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Forever Mine
By : Sessysama
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Disclaimer: Ok, we start the bidding at $100. Who is willing to pay $100 for Kagome? That�s right all InuYasha is for sale at low low prices, save for Sessy, he is mine. So, what do we have for Kagome?

Sessysama! What have we told you about selling things that don�t belong to you?

::hides characters and pulls out Kagome plushie:: Look, plushie�that�s all�

Ok, Thanks to: shaid, Lady Kagome, darkangel 1410, stella, theMaven, New Fan, Sci-Jess, friendslyreader, SessRin2003, and Haunted Reality. ::stares at FanFic people:: ONE! ONE! One review! Know the only reason you are getting this chp is cause Darkangel was the first one to correctly say why Saraku doesn�t like Seto, and not only that it was perfectly correct so yeah�I am watching you.

Quite a few of you got the correct reason for her anger at the pup, I applaud you all. For those who are still wondering, read on, it is Saraku�s POV now. Have fun! Review! ::glares at FanFic::

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Saraku sat sulking in her room. Kagome stayed with Rin and the new pup while Saka finished preparing the nursery, which had not been finished yet. Jaken left shortly after he woke Saraku for her morning lesson, which was given by Touya, and headed to the Northern Lands to announce her precious brother�s birth to Noosu. Her father had left at dawn with InuYasha, and Saraku was less than pleased.

How could he leave today? He never did before. Stupid brother. I guess I don�t matter anymore, not now that they hhim.him. Perfect little brother. Who said we needed him? I didn�t. We were fine.

Saraku looked at the sword resting atop her dresser. She stood and slowly reached for it, running her fingers along the blade�s edge.

It�s mine! Why does he get it? It was mine first! He is gonna get it all now. Everything that�s mine! He�s going to take it all from me! Just for being born a boy!

She walked to her mirror at stared at the mismatched reflection, sword still gripped tightly in her hands. She closed her brown eye and watched the image before her sharpen dramatically. All the colors became brighter, all the shapes clear and pristine. Her golden eye almost shimmered in the mirror before her. She let her demon gaze lift to the canine ears poking through her black and white hair. Normally, they would be able to hear most of the activities in the castle, but today everything felt muffled, like her imperfect sight when both eyes were open.

"They say Rin-sama is with pup again."

"Hopefully, this time we will receive a proper heir to the Western Lands."

"I�m sure Sesshoumaru-sama will be hoping for a male as well."

"Even a boy would have dirty blood, though surely he would bttertter than Saraku."

"What do you mean?"

"It is bad enough that a hanyou will inherit Sesshoumaru-sama�s lands, but her appearance. She practically screams she is a hanyou. Let�s hope this pup is a boy and looks like a demon, then we will have a decent heir, even if a hanyou."

The sword trembled in Saraku�s hand as she remembered the conversation she overheard in the village. Her face burned with an anger she would never show outside of her room. "Why? Why?" She raised the sword over her head and thrust it into the mirror. "Why did he have to be right!"

She let her hands slide down from the hilt and over the shattered glass. It tore into her skin and blood dripped onto the floor. She didn�t cry though, not even in her room. She wouldn�t cry. She wasn�t going to succumb to such a�female weakness.

The sound of rushed footsteps quickly filled Saraku�s ears, stopping outside her door. "Saraku-sama. Saraku-sama, are you all right? I smell blood." Saka�s voice was worried and sincere, but Saraku didn�t care to have company right then.

"My mirror broke and I cut my hand. Nothing is wrong."

"I will go get some bandages for you."

"No, just go away. I�m fine, they aren�t deep."

"Saraku-sama? Are you sure?"

"Yes, just go away."

Saka hesitated at the door for a moment but soon returned to her work. Saraku wanted out of the castle and away from him, just for a little while and now she had her chance. She hurried over to the door and smeared some blood on the floor. Demons would tell if her scent disappeared, but now with the smell of her blood she could sneak out without anyone noticing. She ran to the window and wiped some blood on the edges so her scent would carry out of the room. When she was sure no one would sense her scent missing she tore a few stripes of cloth from her sheet and wrapped her hands.

