*Flash Back*

Sesshomaru, who had narrowed his eyes when you looked like you were going to cry, answered coldly: ,,Yes. You have five minutes.''

That was all you needed. You turned to the south and ran. When you came to the spring, you almost tarred your kimono off and kicked your shoes off. Grabbing the closest flowers you rubbed them all over your body. You skin was red and soar after the rubbing and you felt the tears you tried to swallow earlier flow down from your dark blue eyes. You jumped into the spring, splashed around for a minute, rubbing, diving, and jumping up from it again. You shook your body and tried to dry it with your hands. As soon as you were dry enough, you got dressed and put your shoes on. You ran back to where they were. When you got there you almost fell down from exhaustion; your legs were shaking and after bowing you looked up to lord Sesshomaru with a hot feeling in your heart. They all watched you as you took a deep breath to stabilize yourself. Then you stood up straight and asked lord Sesshomaru, as the hot fiery feeling in your heart got stronger: ,,Am I alright now, my Lord?''

A small silence as Sesshomaru looked you up and down. You knew you were soaking wet, your kimono barely tied up right and your skin was still red. He then stated coldly: ,,No. But it will have to do.''

He began walking to the west. You stared at his back, stunned, still hadn't caught your breath. You felt your heart take a harsh beat; damn, you were beginning to hate him.

*End of Flash Back*


As soon as you guys had started walking again, Rin was by your side. She said as to comfort you: ,,I don't smell anything Yuri-chan. I can smell flowers from you.''

You smiled sweetly to her and answered: ,,Thank you, Rin. But remember; Lord Sesshomaru has a much better sense of smell then we do.''

Rin hummed before she nodded: ,,Oh yeah… Why are you always right, Yuri-chan?''

You glanced at her, surprised: ,,What do you mean?''

Rin looked up at the sky between the branches, folding her arms as she tried to sound more grown up: ,,Well, for example, Yuri-chan, like just now, when you knew that lord Sesshomaru has a gooder…''

You smirked and corrected her: ,,Better.''

A small index-finger flew up in the air as she corrected herself: ,,Better sense of smell than humans, like us, do.''

You nodded, noting that you understood her, and then you asked for the point: ,,And?''

She looked at you and asked loudly: ,,How do you do that? Know stuff, you know.''

It was your time to hum. You put a finger on your chin as you told her slowly: ,,I guess it because I try my best to remember things I have been told, to memorize them and use the knowledge when I need it. You can do it too, very soon if you try hard. Just listen to what you are told, and you'll know many things. Or you could read it, or write it down so you'll remember it maybe even years from now!''

Rin smiled and began skipping around you in circles: ,,Yeah! You are going to teach me how to read and write! As soon as we come home, right?''

You nodded and smiled: ,,Yeah, as soon as we come home,'' you looked at lord Sesshomaru's back and wondered how long it would be before you would arrive "home". What was it like? Would it be nice? Would it be big? Grand? But most of all; was it far away?

You had started to feel the familiar pressure in the lower back and slight pain in the lower stomach. By the last two years, you would start tomorrow. You sighed and just minutes after those thoughts of yours, Rin shouted: ,,We're here!''

You looked up and you saw it appear between the trees; a large house with a garden and a fence around it. The garden was filled with flowers, trees and things you didn't even know existed; never had you seen anything like it. You did notice a pond with a tree nearby though, as the gate opened, seemingly by itself. The house on the other hand almost no decorations. It was weirdly plain, even though it was the biggest house you had ever seen. It even had two towers facing each other, one in the west and the other in the east. It was on at least two stories, and what was the most peculiar was that it was all made of stone. You wondered it it were really balconies you saw on one of the side, and if the roof actually touched the sky like it looked like it did.

You had come to a halt in the garden, even though most of the flowers weren't even in bloom, just looking at all the things around you. Lord Sesshomaru continued along with Jaken to the huge door which lead inside the castle-like house. Rin finally grabbed your hand and dragged you towards the house.

