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[Birdie]

She was tiny. Especially for a demon, she was small. She was no more than five feet and no less than four. Her body was slim and so subtly curved that one might have thought her to be about sixteen years of age. In truth she had only been alive on this planet for two years. Her hair was waist length and a pale as the moon above her was. Her hair fell in a silky tumult down her back, bouncing and swaying with her each movement. It was soft and smooth that her hair could not seem to keep still. Her flesh was tan from constant exposure to the sun. During this time period it was considered unattractive. But it was decidedly exotic because so few women became this sort of tan with out looking course. Brigantia was anything but that. She was dainty and unearthly beautiful. She was an angel among these earth creatures. Her large eyes were completely black, like a pair of opals. They were not bug like at all, but something about them was unnatural. Perhaps it was the lack of whites. Or perhaps it was all the emotion that was constantly expressed in them.

She shivered once and pulled her pale blue kimono closer to her slender body. Night time got so cold out in the open, but she did not like enclosed spaces. She was of the air. She was of the sky. She felt, at this moment, that she could not leave that place. Above her the stars were a great expanse. They twinkled down at her. The moon shone as a great silver orb. It was paled in comparison to her own beauty, but still significantly wondrous.

She reached out her arms, as if to cradle the moon in them. She seemed to be hugging it to her breast. She let her arms fall after a moment and sighed. The night was so quite. The wind stirred sleepily about her ankles and chilled her body. It blew against her face in a tired greeting. It pushed her silky hair back. It shimmered in the moonlight. She lifted her chin and closed her eyes. The wind circled around her, stirring grass, flowers, and leaves. She giggled, lifting her arms as the wind lifted her silk robe, played with the sleeves to her kimono, and caused the bells that kept away evil spirits to ring joyously. Then the wind blew away, as inconstant as ever.

[kardowin]

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Kardowins' eyes scanned the very land that lay before her. This was the land she knew all to well, the way to the Lord of the Western Lands castle, Lord Sesshoumarus lands. Plus it was the gate way to her home. The crystal she had was stolen even though she manage to get her fathers sword back and had gotten severly wounded, several days ago. She managed to kill all the demon bandits and had persuaded the demon bandit leader to this all to familiar land. The crystal was the key to the gate way, without it she couldn't go home.

She was fine featured in her perspective, she had the air of nobility though she spent most of her life wondering the land never seen, but only heard. Very seldom came here for this place held memories, that was hard for her to ever speak of. But as of late she felt glad to be back here, it was a feeling of reassurance, she would find that demon kill him and get her crystal back.

A moment passed then she realized that she was not alone. The person seemed to be enjoined her self. She had such a look of beauty and grace to her, but what was she doing out her in these dangerous lands? All of a sudden Kaskie jumped in his sheath."Remember you can't trust anyone on in these lands." he buzzed. Kardowin ignored him, she had welcomed the sword's advice once she got him back, but now she was totally annoyed with him all over again. Kardowin still cautiously approached taking a few steps then cleared her through. She didn't want to sneak up on the girl.

[Birdie]

"Please don't be afraid. I myself do not scare easily." Brigantia did not turn to look at the young woman behind her. She was completely immersed in playing with a tiny moth in her hands. It fluttered about. She would catch it or miss. But as the girl grew closer the mother flew away. it did not trust other creatures to be as careful as Brigantia was with them. She finally turned and smiled sweetly at the young woman. "Why is it you are in my lord's lands? He does not take kindly to strangers. I, on the other hand, welcome them." There would have been a time when she would have run at the sight of a person she knew nothing about.

That time had long gone. She sort of grew up whens he became his mate. He fingers pulled at her silky, pale locks. Her large eyes glittered softly in the moon light. They were as black as obsidian and as deep as the night sky its self.

She moved to stand in front of the young woman. Light wings sprung out of now where. A person might have thought they had blinked because the appearance was so sudden. They were large and a bright, luminescent blue wedged with black. She fluttered them softly. She was ready to make a quick get away should she desire to do so.

"Please, can you not explain your reasoning for being here?" she asked, her arms wrapping about herself as she shivered again. The night was cool, not so cold as a normal person might notice it. But she was so weak, so fragile that this slightly nippy weather could have adverse effects upon her being.

[kardowin]

Kardowin was a little shocked at her answer. But She might as well explain...

Kardowin straitened up."My family where informers to the Great General Dog and his family. We keep the land in order awaiting for the new lord to step up and take his place as lord of the western lands. As for my being here, these land are my home. Though I've been away for a long while I have been I pursue a demon whom has tooken the very key that will allow me access to my fortress."

Did this girl know Lord Sesshoumaru? True enough she her self never seen him, and would probably not notice him when she run in to him. but she heard his name an knows that her family served his father.

[Birdie]

Brigantia cocked her head to one side. She looked the girl up and down. Her large, beautiful eyes never seemed to blink. The young demoness was pretty. She was very pretty. The little hanyou couldn't deny this. Her hair was long and black, her skin was so pale. She looked the part of a princess. Brigantia was paled haired and dark skinned. She felt so ugly in comparison. But, in truth, she was one of the most beautiful creatures on this earth.

She brushed short locks behind her ears. She smiled. "Welcome back to the lands, protectress. I did not know there was another fortress on these lands. I only knew of my lord's palace. She lowered her hand from her hair, revealing two marks on the curve of her neck, where it met her shoulder. They were spaced out to to have been the canines of another creature. Someone had bitten her. This girl was marked. She seemed not to realize that her own body as marred by anything for she kept talking. "Would you like to come sit with me?" She indicated a spot of grass. The forest and meadow had begun to come more alive when she had moved into the house. More animals came. The trees now sported a few leaves.

She sat int he soft, tufted grass. her feet were folded beneath her body in a perfect posture. This child, looking no more than sixteen, was of royal birth. her short, silvery locks fell into her face again. They were so silky, so soft that they refused to sit in place. she tilted her head down, staring into the grass as a tiny lizard came and curled onto her lap. She stroked his cold, scaly body. It felt so cold. She picked it up, it gratefully crawled into her top, resting against her breast. She placed a hand over the creature, lovingly.

[kardowin]

"Thanks," Kardowin sat by the girl." My fortress is usually hidden within the mist. If i try to get to it with out the proper key, I would only find my self back where I started from."

She looked at her, how she hated to introduce her self but then again it was always nice. "By the way my names Karodwin, I am known to manipulate any clouds and wind." She looked up into the sky, wondering of how Aiko was faring with Malko. Of course she would be well protected by him and he was really good at finding food, so why was she worrying? "The demon I peruse is a bantdit..."

This is not his fault if Kardowin had listened to him Kaskie she would not of got in the rough situation with the demon bandit. Out of all the people he had meet she was the most dense of all.

The demon bandit leader popped in to her head once again, ugly brute Kardowin thought, the best to describe him is a face and tail of a horse, ears of a wolf and body of a sickly green colored dragon. All she knew from what Kaiskie said was the demon had been really close of discovering the power of the thunder Crystal, the key. He must of figured it out or else he would of not lead her here, this troubled Kardowin he was the very demon whom wounded her but she would of killed him if he not had Kaskie. Kardowin looked back at the girl.

What was Kardowin thinking she needed to find that demon not to sit around all day.