two strong and well dressed guards are seen walking down a hallway till they reached the throne room.

"you sent for us my lord" they both said as they bowed to their ruler.

"yes, I want you both to go to that accursed village, retrieve my bride and all her belongings and once she is safe with you, give this to the village leader" the large ruler said as he handed them a scroll "now go" he growled as he sent his servants on their mission.

the king looked out of the door after his guards had left, he knew them well enough not to mess up on their mission, but he also envied the brotherly relationship that they both shared, looking out of his window,his eyes looking towards the forest as a sad look came upon his face.

"every time I see the sun shine so bright, it reminds me of the terrible mistake I made those years ago" he said as his eagle landed on his shoulder.

the group continued to walk down the path as they walked towards the village that they called home, sango and miroku walked ahead with shippo, while kagome insisted to walk alone in the middle, which left inuyasha and asana at the back as they continued their discussion.

"inuyasha, I still think you should see him" asana said to the white-haired teen who scoffed at her suggestion.

"if he wanted to see, he could have come to look for me, he is just as bad as sesshomaru" he replied.

"well you wont ever know what he thinks of you, if you hid from him" she said with a smile.

"whatever asana, shouldn't you be married by now" he asked her causing her to giggle.

"why do you ask, do you have someone in mind" she said causing him to blush.

"no way" he quickly said "I was just asking"

"its alright, yes I should be but I haven't found that person yet" she said to him.

"well anyone should be honored to have you" he said looking away from her.

"well, I will tell you this, the one person who has shown interest in me, we can't be together"

"what, why"

"because he is too good for someone like me" she said, showing no more interest in continuing the discussion as she looked down.

"this isn't good" one of the guards said as they flew from the burning village.

"I know, his Majesty wont like this one bit" the other replied as the palace came into sight, only for them to see their king waiting on the balcony.

"sire" they said as they landed before him with their heads bowed.

"you have returned to me empty-handed" he said, a growl clear in his voice "where is she"

"sire, by the time we arrived there, they had kick her out of the village" one of the guards said "they said that she left the village with a man"

they couldn't continue their report because they were silenced by the sudden release of sheer power that came from their ruler.

"did they tell you what he looked like" he said with a voice that dripped with hatred towards who ever had dared touch his bride.

"they said that he had white hair and had a sword" that was all they where able to say before he rushed past them.

"ryu" was all he said as his pet landed on his arm "find her" was all he said as the bird flew off,then he turned to his guards "hold down the castle, I will return soon" he said as he flew into the air on a crimson cloud.

"I wont let you take her as well, you selfish bastard" he growled as he left his home to retrieve his bride.

Meanwhile, in another part of the forest rin was playing in a flower bed under the watchful eyes of jaken and her lord Sesshomaru.

"My lord, I made a flower crown for you" she said as she stood in front of him.

"Foolish girl, why would he need a crown made of weed..." jaken started but was quickly silenced by his master.

"Thank you but I would look a lot better on you" he said to her causing her to nod with a smile before she ran off into the field again.

"My lord if i may ask, why we are in these poorly guarded lands of the east, is there something you seek" jaken asked.

"i seek nothing that should be of your concern" he said"

"yes my lord"

The group found themselves back at the large cave, the girls, miroku and shippo where preparing dinner, while Inuyasha excused himself from the group.

"so asana, you and inuyasha seem to be quite close"sango said as they cooked.

"i guess, he reminds me of someone, just not as intimidating, but just as thoughtful" she said to her as she checked on the meat that was cooking over the fire.

"inuyasha? thoughtful" kagome thought as she watched the two women talk, whenever asana said something, she smiled, how could she be so happy all the time.

"she has such a nice smile too" kagome thought before she thought about what she said to herself, was she becoming jealous of inuyasha's and asana's relationship.

"umm, kagome" sango said bringing her out of her thought.

"yeah" she replied.

"would you like to come to the hot springs with us once we get back to the village" sango asked.

"yeah sure" she said, as inuyasha walked out of the forest,kagome looked at him in horror.

"Inuyasha what did you do" kagome said as she got up and walked up to him.

"What" he asked as she pointed at his mouth

"Why is their blood on your mouth?"

"Well...i"

"You know that you shouldn't eat raw meat, what if you got ill and we got attacked"

"But kagome" he started.

"Sit!"

As Inuyasha hit the floor and kagome continued her rant, asana dropped what she was doing and ran to his side.

"inuyasha are you alright" she said as she helped him up.

"Don't worry asana I'm fine" Inuyasha said to her, she let out a sigh of relief as she smiled at him

kagome only watched the interaction between them, not knowing that it caused a part of her heart to turn dark.

the king continued to fly across the skies as he searched for her.

"despite all that you have said and done to me, this would be the worse" he said.

flashback

"Well, I'm honored that you came to see me brother" he said as Sesshomaru walked towards him.

"Cut the pleasantries, you fool" he replied "you know why I am here"

"As powerful as I am, mind reading is not my specialty" he said walking over to his younger brother.

"Powerful? We both know that I am the most powerful demon in these lands, I have even surpassed our father"

"Yet you want the tensaiga, his sword"

"Not anymore, now that I have bakusaiga, I have no need for it"

"Really little brother" he said turning away "well then if there is nothing you have to say, I would like to get back to my hunt" he said as he walked past him.

"Stay away from Inuyasha, the half-breed is my ward; you will be breaking the law if you even touch the boy" Sesshomaru said as he flew away, the king waited till he could no longer smell him before he went back home, his words caused a horrible memory filling his mind.

the king was brought out of his thought by a familiar scent which caused him to smirk, with a wave of his hand, his whole body was covered with a black cloak.

"found you" he snarled as he headed in that direction.