The big doors opened before the lord and his green imp by one push. Rin pulled you and you awkwardly followed, staring inside the house which seemed even bigger on the inside. There was a staircase right to the right of the entrance, and down a hallways straight in from it were doors on each side and you could barely make out a dark door at the end of it, since there wasn't much light that far in. To the left was another hallway, but it was shorter and only one door there in. You looked back up to the stair case and noticed how high the loft was. It was so bright in here, lights were placed on the walls with the perfect space between them.

You looked up from where sunlight seemed to ooze in and took note of the very, very high roof the entrance hall had. Way up were a couple of windows whence the natural light came from.

Rin had let you go in the middle and stared at you with a smile: ,,Do you like it?''

You weren't sure what to answer, you weren't even sure if you could answer. You smiled and twirled slowly in the middle of the room. When you were finally going to answer, you halted to a stop under the freezing stare of the Western Lord, Sesshomaru: ,,Rin. Tell the cook to prepare a meal immediately.''

You couldn't help but shudder as Rin ran off to the hallway to the left and disappeared through the door on the end of it. You thought you could not for the life of you stop the smile which flew upon your face as you looked around once again; a small giggle got out. Your hand clasped over your mouth and you looked at lord Sesshomaru, half-terrified.

,,What entertains you.''

You bit your lips nervously and took notice that the lord had sent Jaken away somewhere are you had been observing the house. You then smiled to him, not knowing what else to do: ,,I've never seen such a beautiful house. Or so big! It is so huge, and unbelievable! And the garden is almost otherworldly and everything is just so… Dreamlike! I literally want to pinch myself to wake up from all this!''

A small giggle slipped out from your lips. It felt like your birthday; you were so excited to be on a new place. To get to live here. From time to time your family and friends would pop up; what would she think of this? What would he say about this?

You tried your best to bury them down, the time to cry again wasn't here yet, and so you just let yourself get lost in all of these new things.

You looked back down from the ceiling and blushed as you realized how silly you must look and bowed slightly towards the ever so cold Sesshomaru: ,,I'm sorry, my lord, for how I was acting…!''

,,Your room is upstairs.''

You looked back to the lord who was walking graciously up the stairs, without effort and soundlessly. You followed quickly, still a bit stunned by the hugeness of everything. When you were up on the second level the luxuries continued, portraits of people, so beautiful that you became dizzy simply by looking at them, armors standing by each door, the first one on the right, the next one on the left. Vases, flowers, carpets on the floors, windows high up on the walls, and further down they came lower and what seemed like balconies lay straight ahead.

But what you specially took notice of was the lack of personality in the house. You thought back and couldn't remember anything which indicated what kind of person your new lord was.

You had looked down as you begun trying to remember anything and almost yelled out when you accidentally bumped into lord Sesshomaru's back. You jumped back, feeling your face turn crimson in embarrassment and you began muttering: ,,I'm sorry, my lord, I didn't mean to…''

,,Your constant apologies are irritating me.''

Your eyes widened and you asked hesitantly: ,,I'm sorry, my lord?''

Lord Sesshomaru glanced back at you, ice in his stare and his voice stone-cold: ,,What did I just say.''

When nothing followed, you guessed that he was really questioning you, even though it didn't sound like it: ,,That my apologies were annoying you… ?''

,,And what did you reply with.''

You felt stupid, like a child when you realized: ,,I apologized.''

You held your own hands, feeling nervous and uncertain of what to say. When lord Sesshomaru didn't continue, you asked him in a low voice: ,,When what shall I say, my lord?''

A small, cold pause in the air made you feel even more nervous, until the silvery-white haired lord told you harshly: ,,Nothing, unless you have to.''

He began walking again, so you quickly replied: ,,Alright, my lord,'' wondering if it was something you didn't have to say. You followed him to a door which he opened and told you in the same emotionless voice: ,,This will be your living quarters. Rin's room is the one at the end of this hallway. If you have any questions you will ask Jaken or the other servants. I will not be bothered by any questions.''

