A/N: Things are getting intense and I'm so excited about it. For those of you who were wondering the song Ari sang in the last chapter is called 'Lullaby for a Stormy Night' by Vienna Teng.

So Sesshoumaru and Ari have their very first argument (aww isn't that sweet), the first of many I presume.

Disclaimer: Nope nothing nada I still don't own it all

Ari stared at Sesshoumaru's retreating form and slowly made her way out of the water, she somehow managed to dry and dress herself. It was only after she was about to enter the camp that what happened started to sink in. She was rudely awoken by the snake youkai that had demanded she let him devour her among other things she would rather not think about she had naturally screamed whilst cursing in her head about her lack of usable magic. The next she knew the snake youkai was gone and she was almost having a panic attack.

Sesshoumaru saved her.

Remembering his heated gaze wondering down her body made her blush and Ari refused to look at the Daiyoukai when she entered camp. Ari also refused to acknowledge the butterflies in her stomach that had appeared upon recalling the expression in Sesshoumaru's eyes. She wasn't blind she knew what lust looked like, she had seen it directed at her a thousand times it comes with the package of being famous. What she didn't like was the feelings it rose in her, she had never been interested in anything remotely sexual before so why was the Daiyoukai causing these feelings. She put it down quickly to her lack of proper experience in this area, she had been too busy fighting Voldemort to care about boys at Hogwarts and afterwards guys only seemed to want to be with her so they could tell the world about it. She knew that wasn't the case here though, Sesshoumaru didn't know about any of that, he saw Arianna Potter, Healer and witch when he looked at her not Arianna Potter, Saviour of the Wizarding World. Damn it, even after his death Voldemort was still the cause of her problems.

Sure she'd had crushes before but they weren't anything more than the puppy love every teenager discovering hormones has and they were only boys, immature, irresponsible and the complete opposite of the Daiyoukai. He was a male that oozed sex appeal; he knew what he wanted and took it without remorse, he was a predator, he was something Ari had absolutely no experience in. But he had made it quite clear what he thought about humans and she had seen firsthand what he thought about Inuyasha's halfblood state. Ari wondered if he would treat her that way if she revealed her status as a halfblood. Sighing sadly she locked up those thought and feelings inside an airtight box in the back of her mind, but she knew they wouldn't stay that way for long she was after all a very emotional person.

She busied herself with Rin for the next few days ignoring Sesshoumaru to the best of her ability and only speaking to him when he spoke to her. It was somewhat strained between them but Rin managed to keep Ari distracted enough not to notice it. But she couldn't help wondering if being a halfblood would bother him, she needed to know before she continued travelling with him.

"Sesshoumaru," Ari said softly, she continued once she saw she had his attention. "Do you dislike hanyou's as much as you say to Inuyasha?"

"Yes," Sesshoumaru said a hint of bitterness to his voice. "Demons and humans shouldn't breed with each other."

"Are halfbloods that bad?"

"They are a disgrace."

Ari felt like she had been punched in the stomach, the sounded a lot like Voldemort's 'Purebloods shouldn't breed with muggles' philosophy. Ari felt like crying, why was it everywhere she went there was always some prejudice like this. No, she would not give anyone the satisfaction of seeing her cry she would not be sad, she would not be upset. Anger soon replaced those emotions as she thought about her mother, her beautiful muggleborn mother who sacrificed her life so her daughter would live. Her halfblood daughter. Ari turned around and began walking away in the direction they had just came from, anger radiating from every step she took. She regrettably ignored Rin's questions on where she was going and continued on her way until she was blocked by the very being that caused her anger.

"Where are you going?" Sesshoumaru asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Away from you, you prejudiced jackass." Ari sneered.

"You are not leaving." Sesshoumaru commanded.

"Oh am I not?" Ari said sarcasm evident. "Oh I suppose I'll just go back over there and pretend you didn't just call me a disgrace."

"This Sesshoumaru never called you a disgrace, I called..."

