As Sesshoumaru was patrolling his lands as usual, he caught a scent of something different. Everything seemed the same except for that sweet smell. 'Enchanted leaves, lavender flowers, and orchids.' he thought. He quickly followed the scent with his youkai speed. He came to a halt behind a big, old brown tree, beyond the tree was a large waterfall, he could hear splashing in the water, besides the sound from the waterfall itself. He sniffed at the air once more, the same sent filled his nose, but this time there was a hint of the female sent. Se wasn't a demon, but Sesshoumaru could sense a strong spiritual power coming from her, like the woman that fell in love with Inuyasha, but increased ten fold. He silently moved to another part of the woods, finding a spot where he could see her, but somewhere where she couldn't see him. She slid of her black and red kimono and threw it over a tree branch. Sesshoumaru's eyes gleamed with excitement
It amazed him how such a young woman could have such a great toned body. But he only saw her naked back, this disappointed him. But still, how the water slid down her luscious, dangerous curves. How she smelled so dearly sweet, it was intoxicating He saw her stop for a moment, he stood very still, with such strong spiritual powers she might have sensed him, but she soon went back to bathing. Sesshoumaru stood there watching her for what seemed like ages, his head began to spin with her lovely sent that seemed to get stronger with every passing moment. Then he did something very foolish, he sneezed.

"Who's out there! I demand to know who you are!" She stood up and covered herself with her towel and walked out of the water. She grunted, it was annoying to be spied upon while bathing.

"Listen, I am very tired, and I don't want to fight, so if you value your life then please leave." She walked behind the large oak tree to dress herself, Sesshoumaru could no longer see her and moved so he could, but as he died, he lost her sent, and all around lost her...

"A concealing charm... smart woman, she knows I'm here, very cleaver."

Within moments she was standing behind him, and he didn't even know it, until he heard her voice.

" I asked, who are you?" He turned to see her, face to face, she was very beautiful, bright green eyes and long black hair, she wore a black beaded necklace with fang like beads on them also. Her black kimono had red dragons on the sleeves, and the tails of the dragons met at the back of her kimono, she had a very sly look on her face. Most likely because she just snuck up on a very powerful demon. There was no answer from Sesshoumaru so she snapped her fingers in his face, which caught him by surprise and he grabbed her arm.

"Please let go of me." He did, after a few seconds, then continued to stare at her with his golden yellow eyes.

" I don't have to name myself for the likes of you." He said coldly, putting on a tough guy act, trying very hard not to let his guard down.

"Well then, good day to you, and please, don't spy on me again!"

"I will do what ever I want, no woman can tell me what to do."

This upset Kita very much, he was the one that was spying on her, she did nothing wrong to this demon. While her back was still turned to him she pulled out a rather large blade that was hiding in her kimono. She turned around quickly and charged at him.

Sesshoumaru ran towards her as well and stopped her in her tracks, grabbing her arm with her weapon in it and squeezing it tightly. making her weapon drop. His other had came up to her face, pressing one of his claws to the bottom of her chin making her look directly at him. Her eyes narrowed in a deadly stare. His claw dug into her skin and made her bleed.

"Damn it that hurts you bastard!" With one quick movement she pulled out a small dagger from inside her kimono and stabbed his arm with it. Sesshoumaru growled angrily and pulled away from her. He reached for his Tokijin but she had already vanished, but this time she wasn't smart enough to use a concealing charm, she just ran for it, leaving her sent behind. But she knew he would chase after her, and it was the perfect time to test out just one of her skills...

Sesshoumaru finally caught up to her sent, but she was no where to be soon, he knew it was a trick, but how to evade it was the real problem. Then her voice spoke, but it was all around him, he didn't know which direction it was coming from. She was chanting something, a spell! How could he defeat a spell? His power was strength.

"I told you to leave me be, you didn't heed my words so you shall pay!"

Before he knew it she was on top of his, he felt something slid over his head and looked down to see the same type of necklace she was wearing.