You nodded, resisting the urge of peeking inside the room: ,,Yes, of course, my lord,'' you hesitated before you brought up what you thought would be the last stupid question you would ask: ,,What should I do now, my lord?''

He simply gave you an icy stare before he turned and walked away. He left you standing in the doorway, so you decided to peek inside. Your mouth must have almost dropped to the floor at the sight; this was huge! The room had a strange bed, it was big, high and on four feet! You could even peek under it if you felt like it. It was fluffy beddings, all in a soft blue and whites, the room itself painted in a light color. Each side of the bed kept a small table with drawers, a nightstand as you had read about in the books, with glasses on them. On the other side of the room, right across from the bed was a closet and a desk next to it with writing material! Your hands covered your mouth as you noticed the door behind the flapping curtains, leading to your very own balconies. You gave into your desire to run out to them and gasped once the outside world was revealed to you. They even had a banister! It was from stone, like the whole house itself. You felt tears swell up in your eyes, but you paid them no mind and looked over the land before you. It was still a bit cold, of course, since it was only February, the grass was that weird yellow-brownish color, but the sky was blue and the clouds white, birds sung from the forest and inside the garden you wondered how the flowers could be blooming this time of year. Also, you made a small jump over the pond with the big tree.

You took a deep breath, feeling shivers running down your spine from the cold breeze in the air, and walked back inside, noticing the door by the closet and opened it only to make your eyes almost pop out again. It was a bathroom.

A bath, a toilet, one of those sinks you had heard about and you wondered if you were the one who would have to fill it up every day and where you would get the water to do it. The pond?

You also had a mirror! And a brush, toothbrush and everything you needed and somethings you weren't even sure what were.

You backed out again, and slowly sat down on the bed: ,,Oh my. What… How did this happen? Everything is so huge!''

You looked around and murmured: ,,Well, I might as well get cleaned up, since I have the bath here…''

You were kind of shy about it at first, and you were sure how to use this or that or the other thing. You did find soap but you weren't sure what to do with the water…

When you finally got out of there you wondered what you should do with your dirty clothes, and better yet, what you could change in to. You wandered over to the closet and opened it, gasping as you saw all the clothes inside, shoes on the floor, even underwear!

You took a deep breath and took one out, careful of not dropping the towel wrapped around your body, and awed over it; it was very much like the one you had except that it was from a much finer fabric and much, much, much more beautiful. It had two shades of dark blue and it was long and so light in your hands. You pressed it against your body and gasped as you realized that it would fit you. You hummed as you told yourself that it would probably be a bit loose around your chest, but you'd just have to wrap it tighter around you. You placed it carefully on the bed and went back to the closet to grab socks and the underwear.

,,And how do I wear this… ?''

It took you're a couple of minutes to get dressed fully, even the shoes fit you! You had a mini-heart attack when you saw yourself inside the closet, only to realize that it was another mirror. But you titled your head as you tried to fix your hair, wondering how these clothes could make you look even a little decent. You smiled: ,,These clothes are so beautiful! I wonder who owned them?''

You did have the habit of speaking to yourself on occasion, which was almost exclusively when someone was around. You jumped when you saw Rin behind you in the mirror. She smiled and told you as you blushed: ,,You look so pretty, Yuri-chan!''

You thanked her and asked her: ,,So what do we do now?''

Rin smiled and grabbed your hand: ,,We can play!''

She dragged you out of your room and to the hallway, you were able to close the door behind you, and continued to the room on the left of the room lord Sesshomaru said her room was…

When the door opened you gasped over the number of dolls. Maybe a dozen, but you had never seen so many dolls in one place. Some weren't even soft, but made from clay. Words fell from your mind as you looked over them all: ,,Woah! You have so many dolls!''

Rin glanced at you from the table she had sat down by and asked surprised: ,,You really think so?''

You smiled and sat down as well as you told her about the doll you had, the one you had made yourself a long time ago…

An hour later someone knocked gently on the door. You and Rin had been talking while she was "introducing" you to her dolls and you jumped slightly at the sudden sound. The door opened and once again you were amazed; it was a strange looking girl, wearing what seemed like a servant outfit. Her hair was this weird kind of light brownish-yellow color and her eyes were a light shade of brown. She smiled politely and pushed her hair behind her pointy ear and asked in a low voice: ,,Rin-sama, it is time for lunch.''

