Ok this is chappy two, so r&r. Plz.

Chapter Two

The Half Demon Girl

In a castle that was lit by the bright afternoon sunlight sat a lord. Lord Akima to be exact. He sat in his red robes and stared out at the Zin garden deck. He held in his hands a small doll dressed as a princess. Thinking fastly about the night before, he didn't notice one of his servants enter the golden lit room.

"Lord Akima." The servant said, "They haven't found her yet. She seems to of just disappeared. I'm sorry. Would you like us to stop the search?"

The young lord got up and turned to look into the eye of the servant.

"What do you mean she just seemed to disappear? She has a scent so follow it. Find her!" the lord yelled as he watched his servant quiver in fear.

"I am sorry my lord. Her scent disappears at the cliff in the north. We think she might have fallen down it been…" the servant hesitated, "or had been finished by the bull demon Shoren. I can't sense her anywhere..." the servant couldn't finish the sentence for his master's hands had enclosed around his neck. The servant looked into his lords angry bloodshot eyes. He clearly hadn't slept since early this morning.

"M…my…….lord…..plll……plea….eese." the servant mumbled threw his closed throat.

The lord looked at him and then dropped the servant to the floor.

"If you wish to live past this day," the young lord spoke between clinched teeth, "then you will find my Saori before tomorrow's nightfall."

With this being the lords last words; he calmly walked out of the room and went down the hall to his room.

The servant left the room quickly and yelled at the other servants (who had clearly witnessed the incident and who were starring at the servant with hesitant eyes) to get back to work.

The room was emptied and all that was left was the small princess doll in the middle of the room on the yellow, sunlight floor.

Back at the hut

Saori; who was still surrounded; sat on the pallet eating small bowls of steamed rice. Beside her lay at least a dozen empty bowls of what used to contain the rice.

"So," Miroku said, "how old are you?"

Saori swallowed a mouth full of rice and wiped her mouth.

"16." She said continuing eating the rice that was handed to her.

"Oh." He said and he moved closer to her side.

"Saori," he picked up her hand and cupped it in his, "I have to ask you an important question." He got on his knees beside her and asked, "Will you bare my children?"

Saori spit rice in Miroku's face while Sango, Kagome, and Shippo hit him over the head with their chop sticks.

"Man Miroku!" Sango yelled, smacking him across the face, "give the girl some breathing space!"

"Yeah! She was just attacked this morning and you're already all over her!" Kagome finished her sentence with a smack across Miroku's other cheek

Miroku layed on the floor knocked out.

"You'll have to excuse Miroku." Shippo said, "He always asks pretty young girls that question. He's quite the lecher also so be aware of where he is at all times."

Saori let out a small giggle and took a big drink of water.

"Does he always sit by himself?" she asked, looking out the cabin door at the sitting Inuyasha.

"No." said Kagome, "Actually, he's quite arrogant at times. I'm surprised he hasn't started arguing with you yet. That usually his first intentions."

"Oh" Saori sighed, "Did I do something wrong?"

"No." said the newly awaken Miroku who still bared the red imprints of Sango and Kagome's hands across his cheeks. "I think the reason why Inuyasha left us; now don't get me wrong:" he said, "I think it's because you are a half demon also."

Everyone in the room looked toward Miroku with a very WHAT THE expression on their faces.

"Don't look at me that way!" he yelled, "I told you! It's just my opinion!"

"What's he gabberin about?" Inuyasha asked re-entering the hut.

"Oh. Nothing." Sango said.

"So, were you doing some thinking out there Inuyasha?" Kagome asked curiously.

"Yeah." He answered. "A little."

"About what?" she asked back.

"Well. I just want to know why your master sent you out on your day of weakness to retrieve a jewel shard from a powerful demon."

"Inuyasha!" Kagome squealed. "You don't need to be all in the girl's business."

"It's ok Kagome." Saori said to get Kagome to stop yelling at her hero.

"My master didn't send me anywhere," she said, "I went on my own behalf."

