"Rin, don't swing the sword at her head." You said as the wooden sword just missed Amikyu's nose. Rin looked somewhat discouraged. "Look you will get it, you just need time." You patted her shoulder.

"Is Lord Sesshomaru coming soon?" She asked you sweetly. Holding her wooden sword in a blocking postition.

"Not that I know of. He has been only gone for three days, Rin. You can only wait." You anwsered. You smiled shyly raising your own sword.

"Um Lady Neomikyu I don't want to learn how to fight. For you and Lord Sesshomaru will protect me." She said tossing it to the side.

"Don't forget Nikyu and I will protect you." Amikyu added, "Even Jaken."

"So what do you want to learn?" You asked the girl.

"I want to help people like that Kikyo woman." She replied.

"Oh, a priestess, uh. I have to talk to Lord Sesshomaru about this, but if you really want this than I will try." You said honestly. 'I really do not think Sesshomaru will go with this.'

Nikyu came back with a line of fish. "Guys this river is much better than the few we've been to. But this traveling thing is great for we see everything." She was right. You have been traveling everywhere the west had to offer. She smiled brightly and you both built a fire, to grill the fish. "Oh and I wasn't sure if Lord Sesshomaru would be back today so I caught enough for him too." She anounced to the group.

It's been Nikyu, Amikyu, Rin, and you for three days now and you kind of hated it. You had to admit but you missed Jaken and Sesshomaru. You were soo used to traveling without Rin and them, that their company was inviting. You still think Sesshomaru will lighten up, but thats trying to get a fish to breath air. He stopped dancing at your small dances, but thats OK. He is starting to look a little less cold. Even Jaken doesn't get beat as much, but man that was soo entertaining. 'Guess I'll treat him like a mouse twice as much.' You giggled at your thought, and continued to help with the fish.

~Sesshomaru's p.o.v~

"Jaken. Lets go." You said emotionless.

"Right away, M'Lord." He did a short bow, and started heading off in a direction west from where you were standing. The past three days you've been trying to figure out what threatened Neomikyu's life. Other than the four lords powers. You've been in the North learning.

So far she has an older half-brother that rules the land. His cold ways drove the land into poverty. From what you remember from the parties you were invited to, with your father, these lands were rich and bountiful.

But you also learned that Neomikyu was not fully royalblood, and somehow that threatened her life. 'But how.' You thought going into yet another village as you continued back to your lands. "My, my, I thought these were the lands of dance and peace." Jaken's sudden statement brought you from your thoghts.

"Not since the new king, raised from greed. But my concerns are not of the land." You sneered as cat eared villagers emptied the streets, back into their once beautiful homes.

"What did bring our business here?" He questioned, he looked at you in wonder, and you glared at him, "Oh. My apologies M'Lord. Please don't kill me." He was groveling now. Face in the dirt and hands in praying position above his head. You just started to walk off with or without him. "Oh, M'Lord please don't leave me."

You started drifting back into your thoughts, 'With Neomikyu's life endangered, than that puts Rin endanger as well. If she continues to travel with me on the hunt for Naraku, than Rin must be put somewhere safer.' You continued back to were you left the four girls, spaced and unaware of your surroundings.

~Few hours later. Your p.o.v~

"So Sesshomaru isn't coming back today?" You questioned yourself.

"Nope, but he better come back soon. Poor Rin is worried." Nikyu answered you, unaware you didn't expect an answer. You rolled to face her, to see she was staring at the star filled night. "She looks so cute sleeping on you." She awed.

You smiled slightly, "You know. Amikyu and Rin are always the first to sleep. Leaving you and me wide awake and staring at stars." You smirked. Nikyu nodded and you both giggled a little. "It's nice not fleeing for your life. But why did you guys help me?"

"Well, you were a princess by blood no matter how much you have. But you were treated less than that of a slave girl. We were your only friends. You are sweet, careing, outspoken, strong, and everything we wanted to be. But when you finally told us of your life with the queen we wanted to save you. I know it sounds weird, but we had hoped that you would rule our lands. But your brother took power and had you banished. If you remember it was us that told you he had plans to kill you." She explained.

"Yeah, but why risk your lifes?" You asked, putting your arm under your head.

"One day we will return. Maybe not tomorrow or the next day, but one day, the three of us will take his head and you will rule the kingdom. Bettering the lives of every cat demon, even the other demons, till the land is happy again." Her words surprised you.

"What do you know Nikyu?" You turned your head towards her, waiting for an answer.

"Well, I am only guessing but I don't think the lands are the same anymore." She replied looking troubled, "I mean, your brother was the complete opposite from you. Hateful, greedy, crual to anything, and always found a way to get his way. One could only imagen how the power of being king has affected him."

In away you felt she was right. But that didn't seem like him. You were shocked when he started trying to kill you. He was your only friend in the world. He protected you, played with you, even took you to explore the kingdom. Sometimes the other villages. He acted like your brother, even though your mother told him not to. Filling his head with lies, telling him you were a mistake that you were to die. He never listen though. He would go to you when your mother locked you up for no reason. So why would he do this. "He wasn't always like that. Before all that he was my friend. He even took me to see my dad when no one would take me for I was soo young." You said softly, "He even protected me from any bandits or rapists. But he stopped when I started to train with the demon-slayer. And when my mother had me givin to her male guests for the evening."

"I'm sorry to speak rudely of him, I met you after your mother started to do that to you." She said, you smiled at her to let her know all is forgiven. You rolled to where you were facing the sleeping Rin next to you. "Neomikyu, I am sorry."

"It is OK I promise you, good night." You told Nikyu sweetly. Slowly you both drifted to sleep.