Chapter 2: The Newest Companion

 

       When early morning came and the sun rose just above the horizon, you awoke. You stretched your tired limbs until you heard relieving cracks in your shoulders and legs. You sat up, sighing in bliss as you basked in the morning’s light and stared at the beautiful sunrise before you. You then adjusted your cape so that it was behind you again and cracked your back, twisting from side to side. When you turned to your left you saw there was a little girl staring up at you from the ground below, only to discover that it was Rin.

        “Oh, it’s you Rin.” She nodded her head, her eyes beaming up at you with pure joy, quite different from the pale expression she wore last night. What made her change from scared to happy so fast?

        “Good morning Miss (Y/N).” You smiled again at her adorableness.

        “Morning Rin. You don’t have to call me Miss you know. (Y/N)’s fine. What are you doing over here?” You stroked your chin in thought. “I guess if you’re here, then your camp must be close by, right?” She nodded her head.

        “Yep.”

        “I’m guessing the two demons are back there?”

        “Well-“

        “There you are, you annoying child!” Jaken rushed out of the bushes and stopped in front of Rin. “Lord Sesshomaru will have my life if you get into trouble.” It only took him a second to notice you. He faced Rin. “No wonder you ran off to here of all places.” He turned to you. “I see you’re still here.” The imp grumbled.

        “It’s only the crack of dawn you know, the day’s just barely begun. Of course I’m gonna be here you stupid imp.”

        “Watch your tongue, human.” He spat.

        “Calm down Jaken, I’m just messing with you. Jeez, get a sense of humor and take a joke.”

        “Well I don’t appreciate being ‘messed with’ by a human. It’s degrading.” You crossed your arms over your chest.

        “Someone sounds grumpy.”

        “Do not talk to me like that!” A rustle drew everyone’s attention to the bushes, where Sesshomaru emerged. “L-Lord Sesshomaru! What are you doing here?” He glanced at Jaken, Rin, then you.

        “Morning to you too Sesshomaru.” His emotionless gold eyes showed no indifference. “I was actually about to just get breakfast.” You quickly scanned the trees, and once you found what you were looking for, jumped to the next tree over. You hopped from branch to branch, looking around the trunk every now and then. “Now I know demons don’t usually eat human food, but I’ve found that it’s different with each, so if you want any you can have some.” Finally locating what you were trying to find, you picked it off the tree. “Here Rin, catch.” You tossed the object down to the little girl, who caught it with ease. She rose a brow and tilted her head in confusion as she examined what was in her hand.

        “What is it?” You picked one off the tree yourself and took one big bite out of it. 

        “It’s a kind of fruit that blends in with trees.” You answered with your mouth full. Indeed, the fruit was a dark brown color that had a dark green bottom, perfect tree camouflage. The bite you made revealed the fruit’s dark orange colored inside. “They’re kinda like mangos actually, very sweet, and tropical like.” You took another bite while searching for another one. You picked a third one which you casually tossed to Jaken, who certainly didn’t expect it coming and barely caught it. While Rin took a bite of the fruit, Jaken examined his.

        “Mmmm, it’s good.” You smiled down at Rin. Jaken frowned.

        “How could such things grow here? I’ve never seen them before in my life, and how come we could never smell them?” You shrugged your shoulders.

        “Don’t ask me. I’m just the one that found them.” You answered with your mouth still full.

        “How?”

        “When I was up in the trees a few years ago one caught my eye, then I discovered what they were and over time I figured out how to find them easily.” You took another bite while Jaken gave you a questioning glare.

        “I better taste this to make sure you are simply not trying to poison Lord Sesshomaru.” You laughed.

        “Why would I try to give you guys food poisoning? Besides, if I was going to harm to someone, I’d do something way better than poisoning.” You chuckled. Jaken grumbled something under his breath that you decided to ignore, as he took a bite of the fruit.

        “It is sweet.” He said, chewing the fruit slowly. Sesshomaru stared at the scene with an emotionless gaze the whole time, and you noticed this silence from him. You held up your fruit.

        “Want some?”

        “Human! Do not speak to Lord Sesshomaru!” You rolled your eyes.

        “Too late for that Jaken.” You swore the little imp’s face was burning red.

        “Why you little-“

        “I do not eat human food.” Jaken silenced himself at Sesshomaru’s words. He was surprised that he had actually bothered to answer you, but what Jaken was truly surprised about was that he hasn’t killed you yet. You were of no use to Sesshomaru, plus you were pretty rude to him before which Sesshomaru would have no patience for, so it was puzzling to see why his lord kept you alive. Ignoring Jaken, you shrugged your shoulders at Sesshomaru’s answer.

