Yup. I have started another story without updating or finishing the others. BUT I WILL! Eventually.. Hee.. So I don't own anything.

Once, long long ago, in another era somewhere in Japan there was a king. An Emperor actually. He was one of the four major ruling Emperors of Japan. See, the Emperors each owned a part of Japan. Inutaisho owned the western part which just so happened to be the biggest and hardest part of Japan to keep. So as expected, he ruled with a strict and fearless hand; protection his people, his human wife and his two sons.

Everything was colorful on that warm, sunny, summer day in the Western Lands. The birds were chirping, the palace maids were humming and the townsfolk, both human and demon, greeted each other politely save for the long time friends who shouted their gleeful 'hellos' from far. The children of the servants and maids were playing happily in a river behind the beautiful palace that tickled the sky. Even the inuyoukai pup Sesshomaru and his younger half brother Inuyasha were squealing with delight as they splashed in the cool water.

Izayoi, the human mate of the demon Emperor, smiled as she watched all the children. Inuyasha and a little boy were leaning over the river bank. She recognized the boy. His name was Miroku and was the twentieth grandson of the perverted monk Miyatsu. He was orphaned and is being taught the perverted and 'holy' ways by his grandfather. Inuyasha squealed as he picked up a toad and chased the girls around. Izayoi shook her head. Her son Inuyasha didn't have many friends due to the fact that he was only half demon. And now at 4 years old he has the spirit and cheerfulness that brings other children to him. Sesshomaru, her stepson, on the other hand… When she first met him he was a stuck up little two year old. He would turn his little nose up and face away from her. He would not listen to anyone and would have no compassion for anyone. Izayoi couldn't blame him. His mother had run off when the Emperor was having troubles and was fearing the loss of his empire. But she had changed him. He was currently chasing Inuyasha with a fish.

"Empress Izayoi! Please allow me to do it." A young maid tried to take the sheet from the clothesline.

Izayoi chuckled. "Nonsense! I can do it. Beside, I'm keeping an eye on those little devils." she said cheerfully and nodded towards the laughing children. The maid smiled and nodded before walking away. Izayoi had ordered no one to bow to her since she was, after all, a human like most of them. Everyone adored her. She was the kindest, sweetest person in the Empire. Yes she had a couple of demons who didn't like her but she paid them no mind. She continued hanging up the clean sheets, humming a cheerful tune as she went.

That night, however, was entirely different.

.x.X.x.

Inutaisho walked the grounds that surrounded his palace keeping a watchful eye around him. His senses were sharp. He looked up at the dark sky. No stars were out. Only a blood red moon that made the sky seem an eerie color. He looked up towards the palace at a window that glowed. He knew it was the room of his children where his mate was helping them get ready for bed. He didn't know what was about to happen but he knew he had to protect his family.

"Come now darling. Into bed you go." hummed Izayoi softly. Inuyasha jumped into the small bed and laughed. He snuggled into his huge feather pillow and fell asleep almost instantly. She smiled moving his silver bangs from his forehead and planting a kiss on it. She walked out and to the next room. Sesshomaru was already in bed. A worn out silver stuffed dog lay on the floor. She walked to it and picked it up. "You dropped this honey." The boy looked at it and crossed his arms. Recently, the toddler had decided not to be a toddler and just be an adult. Except when things were really fun of course. Then he was full on kid. Izayoi sighed and placed the little dog on the nightstand before tucking him in and whispering a sweet 'Goodnight' then taking her leave. She peeked in through the crack of the door to look at the little boy take the dog and cuddle it before drifting to sleep.

.x.X.x.

As the Emperor walked, he saw a shooting star. It zoomed past him and landed a few miles away. He almost lost his balance as the impact made everything around him shake. Smoke flew everywhere and he was forced to step back. He walked towards where the star had landed. He felt eyes on him. He kept walking being fully aware that someone was following close. He led whatever was behind him far from the palace before turning. In front was a man. His dark hair fell like a pitch black waterfall; his red eyes shone like little fires. This man kept walking towards him.

