Hello again! I updated faster than I expected but I have a small question for you all. Right now I'm in the middle of writing kinda important scenes for this story and I wanted to know your opinion. I have a few ideas about the sequel to this story ( I swear I will fail my upcoming exams if that chains of ideas keep going in my head :P)

So I wanted to know if you would like to read a sequel to this story. The one thing I can tell right now is that the sequel will be more about Sesshomaru, seeing that this one is more about Kagome. Write your opinions in reviews or pm me. Take your time. I will write the first scenario, then if you all agreed i can always re-write it :D

Right now, on with the story! Read and enjoy!

The next day went by smoothly. After traveling, Kagome, along with Rin and their pet, make it to the village. Immediately people were greeting and bowing to young miko, who was doing the same thing in return.

"Oneesa, these people must really like you"

"I believe you are right Rin" older girl replied with a small smile then turned to one of the villagers.

"Is Lady Gaenia here?" she asked.

"Yes, the priestess is in her hut" Kagome bowed and went with her companions to the woman she was searching for. It wasn't long before she found her hut. The village was not the biggest one she saw. Stepping inside, she immediately spotted the old miko with gray hairs tied in a low ponytail.

"Lady Gaenia" the girl called gaining attention of the other priestess.

"Kagome, my child is that you?" young miko bowed low and flashed her warm smile.

"Yes Milady. I came to seek your assistance once more" Gaenia gestured for them to sit and took a good look at their companions.

"This is unusual. The last time I remembered you were traveling with a half-demon, a monk, little kitsune and a demon slayer. Why that sudden change?"

"Things had… change. You are probably aware that this girl, Rin" she pointed to the little one, who bowed to the elder miko "is not my sister" Gaenia nodded her head.

"I was camping in the forest and she came from the bushes, poisoned and without memories. My medicine was not working. And this is how we met our little pet "she pointed to the pearl white snake. " It release some sort of antidote from his body and cured Rin. In return, it just wanted to travel with me. It's really good to have it" Older miko was listening carefully letting every word to sink in, but her eyes were still narrowed.

"I believe there is something else you are not telling me child" Kagome sigh. She knew that Lady Gaenia notice her change, so there no point in hiding it.

"Yes, there is. One night I was attacked by a scorpion demon and poisoned. I died." Older miko eyes were slightly widened." Then Lord of the Western Lands brings me back with his Tenseiga. The problem was that my body still had poison in it, so he gave me his own blood and told me to stay calm for three sunrises. After that time my miko powers were supposed to purify the blood. As you can see, something goes wrong and I am what I am now" Gaenia was now little more than shocked.

"Lord of the Western Lands? Do you mean Lord Sesshomaru?" Kagome nodded and told the old miko about alliance with the taiyoukai during the fight with Naraku. Neither one of the priestess notice little girl sitting next to Kagome, abstinently stroking snake head, obviously in deep thought. 'Lord Sesshomaru? Why is this name so familiar to Rin? Why Rin feel warm thinking about this person?' her chain of thought was interrupted when Kagome told it is time to sleep.

Next morning young miko woke up, as usual, just after the sunrise. Stretching her hands, she looked around the hut to greet older miko, but found that the woman was not inside. So trying as quiet as possible, not to wake Rin up, she got out of the house and went to the nearest river for a quick bath. Yesterday she didn't have the occasion because of the long talk with Lady Gaede. On her way back, she spotted the person she was looking for, standing on the top of the small hill. Without a second thought, young miko went to her.

"Good morning Milady" Kagome said with a bow.

"Good morning child" the old woman replied with a sigh.

"Is there something wrong?"

"I believe it will be. Something evil is coming this way." Kagome knew that this miko was never wrong when it came to demons. The one thing she was scared, was the fact that demon may be after her jewel shard, not this poor people.

"How long?" she asked.

"About two days if I'm correct" Kagome just nodded her head. She was hoping to have at least one week to train here, but with this circumstances she would have to be happy with two days. So she got straight to the point.

"Milady, I was hoping to learn something about healing people with my power" old woman looked at her oddly.

"Why would you want to learn something like that?"

"Well, at first I thought that I'll be traveling alone all the time. Now, things are different. I have a little human girl and I want to be able to help her and protect her every time she need it"Old miko just smiled. Yes, that makes perfect sense. She knew that this little one, Rin, is like a sister to the young miko, but underneath this, she believes that it is more like mother and daughter relationship.

"Very well, we can practice here if you want to" Kagome just nodded full of excitement.

"But you must remember this. No matter what is the situation, you must always stay calm. Your power will not release itself when you're scary or angry." Kagome nodded "Also, you must never try to force your power to come out. Because when you are doing something like that, your energy is without any control, which can lead even to killing someone. Do you understand what I'm saying?" young miko just nodded her head again.