"I am a halfblood you horrid bastard," Ari shouted. "I am a halfblood witch, my mother was a muggleborn meaning that she had no trace of magic in her line, but she was born with it and my dad was a pureblood wizard meaning he came from a long line of witches and wizards. So yes Sesshoumaru you did just call me a disgrace."

"This Sesshoumaru did not know you were..."

"It doesn't matter if you knew or not," Ari said heatedly. "I am sick to death with the prejudice people have towards each other. You wanna know why there was a war in my world? Well it's because one wizard sought the dark arts as a means to take over the world and make purebloods reign supreme even thought he himself was a halfblood. If he had won those without magic would have been enslaved, those born with magic but to muggle parents wouldn't have been allowed to practise their gift and halfbloods like me would have been shunned and treated like a disease. But Voldemort didn't win because I stopped him, me a halfblood, a seventeen year old girl had to step up and fight him because no one else would do it. I sacrificed my own life for everyone who fought against him, but no! Even Death doesn't want the girl-who-lived because once again I survived the killing curse so I could come back and kill Voldemort because even though with my sacrifice he was mortal once again no one could pluck up the damn courage to finish him off. So instead of happily chilling in the afterlife I had to do what none of the so called superior purebloods could do and kill the dark lord. Me a halfblood saviour of the God damned world."

Ari's bottom lip trembled as she dropped to the floor in front of Sesshoumaru and did what she hadn't done even after the end of the war. She cried, she sobbed her heart out. She was crying for her parents, for Sirius, for Remus, for Tonks, for little Teddy who would grow up knowing neither of them, for Fred and for everyone else who died in the war. Ari felt a hand on head and looking up she saw Sesshoumaru looking at her with pity.

"This Sesshoumaru does not think you are a disgrace," He started softly. "This one believes you are a hero that shouldn't have had to be one. It is disgusting to think that your world would rely on children to save them but you managed to do it and this Sesshoumaru commends you for it. Perhaps not all halfbloods are a disgrace."

It was as close to an apology as she was going to get and Ari accepted it from him. He held out his hand for her take and grasping it she allowed him to pull her up. She gave him a watery smile as he led back over to where Rin and Jaken awaited.

"Ouch!" Ari exclaimed as she felt a painful prick in the back of her neck, reaching up to rub her neck she felt something wet touch her fingers. Sesshoumaru grabbed her hand and pulled it towards him quickly.

"Blood." He said angrily, looking over at the trees behind Ari he growled threateningly.

"Sesshoumaru," Kagura said as she moved from behind the trees.

"What have you done to her?" he questioned harshly.

"Me? I did nothing," Kagura stated impassively. "It's Naraku you should worry about, he just had me implant three jewel shards into her neck."

Sesshoumaru lunged at Kagura but she was already flying away on her feather. Ari wondered what Naraku could possibly want with her, she was positive he didn't know about her magic. Unless he was watching that night with the panther tribe, Ari gasped, no way that would mean he's going to try and control her, Kagome had told her about the jewel shards Naraku uses to control people. Why now she thought why did it have to be now? Although her magic had finally healed she was currently an emotional wreck.

Kill her, kill the little girl that travels with Sesshoumaru.

Ari's eyes were devoid of any emotion as she started to walk to Rin, ignoring Sesshoumaru who was speaking to her. Her wand dropped into her hand as she approached.

"Are you okay now Lady Ari? Rin was very worried about you." Rin said smiling innocently. It was the smile Ari would reflect on later, the innocence in that smile that brought her back. Ari jerked back from Rin and stumbled to the ground. No she would not kill this girl. She would not harm the innocent. Ari scrambled to get away from Rin who had walked towards her.

"No!" Ari shouted desperately. "Stay away!"

Kill her, I command you to kill her.

Kill her? But why would she want to do that? They were friends weren't they?

Kill her.

Yes she would kill the girl, Ari gripped her wand tightly and rose it to point at the girl.

Yes, that's right kill her.

