Unknown Romance

An InuYasha Fanfic

Disclaimer: About owning InuYasha… I wish I did, but I don't… Damn!

InuYasha snarled and lunged at his brother. Sesshomaru merely stepped out of the way. InuYasha stumbled and landed facedown in the dirt.

"Face it, InuYasha," Sesshomaru scoffed. "You will never defeat me."

"You overdid it this time, Lord Sesshomaru," a female voice whispered from the dark fire in the dog demon's left hand.

"Perhaps I did, but he'll never learn from me. HokageUma, I have a mission for you. I know you will enjoy it."

"What is it you ask of me?"

"Fight InuYasha and tell him my message: He is too weak to defeat me."

"Huh? Me, fight that little half-blood? You must be joking."

"I do not joke, Uma. Fight my little brother and teach him the lesson."

"Very well then, but I haven't the faintest idea 'f where you are. You must summon me to do your bidding, Lord Sesshomaru."

"All in good time, Uma. All in good time."

"Don't be too hard on yourself InuYasha," Kagome whispered. InuYasha twitched his ears. "You'll get him next time." InuYasha growled.

"Not helping, Kagome," Miroku said.

"What was your first clue?" InuYasha brushed himself off and stood up. "I'm going to find something to eat." He leaped into the trees and jumped away.

Kagome sighed. "What are we going to do with him?" She shook her head.

"I may have a suggestion," a voice whispered from the shadows. A burst of flame shot into the clearing and lit up the area for a few seconds. Once the fire burned down, a figure appeared inside of it. A large horse-like demon stood among the flames. "Her name is HokageUma. She serves me and wishes to fight InuYasha."

The horse opened her red-and-black eyes and reared up. She opened her mouth and swallowed up the flames. She spat out many tiny sparks of shadow and a black flame engulfed the clearing. Kagome and Sango screamed in fear. Miroku yelled out.

"InuYasha! Help!"

The half-demon jumped into the middle of the clearing. The horse demon chuckled and smirked.

"So this is the mighty InuYasha? You are the one me moster has asked me to fight? He must have been joking."

"I told you I don't joke HokageUma!"

"Whatever." She looked back at InuYasha. "Me moster warned me about your blade, half-breed. I have been informed that it can kill 100 beings in a single swipe. Well, me moster's sword can save 100 lives in a single swipe!"

"Sesshomaru!" InuYasha spat. "My brother is your master?"

"He is indeed, InuYasha." The horse lunged at him and knocked him to the ground. "He also has a message fer me to deliver: You'll never defeat Lord Sesshomaru!" She drove a hind foot into InuYasha's stomach and swallowed the black flames. She turned and disappeared among the trees.

"Damn my brother!" InuYasha pounded a fist against a tree. "He has other demons to do his bidding now that I've cut off his left arm." (AN: Yes, that actually happened, believe it or not!)

"I told you not to get too hard on yourself," Kagome sighed. "That HokageUma… Who is she exactly? I've heard rumors, but…"

"There's her and her two younger sisters," Sango informed them. "They live in a poor village not far from mine. Some say that the three of them were raised by Sesshomaru. I doubt he's that way. He probably forced them or something."

"Rrrah," Kirara growled.

"I don't know about you guys," Miroku said, "but I think we should check these demons out, see what we're up against, and hear the real story from them."

Wow, sorry for the HE-YUUUUUUGE delay. My computer was under maintenance so I couldn't use it for a while... Like, months! I'll be working on it. Like I said Julie, a lot of questions that don't need to be answered.