Chapter 2: Kotoyo

A few weeks later, Sesshomaru had picked up Rin to travel with him for a little while from Lady Kaede's village. She was so happy she got to finally spend some time with him and Jaken. She looked up to Sesshomaru like a father figure, he's all that she had. He's the one who saved her and protected her most her life.

As Sesshomaru, Rin and Jaken were walking along as they usually do. Scouting his territory and on the look out for creatures that may be lurking. Even though Naraku was gone, Sesshomaru was still on his guard. Who knew what else could cross their paths. While they were walking Sesshomaru had come to a halt. He looked around and sniffed the air.

Jaken noticed this and watch Sesshomaru closely, "What is it?" he asked.

"Do you not smell that?" Sesshomaru replied as he continued to look around and sniff the air.

"Eh." Jaken said looking around as well, "No."

Out of no where a young lady had appeared and was walking right in their direction. She was now some what visible to their sight. Jaken gasped "Witch!"

"Stay back." Sesshomaru said shifting his eyes to look at Rin and Jaken, then refocusing his attention on the stranger approaching them. Jaken had pulled Rin back to hide behind a near by giant tree.

The young lady stopped to look ahead and noticed Sesshomaru standing there. Out of no where she took off at the speed of light and landed right in front of him.

This girl had white/silver hair in a pony tail and red bangs. Her eyes were like Sesshomaru's but ice blue. She was fair skinned, thin and fit. She had a long white coat on. Black tank top and white shorts. She had a yellow belt, teal strips on her coat and black boots with teal on the bottoms. She had wore a choker necklace around her neck, straps on her chest, wrists and legs with little spikes. She had a beautiful face, with lime green stripes on her cheeks, but crossed like an x. On her fore head she also had a full moon crest and magenta on her eye lids. She had a blunt and sassy attitude.

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When she landed right in front of them, Rin noticed it was just a lady, well according to her it was so she was trying to go over to her, to great her, but Jaken kept pulling her back. "Who are you?" The women asked looking directly at Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru's eye brows were raised. He was impressed slightly and curious to what she was. She smelt like a dog. Which baffled him. Their wasn't to many left in existence so he was surprised in a way, if she were a dog, that he ran into her. It was a rare occurrence. Males normally don't cross each others territories, unless their looking to take it over. However females can come and go in the males territory as they please. Though he kept his gaze on her and narrowed his brow, "You're in our way, Move." he said in reply.

She was wondering why he was acting so serious, "And why should I? Perhaps it is you who is in my way."

His eye brows raised again at her response. He said nothing to her in response and got his hand ready to use his whips. Rin has broke free from Jaken and ran out, Jaken ran out also and said, "Don't be so foolish women. You dare mock the great and powerful, Lord Seshsomaru! You better do as he says and move out of his way!"

The women smiled at Jaken lowering her eyes, "Oh so his name is Sesshomaru, why thank you." she smiled again as she shifted her eyes up and placing her hand on her hip, "Why am I going to listen to a ugly little toad like you? Like I had said perhaps you are the ones in my way." Then she focused her gaze to Sesshomaru, " So, Sesshomaru, where you heading?" she asked.

Jaken took offense to the toad comment, so in anger he jumped up yelling, "That's none of your business young women! Now do as he says!"

She laughed again and leaned down to look at him, "What's an ugly little toad like you going to do about it? Hmmm?" she asked.

"Grrr" Jaken was offended again and now getting irritated, "I'm not a toad! I am an Imp! Are you blind?!"

"You speak as if I care toad." she said yawning then turning her gaze to look at her nails, "Still ugly."

Jaken gasped, he couldn't believe her attitude, "You better watch your mouth!"

"Okay, Okay," she said in a sarcastic tone of voice, "you're not a toad, you're a ugly parasite, I get it."

"That's right." Jaken said folding his arms and closing his eyes, then he realized what she said, "HEY!"

