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AN: " " is speaking, ' ' is thought

AN. Just to let you know that I've made spelling/grammer corrections and added a little more detail to the story's chapters. I'm reposting the corrected chapters. But this is still the same story & story line. See if you notice the corrections. And thanks to those that read & review. The reviews mean a lot.

Glossary:

youkai-demon

inu-youkai-dog demon

ningen-human

ookami-wolf demon

osuwari-sit

aisu-ice

Chapter 14: Walking in Dreams-Sesshomauru

Recap from Chapter 12 for this:

The trio soon returned without incident. Rin had already fallen asleep in her guardian's arms, feeling safe. Sesshomauru carried her to her room and gently tucked her in her bed. He even let a small smile show just before he left her room.

He then turned to go to his chambers in the hopes of getting some rest. How wrong he would soon be, because a certain blue eyed, fiery young hanyou would be walking in his dreams this night.

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Sesshomauru was settling into his large, comfortable bed, tired, shirtless, but his mind filled with the tales that little Rin had told him. He stretched out on his back and looked out the large windows to the left that led to a roomy balcony. He then huffed and closed his eyes. "I don't need any distractions," he murmurred just as sleep sucked him under.

Sesshomauru found himself laying in a patch of warm sunlight. Puzzled, he sat up and noticed that he was in a peaceful clearing. With large trees surrounding it, providing the illusion that the world outside did not exist. He then caught a noise off to the right.

It was a man and woman, walking into the clearing. They were talking and smiling. Only the woman appeared to be human. The man was a snow youkai. He was carrying a basket of some sort. The woman was carrying a small child in her arms.

The child had short black hair with dark blue streaks. The child also had little pointed ears.

Sesshomauru noticed that the little family was dressed in clothing that he had never seen. He also noticed that no one could see him as the group had walked right by him. The scent of the two parents were not known to him, but the scent of the child was familar. 'Why would I recognize this child's scent? I've never seen this child before,' he asked himself.

The small family set up a little picnic and the small child was let down to run around the clearing. The woman watched the little girl, because it was clear because she was wearing a little sundress. "Shiori, don't leave the clearing. You need to stay where we can see you and protect you," her mother warned.

Sesshomauru was surprised. 'This child is Shiori?! What is this dream, her memories? Why am I watching them?' He was pondering this when he heard a loud crash.

The two adults jumped up and saw a large lizard youkai tower over them. Little Shiori was about halfway between the youkai and her parents.

Sesshomauru could smell the parents' fear for their child. He waited to see which parent would attempt to save the little girl.

While he waited, the large youkai spoke, "So, this is the child that has been causing such a stir in the demon ranks? This little thing?!" He rumbled with laughter. He turned his attemtion to the young parents. "You two have been naughty. To have created a child that could destroy demons and yet be demon herself. Not very nice," he shook his finger at them, like scolding young children. "Now, I will destroy this abomination and you. And rid the rest of the demon world of a possible threat. You, Lord Koshin, should have known better than to pick a Guardian for a mate. Now, you will both watch as I kill your heir." With that said, the lizard lunged for little Shiori.

"NO!!!" Both parents made a move to save their daughter, when there was a blinding light and the lizard youkai screamed in pain.

Lord Koshin shielded his wife's body with his own.

When the light died, they turned and saw their daughter standing with her arms stretched out in front of her little body. She had a determined look on her little chubby face. They also noticed that she had sprouted little dark blue, feathered wings.

They then noticed that the large lizard youkai was burned very badly and appeared to be dead. They walked up to little Shiori and stared.

Shiori held up her little arms and said, "Daddy, I'm tired." She even yawned and rubbed her eyes with her little fists.

"This is definetly something new," the woman said, lightly touching her daughter's wings and looking at the injured demon.

Lord Koshin appeared to be studying the sleeping figure in his arms. "Yes, Miyu, this is definetly something new. I think we need to see the Goddess for help. I don't know if we can train her on our own."

"I agree," Lady Miyu agreed. "But, first we need to do something about this demon," she pointed to the unconscious youkai.

The large youkai began to moan and move a little. It was obvious that the thing was in great pain. "What happened to me?"

"You attacked our daughter and she defended herself," Lady Miyu said, clearly understating the damage done the youkai by a four year old child.

"Then she is a. . . greater. . . threat than we. . . first thought," the lizard groaned out.

"Why do you think she is a threat?" Lord Koshin asked.

Sesshomauru was wondering the same thing. 'She was powerful even as a small child! How powerful is she now?!'

"I would think. . . what she did. . . to me. . . is . . proof enough," the lizard youkai stated. "She is. . . too. . . powerful. . . for. . . such a. . . child of. . . your combined. . . bloodlines. She will. . . only grow. . . in power. She will. . . have to be. . . trained or destroyed."

"How did the demons find out about her," Lord Koshin demanded, upset.

The lizard youkai gasped, and then answered. "We. . . could smell. . . her and. . . her growing powers. . . She. . . will be a. . . force to. . . . reckon. . . with. . . There is. . . fear. . . in the. . . demon ranks. . . There will . . . be other. . . attempts on. . . her. . . young life. . . and possibly. . . on yours."

"We can handle the attempts on our lives," Lady Miyu stated, no hint of ego, just plain fact. "And you can tell the others that we will not sit by and let anyone harm our child. They come against us, they die."

'I see where she gets her nerve from,' Sesshomauru thought, staring at the powerful human. 'She fairly hums with anger and power. How did that snow youkai manage to get her as a mate?'

"I think, Miyu, that we should go and leave this one to his fate. I don't know if any other demons will be drawn to his scent. But I believe we should be gone before any show up," Lord Koshin stated, turning his back on the lizard youkai.

Lady Miyu nodded her head in agreement, but did not turn her back on the youkai. She backed up, keeping a close eye on the creature. She wasn't taking any chances.

But the youkai never moved. He just laid there in great pain, silently berating himself for letting himself get mortally wounded by a small child.

As the three came close to where Sesshomauru was standing, little Shiori opened her eyes. And turned them directly to Sesshomauru's! Gold eyes met ice blue.

'She can see me?!' Sesshomauru was surprised. He cocked his head to one side and stared in amazement as little Shiori mimicked his movement exactly. Then he saw her give him a warm smile and snuggle closer to her father. She promptly fell back to sleep.

It was with that last image that Sesshomauru sat straight up in bed. It was still night out, with a waxing moon. "What the hell?!! What is going on?" He laid there the rest of the night, trying to figure out what was happening.

AN: Well, hope you guys like this chapter. I'm sorry it's so short but I thought that I would let Naraku's little plot have its own chapter. And again, I'm so sorry that I have been slacking on updating. I admit that is was because of a bit of writer's block and because I got so caught up in reading the other wonderful stories on this website. How do you guys like it so far? Please read & review. Or I won't write any more!!! just kidding, please review.

I would like to thank my wonderful editor, ninjawarrior4life, my bro. glad you like it.

And thanks to everyone who has been reading this story from the beginning when I first started posting it. And to those who read and like it.

THX to all my readers.