The Cold Chapter 4

A burst of green light surrounded the small meadow as Kiyoko crashed down into the sea of grass. She looked at the young human girl in her arms and sighed. She hated having to take the poor girl away from her friends, yet she was mildly surprised when the girl said her name before fainting. What did this human know about her?

The demoness sat down in the meadow, laying the girl, Miyuki, down in front of her. She carefully took in the girl's appearance, noting that she did indeed look like her late sister on the nights of the new moon. Kiyoko gently reached out and moved a few strands of hair out of the girl's face, noticing a blue sheen to it as the sunlight hit it. She watched the girl's still closed eyes rapidly flutter as her breathing got a little more erratic.

"Did I hit her too hard? Is she in shock from how fast we traveled here? Oh I shouldn't have flown so fast!" Kiyoko kept worrying herself as the girl broke into a slight sweat. "My stupid decisions are killing her! No no no!" She watched as the girl shot up from her lying down position, gasping and with her green eyes wide.

Miyuki placed a hand on her head as tears came to her eyes. The dream was once again just as intense as the one she had the night before. She quickly glanced at her surroundings, noting that she wasn't in the winter wonderland anymore. Hearing a relieved sigh next to her, she turned her gaze to the owner, her eyes widening. It was the same demoness from her dreams, and she looked back at Miyuki with worry in her pale eyes.

"Are you… alright?" The demoness spoke softly, worry still evident in her gaze. "I thought I'd hurt you horribly by bringing you here, or when I knocked you out or…"

"I'm fine, I suppose. My gut still hurts a little from that punch you threw at me, but that's all." Miyuki smiled softly as she let her eyes wander over the beautiful demoness. "You really are the same demoness from my dreams."

"Oh?" A curious tone full upon Kiyoko's voice. "Is that why you are not upset with me for stealing you away from your companions?"

"Well," Miyuki let her gaze fall to her hands as she bit her lip, "I'm slightly upset, but I'm more curious as to who exactly you are, Kiyoko." The demoness looked a little shocked that the girl knew her name and used it so openly.

"Hm… Interesting, tell me of your dreams. Only then shall I answer if you are right or wrong about me." Kiyoko gave the human a sly, wolfish smile and she had a curious twinkle in her pale green orbs.

"Let me see… At the beginning you were joyful, happily chatting with a half demon about some sort of party." Miyuki rested a hand on her chin in thought. "Your father was a full blood wolf yokai, as well as your mother, making you a full blood one as well. You got to the party and there's a demon there, his eyes like hardened gold. The hanyou leaves after she's insulted by said demon's mother. He's the last one to speak with that girl before she dies…" Sadness enveloped the human girl as tears once again stung her eyes. "You were so devastated."

Kiyoko listened to the girl's every word with shock written all over her pale features. She covered her mouth with her hand as she also felt tears burning through her eyes. "Almost every part of that was correct…" The demoness whispered, looking down at her hand which held a clump of grass tightly.

Miyuki's pain of the dream mirrored the domoness's as a tear finally made its way down her cheek. "Who was the hanyou girl?" She kept her gaze on Kiyoko, curiosity hidden behind her tear filled eyes.

"My younger half-sister." Kiyoko stared calmly at the human before her. "Though we were closer like pure blood sisters, she was the best friend that I would ever have. Her name was Fuyuko and you remind me so much of her with just the way you look." Her smile was sad as she looked the girl over.

The dark haired girl moved to sit beside the demoness and hesitantly rested her head on the, now intrigued, pale woman's shoulder. Kiyoko let her head lean over to rest on the human's just enjoying the small comfort. As the demoness inhaled the girl's scent washed over her sense of smell; her scent was a mix between a spice and roses.

"What about the golden eyed demon? Who exactly is he?" Miyuki suddenly broke the comfortable silence.

"Oh, you must mean Lord Sesshomaru, no?" Kiyoko watched the girl from the corner of her pale eyes. "He's cold, doesn't show much emotion. He keeps his word and gets the job done. Not too long after his father's passing he became the ruler of the Western Lands." The demoness reluctantly lifted her head from the human's feeling a rise in youki. "I have the feeling you'll meet him soon enough. In fact, I think I feel his presence coming this way as we speak.

