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Foolishness

His claw was tight around my throat and he was glaring coldly at me. 'Did I say something wrong? Is he an enemy of Naraku as well?'

"You're his ally?" Sesshoumaru asked me, eyebrows furrowed.

He was angry – obviously – and anyone could see that.

"Kind of, but not really," I explained nervously.

He tightened his grip more and I could see the anger in his golden eyes. 'Why do I piss everyone off?'

"There better be a better answer than that," he told me; his voice threatening, "If you are not his ally, then explain what you are."

"…A demon?" I asked with a cocked browed.

Sesshoumaru looked as if he wanted to kill me here and now, though something was hold him back. 'Well I am a demon. There's nothing else I could be besides that… well I could turn myself into an ice block, but what would that get me?'

"Stop being foolish and explain properly. Otherwise I will be forced to leave you here on your own."

"I'm nothing Sesshoumaru," I told him with agitation, "I have nothing. The only thing I have id my family and I can't see them. I'm not worth anything to anyone!"

Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes before I was thrown to the side and skidded across the ground.

"When I found you, I saw his Saimyosho. He was following you," he explained to me as I tried to get to my feet.

'He was following me? Why would he do that?' When I was standing, my eyes were unsure as they looked at Sesshoumaru's back. He was walking away.

"…W-wait!" I called after him, "I…I was made a promise that if I became his servant then he would spare my family's lives… I did it for them and only them."

Sesshoumaru stopped at my words.

"I only get sent to fight Inuyasha," I continued, looking at him with almost longing eyes, "I didn't even know you existed until today."

I didn't want to be left alone; not anymore. If I was going to be Sesshoumaru's prisoner then I was going to be a non-lonely one. And I felt that he could understand what it would be like to be lonely all the time. 'I sort of… feel like he's a friend already.' I mused inwardly.

Sesshoumaru pondered at my words. He believed that since the Saimyosho had flown away then Naraku would now believe that the girl was dead. That would hold to his advantage.

"What is your name female?" he asked me emotionlessly as he turned towards me.

"Shaiyu," I told him calmly, smiling slightly.

"Try to run and I'll be forced to hunt you down," he told me coldly before walking on ahead of me.

'I don't think that I'll be running away any time soon.' I thought before running after him.

We silently walked through the forest; him leading the way. Things weren't dark and gloomy since the sun was starting to rise higher into the sky. For some reason that I didn't know, I liked to be with Sesshoumaru. I enjoyed the carefree feeling in my chest when I was near him. It was better than being near Naraku. 'I guess that any place would be better than there…'

"Get up you foolish girl!" the annoying toad's voice nearly growled.

My mood dropped a peg. I had forgotten about the annoying as hell sea creature from earlier. 'Damn… can I start running now? I don't understand why he keeps the thing around.'

"What is it master Jaken?" a small girl's voice asked groggily from not too far ahead.

"The lord will be coming, you brazen child!"

"Does he have an off switch?" I whispered to myself with some annoyance.

"I'm afraid not," Sesshoumaru told me emotionlessly.

'Damn.'

Sesshoumaru led me through the trees and we came out to where there was a large two headed dragon, the toad, and a young girl nearly asleep. I stopped in my tracks as I looked at the scene. 'How unusual…'

"You must wake Rin," Sesshoumaru told the girl, "We are to be leaving."

"Aye my lord," she murmured as she tried to get up.

I watched as she rubbed her eyes when she sat up. The little girl looked at me with curiosity.

"Who is that girl, my lord?" she asked, pointing to me.

Sesshoumaru didn't turn to look to see who she was talking about. He seemed to know.

"She will be accompanying us for a time. Do not get too attached to her Rin," he explained almost emotionlessly, walking on ahead of us.

'…Don't get too attached? I wonder why… Does he plan to return me to Naraku? Or is he going to kill me?' My eyes narrowed at the thought. Was he planning on killing me once I had served my purpose?

"Come, we're leaving," Sesshoumaru told us.

The two headed dragon got to its feet and the young girl led the dragon along. The toad ran up to be walking beside Sesshoumaru; I could hear their words from my place at the back.

"My lord, might I ask why that female is here?" the toad asked with annoyed curiosity.

"She had power over ice, Jaken," Sesshoumaru stated, "We shall speak more when both her and Rin sleep."

'He knows I can hear, doesn't he?'

I looked to the side to make it seem like I wasn't paying attention to anything as we walked. 'I don't understand what use I could be for… Why would someone like Naraku or a demon lord like Sesshoumaru want anything to do with me? What good am I?' Sighing, I hung my head slightly.

"Nothing but a fool," I whispered to myself.

"What's nothing but a fool?" Rin's voice asked from in front of me.

She was walking backwards right in front of me with a smile on her face. My eyes darted around and saw that Jaken now had the dragon walking beside him from slightly behind the lord. 'Wasn't she told to not get attached?'

