I am very sorry that this took so long to put up! It might be some time before the next chapter, but I'm sad to say that I am losing interest in this story. But I will do my best! ~Enjoy
"Who was that?" asked Sesshomaru.
"My friend Yuri," Jordan answered. "I need to speak with her tomorrow."
"Why do you need a priestess's help?"
"NONE OF YOUR BUISNESS!" Jordan cried. "It's hard enough knowing I might not see you again. Don't make me tell you why."
"Hn. Fine, do as you wish, but there is somewhere you we need to go before you meet that women."
"Where?" she asked mood changing to excited rather fast.
"That, for now, is none of your business." Sesshomaru smirked.
'You bastard!' she thought. 'That is so not cool!' she seethed. She then proceeded on making faces at his back. When he turned around, it went from glares to name calling, to an all out human and demon version of a bitch fight. But it ended in a much more awkward way….
"You wanna say that again demon puppy?" Jordan shouted.
"Gladly human, I'll even say it slow so your pathetic excuse for a mind can handle it. You look fat when you try to look seductive." He said. Which he had to admit wasn't true, Jordan was rather nice to look at, but there was no way in hell he was going to lose this one.
*There was a loud smack that even you reading this can here.*
Sesshomaru was holding wrist which had just, as much as he hated to admit it, smacked him on his cheek. With a growl he shoved Jordan back. Jordan grabbed the fur on his shoulder and pulled it with her. More shoving took place, Jakken just stood there afraid to laugh at the rather hysterical sight before him, afraid of his Master's anger.
Jillian was just sitting in a tree with an amused grin on his face. "Those two were made for each other, it's such a shame such energetic life will go to waste in the end." He thought to himself. He then hopped down from his tree and walked away to give a report to headquarters.
Then the bickering came to a literal crashing end. Jordan had finally lost her footing on a root, fell and well; obviously she took Sesshomaru with her. They landed in a heap on the ground. Looking up to yell at the stupid demon who couldn't even catch himself before he fell on her, she stopped when she saw how close he was. His face was just inches above hers. She looked into his golden eyes, and was caught there. 'He has such pretty eyes.' She thought to herself. And Sesshomaru, much to his dismay, thought the same of her.
Jakken stood with his mouth catching flies, and eyes popping out of his head. He watched the squabble between his lord and that wench, and now he sees them on top of each other on the ground. Further to his fury, it seemed neither were going to move anytime soon.
"Whoa, I leave for once second and look at what I find!" Jillian said with fake horror, a large smirk on his face. His statement seemed to bring both of them back to reality.
"Get off me you JERK!" Jordan screamed. "God what's the matter with you! Damn that armor hurts!" She then gave him a hard shove.
"Insolent human, you think THIS Sesshomaru would willingly fall onto a being as lowly as yourself?" he snapped. "You should watch where you walk more carefully."
"It says a lot if a HUMAN GIRL can knock you down Sesshomaru. Just how pathetic are you?" Jordan taunted. Seeing the effect of her words, anger rolling off in waves, only amused her more. "Oh man, I wonder if I asked the right guy to teach me to fight, even I don't fall over that easy."
Sesshomaru responded on instant, reaching for his sword. Jordan, seeing this, did the same. Now neither of them were going to back down, both fully drew their swords and got into a fighting stance.
Jakken and Jillian stood watching. Both had very amused looks on their face. "Toad, I bet you 3 finely cooked meals that Jordan will either win, or lose control." Jillian said with a sly look on his face.
"Humph, you're on, Milord will never lose to a human like her." He said confidently. "I liked my Fish cooked well with a little bit of grass spice." He said smugly.
"HAHA, don't get to confident now frog, they haven't even started yet." Jillian laughed.
Jordan and Sesshomaru stood still, looking, analyzing, and strategizing what the other did. Sesshomaru then flashed out of Jordan's sight. Jordan saw this coming, and quickly turned around, ducked and made a stabbing motion up. Sesshomaru jumped away at the last second.
