Chapter 1: A Calculating General

'Now how did this happen?' Mika thought to herself. 'First I found an annoying foreign woman who won't shut up and now I'm fighting a ridiculously dressed foreign army on the western borders of the eastern lands.' Mika turned and struck down a soldier who was trying to attack her from behind. 'Dishonorable henchman. God is that girl still clinging to one of my men like a spoiled toddler?' Mika struck down another soldier and ran to the girl. She gave her a once over eyeing the strange dress she was wearing.

"You cannot fight in that." Mika said ignoring the meager protests coming from the girl. She drew her blade and cut off the sleeves and the bottom of the dress. It now fell just above her knees. 'She still needs a weapon. Just then a soldier came barreling towards them with a menacing looking sword. 'Perfect.' Mika dodged his attack and struck him down as well. She grabbed his sword and handed it to the girl.

"Eep! What am I supposed to do with this!? And you destroyed my dress! It was the latest fashion back home! It's expensive! You'll pay for thi…" the foreigner was cut off by Mika's death glare.

"You couldn't fight in that dress and you need some way to defend yourself." She said as a soldier ran past her and tried to attack the foreign girl, she shrieked and pierced his stomach with her newly acquired sword. When she saw what she did she shrieked again.

(Crash!)

There was a far off crash on the battlefield. It almost sounded like armor crashing on armor. Mika turned towards the resulting dust cloud. She saw a familiar figure in the center of the cloud. 'That looks like, no. It can't be.'

"Sesshomaru." She whispered under her breath.

~Sesshomaru's POV~

I heard a commotion on the eastern borders of my land while on patrol. When I searched for its source I across a battle between two armies. Several ridiculously dressed soldiers charged at me. I used my powers and the wind around me started to pick up. I tossed the soldiers towards each other. The resulting dust cloud was huge. I picked up a faint sound, it almost sounded like my name.

~End Sesshomaru's POV~

Mika jumped from the cliff edge she was standing on and into the shallow canyon beneath her. As she ran towards the great demon lord she struck down several opposing soldiers. It seemed they were an endless stream. With the area cleared for now, she sheathed her blade and knelt before the demon lord.

"My lord. It has been quite some time since I've last seen you." She raised her head and looked into his amber eyes. "Don't tell me you've forgotten me." She teased.

'Why does this wench look so familiar?' Sesshomaru thought to himself. Then something sparked in the back of his mind.

~Flashback~

Sesshomaru was fourteen, just toeing the line of puberty. He was studious back then, almost as studious as he was now. After running out of scrolls in his library he turned to a small store in a village twenty minutes from his home. As he was searching through a bin of scrolls the storeowner stormed in. He was an angry looking 30-something year old human. He froze for a second when he saw the young lord. At this point Sesshomaru came on a daily basis, so the shop keeper was used to his presence. Though he still feared the young youkai. He bowed to Sesshomaru who was giving him a quizzical look.

"My young lord." He bowed. "Have you happened to see a young slave girl in here?" He had a look of hatred and disgust when he mentioned the girl. Sesshomaru shook his head. "Excuse me my lord. I must find her." He then turned and exited the main room and disappeared behind a door. After ten seconds Sesshomaru heard that he was out of the building.

"Is he gone?" He heard a tiny voice say. There was no one around him. He could not place the sound nor could he smell a possible source of the voice.

"Is he gone?" The voice repeated.

"Who? And where are you speaking from?" He asked looking around him. He gave a tiny jump when a face popped from the bin of scrolls he was just sifting through.

"The shop keeper, is he gone?" Sesshomaru stared at the small ink stained face. He was captivated by those amethyst colored eyes, he slowly nodded.

"The shop keep left the building and went to a small hut behind the shop." He answered, attempting to keep his voice monotone. He rarely spoke now-a-days.

"Oh good." The girl said as she climbed out of the bin, careful not to drop a single scroll. She looked around the same age as Sesshomaru. She had dirty butt length raven colored hair, her grey kimono was ink stained and had tears along the hems and sleeves. "Thank you my lord." She bowed.

~End Flashback~

This couldn't be the same girl. She was human, and that was over two hundred years ago. But looking into those brilliant amethyst eyes, he knew it had to be the same girl. She still had butt length raven hair, but it was held in a high ponytail by a blood red ribbon. Her clothes looked strange to Sesshomaru though.