Rin jumped up and hugged the demon girl-servant, telling her in a pitched voice: ,,Natsu-chan! I missed you a lot! And don't call me Rin-sama, it's stupid!''

The girl, "Natsu-chan", smiled and told the child: ,,I'm sorry, Rin-san. I missed you too, you were gone for quite a while this time.''

You stood up with a small smile on your face, unsure of what to do or say. Finally "Natsu-chan" looked at you with a smile: ,,But forgive me, I still haven't met your new friend, Rin-san.''

Rin turned to you with a smile and introduced you: ,,This is Saya-chan! She's my friend!''

You bowed and corrected Rin, since you didn't want everyone to go and call you "Saya-chan": ,,It's nice to meet you, my name is Sayuri.''

The girl, whose name was Natsuko, greeted you but asked you to follow her to the dining room quickly. You followed her down the stairs again and down the hallway in the middle and through a door to the left. You were kind of glad to see the normal, but very fancy, dining room. The table was a bit longer than you were used to, made from some kind of dark wood, and the whole room was this weird baize color and a mild dark green. There was a door in the farther end of the room, which you assumed lead to the kitchen.

Lord Sesshomaru was already seated, looking cold and mean like you were used to. Rin dragged you to the seat which was apparently next to hers, only two seats away from the master of the house. The room was quiet, even Rin didn't say anything which kind of made you an awkward kind of nervous. But then suddenly the door opened and out came another demon girl… Well, actually, many duplicates of a pink haired demon girl. You stared at the girl with your eyes wide open and your mouth about to hit the table; pink hair, purple eyes and at least three of them, all looking exactly the same down to every last string of hair!

They filled the table with foods and drinks and were gone as soon as they came in. You looked at Rin with wide eyes, but didn't dare to say anything. The silence was almost deadly and Rin just smiled back to you before she waited for lord Sesshomaru to begin lunch. The three of you ate in silence, you tasting things for the first time, things which looked so fancy and pretty that you didn't even really want to ruin them by eating them.

You noticed that lord Sesshomaru's hand stopped midway up to his mouth once, but quickly continued. You did wonder for a minute why but you also knew better than to ask questions in this deadly silence. You jumped when you heard a bang from what you thought was the door leading outside, Rin confirming it when she turned around with a stunned expression on her face. You turned around as well when the door to the dining room was opened quickly and a gorgeous young man walked in. He had double colored hair, the front of it as white as lord Sesshomaru's and the back as black as yours. His eyes shone with hidden humor, silvery-gray. His hands had the same kinds of claws like lord Sesshomaru, and he was dressed in black, blue and red. He wasn't very tall, fairly slim grown and looked even younger than Sesshomaru. You also thought of him being a bit too feminine and maybe even a bit angry.

,,Lord Sesshomaru.'' He said calmly before he stopped before the still eating lord with his hands crossed. Lord Sesshomaru's eyes opened slowly and he glanced at the demon. He then addressed him calmly: ,,Lord Katsuro. What are you doing here.''

Lord Katsuro smirked and told him, obviously annoyed: ,,Have you really forgotten it so easily? We agreed to discuss about the Northern Lands.''

You glanced over to Rin, who shrugged and continued eating. Lord Sesshomaru was doing the same and said in his emotionless voice: ,,I had not forgotten. We had agreed that you would come here later this week. Did we not.''

Lord Katsuro shrugged, still smirking: ,,Well, I found that later this week is not possible because of my schedule. I have time now.''

,,I do not. Leave.''

You glanced at lord Sesshomaru, surprised that he dismissed his colleague so rudely. But lord Katsuro laughed and asked the cold lord: ,,Ah, you don't have time for any appointments which involve me, Sesshomaru, I'm awfully aware of that fact …'' his silver eyes stopped on you and bobbed between you and Rin for only a few seconds: ,,But may I ask what two human girls are doing here, eating at your table?''

