"Hey, Sesshomaru... Sesshomaru... Are you ignoring me?" They'd set up camp for the night and Kirai had been trying to talk to the demon ever since nightfall. Sesshomaru was sitting down and leaning against a tree while Kirai was right next to him. He hadn't told her to go away or even shoved her away yet, so Kirai took it as an okay to continue trying to talk to him.

"Sis, I don't think he's in a talking mood right now." Safaia was watching the two hesitantly. She wasn't sure how well their relationship was going currently. The two hadn't talked too much and when they did, it was full of Sesshomaru's irritation.

"You're right..." Kirai was clearly pouting now. "Say Sesshomaru... I wonder, why you're acting like this to me. I mean I know how you usually act towards everyone, but I thought we were over that. You used to act much kinder to me when it was just us three."

"Hmm."

"I see..." Kirai then stood up and walked over to sit where her sister was. She was a little ways away from Sesshomaru and was trying to build a little fire. "Do you need help?"

"Yeah..." Safaia was frustrated by the non-fire. She was trying to start the fire without using magic and it wasn't going well for her.

"Here let me..." Kirai tried as well but failed just as much as her sister did. "Okay let's use magic!" Both girls laughed and Safaia used her magic to light the fire. She was able to use a fire conjuring magic spell to light the fire.

"There we go." The two girls then huddled around the fire to keep warm. It was a particularly chilly night. Due to the cold, Kirai began to get an idea, so she turned around to face Sesshomaru.

"Hey Sesshomaru, can I snuggle with your Mokomoko?" To Kirai's question, she got glared at. "I'll take that as a no..." She frowned and turned back to her sister.

"He doesn't seem very friendly to you right now, does he?"

"No, not really. I wonder why though. I mean my memories are back and I remember everything again. Shouldn't he be... I don't know, at least happy or less of an ass about it?"

"I can hear you."

"Oh hush up and pretend like you can't. Us girls are talking."

"Hmm."

"Anyway..." Both girls giggled to themselves much to Sesshomaru's annoyance. Their little conversation was over, but it was still bothering Kirai. She honestly wanted to know why Sesshomaru was acting so different towards her. However, the girl didn't have long to think about it as all three of them began to sense people approaching them.

"Get ready. They're here." Sesshomaru was already standing with Bakusaiga out and in his right hand. That caused Kirai to instantly pull out her sword. Safaia opened her bag and pulled out a double headed scythe with crystals on the handle, which surprised Kirai.

"The fuck is that? Where did that come from?"

"My bag is enchanted." Was the simple response from Safaia.

That was all the talking they could do before two warlocks walked out of the woods with hordes of demons around them.

"Hello, ladies, and demon." The man who spoke up first had black hair and a blue robe on. The other one had black hair and a white robe on.

"What do you want with us?" Safaia growled threateningly as she got ready to fight with her scythe.

"We are here for Kirai."

"You can't have her." It was Sesshomaru who'd spoken up next. With a wave of his sword, the demons were all taken out, but the two men had put up a barrier that could not be destroyed by Bakusaiga. Suddenly, the two men split up and the one with the white robe went after Sesshomaru while the blue-robed one went after Kirai and Safaia.

The blue-robed man was able to get right passed Safaia and reached Kirai before either girl could move. While the white-robed man trapped Sesshomaru in a barrier.

"Hello there, Kirai." The man grabbed a hold of the horrified girl.

"Let me go!" Kirai swung her sword at him, causing him to jump backward and nearly be hit by Safaia's attack with her scythe.

"Stay away from my sister!" Just then, Safaia was put inside a barrier as well.

"Can't have you interfering." The white-robed man spoke with humor in his voice. His attention was now on Safaia, meaning his barrier around Sesshomaru weakened allowing the demon to be able to break through the barrier. Instantly, he made his way over to Kirai, who was now in the arms of the blue-robed man.

"Let me go you bastard!" Kirai growled as she struggled in the arms of the man.

