It was a dark cold night in which Sesshomaru's father The Great Dog Demon stood outwards the waters of the ocean. He was bleeding pretty badly from the his last fight of the dragon and it seemed he barely had the strength to stand up on his own. The waves of the ocean furiously rage among the shore as he stood there upon a full moon. The wind blew coldly and ambiguously, Sesshomaru stood there witnessing and waiting. What exactly was he waiting for?

"Sesshomaru" His father said after to what seemed years of silence. The young Daiyoukai listened as his head rose towards the direction of his father. "Do you have someone to protect?" At this the yokai's eyes widen in shock. Someone to protect? He, the full blooded demon of the west in need to protect someone weak than himself? Preposterous, of course not. The life cycle itself is of no need. Your ethier strong enough to protect yourself or you die. Those were the rules of the game of life and those were the rules he was sticking by to.

"I Sesshomaru am in no need to protect someone" The young demon noticed as his father sighed. To this Sesshomaru questioned, he was certain he had answered correctly.

In the great dog demon's mind he knew he had failed in raising his son, but there was no time for a father and son talk moment for he was running out of everything. Strength, power, time, patients, and perhaps even his new born that his beloved might come to born to. Making his final decision the great dog demon transformed and ran about his business. Sesshomaru witnessed his father's true form, but continued to ponder his father's question.

"Do you have someone to protect?" What did he mean? This made no sense! He, Sesshomaru had no one to protect! Did he have to? Those were the last of fatherly advise he had to give for Sesshomaru? He could just spit in his grave if there was a need to! Perhaps it was that human wench that had changed his father's mind. In this sudden thought Sesshomaru's blood began to boil, it was that terrain who changed his father? HIS father, The Great Dog Demon change his way of thinking over some filth of a terrain, roach, dirt he called humans. If his father's name was going to be at ruins, then so should that human! Sesshomaru swore to himself this, this ningen was going to pay dearly for brainwashing his father. In a satisfied thought Sesshomaru began his quest to look for his father's oh-so-mysterious lover.

With The Great Dog Demons lover (Long title! :o)

The young lady ran across her garden through the long bridge to the other side. Her house and everything she owned was burning, but most importantly, the up most thing that she cherished was still inside fighting was her beloved. He told her to run for safety, but what about him? He was called the Great Dog Demon, but that didn't mean he couldn't die! What was she to do if he died? What about his child? She looked around in her arms, there her baby continued to cry.

"The infants name is Inuyasha" Those were the last words she heard her beloved say before she started off to run as he instructed her. How was his life to be after the aftermath? What would she say to him about his father? Would she say anything at all? He had the right to know, but how would he react? Knowing that Inuyasha would be a hanyou. It just wasn't fair! Takemaru ruined everything! This wasn't supposed to happen! The young woman continued to run until she heard.

"Dragon Twister!" She turned back, she had to. That was her beloved's voice, her one true love and now he was gone. Gone forever never to return. Inuyasha's voice of cry regained her back to reality, she had to leave and make a new beginning even if it hurted her along the way. She to begin a new, not just for herself, but her baby as well. The questions remained in her head, where was she to go? Where was she to stay? And what about her baby? She looked down towards her infant with such a worried concern.

"Inuyasha, did I make a mistake?" The infant was quiet and quite asleep now. A small smile made it's way upon her face, he was such a beautiful baby, but what about his life? She wanted to cry right then and there this wasn't fair for him. The young woman walked and walked, but continued to ponder about everything and everyone. How would her child's life be now? Was it her fault that he was going to have a horrible life? To be shunned and be pushed away? Some many questions and so many little answers, but she knew she would know after some time. The black haired woman continued to walk holding her baby safe at hand with the robe her beloved gave him. She walked and walked until she came upon a small village, though at first she hesitated, but finally came up with the courage to walk among them. The first hut, she came upon the first hut and locked on it.

"Hello? Please is anyone in there?" She said with an up most desperate voice. It was starting to sun rise and she had been walking all night, tired, cold, and hungry.

"Yes how can I help you?" The young black haired woman saw that it was an elderly woman.

"I'm sorry to have bothered you at such a time, but please can I rest here for a little while?" The young woman begged any god that was up there in the sky that was watching over them to let the elderly woman comply in letting them stay.

