Author's note: Heya! This is my first attempt on writing an Inuyasha fic. Just for your information, this fic is mainly about Sesshie/Kikyou and Inuyasha/Kagome. I love Kikyou!! And for those of you who hate her & love Kagome, as I said earlier, Kagome is also the main character here.
Chapter 1 – The beautiful gift
"In just a few days, demons would vanish and wiped off from this world. That is if you succeed, and I trust you completely with this. You can do this, right?" asked the elders of the tribe. A figure was on her/his knee with his/her head lowered down. It was a gesture of respect to the elders, who were considered to be the most respectful and strongest and wisest people of the tribe. The North-East Tribe to be exact.
The person was still for a moment. Then, a beautiful yet emotionless voice vibrated through the room, loud and clear, "Yes. I will kill him at the first night of our wedding. Just as you wish, my Lord." That person was a woman.
The elders nodded satisfyingly. She was not an ordinary woman. She was a beautiful, soft-spoken, quite, mysterious and powerful young lady. Very powerful and very mysterious, indeed. She seemed to be emotionless at times even when her little sister was around. That was why she would be the perfect assassin. The perfect assassin to kill the demon lord.
"Very well, then. You will be marrying him in about 4 more days. Do not fail us because if you do, it will mean the end of our tribe. The fate of our tribe is in your hand. Wait! No..," one of the elders added, "The fate of all humans is in your hand, Kikyou."
Kikyou raised her up slowly. The elders gulped to see her eyes shining brightly and dangerously. Her impassive yet fine-looking face was deadly as her opponents couldn't sense what she was thinking. A perfect assassin, indeed. She nodded politely and left without saying a word.
After she left, the elders were discussing the matter again. "Do you think she can do it? I mean, even our strongest fighter, Sara, lost to him few years ago without even hurting him. Now, you're expecting a girl, who's not even 20, to kill him?! Don't you think you're overestimating her, Naraku?"
A figure stepped out of the dark. He was likely to be the head of the elders. So why was he hiding? None of the tribe's people, except the elders, knew about his existence. Naraku was a pretty man though, looking as if he was in his early 20's, but in fact, he was over 100 years old. He had been watching Kikyou from the shadows and knew that she would be the ideal girl to kill his greatest rival, Sesshoumaru.
"I'm positive. She's far prettier, far more composed and she's one of the smartest women I've ever met. And no doubt, she's stronger than Sara or even you Elders. Besides, she has this emotionless exterior, so she won't let her emotion slips. Sara was stupid enough to fall in love with that damn Demon Lord. Thus, she had to pay the consequences," came the husky, deep voice of Naraku. His voice sent shivers to all the Elders.
"But she's not-"
"Do not doubt my judgement," Naraku glared at the Elder. His voice was soft yet, it held so much anger and pride. The Elder backed off. Naraku watched Kikyou picking some herbs with her little sister, Kaede from a window and smirked evilly. 'What a perfect woman. Such a pity that I have to lend her to that damn Lord! But it's okay. After all of this is over, she will be mine.'
"Sesshoumaru-sama! Sesshoumaru-sama!"
Sesshoumaru woke up at the piercing voice of his one and only adopted daughter, a human nonetheless, Rin. The sun light was shining directly on his face as if to make sure that he didn't fall asleep again. He had to cover his eyes from the intense brightness. Sesshoumaru tried to sit up but his head fell heavy. A headache, he growled. He was drinking sake last night, as far as he could remember. For what?
Last night was the 100th anniversary of the death of his ex-lover, Sara. Well, not exactly ex-lover. His feelings for her were crushed like an eggshell when he knew she was an assassin sent to kill him. Even if his love for her had turned into hatred and it was locked in the darkest place in his heart, he thought he should mourn over her death as she was the first and maybe last person who successfully unlocked his heart….. and locking it back.
"Sesshoumaru-sama!!!!!!!" Her voice snapped him out of his wondering mind. Her voice seemed to be stabbing his brain. She jumped onto his bed and shook his body. She was the only human being or maybe the only living thing that could do something disrespectful to him without being killed or even hurt.
"Get away, Rin!" Sesshoumaru demanded.
"Nope. Rin will not get away. Rin have a BIIIIGGGGG news for Sesshoumaru-sama!"
Seshoumaru sat up straight while rubbing his temple softly, trying to get rid of the pain. He sometimes got annoyed if Rin was being stubborn. But today, he couldn't shove her off; it would increase his headache more. He sighed in defeat, "Fine, what is it?"
"Rin will have a Mama!"
This got Sesshoumaru's attention. He looked at her hard and knew that she wasn't kidding around. Did she mean that a woman is going to adopt her? But.. but.. even if Rin was annoying, he didn't want to let her go. He loved her. But being the Demon Lord with so much ego and pride, he wouldn't let her see his emotion. "A woman is going to adopt you? That's fine with me. Now, go away."
"Rin.. I didn't mean it."
A smile crept upon her pretty face once again. Even if she was still a small child, she was beautiful. Did I mention that she was actually only 7 years old? Anyway, she leaned closer to Sesshoumaru and whispered in his ears. "Sesshoumaru-sama will have a wife."
Sesshoumaru grabbed Rin's shoulder tightly and looked at her eyes intensely. She's joking, right?! There's no way he's going to marry! No way in hell! "Who told you that, Rin?" At that moment, Sesshoumaru really did scare Rin out of her skin. His cool voice yet deadly eyes were enough to send her fainting. She couldn't find her voice as she stared into his eyes.