"Avada ke...NO!" Ari threw her wand away from her. "Please get her away from me. He wants me to kill her but I don't want too. Please."

"Jaken." Sesshoumaru said and Jaken was quick to whisk a reluctant Rin away. "Ari, you need to fight Naraku."

Foolish girl, you should have just killed her. Now do as I say, attack Sesshoumaru.

Ari's wand flew into her hand and her wordless command and she now pointed it at Sesshoumaru. "Reducto." Sesshoumaru dodged the attack growling at Ari.

"Stupefy."

"Incarcerous."

"Pertificus Totalus."

Ari reeled off spell after spell which Sesshoumaru easily dodged.

"Ari, you will stop this right now." Sesshoumaru commanded and Ari hesitated in her next spell her eyes returning to their normal emotion filled state.

"Oh Merlin I couldn't stop," Ari gasped out falling to the ground. "Please get them out of me, it's so hard to fight it."

"Sesshoumaru!" A voice Ari knew all too well jumped into the clearing.

"Ari!" Kagome shouted from her position on Inuyasha's back.

"Go!" Ari shouted as tears of desperation rolled down her cheeks. "Leave please all of you I don't want to hurt you."

Kill the girl, kill Kagome.

"Inuyasha, Ari is the one with the jewel shards." Kagome said worriedly as she watched Ari fight for control. "There are three of them and oh God Inuyasha they're pitch black."

"How the hell did that happen?" Inuyasha shouted at Sesshoumaru as Miroku, Sango and Shippou arrived on Kirara.

"Kagura implanted them into her." Sesshoumaru stated his attention solely on Ari as he promised himself that the wind demon would die by his claws for harming Ari.

"Bombarda." Ari shouted aiming for Inuyasha and Kagome, it was clear by the vacant look in her eyes that she had lost.

Summon your sword Arianna.

Ari complied with the order and soon enough the sword was in her hand and flaring to life with her magic. Inuyasha pulled out Tessaiga in response to seeing the sword of Gryffindor but Sesshoumaru knocked him away with Tokijin.

"Leave Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru ordered.

"Like hell I will." Inuyasha shouted. "You'd probably kill Ari."

"C'mon Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru will look after Ari." Kagome said casting worried glances at Ari.

Before both of them could depart Ari erected a barrier to prevent them from leaving, Inuyasha tried to get through it with the Red Tessaiga but was unsuccessful.

"My barrier is made of magic," Ari said monotonously. "Your sword can only cut through demon barriers."

"Ari please fight it." Kagome begged desperately.

Ari raised her sword and unleashed a powerful attack aimed at Kagome, Sesshoumaru was immediately in front of Kagome and blocking the attack with Tokijin.

"I am your opponent Ari not these people." Sesshoumaru stated and rushed towards Ari and engaged her in a fight. Ari blocked his attacks and tried to land some of his own but Sesshoumaru was much more skilled than she was and though he wasn't actually trying to hurt her she still remained far out his league. Sesshoumaru was quick to disarm her with a powerful strike that sent the sword of Gryffindor flying across the field. Sesshoumaru pinned Ari against a tree with his hand holding both of hers to prevent her from using her wand.

"Wake up Ari." Sesshoumaru commanded. Ari just continued to struggle against him not listening to his words, which seemed unable to snap her out of it like last time. A well placed kick from Ari had Sesshoumaru growling in pain and anger as he pinned her closer to the tree pushing his knee between her legs to prevent her from kicking him again. Ari growled and tried to bite him, but Sesshoumaru moved out of the way and responded with his own growl of warning as his eyes became tinged with pink. Sesshoumaru couldn't believe how much of his strength it was taking to subdue the girl pressed against his body. The current situation wasn't helping him any and he felt his control over his beast slip slightly. Growling again as Ari struggled against him again, pressing more intimately against him and unwillingly images of Ari in the hot spring sprung up in his mind and he found his eyes lingering on those lips which had been parted before but were now snarling at him. Maybe he could shock her back into herself, with that thought in mind he smirked briefly and lowered his head to capture Ari's lips in a kiss that was gentle and desperate.