The mid-day sun blazed down and she knew that she had to hurry so as not to be seen by any of the castle servants. Saraku jumped from her window and ran to a large nearby tree. She knew very well how to sneak around the castle grounds without being detected, stealth was part of her training. She headed through the garden, north, away from both the castle and the village. She didn�t know how long she ran, she was upset and wanted to do something to spite them all, even if they never found out about it, so she went farther than she was allowed to go alone.

She knew she had to have been away for at least an hour or more for the sun was no longer centered. She kept careful watch of the sun�s position as it moved across the sky, making sure to give herself enough time to get back by dusk. She went a bit further and caught the scent of humans, lots of humans, and followed the scent to a small village partially hidden in the hillside. It appeared peaceful enough, though she had not known it was this close to the castle. She thought the nearest human town was over half a day�s journey.

Saraku saw a small group of children playing in a field near the village and decided to go down and talk. She never had interactions with children before since demons could live for centuries and there were no new births expect for hers and�her brother�s. She approached slowly so as not to scare them away. One of the girls, a little older than Saraku, saw her first and quickly told the rest. She wasn�t sure what to say or do so she just stayed where she was at the top of the hill and waited for them to react.

The one who had first seen her ran up the hill, closely followed by the rest of the group. She looked carefully at Saraku for a moment then smiled. "Hello. My name is Yoshimi."

"Saraku."

"You�re a demon, aren�t you?"

"Half."

"We�ve never seen a demon before. We were told if we did to return to the village right away."

"Then why did you come to me?"

"Cause we have never seen a demon before, and besides you�re just a kid like us." Saraku smiled, at least not everyone outside the castle cared she was a hanyou. "Wow, are those fangs?"

She laughed and ran her tongue over the piercing canine teeth. "Yep, sharp and deadly."

Yoshimi took a seat on the ground and Saraku and the others followed suit. "So what kind of demon are you? Did you come from the village to the south?"

"I�m not a demon, I�m a hanyou. Half human, half dog demon. I came from the castle."

"That�s amazing."

Saraku blushed slightly. "What about this village? I didn�t know it was here."

"We moved a year ago. Bandits destroyed our last village so we all moved here. It is supposed to be safe now."

"That�s because Chichiue keeps everything peaceful around here. No one crosses Chichiue and lives to talk about it."

"He rules here?"

"Chichiue is the Lord of the Western Lands."

"He won�t be mad we�re here will he?"

Saraku laughed. "I�m sure he knows already. Chichiue wouldn�t have missed this place, being so close. That is probably why I�m not supposed to come out this far."

"You�re not supposed to be here?"

She smirked mischievously. "You aren�t the only ones disobeying your parents. But Chichiue isn�t supposed to be home till sundown and Okaasan is too busy with the new pup to notice I�m gone."

"New pup? Is that like a baby?"

She nodded. "We are pups cause Chichiue is a dog demon."

Yoshimi eyed her suspiciously. "So in other words, you just got a little brother or sister?"

"Brother." Saraku�s voice flattened immediately.

"They aren�t that bad." Yoshimi grabbed the boy sitting next to her and pulled him into a suffocating embrace. "You get to torture them when they annoy you, and since you are older you can order him around. Isn�t that right?"

The boy struggled to free himself. "Yoshimi! Come on, let go!"

Saraku drew lines in the ground with her claw. "Not in my family. He will be the heir to the Western Lands. I won�t be able to do any of that."

She nearly slashed Yoshimi in the face as the older girl pulled Saraku into the same embrace she had used on her brother. "Don�t you worry. You will still his be older sister." Saraku stared at the girl holding her and smiled. "Come on now. Let�s play!"

Saraku felt herself being pulled off the ground and onto her feet. "Play what?"

After all the children were standing Yoshimi tapped her finger to her chin as if in deep thought. "How about�catch the demon."

Saraku raised a single black eyebrow, "And what does that mean?"

"Well," Yoshimi directed Saraku into the middle of the group. "Demons are supposed to be really fast, right? So, let�s just see if anyone can catch you."

"Keh!" Saraku mimicked one of InuYasha�s expressions. "Like a human could catch me."

