The day love found me.
Author: Beth Brownell
Rating: M
Summary: A girl mysteriously drops into the past, can she find the strength to break her bonds with her family back home or will the handsome demon win her heart and make her give up her search.
Pairings: Sesshomaru/OFC
Author's Note: This story came from a dream that I had. I own any original characters not seen in the Anime or manga.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything from InuYasha, just the plotline of this story and the original characters. I do not make any money from the writing of this story, if I did, I would be one of the writers for the Anime or the Manga, which I am not.

The day love found me.

The door slammed once again as the angry male stormed down the hall. "This Sesshomaru will find the one; this Sesshomaru will want to be with, father! On my own! You don't have to shove it down this Sesshomaru's throat, that this Sesshomaru should have a bitch by this Sesshomaru's side and pups already!"

"Sesshomaru, come back here!" yelled the male voice from the room. "I am not done talking with you!"

The white haired demon stalked to his bedchambers and onto the balcony to gaze up at the full moon. "She is out there, waiting for this Sesshomaru to find her and this Sesshomaru will find her."

He decided to go out riding and headed for the stable to get his mount to ride into the night sky.

"I wish you would find someone to be with!" spoke a female voice over the cell phone.

"I know that mother! But you have hindered me at every bloody turn! I tried to find one and you refuse to permit me to do so! I will find him on my own! And when that day comes, mother, I will not be living in your home any longer!" I snapped as I closed my cell phone and turned it off. I glanced over at the reception that my sister in spirit was holding for their wedding. I quickly headed back to the party in my light purple silk kimono, I shoved my cell into my purse that I had stashed under my top as I went to where the sake was at and headed to the main table to pour more into the cups. I felt a rough but smooth hand on my chubby arm. I looked over to see my brother in law's brown eyes gazing up at me. "Its okay, Lucien, my mom is just being a bitch about my single status, even at my age." I just rolled my eyes at my mother's demands and yet once I get back into her home, she would retract whatever she said, thus preventing me from doing what I really want to do – finding a man to be with along with a job. "But even if I did find someone, who would love this fat, ugly woman."

"Sis, you are not ugly or fat." My sister stated. "There's just a lot more of you to love."

I knew she was trying to cheer me up with the comment, but I knew I was ugly and no man would ever consider me as anything special.

"I wish you were able to remain here in Winnipeg a bit longer, sis." Lucien said, as he looked at me, I could tell he felt sorry for me, even with the fine kimono his wife made for me, I still looked ugly and fat. "I'm sure one of my cousins here would like to get to know you."

I smiled at him as I filled his cup with sake. "Thanks, Lucien. I have only a day and two nights left before I head back to the states. It is not enough time for me to get into a relationship,"

"But it could be a long distance relationship, sis." He said.

"I know but he's out there, just waiting for me to find him. Who knows . . ." I started to say. "He might be searching for me."

"Why don't you go enjoy yourself and mingle with our guests, sis? Who knows you may find the one who might make you happy to get involved with." My sister said, as she looked at me.

I looked to the dance floor to see everyone mingling about talking instead of dancing. I sighed, "I'm not even in their age group, sis."

"Age is just a number, sis, go enjoy yourself before I call my cousin over and have him drag you into the mess and start introducing you to everyone." Lucien replied, as he started to stand up from his seat.

"Okay, fine. I'll go." I replied a bit annoyed, as I placed the bottle down next to him and started to walk towards the crowd. I noticed a tall male standing on the edge of the crowd, looking like he wanted to approach me but he didn't want to come any closer. He looked handsome from where I was. I could tell he had to be one of Lucien's attendants as he wore a red kimono with stripes of purple within it. I gave him a smile, to which I found that he returned as he started to approach but then halted as one of the other men bumped into me nearly making me fall. I knew when it happened my ankle strained itself. I looked away and then back to the gentleman to find he was gone. I shrugged and headed back to the main table. "Sis, I'm going to head back to the old man's place. I have my bus pass so I'll get there by the way of the bus."

"You know which bus to take?"

"Yeah, I know which one to grab." I stated, as I switched the foot I was putting the most weight on.

"I'll make sure that the kimono will get back to my place safely, sis." My sis said, as she looked at me as I shifted feet. "You sprained your ankle didn't you?"

"Yeah, when the man tripped into me, he caused me to strain it. I'm going to go and get my ankle in some water and ice before it swells up." I said, as I walked towards her mother to let her know that I was heading back to our friend's home, after I hugged her, I headed off to the bus stop.

It was not long after I left the view of the tent, I decided not to return to the old man's home but go to the Teepee of Light to calm my temper down since I felt calmer within the Teepee than anywhere else. I waited for the bus that would take me to that location in the city.

The 68 crescent pulled up to the bus stop, it would get me close if I remembered the routes correctly. Unlike my sis who lived in this city, I would probably never get use to the hundred some bus routes. It was a short trip and it dropped me off between the two bridges. I crossed the street and was going to go over the main street bridge when I remembered my sis had once taken me on a different path through the native holy grounds. It would be an upward climb but I'd be able to bypass most of the commercial buildings that were the Forks. Besides the old rail bridge would take me to where the two rivers' met - the Assinaboine and the Red. I gritted my teeth with my ankle wanting to swell, I should have just gone back to the old man's but I wanted to go the teepee of light, and the night was clear so I could see the constellations from the inner circle.

I smiled as I approached its somber stage. I could see that there was no one there for a change. I reveled in the silence as I hobbled down to the inner circle. I looked for the stars before I sat down on one of the monuments which spoke about the star I was looking at. I shook my head. 'I wish I was able to break free from her hold on me. I just wish I could.'