Miyuki glanced up at the demoness before a chill crept its way up her spine. She turned slightly to look behind the both of them, noticing a silvery glimmer in the dense trees. Her gaze was locked onto the spot at the strange man that emerged from the forest. "It's him…" She muttered under her breath.

His silvery white hair, which fell to about his knees, shimmered as he walked into the sunlight that bathed the grassy clearing. He wore a white Haori with red/orange honeycomb designs at the ends of the sleeves and to the left of the neckline. A fluffy boa like thing was wrapped over his right shoulder, trailing almost to the ground. A black breast plate adorned his chest, with a shoulder guard which was marred with sharp spikes reaching around his left shoulder. His hakama were simply white, puffing slightly at the bottom due to being tucked into ankle high, black, pointed toed boots.

Sesshomaru first noticed the demoness, whose back was still turned to him, then the human girl at her side who stared at him with emerald green eyes. Her scent was carried to him on a soft breeze that flitted through the serene clearing. His cold golden orbs stared into hers for a few seconds before turning them to Kiyoko. "Should you not be up on your mountain, weeping over the loss of your half breed sister instead of in the company of this human?" his voice was like cold silk and he noticed the human shiver as he spoke, though the smell of fear did not radiate off of her.

"I may still be there if this girl hadn't shown up with her friends. Your brother was with her." A smirk appeared on the fair haired demoness's lips, feeling slight anger in his youki. "But I digress; I brought this girl with me to protect her."

"Oh?" He looked over the human girl once again, nothing about her really sticking out to him.

"That man that you're chasing after wants her for something." Kiyoko was quiet as her pale gaze fell onto the emerald eyed girl.

"What?" Miyuki finally snapped out of her daze, tearing her eyes away from the enigma of the demon lord to look at the fair demoness. "Someone's chasing after me?" She watched the demoness nod and fell back into the grass. "Perfect. I'm only here for a little over a day and already on someone's hit list." Muttering more to herself, she covered her eyes with her forearm to block out the brightness of the sun.

Both demons watched the strange human girl. The dull blue sheen on her hair sparkling in the sunlight, which both noticed. Kiyoko stood to finally face the inu daiyokai and tilted her head to the side before walking in that direction. Sesshomaru looked the human over one last time before following after the wolf demoness.

"Other than the fact Naraku is chasing after this girl, what is the importance of you bringing her closer to me?" Sesshomaru got right down to the matter of things.

"She knows of that night." Kiyoko's eyes were trained on the demon lord's, staring coldly at one another. "I'm wondering if she'll know any more of what had befallen my sister after you left. Besides, she seemed more interested in you. Do you know why that is?"

"How much does she know?" He completely ignored her question as his eyes narrowed.

"That I am uncertain of. From what it seems, she remembers things in bursts." Kiyoko looked back to the girl lying in the grass. She pulled a pair of wakizashi from her kimono sleeves and walked back over to the human girl.

Miyuki heard the swish of robes and looked to the demoness as the latter held out two short swords to her. "Are they for me?" She asked in which Kiyoko nodded. "Thank you… I guess, but I have no idea how to wield a blade, let alone two at once." She gently took the blades from the demoness and laid them in her lap.

"They were my sister's blades." The girl looked like she wanted to give the swords back as soon as the words left Kiyoko's mouth. "I want you to have them; you don't seem to have any sort of weapon on you anyway. You're going to need to learn how to use them if that person is after you." She turned to look over at the demon lord and a brilliant idea struck her. "I also would wish you would travel with Lord Sesshomaru."

"What?!" Both voices clashed together, one seemingly angry while the other was stunned. Their eyes were both on the wolf demoness.

"It's perfect for the both of you though!" Kiyoko beamed in her defense. "You will be able to learn how to defend yourself." She pointed toward Miyuki. "You would be able to find that Naraku guy faster if he is after her." She smirked to the demon lord. "It is all very simple if you ask me."

"I do not wish for that human to accompany me, let alone try to teach her how to handle her blades." The coldness in Sesshomaru's voice sent shivers down Miyuki's spine.

"I think I can train myself fine with these blades." The green eyed girl stood quickly, glaring at the taller demon. "Besides, I'd rather not be bait for this 'Naraku' person. Who the hell is he anyway?"

"He's none of your concern, onna." Golden eyes glared over at the human.

