Kiyomi and Lord Sesshomaru made their way through the forest, leaving Rin and Jaken at the camp site from last night. It was mid day in the after noon when Kiyomi sensed the power of a sacred jewel shard. Kiyomi had told Lord Sesshomaru about it and this interested him greatly.

Kiyomi hadn't thought that it would, considering the fact that last time she had said that he had no interest at all. He began to leave them but Kiyomi protested. She wanted to go with him, despite the dangers of it.

Surprisingly he had let her come but Rin and Jaken had to stay. Kiyomi smiled to herself inwardly as she followed behind him. They had made their way towards the jewel shard in a matter of minutes but what they had come to find was a small hut. But she also felt the presence of five beings inside of it.

"My Lord it's coming from in there." Kiyomi called to him as they made their way towards the hut and inside. Kiyomi frowned deeply when a disgusting smell had entered her nostrils. Kiyomi didn't have the nose of a dog but she knew Lord Sesshomaru must find it 100,000 more disgusting than she.

The hut was filled with a smoke that must had caused the smell but something else caught her attention. Inside the hut were two humans, a monk and a demon slayer, a small cat demon, and then another human girl but she was odd-looking. Above the odd human girl was a demon.

The demon was choking the human girl and whimpering pathetically as he did it. Kiyomi glared at him although he hadn't seen her or Lord Sesshomaru. He had a jewel shard in his neck. She could see it as if it was directly in her hands.

Lord Sesshomaru suddenly struck the demon with his claws that glowed a bright green. The demon stopped choking the girl for a moment.

The girl looked over the demons shoulder with a look of desperation on her face.

"Inuyasha!"

Lord Sesshomaru struck him again, knocking him to the ground with a loud thud. Kiyomi stared at the demon and sighed. He wasn't dead yet.

The girl looked up at her and Lord Sesshomaru with wide eyes. The demon Lord Sesshomaru knocked down peered over his shoulder at them. He appeared frightened and shocked for a moment.

"The smell of this place is awful." Kiyomi couldn't help but voice her disgust as all the eyes in the hut peered at them weakly.

"Tell me, is Inuyasha here?" Kiyomi turned to her Lord. She had heard that name before. It was his half-brother.

"And who are you?" The demon on the floor spoke to him as Kiyomi's eyes peered around the hut once more. Were these the companions of Inuyasha that Jaken and Rin spoke of?

"I was about to ask you that, " Lord Sesshomaru replied. Kiyomi looked down at demon when he moved to sit up.

"Y-You tried to kill me and you don't even know me?" he said warily. Suddenly the demon grabbed a bag of some sort that had large glass jars with cloth covers. He quickly ran out of the hut whimpering. Kiyomi watched Lord Sesshomaru go after him but she stayed.

Kiyomi turned to the woman in the strange attire and kneeled in front of her.

"Are you alright?" The woman stared up at her with wide eyes and weakly nodded.

"W-who are you," the girl said. Kiyomi smiled timidly at her. She looked so weak.

"My name is Kiyomi," she said, "don't worry we'll save you momentarily." Kiyomi stood and left the hut and inhaled a lung full of clean air. What ever that demon poisoned them with was harmful to humans but it wasn't effective to her and Lord Sesshomaru.

Although the fresh air didn't last her long. Suddenly she smelt more poison and scowled.

"That smell is wretched and I'd prefer if you didn't spread such a thing."

Kiyomi watched Lord Sesshomaru approach the demon who was sitting on the ground and whimpering once more.

"Wait!" he shouted, "Please wait. I'm sorry, I was too hasty, please spare me don't kill me!"

Kiyomi followed her Lord and stood by his side. The demon was begging pathetically in the bushes with his back to them and his hands covering his head. She sighed as her Lord stood, watching with no emotion on his face.

"Don't kill me," he whined, "to show you my sincerity..."

Kiyomi frowned. She could see his movements. They were odd. He appeared to be touching something.

"Here's a little present!" Kiyomi watched him laugh as a large amount of poison from a large tube he pulled from the bushes was released. Suddenly she and Lord Sesshomaru were surrounded by a dark red smoke, polluting the air.

