My New Beginning: The Tale of Arashi No Taisho

Chapter 1

Kaede's Village

Everyone seemed to leave me alone after we left Sohi's castle.

Though, the killing glare on my face said it all.

Sohi! I thought, a scowl forming on my face, That Bitch! She knows that I'm irritated from losing the battle with Yakunan.

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity of traveling, we finally came to Kaede's village.

Everyone went down to the village, except Sesshomaru and me.

I stayed on top of the hill, overlooking the small village below, and Sesshomaru did the same.

"Do not be upset that you lost against Yakunan." He said after a moment of silence.

"Not you too." I complained and began walking back the way we came.

"He's very powerful." Sesshomaru added, as I kept on walking, with a scowl on my face. "Not that you aren't." he mumbled, and I stopped dead in my tracks.

Slowly, after a few moments of silence, I turned back to face him.

"I KNOW I'm powerful Sesshomaru." I glared at him, and then turned forward again, a frown grazing my face, "Just not powerful enough."

"You need to find your inner strength." Sesshomaru said, and I turned to him in surprise, to see that his eyes were closed, "When you fought Yakunan before, you were fighting like an angry blind man. You weren't paying attention to any of his strategies, or moves."

"And you're saying in order to beat him, I have to fight more with my mind, than with my body." I stated, arching an eyebrow, a playful smile touching my lips.

Sesshomaru opened his eyes and gave me a half smile. "Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying."

I smiled, and threw my arms around him in a tight hug. "THANK YOU ONII-SAN!" I rejoiced, hugging him tighter.

"Arashi-let go-of me." Sesshomaru spit out breathlessly.

"Oh, sorry," I unwound my arms from his waist, and gave him a BIG happy smile. "You're the best big brother anyone could ever have!"

"…" Sesshomaru said nothing, he only turned around, and walked down the hill, towards the village.

"Are you coming?" he asked after a few minutes of silence went by.

A slight smile touched my lips, and I raced down the hill, until I stopped next to him.

"So…I see Kaname likes you." I said smugly, but he said nothing, only narrowed his eyes at me.

"You can't fool me brother." I said again laughing a little.

Again, Sesshomaru said nothing, he only walked into Kaede's hut that was now ahead of us., and sighing to myself, I walked in after him.

Everyone was gathered around the small fire in the center of the room. Sango and Miroku sat next to each other, though Miroku was rubbing Sango's butt again, and received a slap from it. InuYasha and Kagome were bickering again, and it ended with a "SIT BOY!"

The 4 Cullens that were left all stood in the far corner of the room, carrying out a conversation, and Rin was helping Kaede cook dinner.

"Good Evening Lady Arashi." Miroku greeted me, but my eyes were elsewhere.

My gaze rested on the Cullens, and especially on Edward. He's been abnormally quiet ever since that battle with Yakunan. Is he angry with me? Did I do something wrong.

My thoughts were cut off by his gaze flickering to mine, and immediately, I looked down, and quickly began walking out of the hut.

"Where are you going Arashi-sama?" I heard Kagome ask, and I stopped in my tracks.

Oh God…what should I say?

"I'm going…to pay a visit…to a family member." And before anything else was said, I swiftly walked out of the hut, walked safely out of the village; and when I was fully out of human range, I transformed into my dog form, and took to the skies, flying faster than any airplane or bird.

Within seconds, I found my destination, and landed on the ground with a loud crash, transforming back into my mortal form.

From the small temple ahead of me, an old man emerged from it.

"Arashi." He said formally, and bowed slightly to me in greeting.

"Hello….grandfather."