The children all ran after her, Saraku keeping just a step ahead of them so as not to ruin the point of the game. Every once in a while she let one of them get close enough to touch her, but then moved quickly out of their grasp. It was�fun, to play with these human children. They didn�t judge her. They didn�t expect anything from her. They just wanted to play. It was a wonderful feeling.

Saraku kept watch on the sun moving further west, doing her best to judge how long she will need to return before sunset. They played until the children were too tired and had to rest then they sat around and talked some more, this time Saraku got to learn about their village. Their playing was interrupted by a woman�s loud scream.

"Demon!"

At that moment Saraku did something she immediately regretted, she turned expecting Sesshoumaru to be there. It only took seeing the forest behind her to realize the woman was screaming at her, and her face immediately reddened. How foolish of her! The woman ran up to the children and starting pushing them away from Saraku.

"Get out of here, demon! I won�t let you hurt any of the children! We won�t be food for demons! Get out!"

"Food?" Saraku stared at her confused. "I eat human food, not humans. That would be disgusting."

Yoshimi grabbed the sleeve of the woman�s kimono. "We were playing! She wasn�t hurting us at all."

The hysterical woman ignored everything they said and continued to scream, drawing the attention of others in the village. Soon a small mob had formed all staring with a deathly gaze at Saraku while Yoshimi tried her best to convince them nothing was wrong. Something was though; Saraku had already adopted her father�s stoic demeanor. Confusion had led to anger and anger to contempt.

"What do you know of me?" Her emotionless voice called all of their attention. "Do you think because I look like this I am a demon? I am not a demon, I am a hanyou. Do not confuse this." No matter what people thought of hanyous Saraku refused to deny her heritage.

"We don�t want either here!" a man yelled.

"Don�t worry, I was planning on leaving now anyway." She turned and calmly walked to the forest only to feel a sharp pain dig into her back.

A piece of wood landed next to her feet as villager called out, "A hanyou is worse than a demon!"

Saraku had to use every ounce of her will to keep walking forward. Any other day she would have made sure he paid for those words, but right then she just wanted to get home. Her senses felt so weakened, she wanted to be safe at the castle as soon as she could. Once she was out of sight of the villagers Saraku jumped into the trees and made her way home as fast as possible.

Normally she would just run, but she had a lot of excess energy from her anger to get rid of and it took more concentration to go through the trees. She was only a few minutes out of the village when her foot hit a weak branch, cracking it and sending her falling to the ground.

Saraku watched a moment in an hour�s time. Her body slowly twisted to land properly but as her legs slammed against the earth she felt only mud and branches; the sound of each twig breaking filled her ears. Her eyes fixed on the hardened soil beside the trap growing larger�closer...faster�then only darkness.

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Sesshoumaru was beyond irritated. It was slightly past sundown and he was just returning to the castle. The half moon was hinting of its presence along the far horizon, a reminder to him that he should not have been late. The castle was a comforting sight, but the smell of fear that surrounded it made his haste ever more important, and by InuYasha�s reaction, he understood the scent as well. There were no servants at the gates nor anywhere in the castle as the two headed to Sesshoumaru�s chamber where Rin should have been. They didn�t make it there; catching the faint scent of blood coming from Saraku�s room Sesshoumaru immediately changed destination.

He stopped in the doorway of his daughter�s room and stared at a scene he could barely stand to witness. His mate sat on Saraku�s bed, her head in her hands and the scent of salt surrounding her. Kagome had one arm around Rin�s shoulders while the other cradled his newborn son. Saraku�s blood was smeared over the floor and window but most of all it was stained on her mirror, which her sword penetrated, shattering the perfection of the smooth glass surface.

Rin�s slowly pulled her tear-streaked face to look at him. Her trembling mouth opened to speak but no words left her. Sesshoumaru knelt before her, taking her wet cheek into his hand. "Rin, what happened here?"

"I�I�I," her voice shook as tears continued to fall, "I should�have checked on her. I didn�t think anything�why would she�today�I should have made sure�"

Sesshoumaru gently brought Rin to rest against his chest, her body shaking beneath him. He looked to Kagome for an explanation to the madness that wrought his home.