"We are the Shinigami and we are here for the land." The man spoke with harshness in his voice.

"If you think you are going to take the Western Lands from me, I'm afraid I will have to kill you." Inutaisho unsheathed his sword and flung at the man that flew at him. With a yell, the Emperor dug the sword through the man's shoulder cutting his arm off. It fell with a sizzle and a small explosion of lights and smoke. Instead of blood, flesh and bone, the arm was made of metal and wiring and flickering lights. Inutaisho stared at the man. "What are you?" he said. In front of him were about ten more strange men.

"I'm the one that will teach you not to mess with what you don't know." The man few at him once again.

.x.X.x.

Izayoi put the book down and ran to the window when the ground shook. She looked at the smoke that was rising from the forest and what seemed to be fire. She walked out to the balcony and noticed someone coming out from the woods. At first she thought it was her mate but when more and more people followed she knew something was terribly wrong. She ran into her room and rang the distress bell. Her door swung open and the two children were standing there wide eyed. Inuyasha was sucking on his little thumb desperately and Sesshomaru was clinging to his little brother's hand and his stuffed dog. Izayoi smiled warmly. "It's ok children. Just a small earthquake. Come." She locked the window and blew the candles out as she took both children in her arms and walked quickly down the many stairs and into the kitchen. Sesshomaru watched as the maids and servants ran around yelling something about the strange intruders. A maid, Sukisho, was holding a crying Miroku and a small wolf demon, Kouga, was clinging to her skirt. His eyes were wide with terror.

Izayoi ran her hands over the walls until she found what she was looking for. She pushed and the wall opened. She put down both children and grabbed the cookie jar along with some milk. Sukisho hurried the other children in and Izayoi kneeled in front of them. "Children, everything is going to be alright. Stay in here and do not make a sound. Don't move or come out." A loud crash echoed throughout the palace and made all of them jump. "Here. Eat cookies and here is some milk. No fighting okay?" She kissed all of the children's cheeks before closing the wall.

.x.X.x.

Inutaisho took a shaky breath and looked up at the sky. He laid on the floor and looked at the scattered metal pieces around him. The thing that called itself "Naraku" was laying still and a small fire was starting where his right leg used to be. He heard the screams coming from his palace and cursed himself for being so weak. Straining, he used the sword to help himself up. He wobbled towards the kitchen. Many of his men had fallen but just as many of these things had been murdered. His wife was nowhere to be seen and he feared the worst when he saw the wall move. A pair of golden eyes looked at him and he placed a hand over his heart and released a sigh of relief. He smiled at them.

The children screamed when their father was stabbed across the chest by a sword. He fell and Naraku stood there laughing, cackling. It was almost as if evil was being summoned by this thing. He looked at the boys with a crooked grin. Everything stopped for those little boys. Three of whom huddled together in a corner. Sesshomaru stood where he was, his little body shaking. A couple of blood drops had landed on his small face. The thing took a step forward but was knocked down by Sukisho who hit him with a pot. The figure fell but it quickly disappeared in a flash of light. Sukisho ran to the boys. She was covered in blood and badly injured but she still managed to pull all of the children into her arms.

"S-Suki-san? Where is Okaa-san?" The young woman looked into the innocent eyes of Inuyasha. She rocked the children slowly and closed her eyes.

"She's with your father. She was very brave…" Sukisho couldn't bring herself to finish the sentence. Inuyasha broke into hysterical wailing. Sesshomaru simply stared at his father's body on the floor. He swore he would take revenge.

.x.X.x.

Sesshomaru stared coldly at everyone who came near him. He didn't want to hear how he was now the man of the empire or how he needed to take care of Inuyasha. He looked at the coffin. He just wanted his father back. Even Izayoi. He wished he had taken the stuffed dog that was now hidden in a secrete drawer. He didn't know if it was all the crying or Inuyasha's bawling but something in him grew. It was dark, and cold, and evil. And from that day on, he was never the same.

So yup. Another story started. This one is dedicated to my lovely fiancé who is a total nerd :3 So please R&R