Disclaimer: We do not own Inu-Yasha. If we did, we wouldn't be writing fan
fictions. Rumiko Takahashi does.
A/N: We both made up this story, but I, Traycon3 am writing it. Enjoy. Also, I changed the first chapter, so please enjoy.
Prologue:
The Demon's Due
Two quarter-demons stared as the evil half-demon held their mother by the hair. "You know my bargain. Her life for the sword. Now go."
The younger of the two quarter-demons glared at the half-demon. "You'll never get away with this. We will stop you." Her tail lashed back and forth as she spoke, venom dripping from every word.
"You bitch, didn't your mother ever teach you any manners."
"Yes, didn't yours?"
"I'll have no more of this. Go, before I decide to kill her just for spite."
The two quarter-demons growled. Murmuring something, they jumped down the old well and into a completely different century.
Chapter 1:
Out of the New and in with the Old…Literally
Shessomaru stood on the bank of the river, watching over Rin and Jaken as they played in the water. A bit of wind picked up and a peculiar smell filled his nose. It was the sent of his half-brother, that fool Inuyasha, but it was different somehow. For one thing, the sent smelled too human, for another it was too clean, devoid of the usual sent of demon blood that seemed to cling to Inuyasha was very faint. "Rin, stay here. Jaken, watch over her." Shessomaru didn't wait for a reply, he went after the strange scent. It came into view as he approached. It wasn't one person, it was two. A young female, breathing heavily as she prepared to fight a young male. Shessomaru could smell traces of Inuyasha on both of them.
The male held up his hand, "Wait. I smell something." The female only nodded. She had spotted Shessomaru.
"Go. I will handle this one." The male turned and stepped off of the battle field, taking refuge behind some bushes. "So, you are the infamous Shessomaru. We meet at last."
"Do you wish to fight me?" Shessomaru inquired.
"If fighting you is how I may acquire your wonderful sword, then yes, I wish to fight you." Shessomaru started to draw his sword, but then decided that he'd rather enjoy it if he fought the female unarmed.
The male watched the female fight. For the first few minutes it looked as if she may win the battle and his hopes rose, but then Shessomaru knocked her in the stomach, so hard that she hit a tree. Shessomaru bent down and lifted her up by the neck. "Pathetic," he muttered as the girl went limp. The male saw her chest fall for the last time as Shessomaru dropped her. She fell to the ground with a soft thump. The tree she hit fell next to her as Shessomaru turned and walked away.
The male waited until he was gone before he approached the girl. She sucked breath in as he got near her. Her amber eyes fluttered as she watched the boy approach. Reaching out, she clutched his red kimono and pulled him closer. "Ow," she whispered.
"What?"
"Oww!" she yelled loudly. The boy looked visibly relieved as she slowly pulled herself from the ground, complaining. "That was stupid. Let's never do that again. Hey, is my tail broken."
He bent down to examine it. "No, probably just bruised." He told her.
"Good. Now, catch me, I'm gonna fall." And fall she did, right into his arms.
"Whoa, careful now. You look like you lost some blood." He grabbed her skirt off of her tail and tore a strip of material from it. "There, that should help stop the bleeding. Now, let's get going. We need to figure out a way to get that sword." She nodded silently.
Hope you enjoyed that first chapter. Please R/R. –Traycon3