A man dressed in white baboon skins and even a mask walked out of the forest and into a lush garden, the moon high in the sky. In his arms he held Aralyn, her blue-ish trusses pooling out over his arms. Before him stood a large palace, the palace of the Lord of the Western Lands. Out of the castle walked the Lord himself, Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru made his way down towards the man in the baboon skins. Drawing his sword he glared at the masked man.
"Naraku…what unfortunate event can I blame this visit on?" Sesshomaru's smooth voice was emotionless as he watched the man before him closely.
"If you want to blame it on something blame it on this girl here." Naraku motioned to Aralyn. "Aralyn is my ancestor; I had to go about 500 years into the future to get her. She has powers of which she does not know yet, powers that could defeat Inuyasha and that Kagome girl with no effort at all or even any other foe that comes along." Naraku waited to see if there was any emotion change from Sesshomaru.
"I'm still waiting to hear what this has to do with me…" Sesshomaru was quickly growing inpatient with Naraku.
"Simple, I cannot keep her with me because my castles keep getting destroyed by Inuyasha, so without her powers she would not be safe. I need to keep this girl alive Sesshomaru-sama. Let her stay here until this era awakens her powers." Naraku watched Sesshomaru, unsure of how he would take this.
"What is in this for me Naraku, another annoying human to watch over?"
"Not at all My Lord, she is not one bit human, her father is an ancestor of mine that is demon so he has lived many years and her mother is a Celestial being from the other side of the world. And for you, you would have a guest in your house, not just any guest but a female one for company to you and to add some feminine touches to your beautiful castle." Naraku noticed all that he had just said did not interest the dog demon before him one bit. Racking his brain he saw a little girl standing on a high balcony in the castle watching them. "You would also have a girl to watch over Rin and play with her instead of Jaken…who can't be good for the girl." Naraku gestured towards where Rin stood.
Sesshomaru looked back at Rin, who was now being scolded by Jaken for watching one of Sesshomaru-sama's meetings. "Fine, but only until she finds her powers."
"Of course, then I will put her to use…and she will be off your hands." With that Naraku made a move to hand Sesshomaru the unconscious girl. But he quickly stopped. "Can you hold her or would I have to bring her in?" Naraku, noticing that Sesshomaru had no left arm and a sword in his right hand, didn't think he would be able to hold her.
Sheathing his sword, Sesshomaru grabbed the girl and held her carefully in his right arm. "You will never enter my home." With that he turned and began walking into his home. Behind him Naraku disappeared into the forest, a slight chuckle forming at his lips.
Inside his palace, Sesshomaru was met by Jaken and Rin; both were bothering him with tons of questions.
Rin-"Who's the girl Sesshomaru-sama?"
Jaken-"Why did you go to a meeting without me My Lord?"
Rin-"Is she my new playmate?"
Jaken-"Do you not trust your lowly servant?"
Rin-"She's very pretty Sesshomaru-sama…"
Jaken-"Who is that girl Sesshomaru-sama, and why are you holding her li"
"Silence," Sesshomaru growled, making the two fall silent. "This girl will be staying with us for the time being, she will be staying in the North Wing. No more questions will be asked, Jaken make sure the servants have her room readied by the time I'm up there."
"But My Lord, the North Wing is only for those very important, honorable and very high guests…" Jaken fell silent and quickly ran off to do as he was told, hearing growls erupt from his master telling him to hurry.
Sesshomaru looked down at the little girl at his feet, "Rin, this is Aralyn I do believe. When she awakens I wish to speak with her immediately, understood."
Rin nodded, "Yes Sesshomaru-sama, of course."
With that done Sesshomaru left the little girl and began walking up a large flight of stairs and continued going up strait instead of taking the West wing, which was his, and the East wing, which held Rin. He was taking the girl to the North Wing, the wing where Celestial beings stay when the visit. He realized that this girl could be a danger to even him if her mother really was a Celestial being like Naraku said, so Sesshomaru decided to make her feel comfortable. Not that he was afraid of her, oh not of course not, he was just taking special precautions.
Entering one of the largest rooms in the North Wing, a room almost as large as his, Sesshomaru noticed it was ready and laid the girl down on the white bed. Most in the room was white; other colors were crimson and black. The three colors he thought went well together because, a Celestial being could be either Pure, Bloodthirsty (not common), or Evil (also not too common but one never knows).
Looking down at the strange girl he noticed how she dressed in a way a woman should never dress. Her clothing was even worse than the small kimono that Inuyasha's woman, Kagome, wears all the time. Aralyn, in Sesshomaru's eyes, wore a small sleeveless shirt and a pair of very short pants. Both covered way too little and Sesshomaru would not have anyone wearing that in his home. Tomorrow, he decided, when she woke he would have the seamstress fit her for some kimonos that better suited a Celestial being, as well as a demon.
Sesshomaru left the room and closed the thick wooden door slowly. He would be able to tell when she wakes, if she was really from the future, she would take quite a scare when she wakes up in a place that is most likely very different and will most likely be quite vocal. He figured this because Kagome was from the future as well and was incredibly vocal with no manners, Aralyn might be the same? Hopefully not, his poor sensitive ears…
