Mmmhrnm... Well, erm, welcome to my fanfiction? X.x uhm.. lol if you couldn't tell, this is my FIRST time writing a story for all eyes to see, so... please review and enjoy!

Rating: PG-13 for language and violence (doesn't seem like much for a rating, huh?)

Pairing: Sesshomaru/OC

Uhm.. I know I've checked this over zillions of times and it's been changed a lot, but I am THINKING that I got all of the mistakes, so apologies if I mess up! Just tell me and I'll fix it a.s.a.p. Well, I guess I'll get down to business.... Enjoy! But I must warn you, I don't know if I'll have an actual plotfor this story, so BEWARE!... Sorry... So, here is the beginning to Oh the Woes of Wolves and Dogs.


..:::Meeting of the Canines:::..

The sky over feudal Japan turned rapidly from a bright cheery blue to a depressing gray as rain began to grace the lands with its presence. The once silent tree branches began to sway slightly in the cold wind. It was a cold fall day, getting colder every minute. It would be winter any day now.

"Lord Sesshomaru, its really cold out!" whined a cute, brown-haired little girl. She closed her eyes tight as the wind blew sharply into her face. She winced, wrapping the checker-patterned dress (AN: sorry, don't remember what its called, so its a dress for now...) around her. The demon lord of which she spoke of did not turn to look at her.

"Jaken, give Rin the blanket." He said simply, addressing the short, green toad demon. Jaken sighed, not even bothering to protest. It was no more fun! Lately his Lord had been acting strange. His normal cold glare was now more of a blank golden stare.

Sesshomaru's silvery hair whipped about him, though the dog youkai, clad in white, didn't notice. His attention was turned to his right. Ah-Un, Rin, and Jaken hadn't realized that their Lord had stopped until Rin almost bumped into the back of his legs.

"Stay here." He addressed them. Rin and Jaken looked at each other and shrugged. The girl snuggled deeper into the blanket and awaited the return of her Lord.

...::::-x-::::...

Bright aqua green eyes watched from the shadows as the dog youkai approached her. Silently, the young girl transformed into a beautiful white wolf. She knew better than to mess with Sesshomaru, Lord of the Western Lands. She scooted back a few feet for every step he took towards her. Quickly, she looked behind her and saw she was about to step on a twig, but before she could stop herself— snap!

'Oh shit!!!!' she screamed in her mind. Getting into a fight with that demon was not the best thing for her at that particular moment. She winced slightly as weight was put on her left foreleg. It was more of the shoulder area, she was thankful of that, but it still hurt like hell. There was probably some poison left from those wolves she had been fighting with, but she had to ignore it. Her shoulders and hind legs were torn up pretty bad, but they would be better within a day or two, thankfully. Bella froze, not wanting, nor able, to move.

Sesshomaru walked toward her again, this time heading straight for her, not in a random pattern. She laid her ears back on her head, quite terrified at that particular moment. She sunk lower and lower towards the ground. She looked just like a dog when it knew that it was going to be beaten. By the time he was a foot in front of her, her stomach was touching the ground. Her eyes were closed, and her face was in, what seemed to be, a permanent wince. Her body was trembling violently.

He looked down on her small form, almost raising an eyebrow. Almost.

"Who are you and why do you follow me?" he asked, his eyes still blank and emotionless.

She opened one eye, she herself wondering why she wasn't dead yet. The question having finally registered in her mind, she transformed quickly back to her other, human-like form. She sat back on her legs for a moment, then slowly got up all the way. Even when she stood tall, she only came to Sesshomaru's mid-chest. She had long hot pink hair that went down to the middle of her calves, and the top half was pulled back into a ponytail. Her eyes were a deep but bright aqua color, and it seemed to have no pupil. For clothes, she wore two long black gloves, each having a long slit on the top, and no fingers (AN: look at Sango's hand or Miroku's hand to get what I mean...). She wore what looked to be a kimono, but the sleeves stopped at her shoulder and it only went down to her mid-thigh. A red bow, tied at the back, was around her waist, and a long white tail peeked out of her dress. On her calves were legwarmers made of white fur, and her feet were white wolf paws. Of course, she could change her appearance, but she never did for some reason. And of course, she looked very disheveled, and her clothes were torn on her back, and very bloody, but she was very beautiful nonetheless.

Remembering his question, she blinked a few times. "I am Bella Faye Soru," she began. "And I follow you because I am curious," she half lied.

"About what?" he inquired.

