Disclaimer: I do not own Japan. I do not own the show Inuyasha or anything in it. Drat.. Hiroshi , Suki, Rai, Rei, Kita, Keiko, and Kaiya are my own characters made up to make the story work. Suki means beloved, Rai means trust, Rei means gratitude, Kita means north, Keiko means adored one, Hiroshi means generous, and my personal favorite, Kaiya, means forgiveness.

Chapter 2

The Misunderstanding

"Is that the man I have to mate?"

Kaiya turned her body dodging a sword slash from above and sent her own sword to attack from the side at her friend Hiroshi's torso. Like she knew he would, he blocked with his second sword and attempted to hit her again with the other, but failed as wall of fire blocked his way, he couldn't pass the sword through without it melting. "Ah! Kaiya I told you not to use fire so close to my face!"

She ignored him and flew upwards and gave him a round house kick in his face instead, knocking him clean to the ground in an instant.

"Do you really think father is going to make me mate him?" she asked again before she even finished dropping back to the ground. Hiroshi was a good fighter, but he was getting too predictable in his fighting style. The incident in the throne room left her boiling mad and so she found refuge in fighting, or what it might seem, killing her best friend.

Hiroshi groaned and rubbed his slowly bruising left cheek, "Ouch, Kaiya must you kick so hard and no you father is letting the two sons choose between you and your sisters." He crawled over to the corner of the dojo and set up his swords back on the wall.

"I am done for today and you have to rest. All you did all day was train those new recruits for the war against Naraku." His face twisted into a look of disgust and he didn't notice the relieved look in Kaiya's face as he left. 'So there is hope I won't be picked! Father wants Kagome to mate with the one called Inuyasha, but that is only because she's the only half-demon among us, but there is still hope for me not to be picked!' She sheathed her sword at her side and raced out of the dojo, her long legs carrying her to her room to clean up for supper.

'All I have to do is act like I normally do. I don't think they would like my 'boy' attitude as my father likes to call it, but without me my father wouldn't have a decent army, he's way to lazy! I can't act differently anyway, I would shame my father further by doing so. '

The hot springs that wereconnected to the house were divided evenly up for everyone to have one. Her room was number three and one of the grandest because of her age. She was the oldest out of all six of her sisters and also took more baths, along with Kagome. Her and Kagome were the only ones who even knew how to use one weapon. Even if Kagome only knew how to use a silly bow and arrow it was better than nothing and Kagome had a bit of miko powers to add to it, so it evened itself out.

She stripped herself of her ninja suit and slide into the hot water. Kaiya didn't ache, but dirt and grime covered her from head to toe. She scrubbed her body and combed her locks with her claws. A servant knocked on her door telling her dinner would be served soon, making her also rush herself into a short forest green kimono with golden thread designs around the sleeves and V neck line. Around her neck she wore a simple golden chain, holding a model of her mother in dog form, looking much like herself when she transformed. With haste, she pulled her thigh length hair into a high ponytail.

Dinner was different. She came into the dinner room as usual, through the floor. She appeared behind her cushion and found the one person she didn't want to see sitting next to her. Sesshomaru. Fighting herself from tearing him to shreds, she placed a mask similar to his own on her face and knelt down on the familiar cushion.

'How dare he sit next to me and know that this is where I sit! Father knows only Kagome is allowed to sit there, but now she has that Inuyasha fool sitting next to her as well across from me.' Kaiya watched as Kagome gave her a weak smile and pointed with her eyes to their father. If looks could kill..

'Dear Kami! Father looks like a tomato! Is he mad or embarrassed?' She took a small breath through her nose and stiffened. Roaring mad. Instead of acting mad back, she graced her father with a tiny smile and decided to pick up her chopsticks and eat. Kagome did the same next and then Kaiya could hear the others at the table doing the same.

Kaiya ate faster than usual and the whole time avoided looking up from her plate. She could feel the nervous glances that flew her way and didn't like it one bit. When she finished, she dropped her chopsticks back down to the side of her plate and looked at her father straight in the face before speaking.

"Father, may I be excused from the table? Much work is still to be done with alliance papers and the amount of soldiers I trained today." She dabbed her lips with the napkin from her lap, playing innocent, but she didn't expect the answer she received.

"No"

"Why ever not father?"

"Because you have to apologize to the Lord of the West."

Frustrated, the looked at the Lord and gave a fake smile, "I apologize," then turned back to her father, "May I got now?"

The Lord of the West said nothing, and just nodded. Kaiya's father was still not pleased, "And Sesshomaru, dear"

Kaiya wanted to refuse, but gave Sesshomaru the same apology as she had his father and stood.

"I truly must go father, my own training is still not complete, too. I do this at least once every week as you might know," She smirked, the whole Northern lands knew of the transformation practices and her desire to be one of the strongest, "Now father may I go?"

"Wait! You can't possibly do it tonight! We have guests!" If her father could have gone pale he would have.

"Why not father? I can't possibly scare them away. I am a powerful demon, but the whole lands knows of it and they don't fear me unless I am in a battle in my true form." she spat and stood. " I will be strong father. We are at war!" Fire crackled around her body and the temperature in the room rose twenty degrees. She leaned in close to her fathers face, her eyes ablaze.

"Stop me if you dare"

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