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Name of Story: Misa

Summary: Now that I have been freed from the geisha house, I can continue my journey with the fearsome Sesshomaru. However, it's no picnic. Demons are after me because of my abilities I have just recently discovered. Including Hisao, a demon I thought was dead.

Author's Note: Okay! I need to update this story before I update Kryptonite or Eyes of Sorrow. I know I left you guys off on a semi-cliffy. And I know you guys are just dying to know what happens. Hope you love. R&R

Name of Chapter: Journey Again

Deep breaths, Misa, I thought to myself, standing up straighter, putting one foot in front of the other. You can do this. You can get through this. Just keep breathing. Deep breaths. Breathe in and out. In and out. In. Out. There you go, Misa. You did it.

I smiled at my internal victory. I had made the pain go away without showing it.

Hopefully.

For the past few hours, Sesshomaru, Jaken, and I have been walking in another endless forest. My side was doing very well until just recently when I felt a sharp pain. At first I grimaced then I took deep breaths, making the pain fade away.

I just hope Sesshomaru didn't notice. If he was worried about me at the Geisha house, I think he still might be. If I show pain, he might make us stop, therefore, him not finding his sword of supreme power to defeat his father.

"Were stopping," Sesshomaru says, interrupting my thoughts. I frown, noticing we were in a small meadow. I look at the sky. It was late afternoon, almost sunset time.

"But, my lord," Jaken begins to protest. I resist the urge to roll my eyes. What a pest. "There is still more hours to the day. We can go on, my lord. We just had a break an hour ago."

"It was two hours ago, Jaken," I murmur. Jaken, in return, shot me a glare that would have sent me six feet under. I ignore him as I set my bag down and slowly sit next to it on the ground, careful to not reopen my wound.

"Jaken, fetch firewood," Sesshomaru orders. Jaken stood open mouth for a second before bowing.

"Yes, Lord Sesshomaru." Jaken replies. He shoots me another glare before disappearing into the woods. I stuck my tongue out at his retreating figure.

Stupid frog, I thought, looking in my bag for food that was given to me shortly before we left. He should know by now he can't win in a fight with Sesshomaru.

I gasp, feeling the sharp pain return to my side. I couldn't wait until this wound healed. I place both of my hands over it and took deep breaths. Soon, the pain faded away again.

I look up, feeling Sesshomaru's cold golden eyes on me. Even from a distance, I could tell he was worried about me. His eyes showed it. His eyes showed his emotions, even though they didn't show on his face.

"I'm fine." I say to reassure him. His reply was a curt nod. "I'm human; I can take a little pain." For now I'm human, I add in my head.

I find what I'm looking for in my bag. Dried meat. I bite into it, thinking about the last week since I was injured. How when I went to walk around, Sesshomaru was behind me all the time. Except for the day I was talking to Kayo about leaving. He had wondered off into the forest to get away from humans.

"May I ask you a question," I ask Sesshomaru, thinking of my puzzling question.

Sesshomaru looked at me curiously before nodding.

"If you hate humans, why are you so worried about me, Sesshomaru?" I add his name hesitantly, wondering if he would kill me because I did not add his title.

"Why do you not use my title?" Sesshomaru replies, avoiding my question.

"That's just it. It's a title; not your name." I say while thinking over the question. "It would mean that I would have to do anything you tell me to, if I called you Lord. To me, Lord is just a word that doesn't mean anything."

Sesshomaru didn't say anything for a while; he continued to stare at me.

"You may speak to me without my title." Sesshomaru finally says, after a long period of silence. I feel my eyes widen at his statement. I expected him to slay me with his poison claws, not give me permission to not use his title.

"Thank you," I say smiling.

Sesshomaru nods again.

"I miss her so much," my mother sobs to my father, her nose hidden behind a cloth. I instantly knew I was dreaming. I was back in my old village in my old hut. My mother was crying. She looked even thinner than the last time I dreamt about her, like she's been starving herself. Her eyes were red and puffy with bruises underneath them.

My father grumbles and frowns more.

"I hope she's dead," my father says. I realize they are talking about me again.

"Father, how can you say that about your only daughter?" I recognize Kale's voice from the corner. "Misa has been gone nearly a month and you hope she is dead? Do you even care about her?"

"Kale," I yell, forgetting no one can hear me. I look at my father, my eyes filling with tears. I know what he will say before he speaks.

"Why should I?" My father yelled, startling my mother. "She disobeyed my every word. Running off the night before her wedding to that boy! Stealing our food, money, and our family treasure! I hope to Kami she is dead, eaten by wolves or demons."

I gasp, seeing Kale punch our father in the face. For a second my father just stared at Kale, like he could believe his eldest son just punched him. Then, without warning, his fist was flying into Kale's face.

Kale fought back against him, using his fists and legs.

"No! Stop it!" I yell. My mother screams. Juk starts crying from being woken up by her screams and my father and oldest brother fighting.

Kale and my father wrestle around the hut, knocking everything over and breaking things.

By then, I'm crying too. I hate seeing my older brother fight our father, no matter how much he's trying to protect me. They all think I'm dead. When Kayo arrives, she will tell them I am alive and well.

I scream for them to stop.

"Misa!" Something hard hits me on the head. I bolt up right, breathing heavily with perspiration clinging to my skin. I feel tears on my cheeks. I gasp, trying to get my breathing back to normal while trying to focus on Jaken and Sesshomaru in front of me. Sesshomaru's eyes showed concern, along with Jaken's.

"Good, you're awake." Jaken said. I looked at him, confused. I had forgotten my dream. "You were screaming loudly, like the devil was on you. Are you all right?"

"Yes," I breathed. I wiped away my remained tears while trying to get my heart to stop beating faster then normal. "Just a nightmare."

"Here, drink this." Jaken said, handing me some water in a bowl. I eagerly drank it.

"We have company, Jaken." Sesshomaru said suddenly, looking into the forest.

A second later, a tree crashed, revealing a large red demon with red eyes.

"A fire demon!" Jaken exclaims, pointing towards the demon.

To Be Continued…

Haha! A cliffy. I hope you all enjoyed. I hope this isn't the last update before the fifteenth. But if it is, I'm sorry. My life is just too complicated now. Well, I'm going to work on Eyes of Sorrow or Kyrptonite.

R&R kindly please!

Drama Kagome