"Oh am I supposed to be scared of this?" He said in a cocky laugh, lifting it up with one of his fingers examining it.

"Not scared, you should be terrified!"

He ran at her, angry that she thinks he should be terrified of a necklace. She smirk at him, which sent waves of confusion through his mind, she should be running not standing there waiting for death...

"Umou!" down in Japanese

Sesshoumaru went crashing down to the ground with a loud thud. He laid there for a few seconds, he didn't know what had hit him, a minute ago he was running towards the girl, now he was laying face down on the ground. When he looked up she saw the girl standing in from of him with a large grin spread across her face.

"Wench! What have you done to me!" Sesshoumaru growled.

"The necklace you were is under a spell which can't be broken, I alone can control it, it is unbreakable and cannot be removed. So why don't you try and attack me again, see what happens."

Its a bluff, a trick, you don't have that kind of power."

"Try me." She said with a smile.

Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed and he tugged at the necklace with all his might, but nothing was happening, he was pulling at it with all his might. He got up and ran towards her once more, she let him get a little closer this time before she said "Umou!" Which sent him to the ground once again. Sesshoumaru was pissed, how could he attack her if he couldn't even get close to her. the mighty dog demon, was now a puppet on her strings...

"Well dog demon, have a nice day, I might see you around sometime." Then she winked at him and started to walk away from Sesshoumaru, which was now sitting on the ground looking dumbfounded.

"You think you have a hold over me don't you? No one can control me!"

With that said he jumped up and light speed and was behind her before she even knew it, he grabbed her from behind and placed one had over her mouth with his other held her in place. He turned her face towards his and saw fear ness in her eyes. A small smile went across his face, he pulled her closer to him and whispered in her ear.

"Take this wretched thing off or pay."

She could feel his hot breath on her ear, and it angered her so, she tried to pull away but his grip only got stronger, she wiggled enough to where he back was to his chest, she dug her feet into the ground and pushed with all her might. Sesshoumaru went off balance for only a second, but he never let go.

"Smart one aren't you? Well you can't get away from me that easily." With his hand still over her mouth he took away his other arm for only a moment and untied his blue and yellow sash. She glared at him, wondering what he was up to. He first tied it tightly around her mouth, then pushed her to the ground, she quickly tried to untie the sash but soon felt a heavy weight upon her and turned to see Sesshoumaru sitting on top of her back, tying the sash around her wrists and feet, he then got up and pulled her up by her arms very roughly. She could barely stand due to how tight he tied her feet together, but he didn't care, he grabbed her by her arm and made her walk, more like hope.

After a few falls to the ground and many angry stares at Sesshoumaru he finally let her rest. He let go of her arm and she went off balance and soon meet the ground once more. She was very tired from all the traveling that they did, she didn't even know where they were, it was unfamiliar to her and she was scared. But she wasn't going to give into him that easily. She watched Sesshoumaru with weary eye, she saw him sniff the air a few times and she wondered what he was doing.

"Why don't you stay there and be a good girl." He said with sarcasm in his voice. She scowled at him, wishing she could do something. She watched the dog demon disappear into the forest once more "Is he just going to leave me here like this!" She thought to herself, it would be so easy for another demon to come and pick her off. She looked around for options and came across a tree with large broken branches at the bottom, she edged her way over to it, trying hard not to fall over. With much effort she finally got to he and moved her arms as best she could, trying to get the sash caught on a branch. Try after try she failed, until finally it snagged on a small branch, she pulled as hard as she could...it worked! The sash loosened around her wrist, she kept it up until one of her hands were free, but my that time the branch had broken and she had to try again. She started to sweat, and was getting very nervous, she didn't want to know what Sesshoumaru would do to her if she didn't take the enchanted necklace off...

" My Lord! You have returned!" Squeaked a very small girl with long dark brown hair and very kind brown eyes.

"Rin, where s Jaken and Ah Un?"

"Over there my Lord, sitting by the river."

