I looked up at Sheeva; she was only two inches taller then me, I being 5'0. She had a cold look in her eye. The look wasn't unfamiliar…I see it every time I see my own reflection. I opened the door to my small home and turned around holding out my hand for her to shake, " look, we are a team now…nothing more. We may be sisters but its not like we're close or known each other for long and truthfully I don't want to be close to you at all. Got that?" Sheeva looked away, folding her hands over her chest. "That's the plan, then once we get to where we're going we go our separate ways."

I nodded and walked out the door, the cold night air struck me all at once and I shivered a little. The clothes I had chosen to wear weren't exactly the best for the winter. I wore black leather shorts where in the back my long black cats tail was and a black tank top along with my black leather boots that reached up to my knee. I always dressed this way…always prepared to fight with my two daggers that I hid. In my small backpack I carried my black gown. It was pretty…to me at least. It was long and flowing, it felt like air but was warm with its five layers. It looked of the dresses worn by royalty in the times of ancient Greece. But I wouldn't dare wear it till we got to the mansion.

I looked over at Sheeva. As a woman full demon she wore pretty dresses all the time, like all the other woman demons. Her dress had a Victorian look to it. It was golden with faded floral designs on it with a red hem. It was long and hid her bare feet. Her bushy black wolf tail stuck out in the back and her pointy black wolf ears on her head. I looked at her face. she had an unmistakable beauty. Her sky blue eyes shined in the night. Her beautiful long wavy black hair went down her back mid way with a single braid going down the middle. Her face was full and clear. Her lips full, but never smiling much like my own.

I quickly looked away and continued my walking in the shadows as I a half-demon was treated much like the humans if not worse. In these times of the year 2055 A.C demons ruled the lands. They had conquered this world well over fifty years ago. All human men, and woman were forced to hide or be slaughtered. If a human man was found he was to be killed. If a human woman was to be found the demon could do what they wanted with it. Kill it, rape it, make it a slave, torture it, nobody cared. I was treated much like a human woman. The full demons treated me like shit. Id been beat, all of it. They killed my mother years ago, and I never did meet my father. I was now fourteen. The lands were barren. No animals or plants here. The demons had killed them all. Where I had lived was a human settlement. The only other thing besides that around here were the demon checkpoints. Demon lords had set them up. Demons would sit at a checkpoint and in order to get past them you must be a full demon. If not it was like I said.

I met Sheeva three months ago. She was slaughtering the human settlement I lived in. though I do not like humans I hated full demons more for all they've done to me so I fought her. She was and is a equal apponet (sp). We had been fighting for hours before she had me down on the ground with her sword across my throat. That's when we truly took a look at one another. I spit at her feet. But she put her sword back in her sheath. She said, "so you're my filthy half breed of a sister", sarcastically. I looked up at her considering it for a second then stood up. My mother had told me I had a sister…I just never believed her. I let her stay at my house after that. She was going to leave the next day but I received a letter from a anonymous person. It read:

Dear Ms. Ashley and Ms. Sheeva,

I would like to invite you both to my mansion.

I'm sure that each of you know why I have invited you to come along and it will be discussed when you arrive.

Please bring formal gowns and any other things you may need.

My mansion is located past the barren lands and over the mountains.

It will take you an estimated ten days to reach it.

Please start out for the mansion three months from now when the conditions will be safer.

I look forward to your stay Ms. Sheeva, and I look forward to your coming Ms. Ashley

I wish you a safe journey,

The owner of the mansion

That's was it. Sheeva and I agreed that she would stay till then, then we'd set out together. Now three months later we set out, I walking in the shadows and her in the light, hating each other for our differences…yes that was life...I hate life.

Pride, that's what I had to sell to travel across the world with a halfbreed, and believe it or not, I yes did it for my pack. Going from being one of the leaders to the protecter of a half breed. Boy, I was just moving on up in the world, wasn't I? I wanted to sigh, but I didn't think she was worthy of knowing how much I didn't want to do this. She wasn't worthy of seeing any of my emotions, at all. I took a few steps ahead watching in the corner of my eye as she hid in the shadows like a rat. I kept my head up high, speeding up my pace to a run. Dirt and broken twigs flying out from the ground as I picked up space. Everything around me seemed to freeze like someone had stopped time. No one could keep up with me, well that's the way I saw it.

A new scent arose in the air and I knew what was coming ahead, a demon checkpoint. Panther demon stentch quickly made an angry scowl grow on my face. I wanted to let the half breed know what was coming up, to make sure she didn't screw things up for me. Not that I couldn't take down a pack of panthers on my own, it's just it's better done without blindly rushing forward.