"..." she didn't say anything, pondering how to word her answer.

"..." he stared at her.

"About... your companions... and you..." she finally replied.

"Why did you cower when I approached you?"

"I preferred not to die," she started, "and since I'm injured, I'd have a snowball's chance in hell against you. But you can be unpredictable so I decided to not move," she mentally told herself to shut up.

"I see," Sesshomaru replied, unable to tear himself away from her for some odd reason.

"Well, I should probably—" she turned around to leave but was stopped by Sesshomaru.

"No." He simply said.

"So I stay here?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. "Uh, no that's alright..."

"You dare question this Sesshomaru?"

"Yes! I mean, no! No! I was just....Oh never mind.... So what exactly do you want me to do?" she looked at him with a very confused look on her face.

"Follow me." He said, turning around to leave.

"Follow.....you..... Alright, then..." she said uncertainly.

But she followed him anyway. There was something about him that was making it hard for her to resist him. It would be a hard thing to run away. But she chose to follow. 'Very mysterious.... How come I'm not running away?' were her last thought in the forest. Sesshomaru made his way to his group, and she followed like an obedient puppy.

Rin was the first to notice that Sesshomaru was back, and with a companion. "Lord Sesshomaru, who is that?" she asked, pointing at Bella.

"Rin, don't point. It's not polite." Sesshomaru said, and the little girl did as he said and smiled sweetly.

"Who's the pretty lady? Will she be staying with us?" Rin asked, getting very excited. By now, Rin was about eleven, and would be twelve soon. Sesshomaru figured she would need another woman around, for obvious reasons, hence the reason he did not kill Bella.

"Yes, she will be staying with us." He said. "We will be moving along now, enough time has been wasted." He began to walk forward.

Bella watched Sesshomaru walk, cocking her head to the side. Realizing she was staring, she shook her head, blushing, and looked back to Rin, who was grinning from ear to ear. "You like him don't you?"

"WHAT?!" Bella almost screeched. "Why would you even think that?"

"By the way you were ogling at him. I may be young, but I do know these things."

"You do realize he can hear us?" she said, raising her eyebrow. The little girl merely nodded, and Bella shook her head.

"Its nice to meet you, Rin."

"It's nice to meet you, too, Bella," the girls bowed to each other and giggled.

"How old are you? Twelve, thirteen?"

"I'm eleven, twelve soon," Rin replied proudly. "How old are you? Sixteen? Seventeen?"

Bella giggled. "Well its good I look so young. Actually, I'm one hundred twenty-four."

Rin gaped. She was that old? Wow...

...::::-x-::::...

"You like him, don't you?" Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow. Women...

"WHAT?! Why would you even think that?" She answered too fast to be telling the truth...

"By the way you were ogling at him. I may be young, but I do know these things."

"You do realize he can hear us?"

What were they talking about? He sighed and stopped listening to their conversation. Ah-Un and Jaken were walking with Rin and Bella, probably scared to death of the way the two were talking. The demon lord looked up at the sky. It would be dark in a matter of minutes, and Rin would probably be tired. He stopped. Something bumped into him. He figured it was just Rin again, but whoever ran into him was a little taller. Bella. Sesshomaru hadn't realized that the girls had stopped talking and were walking right behind him.

She was about to apologize when Sesshomaru spoke.

"We will be staying here tonight," he said, walking off to a little clearing. There were a few large boulders around, and he chose one of the larger ones to sit on. Without being asked, Bella quickly dashed out into the forest, and not thirty seconds later had an armful of logs, twigs, and sticks. She piled them near the boulders and put a few rocks around the logs.

"How do you presume you will light it?" he asked, not really that curious. She stood and looked at him, smiling slightly. She folded her arms, and for a millisecond, her eyes glowed orange and red. Behind her, the fire was lit.

"Like that." She said, jumping onto a boulder. She laid down, rolling so she was on her back, staring at the sky. Her arms were acting as a pillow for her head, and her long hair trailed onto the ground. Not another word was spoken between all of the companions. Jaken, Ah-Un, and Rin all fell asleep within a matter of minutes. Sesshomaru stared at the fire for the rest of the night, and Bella stared at the sky, occasionally letting her eyes wander to Sesshomaru. Then she'd look back at the sky.


Chapter one finished!

Well how was that? Too long? Too short? Too un-descriptive? Too OVER-descriptive? Please, review and tell me, POLITELY how I can improve. I've got to go, for volleyball, so enjoy

— Erin, "Black Th0rn"