You felt Rin's hand find yours and you squeezed it as you glanced at lord Katsuro and lord Sesshomaru. Your master was taking a sip from his cup when lord Katsuro asked. He then answered with his eyes still closed: ,,No, you may not.''

You noticed Katsuro's eyebrows rise and he asked quickly with a mean smirk: ,,Are we softening up?''

This time lord Sesshomaru opened his eyes and glared. He then said: ,,Spit out what you are trying to say.''

The smirk on the younger lord's face grew and he began walking around, eyeing you: ,,I believe that you know all too well what I am implying, Sesshomaru. You've been alone for a very long time. Having a human woman in your home has to have some kind of benefits for a demon such as yourself. Or,'' his eyes sparkled as he stopped his slow walk: ,,You are going soft for humans, which would be more interesting indeed.''

You could feel the hostility oozing from lord Sesshomaru's person. Staring down at your food you tried to control the goose bumps appearing on your forearms and the chill down your spine, as well as the blush creeping up to your face, lord Sesshomaru replied: ,,Who, or what, dwells in my quarters is none of your concern. And do not even assume for a minute that I would stoop down to your level of companionship. It is you who has been attending the villages, is it not.''

Katsuro smiled slyly and replied with an almost greasy tone: ,,They are the best ones for a one-night stands, whether they want it or not. But you,'' he paused, a pause which Rin decided it would be best to ask you: ,,What is a "one night stand"?'' in a low voice. You stared at her, blush increasing, but you answered her in a hurried whisper: ,,It's, umh, something grownups do with people they like.''

Rin's big brown eyes shone with curiosity and she asked: ,,Like what, Yuri-chan? Kiss and stuff?''

You looked back down at your empty plate and nodded quickly: ,,Sure. Kiss and stuff.''

,,What kind of stuff?''

,,Rin, not now, I'll tell you when you're older. Be quiet and eat the rest of your food, please?''

,,But why…?''

You were suddenly very aware of the silence in the room and realized that the attention had shifted onto you and the child asking about sex. You felt horror strike at your heart and you closed your eyes: ,,Because, Rin. Just eat, please.''

Tentatively she obeyed with a small glare of stubbornness, but you hoped that she would let go of the matter. You prayed to every god you knew that the silence would stop now and you were glad it did, only to feel embarrassed again: ,,Very nice, young lady. Very nice indeed. What is your name, if I may be so frank?''

You glanced up at lord Katsuro with horror; was he seriously talking to you? What was this? Would you answer? Could you answer? You looked at lord Sesshomaru, asking for some kind of a permission, only to get another question from the other lord: ,,Oh, come now, you can answer! He doesn't own you, does he?''

This confused your even more, especially since lord Sesshomaru didn't even look at you now, so you just looked back at lord Katsuro and answered as politely as you could: ,,My name is Sayuri, my lord.''

You felt his gaze begin to change, now more intense, like he was trying to take your clothes off with his eyes. You felt blush creep up your face once more, cursing in your mind. Lord Katsuro didn't take his eyes off of you when he said: ,,Huh, fresh meat? Where did you find this gem, Sesshomaru? She is absolutely beautiful.''

Lord Sesshomaru's simple reply was: ,,Leave, Katsuro. There is no point in you being here.''

Katsuro sighed and waved his hand: ,,Oh, pissed off already, are we? Fine, I'll hang around until you've cooled down. I'll be staying for a night or two, until you're ready to talk business.''

He winked at you and told you in a low voice: ,,I'll be seeing you around, little diamond.''

You blushed again at his remark and were glad that he walked out. Rin was looking at your for an explanation, but you just shook your head and smiled to her: ,,Finish your food, okay?''

She was leaving her veggies, making you sigh as you realized that she was one of the kids who hated to finish their food and would rather sit outside in the rain than eat her veggies. Rin began poking the vegetables, glancing at you: ,,I'm practically finished, you know… ?''