"I'd say he is my concern if it's me he's looking for, baka." Her emerald orbs glared right into the golden ones. A growl passed through the demon lord's throat at the girl's choice of words.

"Enough, both of you!" Kiyoko muttered, looking between the human and the demon. "It would still be better if the two of you worked together to find out what Naraku wants. Now, with that said, I must be off. Try not to kill the poor girl, Lord Sesshomaru." With that, Kiyoko took to the skies and out of sight before the two could respond.

"Hn." Sesshomaru turned his back on the girl and started to walk back the way he had come from.

Miyuki stared into the sky where Kiyoko had vanished and sighed to herself. Her curiosity got her into this mess in the first place. If only she hadn't gone into the well with Kagome she wouldn't be stuck with this stick-up-his-ass demon.

"Do not make this Sesshomaru wait, onna." The cold silky voice traveled back to her ears and she sighed. The demon lord did not know what had come over him to accept this girl so quickly, due to the fact that she was human. Maybe she could at least be helpful and take care of Rin.

"Coming, your demon lordiness." She mock bowed and quickly moved to catch up to him.

Miyuki looked over the demon leading the way to god-knows-where. She watched his long hair as it shimmered in the sunlight that bypassed the thick leafy canopy above them. His hair looked silky and soft, and she debated about reaching out to touch it. If she did, there would probably be many consequences; he'd most likely chop off her hand or plain kill her. Finally she decided against it and turned her eyes away from him to look at the scenery.

Suddenly, the green eyed girl lost her footing, her ankle bowing at a strange angle. A soft eeping sound escaped her lips as she tried to regain her balance, and failing miserably. She felt herself run into something firm and rigid, but kept her eyes closed. "Me and my stupid feet." Miyuki mumbled as her eyes drifted open, silver-white blocking her vision. Her eyes moved up to see unamused golden orbs staring back down at her.

"Sorry!" She yelped out, moving away from the demon lord, some of his hair clinging to hers.

"Hn… Watch where you are going." Sesshomaru continued to walk on, leaving the girl in stunned silence as his hair fell away from hers. She was slightly surprised that he hadn't lashed out at her, and had just given her a fair warning, due to the tone of his voice. His hair had been extremely silky and soft, much to Miyuki's liking. She did admit though that it was embarrassing how she tripped over her own two feet. She then resumed her walk to catch up to him, making sure that she didn't trip again.

"So… Where are we going exactly?" Miyuki perked up after a semi awkward silence.

The inu daiyokai didn't answer as they entered into a small clearing. A little girl no older than seven or eight was leaning against a large, two headed dragon. She was pulling petals off of a flower to pass the time when the beast behind her lifted its massive heads. Feeling the movement, she looked to where the dragon's eyes had landed, seeing the white clad demon lord coming out of the trees.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" She shouted happily as she stood up, her big brown eyes full of wonder.

"Milord you have returned!" An impish toad like demon bowed low, his large yellow eyes shining in respect to his lord.

Miyuki took in the appearance of everyone in the small group from the sidelines. Only one other seemed to notice her; besides the demon lord that had led her here. The two headed dragon stood from its relaxed position and meandered over toward her. Standing at least two or three feet taller than her, the beast lowered its two heads to stare at her with its catty yellow eyes.

"Ah-Un?" The little girl looked at the dragon with interest. It lifted its left head to look at the child before nudging the young woman toward her with its right head. The green eyed girl gave a slight gasp and looked at the beast before it nudged her forward once again.

She was now standing in the clearing, the dragon right beside her as the little girl and toad imp looked at her. Miyuki felt herself become shy as she looked at both of them before raising her hand in greeting. "Hello." She spoke softly.

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A/N- And there you guys go! I've actually had this chapter written down on paper for a little while now, I wanted to see how far I could get into the next one before posting this one though. I'm also very sorry for the wait! I had a lot of ideas in my mind at one time for multiple stories besides this one! Don't hurt me! I thank those that have reviewed/followed this story, you all keep me going!

Oh dat Kiyoko! She may be a demon, but she actually shows some sense of emotion! I think she has her own reasons for sending Miyuki off with Sesshomaru though… Anyway I hope you all enjoyed, and I'll try to get the next chapter out soonish! Take care!