On My Mind

By: Raven110

R: FINALLY I will start the chapter. I actually KNOW what I'm going to do .

Y.R: yes FINALLY! I was starting to think you would NEVER get over the writers block.

R: ooooooooooo I knew I would...........eventually. Oo

Y.R: rrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiggggggggghhhhhhhhhtttttttt

R: HEY!

Y.R: oh calm down. Raven does not own Inuyasha.

R:

PS: and a thank you to all my readers out there thanks for reading. And gifts to you hands

out sesshoumaru and rin plushies to all AND I give you an Evil Authoress wish to make any

character of any TV show (or other) do ANYTHING/be ANYTHING (including turning our

favorite dog demon in a pink poodle with a frilly toto) you want

sesshoumaru and gang were walking through the trees along the boarder of the western

lands. Rin and Amaya were sitting upon ah-un, with azize plodding along side the beast. Rin

could be seen braiding a long silvery lock of Amaya's hair, while Amaya looked at the 'road'

before them. It wasn't really a road, they were following some path that only sesshoumaru

seemed to know of. Then again, they probably were not even following a path, but going to

where ever sesshoumaru wanted to go, and making sure to avoid humans. It didn't really matter,

they weren't near any villages. Leading the beast of burden was jakken, who azize was making a

game of nipping at his heels and arms. Amaya wanted to laugh at seeing that toad try to nail

azize with the staff of heads, glance at Amaya, then quickly change his mind. Azize looked like

she was having the time of her life. In front of them all was sesshoumaru, walking emotionlessly

and silently. Though ever so often he could be seen glancing casually back at Amaya, only for a

moment mind, and Amaya didn't seem to notice. Then again, with demons, you could never be

to sure.

He was doing it again. Amaya knew with out glancing up that sesshoumaru was

watching her casually again. When this habit started, Amaya really didn't know. Right now, she

had her head bent forwards a bit, so that rin could finish the braid she was plaiting. It wasn't her

style, to let pups braid her hair, or touch her hair for that matter, but rin had gotten bored and

asked so politely. Amaya sigh, why did she have to have a weak spot for children. She glanced

down at azize, who was sneaking close to nip at jakken. She smirked, but did not warn the toad.

Amaya watched as azize nipped at jakken's heals, the toad tumbled forward, then leaped up,

turning on the wolf.

"WHY YOU MANGY BAG OF FUR! I ought to smack ye over the head."

Jakken swung his staff threateningly at azize. Then jakken paused and glanced at Amaya,

who had chosen now to not be watching, then sighed and turned back around. He would not

strike that wolf for fear of Amaya's wrath. Already the toad learned that the wolf was on the no

hit or die zone. She had strung him up in a tree and left him there for a good three days, and only

got him down cause sesshoumaru was sick of asking rin or Amaya to do jakken's work. So

jakken just left azize alone and kept on walking, leading ah-un. Amaya snickered very lightly,

before noticing sesshoumaru's gaze was still on her. A might confused, she lifted her own

emotionless gaze to stare into his. He held her gaze for only a moment then looked away.

Amaya might have been imagining things, but she thought she saw an almost guilty look to his

eyes. Even more curious than she had been prior, Amaya decided to ask sesshoumaru about his

little staring habit tonight after rin was asleep.

"Okay Amaya-Sama. Rin is done braiding your hair." rin chirped.

Amaya sighed a relieved sigh and slipped off ah-un's back, "good, I didn't wish to sit

there any more"

rin smiled brightly, despite Amaya's cold words. Rin always seemed to know that the two

demons, sesshoumaru and Amaya, didn't like showing emotion and excepted it. She was one

very odd little girl in Amaya's eyes. Amaya shook her head, loosening the braid some, so that it

didn't rub against her ears. Rin had taken a lock of long white hair that would have been

Amaya's bangs, had she decided to cut her hair, and one in the middle at the back of her head.

As Amaya looked into a puddle upon the road, making sure to skitter away from it enough so not

to get dirty, she had to admit, it was quite pretty. Azize left ah-un's side and came to plod along

beside Amaya, as the she demon fell into line a few steps in front of the beast of burden. All she

had to do was follow sesshoumaru, seemingly ignore his scrutinies that happen every half hour,

and wait for dark and when they finally make camp.