        “Suit yourself. More for me and Rin then. Hey Rin, you want another one?” Finishing the fruit in her hand, she nodded her head energetically.

        “Mhm. Yes please!” You picked another fruit and tossed it down to her, which she began to munch on immediately. You hopped down from the tree, landing on the ground with ease. Sesshomaru’s eyes traveled to your own, and you noticed how his eyes analyzed seemed to analyze your every movement.

        “You’re wounds, they’ve healed.” He spoke, which Rin now noticed as well.

        “Oh yeah, they’re all gone!” You looked down at your body and smirked proudly.

        “Told you they’d be gone by morning.” Sesshomaru kept his emotionless gaze on you. He took long strides towards you, stopping only a few inches away from you. You rose a brow, confused at what this demon was doing. Suddenly, his claws glowed green and he rose them up in the air. You were too shocked to move, as he sliced your shoulder open with his claws, making you hiss in pain. Rin gasped and covered her mouth. She had no idea why Sesshomaru would randomly attack you like this, even Jaken was a bit taken aback by his lord’s sudden actions. He would actually be cheering him on if it wasn’t for the fact that his lord’s attack was very strange. He had only injured your shoulder instead of aiming somewhere more fatal. After all, when Sesshomaru strikes, he almost always means to kill, so why didn’t he this time. There was also something amiss about your injury, which confused Jaken even more so than Sesshomaru’s sporadic attack. You winced as you clutched your shoulder in pain, and your darkened (E/C) eyes traveled up to the demon, filled with rage.

        “What the hell was that for you freaking bastard!?” For a moment he was silent, his golden eyes showing no reaction to your outburst. Then he held up his claws in front of his face, and they glowed green once more. At first you thought he was going to claw you again, but you realized he was not in an attack stance; it looked more like a demonstration of something.

        “You were not affected by my poison.”

        “What?”

        “Lord Sesshomaru has poisonous claws that liquefy his targets.” Jaken explained. Is that what the green glowing is on his claws? Jaken then pointed behind you with his staff. “Behold, the power of Lord Sesshomaru.” He said proudly with closed eyes. You turned around and saw a huge hole in the tree, it’s edges now a brown drippy goop. “Your shoulder should have ended up like that tree, yet it is merely scratched.” You looked back down at the three deep claw marks in your shoulder that were now bleeding out, which, unlike the tree, was unaffected by the acidic poison. You rubbed your new stinging wounds, trying to ease the pain.

        “So? Maybe I’m resistant to it somehow.” You grumbled. Long, tense silence followed.

        “What are you.” You looked back up to his serious golden eyes. More silence.

        “I’m human, what else would I be?” He remained unmoved as you maintained eye contact with him. A tug on your sleeve brought your attention down to Rin, who looked up at you with an innocent big-eyed gaze. She held up a piece of white cloth, which you didn’t know where she got from, but nonetheless you smiled and accepted it.

        “Thanks Rin.” You said softly. She giggled at you while you wrapped the cloth around your shoulder and tied it off. It still bled out some, but eventually it stopped, which you were grateful for. Having calmed down after another few moments of awkward silence, you tried to make conversation with the group to ease some of that. “So, may I ask, where are you guys heading to?”

        “That’s none of your business!” Jaken yelled. You scoffed.

        “Jeez, don’t get your panties in a twist.”

        “My what!?” You snickered.

        “Nothing.” You felt a tug on your shorts, which was Rin once again.

        “Where are you heading to, Miss (Y/N)?”

        “Again, you don’t have to call me miss. (Y/N) is fine, and I’m not really going anywhere far, just up north to Mount Hakurei.” Rin gasped.

        “That’s where Lord Sesshomaru is traveling!”

        “Huh, that sure is a coincidence.”

        “And what business does a human like you have at Mount Hakurei?” Jaken frowned and crossed his little arms.

        “Why do you care?”

        “Because! We-!” He gasped and covered his mouth, stopping himself from revealing anything else.

        “Hmph, that’s what I thought.” You smirked. “But if you must know, there’s some shady things going on down there. I just wanna check it out and make sure nothing too serious is going on.” Rin lit up with joy.

        “Oh Miss (Y/N), will you join us?” She gave you her best puppy dog eyes, but that didn’t faze you, as you held up your hands in mock surrender.

