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It was cold and dark. An eerie fog hung above the blood soaked ground where many bodies of youkai lay motionless. The smell of burnt and rotting flesh seemed to hoover with the fog as Selene surveyed the battle field. She felt like she had come across this same scene a million times yet was still seeing everything for the first time all over again. She knew she was having the same nightmare she had been having for the past few years but something was different. The air felt colder and the smell made her actually feel sick. It did not feel like just a dream, it felt like a memory.

As if on cue she felt herself begin to yell, 'Sister! Sister! Sister!' She began to move quickly between the corpses of the youkai, searching for whoever 'Sister' is. She came to a cave where the bodies continued inside, a feeling of uneasiness and dread washed over her making the nausea the smell gave her grow. Her nightmare would normally end here in front of the cave but something drove her forward inside.

The smell increased as she walked through the darkness. She continued to call as a light further down into the cave came into view. She started to run towards the dim light not caring if she tripped or stumbled over the dead youkai. Just as she was about to reach the light, she felt as if someone had burned her skin making her collapse. She cried out, her scream reverberating off the walls that surrounded her.

Selene's wrists and forehead felt like they were on fire as the light before her grew until it was blinding her. Her eyes welled up with tears as the burning grew and the light seemed to stop before her. The outline of something long and thin seemed to catch fire in front of her. Her eyes widened as the light faded and the fire remained surrounding the sword she had brought with her to the Feudal Era.

'Soon…' a woman's voice spoke softly, '….very soon sister….'

As the flames around the sword turned a brilliant white the burning intensified to an unbearable pain that Selene fell into complete darkness the same voice whispering in her ears, '…soon my dear sister…'

She awoke in a cold sweat, the pain and the bright light gone as she bolted upright from her bed mat in Kaede's home. Selene touched her wrist where the pain had been and felt nothing but her own fingertips. She touched her forehead and felt nothing there as well, as if nothing had happened. The dim light from the dying fire cast her shadow over the sword leaning against the wall as she turned to look at it. She stared at the motionless object just waiting for it to burst into flame like it had in her nightmare.

She looked around her to the still sleeping members of her cousin's party, Shippo curled up next to her still fast asleep. Selene sighed knowing there was no way she was going to go back to sleep, she never did after that. She quietly got up and grabbed the sword fastening it to her hip on her red hakamas.

Kagome and Inuyasha were going to be back in the morning with her clothes and hopefully and explanation but that was still hours from now. She was wide awake and couldn't stand the idea of sitting around waiting for the sun to rise. She knew it was a stupid idea to leave the safety of the priestesses hut but she had to move. She would have normally entertained herself until sunrise and then run her problems off but in this time all she could think to do was walk to the well and back. Hopefully by the time she got back she could go to sleep again, all she could do was try.

As she exited a soft mew sounded behind her. She nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt something land on her shoulder. Kirara nuzzled against her neck in reassurance that she was not a threat. "You scared the shit out of me girly," She whispered to the tiny neko youkai, smiling to her as she rubbed her head affectionately, "I'll be fine, you can go back in to Sango."

Kirara mewed to her again and settled herself on her shoulder as if to say she wasn't going anywhere. Selene couldn't help but feel grateful that she wanted to accompany her. The little neko had seemed to take an unusual interest in her and seemed to always be watching her. She couldn't explain it but she felt as if Kirara knew something she didn't.

"Alright then stubborn neko, we won't be gone long." They took off in the direction of the forest, slowly making their way to the well as the full moon shown overhead lighting the unmarked path.

As the two walked in silence through the forest Selene couldn't help but feel as if she was being watched. Her hand enclosed around the handle of the sword. She knew nothing about fighting with a sword let alone any kind of fist fighting but if something were to happen she at least had the sword to defend herself with. They finally reach the clearing where the well sat, the surrounding forest still silent.

'Maybe I just imagined it,' she thought to herself as she approached the well. Her hand relaxed around the sword as she stared down into the well at the dirt below. Kirara nuzzled her neck again reassuring her that she wasn't alone. She reached up and scratched her behind her ears. "Well I guess we can go ba…" Kirara puffed up on her shoulder and growled. "What's wrong?"

The neko jumped off Selene's shoulder and became engulfed with flames. She quickly and rather clumsily withdrew the sword from its sheath and held it upright in front of her as the flames around Kirara died down and a bigger version of that same neko with saber like teeth roared in front of her. An ugly ogre youkai broke through the barrier of trees and gave them an equally loud roar. "Kirara…!" her entire body began to shake along with the sword she was trying to keep up in front of her, "I'm sorry, this was such a stupid idea."

The youkai bolted towards them its massive clawed hand swiping at the two. Kirara moved next to Selene in an attempt to stop the blow but it knocked the neko into her and they both were flung sideways, hitting the ground hard her sword flying out of her hands. The youkai attacked again bring his claws down on them. Kirara pounced onto the ogre and clamped her long sharp teeth onto his arm.

