Sesshomaru nodded at Crystal. The girl intrigued him she was kind, gentle, and pure. She spoke to him as though he did not intimidate her. Crystal carried herself like that of a pure demon lady. Every time he saw her she lost more of her human blood. She was slowly becoming a pure demon with a pure heart. Her demon blood never warred against her human blood. Crystal's hanyou body could not handle the power that was growing inside of her. As her powers grow more of her human blood is lost and replaced with demon blood. "I will do as you ask, Crystal. Come to my castle in two weeks."
"Why, is that, Uncle," Crystal said, when she realized what she called him she clamped her hands to her mouth. She heard InuYasha let out a laugh at her actions. Crystal looked over at Sessomoru who was watching them with keen interest.
A small smile, or was it a smirk she couldn't tell, spread across his emotionless face. "I need to discussed some things with you. You may come too little brother. Bring your friends."
Crystal walked up to Sessomoru. She looked at him straight in the eye without fear. She was looking to see if the wound that she gave him healed. She could not see it. "Good it healed. With my growing powers I find it hard to regulate the amount of energy to use. I did not want hurt you permanently."
"It has healed half breed," he said with a smirk on his face.
"Do not call me that," Crystal said, "I am a hanyou not a half breed."
Just then Sessomoru placed one of his hands under her chin and lifted her face to his and gave her a gentle kiss on her cheek. He had accepted her as his daughter. That is how he felt about her she was his daughter. He did not care that she was his brother's daughter as well. He was after all the leader of their clan. By claiming her she was his heir to his crown. She was no longer a lady of the western lands but the princess.
He looked over to his brother who now had a look of surprise on his face. "You do not agree little brother. She stands against me and doesn't falter. She holds no fear of those that come against her. She is always ready to fight at a moments notice but finds a way around it if there is one. If a fight is needed she will do so. Good qualities for a ruler. Do you not agree?"
"Even so she will have humans on her counsel. She will always carry her heart on her shoulder. She is pure of heart, raised by a human, trained under a miko demon, and the daughter of a once hanyou. You have forgotten those qualities as well. I do agree that she will be a good ruler."
Crystal knew that the two demons were going thru the ceremony of her adoption as her Uncle's daughter. It was an agreement that told her that she would now live at the palace with her uncle and those she chooses as her counsel. She would now have two fathers. Two brothers who chose to forgive all that has happened in the past and take on any challenge that the future may hold. It meant that she was not his ward but his daughter. If he should take a mate and have a child she would still the heir to the crown. Every step she would take from now on would destroy or build up the people. She every choice she made would give her a bad point or a good point. She had the training of a princess would need to govern the country and her trainer was an heir as well.
Sessomoru let Crystal go. Then he turned around and left.
Miruko asked. "What was that about?"
Sango answered, "Crystal was just adopted by Sessomoru as his daughter. In doing so he had made her the Princess of the Western Lands. She must have a counsel of her choosing, an advisor, retainer, General to her personal guards and a mate. The people must have all the qualities that she deems perfect for the job. There is nowhere in the books that say that those of her choosing must be demon with the exception of a mate. Those that she chooses are to enter into the office willingly. Her mate must be full demon have the ability to rule at her side as an equal."
Two Weeks LaterTwo weeks later the group of seven plus one aged miko arrived at the gates to the Lord Western Lands' castle. It looked to be a castle out of a dream with its high raises and rooftops. The castle looked to be a small village in its own. A creek ran under the rock wall the separates the castle from the outside world. This will be her home for the rest of her life. She knew the ways of the royal demons. Her trainer was a princess of the Northern Americas. She had taught her how to be a princess of a great land. Crystal was trained in the ways of the seat.
Crystal was told that the ways of Japanese Dog Demons and American Coyote Demons were the same but with a few differences. Hanyou's for one were accepted as part of the family in the Americas. They were recognized as royalty if they come from a royal family. In Japan hanyou's are seen as dirty and worthless, it is a disgrace for royal family to have a hanyou in their family. Crystal wondered why she was chosen to be the princess of the Western Lands, because she was a hanyou.
Just then, Crystal felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned next to her to see a tall dog demon looking at her, "It will be okay. You are still my daughter and always will be."
"I just don't understand why he chose me when I am a hanyou. It is disgraceful for the royal family to have hanyou's for relatives. If this were the North Americas the hanyou would be a part of the family." Crystal said.
"It is a hard thing to deal with but he saw something in you that makes you worthy in his eyes. Never question that. He is the lord, my father's oldest son. You are my father's first-born grandchild. Sessomoru has no pups to speak of. Once the adoption ceremony takes place you will be his first-born also. I know you will be a good ruler someday." InuYasha said as he looked into her eyes and smiled.
Crystal looked up at him, "The day mom died she told me about how strong and willful you were." Crystal said, "Many men wanted to make her their mate but she refused. I wonder if deep down she knew you were alive."
Just then a young girl in her mid twenties came running out of the castle. She had a on a checkered yellow and red kimono. Her black hair flowed like a river in the soft gentle breeze. "Are you Crystal," She asked with a smile. Her smile became even brighter when Crystal nodded, "Lord, Sessy is waiting for you. Don't tell him that I called him that, he doesn't like it." Crystal heard her father snicker behind her, "by the way I am Rin his ward."
"You'll be then that after a while." Inuyasha said so low that only Shippo and Crystal could hear.
"Father," Crystal said as she looked at him. "You don't need to talk like that."
"Keh," he put his hands in his kimono that was a little too small for him. Crystal tried to get him to put on different clothes but he refused. "It's true."
"Idiot," Shippo said looking down and shaking head. "When will you learn?"
"What did you call me?" InuYasha yelled looking straight at Shippo and started to raise his fist to pound him when Crystal got in the way. InuYasha placed his hand back to his side and growled.
"Follow me," Rin said not really understanding what was going on. "Lord Sessy in his study."
Everyone in the group started to snicker again at the hearing the name again. Then the five friends started to follow the girl into the castle. She opened the door and called for Sessomoru's retainer Jaken. The ugly toad came walking into the hallway. He kept muttering something under his breath. "Jaken, stop your muttering and inform Lord Sessomoru that his niece, brother, and friends have arrived." Jaken took off muttering something about taking orders from humans and hanyou's being heirs of the Western Lands.
Crystal thought is this going to be fun. Good thing I won't have him as my retainer. I would go nuts with having him around doing the things that I need done. She didn't know whom she was going to appoint. But all she knew was those that she appoints will have the qualities she enjoyed in others. She does know that her father would make a good General for Her personal guard.