        “Sorry, that’s not my decision to make.” You glanced at Sesshomaru, who merely stared back at you, then back to Rin. He seemed to be the leader of the group, so if you wanted to go with them you’d have to get his permission, and you certainly weren’t going to ask. You weren’t just going to intrude into their group, especially after what just happened between you and Sesshomaru. That would be pretty awkward in your opinion. Rin turned around and gazed up at Sesshomaru.

        “Can Miss (Y/N) come with us? Please??” Sesshomaru stared down at Rin with cold indifferent eyes, though you swore you saw something else through his emotionless cover. His eyes then moved to you. You still had your hands up, trying to show that you had nothing to do with this. You didn’t really care if you went with them, although you were more comfortable traveling alone at this point in your life. You had survived for years on your own, and it had gotten you this far. Sesshomaru turned around and began walking away from you, which caused Rin to stare sadly at his back. You put your hands down, accepting his answer. You knew that he would’ve chosen this from the beginning, you figured he would reject Rin’s request. So you certainly weren’t expecting what he said next.

        “Come, human.” Rin gasped, then bolted to you and hugged your leg, while Jaken stared at his lord jaw dropped. You were surprised as well, though you frowned at his commanding tone. You looked down at Rin, who grabbed your hand, and led to Sesshomaru’s retreating form, along with a now grumbling Jaken, back to their campsite.

 

        (A/N: Oooo, you’re part of the group now! Why do you think that is? ((no, there is no romance yet, that would be WAY too soon)) There is an answer that you’ll know in the next couple of chapters 😉 . Hope you enjoy, and I’ll see y’all laters ^*^)

 

 

 

 

 

Overview:

A wandering girl, alone on her own, independent when no one was there for her; that has been her whole life. Memories long repressed, and the future, or rather past, now ahead, you survive in the forests of feudal Japan with nothing but your instincts and quick wits you’ve gained over the years spent in solitude. When a certain demon discovers you one night, what will happen to you then? What will happen when you are sucked into the world of Inuyasha, with the strangest encounter you’ve ever had?

 

Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of Inuyasha or pictures that I use unless I say so

 

 

Chapter 1: Bloody Human

 

        A late summer sunset spread like blooming fire across the horizon, signaling that night was almost upon the forested land of Japan. Wild animals scurried away into their homes, getting ready to settle down and sleep, away from the dangers of the outside. Village people went inside their own homes, and any wandering travelers either find an inn or start a fire, avoiding the dangers of night as well.

        Yet there are those who still prowl through the darkness. Demons, predators, and others alike, who stalk the shadows, and wait for just the right moment to strike the weak, and those who leave themselves unguarded. Few people would dare to walk the night and encounter such ferocious beings, even some of those creatures themselves would not risk such dangers. The creatures who are strong enough thrive at this time, but for some, staying up at night is not an option, especially if you have someone you want to protect.

        A group of individuals, a demon, his loyal imp, a little girl, and a two headed dragon, stop at a clearing in the middle of the woods. Their place of rest was no concern to them, for the demon was powerful, so much so that the night predators refused to go near him. The little girl led the two headed dragon to a tree and tied it up so it wouldn’t escape.

        “There you go Ah-Un.” She smiled as she pet Ah-Un’s heads. Once he was secure, the demon wandered off, leaving the imp alone with the girl, much to the imp’s displeasure.

        “Rin, go make yourself useful and get some firewood.” The imp ordered, waving his wooden staff around.

        “Yes, Master Jaken!” The girl cheerily replied back. She picked a random direction and ran off into the trees.

        “Why did Lord Sesshomaru even let her accompany us in the first place. Hmph! That girl is more a burden than anything else. What could possibly be worse than this?” Jaken mumbled to himself.

        Rin pranced through the forest, searching for branches that could be used for firewood, just like Jaken had ordered. She skipped through some bushes, but came to an abrupt stop, dropping the branches she had already gathered, out of surprise. The body of a girl, some years older than herself, covered in scratches, cuts, and bruises, was laying on the ground. She was on her stomach with the right side of her head turned up, her (H/L) (H/C) hair strewn about her neck and face, eyes closed tightly shut, arms layed limp by her side with her palms pressed down on the ground, and legs stretched out behind her. A black cape messily covered her upper body down to the middle of her calf, covering her other clothes and most of her legs from view. Although, Rin could still see the many gashes littered about her pale (S/C) skin, some small and some big, and she could smell the fresh blood all around her. The girl seemed dead. Memories of the wolf demons who had killed everyone in her village flashed in her mind, causing her to tremble in fear of those memories and the sight of the body who reminded her of them. She couldn’t take it, and let out an ear piercing scream.