"Why of course you can my dear" The young woman light up as bright as a candle.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" She said with much excitement.

"Yes, yes dear come in, come in before you catch a cold!"The elderly woman stated as she moved aside to let the younger one come in. "You can have a sit anywhere you want, I'll start on breakfast"

"Thank you"

"Of course dear I'm always glad to help, I'm Mizuno Byakuya" Mizuno said introducing herself.

"My name is Izayoi" Mizuno quickly turned around in shock.

"As in Lady Izayoi?" The young woman's eyes widen in dumbstruck, how did this elderly woman know who she was?

"H-how did you know who I was?" The elderly woman slowly walked towards Izayoi and bowed to the floor.

"Everyone knows the nice Lady of the castle in this village. My Lady this is your home if you wish to stay or not, but I do advise that you do for you carry an infant in your hands" Izayoi didn't know how to respond, everyone in this whole village knew who she was? Was she safe? Was this the village that would make her life easier for her and Inuyasha?

"I thank you for the offer and I will gladly take it" The young princess looked down towards her infant and smiled glistfully, she couldn't be any happier.

"What is the infants name?" Mizuno asked as she bent down and looked at the little baby.

"Inyuasha" Izayoi feared that if Mizuno saw that Inuyasha had dog ears she would reject both of them, but...

"Such a handsome little hanyou" Was Mizuno's reply. Izayoi's heart raced as she stared towards the elderly woman. She already knew, but then did that mean..?

"We all make this mistake Lady Izayoi" The young woman listened to what Mizuno had to say. "I had the same relationship many, many moons ago"

"But it wasn't a mistake" Izayoi said realizing that she was being a hypocrite after what she just said from running away from her burning castle.

"You must be very careful Lady Izayoi, most folk around here don't do to kindly to hanyou's I should know" The princess looked up now with much concern.

"You mean-"

"Two boys and a girl" Mizuno said in an utter whisper. "They all had to leave with their father, but that was many, many years before. I miss my children deeply Lady Izayoi, don't make the same mistake I have" Again the princess didn't know how to respond, but nodded all the same.

"Now I'm sure that baby of yours is very hungry, if I were you I would wake him up and feed him. I know he's going to cry, but it's for the best" She smiled, Izayoi giggled.

"Yes you are right"

With Sesshomaru

The young yokai walked among the many lands that he came across. How was he to find this terrain? He didn't even know how she looked like, this was going to be more difficult than he planned it out to be, but search he must. Perhaps he should take a look to where his father held his last breath, but to which direction was this to take a route to? This was annoying the demon to no end and he had very little patients at the very moment. He continued to walk until an even more annoying voice appeared before him.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" It yelled, quickly Sesshomaru smacked his neck to find a flea that was very flattened.

"How dare you even try to sink your teeth into this Sesshomaru" He stated with a very cold voice. The flea pulped back as to how he was and bowed a million times on his hand.

"I'm sorry my Lord!" Sesshomaru merely stared at the pathetic thing.

"Out with it you worthless yokai. This Sesshomaru does not waste time" The flea panicked.

"Of course not my Lord! It has come to my attention that you are looking for your father?" Sesshomaru glared towards the flea. How could he have possibly have known what he was up to?

"You are not allowed to question only inform. Now tell me where has my father gone" Sesshomaru was not interested in the least to find the where abouts on how he knew, all he needed to know was where his father was.

"But my Lord-"

"Enough" Sesshomaru stated as final. The flea at hand gluped, he was ordered by the might dog demon not to inform his eldest son his where abouts."Do you wish to die here by my hands?" The flea gulped once more, it was ethier deni a command or die. What are the odds of a third option?

"Your...your father went east towards a castle" Sesshomaru said nothing in return and tossed the flea aside continuing with his walking. "Lord Sesshomaru you can not run after your father!" The yokai ignored the pleads of the flea and was off once more.

'To the east? Father you certainly had made this interesting. You were capable enough to have another lover on the other side of our land'

To be continued!

Sesshomaru: This Sesshomaru does not appreciate the fact that you are writing about Inuyasha

Darkcherry: Actually it's Lady Izayoi

Sesshomaru: You are a complex terrain

Darkcherry: Do not use that tone of voice with me!