An Inuyasha story

{Author's notes: This story was begun before I knew much about the character of Sesshoumaru. I was intreged by the strength and dignity of the demon lord. Like my character Katame I found the creature too beautiful to ingnore.

Purists will have a problem with the way I have portrayed his charater, call it artistic licence. You will no doubt also notice that he uses both arms. At the time I wrote this I was not aware that he was missing an arm. (I started watching the show somewhere in the middle and missed that piece of information.) So please forgive any discrepencies they only reflect my personal vision of this misterious creature.

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy my story.

PS. Some scenes are a bit graphic there are rapes and several gorry bits. It is the feudal era after all.

Sesshoumaru's unexpected mate

Set in ancient Japan

A pretty young village girl, Katame, has befriended Kagome and Inuyasha. She would sit at length listening to the stories of the many battles lord Inuyasha had fought as well as stories of Inuyasha's brother, Lord Sesshoumaru. She had even caught a glimpse once of the mysterious lord. His beauty and fiercenes had captivated the young girl.

She had been warned of the great lord's anger and hatered towards humans. But still she found herself curious to know more about Sesshoumaru and why the two brothers were so different.

She often found herself thinking about him. He was so beautiful to look upon, how was it that he hated humans so much.

Despite warnings of the danger from Lord Inuyasha, she would wander about beyond the limits of her village in the evening hours hoping to again catch sight of the demon Sesshoumaru.

It was on one of these wanderings that Katame was in the wild outside her village. She incountered the great lord Sesshoumaru and his servant.

She hid herself in the bushes and watched him in fascination. The demon and his servant were discussing his contempt for his half demon brother Inuyasha.

Facinated by his beauty and too foolish to run away from the dangerous lord, she stays to listen. She learns of how he dispises his great and terrible father, Sugumi-sama, for mating with a weak human and tarnishing the family name. He was incence by the fact his great father had lowered himself by producing that misserable Half-breed pup Inuyasha.

It is at that moment that she came out of the bush and confronted the demon. She couldn't stand to hear someone talk like that about her friend.

"How dare you speak of lord Inuyasha that way! He is a great and kind lord. Besides, what business is it of yours, if your father wishes to mate with a human or not? Should it not be his discision alone. He had probably had a great love for his wife and his son.

You call your father both great and terrible but you do not show him the due respect!"

Surprised at this puny human's gall at even speaking with him let alone calling into question his honour in this way. He stood silent for a moment and watched her standing there finger rased in a scolding fashion.

"Who are you," He demanded as he stepped menessingly towards her.

"K-Katame." She stammered realizing for the first time who she was addressing and that in only seconds she would likely be dead.

"Well, Katame... now, you shall die for your insolence," He spoke taking yet another step towards her. His voice, icy cold.

Katame's mind raced, how could she stave off the great lord's anger. Quickly she blurted

"Wait!... I'm not lying to you lord Sesshoumaru. If I am lying to you, great lord Sesshoumaru then I will willingly give you my life, but if I am not then you must let me live."

Sesshoumaru looked down at her, she was trembling slightly, yet not nearly enough by his estimation for one who was about to feel his terrible wrath. He would make her suffer for her folly.

"Hmm... and now how do you propose I test the truth of your statement... Tell me girl. Why should I not kill you now, for daring even to speak to me, woman!"

Shocked that he had stopped short of destroying her, she scrambled to think of a way to prove herself true. She paused, almost to long.

"So, you have no way! Come to me here and kneel before me, and I shall give you a quick death." The demon commanded.

"No, wait!" she cried, "There must be a way... can you not just ask your father. He would be able to tell you himself of his feelings toward his wife and son."

'Damn her impudence!' He thought to himself, 'No... I will not allow her to force my hand in this matter.'

"My father is dead." He said aloud, "And you owe me your life. Now!" He raised his hand to strike her when his idiot servant blurted out.

"Lord Sesshoumaru, of course, lord Sesshoumaru, That should not be a problem for you. My lord, you could go to your fathers tomb and use your great sword. You could wake him, my lord, and then ask him yourself."

FLASH! Sesshoumaru's whip struck the hapless servant. "Yow. forgive me my lord" FLASH! "I ment no disrespect. YOW, I'm sorry lord." Jeken begged mercy from the angry lord. FLASH!

"Silence! Jeken, your endless babbling mouth will be the death of you yet." Sesshoumaru turned his attention to the woman in front of him.

"You will die now." He hissed at Katame stepping ever closer.

"No! not yet, he said you could ask you father. You have to prove me a liar first! You can't kill me until you have proved that I have lied to you and you haven't done that yet."

Sesshoumaru stretched out his hand to strike her, hesitated a moment and then dropped his hand to his side closing it into a tight fist.

"Very well then, I shall take you to the tomb of my father, Sugumi-sama, and there you will suffer greatly at my hand and you will die for your foolishness."

He grabbed Katame by the arm and flew off into the darkening sky.

So here's a little suspence for you, what do you think of it...please review I'm dying to know if people are actually reading my fanfic! Thanks a bunch and I'll update soon, I promise the chapters will be longer. REVIEW!!!