Woo! A new fic! Heh ^-^ I wrote this a looong time ago, guys. (As in over month ago…). So, I hope you enjoy, this idea has been playing around in my head for quite a good amount of time. So we'll see what happens to the plot of this fic ~_~. Enjoy the chapter and see ya at the bottom ^-~ (By the way, I don't know if it's possible to go through the well this way, but let's just say that this can happen ^-~) To reviewers who read my other story: No, I've not given up on my main fanfictions, but I just needed to get this first chapter out of my hair XD

This also contains some spoilers. So if you haven't seen up to at least episode 80, then be forwarned. Just this chapter…I hope…

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Water and Blood


Deceptive Light

Sesshou-maru once again snuffed as the reprehensible smell filled his sensitive nostrils. He walked on, looking at his surroundings with only a quick glance. He mentally cursed. The scent of that filthy hanyou brother of his was too strong here. Then again, they'd just passed a village full of humans.

Thankfully, Jaken and Ah'Un were ahead of them, making a clear trail for the Lord to follow through the forest. He was in no mood at all to be bothered by his servant.

Sesshou-maru looked down at the two shards in his hand. He had no use for them at all, nor did he want them imbedded in his body. That stupid wench had given them to him though he clearly told her that he had no need or want of it. How many blasted times did he have to keep repeating that he had no care for Naraku, nor had he any grudge against him?

And still, she pushed him with her pestering. And he had two choices as a result. Kill her in front of Rin, or just taked the stupid shards. Of course, he chose the latter because…

He just wanted to. That's why. (A/N: In the show, he doesn't take the shards, just so you know, but he doesn't kill Kagura either.)

"Sesshou-maru-sama…" Rin started as she looked up at him, catching up to his long strides.

He slowed his paces and listened, her voice awakening him from his revelry of thoughts.

"Sesshou-maru-sama…Rin is thirsty…and tired…" she said shyly as she rubbed her small stomache with one hand and her eye with the other. She looked up at him. "Is there somewhere that Rin can get water, please?" she asked.

He remained quiet as he stopped walking, not looking at her, but turning around. There was one of two choices. He could smell a stream of water ahead, but it was too far for Rin's tired body to make it to the trip. Of course, he wasn't concerned for the human, he just didn't want to carry her (A/N: Riiight D_D). The next choice…he could easily go back to the village they'd passed and wait for her outside of it while she got some water there. But Inuyasha's scent wasn't why he didn't want her at that village.

He didn't want her around other humans.

Who knew what they could do to a young child like her?

Not that he cared anyway (A/N: D_D). To reassure his lack of caring, he chose to get the fresh scented water from the stream ahead. "Keep walking…" he said indifferently as he turned back and walked on.

Pushing her young body. But what did he care, anyway?

"Hai, Sesshou-maru-sama!" Rin said with a smile on her face despite her thirst and fatigue. She'd never deny him. '…Waaaii…' she wailed in thought, 'Rin is thirsty and sleepy…' She rubbed her stomache again.

Today of all days was a blistering hot day.

They kept walking on. It finally came to the point where she stumbled slightly, but ran ahead to catch up with her Lord.

Finally, they got to a clearing with a well in the middle.

Sesshou-maru's nose twitched as a familiar scent came to his nose.

Inuyasha's and that humans. So this is where they congregated a lot? He saw the well. "Rin…" It wasn't the water source that he'd smelled at first, but it was a well, nonetheless.

"Hoh…hai, Sesshou-maru-sama!" Rin said as she looked up at him quickly in surprise. He usually didn't talk to her directly unless she had at first asked something of him.

"Go get yourself water at the well," he said indifferently. He walked away, not thinking of the attributes of the well in anyway. He sat and leaned against a tree as Rin smiled at him and ran over to the well, closing his eyes for his relaxation, something he certainly wasn't having for these past months.

But he didn't mind. He stared at the two shards in his hand for a while. He still couldn't figure out, for the life of him, why he had this human child following him around. He couldn't figure out, either, why he couldn't let her leave him. The petty weakling had a hold on him, and he hated to admit that. He wanted to rid himself of her presence…but he couldn't find himself doing that.

