My body has been yelling at me for a shower. I really wished that wherever we are had heard of the shower. Just getting my body wet and scrubbing without soap didn't cut it anymore. I couldn't complain about wanting to go home either; I didn't want Jaken to know that I wanted to go home that badly and whenever I brought up wanting to go home around Rin, she would look at me with puppy-dog eyes causing me to instantly shut my mouth. Sesshomaru went off somewhere a few days ago and has yet to return. I wonder if it is a bad thing that I miss him when he's gone, especially since it's not like he says much when he is here.

"Suri," Rin said softly. I looked at her. She was riding on Ah-Un's back, mostly because it was getting late, late meant dark, and dark meant nothing was necessarily safe. Normally, I would just carry her, but I couldn't bring myself to hold her close while I was in the mind-set of wanting to go home.

"Yes Rin?" I asked her. She smiled at me, but didn't say anything. "Get some sleep. It's late." She shut her eyes and laid her head down. I smiled and couldn't help the laugh that escaped my lips. Despite the dislike I feel toward my on brother, I've grown to consider Rin like my little sister.

A rustle in the bushes beside us brought me out of my thoughts. I turned my head and in a way prepared myself to do whatever necessary to protect the little girl. I heard a humorless chuckle as Sesshomaru appeared out of the brush. I glared at him and crossed my arms over my chest letting out a huff. "I don't see what was worth a chuckle," I said to him while looking at a "sleeping" Rin.

"You really thought you could fight off any potential danger," Jaken scoffed. "I think that's pretty humorous." I looked at him.

"Wanna know what I think is pretty humorous?" He rolled his eyes at me, but I went on anyway. "Watching you get kicked so hard you go flying," I finished with narrowed eyes.

"As if you could really do that," he said matter-of-factually. I reared my leg back.

"How much do you want to bet?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. He actually cowered behind Sesshomaru's leg. It was fun messing with him. It was literally the most entertaining thing that I could do. I turned my attention to Sesshomaru who had walked away from Jaken, leaving him wide open for me to kick. I didn't and instead followed behind him. I practically had to jog to keep up. "Did you kill anything while you were gone?"

He didn't answer me. I crossed my arms again. "Why do you do that?" I dropped my arms and looked at him. He was side-glancing at me and I was struck by the gold of his eyes. After a few days of not seeing them, I forgot just how gold they really were.

I almost forgot that he had asked me something. "Do what?" He was silent for a moment and I thought he wasn't going to answer me. It's not like that would be the first time.

"Cross your arms like that," he said finally. I shrugged.

"I don't know. I've just always done it, I guess." He didn't say anything more and I didn't either. I had Ah-Un stop for a second so I could climb on next to Rin.

I woke up to the feel of the sun on my cheeks and also to a strange, yet somehow familiar, song being sung by an old man. I sat up and stared after him. He was further ahead than us and was wearing a large sunhat to keep the sun off of him. He lifted his hand up to hold the hat closer to his head. It was a familiar gesture. Something that my dad always did when he would wear a hat on a sunny day. "Closer to the scalp, less chance of sunburn," he say. That man wasn't my dad though. It was, however someone that I knew. I hopped off of Ah-Un faster than I thought possible and ran to the man.

"Where are you going?" I heard Jaken and Rin call after me, though not at the same time. I ignored them and kept going toward the singing man.

"Excuse me," I said as I taped on his shoulder. He turned around quickly and gripped something at his wrist. He released it and placed his hand down at his side as he seemed to asses that I was of no threat to him.

"Can I help you?" He asked with a kind smile. He had a lot of wrinkles, especially around his eyes. They didn't make him look older, if anything they made him look more wise.

I messed with the black bracelet on my wrist as I thought of what to say. "I'm not really sure... Are you, by any chance, Izanagi Katsu?" I asked, hopeful.

He nodded. "Yes I am and who are you?" Of course he wouldn't recognize me. I haven't seen him since I was six.

"Suri Katsu, your granddaughter," I stated. He looked surprised, then relieved, then worried, all in a matter of seconds.

He laughed, just a small giggle (if I had to name it). "Your father would not like that you are here..." He mumbled to himself. I felt an instant wave of excitement wash over me. My dad was here? I'll get to see him again? I wanted to ask him all of these things, but I couldn't make my voice or my mouth work together to form the words. "I'm a little surprised as to how you got here," he said louder and directed toward me.

A nervous laughed sounded from my lips. I silently cursed my voice for choosing that sound to be one of the first responses. "Kagome pulled me down a well and then we ended up here. Since then, I've been traveling with them," I gestured behind me expecting them all to still be back where I had run off from. I tensed when I felt my fingers brush against something soft and furry.

"Ah, Lord Sesshomaru," Grandpa said. I dropped my hand to my side and turned so I could see both of them.

Sesshomaru nodded to my grandpa. "Lord Izanagi." And I thought I was confused before. I put my hands on my forehead and sat down on the ground. So, I was in a strange place where my grandfather is a "Lord" and demons run about. Yeah, that totally makes sense.

"Are you alright Suri?" Grandpa asked as he placed a hand on my shoulder. I laughed and I sounded a bit hysterical to be honest.

I nodded though, once my laughter subsided. "I'm fine. Just very very confused." I looked up at him and he was smiling. Smiling at my confusion, that sounded like something my family member would do to me. "You are a terrible old man," I grumbled. He laughed then, again more of a giggle really.