Sesshoumaru watched Amaya let rin braid her hair. He wasn't surprised to see the she

wolf let the young pup play with her long silvery locks. Amaya had grown rather attached to rin,

even if some of rin's ideas seemed to annoy the she demon more than anything. His gaze

traveled down from her slightly bowed head, to her shoulders with her hair falling over them in a

fall of white, over her chest and stomach. He could even see the shape of her legs, with the way

she was sitting. She really was a lovely she demon, weather she knew it or not, probably one of

the most beautiful creatures he had ever seen. Yet he found himself scolding himself once again.

She was merely here to live in peace and he had excepted her into his group. Though he didn't

understand why she stuck with him. Though he found he was growing to like her presence in his

group. She held a patient temperament at most times, and was more often than not, silent. He

could hear jakken yelling at azize but he payed it no mind, his eyes still taking in Amaya's

perfect frame. Suddenly, her eyes rose to meet his. Cool gold gazed into blank gold and blue.

He could see her ears very well now, the soft white ears that were on 'no mention in polite

conversation' terms. Only his eyes didn't want to leave her's. Her eyes were deep, emotionless,

blank. They held no door into her mind, they showed no clue to her spirit or heart. They were

glimmering pools of ice that refused to yield. Yet, he found them lovely as well. That was the

end of it. He ripped his gaze away and groaned inwardly. Why couldn't he get her off his mind?

Why was she the only thing he ever thought about now? What was happening to him?.

Rin was sleeping near the slowly dying fire under the watchful gaze of two demons.

Sesshoumaru would never admit to watching, but he would watch both the girl and their

surroundings with silent diligence. After all, he had claimed rin as his pup, he had to make sure

that she was safe right? The other watchful gaze was none other than Amaya, who acquired the

habit of watching over young pups back at her father's castle. It was a useful, but not interesting,

habit. Though rin was not the only thing the two demons watched. Both demons took the time

to spare each other a glance every so often. Jakken was asleep, as was ah-un, so it was only the

two lord/lady demons keeping each other company with out interruption. Save for a single white

wolf. Azize was still awake, but wouldn't be for much longer. Both demons looked at the wolf

were she sat. azize's head was drooping, her forefeet were sliding forward, then suddenly, she

fell onto her side, sound asleep. The exact moment azize hit the ground, two pairs of brows rose

in light amusement.

Sesshoumaru watched as the wolf hit the dirt, then glanced at Amaya. The she wolf

watched her wolf for a moment, then her eyes rose to meet his gaze. It held for several moments,

before sesshoumaru rose, his gaze still on Amaya.

"Follow me." he broke the eye contact and turned around, walking into the forest.

He didn't know what he was going to do exactly. For once sesshoumaru didn't have a

plan. He had decided he wanted answers. Why was she still following him? Why didn't she go

set up some place in his lands? Why stay with HIM of all people? Why was she being hunted in

the first place? There were so many questions. He heard Amaya rise and follow him warily. She

was cautious of him, which was normal. He after all, was stronger physically than her, he could

do anything he wanted with her. Sesshoumaru shook his head, no time to think like that.

Once he decided that they were a sufficient distance away from the prying ears of their

companions, sesshoumaru stopped and turned. Amaya was behind him, a white beacon in a

beam of moon light. He sighed and leaned against a tree, looking at the demoness. Amaya just

gazed right back at him calmly.

"I have some questions I wish to ask you." sesshoumaru stated quietly.

Amaya approached a bit closer, keeping ten feet between them, then responded.

"I will only answer those that I see fit to answer."

Sesshoumaru nodded, he had thought as much. "Why were you being hunted in the first

place? What was the real reason? Wolf demons don't just volunteer to kill a lord youkai just to

give humans a reprieve from it's rule."

It was Amaya's turn to nod, "your right, that was not the reason they agreed to hunt me

down, and even then if it had been that way, they would not have followed me into your

territory."

"Then why?"

"Because of what I am."

"A white wolf?"

"Yes. The white wolf race is a despised race among wolf demons. For some reason wolf

demons think we are weak, sickly creatures that only deserve the slime on the bottom of a

swamp. A white wolf pup is said to bring bad luck to any wolf demon clan it is born into and

should be disposed of immediately."

"You were born into wolf demon society?"

"One of the worst, lord Kitaro is my father," Amaya said with disgust.

"Then why were you not killed like you just stated."

Amaya smirked, "because my mother is white wolf. As you should know. Fetanie was

one of the oldest white wolves alive. Currently I am the only living white wolf strong enough to

take on ruling the northern forests, but I refuse the task, as my father currently has hold of the

lands. It's a long story, one that I will not convey here. But let us just say, my mother did not

have me or my siblings in kitaro's land. We were brought there."

