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Chapter Three: Learning Curve

Disclaimer: I do not own the cast as I have mentioned before. I do own this story-line and the original characters that will show up.

A/N: Alright, now I give you chapter three finally. I do ask forgiveness for taking so long on this.

Chapter Three: Learning Curve

Souta held the sleeping Rin as he rode Au-Un carefully, his free hand gripping the large creature's saddle. While he remained silent, his eyes never quit moving. First darting to the oddly green leaves that graced the trees, then the ferns on the ground. He was in silent awe of the beauty of this 'new world'. He had been to the country before, but it was nothing like this. Never this, wild, or free. Looking down at the little girl that was curled against him sleeping he gave a tiny smile. He had what he wished for, he had freedom, but something in his stomach didn't feel right. He already knew that nothing in his life would ever be the same again, but, it wasn't that, that seemed to bother him, but something unknown.

He started, looking up when he felt the dragon under him jerk to a halt. "Jaken, make a bed for Rin." Sesshou-maru's monotone voice echoed through the darkening forest as he stood in the center of the small clearing. Now that he was actually looking ahead, instead of to the sides, he saw that they had arrived in a small lush green clearing with a small stream flowing along the edge. With wide eyes Souta slid off the dragon's back, careful to keep a hand on Rin's sleeping form.

"It's amazing…" he whispered softly, more to himself than anyone else, but Sesshou-maru glanced over to him silently. In the short time that he had been traveling with them, he had not made a single whimper of complaint, nor a whine of discomfort. At times Rin would complain if she was hungry or too sleepy, but the boy did not and judging by his health, he should be use to the finer living of life. Earlier when he did hear the growl of an empty stomach from him he had waited for the boy to make a sound of complaint, but none came. He had also ceased Rin's complaint for food by giving her one of the brown bars again.

This boy Souta was oddly quiet and respectful. He followed orders without complaint or question when given. His seemingly only annoying feature was that when he did talk freely, it was only about his onee-chan, that human miko wench. "Jaken, make a fire." He said as he noticed Rin shivering.

"Hai Sesshou-maru-sama" the small toad said as he started darting around the clearing, finding small branches and sticks for a fire.

Turning Souta carefully gathered Rin into his arms and kneeled, settling her in her bed roll. "Hey, Jaken, do you want some help?" he asked softly as he stepped over to where he was still gathering stick.

Jaken eyed the boy in blatant dislike. He had tried to return to his home through that well but he had only made a fool of himself in the servant's eyes. Narrowing his eyes at him he turned from him, ignoring him and continued to gather the sticks. Souta shrugged a little and started to help gather sticks and add them to the fire pile; within moments a full fire was crackling warmly. Not long after this had been accomplished Jaken drifted off, sitting up with his arms and legs folded around his staff. Silently Souta slid a bedroll behind the small youkai's back and eased him back into a lying position, all without waking him.

"You appear to be well practiced in doing this." Sesshou-maru said, as Souta silently took his seat back again. Looking up the younger boy gave him a small smile, face timid.

"When my onee-chan comes home, she doesn't allow herself to sleep or rest like she should. Instead, she works on her school work, like Mathematics, History and Literature and the English language. She falls asleep at her desk at night; and though she doesn't know it, I'll stay up until she's sleeping and than get her into bed, and if she still has work left, I'll finish it." He said, drawing his legs up and wrapping his arms around his knees, gazing into the flames.

"You truly care for your one-chan, do you not?" the inu youkai asked calmly; his own deep golden eyes watching the dancing flames.

"Hai….she's really strong to do what she does." He said his sentence trailing off as a far away smile pulled at his lips.

"How is it you can tell she is asleep?" Sesshou-maru asked as his gaze rose to study the ningen boy before him. At the young boy's grin he was inwardly was taken aback.

"Our rooms are right next to each other's, all I have to do is listen for a hollow thunk of her head hitting the desk." He said, his eyes glittering in the fire.

