Chapter one

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As Rin lay sleeping so peacefully the sight almost melted the lord's ice-cold heart. She lay there so unaware of what lay outside the camp's borders. How ever Lord Sesshoumaru knew that there was a new scent in the air (He had a very good sense of smell being a full dog demon). An anxious Lord Sesshoumaru shouted "Who's out there?" as he said this he drew his sword hoping that there would be no combat.

A young female voice responded, "I am the one you are looking for".

This aggravates the Lord so he says; show your self you coward!"

The voice then says, "very well but there is no coward here," at this point a cloaked figure appears out of the misty darkness and then bows to the Lord.

"Perhaps we should go by the fire so you can see my face," said the female figure.

"Yes all right," said Lord Sesshoumaru very suspicions of the new arrival. When she walked it look like she glided rather than walked.

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Lord Sesshoumaru and the girl sat by the fire talking about her life. When Sesshoumaru said, "You haven't told me your name yet."

"My name is Kimi" she responded in a dull tone, and then she said "she will not remember me; she was very young when I saw her last."

"What happened if you knew her then why did you leave her there so for long?" asked Lord Sesshoumaru.

"I was banished to the lands of the unknown. I begged and pleaded for her parents to come with me, but they said no. So I left knowing full well her fate and theirs. When the day came I returned to find death and destruction" said Kimi.

"So do you want to take her?" said the Lord. At this precise moment in time Rin walked in.

"Who is this Lord Sesshoumaru?" asked the surprised Rin. At this point the stranger bows to the little girl which is an entirely new experience for her.

"An old friend, I was there at your birth, which was on a blustery day in late November your mom was convinced that I was a nurse maid. You are twelve years old correct?" said Kimi as she said it she giggled a little for the first time in years. As the girls were having this conversation Lord Sesshoumaru was tending the firer.

The confused Rin asked, "How do you know that?"

Kimi said in response "I know this because I am your care taker."

"Who said so?" asked the startled little girl.

"Well first your parents, they never mentioned me did they? And second by Lord Sesshoumaru," said Kimi.

"When did I say you could stay here with us?" Lord Sesshy angrily jumped in to the conversation, only to be ignored.

"Oh, you know that they're dead Right?" asked Rin.

"Yes I know I morn for them too, I've known for three years now to the day" Kimi informed Rin.

"When did I say you could stay?" Lord Sesshoumaru repeated very angrily.

Kimi very calmly informed Lord Sesshy, "I know all your secrets and I'm the only that is qualified to take care off a human child so it would be wise to let me stay."

"I think she should stay and take care of me, I'm sure that she'll do a better job than Jaken did," Rin commented as her sleepiness caught up to her.

"All right you have convinced me, she stays, and now, Rin to bed with you," Lord Sesshoumaru said.

"Yes Lord Sesshoumaru," she said as she walked into the teepee.

"She is very attached to you," said Kimi.

"Yes I am aware of this. She died but I saved her from that fate with my father's sward Tenseiga. Yet she is still so small I wonder if there's something wrong with her," Lord Sesshoumaru spilled this information to Kimi. Information that He had never told anyone before, nor did he have any intention of telling this stranger but was complied to by some unseen force.

"Yes I know, she thawed out your ice-cold heart," Kimi said as if it is was common news she had heard before.

Lord Sesshoumaru proceeded to ask, "How do you know that?"

"I have the curse of foresight but I don't need my visions to know that your eyes betray you," Kimi said in a depressing yet cheerful tone.

"Now things are beginning to make sense, so will you ever shed this curse?" asked Lord Sesshoumaru letting his curiosity get the better of him.

"No I am cursed for life, and with this curse I saw Rin's parents and Rin die," said Kimi on the edge of tears bursting out.

"So then you tried to change the feature and you saw other things too didn't you," said the Lord.

"Yes I see many things, I could not forgive myself if I left and did nothing. I saw what you did for Rin and I would like to thank you for that," said Kimi as she wiped away the tears that stained her rosy checks.

"Did you know what I would do?" asked Lord Sesshoumaru.

"Yes I did since the time that I saw her and her parents die," replied Kimi.

"So than what will you do for me with this curse?" asked Lord Sesshoumaru.

"Whatever I can for now I guess, now let us retire for the night," said Kimi drying her eyes.

"I think that we shall but there is no place for you to sleep," said Lord Sesshy.

"That will be fine we will find a place for me in the morning," said Kimi.

"Where will you sleep?" asked Lord Sesshoumaru.

"I can sleep out here," Kimi suggested.

"Are you sure it can be very dangerous out here at night," said the Lord.

"Yes I know, I can handle my self, go on to bed I will be fine," said Kimi.

"All right I'll go now," said Lord Sesshoumaru.