Through the smoke she could hear the evil laughter of the demon.

"Good bye my friends," he said, "this poison even kills demons like you!"

Kiyomi let the poison dissolve into the air as they stood side by side. Kiyomi watched Lord Sesshomaru pull Toukijin from his pelt as the poison disappeared. The demon was surprised when they still stood in place unharmed. The poison was not at all effective to them or their senses.

"It's not working," he said as sweat dripped from his round face, "yet it's my very finest poison!"

In a split second a blue aura appeared and cut through the demon. The demon cried out loudly as he died painfully, turning into bones and falling into the bushes. Kiyomi saw the jewel shard fall from the demon's throat, purifying its self.

"Your primitive concoctions are no match for my superior powers."

Kiyomi smiled at him.

"My, My, My," Kiyomi chuckled, "you are quite impressive My Lord."

He peered down at her through the corner of his eyes.

"I could say the same to you." Kiyomi blinked up at him in confusion.

"What do you mean My Lord?"

She had done nothing at all impressive. She had only watched him.

"I was sure that poison had done you in." Kiyomi laughed a little but more in disbelief than in humor.

"You think so lowly of me My Lord," she said as she peered at the hut behind them, "you honestly thought that I'd be killed by something so ridiculous?"

He closed his eyes and slid Toukijin back into his pelt.

"Not at all." Kiyomi chuckled and turned to the hut to see who had caught her attention. She had felt two new demonic auras behind them.

"Kagome!"

Kiyomi's brown eyes caught the sight of a sliver haired demon and a small fox on his shoulder. The demons turned to them with wide eyes.

"Sesshomaru?" Kiyomi noticed the colors of his eyes and his hair color. She knew who the demon was as soon as she seen him. He must be Lord Sesshomaru's little brother.

The demon turned to the hut when he saw the destruction that was caused by the poison.

"Kagome!" The demon ran into the hut with the fox and stared at his unconscious comrades.

"They all look like they're dead!" Kiyomi watched the small fox as he bounded towards his comrades as well. They were quite interesting.

"What did you do to them Sesshomaru?" the demon shouted at him loudly. He had rage in his eyes and looked as if he was ready to fight her Lord.

"No..." Kiyomi looked down at the person who spoke. The weak and hoarse voice came from the oddly dressed girl on the ground.

"It's not what it looks like," she said as she tried to push herself up from the ground, "they saved us."

"No," Lord Sesshomaru said abruptly, "I didn't save you. He couldn't answer my question so I got rid of him. Simple as that."

"What questions?" The silver-haired demon asked.

"I caught the boy, Kohaku's scent." Kiyomi looked at her Lord in confusion. That was not the reason they were here. It was because she sensed the jewel shard. Why did he lie?

"Does that mean Naraku is near?" Lord Sesshomaru asked him. The way they spoke to each other made it seem as if he already knew him. He was definitely Lord Sesshomaru's brother.

"Answer me, Inuyasha," he said, "where is Naraku?"

"We haven't been able to find him yet either," Inuyasha said, "but now we've got these phantoms possessing jewel shards coming after us. I'm sure Naraku is close by."

"That's all I need to know." Kiyomi watched Lord Sesshomaru begin to leave and she quickly followed behind him.

"Sesshomaru!"

Kiyomi watched her Lord continue to walk away from their encounter and she felt a small smirk appear on her lips.

"My Lord," she said, "why did you lie?"

As they walked he said nothing and didn't bother to answer her.

"I sensed the sacred jewel shard and that was why we were there," she said, "could it be that you caught the scent of your brother's companions and decided to save them when you smelt the poison as well?"

He scoffed at her and closed his eyes from her view.

"Don't be ridiculous." Kiyomi sighed and nodded.

"Well, then," she said, "I beg your pardon My Lord."

They continued to make their way closer to their goal of finding Naraku and Kiyomi couldn't shake the smirk she had plastered on his face. Somehow she could see right through his façade.