"Rin came to check on Saraku a little before sundown but we found the room like this. Everyone is out looking for her, Saka included, but no one seems to be able to find her."

"Please, Sesshoumaru, find her. She could be hurt, or worse. Tonight, please, she could�I should have�" Rin�s voice trailff aff as her thoughts brought new terrors to her once tortured mind.

Sesshoumaru forced his frightened mate to look at him, his fingers gently wiping away the tears from her face. "Nothing will happen to her."

"But, what if�"

"Nothing will happen to her." It was a command almost to the fates themselves. He would let no harm come to his daughter.

Rin dropped her forehead to the front of his haori being careful not to hit his armor. Her breathing was long and deep as her fragile and still weakened form was forced to calm by the combined power of her own will and faith in him. Once her body was stable Rin looked up at him, her eyes begging one last time for his reassurance. He would not let her down.

"I will find her and bring her home. You have my word."

She wore a worried and tired smile, but released him from her hold and let Kagome place an arm around her shoulders. Sesshoumaru stood and walked over to the window. He knew Saraku had left through there since it was her only escape from the castle without being seen and from the placement of blood she had left by her own accord.

After making one last glance at his mate Sesshoumaru leapt from the window and landed smoothly on the ground taking a moment to try and distinguish between the myriad of scents plaguing his senses. He wanted the freshest, strongest trace of Saraku he could find, ahoughough he soon picked it out, he tensed to see it went north, away from anyone that would help her should she be in trouble.

InuYasha stood waiting and Sesshoumaru knew why. Even though InuYasha was a hanyou he didn�t know Saraku�s scent as well and it was just simpler to wait for him to show the way. Sesshoumaru complied without a word and the two began the hurried run north. InuYasha stayed behind Sesshoumaru until they got past the gardens and as well as the search area the servants were in, only then was the trail distinct enough for his brother to pick up on.

As they ran the half moon rose above the horizon and taunted Sesshoumaru�s every step. He had left and let this happen, but if he hadn�t InuYasha wouldn�t have stayed any longer without a fight. Now, because he left to keep her safe, here she was possibly in danger. He didn�t know how long he had been running but it seemed like the trail was endless, no matter how strong the smell became he never caught the fresh scent of his daughter.

"Sesshoumaru," InuYasha�s call pulled him from his worried thoughts. "Is there anything up this way?"

"A human village, still some ways, but�" The slow breeze brought with it a scent that interrupted Sesshoumaru�s thought and caused his pace to increase, Saraku�s blood. It was faint, but pronounced. InuYasha didn�t ask anymore questions but quickened his run to match Sesshoumaru�s.

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Saraku awoke but kept her eyes closed a moment longer. Pain filled her body and confusion wracked her mind. How long have I been out? Why does my leg hurt so much? She moved her hands slightly over the damp ground and found it covered with some kind of liquid, and whatever it was she was lying in a pool of it.

Reluctantly she opened her eyes and a defeated moan left her throat as the darkened sky gazed down on her. It was past dusk. Hesitantly she ran her tongue along her short, straight teeth and felt her fingertips only to find human nails where her claws should have been. This was her punishment she supposed, to be lost out here so far from the castle. She now understood the pain in her leg, things always hurt her more in her human form.

After a moment to allow herself to be annoyed at her predicament, Saraku pushed herself into a sitting position and had to suppress a cry of pain. Her leg was twisted at an inhuman angle beneath her and she could see some of the bone protruding through the tender flesh. She lifted her hand to her face and quickly identified the substance she sat in to be her blood. It took much of her strength for her not to scream or cry out, the pain was unthinkable and each time she even twitched a new jolt ran through her small body.

She knew she needed to figure out what had happened and try to get out of wherever she was. Saraku�s eyes traveled to the small but deep hole that she sat in. By the looks of it the hole was a trap made for larger game. It was roughly twice her height but not wide enough for her to comfortably lay, as showed by her now broken leg. It was still very dark, the moon not high enough to shine in, which forced her to close her brown eye in order to see the walls in any detail. There were no holds in the dug out earth, and she wasn�t sure her human form would be able to pull herself up with her useless leg.

