A/N: This is my first Inuyasha fan fiction. As always a very odd pairing, because I like that. When you review tell me what you think of the pairing and the plot. Read and Review!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, Rumiku Takahashi does.
> at the end of speech means that Ayame's wolves are speaking.
Chapter 1:
"Stupid Kouga" muttered Ayame wiping tears away from her face as she made her way back to the north. She blamed Kouga for everything now, how was she going to gather the courage to go back to the tribe to tell them that he had refused to go back or marry her? There were only about forty members in the tribe, all of them slaughtered; their corpses all over their mountains. Ayame had to go back, to let them face the truth.
"I'm not going to ignore my tribe and my pride for it like others" she said to herself, making it obvious that she was talking about a wolf prince that had promised to marry her the day the lunar rainbow appeared. She passed by quickly, dodging trees and plants in her way. Tears of anger flowed from her green eyes and yet she did not slow down, she kept trotting and slashing obstacles with her leave sorcery technique.
Not far from there, the Lord of The Western Lands, Sesshomaru was marching towards the same direction (North) along with Rin, Ah-un and Jaken. Sesshomaru was determined, following Inuyasha's scent, willing to steal the tetsusaiga no matter the price. The day was rather foggy and rainy to make the trip without delays, so their leader spoke up.
"We shall stop for know, and continue in the morning" Sesshomaru informed; without hesitation Jaken hopped off of Ah-un, as did Rin and the double headed demon stopped. They made their way to a cave. The lord was eager to get to his target, Inuyasha, but he decided to forget about it for it was impossible for them to reach the destination. Because of the crew he had been slowed down, he thought. He could have survived lighting and rain, but the weaker demons and the human girl would have not.
"Lord Sesshomaru! Lord Sesshomaru! Can I go get some flowers from the other side of the cave outside? I saw them, they're so pretty!" How did he put up with her high pitched voice? He didn't know today, he wasn't in the greatest mood of all times.
"Go with Jaken"
"Come on Jaken, you heard Sesshomaru-sama!" she squeaked running outside to the rain dragging an angry toad.
"I saw them here, Jaken I swear, they were right here!" she exclaimed pointing to the supposed location of the flowers. However, the demon rolled his eyes in annoyance and made his way back to the cave.
"Why did you leave Rin alone?" Asked the dog demon somewhat worried (1).
"Oh Lord Sesshomaru, I will get her right away. Don't you worry! I…" Noticing that as always Jaken was too stupid for his own good he stood up slightly irritated and walked stepping on him. Once outside he noticed the rain to have slowed down, just a bit. He quickly caught up to Rin's scent and followed it.
When he got to his destination he felt the presence of another demon, not very strong but it could mean a threat to a little human girl. He stood on a tree just at the right height to see her, and masked his unique scent. He watched carefully.
"No you silly mortal girl! That's not the proper way to pick flowers" Ayame informed removing Rin's hands from the plants.
"Then how?" she asked innocently
"You do it carefully, like this. See? You gently pull it apart from the union. And see, the result will not affect the plant at all" The little girl was marveled at the other's talent for picking flowers, unlike her from the tree Sesshomaru was dumbfounded by two things. First, how some people would find it interesting to play with plants. And second how in the world did this certain female panther demon (that's what he thought) learn the "wonderful art of picking flowers without harming a plant"?. Ayame's nose twitched as Sesshomaru's scent became sensible. Protectively she stepped in front of Rin.
"Stay back. There's a demon around here" she warned. Taking leaves from the inside pocket of her pelt skirt, her hands drew back and forward to let the leaves fly towards the objective. Sesshomaru dodged the sharp leaves easily landing gracefully (A/N: As always) on the ground, becoming visible to both Rin and Ayame. 'Why did this fool of a demon protect Rin?' he wondered.
"A dog demon" she growled.
"A panther demon?" he coolly half-stated-half-asked.
"Wrong, mutt! I'm a wolf demon, granddaughter of the Northern Tribe elder for your information" she spat. Rin was quiet, she had not ever witnessed an encounter like this one before.
"Let's go Rin" he said ignoring her last comment. Rin picked up her flowers and trailed behind the Lord.
"What?" she muttered recognizing that she had just made a fool of herself. 'Whatever, I just have to go back now'.
The elder is dead my lady. If we go back it is only to die, we must bring Kouga if we want to (2)
"Dead? How can you tell? We have still to travel many hours"
We feel it, please do not return unless a strong enough companion such as Kouga is with you she gritted her teeth in disgust>.
"Perhaps my ladies if we find another demon, or even hire a demon slayer that shall be enough to terminate the birds of paradise" The wolves thought for a second before speaking again of Kouga and angering her.
Do you remember that half dog demon? He seems to overpower Kouga; he could kill those birds with that wonderful sword of his>. Ayame sat down and scratched her head. The elder was dead and if Kouga wasn't to be the male leader she had to find one…even if he wasn't a wolf it was good enough for him to be of a similar race in some aspects. If he could defeat the birds of paradise, he would be proven to the tribe. Still, there was one problem.
"Will he marry me?"
We must try>
Only a traitor such as Kouga would refuse>
"He is not even a wolf. That guy has no reason to marry me, and he has that Kagome. I cannot ask him to marry me. Perhaps he will slay those birds without compromise"
Perhaps>
We must then follow their scent that was somewhere back to the South-East.>
Sesshomaru and company came out of the cave. Everyone (except their leader) waited for farther instructions.
"I want the South, I already posses the West and most of the East. The north is weak, I'll get to that later. I need the South" He said in his regular low voice, however everyone heard loud and clear.
"This is great my Lord! We finally expand! Soon you will rule all there is to rule!" Jaken celebrated. As usual, the lord of the western lands walked on him causing Jaken to sigh.
They were going towards Eastern part of the south to conquer it quickly. It was a not very important matter to Sesshomaru. He had to defeat some gigantic insect demon and all the others would proclaim him Lord of that portion of the South. Then, the other sides consisted of stronger demons that he could easily humiliate in battle. Then the weak, the very weak North under the rule of an old wolf would be defeated.
'Wrong, mutt! I'm a wolf demon, granddaughter of the Northern Tribe elder for your information'. He chuckled very quietly so that the winds masked the hiss. The girl was probably one of those wolves who are to proud for their own good. And then his duty as Demon Lord was to find a proper bride anytime soon. He couldn't speak of it out loud, it was embarrassing business to attend but he was one hundred and ten years old, the perfect age for a Lord to marry.
'I need an heir. Otherwise my position will go to Inuyasha. I need a son. Yet once I'm dead I won't care who rules anymore…but Inuyasha will disgrace me with that human girl. I can't have this people with me when I search…I need a wife, now' (3) Sesshomaru realized that he had been delaying his decision for such a long time now, if he didn't look he'd have to marry a low class demon…he needed someone with Royal blood.
'Wrong, mutt! I'm a wolf demon, granddaughter of the Northern Tribe elder for your information'. 'I can never marry a wolf' he forced the thought.
(1)He feels as though Rin is something that must be treated with care, but at this point he's so annoyed that he says it out of compromise.
(2)is for when the wolf's speak to her.
(3)Hehehe. I came up with Sesshomaru having to marry inspired by the ways England, Spain and Scotland way back. He must have a son! This reminds me of Henry VIII. This is way OOC because he is never in need of anything urgent…