'Better,' he thought.
Jordan then made a low swing, at the end arching upward so her sword already had the horizontal momentum. Sesshomaru parried the attack and jutted left, making a move to her open side. Jordan managed to dodge.
This went on for a good 10 minutes, then they Sesshomaru decided to be totally unfair and use some of Bakusaiga's special attacks. Lightning energy started to poor out of the sword, into the sword. It stung Jordan's skin; she was also getting little jolts every so often.
'He's playing with me,' she thought, 'well, two can play at that game.' Smirking she concentrated on her sword. 'I might not know how to fully control it now, but what the heck, I might not get another chance.' Jordan saw darkness, and a bright red. She didn't go any further, but asked aloud. "Wanna lend me just a speck of your strength to show up that Bastard?" All she heard was a crackle of laughter. "I guess that's a yes!" She stopped concentrating and immediately was back at the battle.
There was then an intense heat coming of Jigokumon. Jordan almost wanted to let go. She then was pulled forward at an incredible speed. Out of her control, her arms lifted her sword above her head, appearing behind Sesshomaru so quick she wanted to throw up. 'Crap, I need to get in control.' Her arms started to come down, but she managed to pull out at the last second. 'Force them back down Jordan, don't let them have control!' she thought.
Sesshomaru was slightly amused at her reaction to Bakusaiga's lightning. He hadn't even let out a large dose and she was already twitching. He saw her smirk, then close her eyes and concentrate. 'What is she up to?' He thought. Suddenly the air became very heavy, and the lighting was completely dispersed. Sesshomaru saw that Jordan's sword had started to glow red. 'That idiot, she can't control it yet,' he thought. Then suddenly he lost all trace of her. Her sent was gone, her aura was gone, and every trace of power that she had unleashed. Not even a breath later all the anger deep within that sword, and power, was right above him, coming down fast, too fast to escape without at least a little scratch. Then Jordan stopped, she twisted away at the last second. He could see that the sword had lost its red glow, but the pressure was still there. Jordan turned and he could see why, her eyes had become red.
"Damn I'm really bad at this," she said cheekily. But at least she got some hold on the sword. Well she thought she did. Jordan's head rippled in pain, clutching it tightly she dropped to her knee's.
Jillian appeared in front of her. With a tightly wrapped up hand, he grabbed Jigokumon, ignoring the shearing pain that rippled through him, and tossed it away. He then placed two hands on either side of her forehead and said a simple chant, that Jordan didn't catch, and the pain stopped.
Very quietly he whispered to her. "I think your time has run out Jordan, you need to face the sword smith before you decide to fight again." He then helped her up. "I think, Sesshomaru, that she is done fighting," and with that he picked up Jordan and carried her so she could rest against a tree.
When Jordan awoke, it was the early morning. She felt groggy, and like she was weighed down by some invisible force. Trying to remember what happened the night before she realized that she had lost all control. She knew that it had been the last time she would be able to fight with Jigokumon. She needed to get the fight with the sword-smith over, or it would kill her. 'I could die either way, going out with a bang sounds a bit more fun to me though.' She thought. She wasn't really keen on the idea of dying, there was so much she was leaving behind, but she had already come to terms with it. There was no way to avoid it.
Slowly she opened her eyes, wincing slightly at the bright light from the sun, just starting to peek over the horizon. She saw Sesshomaru was resting against a tree, with a perplexed look on his face. While Jillian and Jakken, were very comfortably sprawled out on the ground. Jordan made her was over to Sesshomaru, it amazed her how he could never look peaceful, even when asleep. 'He'll defiantly have wrinkles when he gets older.' She thought. With a soft smile on her face she reached down and gently poked the crescent on his forehead. Noticing how it didn't quite feel like skin, but she couldn't quite place what it was like. It was a feeling all to itself, smooth, and rough, but also cold; something that contradicts itself in every way. She didn't have long to ponder this though. As soon as her finger made contact with his head his eyes snapped open. Looking immediately annoyed with her intrusion, he spoke to her.