"ENOUGH!" Sesshomaru shouted to break up the bickering, then he turned his gaze to the women. "Step aside," he demanded again.

"Why?" she asked with one eye brow raised and one lowered, "What's the big rush?" She was obviously pushing buttons and this she was doing perfectly. Sesshomaru's patience was wearing thin.

Jaken laughed at her with a big grin on his face, "You fool! Move at once, or you'll be sorry if you don't." he said 'sorry' in a sarcastic tone of voice.

She put her right hand on her hip, then lifted her left index finger to her mouth and shifted her eye's up, "Well I would, but I don't think so." she smiled, "Besides I was just asking to find out if you were going the same way, maybe we could travel together ?" she asked with a grin.

"Absolutely not!" Jaken gestured as he jumped up in her face, "Why would we let a fouled mouth, ill mannered brat join us?"

"I believe I was asking him," she pointed at Sesshomaru as she shifted her eyes to look at him, "so shut your mouth toad."

Sesshomaru was glaring at her, again his patience was wearing thinner and thinner. Yet he wanted to find out what she was. He was sure of this idea and she was a bit rude at first. Although entertaining at the same time. He was thinking about it. Then she looked at them and asked again, "So where are you heading?"

Jaken was fed up and would not answer. Rin however, didn't see what the big deal was so she did, "Since Naraku is gone, were just walking around really."

The lady gasped, "What!" she said looking at them surprised, "Naraku's really dead? You mean for good?"

"Yeah!" Rin smiled happy to tell her so with her eyes shut and a big grin on her face.

The women danced around them "Woo hoo!" she said in excitement, " Good riddance!" she smiled dancing around some more.

Rin laughed at her , so did Jaken, "We're happy too." Rin said laughing some more. Sesshomaru watched her closely he wasn't letting off his guard so quickly.

"I was after him for quite a while, I didn't know he was destroyed." She smiled with a big grin as she stopped dancing around.

"Why?" Rin asked curious to know, "What did he do?"

"Well," Kotoyo said kneeling down to look at Rin and explain. "He killed the family and friends. He tricked me, he made me think he was my father. But I knew what he did, I knew he wasn't. He took the form of my father and pretended to act like him to lure me away, because of what I am. He killed my parents and tried to say he's not the one who killed them, after revealing that he wasn't my father. He blamed a InuYasha and ," She looked at Sesshomaru as she looked him up and down, "Sesshomaru. I knew it was a trick, I refused to listen to him and take orders from him. He tried convincing me to kill InuYasha and Sesshomaru to get revenge on my parents death. I didn't believe him, I knew he just wanted to use me for my power. I won't participate in a stupid game set up by Naraku, I will not be his pawn. Then he tried making me his lady. I wasn't having that either. Why, so I could bear a powerful child for him to do his bidding. Then when I pretended to say I would go along with his little game on killing the two, he let me go. To do the deed. But, I ran away and he came after me. I kept trying to fight with him but he kept running away like a coward when weakened."

Rin felt compassion for her and felt bad, "I'm sorry."

"So," Sesshomaru looked at her with his eyes narrowed down and curiousity written on his face, "You were told to kill me?" he asked in a low tone of voice.

She nodded her head yes and stood up to look at him, "Yes, but I wont. I wont be a pawn. Also a InuYasha." she added.

"I see." Sesshomaru said looking ahead to think, "What are you?"

Jaken laughed at the idea of her being told to kill him, "Good, you'd be a fool if you even dared to try."

"Shut up toad, what if it was a different Sesshomaru, huh?" She asked him with a irritated look on her face.

"It's not, InuYasha is his brother! You have the right Sesshomaru." Jaken added as he laughed, "Stop calling me a toad!"

"Ohh," she said, "So you're the Sesshomaru I was supposed to kill ? Huh small world." she smiled then she turned her gaze to Jaken, "Well if I knew your name then perhaps I wouldn't call you a toad!"