Her head throbbed from looking up so Saraku let it rest against the soft wall behind her. She must have hit it in the fall as well, even her golden gaze seemed a little fuzzy. Saraku gave a half-hearted laugh. If InuYasha though she was weird with a human eye in her hanyou form, what would he think of a demon eye in her human form. The one thing no one could figure out, how she always had one demon and one human eye no matter what.

Seemed fitting then, that she changed during the half moon. Always half, always a reminder of what she was, incomplete. Her muscles around her mouth strained and contorted, pulling her childish lips into a painful grimace. The anguish of her thoughts threatened to bring her to the weakness she hated most, but the part of her that she inherited from Sesshoumaru refused to let tears fall.

Why do I have to be this way? Why am I only half a person? Will I always be this way? Half appearance�half respect�half worth?

Why? Why is he right? Why did he get to be whole? He doesn�t need anything, so why does he take the one thing that was completely mine! I work twice as hard, twice as much to make up for all I lack, yet he is born and gets the only thing I have! He has made it half again! I don�t want half! I am sick of half! But that�s all I am now�that is the only thing I have all of�I am completely half.

No, I�m less than half now. I won�t even get half because of him�perfect little him. He is a boy�He gets the sword�He gets the title�He will get all of Chichiue�s attention. I won�t get anything now. I wonder if Chichiue will even come for me�maybe he won�t want me around at all anymore. Maybe he won�t want anyone that isn�t whole�does he only need his heir?

Saraku wanted to pull her legs against her chest but the pain refused to let her do so. It was past dusk, so where was Sesshoumaru? He never before left her alone on the day she changed and that only made her fears increase in intensity. If Chichiue only wants him�then I will just have to help myself.

She took a deep breath and allowed her anger to overtake her fear, giving her renewed strength. She forced her body up, ignoring the waves of pain that threatened to claim her, and dug her hands deeply into the soft soil wall for support. Move by careful move Saraku made a small hold in the earth and pushed herself up. Her broken leg dangled beneath her and often hit the wall as she pulled up another few inches. The pain was excruciating but she was not going to be swayed, not even in her human form.

It took time but soon Saraku�s eyes could peer over the edge, and through the trees she could see the light of the slightly risen half moon, teasing her efforts. Her small, dirt-covered hand reached over the edge and grabbed at a nearby root belonging to the very tree she had fallen from. It was hard and laboring to pull herself up, her second hand holding onto the root once it was able. She was close to being out when the blood soaked bone unnaturally exposed from her leg caught on one of the handholds she had made. The pain she experienced made her gasp and her grip on the root went lax. Before she even had time to think her body was yanked back into the trap. Not even every ounce of will she had left in her could stop the screams from tearing from her as all of her weight landed atop her destroyed leg, shattering the bone loud enough for even her human ears to hear.

Her face was twisted in pain as she wailed inside her confined prison, but still she kept herself from crying. Now her fears became far greater. Now she couldn�t even try and move. She wanted to remove her body from its place on her leg but couldn�t bear to do that. If the human�s came to check their trap and found her, would they kill her? She wouldn�t be able to stop them or fight in her condition. She couldn�t hide the fact she was the same hanyou they saw earlier, her eyes would give her away.

Her tearless sobs became louder as her mind raced with all the things that could happen to her. How she just wanted to have her father there. She wanted him to hold her and say it would be fine, because if he said it then it had to be true. He would make sure it was. She was safe with him, but now, would he come for her? Never before had she so desired her father�s voice, even a scolding one, as she did when even the small illumination of the skies was blackened by a person�s shadow.

Her body trembled and her voice left her silent as she waited to learn her fate. I shouldn�t have screamed so much, the village is too near, and someone must have heard me. Am I going to be killed? Am I going to be left in here to die? Will they hurt me even more? What�what is going to happen to me?

"Saraku?"

Her body nearly jumped in relief as the familiar voice reached her dull ears. "Chichiue!"