"What is it that you want that you had to wake this Sesshomaru up with such rudeness?" He asked.
"Rise and Shine! The day has come, and personally I'm hungry for human food, and I know there is a village not too far from here." She said with a grin.
"You bothered me to whine? Go yourself, unless you are incapable." He retorted.
"Well I guess I could go, but didn't you say you wanted to show me something? Or did the "Great Sesshomaru" miss speak?" She chuckled, not at all fazed with his cold demeanor.
"This Sesshomaru did not miss speak. We are leaving girl." He replied, getting up quickly, and started walking to the village. She noticed, not bothering to wake and inform Jakken or Jillian.
'Hm. Just us two huh?' she thought with a smile.
"Hey Sesshomaru, what is it that you wanted show me." She asked along the way.
"…" Jordan huffed, folded her arms over her chest, and kept walking.
Later on Sesshomaru abruptly stopped walking and turned to her. "Don't use Jigokumon anymore." He said, dead serious.
"And why not?" She asked, but knowing full well why.
"Don't" was his only answer. And he started walking again, Jordan followed.
She was about to ask again when they passed something very interesting. It was some beat up old well. But there was something different about it, something that just reminded her of home. She stopped and went up to the rim of the well. Looking down, she saw an endless pit, nothing special, but there was still that nagging feeling. Then Rakka Enjeru started to glow. It wasn't a scary or evil glow like Jigokumon, but one that was cool and calming. The blade almost seemed happy. 'There is something here, and it's calling to me.' She thought.
"Human, we are leaving." Sesshomaru stated, oblivious to the event that took place.
"Ok Fluffy!" Jordan replied with a malicious grin.
When they arrived at the Village, much to Jordan's shock, they were greeted by a group of people. One was an old lady with an eye patch, a girl, about her age, with black hair like hers, very Japanese looking, and a boy wearing bright red and dog ears.
"Feh, figured you'd be showing your face around here soon Sesshomaru." The boy said.
"Was my absence too much for you Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru replied coolly.
"Ha, as if. But Rin has been wondering if you had forgotten her." He said, in all seriousness.
"Of course we told her that you would visit soon!" the girl jumped in.
'Rin? Who's Rin?' Jordan thought. She then noticed that Sesshomaru merely nodded, but his look softened. 'She must be special, to have such an impact on Sesshomaru like that.' She then smiled slightly.
Their talking went on for a while, well mostly the boy, Inuyasha, who just poked fun at Sesshomaru, and Sesshomaru making empty threats. Then it seemed that they had forgotten her.
"You there, girl. It seems that we have not met. My name is Kaede; I am the elder priestess of this village." The old woman said.
"Oh yes! So sorry, my name's Kagome! I'm a priestess too!" The Japanese girl said. Jordan didn't bother looking at the boy, she already knew his name. But it seemed he wanted attention from the new girl too.
"Oi, don't you wanna know who I am?" He asked.
"I am quite fine thank you; I already know your name, its Inuyasha." Jordan said bored. She got a few snickers from Kagome for that. Jordan glanced over at Sesshomaru to see that he had a hint of a smirk on his face.
"Why you! I outa teach you some manners! No wonder you get along so well with my sorry excuse for a brother over there!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Bring it on doggy!" Jordan taunted. Inuyasha reached for his sword, while Jordan made to grab Jigokumon, but thought better of it and placed her hand on Rakka Enjeru. Nothing going unnoticed by Sesshomaru.
"Now, now. Let us not fight here. Inuyasha, if she already knows your name what is the point in asking ye?" Kaede said.
Inuyasha just grumbled, and muttered incoherent things about old women and stupid human women. This earned him a smack on the head from Kagome.
"Come on, I bet your hungry from your journey. We have some food cooked fresh from this morning if you like?" Kagome offered.
