Chapter 1:
He was the most powerful demon in the west. His own kingdom, palace, heir to his kingdom, no one would think that this all powerful being was lonely. He was no longer with his son's mother. He had actually given the castle to his ex-love. With all of the possessions gone from his life, the young ruler was still feared by all across the western lands. And he used that fear to do as he pleased. He was young, mean, and strong; with that power he would attack anyone and anything as he so pleased. It was like his life really had no meaning; that he was like any other creature; he lived: ate: breathed and in the end died like everything else in the world. When he came running to attack, the villagers would scream his name in terror: Inutaisho.
Inutaisho, just like his family heritage as rulers of the west, was a force to be feared. He would attack the weak, not because they had done him wrong, but because he felt like his life was nothing; that there couldn't be anything that could ever make him happy.
He didn't seem to have a heart, or that it was a cold soul in place of where the soul should have been.
Standing on the ledge of a tall cliff, he overlooked the entire west. His arms were folded across his chest as the wind pushed his silver hair, which was pulled back into a ponytail and hung long on his back; White kimono sleeves flowing with the wind too. His eyes were a scary cold glare, gold like the harvest moon.
His eyes were glued on a specific household. Not far from his own domain was another mansion; A human one to be exact. It was not in his territory, but close enough to the borderline that Inutaisho believed his kingdom was going to be overrun by humans. His lip quivered with a small snarl as one of his fangs was showing.
Soldiers had been stationed on every side of the wall; the wall which served as a protective barrier for its owner. However, Inutaisho was no fool. He knew it was an easiest enough task to take out the whole mansion within minutes. He watched the humans walk back and forth, their spears and armor clanking together. He was getting kind of tired of watching and wanted a little action.
Taking a leap, he skidded down the rocky edge of the cliff to the forest floor. Hitting the ground, he continued to run, as the gates of the mansion came into sight just a mere half of a mile away.
A scream, which echoed not too far from where he was, caused the great lord to come to a screeching halt. It sounded like a child, a human child. He turned his head and sniffed towards one side of the forest. He had caught the whiff of two scents that were moving at top speed away from the castle. One smelled of old demon blood, while the other had a sweet smell. Almost like a soft flower newly bloomed. He liked that scent, and was now curious.
He ran towards the scent now. He was obviously the fastest of the three and sure enough he came upon a demon. Under the right arm of the demon was a child. She looked to be around the age of twelve or thirteen. Her jet black hair was so long that it was the length of her back down to her lower waist line. Her kimono was the color of springtime, and obviously expensive looking. But the most important thing that he noticed was the flower smell. It was the human girl that was giving off that scent.
The demon that was holding her, on the other hand, seemed to be in a bad mood that Inutaisho was there to ruin his lunch.
"Out of my way" the demon's voiced bellowed, it was a low pitched vocal. The human had been knocked out unconscious, so the demon had set her onto the ground. The demon must have not been in the right frame of mind, since it was going up against Inutaisho: the most powerful demon on that side of the region.
The demon had taken the lunge at him, and it was over in a split second. With the creature dead, Inutaisho walked over to the package (kid) which the demon had taken. It would have been less of a hassle if he had just let the girl there and walked away; but the scent was too invigorating for him to even think about taking a step away.
He turned her onto her back. She was just starting to wake up from the blackout. His golden eyes met with her soft brown ones. It was like this human girl had struck something inside of the demon lord's chest, making him feel weird. The girl was going to say something, but the moment was interrupted when a few of the guards had come running out of the woods. They had surrounded him and the girl.
"Release lady Izayoi you monster!" The captain bellowed as the men came closer and closer, their pointed tipped spears coming at Inutaisho. He tsked as he leapt into the air and into the tree tops.
"You men go after him!" the captain said pointing to half of the squad who had come after them. He then turned to the girl and helped her to her feet.
"My lady have you been hurt? Had that demon done vile things to you?" the man said getting onto one knee. Inutaisho was right there to see the scene take place. He watched from up in the tree. He now knew that the sweet smelling girls name was.
"No, I am alright" Izayoi said to the captain. "The demon that ran…well he saved me" she said trying to explain her situation to him. He wasn't listening to her.
"My lady, you are the heir to the house, please stay within our sight" he said as he told the remaining guards to take her back to the mansion. Inutaisho, from up in the trees, noticed that they were leading the girl back to the mansion that he was originally going to destroy. This turned things around for him. He no longer felt an urge to destroy things, or any of the sorts. All he wanted to do was leave, head back to his own domain where he belonged.
Only about a year and three seasons had passed since he 'helped' the lady Izayoi. The winter snow was falling and the ground was filled with the bitter cold, frozen, drops of water. Inutaisho was on the cliff like he normally was. Even though he had tried not to think about the lady in the mansion, there was a strange pull at his heart that made him connected to the house. He looked down upon it from the cliff, the rising moon in the sky as the night began to fall on the frozen land. Lanterns had lit the inside of the house, as the figure of a person had appeared in one of the windows.
From inside of the mansion Izayoi was looking out of the window. All of that time had passed and she still could not get the picture of the handsome demon out from her head. His golden expression, and snow white hair. She let out a soft sigh as she looked towards the trees and cliffs. After all of that time she was unable to forget the events of so long ago. There was a voice that had startled her from behind.
"I believe you need your rest my lady" the voice of a man said. From the flicker of the torched flames in the hall, the man was on one knee with his head bowed. He dared not look into her chambers.
"I am fine Takemaru, you need not worry so much," Izayoi said to her night guard. Takemaru had come to the house only three seasons ago. Since the death of the old master, Izayoi was now the head of the household, and as such Takemaru was determined to not let any harm come to her. The first time he had laid his eyes on her, he was in love. But he knew the difference between his feelings and his duty since she was still young in age. Takemaru was young as well. He was only a few years older than Izayoi, so he felt as if he would be the closest person to her. He thought it must have been hard on the young ruler to have inherited so much sadness.
"I see, please excuse me then my lady," He said to her as he rose from his position and left down the long hall.
Izayoi was in her bed. She had taken one last look out the window before she blew the flame from beside her bed and laid down to sleep.
From up on the cliff, Inutaisho saw the last flame of the house retire and the only flames still lit were the ones that were placed around the house to protect its ruler. He didn't think twice; Izayoi's scent had been caught with the wind and he had caught a whiff of it. He charged down the ledge and to the mansion.
He had successfully snuck past the guards and made his way over the wall. As skilled as he was, he came to eh window he saw the person in. the same smell of flowers lifted his senses and he looked into the room. There she was. The girl from not that long ago, her breathing long and soft. Her hair lay smoothly on the white cot.
He dared not enter the room. He leaned on the window as he watched her sleep. He couldn't help but just watch her. He had never had the feeling of actual kindness of love come from within him ever. He didn't even know what love meant. What he was seeing and what he was feeling, it was all warm and comforting inside.
He wasn't there for long until he heard the metal boots of one of the guards heading towards him. He actually pushed back the curtain to the bed chamber and hopped inside of the room. Ducking, he waited in slight hesitation until the man had passed. He looked back to the right of him. And there, sitting straight up with her eyes wide was Izayoi. His sudden movements had woken her up.
She opened her mouth, unknowing if she was going to scream or anything, Inutaisho froze in his place as well. The two looking into one another's eyes, hesitation befalling the both of them. Neither able to move or speak.
i like how the story is turning out. I know this story has probably been used a lot, but here was my interpritation on how the two met and everything. i am sooo updating this story since i reall ylike it a lot. please remember to leave review's since i like reading what the readers have to say about my stories.!
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