        A sound echoed throughout the woods, making the demon looked to where it came from. He knew it was Rin, and she sounded distressed, but he didn’t know what caused this. There was no threatening smell, and he didn’t sense anyone else around but those in his group and some harmless woodland creatures. He grunted in irritation, and began walking in the direction of the scream to investigate.

        As soon as Jaken heard the scream, he immediately took off to Rin’s location. What kind of trouble has this human child found now? He didn’t care about her well being, but if she wasn’t well, he knew his lord would be furious. When he parted some bushes, he found the girl he was looking for quivering in fear.

        “Child, what is the matter with you?” At the sound of Jaken’s voice, Rin turned to him with tear filled eyes, and ran to the green imp, hugging him with all her might. Jaken was irritated to say the least, that she was touching him. He shoved her away and went to see what had made Rin scream, and almost get him in trouble with his lord. His feet then stopped in front of the body. Rin hid behind Jaken, still shaken up and crying, watching what the imp was doing over his shoulder. The smell of blood covered any scent of what could be death, so he poked the body with his staff, only to get no response. “It is just a dead human, nothing more, so stop making such a loud ruckus over a little-” Both Rin and Jaken felt a presence behind them, interrupting Jaken’s scolding. Rin turned around and gasped.

        “Lord Sesshomaru!” The little girl dashed behind the demon, who stared down at her in disinterest. His cold golden eyes looked back at Jaken, who was stunned to see his lord.

        “Jaken. What is all the commotion.” Sesshomaru spoke in a deep emotionless voice, one that terrified all who could hear it, especially his subordinate.

        “N-Nothing my lord! I-It was just the human brat screaming over a measly little thing! Nothing important here my-” Sesshomaru ignored the imp, and began taking slow steps past him. Rin ran behind Jaken, who didn’t care this time, wandering what his usually distant lord was doing. The little girl peeked over Jaken’s shoulder, curious as to what her lord was doing as well. Sesshomaru’s feet stopped at the human body, and his narrow golden eyes stared calculatedly at it. Just like with Jaken, the smell of blood was too strong to know if she was dead or not, even for his advanced sense of smell, although her apparent condition confirmed her decease. After all, no human could survive with such injuries as these. His eyes travelled back to Rin, who was looking at him with a questioning yet frightful gaze. Sesshomaru recalled her village’s demise, and how she had once looked like this body before him. He assumed Rin remembered as well.

        “This human is dead. It cannot be helped.” With one last look at the body, he started back towards the trees he had come through. As Sesshomaru’s feet moved further and further away, Jaken frowned, pushing Rin off of him, mumbling ‘filthy humans’ and dusting himself off afterwards. Rin ignored his rough actions, and stepped towards the body, not once taking her sad brown eyes off the girl’s unconscious face. Jaken watched Rin with irritation. He wished she would leave, since being stuck with practically babysitting her meant that he could not return to his Lord’s side until she did as well. Rin took no notice of his heated glare directed at her, and only continued to stare at the girl.

        Suddenly, the girl’s fingers twitched, and her eyelids fluttered slightly open, revealing slivers of (E/C). Rin gasped, too shocked to even move. The noise caused Sesshomaru to stop in his tracks, and his narrow eyes travelled behind him. Jaken crept closer to Rin to see what the problem was now, only to be surprised himself. The girl’s fingers now dug into the dirt, regaining her senses, and a groan escaped her lips.

        “Where am I?” You asked. None of the trio moved from their spots. The pounding in your head caused you to let out another groan. Your vision was blurry, but you could still make out at least two figures in front of you, a little girl and a little green imp, who you could tell was a demon, with some kind of stick. You used the little strength you had left to push yourself up, and that’s when you noticed the other demon a few yards away, surrounded by a blurry white, and analyzing you with what looked like rather blurry slit golden eyes. Your headache worsened as you propped yourself up more, so you put your hand over your forehead. As your vision cleared, you could see the scared expression of the girl and shocked one of the imp right in front of you. You could also see that the other demon was much closer now, standing a couple feet behind the girl. “What? What are you guys staring at?” You groaned out. All pairs of eyes remained locked on you, and you stared back with your own look of confusion, as well as pain.