"Finally!" Jordan proclaimed, making Inuyasha jump. "Real food that's not caught and eaten within an hour!" She smiled happily!
"You survived fine human, you did not starve." Sesshomaru said, slightly annoyed.
Jordan, who had already began to walk away with Kagome, just turned around and stuck her tongue out at him and said, "Shut up Sesshy!"
"Excuse me Jordan?" Kagome asked.
"Yes?"
"Sorry if this sounds weird, but judging from the way you talk and the way you dress, are you be chance not from this time?"
Jordan stopped in her tracks, dumbstruck. "H-How did you know that?" She asked.
"Yes, so I was right!" Kagome rejoiced, "Oh, I know because I am too!"
"Uh huh, prove it!" Jordan challenged.
"Sure!" Kagome said, loving the challenge. "I am from Tokyo Japan. And judging from your accent, you are from New York in the United States right?"
Jordan looked at her shocked, mouth open and all! "Wow, your good! Yes actually I am! But I've been moving around a lot with my dad. I was visiting my Grandfather, before I came here."
"It's so cool to meet someone who is from the same time as me! What do you think of it here?" Kagome asked.
"I miss air conditioning." Jordan replied with a sigh. Both girls hung their heads at the wonderful thought of the cool crisp inside air, during a summer day.
When they made it to the village there was an almost instantaneous yell. "Lord Sesshomaru, Lord Sesshomaru!" came a young girls voice. Seconds later a little girl in an orange and yellow kimono came running out of one of the houses. What shocked Jordan was that she ran right up to Sesshomaru and threw her arms around him, hugging mostly his leg because she was so small. Sesshomaru gave off a hint of a smile, and his eyes softened.
"Rin," he acknowledged her. The little girl smiled even wider as she started giggling. She started rambling on about something about training, and picking flowers.
Jordan looked on at the girl with a smile. 'Well, I guess he's not that evil, that girl seems to see him as a father. She's so cute.' Jordan thought.
It seemed that Rin had caught sight of Jordan, and not knowing who she was decided to start talking to her. "Hi, my name is Rin!" She said sweetly.
Kneeling down Jordan replied. "Hi Rin, I'm Jordan."
"You're pretty Jordan! Are you traveling with Lord Sesshomaru too?" She asked.
Jordan smiled at her comment. "Why thank you little lady, I must say, you are very pretty yourself!" Jordan saw in the corner of her eye that Sesshomaru was smiling, seeming pleased that they were getting along.
Rin glanced at Sesshomaru, and then at Jordan, did that a few times. Then she smiled. In a low tone, so just Jordan could hear. "Lord Sesshomaru likes you! You two should stay together always and you could be my mommy!"
Jordan's face turned several shades of red. Trying to sputter out a response, but it was too late; the girl was in her own world, musing over the idea of them as a family. Not really understanding what she had just said to Jordan. From a distance it Jordan could hear Inuyasha's fit of laughter.
A little later both Sesshomaru and Jordan were outside the huts, Jordan waiting to meet with Yuri, and Sesshomaru just doing what Sesshomaru does best; sit there and stare.
"Rin seems like such a sweet girl." Jordan said. Fiddling with the flower bracelet she and Rin made together. "Did she travel with you?"
"She did, before it was decided that she would be better off here; where she could learn to be human." Sesshomaru answered.
"It was nice of you to do that for her" Jordan said with a smile.
"Miss Jordan!" Rin called.
"Out here Rin." Jordan called. "What is it?"
"Rin wants to know if you will put her hair up. I'm going to practice my archery with Miss. Kaede." She said, holding a brush and ribbon up for Jordan to take.
'Even she talks in third person? I blame you Sesshomaru!' Jordan thought. "Of course sweetie, come closer so I can put it up. How do you want it? Low or high?" She asked.
"Just like yours please!" Rin replied. "It looks pretty that way!"
