Chapter Four

Lady Kasumi's arm had dropped to her side. She had finished what she set out to do.  She had delivered Rin to a place that was safe and was far away from where they were. She wouldn't be in danger of the demon. Which meant that they could really focus on the demon. She also wouldn't have to worry about the others leaving Rin behind and somehow having Rin get in danger.

"Rin! RIN, WHERE ARE YOU?" Kagome yelled frantically.  This wasn't something they expected from Lady Kasumi. They had no idea where Rin had gone.  The group turned there attention to Lady Kasumi. All three of them were ready to pounce on her. Inuyasha had already grown tired of this women. Miroku and Kagome where just worried about where Rin had went.

"What did you do to her?" Kagome was furious with Lady Kasumi.
"Why would she do this to Rin?" Kagome wondered.

"Damn you." Inuyasha drew his sword and he was about to attack Lady Kasumi. Lady Kasumi turned around to face them, she could sense that Inuyasha was about to attack her. When she turned around she saw the faces of the three.  All three of them wore the faces of disbelief. They all thought that they just watched Rin be killed. Kagome's and Miroku's faces where just filled with fear and angry towards Lady Kasumi.  They also looked horrified. Inuyasha on the other hand, he looked angry.

Lady Kasumi wondered if anyone else even heard her spoken words she said to Rin, or if everyone had just turned off there ears and decided what was going on wasn't important enough.

Just then Inuyasha leaped forward with his sword and tried to hit lady Kasumi with it. But Lady Kasumi had already dodged the attack. She had no intend of fighting with them.  If she had too, she would. But she felt like this was just a waste of time. Lady Kasumi knew the sun was about to set, and she found this full thing just trivial.

"I let her go to a place where she felt safe." Lady Kasumi stated.  Lady Kasumi started to grow tired of Inuyasha. Inuyasha wasn't thinking in Lady Kasumi's eyes, he was just an emotional demon, a child on his own. He was just emotional charged and ran in attacking compared to really thinking. This behavior is what gets demons and humans a like killed before they even realize it.

Maybe it won Inuyasha battles. But not all battles are won on emotion only. Thought and planning went into fighting. More then just "I'm going to go in and hit it with my sword."  The thought of all of this made Lady Kasumi sick. She was trying to fight a demon her family let loose.

"Rin had no interest in fighting, and from the looks of how you all acted around her, she'd be an open target.  I had yet to see any of you wait for her.  You all have went ahead of her so far, and you have left her behind and expect her to catch up. And that is no good for a fight. Unless you all want to give this demon a weak point to attack." Her words slowly hissed off of her tongue as she spoke. Each word felt like a brutal attack by her to Inuyasha.

Lady Kasumi's face was no longer soft and seemed gentle. She was angry, and her eyes had darkened.

"Inuyasha, If Rin was way behind. You, Kagome, Miroku and even me, who would protect her? You? A-un? I don't think you understand the chaos that can happen during this fight. This demon isn't one that you simply can fight on your own. Or use your sword to cut and be over with. Letting someone so young tag along and possible be harmed is careless. If she died what would you do? Fight harder? Fighting isn't going to bring people back Inuyasha. If you are the brother of Sesshomaru start using your head for once. Calculate moves before you do them. Stop fighting with just your emotional responses."  Lady Kasumi said.

"What about you?" Inuyasha barked back. "This village you care so much about, I have yet to see you go down there and warn them. You have done nothing but sat up here and talked to us, and make Rin vanish."

You ignorant demon, she thought.
"When you came into this village, Did you see villages working? Living there daily lives like nothing bad is going to happen? Did you see people in the paddle fields working away, Or did you see people in the streets playing with there young ones? Or did people look busy to you. Did people look like they were packing by chance? I went to the monk early in the morning today, I warned him about the demon and told him to talk to the villagers and pack to make there way out of town before sunset. I gave them the same kind of rock I gave Rin. That rock, if you didn't already hear is contacted to me. And when I fight it'll glow until the battle has stopped.  I also told the monk that this very village could be destroy. So don't you dare try and put me in the same boat of carelessness. I have thought about the possible lives that could be lost."

Inuyasha grimaced, he held onto his Tetusaige and swung one more more time at Lady Kasumi. She again dodged the attack.  This time though Lady Kasumi had enough for the Inuyasha. Lady Kasumi quickly punched Inuyasha in the face. He was unable to move from it. The blow to Inuyasha's face was enough to make him stumble a bit. Inuyasha looked at Lady Kasumi.

The ignorance of this demon made her sick,  The attempt for justification made her also very angry.

"Listen to me. I will kill you if you keep this up," She warned. "I'm faster then you think, and I'm deadly. Compared to that fang of yours, I don't show when I'm about to attack." Her words sunk into each of them. Kagome and Mikuro watched on,. Kagome was tempted to use one of the little pills that she was give by Lady Kasumi to use on Lady Kasumi.

"Rin is safe, I sent her to a place that she felt safe in. I don't know where it is, but shes not dead. She is no longer in harms way. If you keep this fight up against me and you will have wasted my time, and in the process let another village, and let other peoples homes be wasted for the cause of the safety of a girl who is already safe.  This is a demon I have been tracking for years, and tonight I will defeat it, with your help or not. So either calm down, Or leave. I have no interest in having someone fight by my side with there careless emotions. So sheath your sword Inuyasha, Or leave."  Lady Kasumi said. As her words set into Inuyasha and the others the wind once again pulled the scent closer and Lady Kasumi assist that the demon was closer then it had even been. And that was close enough.

