Chapter Three

I would have gladly killed that half breed then and there, but his companions made me uneasy. What kind of demon travels with a human, a monk, a demon slayer, and a younger full-blooded demon? That human seemed to have a miko's powers as well, and I could tell they were strong. I contemplated this from a tree I had chosen to take refuge in. I wrapped my wings around myself to keep warm and stared into the night sky. The moon was full, plenty of time before it happened. But enough worrying, that half breed will have gone to bed by now, and I did owe him a visit.

I took to the sky and flew towards the human village. The scents of the forest filled me. The trees, the animals, the dog demon…WHAT! I nearly fell out of the sky from shock. It was just a whiff but it was there. The scent of a pure blood dog demon, and a strong one too. InuTaisho… it had to be him! My blood boiled. So I had found that murderer at last. How foolish of him to have let his scent wander. I changed direction and flew towards his scent. Sorry InuYasha, I will have to kill you another night…

I followed the scent until I reached a field. The scent had stopped. I growled. Show yourself InuTaisho…I landed and explored cautiously. I paused, what was that on the ground? I knelt down to examine it. It was a small garland of flowers. The scent of a young human girl still lingered on it. These flowers are fresh yet, there is no human nearby.

I would later curse myself for my ignorance of my surroundings for when I stood up, I found myself staring into a pair of cold, golden eyes. Taken by surprise, I acted without thinking. I lashed out with my claws and jumped back. My attack missed him. God he was fast. He had dodged my attack and struck back with a strip of light that appeared from his index and middle finger. I narrowly missed being wounded by it. I looked over my opponent. He had long silver hair, stripes on the side of his face, a crescent moon on his forehead, golden eyes, and was attired in a white and red formal kimono. This had to be InuTaisho. I resumed my battle stance.

"InuTaisho…." I growled. His eyes widened for a second, at the mention of that name. "Tell me," He said in a cold, collected voice. "Who are you?" His stoic ness was that of which I could never hope to have.

"I am An'ya of the fire dragon clan. The clan you brutally slaughtered. I have come to kill you and avenge them." I ran at him, flames swirling around my claws, ready to slash and burn him. His eyes narrowed and he lashed out with his whip and caught my wrist, throwing me aside. I growled and leapt to my feet.

"Foolish youkai, I have never killed any dragons."

"Liar!" I shouted, blinded by rage. I threw my fire at him and simultaneously ran at him with my claws, ready to shred him.He jumped up, drawing his sword. With one swing, a blue light sprung forth and met my fire, creating a blast that filled the area with smoke. Since I had used fire often, I was accustomed to smoke and could quite easily see through it. I spotted my opponent and landed a blow. My claws tore through fabric and flesh. I had swiped him across the chest. He jumped back in surprise and the smoke cleared. I gasped.

"Who are you? You are almost identical to InuTaisho in appearance and scent but lack one arm and have only one tail!"

"I am Sesshoumaru. The demon you are referring to was of my relation." I realized that this must be another of InuTaisho's sons. My attack must have angered him for he now approached me with his sword a incredible speed. I barely dodged.

"Wait, what do you mean he was of relation?" He grinned.

"He died nearly a century ago" He sweeped his sword in an arc. This time, I was unable to dodge. I cried out as the light opened gashes all over my body. I fell to the ground.

"What do you mean dead? He murdered my people not one year ago! I even encountered his half breed son!" Sesshoumaru stopped. My wounds were bleeding a steady flow of blood.

"My father is dead, he did not kill your tribe." I now knew why he had stopped. Behind him, entering into the clearing was a young human girl, a toad youkai, and a lower for of dragon youkai. Upon seeing me, the two-headed dragon ran over and helped me to stand. The small girl called out to him.

"Ah-un come back!" The toad just stared in shock and I could tell Sesshoumaru was also surprised, although he did not show it. Dragon youkai, no matter what class they are, are always inclined to help each other. This dragon, Ah-un, explained to me in dragon tongue who these people were. So, the young human's name was Rin and the small toad with the staff was Jaken. It seemed that the family of InuTaisho had a fondness for humans. Ah-un confirmed Sesshoumaru's story of InuTaisho being dead.

"If what you say is true, then who killed my family?"

"I do not know, nor do I care. I have more important things to concern myself with."

"Like what!" I asked, enraged.

"My lord hunts Naraku, a vicious half demon and when he finds him, my lord will rip him to shreds!" The toad replied. Naraku…could this be the same half demon I had sensed in my travels before? I took inventory of my injuries. My wounds were still bleeding and desperately needed bandaging but I would live.

"I'll make you a dealm" I shouted to Sesshoumaru

"I don't make deals." Sesshoumaru stated simply. I ignored this and continued.

"If I tell you where Naraku is, then you must let me travel with you and aid me in my search for the killer of my people." Sesshoumaru seemed to think this over. He couldn't just torture me for information, not with Rin present.

"Very well, where is Naraku?" He asked. I let out a sigh of relief.

"He is Southeast of here, Inside a barrier almost a mile wide and incredibly strong." I explained. Sesshoumaru nodded.

"Jaken, We're leaving."

"Yes Mi'lord" He answered quickly. I got onto Ah-un with Rin and concealed my wings and tail. They would heal faster unexposed to the elements.

"What is your name?" The small one, Rin, asked. I was surprised, very few children had ever talked to me, even in my humanoid form.

"I am An'ya" I replied

"Do you like flowers?"

"Rin! Don't talk to her, she's a vicious demon!" Jaken shouted. This got me annoyed. I motioned with two fingers and lit a small fire on him.

"sniff,sniff Is something burning? Wha….AHHHH!" Jaken continued to scream incoherently and run around while Rin just laughed. I smiled at her.

"Yes I do like flowers." Rin smiled at me then turned back to Jaken and continued laughing while Sesshoumaru led onwards.

Author's note: Hey! Thank you all for waiting to read the third chapter! I tried to get it out sooner but my evil computer deleted it so I killed it, but then I realized that without a computer I can't re-type it so….yeah, it took a while. I love reviews so pretty, pretty please. Chapter four will have some InuYasha in it, but you should realize, this is a Sesshoumaru based story. Oh, and if you know any good Inu stories that you wanna tell me about. Please and thank you !