Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or the Characters Except Manami she is one of my own design
This is my First story so please bear with me and be nice. I apologize for any spelling or grammar mistakes Please give any suggestions and as of just this moment I'm not entirely sure where I'm headed with this or exactly how long it will be.
She stepped onto the shrine grounds and memories from years ago flooded her mind. Two small girls with black hair ran around the grounds while and old man yelled at them. She smiled at the memory and was glad to finally be home but something seemed different about this place it didnt have the same feel as it did when she was younger. Wind blew through her now waist length black hair and she walked closer to the place she remembered being the happiest. "Manami-chan! Your here!" A woman ran up to and hugged her. "Obasan it has been too long." "No need to be all formal dear we are family." "Obasan where is Kagome-chan? I've missed her and she's long stopped returning my letters." The sadness in her voice brought a sad smile to the older woman's face. "Kagome is at school but she should be home soon. I'm sure she didn't mean to ignore your letters she's just been very busy." Manami could sense the tension and knew there was something not being said the group of friends she came across at the boarding school blessed her with her own secret. "Would you like some tea while you wait for her to get home?" "No thank you obasan i think i'll just walk the grounds i haven't been here in years i've missed it. When Kagome-chan comes home tell her she can find me in our old play place." Manami walked to the well house, the one they were always told to stay away from, and went inside. She sat in the dirt leaning against the wall looking at the well and pulled out of her bag her athame when she felt the energy change around her. She stood and walked towards the well but never saw Buyo walking in front of her and tripped into the well hitting her head.
When she came to she was no longer in the well she was in a clearing where a fire was burning. "Where am I?" She asked herself. "Your with Rin and Sesshomaru-sama. Sesshomaru-sama pulled you out of the well after killing the monster that was going to eat you. You were sleeping for three days." She jumped when she saw the girl but smiled at the little girls toothy grin. "Well Rin-chan where is this Sesshomaru-sama so i can thank him?" The little girl said nothing just pointed to a far away tree. Manami's heart picked up speed when she looked over and saw the impossibly beautiful man leaning against the tree watching her with golden eyes. She hesitantly walked towards him and froze when he spoke. "What do you want with this Sesshomaru girl?" "Sesshomaru-sama thank you for saving me. I owe you my life." She knelt before him her eyes on the grass infront of him. "Sesshomaru-sama can she stay with us Rin likes her." He said nothing he just simply nodded at the girl. "Sesshomaru-sama surely you dont want another filthy human with us?" Came a whiny voice from behind her. "Jaken if you value your life you would do well to not question this Sesshomaru." "Y-yes milord." She laughed when she saw the little girl stick her tongue out at the little green creature. "How dare you do that you little brat." He went to go hit the little girl and Manami stepped in the way. "You will not strike her, she did nothing wrong." With that she kicked him and he hit a tree. "Ningen come here." She turned to face the man that saved her life. "You have struck my most loyal servant the penalty to which is death." "Sesshomaru-sama he..." "But there is something about you worth keeping you alive for. What is your name?" "Higurashi Manami milord." "Manami-sama will you be Rin's okasan?" "Rin-chan while i am around i can be like an okasan to you but i will have to go home eventually my own okasan will be very worried about me." Her violet eyes sparkled with sadness and she wondered if she would ever get home to her family.
Somewhere far off in the distance another campfire was burning. "I hope we find her soon no telling whats she's gotten herself into." A teary eyed girl said and her best friend hugged her. "Keh. It was her own fault for fooling around at the bone eaters well. Besides we have more important things to worry about like the shards." An annoyed male voice sounded from high up in the tree. "Inuyasha...SIT." He fell from the tree and landed face first into the campfire. "What was that for!" "That's my cousin your talking about! She could be hurt and dying somewhere or worse Naraku could have her!" "Kagome calm down we will find your cousin." The other woman to the group said. "Thank you Sango. Let's get some sleep and continue looking in the morning." Weeks went by and the group still had no sign of the missing girl. "I dont understand how she could've gotten here but the well house is where mama said she went." "Kagome we will find her and im sure she will be fine." Miroku said and Inuyasha tensed. "Inuyasha what is it?" Kagome asked worried. "Sesshomaru." Right after he spoke Sesshomaru stepped out from the tree line into the clearing. "What do you want?" Inuyasha snapped and went to attack when a girls voice made him stop. "Kagome-chan!" A black haired girl came running from the trees and grabbed Kagome. "Manami! You're alright i was so worried about you!" Kagome smiled and spoke through tears. "What were you doiong with him?" Inuyasha asked rudely. "Sesshomaru-sama saved my life and has been helping me find you." "This Sesshomaru did not know that the half breeds miko was your cousin. You still owe me a debt ningen." He flexed his claws and the only thing breaking his seemingly emotionless face was the anger in his eyes, Inuyasha prepared for a fight. "You will not harm him." Manami stated and her voice echoed and eyes started to glow black. "Manami? What's happened to you?" When inuyasha backed away the glow around her faded. "Kagome-chan we have much to talk about but first I have a debt that needs to be repaid. What is it you request of me milord?" She said and bowed her head. "You will be Rin's keeper for this Sesshomaru, Jaken doesn't seem to know how to treat her and as you are ningen as well and female it would be good for her and she enjoys your company." "Yes milord for you i will but will i be able to go home to say goodbye? My obasan must be very worried." "Manami you can't do that he is evil!" "No Kagome-chan he is not for weeks i've traveled with him and he has done nothing to harm me and im certain had he truly wanted to he could've killed me already."