        “How are you not dead?” The imp questioned. You rose a brow.

        “What are you talking about?”

        “You are covered in wounds that would normally kill humans.” You looked down at your body, and sure enough, there were cuts and gashes from your head to your feet, but you merely shrugged them off.

        “These? Ah they’re nothing, compared to what I’ve been through at least. They’ll be gone in the morning.”

        “What? It is impossible for wounds like that inflicted on a mere human such as yourself to heal that quickly.” You shrugged your shoulders.

        “Trust me, they will. I just need to rest is all.”

        “How did you get such injuries. What business do you have in these woods.” The taller demon asked, more like stated, in a deep monotonous voice. With your vision clearing up some, you could make out long silver hair, a colorful outfit with a pauldron over his left shoulder, and lots of fluff on his right side.

        “I just let my guard down while fighting this one demon is all. Damn creature was attacking a village. Stupid thing, but it put up more of a fight than I thought.” You looked up at the silver haired demon, and smiled sheepishly. “No offense. You two seem okay.”

        “Do not speak to Lord Sesshomaru with such disrespect!” The imp yelled. You tilted your head.

        “Never heard of him. And besides, imp.” You leaned down to his eye level and smirked. “I can talk however I want.”

        “First of all, my name is not imp, it is Jaken. And second, he is a highly powerful lord and should be treated as such.”

        “Well, Jaken, it’s not like he’s my lord, so I don’t really care.” ‘Jaken’ was absolutely fuming at this point, and you swore you could see steam coming out of him.

        “Insolent human.” He mumbled.

        “Make that only one of you seems okay now.”

        “What was that!?” You chuckled, and that’s when you noticed the little girl staring at you intently, as if she just saw a ghost.

        “Aw hey there, what’s your name?” That seemed to snap her out of her daze, and she shyly looked away from you. However, you could still hear a little squeak come from her.

        “M-My name is R-Rin.” You smiled, which made her blush.

        “That name’s pretty cool. Mine’s (Y/N), nice to meetcha Rin.” The little girl blushed some more and shied away.

        “Nice to meet you too.” She whispered.

        “Well, I best be on my way.” You planted your foot on the ground and shakily stood up, your legs trembling from the excruciating pain. You noticed the white haired demon, ‘lord’ Sesshomaru, follow your every movement with his cold calculative eyes, but it didn’t bother you.

        “Are you okay miss (Y/N)?” You grunted, pushing yourself up further.

        “I’m fine. I just need to get up a tree.” When you were standing up as much as you could, you limped towards a big tree behind you. Getting there proved to be harder than you thought, due to the constant pain shooting up your legs, and when you were close to the tree you tripped. Rin reached her hand out about to try and help catch you, but you caught yourself by putting your hands on the tree’s trunk and using it for support. Once you made sure you were balanced, you used your remaining strength and jumped up, landing on the branch that was above you. You did so again and again until you were a good height up, despite how much your aching muscles cried out. Your body collapsed on the final branch you landed on, and you leaned your back against the trunk, finally able to rest.

        A few minutes passed, and the trio still stood their ground. As Jaken grew more impatient, and since you didn’t seem to be doing anything else now of interest, he tugged on the sleeve of Rin’s kimono, though he despised doing so. However, he would rather touch her than stay around here with you, since to him you were worse and more annoying and mouthy than Rin could ever be. Besides, he assumed his lord wouldn’t want to stick around either, and would want to return to the campsite as soon as possible.

        “Come on child. Let’s leave this human and go finish setting up camp.” He tugged on Rin again, but she was hesitant to leave. She was still curious about this girl, but she didn’t exactly have a choice with Jaken’s constant pulling, and disappeared with him into the bushes. Sesshomaru, however, didn’t move from his spot, even when the other two left, and continued to stare at you.

        Once some of the pain began to dissipate, you wrapped yourself up in your cape, using it like a blanket, and faced towards the moon, away from the demon, and slowly began to fall asleep. Sesshomaru’s eyes didn’t leave your form, until he saw that you were no longer awake. He finally turned away, and began walking back the same way Jaken and Rin had gone, disappearing through the bushes, leaving you alone once more.        

 

        (A/N: Hey guys! A Sesshomaru story, I know right? He’s one of my favorites! And he’s a dog demon! I love dogs in general, demon or not, they’re one of my five favorite animals ((Yes I have five! I love all animals but I consider those five favorites of my favorites))! So, with that, I’ll see y’all laters! -p-)