Sesshoumaru�s arm was lowered into the trap and Saraku happily took hold of it, letting his strength easily lift her free. When she was high enough Sesshoumaru brought her close and Saraku quickly latched onto his neck, burying her frightened face into his fur. She screamed in pain, sobbed in relief, and all the while clenched tighter and tighter to the safety of her father. She could feel his arm moving her so he could better support her body, but he made sure her broken leg was not jostled in the process. How in the world could she think he wouldn�t come for her?

"InuYasha, go back and tell Rin she is safe. We shall return once she is healed."

Saraku hadn�t even realized her uncle was there, or that he left, she focused on her father and nothing more. When Sesshoumaru tried to push her away she clung ever more fiercely to his neck and he let her be for a few more minutes. If her leg hadn�t hurt from the motion Saraku would have never noticed her father moving to sit at the base of the nearest tree. He gently took her battered calf into his hand as she helped him by swinging her other leg over his own. There they sat, Sesshoumaru making no sound or motion, save for smoothing Saraku�s pitch-black hair atop her head.

When her body stopped shaking from the mixed fright and relief that had so quickly consumed her Saraku pushed away just enough to look at her father. He did not have the reproachful glare she was expecting, but instead his expression looked as relieved as she felt. She struggled to speak and finally got her question out, though her voice was sharp and scared. "You�you aren�t mad at me?"

"Furious, but more than that I am thankful all you have is a broken leg. That I can easily fix. If more had happened to you, I�d care not to think of that possibility." His voice was calming to Saraku, and though he had made known his anger to her, it didn�t seem to matter.

"I�m sorry Chichiue. I�m so sorry." Her bottom lip trembled as she spoke and her face was quickly returned to its place in his haori.

Sesshoumaru gave her time to calm down again before moving his hand to her shattered leg, barely grazing the surface but earning a high-pitched shriek from Saraku. She bit down on her lip and pressed her forehead against his chest even harder as he carefully straightened her calf. Saraku�s entire body was shaking from pain and she focused on her eyes, on not letting any tears fall, in order to try and dull the pain she was in. It didn�t help, but she did manage to keep from crying while her father touched her exposed muscle.

To Saraku�s relief Sesshoumaru stopped adjusting her leg and gave her a moment to catch her breath. He gently pushed her head back, wiping away the small trail of blood she had caused while biting her lip. Without a single word Sesshoumaru reached back and took hold of her long braid, bringing it to her face. She understood, whatever he was going to do, it was going to hurt a lot. She opened her mouth and bit down onto the coarse hair before hiding her face in his fur. Her heart beat faster and faster as she sensed his hand over her leg, his fingers positioned below her calf while his thumb rested on the protruding bone.

In one quickly motion Sesshoumaru forced the bone back into her leg, tearing through the already destroyed muscles. Her eyes shot open, mouth clenched, and screams forced their way out of her throat. Never before had she felt such agonizing pain. She slammed her forehead against her father�s shoulder begging for a release from the pain and was shocked when her suffering was replaced with the most unusual of sensations. It wasn�t pain, but neither was it comfortable. It felt both right and wrong at the same time and Saraku braved a glance to her leg to find out what it was.

She watched as the bone and muscles stretched out to rebuild her deformed calf. Soon her skin began pulling at itself to restore her leg as if she had never been hurt at all, not even a scar remained. She could see her father sheathing Tenseiga before going to check her wound for himself. Exhaustion claimed her body and Saraku collapsed against him, her breathing long and harsh, as if she had just run for hours without stopping. Her eyes struggled to stay open but she was unable to fight it and let them close to a safe rest.

She awoke to the feeling of being carried but didn�t want to leave the comfort of her father just yet.

"Saraku."

She rubbed her face into Sesshoumaru�s haori. So much for that idea. Slowly, Saraku opened her eyes and looked up at him, though he did not look down at her. Obviously his concern for her was satisfied and he was going to be showing his disapproval.

"Saraku, why did you leave the castle today? You know it is dangerous on the morning you change." His voice was stern and demanding. He wasn�t going to let her not answer this time.

She pulled closer to him and whispered into his haori hoping he wouldn�t hear, though knowing he would. "I was mad you left me alo

She could feel his pace slow slightly, though he showed no other reaction to her words. "Is that why you went so far from the castle?" She nodded but didn�t look at him. "You went to the village?" Another nod. "What happened?"