A few hours later at the hot springs Kagome, Manami and Sango were bathing. "So what was with the black glow earlier Manami?" Sango asked "Kagome-chan do you remember when we were kids and i would go to the shrine to see you?" "Yes but what does that have to do with what happened earlier?" "My parents sent me away shortly after our last visit because strange things kept happening, things that i had unintentionally caused to happen. I met people at this school they sent me too that helped me to control what i was doing. I have mystical powers and im sure you will understand that portion because you are a miko, but my powers are darker and i can do far more then you can." Kagome's eyes went wide as she heard her cousin talk. "I know how and why you are here and maybe i was brought here to help you. If you can't find this Naraku guy because of your holy powers maybe i can get to him with my darker ones." "We can't let you put yourself in danger like that Naraku is deceptive and manipulative he will do anything to control you." Sango said and tears stung at her eyes as she thought about her brother. "Sango-san there is no need to worry i was trained in weapons of all sorts and how to use and control my powers, Something i could show you Kagome-chan." She added with a warm smile. None of the girls were aware that while they were walking back to camp a pair of eyes were watching them.
'Why am i bothering to worry about this ningen?'
'Because you want her.'
'This Sesshomaru would never want a ningen.'
'Believe what you want for now...'
He stalked off back to the campsite.
"Manami-sama! Rin wants you to tell her another story!" Rin came running up to her as she got back to camp. "Sure Rin-chan what would you like to hear this time?" "Something about a princess. Can Shippo-chan listen too?" She looked down at the little fox demon beside the girl. "Of course he can, but i don't think i know any more princess stories how about another one that maybe Shippo-chan would like as well or maybe i could just sing you to sleep tonight?" She suggested knowing full well a little boy wouldn't want to hear a sappy love story. "Rin would like that Manami-sama" When the children were tucked in she began to sing a soft tune, one she had loved to hear as a child. Her voice was melodic and entrancing and within no time everyone but Kagome and Sesshomaru were sleeping. "Mama used to sing that to us when we were little, you sing it better though." She said with a yawn and crawled into her sleeping bag to sleep. Manami looked over at Sesshomaru sitting far off watching the group like he would always do but this time he was more tense. The light breeze blew his long sliver hair and she walked over and knelt beside him. "It's a lovely night is it not Sesshomaru-sama?" "Hn." "Look we've been traveling together for weeks and i'm gonna be staying with you for longer to look after Rin-chan the least you can do is speak to me!" She snapped. "No one has ever dared speak to this Sesshomaru that way ningen." "Well it seems like that's the only way to get an actually answer out of this Sesshomaru." She stated. "You are a curious creature ningen you do not seem to fear for your life." he turned to look at her but her eyes were down. "I do fear for my life what i don't fear is you." When she met his gaze his eyes were blood red and hers widened. "Well you should." With that said he grabbed her by the throat and pinned her to the tree bringing his face close to hers. "I could kill you right now you are a worthless ningen and this Sesshomaru doesn't truly need you around." He let her go and heard her heart beating rapidly but smelt no fear on her which infuriated him.
Far off a man with red eyes watched the girl through a mirror. "Hmm curious this girl doesn't even fear the great Lord Sesshomaru. She could be useful. Kanna get Kagura and bring her to me and make sure she gets here alive." "Yes Naraku."
