Love beyond the Western Lands

Chapter One: Wandering

It was night time and snow was falling. A lovely miko (priestess) walked about the chilly night. She wore a bamboo straw hat covered her beautiful mop of long, dark purple hair (You: SHE HAS PURPLE HAIR?!?!! Me: Looks like you know who she is already! Now she DOES have purple hair! Most of this stuff might be made up so… yeah.), with two locks hanging down. Her white top and red pants shined in the moon light from the melted snow. Her skin was whiter than white. Her necklace was a red string, with an 8-corner star. Around it was a silver hoop, and on the bottom, was a purple gem. Her cherry wood bow glowed as if it was holy, and her arrows glimmered and would regenerate when needed. She wrapped a silk scarf around her face, only her deep, black eyes shown. Miko Kikyou's features always shown anytime, anyplace.

Kikyou walked around the place of nowhere, when she came to the edge of a forest. She felt as if she was getting pulled in by a strong force. She put one leg back to brace herself. "Should I go in?" Kikyou thought. She shut her eyes. A sapphire blue aura glowed around her body, as if she was sensing any danger. "It's safe," she thought. She took off her hat and shook off the snow and raised it head height, and it vanished into thin air. Before she entered, two of Kikyou's spirit eels floated eerily to her. They gave her two souls. Kikyou gratefully absorbed them into her body. She walked in.

The bare branches of trees shook down snow as Kikyou vaulted over pulled up tree roots, and felled trees. The sprinkle of snow fell on to Kikyou. It made her look like a heavenly goddess. She continued deeper and deeper into the forest. As she kept walking, she came along a path. She followed it.

As she walked, she encountered a barrier of tree roots. Kikyou tried to pull them apart, but she gasped. "These appear to be man-made!" she whispered. She transformed into her ghostly form and walked into the wall of roots. She appeared on the other side. And on the other side, was a beautiful green glade. In the center of it was a beautiful pond with a small little waterfall. The trees were not bare with no leaves, but they were lacquered with fruit and the leaves were colored no other person had seen before. Kikyou smiled at this. She could rest here for the night, and then leave tomorrow. As she made to pick a fruit, a throwing knife whizzed past her head and she narrowly dodged it. "Who goes?" said a strong male voice. The figure walked out into the opening. "Who are you?" he demanded. Kikyou stood strong. "I am Miko Kikyou." "HAVE YOU NO RESPECT???" The male screamed. "DO YOU GO WANDERING ABOUT IN OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMISSION??!?! THAT'S WHAT I PUT THE BARRIER OF TREE ROOTS UP FOR! HOW DARE YOU!?!?!?!!?!" Kikyou blushed and bowed. "My most humble apologies, sir. I did not have the knowledge that you owned this shelter. I shall take my leave." As you made towards the exit, he howled again. "DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHO I AM?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?" Kikyou turned. "I'm afraid I do not…" But to her senses, Kikyou knew he was a powerful youkai (demon), a taiyoukai (Greater demon) perhaps, and did not want to go pick a fight with him. "I am Hasuyiro, lord of darkness. Seeing that you trampled upon my glade, I will SEE TO YOUR PUNISHMENT!!!!"

The glade turned into part of the forest. Hasuyiro threw black bolts of lightning from the sky and Kikyou dodged it. She flew into the snowy dark sky and shot three sacred arrows. Hasuyiro dodged two of them, but one hit him squarely in the chest. Kikyou's bow and arrows disappeared and in her hands were Sais (Long thin daggers). "HYAH!!" She cried. She held the Sais in a stabbing position, and the ends jabbed him right in the back. He screamed in pain.

Just then, the moonlight disappeared, and all was dark. Kikyou knew it was one of his tricks. So she kept her wits about. She listened. Then, she felt a sharp pain in her back. She dropped her Sais. And as the moon reappeared, Hasuyiro grabbed her by the throat. Kikyou was choking, and coughing. Hasuyiro slammed her against the tree, and the snow shook onto Kikyou's pained body. She groaned. "This is the end for you, wench," he said. A dark katana appeared in his and was glowing brighter and brighter in a dark aura. Kikyou thought desperately. "The Sais!" she thought! One of the Sais zipped to her hand, and she grabbed a hold of it, and threw it right at the demon's heart. The katana made its blow right before the Sais struck. The katana vanished. His body fell and turned into ashes. Kikyou was hurt so badly, it hurt to move. The Sais vanished. "I…… I should've been dead…. but… seeing as the Sais stabbed his heart before he struck, the katana blast was only half the full power…" she thought. "I…. I must rest... I must…" She closed her eyes.

Meanwhile…

A handsome man walked around near a forest, looking bored. His face had 2 purple stripes on each cheek. His silver hair flowed like a river. His narrow eyes show that he is very serious and shows little emotion. As you may have guessed, he's a youkai, but he is no ordinary youkai. He is a taiyoukai. A little girl in a orange kimono with black hair always seems to have a smile on her face, followed by a green little toad demon, with a 2 headed staff, grabbing onto the reins of what it seems, a two headed dragon. "Lord Sesshoumaru, where shall we rest for the night?" The little girl asked. "Rin!" the toad scolded. "Have you no respect???" The man spun around. The toad suddenly looked frightened. "Jaken, you will NOT speak to Rin that way!" Sesshoumaru whispered dangerously. "Y-y-y-yes, m-m-milord!" Jaken stuttered. Suddenly, Sesshoumaru's face perked up near the forest, as if he sensed something. Sesshoumaru ran to the edge of the forest and then stopped abruptly. He called to his companions. "JAKEN!" he called. "Protect Rin! And make sure Ah and Un (not sure if that's the dragons' names) do not fly off again!" "Yes, milord!" Jaken replied frantically. Sesshoumaru gave a curt nod and jetted off into the forest.

As he came into a white, snowy clearing, he saw a body of a girl. She was very beautiful. She looked about 17 or 18. "Oh wow…" Sesshoumaru whispered. Her eyes were closed and she looked dead, as if she were in battle. Her face and clothes were bloodstained. The sleeves of her shirt were torn, and her pants looked like rags. He took her pulse, and it was still beating. He picked her up, bridal style, and carried her out of the forest.

When he went back to Jaken and Rin, Rin was so hyper! "Lord Sesshoumaru, Lord Sesshoumaru!! Did you find a lady friend?" Her eyes twinkled. Sesshoumaru looked at her and smiled. "How can she be my lady friend if we didn't even meet?" "Rin blushed at this. "My most humble apologies milord!" "It's quite alright." Sesshoumaru said. He laid the beautiful girl on the dragon and mounted himself. Jaken and Rin got on the dragon as well, and they flew to Sesshoumaru's castle.

Kikyou was awake, but was still half asleep. When she opened her eyes, she wasn't in the clearing anymore. She was airborne, in the arms of a handsome taiyoukai. He noticed that she were awake. "Who are you?" Kikyou whispered so softly, no one could hear. The taiyoukai didn't answer. "You need your rest," he said softly. "I will tell you everything in the morning. Kikyou nodded and fell back asleep.

To be continued….