I took a deep breath, with the mess my life was in it was nice to stand below them and try to forget. What power did I have to change it, the harder I fought the more I lost, like loosing a small part of myself every time she threw my dreams into the ground.

"It's a quiet night tonight, especially with the full moon." A young native man said with his long ebon hair braided back but complementing his bronzed skin. He seemed to be wearing a raven shawl over his everyday clothing.
I made a polite nod, sis had told me not to react badly to the natives here because even a good one could take a bad reaction the wrong way.
"What brings you to these sacred grounds? I saw you take the path though the holy grounds."
"I didn't mean any disrespect. I just took that route to help clear my mind and try to forget myself among the starry night."
He took a seat on one of the information plaques. "At this hour it must be something pretty bad to want to forget it. But forgetting won't change anything when the sun rises. You're just one voice in the rolling wind of voices and spirits."

"You don't understand," I stated.

"I probably don't. The passage of time is different for everyone. Only the great spirits really know anything."

I looked at him. I just shook my head as I took to sitting in front of one of the plaques. "They are probably laughing at me with how rotten my life is."

"Probably, I never said the great spirits had any taste in what they do. Besides it's not like you could bargain with them, what would you offer to them just for a chance?"

"What do you mean for a chance," I stated. "A chance for what?"

"A chance to peck away at your chains, even when trapped in a hunter's trap a wolf does not hesitate to chew off its own leg to be free."

"How do I peck away at my chains?" I asked, as I looked at my body searching for any chains that could be on my person only to find none. "And what chains do I have?"

The young native man pointed to his chest. "The worst kind, the ones you can't see. No one is perfect, but many are blind, deaf and without a voice of their own. Prisoners to the world they live in."

"Or more like a prisoner to someone who lets you have very little freedom and when you try to get more, they yank you back and keep you close to them." I stated.

"So are you saying you are lacking the strength? Or the will?"

I looked up at him and nodded silently before I lowered my head and started to show my own emotions. I wiped my tears from my face. "I'm sorry but I must seem to look like a pathetic human who cannot even escape from her family."

"That seem to be exactly it, you're a pathetic excuse for a human, you don't fit or belong anywhere, you are probably a burden to everyone around you, and can't stand up for yourself." he sighed as he stood up and took a deep breath. "Fine, let's play a game." he said as he held out what looked like a water pouch. "The herbal drink will help break those chains, but it comes with a price. You must give up your humanity." he grinned darkly. "Are you game?"

I stood up and took a few steps towards him accepting the water pouch from his hand. "I am not a burden," and I poured the liquid into my mouth and started to swallow its bitter tasting liquid.

"Good. Go to the old rail bridge and finish the drink there under the light of the stars and the moon, give the last few drops to the great river spirits. Leave by the holy grounds if you truly wish to surrender your humanity, leave by this man made area and face the world without restraint. Just remember it won't break your chains unless you give up your humanity along with your soul."
I looked up at him; it was the first time he had mentioned that other part. "Who are you?"
He smiled darkly before walking away. "Some call me Master Raven," he said over his shoulder before the night wrapped him up in it's embrace.

I went to the old rail bridge the way he told me. There I stood under the light of the stars and finished the drink, leaving only about ten to twenty drops of the liquid within the container. "This is for you great river spirits, per the request of Master Raven." And I turned the container upside down as the drops fell from it.

It was at that moment that I felt pain in my stomach and it seemed to grow outwards towards my entire body. I cried out in pain as the waves of pain made the world start to spin.

I didn't know where I was heading as I walked. I looked at the holy ground and the man made area. I felt my feet make the choice as they took to the path leading to the holy ground. I took several steps into the path of the holy ground as the spinning world grew worse as I felt myself go limp as I fell towards the ground, darkness overcame me. And I heard a voice speak out to me, "Now you are free to be who you really are."

When I came to, my head ached as did my whole body. I could smell grass and leaves along with the normal smells that belonged to a forest. I looked around and I could tell I was in a forest but I was not sure how I got to this spot. I walked towards where I had been coming from I figure I would head back to the old man's place, when I came to where I should be at the road, I was still in the forest. I figured that I got turned around and headed for the way I came.

It took me a while but I finally reached a small river. I decided to follow it to the bridge and then go to the street and get on the bus. I reached into my kimono to get my cell phone and my purse only to find that both were gone. "Great, just fucking great, I lost my phone here." I complained heavily about losing it. I kept walking till I noticed that Winnipeg had become a small village. I approached the wooden bridge and started to walk across it but something in the back of my mind told me this was not Winnipeg as there was only one wooden bridge that I knew of.
As soon as I stepped off of the bridge, I was bombarded with stones and other items. The villagers were yelling, "Inu-yokai!"

I knew what the word meant – dog demon in Japanese and the one other thing I realized I knew how to understand Japanese. "But I'm not!" I started to cry out, raising my hand up to stop them when I noticed that I had claws. 'Don't just stand there, bitch, run!'

Trying to calm them down was useless as they were now throwing spears in my direction, one had barely missed me. I turned and fled into the forest again with them hot on my tail. I ran as fast as I could. I hoped that I could get away from the angry villagers. I hoped for a miracle that I could flee from them before one of their weapons hit me as I knew I was in a great deal of danger in a world I knew nothing about. I had no support system here, I was now totally on my own, something that I had always wanted to do, but being transported into the past and changed from my human form to a dog demon was not what I had in mind.

The next chapter is coming.