Alex Mary Bell age 16 was walking in the forest of death looking for food, when a spider demon attacked her. She was cut on both of her sides badly. She fell to the ground as blood flowed out of her sides. The demon was going to attack her again. She got ready for another painful blow against her body. The spider laughed as she was so weak compared to him. He says, "What a rare treat for me! After I kill you, the dog demon breed is sure to die!" He went in for the kill…

A head of pristine glory lifted to the breeze. He'd been tracking her, the last unclaimed female of his kind, for a long time now. He, the last pureblood prince of his kind, remained the last unattached male. His endeavors as of late had been less focused on his own personal vendettas, and much more concerned with his greater responsibilities as a member of an endangered species. One might say that as his years progressed, so now was coming with them the fringes of responsibility, and maturity.

He'd even entrusted his precious adopted daughter, the human girl Rin, to the village of the human priestess Kaede while he went on his newest quest: to find and in time court the last unmated female of his kind. Even his own mother had answered the call of threatened extinction and had found a second husband.

Now it was his turn.

Some called him Lord, Lord Sesshoumaru. Others a Prince. But for now, he abandoned his titles. They did not do his dying race any good.

He lifted his nose to the scent of blood, and growled. He'd been hot on her trail for three days now, and finally, this close, to catch that particular odor made his hackles stand erect. He took a deep breath, and then sprang off.

A thick Japanese forest held no hindrances for a dog spirit, and within ten minutes, perhaps fifteen, Sesshoumaru had arrived on the scene.

One quick flick of his amberine gaze had the scenario analyzed for him. The stench of blood filled his nostrils, and fury towards the disgusting spider filled him.

With an acidic green glow, poisonous vapors lined his claws, and he leapt towards the fiend, leaping clean over the wounded female, her priceless blood pooling the ground. He knew he had to act quickly.

"Be gone!" he snarled with force, viciously slicing forward at the arachnid.