I took a few step forward, stepping out of the shadow. Pearly, white fangs glisting dangerously in the moonlight. Three panther demons loomed straight ahead and I felt my blood lust hit the fan. Soon. So soon, I would see their blood painting an obscure picture of battle against my sword. Soon I would taste their blood in my mouth, and I would smile silently to myself as I slaughtered them.

I hurried up my pace, watching the halfbreed swiftly move in the shadows. One of the panther demons approached me, I could see they were as ready as I was for a fight, and what better timing then now? After all, panther's and wolves have a history of hate against one another. Before I could make a move the halfbreed had thrust her dagger into one of the back standing panther's heart. It fell straight over to the ground making a sick, wet plop. She licked the blood off the dagger, smiling to herself as she did so. If I wasn't quick the little runt would take what was mine kill.

Without further thinking, I with drew my sword and with one single stroke, straight across; the panther layed dead at my feet. Wet droplets of blood splattered onto my face and I dove at the last panther. He didn't move, only stood their struck with awe. As I brought my sword across his neck she had her dagger in his heart. I with drew my sword and put it back in its sheath. She put her daggers up and then got down on her hands and began to drink the dead panther's blood. Blood dripping away in small waterfalls from her mouth. I walked forward, standing out in in front of her, my back to her but my mind was aware of any moves she might try on me. Not that she would, she needed me, and well I needed her to help my pack out. "Are you going to eat?" She asked after a moment. Before it had been a want to eat my kill, but now feasting near her wasn't something I was willing to lower myself to do, so I didn't respond right away. I was more fond of leaving her to wait for an answer. "Cat's don't suit my taste."

"But humans do?"

I didn't turn around, only began to walk off. After a few seconds I heard her following behind, going back into the shadows. "We won't be stopping again." She said firmly. "We will stop when I desire, and if you think otherwise; you can go off on your own and get killed, for all I care."

She stepped out from the shadows, and stopped walking rolling her eyes at my comment. "Well, you just think you rule, don't you? Setting up the rules and everything." Ashley replied, looking at me angrily. I smirked, "That's right, I get to make the rules because I'm not the one living along side a group of humans, waiting in fear and hiding from the dark like some fucking rat." Ashley balled up her fist, her eyes burning with unthinkable fury. "Look you, little ass. I didn't ask you to come into my life and judge me! You think of me as a rat? What the fuck ever. I think of you as a captured tiger. Yes, you look majestic, but in truth you are like a puppet. Strong but not strong enough. Someone else is always stronger then you, controlling you; like humans were to tigers. They were strong, but not as smart."

I kept my smirk on my face, if anything it seemed to grow wider. "Gee, thanks for input, I'll be sure to log that one away." Then, she rolled her eyes, "You're to proud for your own good, ya know. You really need to get over yourself, you're not as big and bad as you think."

"Oh yeah? tell that to someone who wants to listen to your continues rambling because i sure as hell don't."

"Oh now I'm hurt", she said sarcastically as she rolled her eyes at me. "Do you find me annoying Sheeva? Perhaps you just don't care about what I say because…wait…could it be because I'm a, she dramatically stopped, a half-demon?"

I ignored her words after that not bothering to answer her pointless question. I walked on trying not to disgust myself by looking her way.

I wasn't surprised when she didn't answer my question. Her cocky ass was really starting to annoy the shit out of me. I took out my daggers and sensed her muscles tighten. I suppressed a laugh and instead satisfied myself with a smirk. I hadn't cleaned off my daggers well and so I licked the sweet blood off of them savoring the taste, hoping that someone escaped my grasp to tell other full-blooded jack-asses about how a half-breed killed those fools. Wishing that she could of slaughtered a whole town just for fun.

I looked up at the moon. For some odd reason I had always loved the moon. The night itself. Maybe because as a child in the light I lived in fear, and was beaten by mere human children as well as full-grown demons. Maybe because my mother was killed in the day…maybe even because I could cry without being seen in the dark. Either way it was beautiful.

More then three hours went by and I mentally cursed at myself as I felt my eyes begin to droop. I had always thought that needing to sleep when no one else needed to was a sign of weakness so I fought to stay conscious, not wanting Sheeva to think I was week…and also afraid that she might kill me if I couldn't defend myself.

I saw a village up ahead and smelled bear demons…lots of them, perhaps 60 or 70. I also smelled human blood and it was making me sick. I hissed and got my daggers ready as they glinted in the moonlight. I smirked and began to run forgetting that Sheeva was even there until I heard her footsteps not to far behind me. I heard her as she took her sword out of her sheath.