"Why should I tell you, we don't know your name!" Jaken snapped back at her as he folded his arms.

The girl rolled her eyes with annoyance and sighed, "I am Kotoyo. Happy?"

"I'm Rin," Rin chimed in and introduced her self, "That's Jaken." she said pointing to Jaken

"Hey!" Jaken snapped at Rin for giving away his name, "That's Master Jaken."

"Don't you hey her," Kotoyo snapped at Jaken, "She's just a child, or do you have to many cobwebs for brains to realize that? Master of what? Frogs?"

"Enough" Sesshomaru said again to stop the bickering, "What are you?" he asked again.

"Huh?" Kotoyo uttered puzzled, "Is your nose broken?"

Sesshomaru shifted one eye brow up at this, "I do believe I asked you what you are "

"Cant you tell with your sense of smell?" She asked "Aren't you a dog?"

Sesshomaru gasped, so his sense of smell was right, "Are you implying you are a dog as well?"

"Uh, is that what your nose senses?" She asked him looking directly at him.

He glared at her , "Hmmm," he uttered looking directly at her in return, "Then why would Naraku go through great lengths to capture just another dog?"

She gasped, he was on to her, "Well, for power? I am a powerful inu daiyokai." she smiled trying to convince him.

He however was very smart and was not convinced, "You smell like a dog, yet different. Explain your self."

Kotoyo avoided the subject and decided to leave, "Well was nice meeting you, but I think I'll be going now. Thank you, anyways." she smiled as she took off in a ball of light, traveling at the speed of light, like Sesshomaru.

"Foolish human, thinking she could join us." Jaken said huffing as he shut his eyes.

Sesshomaru turned his gaze to Jaken, "She wasn't a human, nor was she a true dog."

Jaken looked at him confused, "Was she a half demon?" he asked.

"I don't think so." Sesshomaru added as he turned around to think, this baffled him. He wanted to know. He hoped that he would run into her again to get it out of her, "did you not see her markings?"

Jaken nodded to agree, "I did, but then what is she?"

Sesshomaru said nothing and decided to start walking again as he was thinking about this. He really wanted to know. But he dropped it for right now.

"Wait!" Jaken said running to catch up with Sesshomaru. Rin began walking with them as well.

"Why did you have to scare her away Lord Sesshomaru? I was hoping she could join us." Rin added feeling a little disappointed.

He said nothing and continued to walk.

A few hours later

Kotoyo was walking along in the forest by her self minding her own business and she came to a clearing. Darkness fell upon this clearing as if a dark cloud had settled in right in this spot.

As Sesshomaru, Rin and Jaken were walking, Sesshomaru came to a stop again and sniffed the air, he could smell something foul and familiar. His eyes widened and gasped, he though, "couldn't be." He looked at Rin and Jaken, "Stay here," he demanded as he took off to investigate this odder he was picking up.

Kotoyo came to a stop to look around. She didn't like this dark gloominess around her and she nearly jumped out of her skin, "But they said..." she gasped and got interrupted.

"Hello Kotoyo." a voice from this dark cloud emerged and a man landed in front of her.

"But... How!" She gasped looking at the being standing before her, "I was told you die..." she got cut off. It was Naraku. Before she could finish her sentence he grabbed her by the neck with one of her tenticles, "Kotoyo, why did you run ? Why did you let Sesshomaru live?"

"You're supposed to be dead!" She gasped for air trying to break free from his grasp, "I made no such agreement. Took you long enough to figure that out." she chuckled as the tentacle around her neck got tighter.

"Kotoyo, Kotoyo, you are such a foolish young girl. I could end your life quite quickly." Naraku threatened then he ran another tentacle across her cheek, "But you are so beautiful. I may just let you live and make you mine."

She gasped and struggled some more, "Over my dead body!" she snapped in a disgusted tone of voice, "You're the one who's going to die yet again!"