"Why would he bring you back?"

"Because I was one of his line. Unfortunately for him, because the white wolf gene is

dominant against a wolf demons, I turned out pure blood."

Sesshoumaru blinked, a bit confused. "explain."

"If a white wolf and a wolf demon have pups together, the pups will either be two things,

pure wolf demon or pure white wolf. Don't ask how, I really don't know."

"That is fine, continue."

"My father is very egotistical and power hungry. He thinks his family should be on top of

it all. That his line is the strongest out there. So he has hundreds of children. All of them are

not allowed to leave his lands and are forced to submit under his ruling. He is a tyrant and a jack

ass. Pardon my french."

Sesshoumaru pondered this a moment, " I have heard kitaro is wicked demon, but his

warriors are weak. Why is that?"

"Ever heard of in-breeding?"

Sesshoumaru blinked in confusion, "breeding within the family?"

Amaya nodded.

sesshoumaru frowned, "of course, my father drilled in the sins of it in my head millions

of times. Giving me all the faults. But what does that have to do...."

Sesshoumaru trailed off and his eyes widened. Amaya started to chuckle. Sesshoumaru

looked at the white demoness and all she did was nod gravely.

"Quite often I'm afraid. Kitaro's children can be his grandchildren or great grand

children or so on and he would be the father of all of them. Or he would have his strongest sons

breeding with his prettiest daughters. If my mother wasn't so protective of me when I was

younger, I probably would have been to succumbed to such. But things have a way of turning

around. My mother claimed I was sterile." Amaya snickered.

Sesshoumaru raised a brow, "smart choice, but then how did..."

"She would shoo me away to the northern forests of course. There are mountains there so

high that the snow never melts, but it also means that it is cold. Wolf demons can tolerate it but

they would not spend ungodly long amounts of time there searching for one demoness, and my

father never sent anyone to find me." she shook her head, "for all that he is lord, my father is

dense."

Sesshoumaru nodded, "so he sent those wolf demons after you, to kill you, because you

are white wolf?"

"And of no use to him."

Sesshoumaru wrinkled his nose, "he sounds like a selfish bastard."

"He is trust me."

"An other question."

"Go on."

"Why are you following me still? Why not go some place else in the western lands?"

He saw Amaya shift and look to the ground, "where would I go? Where would I be safe.

These past four months have been the quietest I've had in years. And I'm enjoying it. Why? Am

I getting on your nerves?"

"No. Just wondering is all. But why follow ME? I might be possibly the most powerful

demon in japan, but surely you would like to find some one more appealing."

Amaya snorted, "like who. I will not taint my white wolf blood by looking outside a

canine race. And sadly, wolves will not even look at white wolves for mates any more thanks to

kitaro's influence. And I have not met many dog demons. You're the first actually. "

sesshoumaru blinked, truly curious about that, "really? I thought there were more of us

than that."

"Oh I'm sure there is more of your kind some where, I just haven't seen them yet."

Sesshoumaru pushed off the tree and started back towards the camp. Yet, he still found

his eyes switching to glance at Amaya on his way past. Noting how the moonlight made her hair

glow silver, and her ivory white skin glimmer softly. Even her kimono was glowing softly. He

heard her follow behind him, hearing the sigh of her kimono and the brush of the still present

braid upon her back. As sesshoumaru sat down where he had been before he got to camp, he

checked his surroundings once. No demons anywhere near. He watched Amaya sit herself

against the tree that she had been sitting against. So she followed him because she liked the

peace it brought thought that answer seemed most unconvincing. she had been hunted because

of her father spiting her for what she was. He sighed heavily, looking at Amaya again. His eyes

basked in her beauty, and his mind told him that what ever this fascination with her was, it

wasn't curiosity. Could he be falling for her? Sesshoumaru shook the thought out of his head, it

was absurd for him to think something as such. Only, as he looked back at Amaya again, he

realized that maybe it was true. He was falling in love with Amaya.

R: okay, scary though it is, that is the next chapter. The next one will jump ahead a month.

Y.R: and will be more centered around showing that Amaya is falling for him.

R: there will be a chapter summary in the beginning of the chappy. I know this one was a bit

crappy. But I wanted to get it done.

Amaya: sighs please leave a review. Need 5 More before a new chapter will come up.