Kaida woke up and was confused by her surroundings at first, but quickly remembered everything. She sat up and looked down seeing Rin still asleep against her side. She gently ran a hand through the young child's hair.

"She has missed you." Sesshomaru said suddenly. She looked over to see him standing.

"She's a sweet kid... I'm glad that she is okay... I've worried about her before. Of course then I remembered you... And I knew that there was nothing to be worried about."

"...What about you?" He asked calmly.

"Me?... We'll as you can see I'm a demon now... So I've been able to hold my own." She got up slowly, trying not to wake up Rin.

"...Have you been traveling with Inuyasha's group?" She could hear the venom in his voice.

"... Part of the time yeah... But I don't see why you hate him so much... Even if he is only half, he's still you brother. You share the same father." She thought of Sar and smiled. "Having a brother is nice."

"...It's dangerous with them..."

"It's dangerous with me..." She whispered.

Sesshomaru blinked and looked at her. "What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing... No I should tell you... Demons will probably be coming after me... But for the most part I can handle myself. I left Inuyasha's group because one of them has a little brother who just joined up with them... I didn't want to put him in danger when he just found his sister again." She smiled. "Finding family is great."

"...These demons... Why are they after you?" He frowned walking closer to Kaida.

She flushed thinking of Naraku. "Their master is after me... It's a long story..." She looked at Rin. "If you want me to leave so I don't put her in trouble... I can go... I didn't think it would be a problem with you here to protect her."

"...I will protect you as well." He said calmly walking past her over to Ah-Un.

"You... Sesshomaru..." She blinked shocked.

"The demon controlling them... It is Naraku."

Kaida froze. "You know him?"

"I will kill him." Sesshomaru said darkly.

"Ah." Rin yawned waking up. "Morning!" She smiled seeing Kaida. "I'm glad you're still here."

"Morning Rin." She picked the girl up. "It looks like we are going to be going now."

"Alright."

They then began to walk. It was then that Kaida noticed Jaken and realized that he must have been there the whole time. It made her a bit flustered. Of course Sesshomaru acted like nothing had happened. Did he really mean that... Did it have some deeper meaning... Or is it simply because I'm Rin's friend? She watched Sesshomaru's back and smiled. It doesn't matter right now.

They walked in mostly silence for a while. Kaida kept on alert, but blinked when Jaken spoke. "The demonic aura of the crystal is weakening. Naraku's heart is near."

Kaida shivered slightly. "His heart?" Sesshomaru looked at her briefly.

"Oh, there's a cave up there." Rin pointed.

"Stand back." Sesshomaru said calmly. He easily destroyed the wall. Before Kaida could even compliment Sesshomaru she spotted Moryomaru.

"Inuyasha's brother, is it?" The demon asked.

"I have never considered that half-demon to be my brother." Sesshomaru said coldly. "But if you possess that knowledge, you must be Naraku's heart." He drew his sword.

"Sesshomaru you shall regret wielding that sword before a proper greeting."

"And I shall make you regret uttering Inuyasha's name in my presence." The two started fighting and it was only then that Kaida recognized that Moryomaru looked slightly different. He looked stronger, and he had new green armor.

"Tokijin can't even scratch that armor!" Jaken cried out worriedly. Kaida said nothing as she focused on the battle. She blinked in awe as Sesshomaru sent a blue ball of energy straight at Moryomaru. But her awe was short lived as it did nothing.

"Keep swinging that sword of yours. I shall absorb your demonic energy!" Sesshomaru sent another energy ball at Moryomaru as if he had simply ignored Moryomaru's taunt. "Now it's your turn to be on the receiving end." Moryomaru created small red energy balls and sent them straight at Sesshomaru.

"SESSHOMARU!" Kaida cried out worriedly. She let out a breath of relief as he easily dodged.

Moryomaru turned and looked at Kaida. "The half demon Naraku loved." Kaida flinched. "Just wait your turn girl!"

Sesshomaru interrupted him by sending another energy ball, drawing back his attention.

"It seems Lord Sesshomaru's attacks are making him stronger!" Rin said watching the fight. "Hey! Shouldn't we stop him!?" She yelled as she shook Jaken by the collar.

"Idiot, Lord Sesshomaru has a brilliant plan." Jaken said pulling away from the child. It was almost a funny enough scene to make Kaida smile, but not with the battle going on.

"What kind of plan?" Rin blinked.

"Moron, if I knew I wouldn't suffer so much!" Jaken said getting teary eyed.

"He'll be okay." Kaida whispered. He has to be. She watched as Moryomaru sent another wave of small red energy balls. Sesshomaru just seemed to get annoyed and created a huge blue ball, which stopped the red ones. He then shot forward and hit Moryomaru's shoulder. Tokijin suddenly cracked.

"It won't work, Sesshomaru." Moryomaru said causing Sesshomaru to frown. "I shall take your demonic energy." He wrapped his tentacles around Sesshomaru and Kaida gasped in shock and fear. "Are you ready Sesshomaru?"

Kaida blinked as the breeze brought a familiar scent to them. … Kagura… and blood? She sniffed the air confused.

"This scent…" She heard Lord Sesshomaru say.

"Did that stupid woman die? After betraying Naraku and betraying me for some trivial thing called freedom, she ended up dying a pathetic death. And dying in vain at that…. And she is only the first. The next woman to die will be that half demon down there. I will make it as painful as possible, before I absorb her."

Kaida shivered, but blinked in shock as Sesshomaru suddenly looked angry. "Silence!" He growled swinging Tokijin again and miraculously created a crack in the armor.

"I-Impossible! My shell!"

"I would expect no less from Lord Sesshomaru." Jaken boasted behind her.

"A little more! Just a little more!" Rin cheered, as if it was that easy.

"Sesshomaru…" Kaida whispered.

They all watched as the demonic energy in Moryomaru started to overflow out of the crack. "The demonic energy I absorbed!" He cried out in shock.

"My demonic energy cannot be contained in my pitiful vessel." Sesshomaru said as his sword started to spark. "Take this. Azure Dragon Wave!" Tokijin sparked and the shell cracked more. Right then Tokijin broke.

"T-Tokijin!" Jaken gasped.

"It snapped!" Rin gasped.

Sesshomaru frowned as he jumped back. "Tsk."

"Why you! Next time will be different!" Moryomaru growled before flying off.

"Sesshomaru!" Kaida said stepping towards him unsure. He ignored her and discarded the broken blade.

"Sesshomaru!" Rin said running up.

"I'm glad you're safe!" Jaken said optimistically.

Sesshomaru ignored them and jumped off. "Sesshomaru…" Kaida whispered and sniffed the air. Kagura?

"Ah, Lord Sesshomaru!" Jaken called up.

"You're going to leave your sword behind?" Rin asked picking Tokijin up.

"I feel no attachment to a broken sword. I need only find a replacement." He flew off.

"Where is Lord Sesshomaru going?" Jaken frowned.

"A petal?" Rin said suddenly looking down.

Kaida flinched. He cares about Kagura… He plans to go to her… She felt a twinge of pain in her heart. He doesn't love me. "Come on Rin, let's make camp and wait for him to return."

"Okay." Rin said clutching Tokijin. "I'll hold onto this for him."

Kaida smiled gently. "You don't have to Rin…. I don't think it can be fixed."

"Oh… Okay." Rin nodded.