Inwardly Sesshou-maru smirked before letting what he had just been spoken sink in. "You say your onee-chan learns Mathematics, and….this Eng-el-ish….how is this possible?" He questioned, eyeing the boy, silently wondering if he had caught him in a lie. As to his knowledge, ningen onnas were not allowed to learn such things. Souta blinked and looked up at him.

"Hai, she does, why do you ask?" he questioned, tilting his head. The inu youkai's eyes narrowed as he looked at the young ningen.

"She is a ningen onna. They are not permitted such knowledge, and therefore do not know or understand it." He said bluntly. Inwardly he blinked as Souta simply grinned at him.

"She does." He said simply watching him with a pair of eyes that were shockingly similar to his miko one-chan.

"And your mathematical skills?" Sesshou-maru asked, eyeing him, his thoughts working on over drive. Souta smiled calmly at him, his chin still on his knees

"Give me any math problem." He said, his gaze never wavering. Silently Sesshou-maru lifted a twig and with graceful strokes wrote out a problem he remembered from his own schooling days.

Looking down at the dirt written problem Souta smiled, to him, it was nothing more than simple math. Using the pad of his finger he easily wrote the answer under the problem. Sesshou-maru watched him, keeping in his inner thoughts to himself. 'Who would have ever thought that 'I' would be doing this with the great Sesshou-maru-sama!' Souta thought in wonder as the inu youkai lord wiped out the previous problem and wrote another.

Inwardly Sesshou-maru was amazed at the young boy's ability to solve every problem given to him. 'His usefulness is increasing.' He thought to himself as he leaned back against the tree. "Impressive." He said blandly. "And you say your sister can do problems like this?" he asked gazing at him. Souta nodded.

"That and more." He said with a tired smile.

"I see…." Sesshou-maru said as he gazed off into the distance

Souta's eyes drooped as he tried to stay awake, his tired brain urging him to sleep 'I wonder…..what Kagome…..would say….if she could…see me now…..' was the last conscious thought before he dozed off sitting upright holding his legs.

[arashi-seisai]

Chapter Two: First time Encounters

Disclaimer: I do NOT own InuYasha and all that stuff…..things would have been different if I did . I do own this story line and any and all new characters that will be popping up

A/N: Alright, finally I present Chapter two! Please forgive this poor writer's slowness ;-;

Chapter Two: First Time Encounters

"I….am….going….to…kill….that…cat…" Souta muttered, his voice laced with anger as he pushed himself into a sitting position and laid a hand on his head rubbing in slight pain. Brushing his long bangs from his eyes he glanced around trying to figure out where he was. "Shit….." he muttered under his breath as his eyes were met with wood and climbing plants. 'First I'm going to skin it…..than I'm going to make a nice new bag for Onee-chan….' His internal rant was cut short as he looked up, intending to call him mother to toss down the rope latter. "I….am in so….much trouble…." He breathed as his eyes were not met with the ceiling of the well house…but of clear blue sky and the sun filling the will. He stared, his eyes wide, mind not fully registering what had just happened to him. Slowly he held his hand up, catching a leaf that floated lazily down to him, and then his mind caught up with what had happened. He had just fallen down the well…and it had worked.

Slowly he pushed himself up and brushed himself off and he quickly tried to think of what he was going to do. 'First….I need to get a safe place…..That, CRAP WHAT'S HER NAME?! oh…Kaeda yea….her place should do….' He thought as he examined the wall to try and climb out. Finally he found some good solid foot holds 'Must be Onee-chan's. ' he thought offhandedly as he started climbing carefully. As he climbed he ran through everything that Kagome had ever told him of where everything was. Half way up he had to adjust his weight only now realizing that he still had his backpack slung over his shoulder.

