Chapter One: He had Promised me

A/n: Okay by the reviews you guys were confused. Well yes Yukina, Setsuna, Adrazu, the demon father and the human are my own characters. The story will all make sense as I go on so stay with me

Dimly lit sconces caused Yukina's features to soften. The moon was presently pressed upon the twilight heavens, dusk enveloping all in which apposed it. She had roused me from my slumber an hour past and dressed me within the darkness of my unlit chamber. She held me presently, her own clothing the likes of when she and father had to go to other lands. The corridors of the palace were lit as if it were an evening cathedral, a place in which preached the likes of the light now basked in darkness. Ironic.

" Where are we going?" I found my voice arise from my throat, trembling from lake of slumber. Yukina did not answer me, and I felt myself rub my eyes, the remaining slumber threatening to overpower them. " Yukina?"

" To the Western Lands daughter." Calling me, her younger sister, daughter is what she had, I also, come accustomed to. Her graceful stride imitating that of a fairy upon water.

" But why? Haven't only you and father gone?" That was the last any of us spoke. Yukina's eyes were firmly intent upon seeing something in which I could not understand. She had grown, over these nine months, to despise both father and his human, but humans in general. Her hateful habits of course took their toll on me, and thus I was hating humans, all humans, because of my own anguish.

Upon reaching the chamber in which we were bound for, Yukina took the liberty of knocking. This I knew she had picked from watching the human do, which I dared not expose to her.

" Come in." It was the deep voice of my father, and of course Yukina obeyed, eyeing the human woman in which sat at his side, her hanyou daughter within her embrace. " We will leave soon my daughters."

" Why must Setsuna come? The other demon lords shall not see it fit to bring a child."

" That is none of their concern Yukina." With that father stood, beckoning servants to him. Yukina exited through the door in father's chambers in which lead to the outside, their a carriage sat awaiting the masters in which walked toward it. Yukina and I went within the carriage first, father close behind. I, of course, clung to my surrogate mother, eyeing my father as if I had never seen him before.

I felt Yukina caress my back down to my silver tail, her fingers entwining within it. The carriage was stale with silence, and I became uneasy, yet smiled when I heard father's monotonous voice say we were there.

The palace of the Western Lands mirrored that of our own, yet ours seemed to have a sort of sorrow pressed into its walls, a sorrow I thought I could not feel here. The large cathedral like doors opened as he neared it, preventing us the inconvenience of stopping. Ebony haired servants greeted us there, as he followed behind without a word. Nearing the Demon Lord of the Western Lands' chamber Yukina slowed.

" Come. Quickly Yukina!" Father's voice boomed through his whisper, the door being cast open to find the demon lord within. His eyes sank directly upon me and he spoke.

" Leave the child there. Do not dare to bring her across the threshold." Yukina stiffly obeyed, as I slipped from her grasp.

" Now Setsuna stay here." Her voice was stern. I watched her close the door behind her, leaving me within the strange castle in which I had never been. I must have stayed by the doors for at least a half an hour. I couldn't take it anymore, so I decided to go into the garden I had seen when he entered. The corridors of the palace where lit with many sconces, more so then my own dwelling.

Walking out within the twilight I took in a breath of fresh air. Gazing about at the flowers in which caused the garden to seem a sort of majesty. I was gazing into the night heavens when I heard a voice from behind.

" Hey, what are you doing here?" I turned about to see a demon boy I thought to be my age. Silver hair in which mirrored that of my own. Golden eyes also. Yet what stuck me was the sapphire moon pressed upon his forehead, and the cerise stripes upon his cheeks. I felt myself blush. Never had I seen a boy like me before.

" My father and sister are here. They're a talking to your father." I, of course, did not sound like I was nine years old. Since the time I can remember father had taught me to speak as I did. Which I knew his father must have done to him.

" Tell me then, what is your name?" He asked, curiosity rimmed his voice, awaiting my answer.

" Setsuna. Yours?"

" Sesshoumaru." He answered quickly, smiling a sweet little smile. He beckoned me over to where he was sitting, in which I quickly took up his offer. I couldn't keep myself from staring at him. He was handsome, and like me. Yet even if he wasn't handsome I now realize I would have stared at him anyway. " Stop staring at me." He demanded in an irritated voice. I smiled, it was so adorable.

" I'm sorry." I said, yet not ceasing my stare. It was then he focused his eyes onto mine, his cheeks being invaded with crimson. " Stop staring at me." I said in a sly, amused voice, imitating his own serious one. I suppose it was then we just couldn't stop talking. He laughed with each other, and gazed upon the stars. I must have lost track of time for I heard Yukina's worried voice.

" Oh Setsuna I was worried. Come now we have to go home." She grasped my wrist and pulled me away from my new friend.

" Will I see you again?" I asked, a frown implanted upon my features.

" Yes!" He smiled, waving his hand in a good-bye, I of course doing the same.

" You promise?"

" I promise!"

The years would pass. Yukina and myself sometimes never seeing father for months, and in a rare occasion even years. His hanyou daughter, Adrazu, began to grow, and Yukina and I were shunned from the happy family. I wouldn't speak up in protest until many years later, remembering the words Sesshoumaru had told me.

" Follow your own heart and dreams. Never let anyone stand in the way of your happiness."

A/n: By this chapter I'm setting up a romance between Sesshoumaru and Setsuna. Of course the next chapter will be years later when she's older. Review! And Inuyasha and the others will make an appearance! ^.^