"Nothing, I was just thinking," I told her quietly as I looked away.

"What are you thinking about?" she continued, still smiling.

"I don't know."

Our words drew Sesshoumaru's golden eyes our way and he almost looked amused. 'Maybe he wasn't warning Rin to not get attached… maybe he was warning me instead…'

"You mustn't lie," Rin stated, trying to sound stern, "Lying is bad and can get you in trouble."

Her tone and not so stern face made me laugh slightly. 'She's too happy to be intimidating.'

Shaking my head with a slight smile on my face, I looked at her with a slightly cocked eyebrow.

"My family," I told her, "Something my mother told me a long time ago."

"Do you see her often?" the girl asked pleasantly.

I couldn't do anything but shake my head at her question.

"I haven't seen any of them in a long time," I started to explain, looking a little past her face, "I don't know if I ever will see them again."

The little girl seemed to grab my hand with a sad smile.

"My parents are gone too."

'…Gone? My parents aren't gone… I'm just not allowed to see them anymore.'

"They were attached by bandits, and I was left alone," Rin told her story calmly.

A few moments went by as the small child moved from in front of me to walking beside me.

"But I'm not sad, because lord Sesshoumaru found me."

With those words, I looked at Sesshoumaru and saw him look at me before looking ahead of him once again. 'I didn't think that he would do something like that for anyone… Then again, it might explain where that toad came from…'

As we walked on, Rin hummed happily to herself. Sesshoumaru walked ahead silently and Jaken was grumbling incoherently. 'They aren't a very talkative bunched, are they? The only one who seems to like talking is Rin…' I held her hand tightly in mine as we went. Rin was innocent… so pure for the era and I felt like I couldn't allow something defile that. I wanted to keep her safe. 'So much for not wanting us to get attached…'

"Woman," Sesshoumaru's voice broke through the silence as he stopped, "Keep watch over Rin. Jaken, I wish for you to accompany me."

'I have a name.' I thought as I glared at the demon lord's back. Both he and the imp started to walk on further through the forest.

"Do you get left alone a lot?" I asked Rin with a cocked brow.

"Ah-Un and I usually go for walks and pick flowers," she replied happily, "Maybe you and I could do that!"

'I don't think I could live with picking flowers… but I know something she's probably never done before.'

"Hey Rin, how about we go skating?"

Naraku sat in his castle, pondering darkly to himself as he watched out the closed window. He was alone with his thoughts due to Kagura's absence. He enjoyed the quietness, though he did miss torturing that child in ways she couldn't understand.

"It's a shame that my toy is dead," Naraku told himself, smirking darkly at the word toy.

He had intended on making her a puppet by using her parents' lives above her head. It was amusing to watch her face at the mention of them. The way it would light up when he mentioned seeing them again was far too amusing.

"She was almost mine," the evil demon murmured to him self as his eyes narrowed, "Though her heart faltered when she spoke about meeting Sesshoumaru…"

He had been watching her emotions when she reported after meeting Inuyasha and fighting with him. She had gone from bored to rather amused and then to a kind of cold. When she mentioned Sesshoumaru to him, she sounded confused but interested.

"How… cute," Naraku mused; smirking once again as he lifted his right palm, "Such a shame that she's truly dead… It would have been a pleasure to torture that too pure heart of hers."

I took Rin to a pond that was near by. It was rather deep considering its size, but it would do all the same.

"What's skating?" Rin asked, looking up at me curiously.

"Well, in the winter when water is frozen over with the snow, it makes ice. If the ice is thick enough then you can slide on it. That's skating," I explained with a wide grin.

This would definitely be fun.

"But it's not winter," the small girl stated with confusion.

"True," I laughed, "But I can freeze it all over."

Rin seemed to cock a brow at my words. Of course the small child wouldn't understand. It was confusing enough to understand when I was a young child, let alone a human child.

"Trust me Rin," I promised with a grin, "It'll be fun."

"…If you say so."

'Oh but I do say so.' I walked up to the pond and slowly started to walk out onto the water. Around my bare feet, ice began to spread across the water. I smiled as the sun shone off my frozen masterpiece; our skating rink.

"Oh wow! That's amazing!" Rin exclaimed as she ran out onto the pond to meet me in the middle, "How do we skate?"

"Easy. Just push yourself with one foot and slide," I explained with a proud grin, demonstrating.

Behind me, I heard that small girl's laughter as she tried it herself. Then that laughter was followed by a thud and even more laughter. 'She must have fallen.' Looking back, my eyes rested on her. She was sitting on the ice, trying to push herself to her feet. On her face was a wide grin and that made me smile as well. She was having fun. That was always a good sign.

"Even chasing master Jaken isn't this much fun," she laughed, pushing herself forward with her feet.

I took her hand and pulled her along behind me. 'This is nice; skating with someone else for once instead of by my self.'

