DISCLAIMER- I don't own Inuyasha.

Chapter one- The beginning

NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE SAME VERSION AS I DESCRIBED IN MY ANYA STORY, THIS IS A DIFFERENT VERSION OF THEIR LOVE STORY. I WILL GO ALONG WITH THE THIRD MOVIE SEQUENCE ONLY I MAY WANT TO MAKE INUNOTAISOU SURVIVE THE FIRE. BUT I'M STILL DECIDING.

Thirteen year-old Izayoi sat on a rock watching the koi fish swim around in circles. The black and white koi were circling around each other contently. Her father, an emperor to one of the Westlands' villages, was currently in a meeting with the Lord of the Westlands, General Inunotaishou.

He was the strongest person alive and had a HUGE army. Every month he would come to talk to her father and get updates on how the village was doing. He had been coming by for as long as she could remember.

She mostly only saw the ruler/general from afar, but she did always think her was quite handsome. He had even tan skin and beautiful, long, silver hair that was tied into a high ponytail. He had demon markings on his face and wrists and dangerously sharp claws that Izayoi found interesting. He also had three swords; 2 at his hip and one was strapped to his back. Along with that he wore battle armor on his chest, arms, and around his waist.

She also found it interesting that he never seemed to age; he always seemed to look like he was in his twenties or so. But the one thing Izayoi loved most was his eyes. They were molten honey gold that she was always hypnotized by.

A few months ago, Izayoi took a liking to listening to her father's meetings from the other side of the door. One day Inunotaishou had caught her listening in. He had been running late and Izayoi was listening to her dad go over some stuff with one of his soldiers. At first she was scared she would get in trouble but Inunotaishou said that he had done the same thing when he was her age and that he wouldn't tell.

She had always loved his voice too; it was deep and powerful yet soothing and comforting for her. On the times Izayoi did happen to be close to Inunotaishou, she always had a sense of security and safety.

Izayoi looked up at the sky. The breeze felt nice as it flowed through her hair and the many layers of her kimono. The sun shone brightly through the trees of the peaceful forest. Deciding that such weather was perfect for a walk, Izayoi stood and snuck into the forest and sighed happily as she felt the breeze again. She didn't really know her way around the forest but figured she wasn't going deep enough for it to matter.

About maybe an hour later, Izayoi had realized that she had gone farther than she wanted and didn't know which way was home. Starting to panic, Izayoi began to run in a random direction hoping to find her way back. She refused to stop as she closed her eyes to ignore the pain in her chest. She continued running until she collided with something, or rather someone.

Izayoi looked up and realized she had run into Inunotaishou's waist.

"Well there you are. Everyone's been looking for you," he said with a chuckle. Izayoi gave a small, embarrassed smile and looked down at her feet.

"I lost my way," Izayoi said shyly. She heard him give a small laugh.

"Come with me, I'll help you find your way back," he said taking her hand and began to walk. Izayoi looked at their hands; his hand was so big compared to her smaller one. After about another hour it seemed like, they had made it back to Izayoi's palace.

Her mother came out frantically with her father close behind. Her seven year-old sister (the youngest of the family) Yumi, and her six older sisters watched from the entry way.

"I went for a walk and got lost. But the General found me," Izayoi said as her mother hugged her.

"You're lucky it was not a blood thirsty demon that wanted you for a snack," her father scolded. Izayoi knew that her family didn't fully trust Inunotaishou considering he himself was a demon, but he gave them no reason to feel unsafe or threatened.

"Yes father," Izayoi answered dutifully. Her mother stood back up.

"Now go change out of those dirty clothes and wash up for dinner," she said softly.

"Yes Mama," Izayoi said as she followed her family into the house. She turned to thank Inunotaishou but he was already gone.

/oo/

Izayoi stepped out of the tub and changed into a ruby red kimono. She had felt safe when Inunotaishou was near, but now that he was gone she didn't feel so strong. She had admitted to herself a little while ago that she did have a small crush on the dog lord.

But Izayoi knew that even if years from now the dog lord were to somehow have the same feelings for her that they could never be together. Demons and humans were supposed to be at war with one another and forbidden to be together.

'As long as demons and humans hate each other, it can only be a crush,' Izayoi thought sadly as she ran to the dining room for dinner.

Review! I'm back! Again, this story sequence is different than the version in my Anya story that is because I was writing both stories at the same time and did not wanna mix them up so I kept the versions different. However for those who have read Anya, I might be planning on adding her in this story
Until next time, read and review!