Nefertiri-Sama: Hi peeps! My name is Nefertiri-Sama. My sister, Nefertari-Sama, did a story with the pairing Sess/OC with her character Nefertari. She wanted me to continue writing for you, so she wanted me to rewrite the story of Desert Rose. So, this is the new story called, 'An Emerald of the Desert'. To help me out, is Nefertari-Sama's old friend, Kitty-San!

Kitty-San: Thank you, Tiri-Chan!

Nefertiri-Sama: You're very welcome! Anyways, here is the prologue to An Emerald of the Desert! Enjoy! R&R!

Kitty-San: Sits down w/ a bag of popcorn

DISCLAIMER: INUYAHSA AND CHARACTERS ARE ALL COPYRIGHTED OF RUMIKO TAKAHASHI! OTHER CHARACTER'S (NEFERTIRI, ANAIS, SNEFERU, ETC...) ARE MINE! DON'T SUE ME!

"..." means talking, ... means scene change, and '...' means thoughts

Prologue

Darkness casted it's shadow over the desert of Persia. It was a warm night, as usual, but something was happening outside of the town of Persepolis. It was a battle of some sorts. It was a battle between demons. The Persians against the Turks. A young woman looked out the window of the palace in the Persian city, rubbing her swollen stomach.

She was a beautiful, demoness with dark- red hair, dark mocha skin, and piercing, violet eyes. She gasped softly as she watched the battle from where she stood. Her name was Anais. She was a foreign princess of, what we know today as, Somalia. Not too long ago, she had come to Persia with her sisters, Amaya and Kalia, to visit the 'then' Shah, Rajah. At the time, he had a son with one of his many wives named Sneferu, whom was in the battle that was currently happening.

They had almost fallen in love at first sight. It took Anais awhile to warm up to the prince, Sneferu, but he had finally won her heart, after giving her treasures, gifts of different expensive fabrics, and much more. They were both wedded and mated a couple months afterthey realized their love for one another. That was 8 months ago. Now, here she was, almost 8 months pregnant with his child, watching him fight in battle to protect his empire and her. (A/N: For female demons, pregnancy is 9 months, like female huimans in the story.)

She kept watching as she felt the baby kick. She sighed as she looked at her round belly, "Calm yourself, little one. Your father will be alright. I know he will be," she spoke softly to her stomach. Her voice was that of an angel's. It seemed the baby, that was inside her, listened and calmed it's movements. She walked from the window and sat down on the bed. She prayed for her mate's safety to Allah, before taking off her slippers, and slipping between the sheets of the bedding, and falling into a deep slumber.

THE NEXT MORNING

Anais woke the next morning from someone knocking on the bedroom door. She slipped on a robe and opened the door. It was the army leader with the priest. "May I help you," Anais asked nervously. She had a bad feeling about the situation. She was partly psychic, so she always knew when something was wrong, but was not sure of the event fully. She predicted that it was about Sneferu.

The Army leader walked upto her and led her out of the room, speaking to her on the way, "Your highness, it's about Shah Sneferu...He was injured badly during battle, though, with him, we were victorious against the Turks." She looked at him and the priest worriedly. "How badly was he injured? Is it serious? Is it fatal? Will he live," She asked quickly, not taking a breath while asking them both. The priest shook his head at her questions, "Calm yourself. He is fine, but he did suffer many injuries, but..the worst would be his eyes."

She looked at him with horror, "His...eyes?"

"Yes, his eyes. One of then was...sliced, during battle. We had had to replace it with a solid gold eye instead, but the injury caused him to be blind," She priest lowered his head as Anais' eyes started to well up with tears. She put her hand over her mouth as she felt her tears fall. The men led her to where her mate layed on the table. She looked at him sadly.

There he was. Her handsome mate, laying there with bandages all over his body, and a bandage over his left eye, soaked in blood. Anais held his hand softly, as Sneferu's hand closed over hers. He turned his head to where she was standing. "Anais? Love?...Is that you dear," He asked as he sniffed for her scent. He smelt her beside him and turned his head upto her.

She smiled softly throught the tears. "Yes, mate. I'm here," She said to him as she kept holding his hand. Her frowned, "You're crying. I know I can't see it, but I smell it. Don't cry for me, Anais. I may be blind, but it doesn't mean I can't smell you or hear for you."

"Darling, don't you understand? You are blind. This means you won't get to see our baby be born. You won't get to see him or her growup to be who you want them to be. how are you going to live without your sight," she asked him sadly. He frowned again, "I have my ways, dear. I will learn to fight without sight, and I will help our child fight without using all of their senses, when needed."

Anais nodded and held him. What she didn't know was that her child would grow up to be powerful demon that would almost be equivalent to Naraku...

Nefertiri-Sama: FINALLY! I'm done with the Prologue. What do ya think, Kitty?

Kitty-San: ...tears in her eyes Poor Anais! What will happen to the lovers and their kid, Tiri-Chan?

Nefertiri-Sama: ...That's why I ended it there. To leave people in suspense and to wonder what the future will turn out to be.

Kitty- San: Oh...OKAY!

Nefertiri-Sama: shakes her head Please review! Ja-ne!