"Release her, immediately." Sesshomaru swung his sword at the blue-robed man causing the man to drop Kirai. Instantly, both men quickly backed off. Safaia was released from her barrier and fell to the ground, hitting her head on a rock, causing her to pass out.

"Now now, demon. Aren't you a bit too angry? She's just a witch." The white-robed man chuckled to himself.

"Wait, I think that demon is her lover. That must be why he looks so angry that I was touching her." The blue-robed man responded. "Currently we cannot defeat the demon, so let's go." Instantly, the two men began to disappear.

"Do you think I will let you get away?!" Sesshomaru bellowed angrily as he darted forward. He narrowly missed hitting the two men as they disappeared. Missing them caused Sesshomaru to get furious and grow at nothingness.

"Safaia? Are you alright?" Kirai questioned as she ran over to her unconscious sister. Thankfully the girl wasn't hurt, just knocked out. There was no blood, much to the relief of Kirai. "Why did you bother saving me, Sesshomaru. You clearly don't care or even want me around." It probably wasn't the best time to pick a fight with the demon, but Kirai was over it. She was upset by how protective Sesshomaru acted when he didn't even bother talking to her before.

"Be silent."

"No, I won't be silent. Dammit Sesshomaru, you've been pushing me away this entire time." Kirai got up from her sister and approached the demon.

"Why do you think that is?"

"I don't know, that's what I want you to tell me!"

"It's because you left!" Sesshomaru finally snapped out. Kirai jolted backward in shock. "You left and now are back. You were gone for years. How am I supposed to react to you now? How do you expect me to feel? Do you just want us to go back to the way we were? Don't be delusional!" The out of character outburst shocked Kirai and stunned her into silence.

"My my, what a heartbreaking confession." Both Sesshomaru and Kirai snapped their heads over to where Safaia was. There stood a man with white hair and wearing a black robe.

"Hakai, get away from my sister!"

"I'm sorry, my dear. I cannot do that." With those words, he bent down and touched Safaia. At that moment both of them disappeared into nothingness.

"Safaia! No!" Kirai called out making a move to step forward, even though it was too late now. "Dammit!" Kirai fell to her knees with tears filling her eyes. The girl was being overwhelmed now. With her emotions due to Sesshomaru already affecting her, and now her sister was taken away by the man wanting to kill her, Kirai was in bad shape.

"Come on. There's no point in waiting here." Sesshomaru turned away from the crying girl and began to walk away. He paused when he realized the girl wasn't following him. He turned to look at her only to see her slowly get up and collect her belongings. "Let's go." With her and her sister's things in her arms, Kirai began to follow Sesshomaru without any words.

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That was how their new journey began yet again. In complete silence. Kirai followed Sesshomaru around without speaking at all. It was like she was just aimlessly following him, like a little lost puppy. If Sesshomaru was being honest with himself, he was getting bothered by Kirai's lack of talking. He'd grown used to her bothering him with trying to start a conversation, but now that she was silent, he was getting bothered.

"Kirai, get over it." Sesshomaru suddenly spoke, just wanting the girl to become her usual self once again. Too bad he sounded irritated as he spoke because it caused Kirai to flinch and look towards the ground.

"I'm sorry." It was almost inaudible, but Sesshomaru heard it and for some reason, it upset him to hear. The girl went back to being silent. She made no attempt to say anything at all. She just followed him silently and stopped when he stopped.

"You need to eat. Find food."

"No. I'm not hungry."

"Why not?"

"Who knows..." Kirai didn't even look up at Sesshomaru when she spoke. She just kept looking towards the ground.

"Very well. Then rest."

"I'm not tired."

"What is wrong with you?"

"Tell me Sesshomaru... Can we ever be what we once were? Can you love me like I still love you?" To her question, Sesshomaru said nothing. He just turned and looked away from the girl. Even though he wanted to speak, he couldn't find the words to help the girl at that moment. "Exactly. So please. Just leave me be."