We were up to the village now and the demons had smelled us coming and were prepared to fight. I ran right in loving a good fight…a good kill…a good murder. I stabbed two at a time and moved with such speed you could barley see me. I saw a young child demon and sliced his throat and paused for just a second to lick up the blood on the dagger. It was funny how demons were so much like humans. They did the exact same thing with their children…hid them, and lucky for me I found them. I laughed as I slaughtered them and taking particular pleasure stabbing them in a vital place knowing that they would die but to let them suffer first. While I was doing this I didn't sense the demon coming up behind me. I only realized he was there when I felt his sword go deep in my gut. He took it out satisfied with his work and turned around. I threw my dagger at him hitting him directly in his heart and watched as he fell over. Then I heard a child demon scream, "FATHER!", and blacked out.

When I awoke I was being kicked in the head, thinking it was Sheeva I said, "would you fucking stop", only to be surprised when I opened my eyes it was some of the bear demons. But what really got me was that I was tied to wooden pegs that stuck in the bloody ground…trapped. I couldn't feel my daggers in my shirt where I kept them and new they were gone. It wasn't like they would help. Both my arms and legs were tied tightly and I couldn't move a muscle. I looked around to find most of the town's population slain on the ground. A few humans were tied up on both sides of me looking scared. A child came out from behind the elder demons and pointed to me. She's the one…she's the one who slaughtered most of the younger demons and…my father the head of the pack… I smirked, "if I didn't kill that mother-fucker who would." I had a sudden sharp pain in my gut and realized that the bleeding still hadn't stopped. "Shit", I cursed softly under my breath. There must of been poison that sword because my demon side should of clotted my wound by now.

I couldn't smell Sheeva through all the blood. Then it occurred to me, what if she had left me to die. I wouldn't be surprised.

The child came up to me tears in her eyes, "Why did you kill them? What did any of them do to you?" I looked away from her," look kid I do what I got to do ok?" She looked at me shaking her head angrily. "No you killed those kids and enjoyed it. You smiled and, and…even licked their blood off your dagger."

I felt the humans beside me tense up in fear. God this is getting really old I thought.

"You know something kid? Your dumb. You see these humans tied down beside me? Well I bet you don't think there's anything wrong with that huh? I bet you think that beating them is ok right? Well guess what that makes you a hypocrite." The girl just stared at me not knowing what to think. The older demons were getting restless and one took out a dagger…my dagger! He put it up to my throat; it was now touching my throat. I held back a scream telling myself that I wasn't that weak and to accept it.

All of a sudden a sword cleanly sliced off the demon's head. The sword then sliced the remaining demon's heads off to…accept the child's…the only one left.

I looked up at Sheeva surprised at her. She cut off the ropes binding me to the pegs and I fell to the ground painfully. I grabbed my daggers and cut the humans down before putting them rightfully back in my shirt. They didn't look at me, and I just followed Sheeva into the night rubbing the spots where the rope had cut into my skin and hoping that my blood would clot soon.

When we left the now gone village Sheeva turned to me angrily. "What the hell were you thinking getting caught like that?"

I turned to her and tried to hide the pain in my face, "well its not like I had a choice to get caught", I said not at all sounding like myself. The blood gracefully dripped down my leather shorts off my stomach. The fatigue I had been feeling before the battle came back ten times worse and Sheeva's yelling wasn't helping the pounding in my head. All of a sudden the world began to spin and colors flashed in front of me, Sheeva's face suddenly came into focus then turned fuzzy and for the second time that night everything went black and I could faintly hear someone say my name…then beautiful silence and I thought I was finally dead…finally free.

Someone was calling a girl to come back. Where was the girl? Didn't she hear her? … I wonder who's calling her?

The yelling became louder. This kid better hear her soon.

Suddenly I realized who was calling the girl…Sheeva…and she was calling me. I struggled to open my eyes. They felt like lead.

No my hearing was fading again. Come one ash wake the fuck up, I told myself. Your stronger then this!

A faint little voice in my head disagreed. No your not. Your weak, you wont make it. You're just a half-breed a worthless half-breed, nothing else.

I yelled at the voice telling it, it was wrong and finally my heavy eyes began to flutter, and Sheeva's face came into view right above mine. Her face was slightly paled. Her face determined. I forgot her name for a second…forgot who I was. It was nice, for that one second I could just forget it all. It was ruined by my dammed memory as her name came jumbled out of my mouth.

I noticed the bandages wrapped around my stomach looked up at Sheeva knowing she had done it. I looked down and almost silently mumbled a thank-you. She looked relieved but only for a second. She shot me an evil glare.

"You, half-breed, are as week as I thought she said as she stood up. I told you we were not to stop until I said and look what you go and do. You have delayed us enough for one day I believe, so get up and lets go", she looked at me as if I was expected to just keep going.

I didn't get up, didn't reply, just closed my heavy eye-lid's feeling the blood bleed through my bandage.

