Hello everyone. Yeah it's 'Oh god she's writing another one!' Lol. But please don't let that let you disown your faith in me. I will keep up somehow with the updating. :D:D I swear on it. I write the chapters when I have time, all the time, but I just don't get to type them up as often as I did before. So please enjoy this one. I hope that it will bring in your interest. I hope it's different than some of my other ones. Please enjoy. :D:D

Shadows of Darkness

Over Time

'Stupid Inuyasha… He doesn't even know me and he thinks he has the right to judge me like a piece of fruit.' I thought with agitation as I undid the knots of my sash around my waist, the one that held my hoari together. The dark blue fabric of both the hoari and the sash hit the ground and I shivered when the cool air hit the top of my body. It was summer, but the night wasn't always as warm as the day.

"I'll teach him," I whispered as I removed my black pants and climbed into the hot spring.

It wasn't something I got to do often, but it felt good when I did find one away from Inuyasha and the others. I had come across them a while back, an alone shadow demon. I was few of my kin that was left, and I was on a search for my older brother, Yakazumi. My boyish length hair got soaked when I dunked my head under.

'Damn, that feels good.' I closed my ice blue eyes with slits in them for pupils, much like a cat's.

"I say we let Nizuni go. It's not like she's helping us very much," Inuyasha scoffed coldly.

"Oh come on Inuyasha. Don't be so stubborn! She's got no one else to help her find her brother!" Kagome yelled at him while they were all at camp.

"It ain't out problem!" Inuyasha yelled back.

"Would you like knowing that you're all alone on a hopeless search for someone close to you? One who might even be already dead?" Shippo said after.

"She is a kind woman," Miroku said with some lechery.

"I don't think seventeen is a woman," Sango said after.

'If they're gunna talk about me, they might as well just say it in front of me, especially since I can hear them from far distances.' Wiggling my ears slightly, I sighed and leaned against the rocks of the hot spring.

"Maybe I really should leave," I whispered, opening my eyes to look around me.

"My lord, why are we heading this way?" an annoying voice asked from some distance away.

'They won't come this way.' I thought to myself without worry.

"Are you questioning me Jaken?" a cold man's voice asked the one who was annoying.

"N-no, of course not my lord!"

While I was listening to the voices, something zipped through the area and stole my pants. 'God damn it. Stupid monkeys around here. I hate them so much right now.' I quickly climbed out of the hot spring and put on my hoari to cover myself as best I could.

"Get back here you stupid monkey!" I shouted as I ran after the scent of the monkey.

I saw the monkey dead ahead of me and then a hand was wrapped around my waist and one over my mouth. 'What the hell?!'

"What's wrong Inuyasha?" Kagome's voice asked.

"Nothing. Just thought I smelt someone," he replied.

I started to kick my feet to get away but there was nothing I could really do. 'Ah! I actually need Inuyasha's help and he's not even going to come looking!'

"Stop your struggling girl!"

"Silence Jaken!"

'Wait… I know these voices! It's Sesshoumaru and that annoying vassal of his. Does he plan on killing me?' I had seen Sesshoumaru on occasion, wanting to battle Inuyasha. I fought against him once and was surprised when he didn't kill me at the moment he had the chance. It was a good battle, one that I had lost horribly, but a battle nonetheless. In that fight, I was pinned to the ground with slash marks all over my body and Sesshoumaru's sword at my throat. I had only punched him across the face and broke his armor with my claws. 'Why didn't he kill me then? Did he want to hold off the pleasure of it till later?' I asked myself, remembering the day from a few months ago.

"I have no desire to harm you girl. Shadow demons should no longer exist in this region," Sesshoumaru's cold voice said with what sounded like amusement.

'I have to send a shadow puppet to Inuyasha and Kagome. They have to know that Sesshoumaru is here!' I did a hand sign, and before it could be completed, there was a strong punch to my stomach and the wind was knocked out of me with Sesshoumaru's arms holding me up.

Sesshoumaru looked at the unconscious form in his arms and heard Jaken sigh slightly.

"Did you come all the way here just to kidnap her?" the imp wondered at his lord's actions.

"It was my intention all along," Sesshoumaru replied as the cool breeze of night blew his hair.

Sesshoumaru picked the form into both arms as it hung limply with unconsciousness.

"Come, Jaken, to the castle," he said coldly as an orb of blue light started to surround him.

"Yes my lord."

Together, all three took to the sky with quick speed, leaving the monkey alone with the pants.


"Do you know if that was her?" a man's voice asked from the shadows.

"That was her. It was definitely her. Looks like his sister really is still alive," laughed the other man.

The two make cat demons shoed themselves through the trees.

