InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Songs About Rain ❯ Thoughts and Lightening ( Chapter 4 )

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru stared at each other across the clearing as Kagome climbed from her perch on his back. Jamila stepped forward and smiled at the duo. “You found me.”

“Where'd your sister get to?” Kagome asked smiling back.

“I saved Rin from her and then she ran off when she felt Lord Sesshomaru coming.”

Inuyasha scoffed, “Your sister is a wimp.”

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed slightly. “Maybe she is smart, `dear brother'.” He said.

Kagome's grip tightened around her bow as the tension in the clearing rose. Jamila moved to Sesshomaru and touched his sleeve gently. “Please Lord Sesshomaru…Rin is more important than this fight.” Her voice was too low to be heard by anyone but Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru glanced at her then at Rin, who was beginning to pale. He nodded slightly then turned calling out to Jaken and Rin. “We're leaving.”

Jamila watched them leave and returned Rin's look with an encouraging smile. The moon flashed against her stomach then fell still and cold when he was out of her sight. “I think after we talk, I will seek him out.” She said softly to herself.

Miroku, Sango, and Shippo landed a second later on Kirara and dismounted from her. Miroku had a new handprint. Sango was bright red and she ran to Kagome's side. “What happened?”

“Jamila saved Rin from her sister and then she met Sesshomaru.” Kagome summarized. Her gaze was still on Jamila's pendent.

“Why did your sister seek out Rin? I thought she was going after your mate?” Miroku asked.

“She devours children to stay young. She thought Rin was an easy meal and got sidetracked.” Jamila said gazing off into the direction Sesshomaru and the rest had disappeared in.

“Jamila…why did your pendent flash?” Kagome asked.

Inuyasha looked up from where he had sat down sulking at the lack of a fight and nodded. “Yeah I wondered that too.”

Jamila closed her hand around the pendent and an image of Sesshomaru lying naked with his hair spilling over his chest popped into her head. “I think my mother was trying to tell me something.” A soft rain began to fall and everyone turned their faces up to the gray sky.

“We should find shelter.” Miroku said sidling over to Sango.

Sango turned bright red and smacked him. “Pervert!”

Inuyasha picked Kagome up and turned. “There's a cave a ways over here. I passed it on the way.”

Sango and Miroku climbed onto Kirara's back and Jamila waved. “I'll catch up with you guys in a few days. I have something I need to do.”

Inuyasha feh'd and they headed off. Jamila turned her face up to the sky and twisted her ears so that the water wouldn't drip into it. “Mother…is he the one?” A shaft of lightning raced across the sky, the end pointing in the direction he had left in and Jamila grinned. “I guess that's an answer.” She turned and began to walk following his steps. Soon his scent would be gone because of the rain but she knew she'd find him. The moon pulsed against her stomach and she touched it gently. After all…they were destined.

The soft rain had turned into a downpour plastering Jamila's clothes against her body and her hair hung in waves behind her. She loved every minute of it, rain was a special thing to her, and it was very uncommon when she was growing up and when there as rain around her she enjoyed it immensely.

She had passed an old oak tree when a spider demon dropped to the ground ahead of her. “Mmmm, a delicious meal…so exotic…so beautiful.” He hissed stretching one leg to her face.

When it was a few makes away Jamila moved slicing the leg off at its base. The spider screamed in pain and rage and launched the rest of his legs at her. Jamila raised an eyebrow and sliced off the others as well. She had barely used any effort and the spider was only a torso and screaming head at her feet. She silenced his cries by cutting his head from his body. “Filthy thing.” She muttered and leapt into the tree to search for his nest. After a minute of searching she found the sticky webbed hollow. She began to search among the bodies to find any that might have survived. She found two at the very edge of the hole and looked them over for wounds. Fortunately the spider had not reached them yet and they were safe. One was a tall handsome man and held protectively in his arms was a small boy. Jamila picked them up in her arms and made her way out of the nest.

She traveled a distance from the nest until she found a tree with enough coverage that the ground beneath was dry and set them softly on the ground. She built a small fire and caught two rabbits that were wandering close by. They were cooking over the fire when her two guests began to stir. The first to wake was the little boy. He opened light brown eyes and gazed around. When he saw her he gripped his father harder.

Jamila studied him with a soft smile and held out a piece of cooked rabbit. “You hungry?”

The boy shook his father and he too woke fully. “Haru?”

“Papa! Another demon!” He cried fearfully.

His father raised his eyes and met Jamila's. “What do you want with us?”

“I saved you from the spider demon and now I'm trying to feed you. If my help is so distasteful, I'll leave.” Jamila said placing the rabbit on a rock and standing up.

Haru's eyes fixed on the rabbit and he inched forward. His father shook his head. “It is not distasteful, but you must understand why we are wary.”

Jamila nodded. “I understand. I'll go look around then when you finish eating I'll take you to the nearest village.”

“Thank you.” He said softly bowing his head.

She nodded and left the clearing. She understood how they felt. Many people she had encountered along her travels feared her at first. Those places that didn't have demons believed her to be a god come to visit them. She tried to explain to those people that she was no god but rather something else. The worst thing was when someone mentioned the word `Demon' even if she had been with them for a few days their eyes always filled with fear. Sometimes things were hard…more hard then Mother had ever told them. This was because where they had grown up, people like her and her sister were not unusual and not all were to be feared. Jamila had only recently started to notice that when her sister left villages, they avoided her eyes and hid their children while when she left they bid her fond farewells.

Jamila wasn't stupid in anyway, but it's hard to believe terrible things about someone you loved once. But now that she knew…she planned to destroy the evil creature that dared call herself `sister'.