You nodded: ,,Yes, I can see that. But you only have four bites left, as soon as they are done we can go play.''

She did seem interested in playing, but the thought of having to eat the veggies was obviously a bad one. She told you in a low voice: ,,I don't really like vegetables. They're yucky!''

You smiled: ,,Yeah, I know. But they're good for you, make you big and strong and stuff. The sooner you eat them, the sooner we can go.''

The black-haired child poked her food while humming for a second. She glanced at you again, eyed your dish and noticed that you had finished all of your food. She was obviously trying to decide what to do, but all you could think of was; am I going too far? You felt lord Sesshomaru's gaze on you and you didn't want to look up. You were feeling confused and upset about lord Katsuro's remarks, not really believing that he was an actual lord.

You asked Rin in a low voice: ,,Well?''

She began to pout: ,,I'm so full…''

You felt your mood get heavier. You asked her: ,,Just three of them, please?''

,,But they're so icky and yucky, Yuri-chan…''

,,They're healthy and strengthen you up. I know you can eat at least three bites.''

,,But I'm so full…''

,,Do it for me?''

She stopped, glancing up at you. She looked uncertain of what to do; wanting to please you or wanting to keep up the stubbornness of not eating the food she had been given. When she didn't do anything you had said before you knew it: ,,For lord Sesshomaru?''

You froze for a moment, hoping to the heavens that this would not be a bad thing. Dragging the lord into a small child's bargaining was probably something very, very frowned upon. You glanced at the lord and saw him narrowing his eyes at you. Rin had looked at him as well: ,,Sesshomaru-sama?''

His narrowed gaze didn't leave you: ,,Yes, Rin.''

,,Do you want me to eat my vegetables?''

Some sort of tension filled the room. You looked up at him and accidentally met his gaze. It was like a trap; you were being hypnotized. You saw nothing but his cold golden eyes, like ice cold metal. You suddenly shivered and then warmth spread from an unknown place, all over your body. You tried to stay calm, but it felt as if he was looking right at your soul. You felt defenseless, and naked against this ice cold stare. Then he spoke, deep and cold: ,,Rin, eat your food and leave.''

You felt cold realization spread throughout your body; what had you done? You had locked eyes with your master, the lord of the western lands, a demon. You knew that in some places this was so banned that the master could beat the servant for this kind of disrespect, even kill him.

Rin swallowed, glared at the food but ate it silently and quickly. When she had finished she slowly got off the chair, looking at you with worry in her eyes: ,,Can Yuri-chan come too?''

,,No.''

You saw sadness show up in her face as she realized she had gotten you in some kind of trouble, fear of losing another friend from the household. She walked out the door, staring at the floor. You did the same, hoping that he wouldn't be too bad. You saw him get up, swiftly and silently, from the corner of your eye. He walked over to you, standing only a meter away from you: ,,Stand.''

You stood up a second after the word flew from his lips. ,,Look at me.''

You hesitated, knowing that he was probably just looking for another reason to punish you. He growled this time: ,,Look at me.''

When you didn't act to his command instantly his hand quickly grabbed your chin and pulled your head to face his, making you look him straight in the eye. You heart was beating faster than it ever had, and he growled at you again: ,,I told you to look at me.''

His eyes weren't completely emotionless, like before. You saw anger somewhere inside, but cold. So cold. You were so close to him that you saw yourself in his eyes, his beautiful golden eyes. Again, you were trapped. Hypnotized. The warm feeling spread again. You felt fear now, making the warmth colder than before, but much more exciting. Lord Sesshomaru stared back into your eyes but it didn't matter. You wanted to just stay there, but you still wanted to run for your life.

,,What is that in your eyes, that sparkle.''

The words were spoken without emotion, almost as if he were asking you about the time. But it still didn't sound like he was talking to you, more like himself. His hand was still on your face, tracing to the back of your head and you felt his fingers play with a lock of your hair. Your breath came out hitching, when you did remember to continue to breath. Your heart was like a bird's and your eyes widened in fear as you felt tension built up, danger.