"I can't wait to kill her. It's going to be such a pleasure to hear her blood splatter," laughed the first one.

"Don't get too excited about it Azu. You remember what happened last time, don't you? Her brother is indeed still alive," said the second with a smirk on his face.

"Come on Saxen, imagine her ready to die," Azu said with wonder.

Saxen watched the blue light fly through the night sky, heading west. His yellow cat eyes glowed with the light of the moon as it shone brightly from the sky. Saxen's dark blue hair blended in with the night. Azu on the other hand, had blood red hair that blended with his lust for killing. He had lime green eyes that also glowed with the moonlight. Saxen smirked, showing his fangs proudly.

"Looks like the hunt for the rest of the shadow kin is starting to become interesting."


Sesshoumaru took land at the foot of the castle, looking at the large doors with his golden eyes. The wind blew a little more violently as he walked towards the doors. Jaken remained outside, sensing some sort of familiar demonic aura. As the lord walked towards the stairway, he felt the unconscious form in his arms shift slightly. His hand touched bare skin, the bottom of a bare thigh.

"So you really were chasing after something, girl," Sesshoumaru said to himself as he moved his hand back to where it had been.

He walked up the stairs, watching the stairway. Upon coming to the top step, a breeze passed Sesshoumaru and he looked to the right with his golden eyes.

"Kagura…" he whispered, smelling a familiar scent and the unusual wind inside was messed up.

Finding the door he was looking for, he slid the door open and placed the unconscious form onto the bed. He found a pair of his white pants and placed them beside the mattress on the floor.

"I will return later. You will not be able to leave once you awaken," Sesshoumaru said as he turned and left the chamber.

A woman was standing outside the chamber with white eyes and long black hair.

"My lord, what would you like for me to do?" she asked, bowing slightly to let her black hair fall forward.

"Seal the chamber with a barrier, one that will drop when only I touch the door," Sesshoumaru said as he walked by her.

"As you wish, lord Sesshoumaru," the girl replied as she stood back up straight.

"And Helena, if anyone you do not trust come near this chamber and wished to speak with her, purify them."

With that, Sesshoumaru left and Helena created a barrier to keep all away from the chamber.

Sesshoumaru walked outside into the darkness of night, knowing that the wind sorceress Kagura would be there.

"Be gone you vile woman!" Jaken yelled at her.

Kagura held her fan to her chin and her red eyes wandered to the sight of Sesshoumaru standing outside the castle doors.

"Well if it isn't the lord himself. Why would you go out of your way to kidnap a girl from Inuyasha's group?" she wondered with a small smirk.

"Leave, Kagura. This has nothing to do with you," Sesshoumaru said with a slight growl.

Jaken crossed his arms with anger towards the woman of the wind.

"How would someone like you know of what my lord does?" the imp wondered.

"I am the wind. I know most about where the winds blow. That woman that you've kidnapped will be hunted. The cats are even coming after her," Kagura laughed.

"They will be dealt with, now leave. You have no place here," Sesshoumaru growled as he turned to leave back towards the castle.

"I only came to see that you were well lord Sesshoumaru. Take care until we meet again," Kagura said as she pulled a feather from her hair and rode it to the night sky.

"What are we going to do my lord?"

"Put guards around the castle. Make sure that no one gets into the castle without consent."

"I don't see how this wench will be able to change things for us lord Sesshoumaru."

"Are you blind Jaken? That girl is one of the last remaining shadow demons. Many people are out to kill her. Even Inuyasha had the desire to be rid of her," Sesshoumaru explained before going back inside the castle.


'What's going on? Where am I?' I asked myself as I started to wake from unconsciousness. I could tell by the air of the place that I was no longer outside and that I was in the chamber alone.

"I have no desire to harm you…" his cold voice rang through my head for a moment, like an echo.

"That's right, Sesshoumaru saw me," I whispered, opening my eyes to the chamber.

There was a lantern burning to give off light since it was night and I sat up to look around. 'That's right, he knocked me out… So this must be his caste. But why would he bring me here? Am I not his enemy?' I pondered the thought before I saw a pair of white pants beside the bed that were neatly folded.

"No one else is wearing them…" I said quietly to myself.

Getting to my feet, I put on the pants before sitting back down. 'I wonder if I can get out of this room…' Getting up once again, I walked over to the door and touched it with my hand. I received a spiritual shock and winced before taking my hand back.

"Damn," I whispered, cracking my fingers with annoyance.

'It doesn't look like even my shadows would get through that. Damn, a priestess must be here. Yakazumi, where are you? Why can't I find you anywhere near here?' My train of thought broke as the door to the chamber opened and someone walked in.