"Ok!" Jordan started pulling lightly at the girl's hair, 'For not having shampoo, her hair is really smooth and soft.' She thought. "There you go!" Jordan proclaimed when she was done. "Have fun at practice!"
"I will, and thanks! Will you be here when Rin gets back?" Rin asked.
"Probably not, I have to go see a friend soon."
"Aw! Then you have to promise to come and visit soon!" Rin said pouting, but with a determined look.
"Ok, it's a promise!" Jordan said. 'If it is possible I promise I will visit.' She added in her head.
"Yey! Bye Miss. Jordan! Hope it goes well with your friend." She ran to say goodbye with Sesshomaru and then ran off to go train.
Jordan then saw Yuri coming up a path. 'Guess it's time.' "Sesshomaru, I'm going to talk with Yuri, should I meet you back at the place we stayed last night?"
"Do what you wish human; it is not of my concern." He replied, and then walked away.
Jordan joined Yuri on her walk. "A little ways down the road is my home; if you follow me there we can talk." Yuri said.
"Alright."
Sure enough, a little down the road was a small, but quaint home. It had one room, but if it was just Yuri, then it was more than enough. Yuri offered her some tea. And they both sat, waiting for the other to start. After a few minutes of silence, Jordan spoke.
"Yuri, I need a way to get away from my companions without them being able to follow, at least for a while."
"Hm, I might know a way, but I must ask why you would want this?" She said.
Jordan went ahead and told her all that Jillian had told her. Yuri listened and didn't seem to judge Jordan's solution.
"I see; I understand now. Though I must say, I am terribly sorry that you must do this. It must be horrible." She said with a sad look on her cheerful face. She then stood up, and grabbed a pot and a little vile. Inside of the pot was a type of gel like substance. Clear and, Jordan noticed, odorless.
"Hey I don't want to kill them! What is that stuff!" She shouted.
"Calm down Jordan. I was just about to explain." She said, startled. "This is a demon plant's sap. It is in no way fatal at all, so relax. It acts as a sedative, but it will only work on demons. So you don't have to worry about it yourself." She placed a fairly decent amount inside the vile, and then handed it to Jordan. "All you have to do is have them ingest even a small amount, and they will be fast asleep for a while. Side effects, tiredness, and a pissed demon when they wake up if you're not careful!" She said cheerfully!
"Thank you. Oh, how much do you want for this?" Jordan asked.
"No no, it's free, I know where plenty of it is, and I don't use it much. It's yours!" she said smiling. Jordan returned that smile full heartedly.
"Now Jordan, I have two things I need to tell you. One is a warning." Yuri said, serious once again. Jordan gulped. "The other demon traveling with you, Jillian was his name. Do not trust him." This caught Jordan by surprise. "I saw him walking alone the other day; he didn't look the same, either. That smile and kind look on his face was gone, he looked like a predator. And, well, he started talking to this demon that looked awful strong. Jordan, I'm not saying he is evil, just keep an eye on him. The fact that he knew about your sword is another suspicion."
"Sorry Yuri, I think you have it wrong. Jillian is really nice! Maybe you got him confused with another demon." Jordan said. Yuri nodded, but she had a sad look in her eye, saying she wasn't convinced.
"Next is good news, at least it seems like it to me!" Yuri said, cheerful again. "I was traveling toward the mountains not too long ago, and I came across this woman who looked almost exactly like you! I almost hugged her thinking it was you. And then I found out that you were looking for your mother! She was headed toward the Northern Lands!"
"Oh my gosh! Yuri that's wonderful! I'll have to tell Sessh-" Jordan then stopped. Yuri looked sad.
"You will tell him when you get back!" She said with determination. "No matter what!"
"Yeah, you're right! Thanks so much Yuri!" Jordan said, and then made up her mind to do this now. She was getting up to leave when Yuri spoke again.
"His home is not far from mine. Just a little further down the road. I will wait for your return after the fight. Promise you will come back for tea!"
Jordan looked her in the eyes. "I promise."