Sesshoumaru walked to where Rin pointed and found the little toad demon sleeping against Ah Un the two headed beast. Ah Un lifted his head and made a low rumbling growl, greeting its master. This awoke Jaken with a start, his eyes got wide when he saw his lord standing in front of him. He jumped up and bowed his head so low that his nose almost touched the ground.

"My Lord! Welcome back!" He said in a very annoying voice.

"Jaken, watch over Rin until I return again, Ah Un will be coming with me." With that he grabbed Ah Un's reins and made him stand, he mounted the beast and flew off without even a goodbye.

Kita was still hard at work trying to untie the sash, but it was harder then it seemed, and with the sash tied around her mouth it was making it very hard to breath so she had to stop often to get a good breath of air. She closed her eyes and took another long breath, and tried once more to untie the sash from her other wrist...no good. That's when she heard a loud thud, she opened her eyes and she saw a two headed demon standing in front of her, her eyes widened in fear "I knew it! I knew I would get attacked by a demon!" Then she heard more sounds from behind her, and turned to see what it was. Sesshoumaru, eyes narrowed to tiny slits, he glared at her. With one last attempt she lurched forward and her other hand was set free. She reached for the sash that was still tied around her face but her hands were grabbed and she was lifted up off the ground. He placed her feet back on the ground and tied her hands back together, tighter this time, she winced as he did so, it was a little bit to tight. He called Ah Un over and placed her on his saddle, then jumped up himself. His arms were on both sides of her so she couldn't fall. Ah Uh slowly rose to the air and began to trot. "That's it, I'm done for..."

She didn't even know it, but she had fallen asleep, she was very groggy and her eyes were blurry. It was very cold and windy, when she finally came to and looked around, she realized she was still in the air, she jumped, forgetting what had happened, as she did two arms tightened around her. She looked to see Sesshoumaru, his golden eyes glowing in the dark, and behind him a little girl who had her head rested on Sesshoumaru's back, fast asleep, and a toad demon behind her. Up ahead she could see a cliff with what looked like a house built almost on the edge of it, as they got closer she noticed it wasn't a house, but a huge mansion, a large wooden gate was built around it. , When they reached the mansion they landed with a large thud, and Kita thought she was going to fall off, but the same arms wrapped around her, she blushed, even though he was her enemy, he was still very attractive and she couldn't help herself.

Sesshoumaru lifted her up and stood her in front of him, he bent down and untied the sash from her feet so she could walk. He placed his hand around her arm and guided her through the gates and into the mansion. She was in aw, never has she seen such a beautiful place in all her life. The mansion was to the left, to the right was a stable where the beast Ah Un slept, to the back, was a river flowing with fish, how this was possible she didn't know. But the mansion brought back old painful memories, tears filled her eyes and she struggled against Sesshoumaru's grip. With a lot of effort she broke free and ran as fast as she could, forgetting they were on a cliff. She stopped right at the edge and backed up slowly, she heard Sesshoumaru running up behind her. She dropped to her knees, bowed her head and began to cry more. He sadness, angry and hatred to those who had heart her broke the spell that was cast upon the necklace, the beads went flying everywhere. She saw them hit the ground, but didn't care she only continued to cry. Rin ran up to Sesshoumaru and whispered very softy " What is wrong with her my Lord?" Sesshoumaru didn't answer but walked over to Kita and untied her wrists and slid the sash off of her mouth. She took in a deep breath of air, jumped up and walked hastily to another part of the cliff.

"What is this woman's problem, humans! They let there emotions take control of them, worthless!" For once, Sesshoumaru was completely clueless.

She plopped down about five feet away from he edge of the cliff and sobbed more.

"Leave her be to her pitiful crying." Sesshoumaru told Rin, but Rin did the opposite. And as Sesshoumaru walked away Rin walked over to Kita and placed a hand on her shoulder. Trying her best to comfort her.

"It will be alright." Rin said sweetly.

Kita turned around and glared at her then yelled "Get away from me!" When she did Sesshoumaru heard her and turned out to see what was going on, he saw a tearful Rin running up to him.

"I told you to leave her be."