'Alright, I just have to go…..east….no…North….no' Once again, his internal monolog, or as he liked to call it his 'ETERNAL MOVIE!' was cut short as what he was gripping to keep himself to the wall, gave way. With a cry of surprise his arms flailed as he tried with all his might to keep his balance, but it was useless. "SHIT!" he cried out as he felt his body start to fall backwards away from the wall and into air. On instinct he closed his eyes, preparing for the contact with the ground that he was sure was going to hurt.

Suddenly his quick decent was stopped as he was jerked to a halt midair with a grunt of the sudden stop and before he could react any he was pulled upwards and suspended there. "You are unharmed." A deep calm voice said from somewhere in front of him. Slowly he cracked one eye to see who it was. At first all he saw was a mass of white hair and a glint of golden eye. The name 'InuYasha' quickly came to his throat, but died before ever reaching his lips. His 'rescuer's' hair was longer, and more tamed than InuYasha's and his eyes…..his eyes were colder, deadlier and sure as hell more gold than the hanyou he knew so well. On the man's face were a pair of dark, reddish purple stripes that looked more like tattoos. As he quickly studied the man before him he saw that the same marks were on his wrist and over his eyelids, and finally, a crescent moon adorned his forehead. Slowly, and promptly a name flowed through his mind as his eyes scanned the man's attire as well.

"Y-You're Sesshou-maru-sama!" he stammered, swallowing in nervousness. 'Ok Souta….stay calm….focus…..don't let the powerful inuyoukai see how fucking FREAKED OUT YOU ARE!' he shouted in his mind. "Hai." The inuyoukai lord said, raising an eyebrow as his own golden eyes studied the boy.

'He wears strange attire….just like that miko.' He thought off handedly as he looked at the odd haori and hakamas the boy wore.

"Ah…A-Arigatou, Sesshou-maru-sama." He said swallowing and watching the silent lord that held him above the well.

After a long moment Sesshou-maru silently looked at the ningen boy that he held above the empty run down well. A slight frown creased his marble like feature as he discretely sniffed the boy's scent. 'His scent….it's almost just like that onna's! That miko that travels what that bastard brother of mine!' he thought angrily, a low growl pulling from his throat. At the sound of the man growling Souta flinched on instinct but still watched him warily, his eye and face not revealing how terrified he was on the inside. The inuyoukai watched the boy, inwardly bemused at the lack of fear, even though it was obvious.

"SESSHOU-MARU-SAMA! WHERE DID YOU GO M'LORD?!" a young high pitched voice called from the forest around them, causing Souta to start a little and the lord in question to glance to his right.

"I am right here, Rin." He said with an inward sigh, sometimes he took a lot to remember why he kept the loud young ningen onna with him. Turning his gaze back to the boy in his grasp he spoke "Remove all your weapons."

Souta swallowed, gaining strength for his voice "I…I have none m'lord." He said, remembering to add in the honorific, not wanting to be killed just yet.

"Do not lie to me boy." Was the inuyoukai's cold reply, warning etching his words in stone.

"I'm not. I swear I'm not!" he tried to assure the dangerous man before him. Quickly her emptied his pockets, both pants, and jacket. Holding out his hands he showed him that all he had were small things. In his palm lay a few yen, some scraps of paper, two Mars bars, a handkerchief and his house key.

Sesshou-maru blinked and looked at the items. He was able to figure out what the paper was, the square of fabric, though he was confused as to why it was nearly scentless, even the money and key, but the bars of sweet smelling something intrigued him. Souta watched him, seeing that he was examining the chocolate in his hand as he lowered to sit on the lip of the well. "I-It's candy…from my land." He explained lamely as he quickly opened one of them. Sesshou-maru watched him carefully as he moved as he sensed Rin coming closer. Watching with sharp eyes he carefully took the corner the boy had broken off and offered to him. Slowly he sniffed it, checking for poisons before slipping it into his mouth.

Sesshou-maru blinked quickly at the taste of the brown sweet in his mouth, while Souta inwardly prayed that InuYoukais weren't affected by chocolate like regular inus. "It is…..strange." Sesshou-maru admitted finally as the chocolate melted into his mouth.

