She was searching for revenge.
Revenge for herself. Revenge for her family. Revenge for her village. She was alone. The only survivor. She knew no one. And she hardly cared. She only lived for revenge.
Royce walked along. She wore a tight black shirt and pants. She wore thick black leather boots. Over it all Royce wore a thick black billowing cloak. Attached to the cloak was a hood she wore to hide her features. Her hair flowed straight down her back, black as night. Her eyes showed knowledge and strength, and were a luminescent blue. Her lips red as blood. Her skin was deathly pale, the perfect match for her dark hair and nature. She was thin and tall, six feet to be exact. She has a scar across each eye steeping to a point on her forehead. Royce wore twin blades across her back. Over the blades she wore a pack. On a leg of her pants she had a row of ninja stars. She wore a bow and quiver of arrows across her shoulder. Her hands were armed with sharp deadly, claws, and her mouth with fangs just as deadly.
Royce stopped walking and narrowed her eyes at a tree behind her. "Come out and face me like the demon that you are." She says as she turns to face the tree. Her voice is soft but dark, evil in its way.
A man steps out from behind the tree. He has long white hair that flows to just past his waist. The man is wearing a white kimono with at the ends of the sleeves and a flower pattern on one shoulder. He wears spiky black armor across his chest and a white fur boa across his free shoulder. He also wore black boots. His eyes were golden and had a red shadowy cover on the lids. There was a crescent moon He had two twin demon marks on each side of his face. His skin was pale and voice deep soft and quiet, though it was rarely heard. "You have noticed me."
"I noticed you some time ago. Why have you followed me?" Royce demanded, loosening a ninja star from her pants.
I read your thoughts. You are after my brother Inuyasha, Are you not?"
"I am. What's it to you?"
"You seek him to exact revenge. I will make you a deal."
"Name it. I will then choose whether to accept or decline your offer." Royce said to the handsome stranger.
"Very well. I will let you kill Inuyasha, if you bring me his precious sword the Tetsusaiga." He says, all the while thinking "and once you are out of the way... I will attack and kill Inuyasha and his puny little friends while he is weak."
"Very well. I will accept your offer. How will I contact you?"
"My name is Sesshoumaru. I will send Jaken with you. He will bring me the Tetsusaiga."
"As you wish, Sesshoumaru. Where is Jaken?" Royce inquires, just as Jaken himself comes waddling out of the bushes.
Jaken is a creature known as an imp toad. His skin is the green of leaves in the summer, and he has a beaklike mouth. He wears a green robe like kimono, and is a total of about three feet tall. He carries a twp-headed staff appropriately named the Staff of Heads, which is capable of burning an army of samurai to cinders. His voice is high and cowardly with quite a bit of whine to it.
"You called for me Lord Sesshoumaru?"
"Yes Jaken. You will go with Royce and bring me the Tetsusaiga, and Inuyasha's left arm."
"Yes Milord!" Jaken replies to Sesshoumaru, bowing.
"I take my leave of you now. Good bye Sesshoumaru." Royce says formally, nodding her head in respect, and turns to leave. Jaken waddles after her and Sesshoumaru walks off in the other direction. "Tell me Jaken, what does Inuyasha look like?"
"Inuyasha is a half-breed. He has long silvery white hair, and dog-ears atop his head. He wears a red kimono made of fire rat's fur that can break a sword. He is always barefoot."
"Thank you Jaken." Royce says as she sniffs the air. "I do believe we're getting close." She states, pulling back a branch to reveal Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo walking.
Inuyasha stops and turns, spotting Royce and Jaken. "Who are you, demon? Why do you travel with Jaken?"
Royce smirks under her hood. "I see that you are who I seek." Royce draws her blades from her back as she walks out of the bushes. "I come too reign justice on you, Inuyasha." She states simply as she slashes full force at Inuyasha's throat.
Inuyasha blocks using his now transformed Tetsusaiga. "Should I slay you like the other demons I've fought, or leave you for Sesshoumaru to finish?"
"You won't have a chance seeing as you'll be dead."
"Why exactly are you trying to reign justice on me, wench?"
"Because you slaughtered my village. I will kill y--..." Royce's eyes fall and linger on Kagome, then move to Sango, earning her a slash down her arm. She sheaves her blades on her back and stands back from Inuyasha, just as he begins to speak.
"I never slaughtered a village! Who the hell told you that?!"
"The demon Naraku told me."
Miroku steps in. "Naraku is an evil demon, we have all suffered at his hand. Will you consider bearing my child, maiden?" Miroku is a monk dressed in black and purple robes. He holds in his hand a gold staff with jingling rings on the end. On his right hand he wears a gold ring that holds on a glove, which covers his wind tunnel and is sealed by a set of blue prayer beads around his wrist.
"No." Royce clearly states, shoving Miroku out of the way. "Naraku is evil you say? What has he done to you?" Royce inquires, pointing at Sango.
"He slaughtered my village of demon slayers, and I just barely survived." Sango answers, bowing her head.
"Then you may well indeed be innocent Inuyasha." Royce states, pulling down her hood and looking at him. "My name is Royce."
"Lord Sesshoumaru will surely slay you for your betrayal!" Jaken whines, shaking his staff at Royce.
"Can it, Toad."
"Why don't you join us Royce? You only want to avenge your village, and we could always use another string fighter. So how about it?" Kagome inquires.
"I will join you. But do expect me to very talkative." Everyone nods at this and starts walking again, Inuyasha in front with Kagome, and Royce in the back slowly.