"Very well. Now I want you to close your eyes" the girl obeyed "Now, imagine the flow of your energy. It can be any shape, just let your mind do its work" Kagome was waiting for a moment and to her surprise, a pink, medium size snake was floating before her closed eyes. She nodded letting her teacher knew that she did it.

"Now, use your eyes to control it. Do not make any commands mentally or verbally. Just with your eyes." Young miko was not quite sure what does this woman mean by controlling it with eyes, but just as she thought about it, her inner eyes looked at the right, and snake moved itself swiftly in that direction. Kagome knew now what was all of this about so after a few minutes 'dancing' with her energy shape, she smiled to herself.

"Now slowly call back your powers. I cannot tell you how to do it. You must find your own method"Well, if she thought that controlling her energy was hard, now she was completely lost. Kagome tried to make it disappear with her eyes rolling all over her mind but with no such luck. After, what seemed like forever she remembered how her little pet always went to sleep after she stroke its head. Without a second thought, Kagome imagined her hand doing exactly the same thing to her inner energy. To her surprise, the shape got smaller until it completely disappears. Slowly, she opened her eyes to see the old miko smiling at her.

"It seems to me, that with two energies in your body, your miko powers got stronger. You have mastered healing theory in one hour. Other mikos took about ten days to done something like that. We should return to the village. I believe your little sister is awake"

When they returned in the hut, Rin was already up and playing with snake. Kagome went to her backpack to find some berries for her little pet. Reaching her hand, she touch something hard at the bottom of the bag. Pulling it out she looked at her schoolbook with a candy bar inside it. She smiled to herself when an idea pops in her head. Turning to her little sister, she asked

"Rin, do you want me to teach you?" the little girl looked at her confused.

"What Oneesa want to teach Rin?" now it was Kagomes turn to went silent for a moment. True, she wanted to teach Rin how to write and read, but without proper books, she could not do it. That leaves only one choice.

"Maybe how to act like a lady? Do you want to be a lady Rin?" the girl squealed with delight and launched herself at young miko hugging her.

"Rin would love to be a lady Oneesa!" she cried cheerfully. From the other corner of the hut the old miko watch the whole scene 'Yes, they are definitely like mother and daughter' she thought to herself with a little smile.

The rest of the day was spent at teaching Rin how to properly behave at the table and how showing respect for the other people. Kagome was surprised. Her little sister was quick learner. By the dawn, she behaves herself at the supper with as much dignity as she had. The next day was similar. From the sunrise to noon, young miko was practicing her healing abilities on herself, not wanting to hurt anyone. Much to the inner beast disapproval. Every time she was closing the cut with her powers, the beast was growling quietly, obviously not liking the pure energy. After the noon and quick lunch, she once again was teaching Rin. This time how to speak about herself without using the third form, wondering by the way when the little one pick this habit. This was much harder then the yesterday lesson but with a little help from the old miko and of course a few pieces of the chocolate bar she manage to get the basics. When they finished it was already dark outside, so older sister told her little one to sleep. After she was sure, that Rin is really sleeping, Kagome sat next to her teacher.

"Milady how is it?" she did not need to tell what she was asking. It was obvious.

"It'll be here tomorrow after the noon."

"By this time we shall take our leave" Kagome said and seeing the look of confusion on the old mikos face she continued "I believe, no I'm almost sure that this demon is after me. Or to be technical after the jewel shard in my possession"

"You do realize that alone, you don't have that much of a chance?"

"I do Lady Gaede, but I don't want to involve innocent people in this" the old miko nodded wondering how this young woman continues to surprise her. She could easily tell that the demon coming this way was strong and it would be really hard battle. Yet, this girl still wanted to do this in a save distance from village without any ones help. Yes, this mikoness, as she once called herself, was created for great things.

The next morning Kagome woke Rin up to get her ready for the leaving. She went with her pet to the nearby river, at the same spot that yesterday and sat on the rock. Letting out a deep sigh young miko looked at the snake, which in return was looking at her. She has thought about it a lot last night. If she will have to fight with this demon, which was quite obvious she will, Kagome need to make sure that Rin will be save during their encounter.

"I need you to do something for me. It may be painful at the beginning but I need to make sure she will be save" she told to her snake friend who only nodded its head slightly. So she places it on her lap, stretched her hands and closed her eyes.

When she returned to the hut, she saw old miko looking at her oddly but did not pay to much attention to it. That is, until her little sister called excited.

"Oneesa why are you have this strange things on your wrists?" Rin asked pointing her small finger. Kagome brought her wrist to her face only to see a faint magenta strips, two on each wrist. What was more, her nails looked now like a medium size claws. She did not have to wonder why they were here. So smiling lightly on her little sister she told her it is time to go. This time, the snake was tightly wrapped around Rin so Kagome has her hands and arm free. She was prepared, as well as Rin. So about two hours after the noon, she felt demonic aura coming towards them.