Souta opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off by a small girl crashing through the brush, causing him to jump slightly. 'I'm going to die from a heart attack if that keeps happening.' He thought ruefully as he watched the small child come up to the tall inuyoukai without even a second thought. "What is that Sesshou-maru? Who is that? Is he my new guard person?" she asked, firing off her questions much too fast for anyone to answer them. But upon examining the taiyoukai's face, he didn't seem to mind.

"It is sweets. And the rest has yet to be seen." Sesshou-maru said calmly, unaffected by her hyper too fast questions. In his cold eyes, if one knew where to look, they would see how he was calculating the situation that had been presented to him. By scent he could tell that this boy was a relative of that miko onna, and maybe, just maybe, he could use this to his advantage.

As the white haired inuyoukai thought Rin approached the lanky boy on the side of the well. "Good Morning. What's your name? Mine's Rin!" she said cheerfully, giving him a toothy smile. Souta blinked and looked down at her before giving her a small smile.

"Good morning….I'm Higurashi, Souta. You can call me Souta." He said as he leaned forward, his arms resting on his knees. Rin smiled brightly and Souta was taken aback at how everything actually did seem brighter when she smiled like that. It was something he never saw in his time. A smile of pure and utter innocence.

Slowly he smiled back. "It's a pleasure to meet you Rin-kun." He said gently. Rin smiled at him, rocking on her heels.

"What's that?" she asked sweetly, her dark eyes on the open candy bar in his lap, the handkerchief spread out under it. Souta blinked, having totally forgotten about it while he watched her and made sure not to make any fast movements around the ever watching inyoukai.

"Oh, this is sweets from my land….." he said as he broke a square off and held it out to her. "Be careful, it'll melt." He warned as she took it. She looked at him with wide eyes.

"Like a candle?!" she said as she sniffed at him. He gave a small chuckle.

"Hai…kinda like a candle, but tasty." He said rubbing the back of his neck. 'This could be a bad idea…..' he thought as he watched her wide eyes grow wider and her face light up as she stuck the square into her mouth.

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"Boy, why are covered in the scent of the miko onna that travels with the hanyou InuYasha." Sesshou-maru suddenly questioned, causing both young ningen's to look up at him. Souta stared at him for a moment before slowly answering, confirming what Sesshou-maru already knew.

"She is Onee-chan, m'lord." He said politely as he looked up at him.

"YOU'RE KAGOME-NEE-CHAN'S OTUKO-SAN?!" Rin cried excitedly as she looked up at him happily. Sesshou-maru looked down at him young ward and gave an inward sigh at the sight of her somehow messy face. 'How did she create such a large mess with such a small object?' he thought ruefully. As her hands came up to wipe her mouth with her kimono sleeve he caught her hands, kneeling slowly before her.

"Jaken." He called, not needing to raise his voice.

"Hai, Sesshou-maru-sama!" the green toad youkai said as he scurried to his master's side from the bushes, Souta making a disgusted face at the sight of him.

'I must remember to kill him for allowing Rin to go through the forest alone.' He thought to himself. "A cloth." He ordered in a calm tone.

"Hai!" Jaken said as he fished out an expensive silk cloth to wipe her face with. Sesshou-maru eyed the cloth some, having an odd feeling that whatever it was covering the young child's mouth, would ruin the cloth.

"Here…." He glanced up some as the ningen boy knelt in the grass, his odd straight black haori's clashing sharply with the emerald of it. Carefully Souta wiped Rin's face and hands clean with his handkerchief. "There you go, all clean." He said with a smile as he folded it some and shoved it in his back pocket.

"Arigato Souta-chan, are you really Kagome-nee-chan's otuko-san?" she asked in wonder looking up at him. He gave her a nod and smile

"Hai, I am. And I can tell you…." He paused for effect, pretending to look around "She snores." At this Rin burst into a fit of giggles.