I knew that it was too soon, but I was already protective of Rin. To me, it felt like she could have been a sister once upon a time. I loved the thought of that, having a family again. 'I'm sure Rin wishes that more than I do. Once I'm free of Naraku's orders, I can see my family again… Rin can't.' I slid forward and pulled my hand to push her ahead of me. I let go and watched as she slid on her own.

"So what's your name?" Rin asked, looking back with a wide grin, "You never told me."

"Oh," I laughed slightly, "I'm Shaiyu."

"That's a nice name," she beamed, "What's it mean?"

I cocked an eyebrow. No one had asked me that before.

"I honestly couldn't tell you."

"I don't know what my name is either. No one ever told me what it meant," Rin laughed as she pushed herself towards me, "So I guess no one told you either."

"Guess not."

It was fun; sliding around like we were. There was nothing to stop us from having at least a little but of fun. That was… at least until Sesshoumaru and the annoying imp returned with one another. 'Maybe we'll get lucky and Jaken will get killed by something… Then again, I've never been that lucky.' I thought with an amused smile on my face. It was a rather enlightening thought to see the toad die though.

A loud crack pulled me out of my reverie and Rin looked at me with worry in her eyes.

"Shaiyu… What's that sound?" she asked, an eyebrow cocked slightly at her question.

'Oh no… The ice is cracking somewhere!' My eyes widened and before I could react properly, Rin had vanished from sight… The ice had broken and she had been pulled into the water below.

My brain began to go frantic; trying to think of a situation to save the young girl. I knew there was a slight current under the water, and that Rin was being pulled away from the opening that had been made.

"Damn it!" I growled before jumping high off the ice and slamming my feet against the ice.

The ice broke with my weight, leading me to be underwater. Opening my eyes, I could see Rin a little ways away, putting her small hands on the ice. 'Way to go Shaiyu… you're such an idiot.' I scolded myself, swimming towards the younger girl. I knew one thing for certain in that moment. I was not going to let Rin die.

Sesshoumaru walked with the toad imp not too far behind him. There was something that didn't seem right to the lord. Even though his discussion with Jaken over the demon girl was over… something felt out of place… Was it danger?

"My lord, what was that sound?" Jaken's annoying voice brought Sesshoumaru out of his thoughts.

The lord stopped and listened. Had his keen ears and senses missed something?

"It sounds like something just cracked," the toad continued rather thoughtfully.

After a few moments of listening, the sound of something breaking was heard.

"Did you hear it my lord?"

"It's that girl," the demon lord stated, golden eyes narrowing slightly, "Something is not right there."

At the thought of something happening where Rin was Sesshoumaru took towards that direction. Jaken was left behind in the forest; too slow to keep up with him.

"What kind of trouble are you causing woman?" Sesshoumaru asked himself as he ran.

He knew his instincts weren't wrong. There was danger… just not with him.

I swam quickly to Rin, not wasting time. Her big brown eyes spotted me and were filled with fright. 'It'll be okay Rin… I'll get you out of here…' My hand took hold of hers and my free hand began to pound against the quickly thinning ice. The ice cracked and slowly began to break apart. Once it was broken enough, I took hold of Rin's small wrist. I lifted her to the surface and it took me a moment to realize why it had taken so little effort to get her out of the water.

There stood Sesshoumaru, his golden orbs piercing as they looked down at me. 'I don't think he's very impressed with me right now…' I looked up at him with a nervous look as he stared coldly down at me.

"What do you believe you're doing?" he growled threateningly at me.

"Saving Rin from drowning?" I asked him with a slightly cocked brow.

In the background, I could hear Rin coughing slightly.

"Stop with your foolishness," he hissed as he grabbed the collar of my hoari, "She was in danger because of you!"

I was pulled out of the water and Sesshoumaru held my shirt tightly. 'Why is he so… threatening?' I wondered, furrowing my brows.

"At least I bothered to save her!" I growled back coldly, "At least I don't leave her alone all the time."

I paid for that comment. I was thrown to the side, my backing hitting a tree trunk from the force. 'Damn it… it's true.'

"She is a child, woman. She does not deserve to be harmed-"

"Lord Sesshoumaru… we-we were just skating," the small girl cut him off between coughs, "It was fun."

Sesshoumaru had stopped on his advance towards me and his golden orbs became less fierce. Something about that small girl brought out his mercy. Otherwise I believed that I wouldn't have still been sitting in that spot.

End of Chapter 2

Hey again, so sorry that it was a little short, but I hope that you have enjoyed it nonetheless. :3:3 I liked that chapter, I had fun with it. And it's because of this chapter that I have my new ideas. So yay! Lol. Well I don't know when I'll get the third chapter up, but I hope that you will all wait for it. :D Thanks again, and please R&R and I'll update as soon as I can. :D :3