Now this prince was a bit of an odd one. He didn't laugh, he didn't smile and he didn't care for anyone but himself. And as if his attitude wasn't odd enough, he looked odd! Hair as silver as the full moon and eyes as bright as the sun! Now, this prince, Sesshomaru his name was but as it was such a mouthful, that everyone called him Prince. Anyway… this prince did have a little bit of a weakness. He liked shiny things.

Like a magpie he was; if he saw something shiny, he's pick it up or buy it or take it in some cases. No one dared argue with him as, well, he was the prince. But many took advantage of his weakness. The ladies especially.

They would have dresses made with jewels and gems sown into them, made from spun gold and silver. Anything in hope of catching the young prince's eye.

But, and you might be surprised to hear this, it wasn't a shiny thing that caught his eye. In fact it was quite the opposite.

The thing that caught his eye came to him stark raving naked!

But I'm getting ahead of myself.

You see, every Thursday, come rain, snow, sun or wind, the prince would set off on his horse and ride out to the far corners of his father's kingdom. At dawn he was at the furthest point south, by lunch he was at the furthest point east, by dinner he was at the furthest point north and by dusk he was at the furthest point west. Now, that makes it sound like his kingdom was very small but, as I'm sure our traveller will tell you, it is in fact one of the largest in the world. That just shows how fast and well the prince could ride.

He rode… well, partly alon;, he had his servant with him. Jaken's its name was but everyone normally just called him 'imp' as he was so short. Honestly, some people could step on him and never even realise. And the prince wasn't very nice to the imp, often hitting him over the head or kicking him over things. But it was always by his side, loyal to the point of stupidity.

So one Thursday, around lunch, when he was heading to the furthest point east, the prince slowed down. This was very strange as it allowed Jaken to catch up. And they sat on their horses and looked at the road before them and what lay on it.

A body.