A/N:
I have decided to rewrite the first chapter to this story.
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"Someday, you'll miss me like I missed you. Someday, you'll need me like I needed you. Someday you'll love me, but I won't love you."
~Unknown
A tall, handsome figure turned to take his leave. His long silver hair dancing gentley through the wind. His emotionless golden eyes softened, as well as his heart. But his stoic expression did not hint the joy and happiness he held to find his human ward alive once more. An unspoken happiness shattered by his mother's cool and sharp voice.
"Sesshōmaru," the beautiful and cruel female daiyōkai. "I have heard word of an arrival from the continent, a daiyōkai as well."
The demon lord turned to face his mother. "And what of it?" He spoke in his usual monotone. "I shall deal with the pest once my business with that coward is over."
His mother sighed. He truly has inherited his father's stubborn nature, she thought. "Sesshōmaru, I am not talking about any daiyōkai," Her voice low, carrying a warning. "I speak of her."
Sesshōmaru froze mid-turn. His body tensing, causing his companions to turn towards him with questioning eyes. He did not notice however, far too absorbed in deciphering his mother's words.
Was she really here?
She hadn't been seen or heard from for a little over two hundred years.
She had chosen now to make her reappearance?
It infuriated him beyond comprehension. Words could not describe the fathomless anger he now felt.
"Master Jaken," the small and newly resurrected human girl turned towards the toad-like imp. "What's wrong with Lord Sesshōmaru?"
The imp, Jaken, sighed. "I do not know," He breathed out worriedly. "I have not seen his composure so easily broken and his emotions revealed freely as they are now."
"Master Jaken," the young yōkai tajiya whispered to the two. "Even I—who has not even spent a week with you—is surprised to see him so…disturbed." He whispered quietly, not wanting to anger the already perturbed demon.
"Are you saying that wench is choosing now to make her unneeded appearance?" He growled out. His golden eyes swirled with untamed anger .
"Apparently," his mother went on, ignoring her son entirely. "An idiotic hanyō had the audacity to ask her to become his 'empress' and when she refused… I believe the proper word to describe his fit afterwards was that he was 'bitching'."
"And why do you believe that this information has some importanve to me?"
"He's annoyed."
"You're correct on that statement, Kohaku." Jaken replied to the young boy's comment.
"Lord Akito has informed me that his precious niece arrived not three days ago." His mother informed him. "There is a possibility—though slim, the hanyō she speaks of is the very hanyō you hunt, Naraku I believe." She continued, non-chatantly.
"Who do you think they're speaking of?" Rin asked both Kohaku and Jaken who both shrugged their shoulders in reply.
"It must be the female daiyōkai they refuse to call by name and refer to as 'she'." Jaken answered.
As soon as the words had left his beak, Sesshōmaru had turned fully. His golden eyes blazing with emotion hidden behind his eyelids, his face a mask of calm.
"I suppose mother, you would ask of me to help defend her honour?" He scoffed. "She is a daiyōkai, she—the Shi no Tenshi, is more then capable of upholding her honour."
Kohaku let out an audible gasp at the mention of the title. Both Jaken and Rin turned to their new companion in wonder and curiousity.
Lady Inukimi let out a sigh of her own. "I am not asking of you to aid her in any such task. I simply am warning you that she might make herself known in these lands." She said. "We both know she takes matters such as these rather too seriously and goes to great lengths to repay her oppreser."
"Huh," was all that Sessōmaru said.
"She is much like you in that sense." His mother added, he froze. A rare smile gracing his cold features.
His silver hair fell and hid his own eyes from view, his smile still in place. "I suppose." He said, continuing his descent down the stone staircase before him.
His company following obediantly and silently behind him. Nervous shivers running through his companions at the smile that appeared on his face, usually due to sadistic and violent thoughts. Fear ran through the less innocent of the three, Jaken's blood turning into ice.
~Angel of Death~
Lady Inukimi sat down upon her futon once more, resting her temple against the tips of her claws. A smile on her youthful features.
The sliding door behind her slid open silently. Another female stepping out from the shadows. "Inukimi," they said. "Was it really necessary for you to tease him like that?" They asked rather annoyed.
"Not really," The demoness laughed. "But we both know he'll be a tad more aggresive in his search for that hanyō. Afterall," she turned to face the younger demoness. "He does care for you."
"Not as much as that human girl." The other demoness retorted, her doll-like features twisting into a scowl. Her pale green eyes bright and filled with annoyance, shimmered with jealousy.
Inukimi laughed once more, her golden eyes holding amusement. "Is the great Shi no Tenshi jealous of a mere mortal?" She teased.
"Of course not," the younger replied hastily, scoffing. "He is being hypocritical—he often berated me for my protectiveness and love for humans and yet he travels with them."
"Do not fear Tenshi," Inukimi assured. "No mortal could ever compare to your beauty."
The demoness averted her eyes, turning away from her elder.
Nothing she had said was wrong, she was beautiful. At least in comparison to humans. All powerful female demons were unwordly beautiful in the eyes' of men.
She fingered her pale, snow white hair that fell freely in subtle waves down her figure, ending at her narrow hips. Her eyes sparking with an unknown emotion. Unlike Sesshōmaru and Inukimi, her eyes were green, the colour of spring grass, only several shades lighter. She resembled and yet did not the other yōkai. She had the fair skin and balanced, striking featiures that all daiyōkai had. But her stony features had a certain softness to them, almost making her appear more human. Her face was not adorned with any demonic markings of any sort as well.
Facing Inukimi once more, she smiled. "Thank you for your hospitality my lady, but I should be off." She said calmly, adjusting the red sash that adorned her waist.
Inukimi frowned in response, cocking her head to the side. "Stay Tenshi, he will catch your scent if you are too leave as of now." She reasoned.
"Inukimi," Tenshi whined, "but I want to go." She said sounding rather childish for one of her age.
"Tenshi," Inukimi chastised.
"I suppose another day or so wouldn't cause any intended harm." Tenshi gave in, not wanting to sadden the peeron she regarded as a second mother.
"Good," The elder of the two smiled. "We must make certain that he is unaware of your prescense and my partaking in your journey. Therefore, you must mask your scent and wait for him to be at least a three days away from here."
"But prolonging this might lead to failure." Tenshi stressed, shutting her eyes tightly.
Inukimi uncharacteristically rolled her eyes. "Tenshi," she chided once more. "Shut your mouth."
A/N:
If any of you are wondering why I have writtten the first chapter over, I had reread my work. I found it poor in quality, so like the perfectionist I am, I decided to write it in this way, introducing Sesshōmaru first as he is a main character in this story.