Selene watched in horror as Kirara tried to protect her. She saw her sword not too far away from her. As she was about to attempt to get up and retrieve it, she felt pain in her side where the youkais claws had scratched her. Her hand wrapped around her side feeling blood starting to seep from her wound. Kirara was thrown away from the youkai, his arm bleeding where she had locked onto him. Tears welled up in her eyes as she watched the neko return to her smaller form. "Kirara!" She called just as the burning pain from her nightmare came back making her entire world turn dark.

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Sesshomaru could smell the blood from miles away, the normal scent of roses tainted. He couldn't explain to himself why he was rushing off towards it, he couldn't figure out why he had the first time either. All he knew was that since he had last seen the human he had not been able to get the scent away from him. Roses were not a common flower that just grew anywhere. They only resided in the homes of wealthy nobles of both youkai and human. How he could smell them everywhere was something he couldn't explain but now the scent that he had been surrounded with the last few days was dirtied and he couldn't stand it.

He quickly made his way towards the same place he had found her before. He couldn't smell his brother or the miko anywhere around. Anger towards the hanyou grew as he picked up speed knowing she must be on her own. Just as he was about to break through to the clearing the scent of youkais blood mixed with the scent of the humans blood. Something was off about the scents that mixed; it wasn't the same blood he had smelled earlier. It was someone else's.

He leaped into a tree that overlooked the clearing, the scene before him was not what he had anticipated. An ogre youkai was kneeling in front of Selene missing both its arms as if it were at her mercy. She was covered in the demons blood, her eyes a bright red as she held up a sword to the demon. Her stance was that of a perfect swordsman not of a weak girl he had perceived her to be. She was not the same human he saw in the well many days ago.

The youkai gave roared at her as if to intimidate her and make her run away. She stood strong, staring intensely at him with her bright eyes as her sword suddenly became engulfed in flames. She leaped at the youkai without fear and slashed the sword upward across his chest making his entire body burst into flame like her sword. She landed gracefully on her feet as the youkai began to disintegrate before her. He watched as she took in a deep breath and slid her sword still surrounded by flames into the sheath strapped to the hip. The bright red in her eyes slowly faded back to cool blue as her body slumped and she began to crumble.

Sesshomaru quickly appeared at her side and wrapped his arm around her before she hit the ground. She was so light and her waist was so small it was if she were nothing in his grasp, it surprised him. He knelt down with Selene, her head fallen back with her waves pooling on the ground. The scent of roses once again began to radiate from her as she started to come around from her faint spell. She groaned as he watched her with an intense gaze.

"Kirara?" Selene quietly called to the unconscious neko. Selene felt someone warm holding her firmly in place, keeping her off the ground. She began to open her eyes, her body feeling weak as it had when she had appeared in the well. She couldn't see the youkai that attacked her; she must have fainted right in the middle of the battle.

"Inuyasha is that you?" She asked weakly, "Where's Kagome and everyone?" The arm around her gripped her wounded waist tighter, bringing her closer against them. She raised her head slightly, her hand reaching for something to grab onto. She felt herself behind lift up as the person holding her stood. In an attempt to remain steady her hand gripped what felt like fine silk as she looked up at the person holding her. Intense golden eyes stared back into her soft blue ones; it was definitely not Inuyasha.

"You're…" Selene couldn't find the words as the dai youkai continued staring at her. She knew exactly who he was, Kagome had told her about him but he was not what she expected. Her grip in his silk sleeve tightened as she tried to speak.

"I am no half breed human." He spoke firmly, his gold eyes still gazing into her own. She scanned his face from the violet crescent moon in the middle of his forehead to the twin magenta strips across his cheeks that drew her eyes to his pointed ears. His silver bangs brush the top of his eye lids where a matching magenta line made the gold seem almost brighter.

"I know," Selene answered softly; almost afraid her voice would fail her, "You're his brother, Sesshomaru." He continued to keep the same expression as he lowered her to the ground. She was grateful he still held her in place for if he let her go her knees would surely give way. "Did you kill the ogre?"

"I did not." She stared up at Sesshomaru confused. The hand gripping his sleeve by his shoulder loosened as he felt her become steadier on her feet. He loosened his arm around her slim waist, slowly standing to his full height by nearly a half a foot. He rested his hand against her back as she looked up at him to continue eye contact.

She was about to say something when he smelled the monk and demon slayer hurrying towards the clearing. "SELENE! KIRARA!" They called. She broke the contact and stared towards where they the voices came from. Seeing it as his cue he brushed his clawed fingers lightly across her back as he disappeared away from her.

Selene, coming to her senses, rushed over towards the stirring Kirara lifting her up into her arms checking to make sure she was alright. The neko gave her a soft mew while looking up at her, "I'm so sorry Kirara! I didn't mean for you to get hurt."

"Selene!" Miroku and Sango rushed towards them, "What happened?"

Selene stood up handing Kirara to Sango, "I didn't mean to get her involved. I didn't think we would get attacked by a youkai. I'm sorry Sango."

"It's ok, she'll be fine but you got hurt pretty bad," Sango pointed out her side. With all that was going on she completely forgot all about her bleeding wound.

"Let's go back to Kaedes and get you two cleaned up," Miroku said as he led the girls back towards the village, Selene taking one last look back where Sesshomaru had disappeared.