Hengeyoukai Neko Ranma (New Title!)
A Ranma 1/2 and Inu Yasha Crossover

Disclaimer: I own none of the characters in this story. This is a work 
of fanfiction, which means I get to play god and change the characters 
around as I see fit.  HA HA HA!  

Chapter 2:  A New Player

	Ranma scratched behind his ear nervously as he stood before 
Sesshomaru.  'I wish he'd quit staring at me, it's creeping me out.'

	Sesshomaru continued to watch the juvenile cat youkai as it stood
in front of him.  The youkai had introduced itself and had even bowed 
to him, but Sesshomaru was still wary of his presence so close to his 
lands.  Jaken stood by his master's side, the staff of heads ready if 
he needed to protect his master.

	However one person who wasn't unnerved by Ranma's presence ran 
up to said cat youkai and introduced herself.  "Hi I'm Rin.  
Sesshomaru-sama said I could keep you." she said with a happy grin on 
her face.

	"Keep me?" Ranma asked a little ticked at his being referred to 
as a pet.  "I'm sorrrry to tell you this girl, but I'm not a pet." He 
said as he crossed his arms.

	Rin's eyes started to water as the cat demon seemed to yell at 
her.  "But Sesshomaru-sama said.." she trailed off as she started to 
sniff and sob.

	"Hey come on now don't crrry." Ranma said as he waved his arms
frantically in an attempt to calm the girl down.  "I wasn't trrrying
to be mean to you.  I was just pointing that I'm not a pet but a 
perrrson." He then looked down at himself and touched his fur. "Orrr a 
thing.  But definitely not a pet.  My names Rrranma and you said yours
is Rrrin, would you like to be friends?" he asked as he held out a fur
covered hand for her to shake.

	Rin, overjoyed that he was not mad at her was eager to gain a new
friend.  When she tried to grab his hand Sesshomaru stopped her.

	"I advise against this Rin.  I do not trust these...creatures."
Sesshomaru spat out with disgust.  "Although on your own I would not 
care who you kept in your company, however as long as you are in mine 
you are not allowed to familiarize yourself with *that*."

	Ranma literally bristled at the tone in which the man was 
assessing him with.  'Why that girly-looking-dog-thing!  How dare he
judge me as if I was a piece of garbage!' he thought angrily.  He was 
about to open his mouth to give the dog-person a piece of his mind when 
he saw something move out of the corner of his eye.  "Who's there?" he 
called out as he swiped a hand in the direction where he had seen the 
movement.  He had  just meant to point in the movements direction but he 
unknowingly triggered something in his claws allowing them to shoot out 
of his fingertips and toward where he was gesturing.

	Ranma looked at his fingertips in amazement as he saw the nails
already start to grow back.  'That's pretty cool.' he thought to 
himself in amazement.  'This Neko Ken is really powerful.'

	Something let out a small scream of surprise and fell out of the 
tree where Ranma had pointed his hand.  Sesshomaru walked up to the 
downed creature and snorted.  "It's you again."

	Kagura was not having a good day.  What was supposed to be the 
seemingly simple task of killing Sesshomaru with an ambush had turned
into a disaster.  Not only did he not die, it seemed he had another 
youkai working with him.  She continued to watch the interaction 
between the two youkai and the human girl and smirked to herself when 
she realised that they obviously weren't working together.

	Her mistake was leaning her back against the trees trunk which 
caused some leaves to rustle around her.  She heard the demon shout out
and was about to flee when she felt 5 sharp pains shoot through her 
body.  Startled she cried out, lost her balance and fell from her 
perch. She blinked as she found herself staring into the golden eyes of 
her prey.

	"So that's why I couldn't smell the Oni.  You were controlling 
the direction of the wind." he said with a small smirk on his face.

	At this point Ranma had noticed that someone had fallen from the 
tree and found that it had been a woman.  'Oh crap.  Pops would kill me
if he found out about this.'  One of the most important rule of a 
Martial Artist is to protect the weak, and since women were weak they
were to be protected as well.  He quickly walked over to the woman and
prepared to apologize.
	
	Kagura was wishing that she could get the feeling back in her 
arms and legs so she could smack the smirk off of Sesshomaru's face.
She turned her head in an attempt to ignore him and found herself focused 
on the young, but obviously quite powerful, cat youkai that was coming
toward her.  She was totally unprepared for what happened next.

