Chapter One; Unfortunate Meeting
A/N: This was originally a oneshot until I kept getting comments about how it needed to be in chapter format due to it's length, so here we go with a try lol. I hope it's well enjoyed and read.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own the InuYasha group, but I do own this story line and the new characters that are within it.
Sessho-maru sat in the grass leaning against the tree as he watched Rin happily ran through the field before him picking flowers and annoying Jaken. He smirked as Jaken tripped courtesy of a rabbit hole. His sharp gold eyes watched as Rin came skipping up to him with a small necklace of white and yellow flowers. "For you Sessho-maru-sama." she said happily. "Baka, Sessho-maru-sama doesn't want flowers." Jaken snapped as he ran up to her waving his staff. Just to make Jaken annoyed, Sessho-maru took the ring of small flowers and wrapped it around the Tensugia's hilt. Rin smiled and stuck her tongue out of Jaken. "Jaken-sama is just mean to Rin." she huffed. While Jaken and Rin argued Sessho-maru sat there watching them with slight amusement. Suddenly a scent that was unknown to him reach his nose. The scent was strange but Sessho-maru recognized it as soft sakura blossoms. "Jaken, take Rin else where." he said as he stood clutching the Torkijin. Jaken looked up at his master before taking a hold of Rin's small hand and leading her into the forest.
Not even a moment later something burst out of the bushes. As the something straightened, Sessho-maru realized that it was a ningen female dressed in a gray kimono. She looked up at him and her eyes grew wide. "Who are you and what do you want?" she called as she held a bow up, notched with an arrow. Sessho-maru raised an eyebrow and drew his sword. "I would suggest that you lower your weapon." he said as he held Torkijin out pointing at her. "Iie. I will ask again. Who are you and what do you want?" she said as she pulled the arrow back and aimed at him. Before Sessho-maru could speak again Rin suddenly ran out of the trees screaming in terror. The girl jumped in surprise and in doing so released the arrow, which accidentally flew toward Rin. Sessho-maru instantly caught the arrow. The woman's face was that of horror at what had just happened. Rin was frozen from fear, but when Jaken came and dragged her away, not noticing the woman or the arrow in his master's hand, she moved as she assured her that, the spider was gone and it had not been a youkai. "What you did was a mistake" Sessho-maru said as he held his sword out to her.
Before the woman could even move she lay bleeding at his feet and her blood dripped from the end of Torkijin. The woman looked up at him her eyes going in and out of focus. "I-I forgive y-you. Gomensai." Sessho-maru's eyes widened as he heard her whispered words before her head fell back into the grass a small trickle of blood came from the corner of her mouth. Sessho-maru looked down and actually looked at her. Her hair was a bright red and extremely soft looking. It consisted of entirely of soft gentle curls. Her eyes reminded him of that ningen female that followed with his half brother. They were a deep blue. Suddenly he felt Tensuiga pulse at his side. He glanced down at the sword in question. Sliding the Torkijin back into his sash he withdrew his other sword. Tensuiga vibrated in his hand. 'Does it want me to bring her back?' he thought in slight shock. The sword vibrated harder in response. Looking back down at the female and then at his sword he saw the harbingers of death surrounding her body. Slashing the sword over her body he destroyed the goblin like things. The girl gasped taking a deep breath of air. Her eyes became sharp as she convulsed slightly before she fell back to the ground and closed her eyes. Sessho-maru looked at his sword before sliding it away. He didn't know why but he felt as if he needed to make sure that she was alright. Kneeling down he situated her in his arm before standing.
He followed her strange scent till he came to a strange area. There, a single tree in a clearing stood, but was bigger then that sacred tree near that well in his forest. At the base of tree was a small hut that seemed to be part of the large tree. The area around it was covered with gardens. There were herb gardens, flower gardens, vegetable gardens, a small rice patty, and other strange gardens. As he grew closer he began to notice that scents were disappearing. And then, they were gone. Blinking in surprise he looked down at the woman in his arm in slight awe. She must have been powerful to actually have a barrier strong enough to remove all scents within a hundred foot radius of the home. Walking up he took in all the herbs that were hanging from the windows and roof drying. The flowers that were around the home and the ivy that was climbing up the wall. 'Rin would like this place.' he thought off handedly as he approached the sliding door. Using his foot he slid it opened. Even within the home all scents were absent. He looked around wondering were he could put her so that he could leave. Suddenly he heard a sound from another room to his right. Turning his head he watched as a small black and red two tailed cat walked out. It looked at him for a moment before meowing. It came up to him and nudged his ankle as if trying to get him to move in a particular direction. He looked to were the neko was trying to get him to move. The room that he was now looking into was a bed room. He walked in. The woman's bed was round and sunken in. The furs and single silk blanket were dark. The room looked like the inside of the tree. Along the wall were two book shelves and everywhere were herbs hanging from the walls. The neko walked over to the bed and circled it telling him to lay her down. He walked over to it and lay her atop the furs. He stared at her for a moment sitting down. He had questions for her and he couldn't get them till she was awake.
A/N: Ta-da! What did I say, I said that I'd do chapter formats lol. I must remained all, this was probably my third attempt at writing so it's a littttle...well...off. *laughs* I hope it's still enjoyed.