"Tsk, tsk," Naraku smiled at her with a ugly smirk on his face, "I'll just escape hell again, you see this?" He held in his human hand the jewel of four souls, "I made a bargain with the jewel to get out of hell, now I control the jewel!" he laughed in a sinister way.

"Im...Impossible!" Kotoyo gasped again as Naraku tightened his grip around her throat, "I don't believe I gave you an option Kotoyo, you will be mine willingly or by force, you choose."

Jaken and Rin did not obey Sesshomaru, they snuck behind him from distance quietly and came across Sesshomaru watching all of this. "Oh no." Jaken uttered under his breath. Rin caught a glimpse of what was going on and accidentally yelled, "Kotoyo!"

Sesshomaru wasn't to happy the two did not listen to him. Before Naraku noticed they were there and their cover was blown. Sesshomaru ran out to Naraku with his claws out and slashed the tenticles off of Kotoyo's throat.

Naraku gasped and glared at Sesshomaru, "Sesshomaru!" he said with a irritated tone of voice. He was ittitated that he had came to Kotoyo's aid. Well, that's what it looked like. Even though Sesshomaru wasn't really. He was there for his own reasons to get at Naraku.

Sesshomaru said nothing and glared right back at him, he pulled out his sword Toukijin and aimed it at Naraku, "Are you prepared to return to hell?"

Kotoyo was on the ground gasping for air, she reached out and grabbed a hold of Sesshomaru's boa, tugging. "Why did you interfere, I had everything under control." she said as her voice cracked a bit from gasping to catch her breath.

Sesshomaru shifted his eye down at her to look at her, yet not loosing his sight on Naraku, "Oh, is that so? Is that why you are gasping ?" he replied.

Kotoyo's eyes lit up, she was irritated that he had interfered, "Shut up, I was not." she said trying to deny it, lowering her gasps now so it wouldn't be heard and she again garbed onto his boa to get her balance to stand up, "I was going to get him, he's mine back down!"

"Let go." Sesshomaru demanded as he shifed his head slightly to the side and kept his gaze on Naraku, "I don't think so, he's mine." Then Sesshomaru ran at Naraku with Tokijin and slashed at him and hits him in another tentacle.

Kotoyo wouldn't have it, she ran at him with her claws out slashing at him as well.

Naraku developed a new skill from engulfing demons, to gain power. He was capable of shooting laser beams out of his eyes. He shot them out at both of them. They both jumped out of the way to dodge his attack. Sesshomaru stood their noticing this new skill, "What reject did you steel that pathetic trick from?" Then Sesshomaru jumped back and throws another blow at Naraku with toukijin not amused by his laser trick. In the process of fighting Naraku he almost hits Kotoyo, because she got in his way. "You fool, do you wish to die?" Sesshomaru shouted. Kotoyo rolled her eyes ignoring him and continued to attack Naraku.

As the three were fighting. They had no idea Naraku had brought someone else into the fight who was lurking from a distance. He had brought them both back. That's right, oh no, you guessed it. As the two were fighting arrow comes flying out of no where and hits Kotoyo in the shoulder. Kotoyo had fallen to the ground from the immense pain emerging from this arrow. She tried to hold her arm still, throbbing from the pain and pulls out the arrow, as it was dripping with her blood. It hurt to hold the arrow as well. This arrow was special, it was shot by a priestess. A pure arrow of light shot right at a demon, would cause a lot of pain. Sesshomaru turned to look to see where that arrow had come from. Out of no where Kikyo emerged from the dense woods into sight. Kotoyo looked at her after the arrow was out and stood up, "You're going to pay for that!"

"You," Kiyo uttered looking at Sesshomaru, she ignored Kotoyo and payed no attention to her. "You're that pathetic dog demon that is the half demon's brother aren't you?" she asked.

Sesshomaru had a smug smirk on his face, he closed his eyes to answer, "You're the lifeless walking corps he was previously obsessed with , are you not?"