(A/N She was wearing a black Chinese dress with red edges and stitching that landed just above her ankles with slits up both sides going up to her hips. She had red leggings that had a black sakura blossom design, a red sash around her waist that held her katana and a small pouch. Her shoes were typical Chinese shoes in black and black fingerless gloves.)

"So my lord, will you fight besides me one more time?" She was now on her feet and held her hands towards Sesshomaru.

"Hn." Was his reply. She smiled inwardly. 'He hasn't changed a bit.' Just then a new wave of foreign soldiers appeared. Mika gave Sesshomaru one last glance, his eyes were now glowing red, and turned back towards the soldiers. Her soldiers were scattered on the cliff above and in the basin of the canyon, they were severely outnumbered but this never bothered Mika. They would win this battle with or with Sesshomaru's help, it would just go faster with his help.

She heard a loud growl behind her and new that he had transformed into his true form. Looks like they'd be finished here by sunset.

"Let's go Fluffy!" She yelled as they charged forward. Mika slashing down soldiers with her katana and Sesshomaru jumping on unsuspecting, he made sure to avoid Mika's men. After a few minutes Sesshomaru allowed his poison to fill the basin.

"Oi! Everyone out of the basin! Get to the top of the cliffs now!" She yelled at her men. The foreign soldiers saw them retreat and thought they won, well that was until they turned and saw a green mist fill the air around them. Mika cut a square of cloth from one of the fallen soldiers and tied it around her nose and mouth. 'This won't hold for long. I have to end this soon. I have to find their leader.' Just then a new wave of soldiers dropped into the canyon from a high plateau in the center of the basin. It was about ten feet away and fifty feet high.

"Sesshomaru! Sit!" She yelled at the giant dog in front of her. He gave her a look that said 'Are you serious?' "SIT!" She yelled again. This time he complied. She ran up his back, to his head, and jumped off his upturned nose. "I promise to scratch behind your ears later!" She yelled knowing that the great lord wasn't too happy about someone running off of his face.

The jump did the trick though. She was at the top of the plateau in front of an expensively dressed man with a golden hilt sticking out of his belt. Embedded in the hilt was an assortment of precious jewels.

"You wench!" He drew his sword and faced Mika. The steel of his broad sword was embedded with diamonds, which could cut through anything.

"This is where you die." Mika said as she charged him with her katana. Down in the canyon soldiers were dropping like flies from Sesshomaru's poison. Those who managed to climb out of the canyon were faced with Mika's soldiers. Some were captured others killed where they stood.

Mika and the man were exchanging blows. She had a wicked smile on her face, after all she wasn't even trying. The smile dropped from her face when she delivered the final blow. She sheathed her blade and grabbed the sword from the crumpled form of her adversary. She looked down at the battlefield.

"Stand down! All of you!" She yelled. Her men sheathed their weapons as they knelt on the ground, the foreign soldiers looked up at the sword and knew they had lost. They silently prayed that they wouldn't be tortured.

Mika kneeled on one and placed her right hand on the ground. The Earth under everyone's feet pulsed, covering the entire battlefield. The bodies of the dead quickly decomposed as the earth continued to pulse. In the wake of the decomposed bodies new fauna began to grow. Plants rose from the ground where previously dead bodies lay. Even Sesshomaru's poison was being filtered out of the air. Once all the bodies were decomposed and the plants had sprouted and the air was clear Mika stood and removed the cloth from her face.

"With death comes new life. Out of this violence comes peace and prosperity. The two sides of a broad sword," she held the sword in front her face, "One destroys the other gives. This battle is over, a new peace falls on this land. Its symbol is destroyed." She threw the sword high into the air , and held her hands in front of her hands in front of her mouth taking deep breaths. When the sword was two feet from her head she looked up and blew fire at it. The gold and steel melted, leaving behind the jewels and a few gold nuggets. Catching them Mika jumped from the plateau and landed in front of the foreign soldiers. She handed them all of the jewels and gold but held onto two small pink shards.

With that Mika, Sesshomaru, and her men turned and left the battle site. Sesshomaru had climbed up to the top of the cliff and lowered herself to the ground, still in his true form. Mika crawled on his back and sat on his neck taking a hold on his thick fur. Followed by her men they traveled to the west through thick forest. Mika was exhausted and began to sleep on Sesshomaru's scruff.

Sorry this chapter is so long. I didn't want to make it too short but I ended up making it too long in the process. Please rate and review ^-^