Lord Sesshomaru grabbed your hair and pulled your head backwards. You gasped from pain and shock and grabbed his arm, trying not to fall backwards from the pull. You closed your eyes as you felt tears fill your eyes, not wanting to cry out.

,,Open your eyes.''

You didn't hesitate this time to obey. Your eyelids flew open and you met his eyes for the third time. He told you slowly: ,,You humans are pathetic. So vulnerable, breakable and weak. Scared, pathetic, slow creatures.''

With that, he let you go. You fell to the floor, grabbing your head. It didn't hurt much now, but you were still scared. You kept in a whimper, getting a hold of yourself. You didn't want him to be completely right. You sucked in air before you said: ,,We may be pathetic, weak and slow, but we're not the creatures in this world.''

You stared in his way, not into his eyes again. You got up, slowly, knowing that he was going to hit you. But you didn't care as much. You were barely up again when you saw the floor again, feeling the stinging pain in your cheek and jaw. You tasted blood in your mouth, he had hit you hard and you felt dizzy. You couldn't help but spit out the blood, you felt as if you were drowning in it. You stiffened up a bit as you realized that he was see it as an act of insult and hit you again. He didn't.

He kicked you instead. You hit the closest wall, gasping and coughing only to gasp again; it felt like he had broken something. You tried to breathe again, but the pain made you stop, you felt dizzier, weaker and everything went darker. The last thing you saw was his golden eyes.

*Sesshomaru's POV*

The sound of your name mildly surprised you. You glanced up, narrowing your eyes. You didn't like surprises. Suddenly her eyes met yours. The deep dark of the blue in her irises made you feel that peculiar tension, that look in her eyes, that sparkle, as hers met your golden ones. It actually felt, what would the word be? Pleasant?

You didn't mind it. Then Rin asked you if you wanted her to finish her food. You had been enjoying to listen to the bargaining, especially after the arrival of the annoying cat. It was amusing how Rin despised her vegetables and did everything in her power not to eat them. The interesting part was how insistent the girl was being on the child eating them.

You told Rin to eat her foot and leave, which she of course did. Asking if the girl could accompany her was a question she already knew the answer to. The girl had to be punished, she had to learn to show you respect; looking straight into your eyes, staring, wasn't respectful. You wouldn't kill her; Rin needed the girl as much as a beggar needed money. Rin shouldn't have to suffer the loss of another one so soon.

You stood up and approached the girl, standing close to her: ,,Get up,'' which she did quickly. Your next command: ,,Look at me.''

She hesitated, making you impatient. She should obey. ,,Look at me.''

A little impatience slipped out in your words, though were spoken as calmly as before. When she didn't do as she was told, your hand reached up to her chin, touching her soft and delicate skin, making her look at you: ,,I told you to look at me.''

Again her dark blues melted when they met your golden ones. They were even more fascinating at such close range. They had a dark circle, almost black, at the edges, shocking contras to the blue which dictated the irises. A lighter shade decorated the irises, some kind of a pattern with highs and lows, and almost turning grey just by the black pupil.

It was most beautiful.

But in the dark of the blue you saw something, something sparkling, blue fires making them come even more alive and more beautiful than before. You asked yourself out loud: ,,What is that in your eyes, that sparkle.''

You had said these words before you could think. Not that it wasn't what you were going to say. But something in your body didn't mean it the same way as your mind did.

You hand slowly traced to the fine, smooth black locks of her hair, a thick one in your hand. You thought to yourself how great the difference was between the two of you. The silky hair pulled at you. You pulled at it instead. Her gasp satisfied you, when she grabbed your arm so she wouldn't fall, the way her blue eyes closed as she felt pain.

,,Open your eyes.''

They sprung open. The spark was gone; the fire had been put out. There was only fear and pain. You scoffed, mentally: ,,You humans are pathetic. So vulnerable, breakable and weak. Scared, pathetic, slow creatures.''

You let her go. She fell backwards to the floor, her small hands grabbing her head. She shook for a moment, and you decided that fear was enough.