	She watched in confusion as the cat youkai came over to her and 
started sputtering out apologies.  Said youkai was scratching behind 
one of his ears with a guilty look on his face as he did so.  When he
stooped over she involuntarily flinched in a mix of fear and surprise
as she felt him pull out five nails from her arm, legs and side.

	"I'm so sorrrry." Ranma said apologetically as he bowed to 
Kagura.  "I didn't even know I could do that." he continued as he bent
over her and removed the nails from her body.

	Sesshomaru watched all of this with a look of anger upon his 
face.  'What the hell is that brat doing?' When he saw that Kagura was
able to move he swung his arm at the other youkai and placed his foot
upon Kaguras chest, squeezing the air from her lungs.

	"Hey you shouldn't do that to a girrrl!" he heard a voice say 
from his right.  He turned to glare at the arrogant upstart who would 
dare raise their voice against him and found himself face to face with 
Ranma as the cat demon stood crouched on his outstretched arm.

	'How is he doing that, I don't even feel his weight?' he thought 
to himself before putting his arm down, allowing Ranma to jump off and 
land in front of him.  "What do you think you are doing?" he asked 
Ranma, coldly.

	"What do you think you'rrre doing?" Ranma asked back in anger.

	"I am taking care of a pest." Sesshomaru stated as he applied 
more pressure to Kagura's sternum, causing her to gasp for breath.

	Ranma snarled in anger as he kicked at Sesshomaru's foot causing
him to step off of Kagura.  Sesshomaru seethed as he watched Ranma help
Kagura to her feet.  "A trrrue man does not pick on the weak!" he 
snarled as he supported Kagura on his arm.   He then cocked his eyebrow
as a smirk appeared on his face.  "Or am I rrright and you not only 
look feminine but arrre a female?"

	Sesshomaru growled in anger and was about to unleash some 
*masculine* justice upon some very deserving youkai ass.  However he 
didn't even have to lift a finger.

	"I AM NOT WEAK!" yelled Kagura as she pushed out of Ranma's hold 
and fired three wind blades at him.  He was able to dodge the first two
but the last one nicked his left side, effectively knocking him to the 
ground.  Kagura used the time to board her giant leaf and float up out 
of their reach.  "Know this brat, I don't need anyone's help! 
Especially yours!  However you do show courage, especially with that 
feminine crack."  She said with s smile.  "I'll spare your life for 
now." and then she turned toward a frowning Sesshomaru.  "And I'll 
deal with you later beautiful." she said as she flew away.

	Sesshomaru grinned at the foolish youkai on the floor.  'I guess
that proves he's not working for Naraku.  But I still do not trust 
him.'  He walked up to Ranma and held him up by his hair.  "Nice going
cub.  The woman you just let escape was the one who was controlling 
that Oni." He then let go of Ranma's hair and punched him in the face,
knocking him out.  "And that's for the feminine crack."

	Rin walked over to the unconscious form of Ranma and held his 
head in her lap as she looked up at Sesshomaru.

	Sesshomaru sighed as he could see the anger and hurt in her eyes.
"It is better if he is unconscious.  He won't be in pain and it will be 
easier to treat his wound." he said gruffly as he walked away with a 
sputtering Jaken at his heels.  "There is a river near the camp."

	Rin smiled as she heard the reasons behind Sesshomaru's violent
treatment of her new friend.  She tried carrying him back to their camp 
but was unsuccessful due to his weight.  She sighed as she saw that 
Sesshomaru had already gone on ahead of her and was no doubt already
back at the camp.  She continued to half drag Ranma's body back to the
camp with a smile on her face, happy that she had made a new friend.

---------------------------At the Campsiite---------------------------

	"Sesshomaru-sama why did you let that filthy beast live.!" Jaken
had spoken up angrily when he had finally caught up with his master.
"Not only did it dare question your decisions it even insulted you and
allowed that vile demoness to escape.  I tell you it's all the fault of 
that human brat.  She is affecting your judgement Sesshomaru-sama.  We
should just leave them in a pit somewhere and be rid of both 
nuisances."  When no answer to his opinion seemed to be forthcoming he 
looked up at the face of his master and found him with a contemplative
look on his face.

	'For a juvenile he seems to be very strong yet not totally aware 
of his powers.  How can this be?'  Sesshomaru thought as he leaned 
against a tree across from Jaken.  "I have decided to let Rin keep the
cat youkai for now."