"I met some of the children that live there. They were nice, especially Yoshimi, she invited me to play with them."

"Then you enjoyed yourself?"

"Yes, the children were really fun."

"Do you wish to return?"

"No." Her voice mimicked Sesshoumaru�s.

"Why? If you enjoyed your time there surely you would want to return."

"The children were fun, but�"

Sesshoumaru�s pace slowed even more as Saraku stalled. "Did I not tell you to inform me of any insult to you? It is a matter of respect."

She finally looked up at her father, a pleading expression filled her eyes. "But the children were nice, and I don�t want you to force them to move away just because the adults were mean to me."

"So you were insulted. Did they try and hurt you?"

Saraku bit her lower lip to keep from frowning. "They forced me to leave the village�and one of them, he threw a piece of wood at me. Nothing else happened. I left then. I wasn�t paying attention to where I was going and I ended up falling and hitting my head. If I hadn�t have done that I would have been home before I changed."

"That should show you why I tell you to stay in. Anything could happen to you."

"I�m sorry Chichiue." She rested the side of her head against him, having to adjust several times because her human ear seemed to get in the way. She couldn�t wait till she changed back.

Sesshoumaru walked on for a few more minutes before speaking again. "You have not told me something. What else happened?"

"I told you everything, Chichiue. Nothing more happened to me."

"Then why are you crying?"

"I don�t cry."

Sesshoumaru stopped and lowered Saraku to the ground, kneeling before her. He took her small hand into his own and raised it to her cheek, which was both wet and gritty from her salty tears. Why was it the one person she never wanted to cry in front of was the only person she could cry to?

"What happened?"

"I�I wasn�t sure if you�would want to come and find me." Saraku didn�t look at him as she spoke but kept her eyes to the ground as her tears fell quicker.

"Why would you think that?"

"I�m not right, he is. You don�t need me anymore."

Sesshoumaru slid his fingers beneath her chin and forced her to look at him. "Do you dislike your appearance? Do you not want others to know you are a hanyou?"

"I want people to know, but, everyone else�they said�you would want a pup that looks like a demon."

He forced her chin up higher. "Do not assume others know what I think. I am pleased by your brother�s appearance, but that does not mean I am displeased by yours. Nor does it mean I will just cast you aside now that he is born."

"You mean it?"

"Have I ever said what I do not mean?" She smiled and shook her head. "Then you have your answer."

"Yes, Chichiue." He let go of her face and Saraku quickly wiped her cheeks free of her tears.

"Come, your mother is worried about you."

Sesshoumaru remained kneeling allowing Saraku to position herself on his back, a much easier way to travel at high speeds. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled her legs to his sides. He held tightly onto her right leg to support her as he ran and the two soon entered the area Saraku was allowed to travel about alone. They were about ten minutes from the castle, which was already in view, when Saraku decided to ask one more question that had been disturbing her.

"Chichiue," she said pulling herself up so her chin was resting on his right shoulder. "Do you wish I was a boy?"

A single eyebrow raised as Sesshoumaru made a quickly glance to his daughter. "Have we not discussed this already?"

"No, we have not. We discussed my appearance, not my gender."

"Are you truly that self-conscious?"

"Are you avoiding my question?"

"No."

"No, you don�t wish I were a boy, or no, you aren�t avoiding my question?"

"I would not have you changed." Saraku couldn�t help but blush, she always wanted to hear him say that. "Now are you avoiding my question?"

"Huh?" Saraku looked at her father dumbfounded, having already forgotten what he had asked her just seconds before.

"Are you that self-conscious?"

She rested her head against his fur and almost mumbled her words, "I wish I were a boy."

Saraku saw Sesshoumaru give her another sidelong glance as he ran, only minutes from the castle. "Why?"

"I wouldn�t be mad the pup was a boy, if I were one too. I would still be oldest then."

"You are still older than him, that cannot change."

"But he is the oldest male. He gets to be your heir just cause he is a boy, when I was born first."

"A one-sided argument."

Saraku looked at her father confused. "What do you mean?"

"If I were to name you as heir that would be saying you receive it merely because you were born first, as you say he receives it for being born male."

