Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters, anyone I make up is mine.

Hi again to all of my reviewers! How long has it been? (Not that long). I suspect that most of you reading this are readers of my other fic, An Unexpected Destiny, for this is the sequel. Well I don't want to waist time with all of these heartfelt thank you's and stuff cause I'm sure that you just want to read this so here you go.





She looked out over the field at the castle in the distance, and smiled to herself, her emerald eyes glistening with excitement. "Do you think he still lives there? I hear that he has found a mate." She asked the golden elk she was riding.

"I'm sure he does. If he did take a mate, he would want to bring her to his territory."

"I guess your rig. . . wait! Who's that!?" she cried as she noticed a tall male a few miles from where they were standing. "Whoever it is, he looks like he's full of himself."

The elk shook his majestic head out of pure habit, and laughed lightly. That is he, the one we seek. Oh My Lady I should think that you would know him by his scent."

The girl crossed her arms and let out an annoyed sigh, "well I'm sorry that I can't remember a scent that I stored twenty years ago!"

"I'm sorry, My Lady, I did not mean to insult you."

She smacked him upside the head, "stop calling me that!"

"Forgive me. I will refrain from calling you that, My Lady."

"Natsue?"

"Yes?" answered the elk whose name had been reveled to us as Natsue.

"Shut up."

"I'm sorry, My Lady."

The girl slowly closed her eyes, took a deep breath, then smacked Natsue again.

"Forgive me, M. . . Yuamie"

Yuamie sighed again, "come on. I wish to see my cousin."

As she was saying this Natsue began to walk towards their destination; the castle in the distance.





Satsuna lay back in the grass. The day was so peaceful, and she felt like relaxing. She sat back up to take a quick look at Rin. The child was picking flowers and humming to herself. Satsuna sighed. Was she picking flowers for Sesshoumaru? The nurse had thought that maybe the child had abandoned that as she got older. 'Hmm Rin is about ten now isn't she? I miss that third person talk she used to have' Satsuna thought to herself.

"What are you doing Rin?" she asked

"Hmm? Oh I'm picking flowers for the dinner table. Why?"

"I just wanted to know. Why do you pick flowers for the dinner table?"

"Why!?" she asked as if the answer were obvious. "Because sometimes the castle can be so boring it needs some prettiness every once in a while." She said happily.

Satsuna smiled. She loved living her with, to put it in Sesshoumaru's words, mate, but, although she didn't want to tell Sesshoumaru, she missed her family terribly.

She suddenly stood up. Where was Sesshoumaru anyway? He'd been gone all day. She was about to go look for him, but she suddenly felt very hungry.

'I'll look for him later. First I have to eat.' "Hey Rin lets go eat lunch, you hungry?"

"Yeah!" the child chimed.

Satsuna grabbed Rin's hand and together they ran to the castle.







Sesshoumaru looked suspiciously around him. On his way home from hunting he had caught the scent of a trespasser. The scent seemed oddly familiar. He bared his teeth, to show that he meant business, and growled. Why couldn't he remember the scent!? He stood in a readied stance for quite some time, until he was sure that whatever it had been was gone.

"Good." He said. He narrowed his eyes. Sesshoumaru looked at the ground. Unfortunately he hadn't found any creature worth Satsuna's taste. He of course did not want her eating filth. It was no matter though. They had enough food to last a while.

He took up his walk back to his home. Satsuna would be waiting and worrying. He smiled inwardly. He had never realized how much he had needed someone to worry about him. Perhaps she would even groom him tonight. He loved the way her, soft, gentle fingers brushed through his hair. The way her voice would lull him into a peaceful bliss.

His pace quickened. He longed to get home. He never liked leaving his mate for more then a short while.

Suddenly he stopped as he heard a soft rustling in the distance. Someone was coming.

A sharp growl escaped his lips. He smelled cat. He spat. He hated cats. But cat wasn't the only thing he scented. It was elk too. He smiled. Elk was a good meal, perhaps he would be able to bring something home to his mate.

He moved back into the shadows. He would wait there until his prey came. The cat he would kill for the joy and the elk he would honor by feeding it to Satsuna.

He stood motionless, ready to spring. He breath was quiet and every muscle flexed, waiting.

He growled a bit and began to salivate. It was his right to kill what was weaker then him. It was his right to punish trespassers as he chose. His eyes glazed in triumphant malice. He would rip his prey to shreds.

The rustling became louder and with each rising note, with each suggestion that his quarry was nearing, the blood lust became stronger.

He was dominant here. This was his territory, his right. He would prevail.

He scraped his foot on the ground in an impatient gesture. Why was it taking so long? He wanted to move. To run what ever this was down. To catch it and feel it's life slip away in his claws. Why had it stopped coming? Did it know he was there, lurking in the shadows, waiting? Was it that smart? Or was he being that obvious?

He shuffled his feet and began to prance like a frightened horse. He stopped himself aware of the noise he had created.

"Damn!" he quietly cursed. He obviously had too much energy.

Suddenly he heard the rustling again. The creature finally came into view. He almost let out a fierce roar when the full scent of the creature hit him. He staggered back in surprise as he realized exactly who it was.

'Could it be!?' he thought.





Well there you go. I know, I know I kind of left you at a cliffhanger on the first chapter. Well who is this person? I guess you'll have to keep on reading to find out.