The room fell silent, and Saori started to feel oddly uncomfortable. She let a small half smile appear on her face to settle the tension.

"You went on your own." Inuyasha said with a low idiotic tone, as if he was talking to a monkey.

"Yeah." Saori said. "I heard master Akima talking about the jewel shard and how powerful it was, but he didn't know where any were," Saori paused to make sure everyone was on the same page, "But I knew where one was. I wanted to surprise him, so I went out on my own. Thing is I forgot that I wasn't half demon that day. So when I got to the bull I tried to sneak it and you know the rest." Saori stopped.

"Oh. I get the picture." Miroku said.

"You do!" Saori said excitedly.

"Yes." He said, "of course I do. You are in love with your master, aren't you Saori?"

Soari's eyebrow twitched as she stared at Miroku.

"No!" she yelled, "I am not you big oaf!"

"Oh. I could have sworn that I was right this time." Miroku said with his pointer finger and thumb on his chin as if he was thinking; surprised that he was wrong.

"I went out," Saori exclaimed, "because I wanted to give my master the perfect gift for his twenty-fifth birthday!"

The room once again fell uncomfortably silent.

"Your master…is only twenty-five years old?" Kagome asked.

"Yeah." Saori answered, "What's wrong with that?"

"Well, you are only 16 and that's kinda odd. You know, if you think about it."

"Yeah. You have a point Kagome." Sango said.

"Feh. I bet he had another perfect birthday present in mind." Inuyasha said under his breath so that no one; he thought: could hear him. But it turned out that Kagome heard him and gave him a good SIT!

"Are you ganging up against me!" Saori asked, louder than she intended.

"No! No!" Kagome said. "We were just…bringing up a conversation." She said real quickly.

"Oh sorry" Saori said.

"Feh." Said Inuyasha.

Back at Lord Akima's castleLate that evening

"There has been not one sign of her." Said the lord, who still looked like he hadn't slept for days now.

"No my lord," said another servant, "But we do have some interesting news." He said.

The lord turned around to face the servant. This time he didn't have the same face as he did last time, he had a calm face that looked interested for this information.

"Go on." The lord said with eager interest.

"In the part of the forest that we last had Saori's sent, we found the remains of the bull demon Shoren close to the cliff. It seems that he was slaughtered, by a very strong demon."

"A strong demon." The lord said.

"Yes my lord. Would you like me to leave now?"

"Yes. Get out of my face and go find more good news."

The lord sat down and thought about what he heard.

"A strong demon. In my territory." He thought to himself.

"No demon dares enter my territory." He stood up and paced in thought.

"It couldn't have been Saori; she's on her day of weakness."

The lord's eyes widened as a terrible thought came over him.

"What if a group of my enemies came into my territory without my knowing and kidnapped Saori, covered up her sent, and then killed the only witness, the bull demon."

"Yes. This has to be it. It's the best explanation."

With this being the lord's determination he set out immediately to search for any sign of his dear Saori.

Back at the hut

"What do you guys do with the jewel shards?" Saori asked.

"Kagome holds them. She can purify the shards since she is the reincarnation of a powerful priestess." Said Lady Kaiede.

"We keep them with Kagome so no evil demons get a hold of them." Sango said.

"Especially Naraku." Shippo said.

"Naraku?" Saori said questionably.

"That name sounds oddly familiar." She thought to herself. "Real familiar."

"So who's in the mood for a bath!" Sango asked, breaking the timid air.

"Oh. I can use one." Kagome said. "Saori. You are coming with us. We have some questions to ask you about your so called master."

Kagome and Sango lifted up Saori and started to drag her out the hut door.

"Girls!" Miroku yelled after them. "Wait for me!"

As Miroku got up Inuyasha dragged him back down.

"You are not going anywhere lecher." He said.

Inuyasha yelled out the hut door to the girls who were striding to an open path in a wooded area.

"Be careful with Saori!" he yelled. "She's still hurt!"

