A/N: Hello all, it's Victoria!
This is the first chapter of my first InuYasha fanfic- one that I've been planning on writing for a while.
My OC (Original Character) is going to be hookin' up with Sesshy in the next few chapters, -winkwink-.
There's a couple little details I thought I'd add at the end of the chapter, but please enjoy, and don't forget to review!
*Unfortunately, I don't own InuYasha, but if I did, Sesshomaru would be all mine. Sorry ladies.(;
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"You're shitting me?"
I smirked casually and side stepped from the typical kendo attacks of Aya, my personal servant for as long as I could remember.
The hummingbird demoness swung her sword in sporadic movements, which were easily calculated by my feline instinct.
"It is what I've been told," I paused to knock her sword from her hand.
"That the Inu Taisho (*) is coming for a council of sorts with my father."
While her shock was evident on her face, I took the time to half-heartedly kick her to the ground and line my sword against her neck. I stepped back from her side and sheathed my blade, watching as she stood while whipping a spot of blood from the corner of her lips.
"What self-respecting Inu would council with the great Pansa Taisho (*)?" She gave a giggle, one that she used to mask her concern.
I shrugged and commented indifferently, "Who said the dog was self-respecting?"
With that, she busted into a fit of laughter, chasing after me as I returned inside, sopping wet from the heavy downpour. I arched a delicate eyebrow as a sea of demons parted itself at the sight of my return. Aya fluttered behind me, taking my blade and using a transformed wing to shoo away water droplets from my white haori. I scoffed at the eyes of the men watching me like a piece of meat. I would be more than enthusiastic to rid them of their thoughts, I purred as my hand twitched for my blade.
"Miyako-hime," Aya whispered, pulling the blade further from my grasp. "Come, we must prepare you for guests."
"Hn. As you wish." I upturned my nose and with a flick of my ebony tail, stalked up the main staircase of the castle.
Aya had fluttered off to my wardrobe, taking to her true form to conserve on time. In the meanwhile, I had slipped my drenched haori and hakama into a basket near a vanity. I sighed, turning my attention to a healing wound Aya had managed to inflict on me in a moment of distraction. How stupid of me, I thought. I must not let such trivial things interrupt my training.
Unbeknownst to Aya, who came fluttering into the room as a brightly colored hummingbird, the reason why she succeeded in landing a minor blow on my porcelain skin was the reasons of the council that the Inu Taisho sought from my father. I had heard my father, the great and powerful Lord of the panther demons, conversing among a few council members about a way to unite his declining land with the Western- and powerful- Inu lands. Daisuke, my father's closest advisor was there, murmuring his wise words of help.
~Flashback~
He had started with asking casual question, lightly prancing around the subject of the Forbidden Lands.
He had started tentatively, "Katsu-tono(*)…"
"Hai Daisuke-sama?" I heard my father pause, probably to raise his head from the papers he had been shuffling about all morning.
I stood to the side of the doorway of my father's study, listening carefully. I had never been one to eavesdrop, but my father had been acting strangely, hidden in his study, shutting out my mother, myself, and staying completely secluded except to Daisuke.
"You realize with the panther demon race declining because of the hanyou Naraku(*), our lands are vulnerable…"
I heard something break on the other side of the shoji. I flinched, leaning away from the door slightly, pulling my youkai aura from the air around them.
"I know," he said sternly.
"I have had an… Offer, from Taiyou-sama."
My father's voice was strained. I know as primitive nature, panther demons- supreme felines- are determined to be set against the canine Inu's of the Forbidden Land. I curled my lip up in a silent hiss at the thought of the Inu Lord offering anything to my father. But what had concerned me more was the fact that my father thought the offer was worth considering.
"An offer, milord?" Daisuke tried hard to conceal the curiosity in his voice, however, he failed miserably.
My father sighed, but continued nonetheless, "His eldest son- not the bastard child- Sesshomaru, is to inherit his land should he die."
There was a long pause, and it agitated me. Is that baka planning something against my father? I thought. I strained my ears to listen closer, almost willing them to continue their mysterious conversation.
"I see. I suppose it would be wisest to have him over for council?"
"Indeed." My father cut short the conversation, standing from behind his desk.
I fled from the deserted hallway, filled with more questions than I had before.
~End of Flashback~
"Aya-chan…" I spoke dazed, not completely moved from my memory.
"Hai Miyako-hime?" She chirped, tying my black obi with her the thin dexterity of her beak.
"Who exactly is coming to the council?" I raised a questioning brow, taking away none of my usual delicacy.
Aya fumbled, hooking the sheath of my sword under a fold of my silken indigo kimono, "I h-have not been told, milady."
I snatched her throat quickly and let out a low, threatening growl. "You will not lie to me."
My feline instinct caught the bird in mid-breath, and I instantly wished I hadn't. I felt bad as to how I treated Aya sometimes, but servants must remember their duties, and the honor they must conduct themselves with. With that being justified, I turned my attention back to Aya, who was fluttering helplessly in my grasp.
"The Inu Tai-Taisho and his first born." Her beak chattered as she spoke.
"Your mother h-had told me not to tell you, please Denka (*), don't t-tell…"
I released her feathered neck and muttered, "Get out of my sight."
As she flew disoriented out of the room, I narrowed my eyes in frustration.
There were secrets being kept from me, and I did not like it at all.
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*Inu Taisho roughly translates to Dog Lord, in this case, Sesshomaru and InuYasha's father, the Dog Demon Lord of the West
*Pansa Taisho again, roughly translates to Panther Lord, which is the Panther Demon Lord of the East, and Miyako's father
*The honorific –tono is used to address someone as "milord", "lord" or "majesty"
*For arguments sake, Naraku was alive at this time, which you will see why in later chapters
*Denka is a way of addressing someone as "Your Highness"