I don't think I mentioned it before, but Kurai is a half-demon also :)

Sorry for taking so long~~! ^^' Please enjoy for those who are still reading it!

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Kurai leaned against a tree, her hand lazily on the hilt of one of her swords. Her gaze stayed in front of her even after she heard a pair of footsteps coming from her side. "Finally decided to join me, Hikari?" she asked casually, glancing at Hikari carrying some food.

She smiled. "Sorry, but in the end we didn't have enough money to buy food, so I had to steal instead." she sighed. "I wish you went instead of me... Maybe you wouldn't of had to steal, your pretty cunning..." she murmured. Can't believe that only a week has passed, yet Kurai says she caught his scent, we are lucky. Hikari thought.

Kurai sighed. "Please, you saw how many guards where there. If I went, they would've searched me and I'm sure you know what would happen next." she sighed. She suddenly stopped leaning on the tree, her gaze fixed in front of her. "Besides, looks like hes finally arrived." she stated.

Hikari gasped, suprised. "You don't mean..." she trailed off, snapping her head to where Kurai was looking. Stepping out of the shadow, came a man dressed in almost all white, including his long hair. "It is him..." she mumbled, suprised.

Kurai smirked. "So, this is the 'Lord Sesshoumaru' that everyone is talking about..." she said outloud, crossing her arms as she studied him.

"Hm?" he looked up coldly, seeing the two girls staring at him. "What would two half-breeds want with me(A/N: BTW, I relized my mistake, kurai/hikari's mom is a half-demon too. More info at the bottom*)?" he asked coldly.

Kurai stood straighter, determindation in her eyes. "I have come to learn from you." she told him bluntly. "This is my companion." she nodded toward Hikari.

Sesshoumaru barely blinked. "What makes you so sure I'll teach you instead of kill you?" he asked, cracking his knuckle.

Kurai didn't looked fazed from it, though Hikari was hiding behind her now. Kurai kept her ground even as his gaze darkened. "Don't think that I came all this way just to be rejected." she told him. "My partner and I will keep to ourselves and follow you while you walk wherever." she told him. "You won't need to provide for us or anything. We will take care of ourselfs." she told him.

"And what is it that you want to learn?" he asked, though he didn't really seem to care.

"I want you to teach me how to control my inner demon like you can." she told him bluntly.

"Why?" he asked, blunt too.

They stared hard at each other. "Because I never want it to take over again." she told him. Hikari looked toward the ground, as if ashamed, and Sesshoumaru just raised an eyebrow.

"Thats really unheard of. A demon, even if only half, not wanting to turn into their demon form is strange." he said. "Ah, thats right. You can't turn into it, since your only a half, but I'm sure it takes control of you from time to time then?"

Kurai shrugged, ignoring the last sentence. "Believe me or not, I can't convince you either way until I can prove it to you with my actions. Either way, I want to become strong enough to hold it in, even when I'm about to die." she told him, truthfully.

Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow again, eyeing the strange pair. The 'companion' seemed like a regular human girl, though it was obvious that she was only half. The girl talking seemed to be more demon then the other, but wanted to be more stable, unlike other half-demons or just plain demons. Strange pair. he thought.

"Do as you like, if you can keep up with me for a week, then I'll teach you." he told her. Kurai smiled brightly, happy, while Hikari squeled with delight, jumping up and down. "But before that, I need to ask you something."

Kurai's smile disappeared instantly, replaced by a thin line. "Hm?"

"Your name?" he asked as he turned around and started to walk back into the forest.

Kurai grinned as she took off after him, Hikari shortly behind. "The names Kurai the Fox Demon and my younger sister, Hikari the Fox Demon Priest**." she intruduced.

One Year Later

"Hey, Bankotsu!" Jakotsu called, waving his friend over. "Remember that village over there?" he asked. Bankotsu glanced over at the small village, scowling.

"No, I don't." he replied, turning to start walking once more.

Jakotsu frowned, displeased. "Lets stop there for tonight so we can buy some more food." he offered.

Bankotsu shook his head. "Nah, its easier and a lot less (A/N: Money-wise) if we just kill the animals in this forest." he told him, glancing around. He would rather leave the area then stay, since he remembered what happened here clearly like it was yesterday.

Jakotsu stuck his tongue out in disguest. "Ew, no. C'mon, please, can't we go?" he asked, begging like a child.

"Why do you want to go so badly?" Bankotsu asked, grumbling.

Jakotsu looked up, smiling honestly. "Because I wanna see if Hikari and Kurai came back yet." he told him truthfully. Bankotsu sighed, rubbing the back of his head.