The girls disappeared into the woods, and Inuyasha looked back at Miroku who had a very sad and distorted look on his face.

"Oh, get over it Miroku." Inuyasha said.

"So." Said Sango, "How long have you known your lord."

"I've known him since I was 8 years old. He's taken care of me since my mother died." Saori said.

Kagome spoke, "Your mother died."

"Yes." Said Saori. "When I was 8, my mom and I lived in a small village. One day when my mother told me to go get some water from the well, the village got attacked by a demon. When I returned it was on fire and I couldn't find my mom so I went into the village to get her. Our house was on fire, but I went in anyway. I couldn't find her. There was smoke everywhere, and it was hard to breathe. I got trapped in the house, and I thought I was going to die, but then master Akima came and saved me, and I've been with him ever since."

Kagome and Sango looked at Saori with sad eyes.

"Wow" said Kagome, "That's so sad."

Sango joined Kagome's answer with "Yeah. I'm so sorry."

They both looked like they could cry right about now but they seemed to be holding it in.

The girls sat in silence for a while until Kagome brought up a new topic.

"So your master was 17 when he saved you." She said.

Saori looked at them, puzzled.

"No. My master has been 24 for three years before he turned 25."

Now the look of sadness was immediately taken over by a look of outraged confusion.

"What?" Kagome and Sango said in unison. "How? Stop playing games Saori."

"I'm not joking. My master is a Red Dragon Demon. He's not human."

Kagome and Sango fell deeper into the water with surprise.

"Ahhhh!" they yelled. "Your master is a demon!"

"Yeah." Saori replied. "There's nothing wrong with that."

"Saori," Kagome said, "you're just full of surprises, way too full of surprises."

The girls sat there while the water returned to its normal calm ripples.

"It's getting late." Sango said. "I think it's time we get out."

The three girls got out and got dressed as the sun started to set. When they returned to the camp they saw an annoyed Inuyasha yelling at a pale face Shippo who was hiding behind Miroku.

"Inuyasha," Kagome said calmly, "Sit boy."

Inuyasha slammed into the ground and grunted with pain.

"Why do you always gotta do that?" he asked.

"Because you don't know how to be nice to people." She said. "Especially little Shippo."

Shippo spoke, "I agree with you Kagome. He doesn't know how to control his temper."

"Why you little…" Inuyasha reached out for Shippo but Kagome just hit him with another sit and he once again slammed into the ground.

"How do you do that?" Saori asked.

"Oh. It's a long story." Kagome said.

For the rest of the night they all sat around the brightly lit camp fire talking and laughing of past events, until they retreated and went to bed.

Thoughts of Everyone's opinions of the day

Miroku------

"Why do I always mess up?" he thought to himself. "I've got to get myself together and just tell Sango how I feel. But what if she doesn't feel the same way as I do?" he asked himself. "I guess we'll have to find out sooner or later."

Shippo------

"Poor Saori." He thought, "She's been threw a lot so far. But she still didn't have to go and eat all the rice, but she is still a really nice girl I guess she deserved it, but it was still my rice."

Kagome------

"What do I say to her? Hey Saori" Kagome said to herself "I think your master is really creepy and weird. So why don't you stay with us and forget about him. Talk about a smack in the face."

Sango-------

"I wonder if Kagome is thinking the same thing?" she asked herself. "I hope so, I don't want to be the only one to tell Saori that her master is sort of freaky to me. Saori's so naïve. I don't even know him and he gives me the chills. Maybe I'm the one who's being naïve."

Inuyasha--------

"Feh," he grunted, "Stupid master of hers. He's probably just using her or something. She is just a half demon." He thought. "I know how she feels.

Kirara----

"MMEEEEEOOOOOOOWWWWW!"

Uh. What ya think. Am I cool or what. I was amazed by my own story. WOW! Just hit me in the face! Well Submit your review young audience and I shall write more. K. I'm gonna order dominos and read my story. Luv yah!

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