	Jaken's jaw dropped to the floor as he heard his master speak.
"But..Sesshomaru-sama...is that wise?" 

	"Do you dare to question my orders Jaken?" 

	"No of course not Sesshomaru-sama! I would never question your
orders Sesshomaru-sama.  I am so sorry and will never do anything of
the kind ever again Sesshomaru-sama."

	Sesshomaru rolled his eyes as he tuned out his retainers useless
babbling.  He turned to the two headed horse-oni that served as his 
steed.  "Go to Rin and bring her and her *pet* back."  He said with a
smile as the demon ran off in the direction they had just come from.  
He then closed his eyes and rested, contemplating what kind of torture
he would put Kagura through when he met up with her again.

--------------------------------In the FForest--------------------------

	Rin struggled and grit her teeth as she tried to carry Ranma.  
However all she was really doing was dragging him along the forest
floor.  A trail of blood that went about 20 feet back was how far 
Rin had gone in the 15 minutes she had been struggling with the cat-boy.
She then heard a neighing sound and saw an oni racing at her from out
of the bushes.  Before she could say anything Ranma was awake and at 
her side in an instant, growling at the Oni.  Right when he was about
to pounce on the creature Rin tackled him to the ground.  

	"No stop! Don't hurt them!" she cried as she hugged Ranma's 
middle as he thrashed around her, trying to get up.  She let go of 
Ranma and ran to the Oni and stroked it's mane.  "See they won't hurt
you.  Ah and Un are also Rin's friends." she said with a smile.

	"That thing is your frriend?" Ranma asked hesitantly as he stared
at the double-headed cross of a horse and a reptile.  He watched Rin 
nod happily as she continued stroking it's mane and he could've been
wrong but he could have sworn the creature was smiling at her.  He was
about to walk over to her when he felt a massive pain in his side and
fell to the floor clutching his open wound.    

	Rin ran to his side and helped him up.  "Are you okay?" 

	"I've been betterrr." he responded with a small smile and then 
winced when another shock of pain ran through his body.  "I need some
bandages though."

	"There's a river near our camp.  We can wash out your wound and 
make a bandage for you there." she said as she guided him onto the back
of the two-headed oni. "And by the way I would like to be your friend
Ranma." she said with a smile as she held onto Ah's head and guided 
them back to the camp.

	Ranma smiled as he laid his head down on the Oni's back.  "Thanks
a lot.  That makes two frrriends in ten years." 

	"Where are you from?" Rin asked as she guided them through the 
woods.  

	"Tokyo." he answered as he looked toward her.  "How about you, 
where are you from?"

	Rin looked down as she answered his question.  "I don't remember.
I would just go from town to town and take care of myself.  I don't 
remember my parents and I never had any friends until I met Sesshomaru-
sama and Jaken." she finished with a large smile.  "We travel together 
now."

	"Oh.  My life was similar to yourrrs, except I was with my pop.
We trraveled all overrr the world learning Marrtial Arrrts Techniques
so I could be as good as my pop."

	"And where's your father?"

	Ranma face fell as he answered her question.  "We werrre split
up.  He was killed while I was practicing a new technique."

	Rin stopped and turned to the cat-boy perched on the beasts
shoulders.  "I'm sorry I didn't know.  But I know how you feel.  I lost
my parents too.  But Sesshomaru-sama is caring for me now and I've never
been better."

	Ranma chuckled as he watched the girl.  "So you rrreally like the
female looking dog-man?"

	"He helped me out when no one else would.  He was a lifesaver.  
If not for him I probably would have been dead by now." She said sadly.

	"I'm sure that's not true.  I'm sure therrre's plenty of people 
who would want to take carrre of a cute girrrl like you." He said with
a smile.

	Rin blushed a little as she looked back at the road.  "I doubt 
it.  The villagers beat me whenever I tired to get food to eat.  I 
lived by myself in a little shack on a hill.  There was nothing for me."

	"Oh, well now you have something besides Sesshomaru to help you
out in life."  Ranma said with a smile as he slid of the demons back
and stood in front of her and bowed.   "On my honorrr as a Saotome, a 
student of Anything Goes Marrrtial Arts, and as yourr frriend I prromise 
to protect you till my last brrreath."