"Whatever. We are just going there for the food." He grumbled, heading toward the town. Jakotsu grinned happily, following silently behind him.

They walked down a busy street as they headed for the market area. The men, the only ones in the street, were carrying blocks of wood and other things to build with. "Hm? Did Kurai break something maybe?" Jakotsu wondered outloud.

Bankotsu frowned, thinking it over. "I don't know about that. The town seems more tense then last time." he stated as they walked into the marketing place.

Jakotsu smirked. "So, you do remember this place then?" he asked, nudging Bankotsu playfully. Bankotsu rolled his eyes and ignored him, which meant yes to Jakotsu.

They stopped by a guy who was selling meat and fur. "What should we get?" he asked, looking at all the meat. Jakotsu shrugged and returned back to glancing the place to see if he could find the two half-demons. "Maybe this one-" Bankotsu was holding up a peice of meat when people started to scream, running past them in a hurry.

"Hm? Whats going on?" Jakotsu wondered outloud, turning to see a large demon with almost a thousand little ones. "Ah, I see. Looks like the mom took them out to eat." he sighed.

Bankotsu put the meat back down, though he could've taken it since the meat guy ran off. I don't want to get involved, since it doesn't matter to me whether this town dies or doesn't... Then again, Kurai and Hikari probably aren't here or something because they haven't arrived. When they return, would they be horrified to see their town gone, I wonder...? he gave a short sigh, scratching the back of his head.

"Guess we got no choice, since they two halfs aren't here..." he muttered, taking out his sword. Jakotsu beamed at him, happy. "Lets hurry up before I change my mind." he growled, annoyed.

Jakotsu nodded, taking out his weapon. Some of the baby bugs, without their moms support, jumped at the two. But, before they could really attack, light shined in front of them and when it disappeared, the four baby bugs were gone. "Huh...?" Jakotsu raised an eyebrow, confused.

"Looks like we made it in time." a voice sighed with relief. Looking up, they saw a figure jump off the building and land in front of them. "Though, I really didn't think that this demon would have so many kids..." she murmured, as if impressed.

Bankotsu stepped forward, sword drawn. "Who're you?" he demanded, eyeing her suspiously. The figure turned around, smalling happily. "H-hikari?" he asked, his sword lowering a bit.

"I thought you guys looked fimiliar..." she smiled. "I didn't expect to find you two here, Bankotsu, Jakotsu." she stated truthfully. Jakotsu beamed when he saw her, while Bankotsu glanced around, trying to spot the other half. "I wonder if Kurai will be as happy as I am?" she thought outloud.

Bankotsu stared at the girl in front of him. "Where is she anyways?" he asked. "You two are late. Did Kurai beat up some boys before relizing what was happening?" he asked, jokingly.

Hikari shook her head. "No, we just got finished with our training, so we just got here." she told them. Bankotsu 'hmph'ed, looking beyond her. As he did, he noticed that the other babies where running toward her.

"Watch out-" he started to go toward her, when a darkened figure rushed past them and then Hikari, who was just smilling.

"Your late, you know." Hikari teased, giggling. The figure barely stopped when it reached the group of baby demons, killing them in an instence. Continueing on, it killed all the demons in its path towards the mother demon. "Please take it out in one shot, or we can't report to Daku-sama soon, Kurai." Hikari told her, smiling still.

Bankotsu and Jakotsu looked shocked. "Kurai?" he gasped, looking closely at the figure, who was completely hiden in a long cloak and its hood. Hikari nodded.

The figure -Kurai?- jumped off from the ground and cut the demon in two with one blow. "Shes gotten a lot better then last time." Jakotsu admitted in a whisper. "Maybe Sesshoumaru trained her to fight too?" he wondered outloud.

Before Bankotsu could reply, the figure rushed back, the hood falling off because of the speed she was rushing. Kurai smiled at them, happy. "Its been too long, Bankotsu." she smirked, resting her new-looking sythe on her shoulder. Her armor and clothes were the same as last time, just like everything else on her, but her weapons where different. She still had the pouch, but her attacking and defending sword were both gone and a knife replaced them.

Her sythe was also different from her old one. This one was pure black and red spots on the part were you attack with. "You've gotten better, Kurai, and you changed your weapons it seems like." he replied.

She just grinned. "Yeah, my old sythe broke in my fight with Sesshoumaru." she sighed. "I had to get a new one because, I relized I wasn't very good with swords. Just wasn't used to them." she scratched behind her head.