"Urrmm.. urrmm.. Sesshou.. maru-sama's.. father announced it to Rin.. this morning," Rin stuttered. The poor girl, Sesshoumaru immediately released her when he saw how frightened she was. However, he just dashed out of his room leaving the frightened girl alone on the bed.
"But why?" Sesshoumaru who usually had an emotionless face were now full of anger and confusion.
His dad, the King, just shrugged, "My son, you are about to replace my position soon. As a king, it's not proper to not have a wife. Every woman that I have chosen for you was denied by you. It was really just a waste of time finding the one that suits your taste. So, when the northern-tribe gives her as a present for our long-lasting bond, I just accept it."
"But.. but, I haven't even seen her!"
"I have. And she's very lovely, so you don't have to worry about her looks," the King said, as he continued to sign treaties, clearly not interested in this topic.
"There's one more reason! She's a human!"
The King glared at his son with pure rage. Yes, he knew that Sesshoumaru hated humans ever since he married his second wife, which was a human of course. Sesshoumaru disliked her as the King only paid attention to his second wife but not to his first one. But the King loved her. He really felt insulted by his own son. And then that Sara girl came into picture..
"Well well.. I thought you have softened a bit towards human. As far as I remembered, your woman was a human too. Sherry, is it?"
"Sara," Sesshoumaru corrected. It hurt him so much to know not only that his father didn't care about his mother, but he didn't even bother to know about what happened to his own son…. Well, his dad really cared about that stupid hanyou, Inuyasha of course..
"Whatever. Anyway, my decision is final. You will not change my mind. I had announced your marriage to all people. It will be held next week. Now, I have a lot of work to do so I would like you not to bother me!" The King ordered. Sesshoumaru clenched his fist as he bowed and left.
'Curse you, you irresponsible father. Damn! Damn! I don't even know what's that northern-tribe girl name is!' Sesshoumaru thought bitterly. Just then, a blur memory flashed through his mind. "Northern-tribe.. I heard it somewhere before."
Sesshoumaru walked around the garden for a while when he spotted his brother.. No! Half-brother was playing there with that human girl. He walked closer to them but as quietly as possible. He became satisfied when they seemed to be oblivious to his presence.
"Kagome! Kagome! Let's play hide and seek!"
"Sure, Inuyasha!"
Sesshoumaru snorted as they began to fool around. It was a shame to have Inuyasha in his family. And now, it became more shameful when they discovered that Inuyasha had memory lost and was acting like a child. But still…. Sesshoumaru gritted his teeth. But still…. Father loves that hanyou and that old wench more than me and mom even when they only bring disgrace to this family. He could only wonder if his father ever acknowledged him as his son.
Flashback:
"Sesshoumaru-sama, it has been a year but we still haven't found Inuyasha yet. Maybe we should just give it a rest and- " Jaken was cut off by Sesshoumaru rich voice.
"Jaken! We will not stop or else the King will be outraged. If you are too tired of this all, you can go back to your tribe," and as soon as those words came out of Sesshoumaru's gorgeous lips, Jaken immediately bowed until his nose touched the gorund.
"I'm sorry, Sesshoumaru-sama! Jaken will not disobey Sesshoumaru-sama again."
Sesshoumaru simply ignored him and continued up the hill. Jaken knew that this means that his apology was accepted. "Thank you, Sesshoumaru-sama!" At that moment, they heard a piercing scream of a girl. Sesshoumaru, with his god-like speed, raced into the scene only to find a big-sized youkai stood in front of a girl and a…. INUYASHA! With just one swift attack by Sesshoumaru, the youkai was torn into pieces.
"Inuyasha, I have finally found you," Sesshoumaru turned around, only to find Inuyasha looking at him with innocent, confused golden eyes.
"Who are you?"
Jaken who had just arrived a second later screamed, "Don't pretend, Inuyasha! Sesshoumaru-sama wasted his precious time to search for you! And now, you worthless little hanyou.." He was cut off again when he received a glare from Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru turned his attention back to Inuyasha.
"Please, my demon Lord, Inuyasha has lost his memory when I found him near the river. He was attacked by the Northern Miko. He isn't pretending," the girl cried. Inuyasha, still looking confused, only stared at Sesshoumaru.
"And how do you he was attacked by the Miko when he lost his memory? Wench, I don't need to hear anymore of this lie."
"My name is Kagome! And I'm not a wench! The news had spread all around and the hanyou that they talked about really matches Inuyasha. Silver hair, golden eyes, red clothes.. Who else have silver hair and golden eyes in this world?" Kagome explained.
"Woman, are you blind? Sesshoumaru-sama has silver hair and golden eyes too! But it would be obvious that Inuyasha is the one they're talking about because Sesshoumaru-sama will not be defeated by anyone, and of course, not by a mere human!" Jaken responded.
"Inuyasha, you'll be coming home with me," Sesshoumaru said but as soon as he saw that Inuyasha looked at Kagome with so much pain and sadness, he sighed, "You too, wench."
Inuyasha brightened immediately while Kagome screamed, "I'm Kagome, not wench! Besides, where are we going? And who are you to Inuyasha? Hey! Are you listening?"
(End Flashback)
Sesshoumaru smirked and turned away before walking slowly out. "Hmnn.. To think that MY half-brother was beaten by a worthless human. What a shame. Northern miko.. maybe she is also from the northern tribe. Hmmphh.. Northern-tribe people really mess up this family!"
Yo yo yo!! I'm done with the first chapter. I'm too lazy to write a little longer. Anywayz, don't forget to review before you go. Please pity me.. Bye!