He hated it when she'd come to his side on colder nights and use his pelt, his weapon, as a quilt. He hated it when the human would constantly pester him with questions that he hardly answered anyway. He hated it when she would run around in those flower fields and pick some to give to him. He had no use of flowers, nor did he like the scent much. But he most hated how she would call him her lord and yet she chose to, at times, walk right beside him; as if she were on the same level and status as he.

And despite all that he hated about her, he couldn't find himself ridding her pointless life.

He just didn't…know why.

Rin stopped at the well, her eyebrows going in a little. "Ooh…" she muttered. "Nani?" she cocked her head to the side as she put her hands on the top of the well and looked down. "The well is empty…" she whispered to herself. "Where's all the water?" she asked loudly, looking further down. She tried to see any glistening or something that meant water…but she saw continuous darkness. She cocked her head to the side again.

She was about to lift herself from the leaning position. But she lifted herself to quickly, making the blood rush to her head and make her feel lightheaded. Her balance and footing was lost. And she fell straight into the well. "Waaaai!! Sesshou-maru-sama!" she screamed softly as she went downward.

Sesshou-maru whipped his head to her direction instantly as her voice filled his ears and he practically tasted her fear. She wasn't anywhere seen. She fell inside of that well, didn't she? Where was the splashing?

He heard a thud and a few other sounds, like a gasp of pain and what not.

He picked himself from the ground as he clenched his hand tightly and walked over to the well, looking down. "Rin," he said loud enough for her to hear him.

"Sesshou-maru-sama…" Rin drawled out softly.

He let out a frustrated sigh as he went down after her. 'Stupid child…' he thought. The rest of his thoughts were drowned by Rin's mewling. The well was big, which proved a surprise to him.

His feet delicately touched the bottom of the well as he looked down at her with his impassive, stoic eyes. Rin was crumpled before him, holding onto her ankle as tears brimmed in her eyes. "It hurts, Sesshou-maru-sama…" she whined.

Sesshou-maru picked her up by the scruff or her small yukata, maneuvering the two shards so he also held them (A/N: And he ends up holding her anyway D_D), staring at her for a few seconds.

Rin dried her eyes and let out another sniffle. Her eyes widened and she cocked her head to the side after a few seconds. "Se—Sesshou-maru-sama?" she started. "What are these purple lights around you?" she asked.

He cocked his eyebrow at the girl. What was she, dillusional? There was nothing purple around him.

"Haaa," Rin smiled in glee, throwing her pain to the side. "Sesshou-maru-sama! There is purple light around you!" she said happily.

Sesshou-maru's senses suddenly flared from some danger. Strangely…he could now see the purple light that Rin was talking about. And the purple danced around him for a few seconds before he had a strange feeling that…there was no longer any earth beneath him. He took a sudden look down, then whipped his head back up as Rin called his name with fear etched in her young voice.

When had he let go of her?

The two shards in his hand started to glow, making him look at them before he looked at Rin again as she called his name.

Why was she…lucid?

She screamed at him again. But his body was engulfed by the purple lights.

His hand opened before he was no longer seen.

"Sesshou-maru-sama!!" Rin screamed, her eyes wide and her skin pale. What was this? What was this?! It was dark again. But the two shards continued to glow, emitting a very small light for her to see. Two shards?!

Where was Sesshou-maru-sama?!

'Aah!!' Rin thought. "The shards took him away?!" She looked at the two shards, then looked around her for a few seconds before she looked down at the black earth. She did the only thing that came to her mind.

She clawed at the dirt.

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Jaken turned around. Where was his Lord and that human?! He had to lug around an uncooperative animal with him for goodness sake!

"Where is that Sesshou-maru-sama!?" he said angrily. He turned around after a few minutes and faced the direction he'd come from.

He started taking a few steps back toward his trails. Finally he decided to retrace his steps to find his Lord. He tugged on the reigns of Ah'Un.

He finally got back to the clearing with the well that he'd passed hours ago. "Areh…" he muttered as Ah'Un instantly turned it's heads toward the well, it's noses in the air. "What is it, you worthless animal?" he asked angrily, tugging at the reigns again.