,,We may be pathetic, weak and slow, but we're not the creatures in this world.''

She looked back into your eyes. There was no spark, no fear, no pain, no fire. Nothing. Her eyes were as emotionless as you knew your own were. Her answer angered you just as much as her empty stare did. She stood up. Her little hands were curled up, she knew what she deserved. You hit her. Her body fell to the floor. She spit blood on the floor, froze as if she hadn't done it on purpose. You didn't care; she showed you disrespect, you who had save her and taken her in. She needed to learn right away how to behave.

A kick and she flew to the wall, a yelp and smell of fresh blood after a sound of cracking ribs. She was gasping, she was in pain. Of course, you had broken at least two ribs, if not three. You walked to her, looking into her eyes, watching them lose focus before they closed. She was unconscious.

You watched her for a while, before you thought that it would most likely be best to take her to her room yourself and get your personal healer to take a look at her; who knew just how fragile humans really were?

You bent down to pick her up, stopping once you felt a shock run through your hand when you touched her. You blinked and tried again; nothing. She winced when you picked her up, but you paid it no mind and got out of the dining room. There was no one in the hallway, or the lobby, so you did begin to wonder where that annoying cat had run off to. You opened the door to the girl's room and placed her on the bed, noticing again that she had no personal belongings, no luggage. You wondered again if you should get one of the servants to help with decorating her room and personalize the wardrobe.

You went back to close the door, some privacy if the cat would be somewhere around. He was a "ladies man" or whatever you would call it; took chance of every beautiful woman he saw, human or demon.

You went back to the girl and began undressing her; you'd need to see if she was very injured or not, was your excuse. You loosened the kimono with your hand, but froze as you felt a familiar scent slowly make its way to the house. You glared at the balconies, they were open, and he was out there. That half demon who she had been talking to. You turned your attention to the soon-to-be intruder and how you were going to take care of him. You walked out to the balconies, sensing him from the woods in front of you. You jumped, hearing the girl yell: ,,No!''

You ignored her outburst, but with an unknown feeling of some odd kind of warmth in your torso.

*Your P.O.V.*

The pain in your side was probably what woke you up. Then the cold air. You stirred, opening your eyes to see a very blurry picture of lord Sesshomaru on the balconies. Then suddenly he stepped up on the railing and jumped down: ,,No!''

You gasped from the pain, biting down as that hurt even more, trying to get your breath under control; you had definitely a broken rib. This day couldn't get any worse, could it?

You heard voices from the yard; of course lord Sesshomaru would live, he's a demon. The other voice sounded familiar, though.

Kai?

You carefully sat up and dragged yourself to the balconies. You began hearing some words of the conversation, the two demons talking louder: ,, . . . in that castle . . .''

,, . . . of your bussi . . .''

,, . . . I . . . her!''

,, . . . so much . . . in her?''

You were almost at the balconies and your heard the conversation almost clearly this time: ,,None . . . business . . . !''

,,You . . . not . . . her.''

You grabbed the banister: ,,She is not your property, you know!''

,,She is.''

These words your heard loud and clear. They were probably talking about you. You felt like you had been chained down by lord Sesshomaru's words; even though you had expected them. You felt your strength disappear, darkness closing in. You shook your head, but it just made you even dizzier and the grip in the balconies loosened and you leaned on it now. You sat down, not sure what the men were saying this time, but you thought you heard your name. You leaned into the wind as you sat down on the balcony, trying to listen what they were saying; was Kai talking to you? Suddenly you saw the earth coming towards you and the wind in your ears before the darkness took over completely.


Alright, the third one finished! (Finally.. )

Going through the chapters again and rewriting them for the first time since I literally wrote them and posted them online (minus when I spell-checked it two years ago) is so awkward; these were written almost six years ago by the fourteen year old me.

I see how immature the writing style is, how simple and direct it is as well. But I hope I made them a bit more "my own" and more in the "now" than how it was… I will still have them posted on my quizilla account, so you can always go back there to see how much it has improved!

Love to you guys!