Kikyo glared at him, she didn't like what he had said, taking Naraku's side, "My next arrow will hit you next." as she runs along side Naraku pointing her arrow at Sesshomaru. As she ran to Naraku's side, Kotoyo had run at her then tackled her down knocking the bow and arrow out of her hands. She lifted up her claws and her hand was glowing green, like Sesshomaru's does. She slashed and slashed at her repetitively. Naraku reached out from behind her at the throat with his tentacles and pulls her off of her, squeezing her neck tightly yet again.

Sesshomaru jumps up with his whips out and slashes them at Naraku. Naraku holds Kotoyo up as a sheild to block his whips. " Hey!" Kotoyo uttered as she tried to scream, but he tightened his grip so she wouldn't. Sesshomaru slashed at the tentacle holding Kotoyo and she fell to the ground, cut up pretty good. Kikyo then shot another arrow, this time at Sesshomaru, but it ricochets off his whips and back at Naraku, hitting him in another tentacle dissolving it. Seshsomaru continued to spin around with his whips flying around.

Kotoyo was on the ground and she was pissed off. She was very angry. "You bastard! I will see to it that you return to hell, if its the last thing I do!" She snapped as she breathed heavily and her eyes turned a fiery yellowish red. He claws and fangs grew very large, she transformed into first stage before her true form.

Sesshomaru caught a glimpse of this, he gasped. He stopped for a moment thinking he was about to find out what she was. He thought if he stood down he would see this side of her come out so he stood and watched.

Kotoyo jumped up at Naraku viciously and attacked him violently. She did not back down no matter what he did to her. She was very quick, very strong and Naraku could not keep up with her. She was biting him with her poison fangs, clawing him with her poison claws, her claws also released a hot boiling lava as well as poison. So this poison boiled and bubbled under the skin. She lashed at him with pink magenta whips. Like Sesshomaru's but hers were magenta. She was on fire and unstoppable. Naraku couldn't take it anymore. Kiyko tried shooting a arrow at her, but she spun and made the arrow ricochet off the whips and fly right back at her. Naraku quickly turned into a cloud in the sky. Kikyo dodged the arrow and was hiding in the tree line.

"Get back here coward!" Kotoyo growled out of disappointment that he ran like a dog with its tail between its legs.

Seshsomaru looked at her a bit surprised, yet disappointed, he was hoping she would have transformed completely. But she did not. While they were not paying attention a arrow came flying out again from the tree line. However his hearing is keen, he heard the arrow fly and moved quickly. Sesshomaru flew up into the sky and landed quickly in front of Kiyo, "Oh, was that aimed at me?" he asked raising tenseiga was pulsing desiring to be drawn. This sword was special. It brought the dead to life and killed the undead. Although for humans, he could only revive a human once.

"This time I wont miss." Kiyo said raising her arrow and aiming it right at him and he dodged it ,even though she was inches away, he moved quickly out of the way. Kotoyo was more focused at yelling at the sky grumbling that Naraku had left and because of this the arrow hit Kotoyo in the back of her knee. She dropped to the ground quickly yet again, screaming and trying to pull this arrow out.

Sesshomaru took out tenseiga out and slashed at Kiyo with it, " Die" he uttered. Direct hit. He hit her with it. Oh yes he did. Once Tenseiga hit her, the dead spirits keeping her alive disappear and she collapsed, yet again returning to hell. Her body turned a pile of bones and clay.

Foolish as he was, Naraku saw this from a far safe distance. He was outraged, "Kikyo!" He quickly swooped down to attack Sesshomaru like an idiot for what he had done to Kikyo.

