Kirin was still in shock of the sudden appearance of Sesshomaru. He was running deeper into the forest with her cradled in his arm. The village was far behind them now, and realizing this Kirin finally came to her senses. "What the heck is he doing here," she asked herself, "and why did he take me?" Kirin realized that staying in his hold was not the smartest thing to do at the moment, seeing as she didn't know what he was up to. She looked up at him, but he kept his face forward and did not look down at her. Kirin held her breath and then shoved away from Sesshomaru, rolling off to the side as he stop abruptly ahead, confused about what had just happened. Kirin landed hard on her stomach. She had lost her breath, but she quickly sat up and ran in the opposite direction. She could hear him behind her. "He is faster than me I'm sure," she thought. Kirin then saw a small clearing completely surrounded by wildflowers. A small pool of water was in the center. "This will dull his sense of smell," Kirin thought with a smirk, and she quickly jumped up into a tree near the edge of the clearing. Sesshomaru came to the clearing a matter of moments later. He whiffed the air around him, trying to find which way she went. "I know you're here," he said aloud for her to hear. "I can tell that you are trying to outsmart me." He whipped around suddenly and using the Tokijin, cut down a tree in a single stroke. It crashed to the ground behind him. Kirin bit her lip. That tree was right next to hers. She could be next. "Come out," Sesshomaru said again. Kirin silently dropped to the ground behind him.. He turned and looked her in the eye. "Ok, fine, what do you want," she asked, making sure that it sounded like she was wasting her time being with him. In fact, she made herself believe that it was. "Hmmmm," Sesshomaru said. "Hmmmm, what" Kirin snapped at him. "If you drug me all the way out here, there better be a good reason for it." "You know you can't marry him," Sesshomaru said, looking away from her. "What?" "That man, human, you can't marry him." "And just why not," Kirin asked, folding her arms stubbornly across her chest, "Your not my mother." "Because he's human and you are not. It wouldn't work." Kirin looked at Sesshomaru and was outraged. Did he even realize that she was ¼ human? "Dusk fell around them as they stood in silence. "You can't marry him," Sesshomaru said one last time, and then started to walk away. "Wait just a minute you big, dopey, lying, kid hating, butt headed jerk," Kirin yelled at Sesshomaru's back. Sesshomaru sharply turned and glared over his shoulder at her. She couldn't tell if she had offended him or not, but she had his attention. "I can do what I want when I want to. You hardly know me, in fact, you left me to die! How dare you tell me that I can't marry Saji when you don't even know who I am. I'm going home, to Saji!" With this, Sesshomaru fully turned around and ran over, grabbing Kirin's arm and pulling her back. "Let go!" "Stay!" "No!" "Yes!" "Why!" Sesshomaru didn't have a comeback for this one, but he simply tightened his grip on her arm. "Let, GO!" Kirin screamed and slashed Sesshomaru's arm open. He stepped back in surprise, grasping his now heavily bleeding arm. Kirin turned and ran.
Kirin only got a little ways before she started wondering if the wound was bad. Did he have anything to heal it? She hadn't meant to leave that much of a wound. Kirin sat arguing with herself for a few minutes, then raced back to the clearing where Sesshomaru still stood, holding his bloody arm. A pool of blood formed at his feet. "Here, let me see that," Kirin said. Sesshomaru looked up, he hadn't realized that she had returned. "Wash it off here," she said, pointing to the pool that was in the center of the clearing. He did, and them she took some bandages that were wrapped around her stomach (she dropped a bowl of soup on her and it gave her a burn) and wrapped his arm up. The bandage was thin, but effective. Sesshomaru, now leaned against a tree, still hadn't spoken since Kirin had returned. This bugged her. Right to the bone. "Talk already stupid," she finally yelled at him. He opened his resting eyes and looked harshly at her. "Why do you insist on calling me what I am not," he asked. "Because you are," she replied. Sesshomaru stood and so did Kirin. "Are you looking for a fight, because I can pulverize you like last time if you wish," Sesshomaru asked, looking quite pleased with his comeback. "What do you mean pulverized. You couldn't even finish me off," Kirin threw back. "I'm leaving, I have no time for pity arguments," Sesshomaru said turning to leave. It was late anyhow. The faraway stars glistened and the reflection of the moon on the pool was still and had an eerie feel to it. "Get back here you coward! I'll beat you this time," Kirin called to him. "I'll wipe the floor with you, make you wish you'd never been……." She stopped suddenly. Sesshomaru turned around to see why. She was looking up. The full moon's light reflected in her eyes, which were wide and glasslike. "Hey," Sesshomaru said. "Hey!" Kirin stepped forward, but something about her was different. She was, well, Sesshomaru didn't know how to describe it. Glowing is the only word he could think of, but it wasn't even that. It was like she was weighted. A silver light was entwined around her body. She turned and looked at Sesshomaru with blank eyes. "Run," she said, and then with a howl, clenched her hands tight and crunched up tight like. Her fangs and nails grew longer, and her voice(or at least her growling noises) were rough and deeper. "What's happening," Sesshomaru thought. A great howling sound came, and then a light shot out of her, and then it was dark again. "Kirin," Sesshomaru said, walking to her. She turned and glared at him, then bolted and ripped a huge gash in his chest. Sesshomaru fell back with an, "Auughhh," and then fell to the ground. Kirin, or what he thought was Kirin, laughed deeply and hideously, then turned and ran towards the direction of the village. Sesshomaru willed himself to stand and took off after her. "What is going on," he wondered. After a lot of running, he reached the village. Houses were on fire and people ran screaming from the inferno. "What…," Sesshomaru said aloud to himself. Then he too ran into the ignited city and disappeared into the flames.
Yah, I know, cheesy. Please don't stop reading just 'cause this chapter sucks, though. It will all play out in the end, I promise! Thank you for your support! Inudoggie