The youkai turned to him and snuffed before looking back at the well and taking a step toward it. "A—Areh!" Jaken screamed this time, tugging at the reigns as the youkai dragged him toward it.

Strange…that he could hear crying from some direction. The toad youkai furled his eyebrows inward, trying to tug at the reigns. The crying was getting louder and it sounded…oddly similar to the human child. When the two-headed youkai reached the well it looked in, giving a grunt of displeasure.

"What do you think you're doing, you stupid, stupid animal?!" Jaken asked angrily to the youkai as if it would respond. "You know well that if Sesshou-maru-sama finds us dawdling around here, he won't be happy!" He thought about his words for a few seconds. "Well…he won't be any more unhappy…" He paused at the words, trying to figure out if that made sense. "No wait…I said that wrong…" (A/N: @_o)

Rin looked up as the well darkened somewhat. She was hoping that it already wasn't night. She let out a yelp of surprise when she saw Ah'Un looking down at her from the well. "Ah'Un!" she yelled softly, wiping her tears away and giving a sniffle.

"Areh?" Jaken asked as he looked at the youkai, which gave a low whine. He blinked inanely, then perked his ear to listen. He could have sworn he heard the girl, but she was no where in sight… "Did someone just speak?" he asked himself.

"Hoh…" Rin paused as she heard Jaken's voice. "Ja—Jaken-sama!!" she yelled. Her eyes welled with tears again. She was so afraid.

But who wouldn't be? There sole person she'd confided in had just disappeared before her very eyes.

"Rin?!" Jaken yelled as he looked down the well and saw her down there. 'Kami-sama! Sesshou-maru-sama will kill me if he sees her down there…' he thought nervously.

"Jaken-sama," she drawled, "Get Rin out!!"

"A—Areh!" Jaken paused, then grabbed onto Ah'Un's reigns before loosening one and sending it down the well.

Rin gave a short smile before grabbing onto the rope and holding tightly, allowing herself to be pulled up by the strength of Ah'Un. It took a bit longer that she'd have wanted it to, but she was finally out and instantly grabbed onto Ah'Un.

"Stupid child, getting yourself stuck down a well…" Jaken muttered. Rin instantly glared at him before her eyes welled with tears again.

"Where is Sesshou-maru-sama?" He asked angrily.

"Jaken-sama!" Rin yelled softly, then pointing down to the well. "When Rin fell down the well, Sesshou-maru-sama came to get Rin, but then Sesshou-maru-sama disappeared!!" she yelled frantically.

Jaken gave her a glare before hitting her with his staff. "Don't lie, child. Where is Sesshou-maru-sama!?"

"Rin told Jaken-sama!" Rin whined.

"I see…" Jaken muttered to himself. "Sesshou-maru-sama must have gone to travel alone and expected me to take care of you." He gave an angered sigh.

He still didn't believe her. Rin's eyes welled with tears again before she let out one of her high-pitched wails. "Jaken-samaaa! Sesshou-maru-sama had purple and blue light around him and then he started to look like water and there was no ground and there were white dots and then Sesshou-maru-sank to the bottom of the well and the two shards that Kagura-sama gave to him are still down there!!"

Jaken paused. Despite the girl being stupid and what not, she couldn't possibly make this up. The description was too elaborate and patent for a stupid child to think up.

It took a few minutes, then, for his shock to register. "Na—nani?!" he asked loudly. "Sesshou-maru-sama has gone missing!?"

"Jaken-sama…" Rin started with the cock of her head, "This is what Rin has been trying to tell you…"

"Shut up, child!" he yelled. He put his hand on his chin and pondered deeply. "What is it that we do…?" he asked himself.

Rin also put her hand on her chin, getting 'deep into thought' just as Jaken was. An idea finally came to mind. "Jaken-sama," she said softly as she tugged on his sleeve.

"Shut up, Rin, I'm trying to think!" Jaken said angrily.

"But, Jaken-samaaa!" she whined, pulling on his sleeves again.

"What?!" he finally asked as he glared at her.