"As I recall, you were quite the terrible child." I scoffed at him. "Were you not the one that nearly got kicked out of both elementary and high school for getting into fights?"

I started at Sesshomaru's shoes as I remembered that first fight I got into during second grade. I accidentally broke a kids arm. I would have gotten expelled had it not been a kid that was twice my size and age. "He deserved to get his arm broken," I told the shoes. I met Grandpa's eyes. "Plus, Dad didn't seem to mind."

He smiled again. "No, if I remember correctly, he laughed and said good job." I laughed then, I forgot how much he was like Dad. It makes sense though, he is his father after all.

"Grandpa, what are you doing here anyway?" His face suddenly went serious. He took my hands and pulled me up to my feet. He touched the bracelet on my wrist and compared it to his own. They were perfectly identical except that his was more worn.

"Suri, have you ever taken this bracelet off?" I watched as the slightly frayed edges of my bracelet blew in the gentle breeze. I shook my head. "Not even once?" I shook my head again. He seemed concerned about that.

"Should I have?" He shook his head vigorously. "Then why'd you look so worried that I hadn't?"

He pointed to the bracelet, completely ignoring my question. "That's black onyx. It is believed that because it is a black stone, it can be used to create invisibility." I laughed.

"That's just a myth. We're clearly not invisible."

I was surprised when he actually said something about my comment. I thought he hadn't been listening to me. "Not invisible in the you can't see me sense, but in the you can't see the real me sense." He lost me again. "Take the bracelet off and you will see."

I clutched my wrist in my hand and looked at Sesshomaru. I don't know why I looked to him, but I did. I also looked to Rin, she seemed curious as to what was going on. In all honesty, so I was I. I didn't know why he wanted me to take it off. I untied to the strings that have held the bracelet to my wrist and pulled it off. I closed my eyes, not knowing what was going to happen. Maybe I was expecting the world to crumble beneath my feet.

Of course that didn't happen. I didn't feel anything happen. I opened my eyes and everything looked brighter. I blinked a few times figuring it was because I just had my eyes closed. "Am I supposed to feel different?" I asked as I looked to Grandpa. His eyes were wide and (big surprise) I didn't understand why. The breeze picked up slightly and blew my hair into my face. I brushed it away without thinking much of it. Then I noticed the color. I held the strands of my once light brown hair between my fingers. It had darkened to a black that had a hint of purple and blue to it.

Let's just say, I now understood why he looked so surprised.

Suddenly, I heard a strange sound. I couldn't even guess as to what it was. Rin giggled and apologized. "What was that?" I asked her.

She smiled. "I guess I'm just a little hungry."

"Wait, that was your stomach? It sounded like it was right in my ear." I pointed to my ear and realized it wasn't on the side of my head. I clutched my face. "Oh my God, my ears are gone!" I heard Grandpa clear his throat and as I looked at him, he pointed to the top of his head in a way someone would point to their teeth if you had something stuck in them. I reached my hand up and ran my hand over my head until I felt something furry. At first I thought I had touched Sesshomaru again, but then I thought that ridiculous thought through. Why would he be on the top of my head and why could I fell both the furriness and my hand? "Are these my ears?" I asked excitedly.

He nodded and I let out a giggle. "And you have a tail!" Jaken called. I stopped giggling and reached behind me. I had almost the same reaction with the tail as I had with the ears.

I stopped feeling my tail and faced my grandpa again. I crossed my arms and got serious for once. "So, why do I have black hair, a tail, and... strange ears?"

He smiled again. "Not just that, but you also have better hearing, sight, and smell."

I groaned in frustration. "Yeah, I noticed that. What I am asking, is why?"

He laughed, "You're a demon. A leopard demon to be exact." I scoffed and tied my bracelet back on. I had enough sense to know that by putting it back on I would go back to normal. "You just saw proof, how can you deny that?"

I shook my head. "I didn't see anything. I don't want to be a cat demon, I want to find Kagome."

"Technically, you are a leopard demon," he pointed out. "And a strong one at that."

Okay, that peaked my interest a little bit. Grandpa seemed to notice.

"The way to tell the strength of a leopard demon is by their coloring. The darker their hair, the stronger they are."

"So that means...?"

"You're probably one of the strongest leopard demons I have ever laid my eyes on and you have only ever removed the bracelet that hides your strength once. Even as a human you are capable of handling things that anyone else would have buckled under." He looked over his shoulder to someplace behind him. "I have to go now." He turned and started running toward wherever it was that he was going. I wanted to follow him and hear more.

I turned around and looked at Jaken. "So what was that about me just being a human?" I asked him with a smile that I'm sure wasn't too friendly.

Well hello there! It has been an amazing week though it is only tuesday. Sunday I got Pokemon Black it is amazing and to any Pokemon lovers out there with an extra 40 dollars laying around I suggest it. (And yes, I named my starter Sesshomaru...). Yesterday, I finally got a much needed new laptop that I love! And today, I overslept and missed school, but I got this chapter done xD That a;; makes for a wonderful start to a week. Well that and knowing Spring Break is the week after next week. I'm so excited xD

Now that I am done telling you all about why things are going pretty good, please leave a review telling me what you thought of this chapter or how your week is going or both while you're at it ^^

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