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Authors Note: I guess you can say I'm kinda stressed, so my writing may or not be a little off. But I am happy my Otaku buddy (OrangeInuyasha) will hopefully be back in motion ( I MISS YOU!) and for any cosplayers out their :winks: I have 99.9 finished Kikyo costume (optional wig needed lol). It's in my photobucket if any are interested, (Album name: InuPhoenix), and this costume's debut will be at AnimeNEXT and Otakon2005! (which I pre-regged for today :does happy dance in chair lmao: ). Well, I guess that's what is on my mind and my mindless babble, so lets get a typin' as always :winks:

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Chibineko192: hee hee trust me a lot is going to happen to those two :wink, I know what you mean by dragging it out, part of me wants to hurry things along since we all know what happens in the end :InuYasha's song suddenly plays in the backgroud: Ill go a little slower, but I still have to insert the angst and such. Izayoi is the daughter of a Miko, but she didn't really inherit most of the abilities, that is a big thing in the next chapter though lol :smile: thanks sooo much for your review!

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Japanese Dictionary:

Zori: Japanese word for the sandals they wear

Arigato Goszaimasu: Thank-you very much

Katana: Japanese Sword, used by the samurai and is now considered a colectors item.

Sama: honorary, used for those above you in status, a lord, the head of the family, a king and nobles

San: honorary, those at the same level as you (in status in this case and age) but you wish to show respect

Chan: honorary, for those below you in either age and/or status, also for younger siblings and those you consider friends.

She's an adorable thing, this little Sachi; it seems she's come to be my shadow. She was indeed a bright girl for the age of ten summers, though her health startled me. From the outside she looked malnutritioned, but when I asked her to take a bath with me and Miaka Obaa-chan, I was able to count all her ribs and her hip bone was horribly visible. It was then and there that I decided to be her guardian here, have her move out of her room in the Shrine and move into the room with Miaka obaa-chan and myself. Of course I still had to talk to the Lord InuTaisho, but I couldn't see him objecting, I mean, with what little I was able to learn about him; he didn't seem to object to acts of kindness, especially towards humans, but this lord, of course still had the ultimate over-ruling of his palace's occupants.

"Are you sure Isami-sama?" Sachi asked in her whisper of a voice as Miaka obaa-chan dressed me in an ocean blue silk kimono with the rich embroidery of a Sakura tree running up the sides.

I gave Sachi-chan a loving smile as she stared up at me in her now cleaned and starched Miko robes and her black hair pulled in a neat low pony-tail.

"Of course Sachi-chan, I think Miaka obaa-chan and I wouldn't mind your presence with us"

I could see Sachi-chan bite her lip and fidget lightly on one of the silk sitting mats in my room.

"But to ask the Lord…."

"Is there something wrong with me talking to this Lord?" I inquisited lightly, giving a soft chuckle and an arched eyebrow to her.

"N-No Isami-sama, but…I wouldn't want you to go through all of this trouble just for this humble little girl" she murmured to me, her eyes now downcast and her hands now hidden by her long sleeves.

"What trouble? The Lord InuTaisho is a right ma- I mean InuYoukai in his rights and sensible, and I wish all of those who help me to be comfortable, and you Sachi-chan, are not excluded"

"But I'm not technically spiritual enough to become an assistant of your greatness, if anything I have the rights to maybe fix your zori"

"Now ye hush child, my mistress says she will go and have ye moved in our company. Thy should know that for thee, it tis' best that you move, for fear for ye health, ye be but skin and bones child" Miaka obaa-chan told in my stead, now twisting my hair in a modest bun to rest on top of my head.

Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Sachi-chan blush. She was indeed a peculiar child and the perfectly mannered of most; she was kind, sweet, obedient and didn't want to intrude on others, but you could tell that she had something laid deep in her heart. But this cat I couldn't allow to be curious.

I felt Miaka obaa-chan stick in a rather pretty flower hair decoration made out of lacquered coral in my hair. The stone I most adored in the middle of the twist making the illusion of it growing.

"Arigato gozaimasu, Miaka obaa-chan"

"Ye be a pretty thing honey child" Miaka obaa-chan cooed to me before helping me stand and running an experienced hand down the softness of my silk kimono before letting me out the door to be escorted by a guard to Lord InuTaisho's study.

"Oh, Honey-child, before ye leave, I be taking young Sachi to the Kitchen's to get her some food" she called after me as I nodded to a guard who was trying to take a nap next to the door.

"Alright then, thank-you Miaka obaa-chan"

"You are telling me then, Lady Isami, that you wish for the Miko named of Sachi to move into your quarters?" snorted the Lord InuTaisho who sat at the low table, brush in hand and leaning over a scroll of parchment I guessed to be the treaty to the Human west, seeing Lord InuTaisho wrote the Kanji for the lands in a special colored ink.

"What would be the harm in it my Lord?"

"Tell me the good first" Lord InuTaisho spoke, laying his head upon his shoulder, trying to soothe his stiff neck.

"She has been under-fed at the shrine my lord, she was also rather dirty and I am concerned for her over-all well being" I argued, I could feel my hands start to unconsciously twist in my lap.

"How would a servant of mine in the name of Kami be treated that bad in my home, do explain?" Lord InuTaisho asked of me.

"She would not confess to me, Sachi-chan had a proper attitude and manners, but she's like a locked box of treasures, not opening unless you have the proper key"

Lord InuTaisho stared at me with a piercing amber gaze that sends a chill up and down my spine.

"Your request is Granted, see to her health and report to me about it, if she confesses to you who has mistreated her, please relay on to me to take care of matters. Hear that I will not hold mistreating of servants"

"Oh thank-you my Lord!" I exclaimed happily, my smile almost too big for my face. I had to fight the impulse to throw my arms around the man and I could feel my cheeks flare at the thought of doing so.

"Don't worry for it, and before you are dismissed, Seshoumaru has requested that you meet him in the courtyard tomoorrow" Lord InuTaisho told, dipping his delicate brush in a pot of ink.

"Pray tell as to why?"

"Oh, my son wants to make sure you're up to your fighting standards"

I felt my throat clench as I coughed.

"Are you alright my lady?"

"Fine my lord, but do pray tell my fighting standards? As in a weapon?" I asked rather dumbly.

"Of course my lady, you are required as the Miko of the Dog Demon's to be able to control at least one weapon" he told me with an arched eyebrow.

"Forgive me my lord, but as a human miko, I have never held a Katana nor a bow in my entire life." I confessed.

"You human's do indeed have peculiar customs, but as it may, You are now the Miko of the Inu-Youkai and now required to be able to fight if need be, and since my only son is the finest weaponry artist besides myself, you shall hold the honor to learn from him, please report to him at dawn" he started stroking the paper once more.

"Ay, my lord" I retorted, gracefully dipping into a low bow and standing before him.

"And before you leave dear lady, I compliment your hair ornament, coral seems to be a suited color and stone for you if a do say so myself"

I smiled to myself and I looked back at him sitting at that low table in a plain cotton kimono and his hair held up with nothing but hemp, and his eyes…those eyes that still drew me, glittering at me.

"I thank-you once more my lord"

Then I stepped out and left, heading for the kitchens to find Miaka obaa-chan and Sachi-chan, a new calm settling in my chest despite the meeting I am to have in the morning.

Author's note: I know that you all are probably getting more and more discouraged with the length of these chapters, but if I had the time I could write the whole story into on chapter, but for now, even though I agree that these are tediously short, I would hope that you will all be able to forgive me and keep reading.

Until then.