her in a thorny barrier and then brought her in closer to its body.

Miroku ran towards InuYasha and quickly sheathed his dull Tessaiga. He pulled InuYasha's unconscious body up so that he was propped up against his own back. He quickly dragged InuYasha towards the exit, "Sango, let us leave for now." Miroku quickly told.

Sango jumped on to Kirara and held Kagome in place, "What about Kakiya? We can't just leave her!"

"We have to bring these two to safety; we can't risk all of their lives just to save another." Miroku looked back at Sango, "We'll come back after we get them out of her. Besides, I'm sure Kakiya can handle things by herself." Miroku ran off into the cave.

She sighed and Kirara flew after him, "Yes... of course a person can handle themselves when they're unconscious... because that makes perfect sense." She said sarcastically to herself.

Kagura only watched them go; she didn't care about them, since she got what she was originally after. Walking across the plant's thick vines and made her way over to the pod that contained Kakiya's body. She pulled out a feather from her hair and it transformed into a giant feather. The pod opened up and dropped Kakiya onto the feather. Just as Kagura was about to jump on to it, a green ball of energy flew towards her and smashed her into the rock wall behind her, knocking her out instantly.

The giant feather shrunk and the unconscious Kakiya fell through the air, headed towards the giant spikes on plant demon's body. Sesshomaru quickly caught the falling girl before she was impaled on one of the spikes. The demon swung his thorny vines at Sesshomaru, but he easily cut the plant demon in half with his energy whip. He exited the mountain and made his way back to forest with Kakiya still in his arms.

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