"Damn, I seriously hate that woman."

"Prince...You know that you could have just..."

"Shut up, Monk. Just shut up."

A man clad in red and silver huffed all the way down a large corridor. A blind man could see the irritation flashing in his golden eyes. His usually handsome face was twisted between a scowl and a frown.

"She is only human. You act as if you just left some great battle with a dragon."

The man beside him tried his best to console the grumpy Prince. Running a hand through his short brown hair, he turned gentle brown eyes toward the man at his side. The Prince only huffed more, ignoring the Monks reasoning.

"She's a Miko. A normal human could never imagine the power that girl has. You act as if having purification powers is useless."

Finally coming to an abrupt stop, the Prince swung open two giant doubled doors and quickly moved inside the massive room. The entire place was filled with soldiers from many different lands; however, he ignored each and everyone of them. All he cared about was the three people in the front of the room. A beautiful woman with long raven hair and two strong men that looked almost exactly like him.

"I have news and you won't like it."

Almost everyone stopped their chatter and laughter. It seemed as though someone flipped a switch and put the world on mute. The woman's light brown eyes filled with worry as she watched the men beside her do the same.

"I take it a treaty wasn't accepted?"

The older of the men said matter-of-factly. Shaking his head slightly, he caused the ribbon holding his long silver hair in place to loosen. He was really hoping his plan would work.

"Do you really think a treaty with those people would end this war? Father, I thought you were smarter than that."

The man standing beside him sighed lightly as he shot the man accusing eyes. Out of the two men surrounding him, he was indeed the more sensible.

"I have to go with my brother on this one. You seriously wasted my time by sending me there. Do you know how many times I had to fight my way to even get to that damned kingdom? It was a never ending warzone!"

The King ignored both sons as he slowly walked to the chair behind him and sat down none-too-gracefully. Resting his strong chin on one hand, he tiredly looked at his boys.

"I sent you in hopes that they too were tired of fighting. I didn't think a treaty would have been easy to obtain, but I didn't want to think it was out of the question either. I'm tired of the senseless blood shed. This must stop."

The woman slowly walked up the King and without asking, she slowly started to massage his shoulders. With great care, she tried to relax her King while not once taking her eyes off the men before them.

"Inuyasha, your father was only doing what he believed was best. Besides, you did have Miroku with you. It isn't as if he sent you out by yourself."

"Mother, you call that Monk much help? While I was basically fighting on my own, that bastard was flirting with the women that tried to kill me! I would have had better help from my brother's imp!"

Ignoring the blatant disrespect from his own Prince, Miroku merely rolled his eyes as he bowed before the King and Queen.

"Your majesties, I was merely trying to make the ladies see how kind our kingdom was. If they seen our sweeter sides then it would make them come around to a treaty much easier...You know...easier than making them sign it."

"Sweeter? Kinder? You act as if you were being a saint you stupid lech!"

"Well I was being a better one than you. I am a Monk after all."

"Yeah some Monk..."

Seeing the situation start to turn for the worst the Queen quickly put a stop to it with a soft snap of her hand. Both eyes flashed with understanding as they slowly moved away from each other and cast their eyes back to the royal family in front them.

"Ignoring the fact that you both failed; it just shows that we have no other option. We must go to war. Sesshoumaru, prepare the troops. Well head out at dawn."

The eldest Prince nodded his head as he gracefully took his leave. Inuyasha just grunted as he too, made his way out of the room.

'I guess it was inevitable. War really is the only way to stop this.'

X

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Soft brown eyes gazed at rushing waters. Ignoring the dangerous sound of the clashing waves, the young woman tried to stop the pounding of her head. War. She was going to war.

It was only days after the Prince of the West had come with his advisor to speak of a treaty. The idea was so unbelievable that she actually had to question his motives. Was it a trick? Did they think since they were a kingdom of demons that they could just play a kingdom of humans as if they were dummies? If it wasn't for the fact that she could sense is aura, could actually feel his lies, than she wouldn't have believed him. However, she was one of the most powerful Miko's of their time. A lie was an easy thing to sense and therefore, questioning him was not nessarie. She would have gladly accepted they Prince's kind offer; if it was her's to accept. She may have been a Princess of her own lands, but she wasn't a ruler. She went with her people and unfortunately for her and him; humans are not so easily won over.

"I wish that they could just believe me. He meant his words. Instead our soldiers fought with him. They upset him to the point he actually ripped the treaty before our own eyes. There was no turning back..."

"Princess...Stop dwelling on it. There is nothing left for us to do."

Jumping slightly, the Princess felt her friend's hand on her shoulder. She knew that her friend was only trying to console her. However, with war just over the horizon, comfort was hard to truly grasp.

"Your a demon slayer...How do you do it? How do you fight every day, knowing someone will die in the end of it? It must be so difficult..."

"It is, but in the end; it's also necessary. Remember, this world isn't easy to live in as it is now. I'd rather know how to protect myself and people I love then to just sit back and watch it all happen. Peace right now is not a luxury that we can have..."

Sighing softly, light brown orbs clashed with dark brown. Tucking a long piece of raven hair behind her small ear, the Princess smiled at her friend with understanding.

"Thank you. You're always here for me. I appreciate that Sango."

The demon slayer laughed slightly as she through her long brown hair behind her. The wind was becoming rough and her ponytail was switching from side to side. She honestly wasn't sure how her Princess kept her hair down all the time, especially in weather like this. The woman's long raven hair swung freely with the wind. Nothing kept it up or together and instead fell in a graceful mess at the small of her back. She was the only woman she knew who hated ribbons or bows.

"Anything for you Kagome. Anything for you."

Nodding, Kagome allowed her gaze to fall back on the ocean before them. Even with her new understanding from her friend, the Princess still felt guilt invade her. After All, her people wanted her to push the Prince out from their lands. She tried to ignore them, but the Prince was stubborn and began to fight her men. He was much stronger and she knew they stood no chance. She had no other choice but to force him out. She was sure that it was her presence in the fight that pushed him to tearing the treaty up. After all, he was a half-dog demon and she was a Miko. The power of a demon could become purified by the power of a strong Priest or Priestess. He was a powerful half-demon. She was a Miko. A being more stronger than any Priest or Priestess combined. The fight could have went both ways and the Prince did not like those odds.

"We are already at war with the demons. What could being a war with the main Kingdom do that hasn't already been done?"

It wasn't a question. Sango just wanted to try and make the situation more lighter. She too, wanted the war to be over with. However, no one even knew who had actually started the wars in the first place. Did the demons just decide to kill all of humans, because humans were an annoyance? Were humans just tired of being treated as inferior to demons? So many questions were left unanswered with so many possible reasons to be the answers. Kagome wasn't sure where to start or even if there was a start.

"Princess Kagome! Lady Sango! We have news!"

Kagome could feel her heart fall to her stomach as Sango wished her ears would turn deaf. Both women turned to look at the solder behind them. The man's eyes were cold as he held a single scroll in his large firm hand.

"We war at dawn."

The words felt as though they were blades made from the finest of steel.

'War. So there truly isn't anything else we can do. It began with war and it will end the same.'