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Youkai From Another World

Chapter 3: Someone Found Someone's Intrigue

"Well what have we here? A lowly toad youkai at the beck and call of the great lord of the western lands," a voice taunted, "What are you doing so far away from the castle...toad?"

Striding out of the shadowy trees that signified night was fast approaching was a broad muscled wolf youkai that had several deep scars littering his body and one over his eye, telling tales of vast experiance in fighting dirty.

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"I am in search of a vastly powerful youkai." Jaken answered, casting a speed spell.

"You be searching for the one that made the waves aren't you?" The wolf youkai spoke knowingly, leaning against an old oak tree.

"Yes, have you heard anything?" Jaken inquired, knowing the youkai was not intending to bring harm to him.

"Nah, just rumors and the like. Every youkai is out in search of the one who made the waves of old." He answered with a shrug.

"Then what rumors have you for me? It could very well help you to be on good terms with the Lord of the Western Lands...?" Jaken suggested, running a clawed hand through the folds of his robes, straightening them a bit.

"I care not for the like but the rumors have said it is a female youkai, they detected a feminine presance inside the waves during the first set...the rest is just fancy of what she looks like, skin as white as pure snow, hair as golden as the sun and all that rubbish." He yawned dully, scratching his sides before standing up.

"Day to you toad," The youkai commented snidely before stalking off to find a snack.

"A female, golden hair, pale skin?" Jaken commented aloud as he followed the vague trail of female youki, "Sounds absolutely disgusting."

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"Okay, so what's my name?" Kagome asked, pointing at herself.

"Your...name is..Ka-Go-Me..." The female youkai answered slowly, unsure of the words.

"That's right, what's his name?" Kagome beamed, pointing to Inuyasha.

"He is...dogboy." She smiled cheekily.

"Why you little bitch!" Inuyasha snarled angrily.

"Calm down Inu-yasha." She spoke up, her golden eyes challenging.

Inuyasha fell quite, listening and watching as Kagome taught the nameless youkai more words. He didn't believe that stupid act for a second, oh, she'd fooled him at first when she didn't understand japanese. But once she'd heard a few phrases, then pulled that little stunt with the bowl. He'd glimpsed a powerful being, a strong youkai that understood what they said and did.

From what he could guess, this youkai learned things quickly, be it from different languages to hunting, this female knew more than she was letting on.

He muttured several curses in the ancient demon dog language that his father had often spoken to him in.

A pair of golden eyes identical to his own were staring at him, watching him, studying him. Taking the words he'd said and storing them in that brain of hers.

"Kagome," Inuyasha said slowly, drawing out each syllable as if it were the last.

"Yes Inuyasha?" Kagome spoke softly, letting a the picture book she held fall from her grasp.

"Tell the wench to leave now and _never_ come back." Inuyasha spoke deadpan.

"But-"

"NOW." Inuyasha growled, his tone brooking no argument are pleas.

"Um...could you...?" Kagome mumbled to the female youkai slowly.

A smile lit the female's features, she stood up and squeezed Kagome's shoulder slightly before walking out of the small hut. Without looking back.

"Now why did you go and do that?" Kagome rounded on Inuyasha.

"Because she's a danger to all of us! Now stay away from her!" Inuyasha snapped, stomping out of the hut.

"Good show Inuyasha, I guess I was right in thinking you were smart wherareas concerning those you care about."

Inuyasha was little surprised to see the powerful youkai standing naught but two yards from him, her posture and gaze no longer masked by the false facade of childish ignorance.

"Who are you anyway?" He questioned, stretching his senses into the surrounding area, searching for any other youkai.

"I truly wish I knew," she sighed wistfully, "But I cannot remain here for much longer, so I shall leave now."

She turned, then paused in the motion turning her head back to Inuyasha, "You've hurt her already by choosing Kikyo over Kagome," her voice drifted to him as if in a dream.

"But think on this little hanyou," she paused, "In the end, when all is over and done, Kikyo will be gone, and Kagome will be at your side. . . .But it is by your decisions if she'll be holding your hand, or someone elses."

With those cryptic words she disappeared into the forest, leaving Inuyasha in a lethargic stupor.

No sooner had she taken a dozen steps into the western lands when she was suddenly surrounded by twelve boar youkai.

Their snarls of anger and loathe were as evident as their hunger for her power by the drool that coated their strangely unusual fangs. A sparse few took hesitant steps foreward, their loud baying grating on the youkai's endless patience.

"What do you wish of me 'O' Honorable Boar Youkai?" she spoke calmly with a slight bow to the leader of the party.

"...YoUr DeAtH aNd YoUr PoWeR..." the tortured words scraped from the rustic vocal cords of the largest boar.

"As pleasing as that would be for you, I will not bow down to your wishes and die." She paused, "Now if you would kindly step aside so I may continue on my-"

She was cut off when sharp tusk scraped against her side, knocking her to the ground.

With a shrieking cry they all charged forth, intent to devour the powerful youkai that was now at their mercy.

"AWK!" Jaken cried, he had found her! He could sense her power rising, he turned tail and ran towards the shrieking cries of victory and rage of the boar youkai.

The sight he met when he arrived made even his stomach curl, blood and stary innards were littered everywhere, blood coated the front of each tree within a mile radius, and in the center of the bloody carnage was a female youkai wearing a pure white kimono without so much as a smidgeon of blood on the dazzling white silk.

Her midnight black hair contrasted sharply against the white, pale skin nearly blending in with the white, liquid gold eyes watched him studiously, measuring and judging his small form.

Stepping over a stray limb and several tusks and hooves Jaken bowed humbly to the youkai before him.

"I am Jaken, a faithful servant of the Great Lord Sesshoumaru of the Western Lands, he wishes your presance m'lady." Jaken spoke humbly, dipping his head down once again.

"Sure, why not." she answered with a shrug of her shoulders, "Let us depart then."

"Your name?" Jaken inquired politely so as not to anger the youkai as they began their long trek towards the castle.

"My name..." She trailed off softly, "...Kiyokimi."

"Let us make haste so as not to anger my master Sesshoumaru-sama." Jaken sai, taking off into the air by a flight spell.

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"My lord Sesshoumaru-sama, I have brought the one responsible for the waves as you requested," Jaken said, bowing before his master, "May I present, Lady Kiyokimi."

He noticed several things at once when the powerful youkai entered his study, wearing a pure white kimono with stains of blood at the bottom. The most prominant of these features and distinctions being that she was a crossbreed, an impossible crossbreed... a cat and dog demon.

Black cat ears and unique golden eyes just like his own; two black stripes gracing the sides of her face similar to his own birth marks. She studied him with an impassive and level gaze, not missing a single detail, now he knew how his opponents felt when he studied them from head to tail.

"Kiyokimi...an interesting name," Sesshoumaru paused, it meant 'pure one who is without equal', considerably doubtful considering she was the result of a deranged mating pair...

"As is Sesshoumaru." She countered just as coldly, her golden eyes moving away from his own to study her surroundings.

Kiyokimi took graceful steps towards Sesshoumaru's desk. She outstretched her hand, running it over the wooden desk, turning her head to the side she studied the intricate carcings that adorned the edges.

"What is this?" Kiyokimi inquired curiously, running both hands over and around the wooden carving.

Sesshoumaru was surprised to say the least, a powerful youkai... that didn't even know what a desk was! How strange...

"It is a desk you silly girl!" Jaken sqwauked obviously, as if pointing out the sky was blue.

"...Oh. Why do they call it that?" another question rose from her lips.

'As curious as a cat...' Sesshoumaru thought to himself. But he now was curious, why did they call a desk a desk?

-....-.- ....r/r-