When I awoke the sun was just rising and Sheeva sat a couple inches away from me staring at the mountains that were about fifty miles away. I groggily stood up losing my balance when suddenly the scenery around me changed.

I saw myself young around the age of eight. There was fire all around me and wood was falling. I screamed for my mother but I got no reply. I headed deeper and deeper into the fire trying to find her, coughing on all of the smoke that had found a way into my lungs. A stone hit me in the back of the head and I fell down watching as fire started to burn away at my flesh and I quickly put them out, not feeling the pain because of the shock. I couldn't see and bumped into something at my feet. Looking down I saw my mother's body. The stench of burning flesh taking over all my senses as I screamed.

Suddenly a man picked me up off my feet running with such speed and agility it took my breath away. He had ran with me in his arms until we reached the end of the village where the forest began. I sobbed into his nice silk kimono as he held me firmly against his chest, and I heard his heart beating in a steady rhythm, calming me down enough for me to look into my rescuer's eyes.

They were gold and shined brightly into mine…only one thing wrong they showed no emotions matching the rest of his handsome face, his long silver hair framing it only making him looking more like a god. He looked down at me and finally his eyes showed a hidden emotion of concern. He gently placed me on the ground and I felt his eyes penetrating my body as he studied me. Finally he spoke, his voice much like his face. "What is your name", he asked me gently. I stared up into his eyes getting lost in them like I always did the moon before answering.

"My name is Ashley", I stuttered out; the smoke from the fire had really done a number on my throat. He looked at me giving me a quick half smile before letting it fade away into the deep-ness of his face. It was so complex I felt like at any minute I would drown in it, drown in the face that reminded me of the ocean…the salty bitter taste was what you remembered most, but to me he wasn't bitter just misunderstood. I new that he was really just a gentle ocean creature with a bad rep. I saw through his act and admired it. "

Ashley in six years when I feel the time it is safe I shall send you a anonymous letter sending for you and a person you have never met to come to my mansion far over the mountains. We shall be wed when you come. Remember that you are never alone and I will always be watching over you someway or another…

He said such affectionate words with such a lack of emotion…

I watched as he walked off…wishing I could follow…

I remembered only later did I find out that he was the lord of the western lands. That's when I began to wonder the lands, where I learned that in order to survive you had to be tough…when I was young I had thought that I loved this man…now I did not believe in love. It was a waste of emotion. How could love help me survive? All love could do was make me dependent on this man…Sesshoumaru. My strength would weaken and I would die. I was not willing to risk my life for love. It had killed so many; it wouldn't get me…

The world and its strange colors spun around me once again and it so suddenly stopped I thought I was going to fall over. Of course only did I realize I was on someone's back…Sheeva's?

I was thrown carelessly over her shoulder as she ran. I didn't move didn't show her that I was awake, just reflected over my flashback looking at my hands where the burn spots still were. That was why I hated full demons. They killed my mother, and made me wonder the lands to see the horrors they held in them. I was only fourteen yet I felt so much older. It was as if on that day I watched the child I had once known change so rapidly that she was unrecognizable. Sure the looks were the same. I still had my long auburn hair. Still had my hazel eyes that my mother had loved because of the color rings in them telling me they were captured rainbows. But the carefree child was trapped inside this scarred body, only coming out when I let the tears fall freely down my face as she screams to be set free. I feel like a glass rose that fell to the ground and shattered into millions of pieces only to be put back together wrong and different, the young beauty disappearing…disappearing.

Sheeva noticed me moving and stopped.

"Hey do me a favor stay conscious for more then two minutes I'm sick of playing horse got that." The sky had changed to a bright blue, not a cloud in the sky. Yet I felt so cold as the golden rays tried to warm my skin, failing miserably.

We ran not speaking as usual. I was used to the silence by now. I traveled alone and there weren't many people to talk to then so now silence was a music. The winds were all I heard and on those occasions id here the ocean if I walked far enough.

I loved the ocean. Its beauty, its mystery, its solitary-ness…how I wished to fall into the ocean and dissolve into its foamy waves. I felt so tired…so very tired.

The half-breed had been in and out of consciousness for almost a day now. The fool had gone in to battle when we had no need to then got stabbed with a poisoned sword. The fool was a pain. I had seriously thought of leaving her but new that wasn't an option. The lord would be displeased and I wouldn't be surprised if he wouldn't slit my throat after telling him that's o I went back for her for my own sake and my clans.

An: ok that's where I'm stopping for now. If your wondering yes I am Ashley/Ash and I am 5'5 not 5'0 lol. Though I do have auburn hair and hazel eyes so yeah. And Sheeva is known as Hamona on Sheeva is her nickname from me so yeah. She is helping me out with this. I hope you like it because its my new record! I've got all the way up to nine pages (does happy dance) so ya please review…

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