Inuyasha put his sword in his sheath. He still grimaced at Lady Kasumi still. He also had bitter feelings towards her, and he felt like he would settle it after battle.  Inuyasha could also now smell the demon and how close he was to them. she didn't care. Kagome and Miroku both were worried, about Inuyasha and what they just saw. They both thought Inuyasha was about to be finished. But when Lady Kasumi turned her back and started to walk away, they realize it wasn't going to happen.

Miroku and Kagome both understood what Lady Kasumi did, and they both were thinking about what was said.  Kagome found herself wondering if they had been fighting off of pure emotions all of this time or not?

"Lets go." Inuyasha said. He walked over to Kagome and picked her up.  Kiara transformed and Miroku hoped on top of her. "Lets go help Lady Kasumi." Inuyasha said.

Lady Kasumi Ran ahead of them now. She didn't slow down for Inuyasha and the others to follow. They could follow the scent and find the demon just like she is doing. She moved fast.  She was going to make sure that demon didn't even get a chance to touch the village houses, Or the monk's temple.

The scent got closer and closer, she was less then a kilometer away from the demon now. Lady Kasumi leaped up into the air and as she soared into the sky, she also soared over head of the demon. The sun was just about to set as she caught her glimpse of him.

The demon was huge, It was a huge floating head demon. It had a red aura around its self. And as it moved the thick red aura would dripped onto the ground and bring up lava. It had two big horns coming out from the top of its head. It had a long tongue that could be drug out onto the ground or shot forward towards foes. It had two hands that floated on either side of it. One was a skeleton hand, and the other was a hand of fire. Neither of these hands you wanted to be touched by. If you were touched by the fire hand you would forever be burning, as for the skeleton hand if it touched you, your full body would turn into a skeleton and it would collect the bones of those that fallen and would eat them.  

"I found you." She thought to herself. Lady Kasumi opened her hand and as she did that, great big claws formed from the tips of her fingers. She lifted up her hand and flung it forward to attack the demon.  Her claws created powerful waves that hit the demon. It wasn't enough to damage him, but it was enough to make the demon turn around and pay attention to her. Which is what she wanted.

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Rin was sitting on A-un. She was humming to herself as she looked at the stone. It was beautiful, and it caught the light just as the sun was setting. Rin was wondering to herself if Lady Kasumi was okay. Rin wanted to tell Jaken about the person she met today, but Jaken looked annoyed so she wanted to give him some quiet time.

Just as Rin was the stone, a bright light flashed from the stone. Rin quickly covered her eyes and once the light went away, she uncovered them. She looked at the stone and a green light shined, it was brighter than last time.

Jaken quickly turned around to see what Rin was doing. "What is she doing now?" He thought to himself as he approached Rin.  He was curious to see what this green light could be, and what Rin was even holding. "Rin what is that?" He questioned her.

"Something Lady Kasumi gave me." She said. She let Jaken look at the stone too. The light was vibrate and strong. It was a stone he never saw before. He reached out his little hand and tapped on the rock.  He expected something would happen, but nothing did happen.
"What did this person say it was for?" He asked Rin.

Rin felt excited, Jaken was curious about something! This was different. "She said this stone would let me see how she is doing." Rin said. "She said it was connected to her life line."

Jaken wanted to hold the stone, he was really curious about this rock now.  Rin appearing out of no wheres, that wind. And what about Lord Sesshomaru leaving him behind to look after her? And now this bright light, and a rock connected to someones life line? What is going on.

Rin offered the stone to Master Jaken. "Please be careful with it Master Jaken!" Rin said. Rin was watchful as Jaken handled the stone. She was curious to see what he would do with the stone.  He held onto the stone, and studied it. Interesting he thought.  Someone who could hook up there life line to this rock? He also tried to bit the stone, but it hurt and nothing happened.  As Jaken tried to bit the stone he did smell a scent on it. Jaken then held the stone a bit closer to his nose and sniffed. The stone had been in Rin's hands for so long it smelt more like her. But there was a faint scent of someone else. As he stood there holding the stone, he remember he smelt that same scent when Rin first showed up in front of lord Sesshomaru. And just after that Sesshomaru left.
Could this have been the person Sesshomaru went too?

"Rin, Tell me about this person you met." Jaken said as he handed her the stone back. Rin griped the stone tightly. She began to tell Jaken about the village they went to for Kaede and how she was to pick up herbs. She told him that Kaede sent her to the village with Inuyasha. Jaken Scuffed at that. "That Lady Kaede needs to be taught a lesson! Letting you be brought about my Inuyasha! Of all people, that clumsy oof.." Jaken Mumbled to himself. He was not pleased with this.

But when Jaken was done with his mumbling he asked Rin to continue the story. Jaken wanted to know as much as he could about this women.  Rin continued with the story.  She told Jaken about how they met Lady Kasumi on a hill with village children and how beautiful she was. She also told Jaken about how Inuyasha was fighting with Lady Kasumi, and Rin hoped that they would be all okay.

She finally told Jaken some pieces he was interested in.  She told Jaken the same story that Lady Kasumi told them. About the fighting between Lady Kasumi's and Sesshomaru's father, and Sesshomaru himself. She also mentioned that Lady Kasumi said that she fought with Sesshomaru. Rin continued with saying the story she was told. About how Lady Kasumi had betrayed her family and told Sesshomaru's father about the plan her family had of killing Sesshomaru, and how her clan was attacked by the very demon they could have taken down if they had worked together.

Jaken listened to the story carefully. As he listened he then noticed the name Lady Kasumi again and again. He started to feel like this was a name Sesshomaru mention once, maybe. "Rin, Tell me, was she a demon?" Jaken said.

Rin nodded. "I think so. She had green eyes but her pupils looked like cat eyes..."