"What the fuck?" Was Inuyasha's response to what he was witnessing whereas Kagome whispered a brief 'oh my'.

"I don't believe it." Sango said whereas Miroku just had a perverted grin on his face.

Sesshoumaru ignored the others as his focus was solely on Ari, he knew when she had come back because she gasped in surprise and her eyes widened and Sesshoumaru couldn't resist the urge to taste her. Slipping his tongue into her mouth he almost groaned at the taste that exploded on his tongue. She tasted like cinnamon and peaches and he found it addicting, he wanted more of her. Sesshoumaru watched as her eyes fluttered closed as she surrendered herself to his kiss. Sesshoumaru almost grinned when Ari started to kiss back their tongues clashing in a battle for dominance, which Sesshoumaru won but not without a fight. He did let a small groan escape from him when Ari moaned in surrender allowing him full access to explore the hot cavern of Ari's mouth. Ari occasionally entwined her tongue against his enticingly but what had Sesshoumaru's grip on his control slipping drastically was the fact that he knew that this was her first kiss.

"Oh," Kagome gasped in wonder. "The jewel shards, they are being purified."

Sesshoumaru came back to himself slowly as Kagome reminded him of why he was kissing Ari. He slowly and somewhat regretfully eased away from the passion filled kiss they had just experienced and with a small nibble on Ari's full bottom lip he realised her and stepped back. He watched smugly as she almost fell into him a dazed look in her eyes.

"You just..." She whispered with some amount of wonder in her voice which was soon replaced by embarrassed anger. "You jackass you just stole my first kiss."

Ari blushed but when she caught sight of Inuyasha's horrified expression and Kagome's shocked expression she went bright red, "oh umm hey Kagome when did you guys get here."

"Turn around Ari," Sesshoumaru ordered. "We need to remove the jewel shard in your neck."

Ari did as told and turned around, moving her hair over her shoulder and allowed Sesshoumaru to feel around for the jewel shards. Ari heard Kagome tell Sesshoumaru where they were and flinched when she felt him cut her neck to retrieve the fragments. Ari was surprised when she felt him wrap the wounds he had created with the bandages Kagome had taken out of her trusty yellow bag.

Naturally it remained an unspoken rule that they never mention the kiss again.

OoO

Everyone in the castle shuddered as they felt their master's anger. Naraku had been watching the proceedings with Ari from Kanna's mirror and was pleasantly surprised when Ari fought against his influence as to him it just proved her power and made him want her that much more. Implanting the jewel shards into her was just a test to see if she would be just another mindless pawn for him to use against her friends.

When he saw her fight off the control when he told her to kill the brat Sesshoumaru has he was shocked at first but after seeing her do it again he was impressed. He found he liked the spark of fire that was her spirit but he knew he would enjoy breaking her even more. No he wasn't angered at all by her efforts to fight him.

What had angered him so was the fact that the filthy dog had dared to touch her so intimately. He had watched with rapidly growing anger as Sesshoumaru had deepened the chaste kiss into something very passionate which Ari had responded to eagerly. Naraku would have enjoyed taking Ari's first kiss but no matter there were plenty other firsts he could take when she belonged to him.

Naraku was also well aware of Kagura's expression to seeing the kiss the two had shared and almost grinned savagely. It seemed Kagura was jealous of his little witch and he couldn't help but look forward to manipulating her with this jealousy. However he had pressing issues to deal with at the moment.

Sesshoumaru will pay for touching what belonged to him and for costing him three jewel shards.

A/N: Well Ari was bound to have her first kiss sometime right? So Ari and Sesshou are still pretty much vacationing on de Nile and are never going to talk about that kiss or do anything like that again right? We will just let them believe that for now.

So Naraku is angry, Ari is a tomato, Sesshoumaru is pretty happy with himself (not that he's going to let anyone know of course) and Inuyasha is wanting to gauge his own eyes out. That pretty much sums up the chapter I think.

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