"So, you have a knife for what reason?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Hm?" she looked down. "Oh, that knife. Thought you were talking about one of my hidden weapons for a second." she gave a nervous laugh while Bankotsu looked at her like she was crazy. "I can't really use swords but knifes are a peice of cake." she told him.

Bankotsu shrugged, unintrested about the knife. Hikari turned to leave. "Kurai, we gotta go and tell Daku-sama." she reminded her.

"Hikari, mind if we come with you guys?" Jakotsu asked. Hikari paused for a second, then looked at Kurai for permission. Kurai gave a short shrug as she started to walk toward the meeting hall.

Hikari turned back and smiled. "Sure."

They headed toward it as the towns people started to regroup in the marketing place. "Don't tell me... Thats Kurai the Fox Demon?" a man whispered, shocked.

"So, they've finally returned?" another whispered.

"Then the one next to her must be Hikari."

"Did you see that ray of light she used on the demons? She must be a miko now!"

"No way! Shes a half demon, didn't you hear?" they argued in hushed voices.

Jakotsu glared behind him, toward the voices, and watched them instantly leave. He turned back, sighing with annoyance. "Yeesh. They sure are loud..." he grumbled.

Hikari giggled, smiling at him once more. "Its because I've become more of a miko then a demon. It probably suprises them." she told him.

He still frowned. "Still, one look and its kinda hard to tell." he murmured, causing to get a curious glance from Hikari. "Anyways, what did you guys do with that Sesshoumaru guy?" he asked, curious.

Bankotsu, who was in front beside Kurai, also listened in, curious. Hikari paused for a moment, to think, before sighing. "It was kinda hard... At first, it took a week to get Sesshoumaru-sama-" Jakotsu twitched. "-to take us in to train us. After that, we had to find out why Kurai's inner demon takes over her." she told Jakotsu, who nodded.

"But, isn't kinda easy to guess? I mean, she only changed when boys harassed you." he told her bluntly, a bit annoyed.

Hikari giggled before sighing. "I told him that, but he refused to believe it." she told him with a shrug. "Well, the first thing he did was put her in a life-or-death situation." she informed.

Bankotsu looked to the side, scowling, to hide his anger from Kurai's watchful eyes. Jakotsu just gave her a shocked look. "Eh, really? But, if she already knew that he wouldn't kill her, then why did he try...?" he asked.

Hikari gave a worried glance at Kurai. "Well, she did know, but when they fought for the first and only time, and her sythe broke, he pretty much tortured her..." she almost whispered, glancing at Kurai, worried.

Bankotsu and Jakotsu whipped their heads to Kurai, shocked. "W-what...?" Jakotsu managed to say.

"He kept the battle going until she was about to die." she continued on, since Kurai didn't say anything. Bankotsu glared at her, having dangerous area around him. "W-well, he did make up for it though. He helped me heal her wounds. Mostly he just helped me with the back ones, since we could hide Kurai's chest-"

Bankotsu halted, anger written all over his face, as Hikari walked into him. "Bankotsu?" Jakotsu questioned, eyebrows raised.

Ignoring him, he turned to Kurai, who was also watching him, angerly. "Is what she said true?" he almost shouted. Kurai, taken by complete suprise, took a half step back. Then, after a pause, nodded slowly, watching his reaction carefully. "Dangit! How dare he looks at your naked body! I'll kill him!" he shouted, growling.

Kurai's, after a moment, face brightened, taken aback from his words. "W-what are you trying to say, Bankotsu? Hikari was there... I'm sure he didn't see anything... I wasn't even fully naked..." she said, face getting brighter. "B-besides, its none of your business to know who's seen my body right?" she asked, crossing her arms together, as if to hide her covered chest.

Bankotsu scowled. "Of course it's my business!" he almost shouted again. Kurai's face reddened faster. "No one is allowed to see your body!" he ordered.

Kurai, annoyed by his words, scowled back, though she was still as red as a tomato. "Its not! You act as if your my boyfriend! And your not, so you shouldn't be reacting this way!" she yelled, eyebrows knitting together in anger.

Bankotsu's eyes widened, relizing that she was right. "D-damn it!" he turned around quickly, not wanting his face to be shown; it was in the worst state right now. He started to storm off. "I'm going for a walk! Leave me alone." he growled back.

"Ah, hes leaveing..." Jakotsu pointed out, suprised. "I guess I'll have to protect you girls by myself." Bankotsu's ear twitch. Jakotsu turned to Hikari. "You know, you've gotten cutier, haven't you?" he told her, playfully, but serious. "And that means a lot if its coming from me." he winked.

Hikari giggled, a light blush on her face. "Heh, are you trying to flirt with me, Jakotsu?" she asked playfully, but curious. Before he could reply, Kurai went in between the two.