"You're that baka wench's otouko-san?!" Jaken squawked as he looked at Souta in disgust, as if he was tarnished just by being near him. At this Souta's leg darted out, swiftly going between the space that was there between Sesshou-maru and Rin, the rest of his body crouched and balanced. His foot connected with the toad's face harshly sending him flying back. Silently Souta slid his leg back under him glaring at Jaken.

"Never, call my onee-chan that, or speak of her in such a way, her name is Higurashi, Kagome." He said icily.

Sesshou-maru look at the ningen as he stood, Rin going to see if Jaken was alive. The boy remained crouched watching. 'Hai, this ningen could prove very useful…'

A/N: Yay! The end of chapter two! And what do you know, Sesshy and Rin have had sugar!

[arashi-seisai]

Chapter 1: Falling

Disclaimer: I do not own the inu-cast, if I did...well...the manga would 'NOT' have ended the way it did! I do own all original characters in this fic and the storyline.

A/N: well here's the beginning of yet another fic :3 this one actually has alot done on it but it's written and sadly not with me. ;-; I hope you all enjoy this. I thought it would be a change of pace for me instead of all the stuff I'm doing ^_^ well please review if you enjoy enough.

Chapter 1 Falling

"I'm going okaa-chan!" Kagome called as she hurried out of the house, waving to her mother who had stepped to the doorway to see her daughter off. Asumi smiled as she waved back to her daughter.

"Be safe." she said softly. Kagome's smile was large as she clutched her bag and slid the well house door open. Souta watched in longing as his sister disappeared into the house, feeling a familiar tug in the back of his mind as his sister fell though time. 'What would it be like, to go there?' he thought longingly. With a sigh the fifteen year old stood and stretched. He was short for his age, but it didn't really bother him. His black hair was always a mess, but the girls liked it, so he left it alone. They said that he looked like some character named Hatori from a manga called Fruits Baskets. He didn't care, he'd never read the thing.

"InuYasha must have apologized last night." he muttered to himself as he walked around his room, gathering the things he would need for class today. Last night had been the same as any night that the hanyou had pissed his sister, now twenty two, off. He had long lost his respect for the older hanyou, but he was still polite when he came by. With another stretch he started to his door. His sister had been in such a rush she had forgotten to even check for her most important possession, her diary. A smirk pulled at his lips as started down stairs, looking at his side bag, picturing the medium size book there. "I'm off as well okaa-chan." he said sticking his head into the kitchen. Asumi looked up at him and smiled.

"Alright. Do you want me to drive you?" she asked warmly. Souta gave her smile.

"Iie, I like taking the bus, gives me time to prepare for the boredom ahead." he said, pulling a funny face. Asumi laughed.

"Alright, don't forget to say farewell to your jii-san." she said turning back to the dishes.

Souta looked down at the newest tablet in the small family shrine. He gazed at it sadly before lighting the incense and bowing to it. "Sayonara Ojii-san." he said softly before turning and walking down the many stairs of the shrine. The sky was clear and the air as fresh as it would ever get in Tokyo. As he boarded the train, grateful that the amount of people on it at this time was few, he looked out the window at all the concrete buildings and cars. 'I wouldn't mind seeing only green. A person can only take so much grey.' he thought as he slipped his headphones on, and pressing play on the iPod, prepared for the usual long drive to school. The Final Fantasy VII music made him feel calm as he gazed at the passing monochrome world. He looked around at the other students of his and other schools and suddenly felt so alone. He had never felt that he fit in here. He was either too smart, bored or too much of a thinker for his time. Leaning his head against the window he watched the scenery flash by. Though calling it that was like a sick joke. He closed his blue eyes and saw green. Their last trip to Mount Fuiji. He loved the wild and couldn't think of any place more suited for him.

"Souta-chan!" the raven haired boy looked up at the sound of the female's voice.

"Oh, ohayo Riku-san." he said with a nod of his head as he closed his book, and looked up at her. The girl blushed and clasped her hands behind her back.