"I know, but I was only trying to help..." with that she walked back through the large wooden gates, Sesshoumaru not far behind.

Many Hours passed since Rin tried to calm Kita and she was still sitting on the cliff, no longer crying but thinking of all the terrible memories. She didn't even notice how cold it had gotten. She heard footsteps behind her but didn't even turn to see who it was. She heard Sesshoumaru's cold voice come up from behind her.

"Come inside or you'll freeze to death."

"Leave me alone, I'm fine where I am."

"Pitiful woman!" He then walked in front of her, grabbed her by one of her arms and lifted her up to her feet, then grabbed her and threw her over his shoulder.

"What the hell do you think your doing!"

"I don't want the stench of a dead human near my home." He said very dryly.

She beat her fists against his back but it was doing no good. She soon was back trough the mansion doors, the tears rolled down her face and Sesshoumaru glanced back, smelling her salty tears. He walked through the main entrance, Kita still over his shoulders and walked down a very long hall. He stopped when he got to the ending of the hallway there he opened a wooden door and slid open. Kita looked around to find herself in a rather cozy looking room. Sesshoumaru walked over to the large futon that was laying on the floor, bent down and dumped Kita on it. She landed with a soft thud, then just sat there and stared back up at him. His golden eyes looked back down at her, no emotion in them what so ever.

"I will take you back in a few days, for now I need rest, and so do you, so sleep."

He walked out and slid the door shut behind him. Kita got up and walked over to the back sliding door and slowly opened it. The sky outside was very clear and the stars were twinkling brightly. A few times some shooting stars zoomed through the night's sky. Kita made a small wish on the first one she saw, wishing that she would get out of this situation safely. After being in the warm mansion she noticed how cold it was outside, and admitted to herself that Sesshoumaru was right and that she wouldn't have survived the night if she stayed outside. She walked back into the room and grabbed the think blanket that laid on the futon. She wrapped herself up in it and walked to the other door and slid it open very carefully, hoping she would wake the demon lord. As she walked down the hallway her stomach began to growl, she had gone all day without eating a thing. She knew that the hallway that she was in was just for sleeping quarters and that the kitchen would be on the other side somewhere.

Every door that she walked by she slid it open enough to poke her head in to see what was inside. Each room was really bare and hardly had any furnishing's in them at all. When she finally found the kitchen she slid the door open and rushed inside. There she found already pick fruits and vegetables and hurried and grabbed one of everything, wrapped them up in a cloth and walked out of the kitchen once more. She went back to what was no her room and dumped out her findings onto the futon, sat down and enjoyed ever last piece there was. After what seemed like hours of munching on the fruits and vegetables her eyes soon began to feel heavy. She took off her Kimono and pulled out a under robe that was inside her bag and slipped it on. The futon now looked like a fluffy cloud and she gently laid back on it and pulled the thick blankets over her. Before she knew it she drifted off into a deep sleep.

2 weeks later

Kita awoke early that morning to the sounds of birds chirping. She sat up lazily and stretched her still tired body. The sun was shining through the back paper doors very brightly. She got up, picking up her small pillow of the futon. She yawned sleepily as she walked over to the back door, sliding it open quietly. She walked outside and hopped off the porch, her feet hitting the cool grass. She placed her pillow on ground and then sat down, laying back and placing her head onto the pillow. She sighed as her back hit the cool grass refreshing her body as if she spent a day pampering herself. The birds sung their songs as if they were lulling her back to sleep. The sun beat down on her, warming her body from head to toe, it had been forever since she laid outside like this and it was very refreshing. She didn't know how long her had been asleep but she was having a wonderful dream when she had been awoken by Sesshoumaru voice.

"What are you doing out here?" He said in his usual cold voice.

"Well, I was sleeping until you had to go and wake me up" Kita said annoyed. She rolled over onto her right side and looked up at Sesshoumaru who was looking down at her. His face seemed so much warmer in the light, like a certain darkness was lifted from his heart. Kita didn't know how long she had been staring at him but when she finally realized what she was doing she quickly looked away and blushed. He glared at her, wondering what caused such a reaction "Human emotions are strange" He thought to himself, as he turned to walk away.