"Rin" she said handing her yellow backpack "hide yourself and do not speak nor move, just as I told you" the girl do as she was told to and hide herself behind a rock on the clearing. Her small hands were clutching to the backpack tightly.

Soon, too soon, a large, dark green creature entered the clearing. Kagome must have thought that he looked somewhat familiar. His upper body was really well built, his waist was slim and his legs were well muscle. This explains his speed abilities. 'He looks almost like…' No. She could not think about it now.

"What is your purpose here, demon?" she asked with a demanding voice.

"I must found the secret jewel shard and bring it to my master" he replied with hoarseness voice.

"Who is your master?" he did not have to reply to this question, however. Because in the moment when he raised his large arm, getting ready for the attack, she saw a little scar on his right side. Burnt scar. In a blink of an eye, she reached for her arrow and in the same time, the demon launched himself at her. The battle begun.

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Sesshomaru reached the village early in the morning. Pushing aside the feelings that He, Lord of the Western Lands, must seek help from a mere mortals, he made his way to one of the hut.

"Excuse me for interrupting your peace" he said as much politely as he could, gaining attention of the young woman.

"I'm looking for a little girl. She has a raven-hair and brown eyes. I believe she is also in the same age as your heir." The woman knew by the way he speaks that he must be one of these lords, or someone with high rank status.

"I'm sorry but I don't think I can help you. I am new in this village. Please wait a moment sir, I will bring someone who may knew something more." She bowed and left the hut. After a few minutes, she returned with a young mortal man.

"Can I help you with anything, sir?" he asked a little nervous about having a conversation with a demon lord.

"I'm looking for a little girl. Her name is Rin" the man face lit up immediately as the name left taiyoukai mouth.

"Ah yes! Rin, little girl with black hair and brown eyes?" Sesshomaru nodded.

"Yes she was here no more than three days ago, along with her sister"

"Sister?"

"Yes. A young and very beautiful miko. They looked like mirror images. I believe they went to the village where Lady Gaede lives"

"Where is this village and how far from here?" taiyoukai asked as calm as he could though inside he was boiling with unknown emotions.

"It's in the west from here, no longer than one day in human pace"

"Very well. You will be rewarded for giving this Sesshomaru needed information" and with that he sped up in his quickest pace toward the next village. Still, there was something he did not understand. His messenger told him the other day, that Rin was traveling with a half-demon. Yet now, this man said that a young priestess looking just like her accompanied her. He had an idea who this person might be and for the first time in his long life, he wanted to be wrong. He stopped in his track due to the sound of fight to his right. Deciding to take a quick glance at what was going on he sped up in the direction of the sound. However, he was never prepared for what he saw. A young woman, with her dark blue kimono hanging to her knees was pointing an arrow at some large and filthy demon. She shoot and pierce right through his chest only to see it regenerate in a few seconds. But that was not what shocked the taiyoukai attention. There, right behind the rock was sitting a small girl he was searching for, with a snake tightly wrapped around her body.

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Kagome cursed mentally when she shoot her last arrow. Young miko was hoping that maybe when she pierce right through the demon heart he will die, since she could not reach the jewel in his forehead. The creature was smart, she had to admit it. Every time she released her weapon pointed at the jewel with hope to purify it, the demon always manages to dodge or shield the jewel. Now without anything to attack, Kagome was avoiding every one of her opponent attacks. She was about to repeat her action when loud scream made her looked behind to see what was going on. And that was her big mistake. In the same time, she felt sharp pain on her back, when the demon claws slashed her skin. She jumped out of his reach and behind the rock.

"What is it?"

"Someone was there" she pointed to the forest. Kagome, now, felt nervous. She looked at her little pet and nodded her head. The pearl white snake started to glow in a pink light creating a barrier around Rin.

"You will be safe now. Closed your eyes and when everything will be over I came back for you, ok?" she tried to sound calm; though this was the last feeling she could think of right now. Her sister nodded once and closed her eyes. Knowing that Rin will be safe now, she stepped behind the rock to face her opponent once more. He was standing there, waiting patiently at his victim. Young miko was about to run straight at him, when she saw that the jewel shard was glowing with pitch black light. The demon was coming at her just when she felt sharp pain in her chest. Her beast was roaring loudly from her chest, demanding to be released. She knew that this was happening because of the tainted jewel. She knew she had no idea how to control her beast but it did not matter to her right now. What does matter was the fact that she needed to make sure Rin would be safe. She was her baby, her light of joy and she could not effort to lose her. With this last thought, she gave the beast control. Her body was pulsing with her demon energy, her hair were floating behind her and when she stood up and looked at her opponent, her eyes were blood red and her cheeks were adorned with two magenta stripes on each of them. The demon looked slightly taken aback by this sudden transformation but after a moment, he regained his composure and launch himself at the, now half-demon. Kagome just flashed evil smirk and flexed her long claws in front of her face. In the last second, she dodge his fist and bit her fingers deep into back of his head. With her right hand free, she produced green gas and melts his head, leaving now free shard. Immediately after body was separated from the jewel it turned into ashes.