	Rin blushed at his oath and then a small smile came to her face.
"I will hold you to that, friend, but first." she pushed Ranma till he
fell into the river behind him.  "You need to wash out that wound so 
you won't die on me too quickly."

	Ranma sputtered and hacked as he broke the surface of the water.
He spit out a spray of water and shook his fur.  "Cat's do not like 
waterrr."

	Rin giggled as Ranma stepped out of the river looking like, well
like a wet cat.  He shook his body in an attempt to get the water off
of him and then winced painfully as he remembered just why he had been 
thrown in.  Rin recovered from her giggles and ripped a part of her dress
off to make a makeshift bandage for Ranma's side.  "That should be fine
until we get to the camp.  Then I'll make a better one."

	Ranma frowned as he realized who else would be there.  "Arrre 
you surrre brrringing me to the camp is wise?  I don't think your 
guarrrdian likes me verrry much."

	"Sesshomaru-sama is not so bad once you get used to him.  He's
just a bit cranky about his brother."

	"His brother?"

	"Yeah I don't know the whole story but it seems that his brother,
Inu Yasha, has a sword that belongs to Sesshomaru-sama.  It was an
heirloom from his father, I think."

	"Oh, so they'rrre fighting over a toy then."

	"The Tetsusaiga is not a mere toy." a voice from behind him said.

	Rin ran towards Sesshomaru as he stepped out from behind the 
trees.  "Ranma is my friend you said he could stay right." she said with 
a small pout.

	Sesshomaru sneered as he looked at the cat-demon.  "Just make sure 
that thing stays out of my sight." he then turned around and left.

	Rin gave off a small sigh as she turned back to Ranma.  "I'm sorry
he takes a little getting used to."
	
	"That's okay." he said as he waved it off. "I would like him to 
just give me a chance though."

	Rin smiled as she got an idea.  "I know how you could get on 
Sesshomaru-sama's good side." She said with a smile.

	"Rrrealy how?" he asked in honest curiosity.

	"Get the Tetsusaiga."

------------------------------Naraku's CCastle------------------------------

	Kagura walked into Naraku's room extremely upset.  'How dare that 
little brat call me weak! When I see him again I'm going to make him cat 
chow.'  She reigned in her emotions as she stood before Naraku and tried
hard to hide the disdain in her voice.  "We have a problem."

	Naraku looked up at her as he held the Shikon shards in his hands,
constantly moving them through his fingers.  "Oh, do we?"

	"It seems Sesshomaru has a new ally.  A juvenile Cat-youkai."

	Naraku looked up in surprise at his 'daughter' and smiled in 
surprise.  "Hmph, he must be getting desperate for company.  First a human
girl and now a young cat youkai." He smirked and then looked up at Kagura
"I take it then, that you failed again."   

	"That little bastard has a lot of power in him.  I believe him to 
be even more powerful than other cat-youkai that I have seen and he could
be no older than 10 summers."

	"Hmmm...he could be a useful new pawn for me.  Delay the kidnapping
of the girl and watch the boy.  I want to see exactly what he's planning."

	Kagura scowled as she addressed him once more.  "That will be hard."

	"Oh what do you mean by that?"

	"He knew where I was when I was over 150 meters away and I was 
upwind."  She then gestured to the puncture marks in her arms and legs.
"He also has dead on aim and can go through any wind shield I put up."

	"Well then I guess you're going to be full of holes the next time
I see you.  Now get out of my sight."

	Kagura growled as she stomped away from Naraku.  'That bastard! I 
can't wait to cut him to pieces.'

	Naraku smiled as he watched Kagura leave.  'Temper, temper.'  He 
then turned to the shadows.  "Do you know who she's talking about?"

	"I do not know anyone in ourrr prrride with those skills." said a 
voice coming from the darkness.

	"I want you to follow her and gather as much information as you can
on this boy."

	"Yes Naraku-sama."

	Naraku then leaned back on the wall and smiled as he fiddled with the
shards in his hands.  'There's always more than one way to skin a cat.'

END Chapter 2

Okay a lot of people were asking for me to get the next chapter of this story 
out so here it is.  The next thing I'll be working on is chapter 1 of the 
sixty billion dollar bounty since it seems that a lot of peope have liked 
the prologue.  Oh and to all the Fluffy lovers out there I apologize for all
the Sesshomaru-bashing in this chapter.

Later