"Isn't Sesshou-maru-sama's little half-brother's wench supposed to be able to see the shards?" she asked innocently, cocking her head to the side.

Jaken stared at her wide eyed. 'Who called that wench a wench infront of Rin?!' he thought, because he most certainly knew it wasn't his Lord. (A/N: Hmm, I wonder whoooo…) It took a while of him to answer the question. Yes…he'd remembered that time when he and his Lord had attacked Inuyasha and his associates after Naraku (Jaken started mumbling as he thought of the tyrant) had given Sesshou-maru a shard. The wench had yelled to Inuyasha that Sesshou-maru had one in his arm.

So she could see the shards. What did that have to do with anything?

"So what, Rin?" Jaken asked angrily. More like he was angry that he wasn't getting the gist of what a 6 year old was telling him.

"Doesn't she have powers?" Rin asked, cocking her head to the other side.

"It has come to be known that she is the reincarnation of that miko wench, Kikyou…" (A/N: And the truth is told! *points at Jaken*) He paused for thought. "And what difference does that make that she has powers?" he asked moodily. "Few humans, as petty as they are, have powers."

"But isn't she from another time, Jaken-sama?" Rin asked. (A/N: Uh…she just knew…because she heard of it through Sesshou-maru…who heard of it through Inuyasha…when the hanyou was yelling at him at some time…ago. Heh *weak smile*)

"What?! Another time?! That's prepo—Gah!" Jaken paused in midsentence and yelled suddenly. "This is where that reincarnated miko wench goes into different eras!!" He looked up at Rin and glared before giving her another smack with his staff. "Baka! Sesshou-maru-sama is in another time! Why did this happen to him and not to you!?!"

Rin's eyes were tearing again. "Jaken-sama…Rin didn't know! Rin misses Sesshou-maru-sama!" she said as her tears ran down her petite face from her widened eyes. Jaken didn't say anything. He was trying to figure out what to do. "Jaken-sama, can we find Sesshou-maru-sama's little half-brother's miko wench to bring Sesshou-maru-sama back?" she asked desperately.

Jaken let out a string of foul words and a few mumbles as he crossed his arms. He definitely didn't want to resort to siding with a human. Especially when the human was closely linked to Sesshou-maru's hated halfling brother.

But…that reincarnated miko wench was the only way to her side of her world, and Inuyasha, but the halfling wasn't what mattered. His eye twitched at the pain he would suffer when Sesshou-maru-sama would find out. That is, if the humans were willing to help—no, not help—aid him. Aid sounded better. (A/N: It does sound better…but it has the same meaning…). And what if Inubaka tries to kill him?!

Jaken let out a chortled sigh. "I'll have to steal that wench from the group when they are vulnerable and when she is alone…" Jaken muttered.

"But Jaken-sama," Rin started, "Sesshou-maru-sama's little half-brother's miko wench is nice!" Rin smiled. "If Rin asks her, she'll help us."

"No! We won't ask! Because she will have no choice but to aid us! If you ask the wench, it gives her a chance to say no. And no matter what, that little b—" Ah'Un grunted at him. "—wench will have to do what we tell her!"

Rin let out a sigh. "Jaken-sama, Sesshou-maru-sama's little half-brother's miko wench won't let you do that to her, she has powers. Rin will ask her. Rin wants Sesshou-maru-sama back!"

"Fine, stupid child! You do as you wish, but they'll never agree!" Jaken sounded like a little child.

Rin let out a sigh of glee and a smile to boot, the quickly grabbed onto Jaken's hand before climbing on Ah'Un's back.

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Oooh~~ Sesshou-maru is trapped in Kagome's time, eh? No, this won't be a Kagome/Sesshou-maru. There won't be a pairing in this at all, actually ^-^ Aside from that, my two other fics are no where near done, so you can't epect the next chapter for a looooong time. And school starts in a few days. And I have to take practice SATs. And I have japanese courses. AND I'm making a comic. So there's no chance that this'll be updated for another month. ^-^; Sorry, minna. Anyway, please leave a review and tell me if I should continue in the first place or not @_@_@_@