"I�I never thought of it that way."

"Indeed. Though there is the problem that just because he is male does not mean he will be stronger than you, and the stronger should be the one I name to inherit my lands." Saraku stared at Sesshoumaru unsure of where he was going with this statement. "I will just have to wait then, till you are both older. That would be the only way to test you and your brother�s strength."

A smile that could have blinded the sun formed on Saraku�s young face and she squeezed Sesshoumaru�s neck affectionately. "Thank you, Chichiue."

"I trust your hostility towards your brother is no longer there."

"Yes, Chichiue." She closed her eyes but couldn�t stop smiling. A part of her was happy she had run away, though she wished she hadn�t have broken her leg, but it was definitely worth the pain. Suddenly Saraku realized something that made her feel very foolish. "Chichiue, what is his name?"

"Your mother named him Seto."

"Se�to. It�s all right, I suppose, for a boy." She let a little smirk into her smile but quickly lost both. "Okaasan is going to be mad at me, isn�t she?"

"She was very worried about you. I dislike seeing her this way, so you will not do anything like this again."

"I promise."

No sooner had they finished talking than did a new voice break the silence. "Saraku!" Rin�s relieved voice was more than the sweetest music to Saraku.

When they were close enough Sesshoumaru let her down and she immediately ran to her mother. "I�m sorry, Okaasan. I didn�t mean to worry you."

Rin smothered the small girl in her tight embrace. "I�m just glad you are safe. I don�t know what I would have done if anything had happ..." she stopped once she got a good look at Saraku. "You�re covered in blood."

"It�s nothing. I broke my leg but Chichiue healed me. I�m fine."

Saraku was once again pulled into her mother�s protective hold and could hear Rin�s prayers of thanks. Saraku was finally released when Sesshoumaru placed his hand on Rin�s shoulder, pushing her gently away. He looked down at Saraku.

"Go and bathe, clothes will be laid out for you."

She nodded and headed for the bath ready to welcome the warm water and clean herself of the night�s adventures. She quickly discarded her soiled clothing on the changing room floor and hurried into the water barely remembering to close the door in her haste. It was as warm and inviting as she had hoped and she slowly undid her braid letting the water soak through her long hair.

Even though it was still early in the night Saraku had definitely had enough excitement and was ready to go to bed, so as soon as she was cleaned she got out and dried off. As he said, a simple white yukata was waiting in the changing room and her destroyed clothes were gone. She put it on and exited to find Sesshoumaru waiting for her. She smiled brightly to her father.

"May I go to bed now, Chichiue? I�m very tired."

He nodded and led the way. It was a silent vigil he kept over her on the night of the half moon, and one she would never complain about. Though as they walked tonight the silence was interrupted by a statement that made Saraku cringe.

"I have decided on a fitting punishment for disobeying me."

She lowered her head, keeping her eyes on her feet. "Yes, Chichiue?"

"You will be spending the next two weeks with InuYasha in his village. You leave with them tomorrow."

She kept her head lowered, this time to hide the smile she couldn�t suppress, though her voice revealed nothing. "Of course, Chichiue."

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So my wonderful little people, how did you like that? I cleared up quite a bit of Saraku�s problems, which will be necessary in about two chps, and you got to see Sessy�s parental side. Don�t you just want to hit the stupid adults in the village�they get taught a lesson in respect by Sessy next chp. And of course we have Makoto and Saraku meeting in the next chp, as well as Saraku meeting Muchi (annoying man whomentments Makoto). Oh I have great plans for him�::gazes evilly into the distance::

Oh, and I don�t know how many people got the little part there at the end. InuYasha always says he can never sleep on the night he changes�Saraku seems to have no problem as long as Sessy�s there. That is something that�..::slaps self::�right, can�t say that yet. (^_^ I can be evil)

Anyway, you all know the drill. I want reviews and lots of them! I am severely mad at Fanfic (minus Darkangel) and will be withholding the next chp if I don�t get at least 4 reviews from them, it is chp 4 so I want 4. Four isn�t hard! AFF, you are fine as usual, but let�s just say, keep up the good work.

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