"Hang on demon, you woke me up for something, so don't just walk away without telling me."

"Don't think you have power over me mortal!" And he began to walk away again, but as he turned Kita jumped up and ran behind him and grabbed him arm. He spun around quickly and grabbed her arm, and tugged on hers trying to get her to let go.

"You told me you were going to take me back," She yelled at him "If you think you are going to keep me here you are dead wrong!"

"I will do whatever I please, and you can't get off o this mountain, try and you will die."

She had played along with his "captured prisoner" game long enough and she wanted to go back, even though there was nothing there for her to return to, she didn't want to be here with a demon that liked to toy with her. She was just a bug caught in a spiders web, trying to break free of his hold on her. And she would let him know she wasn't to happy with him...

With one swift movement her hand hit the side of his face rather hard. His face began to redden with the outline of her hand, and she knew she was in trouble and tried to pull away from him so she could at least run back into her room, but that didn't go as planed. Sesshoumaru's eyes glowed with angry and he pulled her closer to him, his claws digging into her arm a bit. She shaked under him, like an deer just caught by a tiger. He ran a thumb over her forehead, feeling her emotions built up inside her. He nuzzled close to her, inhaling her sent, Kita didn't know what was going on, all she knew was a demon had a good hold of her, and if she did get away she didn't have any where to go. She felt something wet touch the side of her face...his tongue! He licked her cheek and buried his nose in her hair, she could hear him making a little purring sound, she finally realized what this demon was doing, he was trying to seduce her! And the odd part about it, her body and mind began to cave if, as she closed her eyes and listened to the cute purring sound. Then somewhere deep in her mind snapped, and she jerked away from him. Slapping him again, hard enough to make his head go to one side.

"How dare you! She yelled and stormed off back to her room.

Sesshoumaru watched at her hair danced behind her, wide grin spread across his face as he could still taste her in his mouth. He turned and walked back to his quarters thinking to himself as to why he loves a human...

Kita sat in her room really angered at Sesshoumaru for what he had done. She went to the small cupboard that was in the corner of the home and grabbed a thick towel out. And a smaller on for her hair. She walked over to the door and stuck her head out, making sure Sesshoumaru was no longer outside. She walked out as quietly as she could and strolled over to the bathhouse. She piled a small stack of wood under the tub and stuffed some paper in between the wood. then grabbed a match and lite the paper on fire. The tub was already filled with water, which she put in the day before so she would have water in the morning to take her bath. She and Rin were the only two that used the tub, Sesshoumaru would use the river that was beyond the mansions walls. She found this out one night when she saw him sneaking about the mansion, only wearing his under robe, but still carrying his two swords at his waist and a towel in his left hand. A small cloud of steam began to rise from the water and she knew it was hot enough to get in. She slipped out of her robe and walked up the steps leading to the tub. She placed her feet into the water first, making sure the water was the right temperature. When she was sure it was right she slipped her whole body in. As The warm water soothed her angry body, her butt hit the bottom of the tub and the only thing sticking out of the water was her head from nose on up. She thought about what Sesshoumaru had done to her and her mind began to wonder off into thought.

What if I didn't pull away? What would I have done, would I have followed his will to make love? A demon and a human don't belong together, so I will feel no feelings towards him. He'll just be empty space to me, nothing more...

After her moment of thought, she grabbed a small cloth that dangle on the side of the tub and a small piece of soap and began to lather the cloth up. She stood up inside the tub and lathered up her whole body, then she reached down and picked up her little bottle filled with the shampoo she had made herself and squeezed a tiny amount into her hands and placed it on her head then lathered her hair up. After rinsing off she grabbed her towel and wrapped it around herself, stepping out of the tub carefully. She dried off and put her robe back on, then wrapped the towel around her hair. She opened the door, peeping out making sure that Sesshoumaru was still inside.

To be continued...