"Um...can I talk to you in private Souta-chan?" she asked nervously. Souta blinked in surprise.

"Uh, hai, I guess." he said, sliding the text book away and standing. Riku led his to the old playground and sat on one of the swings, looking down at her feet."Is there something you wanted to ask me Riku-san? 'Cause I've got a big test next period and I am far from ready." he said with a smile as he slid his hands into his pockets. He had to admit, ever since the incident with InuYasha and his sister trying to help him tell the first girl that he liked her, he had be come more confident with females.

"Hai, Souta-chan. Gomen, for taking you from your studies." she said with a smile to him. He gave her a bright smile in return and leaned against a pole, waiting patiently. It was lunch time and they had more than enough time for anything that she wanted to ask. "Souta-chan, I know I'm ditzy, and I'm not that good in class. I know I must annoy you to no ends sometimes, but I have to tell you this." she said, bowing her head, letting her bangs hide her face.

"Hey, you can tell me Riku-san. I promise, whatever it is I won't laugh." he said, moving to crouch before her. She looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

"I've liked you since we were in middle school Souta-chan. Onegai, will you go out with me?" she asked looking at him hopefully. Souta looked away from her.

"I can't Riku-san." he said softly. Riku winced as if she had been slapped. "Gomen ne sai, but I just don't feel like that for you and I don't want to lead you on. That wouldn't be fair to you. You deserve a guy who would like you just as much as you like him." he said, his voice nothing more than a whisper. Riku looked at him with wide eyes before her gaze softened.

"Iie, it's my fault. I knew you didn't like me like that." she paused to smile at him. "But, can we still be friends onegai." she said as she stood and looked down at him. He looked up at her and smiled.

"Hai, that would be good." he said as he stood. "And Riku-san, you've never annoyed me."

With a sigh he ran his hand through his hair, slipping his bag's shoulder strap over his head so that it fell across his chest. "Today sucked." he said to himself softly as he looked up at the sky. He was half way across the shrine's courtyard when a noise reached his ears. "Nani?" he said to himself as he turned toward the noise. 'What's the well house door doing open? Onee-chan closed it.' he thought as he walked closer. With the house he could hear movement. He slowed, causing the sound of his shoes to soften. Slowly, he slid the door open. "Buyo!" he sighed in annoyance upon seeing the calico neko sitting by the well. The creature just yawned and walked around the well. With a sigh he walked down the steps and to the well. A small smile pulled at his lips as he laid a hand on the wood. Beneath his finger tips he could feel life, and warmth. That was how he knew the well was working. When InuYasha had shoved a tree in it and Kikyou had pushed Kagome through, he hadn't been able to feel the warmth. He had kept this little secret to himself, it would only worry his mother more. Leaning over slightly he looked down. 'Who would have thought, that this old thing would take one to a place so...free.' he thought, sadly.

He was just straightening when he felt four paws land on his back. He tried to turn to catch his balance as he began to fall into the well. He only managed to turn so that he was falling backwards instead of face first. The last thing he saw was Buyo's glittering eyes staring down at him before he shut his eyes on instinct.

If his eyes had remained open though, he would have seen, the blue light gently surround him and time, bringing him into it's embrace. "Did he make it?" the man's deep voice filled the well house as a shadow appeared a the door frame. As Buyo turned his appearance changed to that of a man's with white, black and orange hair.

"Hai, m'lord." he said kneeling and placing his arm across his chest in respect. Fangs flashed in the darkness as the man at the doorways smiled, blue eyes glittering unnaturally.

"And so it begins."

[arashi-seisai]

What the heck is this place?

Hi! So, i know my 0 followers must being wondering, what the hecks is this blog? Well, here is what it is, this blog is a second place for me to post my fanfiction story Souta’s Adventures from fanfiction.net.

I am adding it here because I want to encourage myself to keep writing and this seemed like am epic idea. :D