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Sesshomaru was watching the whole scene. It was now clear to him, who this half-demon was. Definitely not his excuse of a brother because he could not move with such a speed, produced poison claws and on top of it, he had only one light violet strip on each cheek. Deciding he saw all he needed to, taiyoukai step from behind a tree.

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Kagome immediately turned in the direction of the noise and saw a demon wearing a white outer kimono with honeycomb and flowers crest at the collar, sleeves, and shoulder with white hakama. Young miko, though still transformed knew exactly who he was. How could she not? He was, after all, her creator.

"What are you doing here Sesshomaru?"

"Just what I was thinking" he replied calmly.

"I have my reasons to be here" she jumped in front of the barrier protecting Rin.

"You will not hurt her" her beast growl in approval. Sesshomaru raised his brew slightly, seeing that the miko beast approve Rin.

"This Sesshomaru have no desire to hurt her. I came for her" he stated it as it was the most obvious thing in the world. 'I know now from who she picked this habit of speaking in the third person' Kagome thought.

"You will not have her" now it was Sesshomarus beast that was growling. He knew his beast approve the little girl too, seeing that she was the first one to accept it. Knowing that conversation with this girl, while transformed was a waste of his time; taiyoukai approached her and stopped about two inches from her.

"What the hell are you doing?" she growled. He did not reply. Moreover, he dropped his barriers that were covering his scent and aura and lower himself to her level, nuzzling her cheek with his own and making a soft growl. Kagome immediately felt her beast calming down; her stripes disappear along with claws and red eyes. When he felt that she calmed, Sesshomaru took a step back and she dropped down to her knees feeling now fully the pain from the wounds in her back.

Rin opened her eyes when there was no sound and looked at her older sister. Tears make its way down her cheeks and she quickly got out of the barrier and run, kneeling in front of the miko.

"Oneesa are you alright?" she asked with her shaky voice. Kagome just smile softly.

"You are not hurt are you Rin?" little girl shook her head.

"Rin" the third voice spoke making the little girl jump in fear and hide herself behind Kagomes back. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes.

"Wench, what did you do to her?" his voice cold.

"Just what I was about to ask! If she is your ward, as you telling me, then why in the seven hells I found her poisoned, on the edge of death in the southern lands more the less?!" Kagome screamed on top of her lungs. Taiyoukai did not spoke. He just watched a little figure behind the mikos back.

When she felt that her older sister calmed her breath she looked up at the person she was speaking with. For the first time Rin has the chance to looked closely at the demon. His white pants, two swords and beautiful silvery white hair. But this is not what caught her attention. When little girl made her way with eyes to his face, she saw the magenta stripes, golden orbs with something hidden deep inside them, but most of all…

"Moon…" Rin whispered. Kagome froze immediately. How could she be so stupid? Now it all makes sense. What Sesshomaru said was true, after all.

He however did not move a muscle. His face was calmly looking at this little girl. If what the miko said was true, he knew he can't scare his ward. So he decided to stand still and wait for the Rins next move. After a while, she stepped behind Kagomes back and took a few steps to the great demon Lord. He looked down at her with the softest eyes Kagome ever saw in him, locking them with a little brown orbs looking straight at him. They stand there for what almost seems like eternity, lost in they own little world. Just then, young miko heard something. The melody her little sister was always humming. Only this time, she adds words in it.

In the mountain, in the breeze

In the forest, in my dreams

Lord Sesshomaru where are you?

Jaken is serving under you, too

I will wait, for you

On my own

Please return to me

Waiting all alone

Kagome could have sworn that she saw end of his lips curving slightly upwards. Taiyoukai just nodded his head slightly at the little girl and without a second thought, Rin launch her small body at his leg, squeezing tightly his hakama and crying her eyes out. Kagome could not take it anymore. Too many emotions washed over her and she collapsed to the ground.

Sesshomaru on the other hand, knelt on one knee and hugged his little precious girl with his only one arm. And for the first time he did not care if someone was watching him getting so soft. Nothing mattered. Only this little girl hugging him.

Sooo do you like it? If you do then I'm glad! :D Remember what I said about the sequel! I will be waiting for Your opinions! For now, bye bye, gotta go writing! :D