"I don't think so!" Kotoyo snapped, as she jumped up and in front of Sesshomaru. When Naraku gets to Sesshomaru he stops and Kotoyo lunges at him then grabs him with her claws. She dug her claws in deep. Deep into his flesh causing his flesh to feel like it was on fire, a fiery sensation ran through his body. This lava like fire burned deep. It hurt like hell. He tried so hard to knock her off but she was latched on, like a tiger on its prey's throat. He let out a horrified scream of pain, but could not get her off for anything. With a tentacle he grabbed the remains of Kikyo .A few of his testicles were burning up and coated with a black hot shell like lava creates. The only thing he could do is turn into a transparent cloud. Kotoyo fell to the ground and he flew up quickly out of her grasp. "This isn't over yet, Sesshomaru. You will pay for what you did to Kikyo! As for you Kotoyo, next time you won't be so fortunate! I will find you!"

"Hmm" Sesshomaru said closing his eyes with a smirk on his face, "It looks to me she want's to stay lost."

Kotoyo was outraged again, "You're such a coward! Why don't you come down here and say that to my face!" Then she turned back to her normal form, "Mark my words, I will hunt you down!"

" Not her choice I'm afraid," Naraku said as he vanished quickly.

When Kotoyo realized he was gone and she had not choice but to wait, she fell in pain from the fight. She was covered in bruises and cuts. Her neck had red strips around her choker necklace from the tentacle choking her. As she panted to regain herself. Sesshomaru walked near Kotoyo and looked down at her. He thought she was the one acting like a coward for how she was acting over a few scratches and battle scars. Her flesh would heal quickly, he thought she was over reacting, "Suck it up, you will heal."

"I'm sorry, If you haven't noticed I am a women!" she said as she looked down and sighed, " Sorry if I cant hide pain very well."

"Hmm" he uttered and closed his eyes, "I see." He looked down at her right in the face. He was hoping he would see her transform. "So what are you?" he asked yet again.

"I told you, I am a inu daiyokai ." she said huffing to catch her breath again. It took a lot for her to say but she said, "Thank you Sesshomaru." She had trouble admitting this, "Thank you for cutting me free, if it weren't for you I may have died."

He stared down at her again for a moment in disbelief and then began to walk off.

"Wait!" she shouted getting up to follow him, "Do you mind if I tag along?"

He did not answer, he was thinking about it but continued to walk.

She noticed this, she thought if she traveled with him, they could work as a team to take down Naraku, so she sighed and rolled her eyes, "Oh come on, please?"

Sesshomaru then thought about it some more, if he did he would get to finally see what she was. He didn't believe she was a full inu daiyokai. So to satisfy his curiosity. "I don't care what you do, just don't get in my way."

"Really?" She gasped happily, "Thank you!"

He said nothing and continued to walk with him over to Rin and Jaken, "Why did you not listen?"

"Uhh.."Rin said looking around as if she were innocent.

"Err..." Jaken gasped nervously, "I'm sorry my lord! I wanted to make sure you didn't need my help!"

Sesshomaru said nothing and continued to walk. Kotoyo followed along with them. Jaken glared at Kotoyo , "Why are you following! Be gone wench!"

"Uh," kotoyo shook her head, "Nope."

Rin smiled ear to ear, "Does this mean your joining us!?" she asked out of excitement.

"Yup," Kotoyo smiled at Rin and then directed her attention to Jaken, "Got that imp!"

"Yay! More friends!" Rin shouted in joy, then she realized kotoyo looked pretty beat up, "You look hurt, why don't you ride on Ah and Un, he'll give you a ride."

Kotoyo nodded, "Why thank you." she smiled as she climbed up on Ah and Un, accepting Rin's offer.

"WHAT!" Jaken gasped with his jaw wide opened, "Wha-What! My lord did you approve of this! Why my lord!" Jaken said he was anxiously furious.

Sesshomaru said nothing and continued to walk.

"That's right, your stuck with me, like it or not." Kotoyo said with a proud smile on her face as she looked down at him.

Jaken huffed and puffed, he grumbled under his breath as they continued to walk.

End of chapter 2, next Chapter : Child hood puppy love