"So you're finally awake," his cold voice said as he closed the door.

"What do you want with me?" I asked, looking away from his gaze.

Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow at my question and looked at me intently.

"For you to find your brother before either of you is destroyed by any other demon," he said calmly.

"And what exactly would my brother have that I don't?" I asked both coldly and suspiciously.

Over time, many had desired that of me - to find my brother - though none had explained why. Now, I wanted answers. 'Yakazumi, what's so special about you? There are so many things I want to know about you. Yet, at the same time, I'm becoming jealous of you. So many people want to search for you… Is it because you are the strongest out of the three of us left?' I wondered, wanting to know more things about my older brother.

"I'm not inclined to answer you question. What is your name girl?" Sesshoumaru asked me, looking down at me slightly.

"Why should I answer?" I asked defiantly, letting him know I wasn't easy to break.

A small smile formed on his face and he grabbed the top of my arm near my shoulder with his clawed hand.

"I'll kill that girl who's a friend of yours with Inuyasha. Kagome was it?" he said all too calmly.

"My name is Nizuni. Go ahead, kill her," I said coldly.

'He won't kill Kagome, not that I was really friends with her anyway. I didn't belong there…'

"Nizuni, you are in my castle as a prisoner, nothing more. I will leave you there to consider my request. I'm sure Yakazumi would not desire to get word of him becoming an only child."

Sesshoumaru turned away from me and then opened the door slowly.

"Know that I have no intention in harming you as long as you agree to my terms," he said before leaving and shutting the door behind him.

'Jerk! Why does he hate me so much? What did I do to him? Is it because we fought that one time? Or is it because I was traveling with Inuyasha?' I pondered the thought and figured that the second one was more likely.

"Why are jealous?" I said with a small smirk.

I knew that he wasn't jealous of that, but deep down, I sort of wanted him to be. When I fought him, I wanted to prove to him that I was strong. I had to admit to myself that I liked him, but I would never admit it to him. 'Damn… I hate feeling this way. He's such a jerk sometimes too!' Becoming frustrated, I sat down and curled into a ball to hide myself.

"I just need to get out of here. Damn it Yakazumi, where in the hell are you?" I cursed under my breath.

I needed to get out of the chamber, and with a barrier surrounding it, I couldn't go anywhere. 'Damn it. Come one Nizuni, think darkness. All I need right now is darkness and it's shadow…' Closing my eyes, I saw the darkness and faded away into it, into the shadow of sleep.


Two shadows formed on the outskirts of the western plains and then two people, male demons, came into sight.

"What are we doing here Yakazumi?" the younger one asked.

"So it would seem that lord Sesshoumaru has kidnapped out sister. How unfortunate it is for him, don't you think so Fayt?" Yakazumi said with a small smirk.

"Does she still go berserk when she's trapped?" Fayt wondered with some interest.

"The last time I saw her was when she met that weak half demon, Inuyasha. She was trapped behind a wall of ice and used all her energy to escape it. I can only imagine her panic of getting past that barrier," Yakazumi said as he bent his knees and balanced on his feet.

Fayt had midnight coloured hair and golden eyes that reflected the light of the moon. He was a shadow demon as well as a dragon. His father had been the dragon, a powerful one at that. His powers were unknown, even to Yakazumi. The only one who knew them was himself. Fayt wore completely black clothing without any shoes. Yakazumi wore a black cloak over his upper torso. It covered his face when he pulled the hood up. He had long black hair tied into a ponytail at the back of his head. His eyes were silver and his left ear was pierced near the bottom, where it wasn't pointy.

"I think we'll have to stick around and see what happens, Fayt. Nizuni will come searching for me again. Once that happens, we'll have to meet her, and it will be up to you, Fayt, to make her yours," Yakazumi said with a small smirk.

"Of course, what's a race without power? Dragon and shadow demons will become an important clan once again," Fayt said with his own smirk.

"First I believe that we'll have to take care of those cats, and make sure that lord Sesshoumaru doesn't want to make Nizuni his own."

"I'm sure it would dirty the clan if it did happen. Your father wouldn't have desired that she'd be mated to a dog. As for those cats, Yakazumi, why don't we wait and see what they do?" Fayt said with amusement.

End of Chapter 1

Well, there you are, the first chapter done and the second one started already. :D:D For other faithful readers, like the ones for Semaru, I'm working on that one. It's the last chapter, so it's really kind of hard to write. sweat drops So I really hope that you will all be able to forgive me for not updating as often as I used to. Thanks for reading this everyone, and I hope that you'll stick around for the next chapter. :D:D Please R&R and I'll update when I can, swear on it. :D