"Oi... How come, wherever we go, we meet idiots like you who wanna flirt with Hikari...?" she growled. "Do you wanna die?" she asked, cracking her knuckles.

Hikari giggled once more. "Oooh, the habit she got from Sesshoumaru has shown itself!"

Bankotsu turned the corner, allowing his feet to lead him wherever, as he thought. Stupid Kurai. Stupid Sesshoumaru. Stupid all of them. he thought, annoyed. Not to mention, Jakotsu was actually flirting with a girl... How strange... To think, if hes flirting with a girl, then I wonder who I am in love with? he wondered, shrugging as he continued to walk.

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"... And to the end of the report." Daku continued, standing in front of Kurai and Hikari while Jakotsu stood in the back, next to the door. Hikari was standing while Kurai had to kneel, in mercy of the warriors and the few with bows and arrows; they had all been called in there to make sure Kurai did nothing 'fishy'. "Kurai the demon, Sesshoumaru, actually trained you?" he asked.

She gave a slight nod.

"And you can now control your demon?" he asked.

She nodded once more.

Daku frowned a bit. "Ok, prove it please." Kurai looked up, giving him a questioning gaze. "If you cannot control yourself, then you shall be kill on the spot, no second chances." Hikari gasped, shocked. "We didn't want you to come back unless you could control yourself. Please understand." he told her.

Kurai's eyes narrowed a bit, but she nodded anyways.

Daku motioned with his hand to someone in the back to come up. The figure wore a dark purple cloak, covering his body and head. He stopped behind Daku, in front of Kurai's gaze. "Please, show yourself." he told him.

Kurai closed her eyes with a sigh. "No need. I already know who this is. I could smell him once we walked in." she told them. The figure ignored her and put down his hood anyways, showing his face and neck, which had scars that looked like he was strangled. "Which idiot are you? The one who covered Hikari's mouth? Or the one that messed with her hair?" she asked, growling.

The archers pulled back their bows, for saftey, while the warriors lifted their swords. Kurai just glanced at them coldly, making no movements to attack.

The boy stared at her, coldly. "The one who messed with her hair. My brother, the other one, died shortly afterwards. Reasons unknown." he told her, obviously putting the blame on her.

She tried her best to contain her smirk. "Such a shame." she said, watching the boy bite his bottom lip. He could only provoke her to attack him, nothing else.

"If you hadn't shown up, we would've got what we wanted with ease." he told her, seeing her sigh with annoyance.

"Yeah, yeah, empty threats that didn't happen. Now, please, can we leave now?" Daku paused, glancing at the remanding Elders before nodding. Kurai stood while Hikari bowed respectfully to them before turning to leave. "Also, Sesshoumaru-sama will be staying with us for a bit. For all hes done, he deserves atleast this little." before Daku could reject, Kurai continued. "I'll be with him wherever he goes and Hikari will take care of his tiny follower. As long as they are with us, don't attack them. Atleast, if you don't wanna die, because I will kill you personally if he doesn't." she threatened, smiling.

With that, she she turned and walked out, followed by Jakotsu, who hesitated for a moment, wondering if they would shoot her. Hikari turned back to Daku, giving an apologetic smile. "Sorry, Daku-sama. But, we really owe them." she told him, bowing once more before rushing out of the room.

Once the door close behind them, the Elderly started to talk once more. "I'm not so sure about Kurai... She just threatened us! Besides, if we get rid of Kurai, Hikari can still protect us." one of them stated.

Daku rolled his eyes. "Do you really think Hikari would agree to that?" he asked bluntly. "Its just best to follow this simply order. Kurai and Hikari will take punishment if they do something bad, so its all good." he told them, leaving them room.

The remaining Elderly looked out the winder, seeing Hikari, Kurai, and the strange boy walking toward their old house. "He better be right... We can't take any chances..." one of them whispered.

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* = Hikari/Kurai's mom was a half demon, I just forgot to put it down :P so when she got pregnet with Kurai, it was on the first day of the month (like with Inuyasha) so she was a human and when she got pregnet with Hikari, she wasn't on the first day of the month so she was a demon. I hope its not confusing ^^' (this is all made up though :P)

** = They decided to put "Priest" after "Fox Demon" because she knows a few moves for priesting, though not enough to heal or really take care of someone ^^' the only reason she has "Priest" on there is because she learnt moves to knock out Kurai when she goes crazy :P (aka when a guy gets close to Hikari)

Anyways, did you guys injoy it ^^ sorry that I haven't updated for awhile D: please forgive me ^~^