NoCareChakara - (takes bouquet and Sesshy plushie, hugs the plushie) Thank you for liking my story so much that you gave me these beautiful gifts!
Disclaimer: I hate to say it but...I do not own Inuyasha. (tears)
SLS: (sees an alarm clock on her desk) Why would someone put an alarm clock... (BLEEP! BEEP! BLEEP! SLAM!) (SLS twitches as she raises a fist over the broken parts)
SLS's hated little brother: You killed it! You actually killed it! (SLS rolls eyes)
SLS: Yes, and your next (takes out chainsaw)
SLS's little bro: O.O
(the sound of a chainsaw and screaming)
...Read and Enjoy! (smiles and someone yells 'RUN! RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN!')
Five days had passed and all of the guests except the lord of the west have finally arrived. Yukima, not wanting to be there when Haku was there, went to a nearby village and was thinking on spending a few days with her friend, Lily.
Lily was a peasant girl with long brown hair tied on a low ponytail. Her emerald green eyes showed kindness and warmth to the inu demoness without a hint of fear.
She had known the princess of the east since she was very little. Yukima had saved her from a large bear as she was picking berries one day and became good friends with her after that.
She knew how Yukima felt about the prince of the north and gladly let her stay at her place.
"So you think Lord Sesshoumaru is old? Whatever made you think that?" Lily was folding her husband's laundry as she spoke. Takashi, who was her husband and was also a peasant, was sitting cross-legged next to Yukima while sharpening one of his prized daggers.
He didn't mind Yukima being a demon since being married to Lily ment he'd be seeing her every day or every few days.
"I have no idea. I guess what I heard about Sesshoumaru and him not liking humans made me think he was old and snobby like Raiden."
Yukima, who was sitting on her knees, had a cup of green tea in her hands and was sipping it absentmindedly as she talked to the 18-year-old humans.
"Well, he could be young. Like Haku, he's young and acts like his father." Takashi spoke while running a finger over the blade to make sure it was sharp.
"True, but I've heard that Sesshoumaru's father mated with a human and had a half demon named Inuyasha. If Sesshoumaru was like his father he has to have a soft spot for humans somewhere." Lily pointed out and was folding the last of the laundry.
"Yeah, but I've heard that he is a vicious demon and would kill any one who got in his way." Yukima said and looked down in her cup. All that was left of the tea was a few grained tealeaves at the bottom.
She could distinctively see a crescent moon, and between the two points of the moon was a diamond. Kinda like the Islamic symbol for God except the star is a diamond.
Wow, that's...unusual. She thought and set the cup down softly.
Takashi noticed this and picked up the cup. "You know, I heard that tea leaves tell the future." He said and put the cup down. "Your cup shows his and your marks. Who knows, you might even become his mate."
Yukima burst out in laughter. "Yeah right." She blurted out.
Takashi frowned at her. "But I saw the tea leaves, your mark was with his..."
"Shh!" Yukima interrupted him and held up a finger.
"Look." She whispered and pointed to the window. The curtains where down so they couldn't see outside but three shadows were there.
The shadows then moved away and Yukima could smell the faint scent of an imp, a human girl, and a male dog demon.
Her pointed ears picked up the sound of their footsteps and determined that they where on the rode, they where headed toward her father's castle, and they where not too far from Lily's hut.
She growled softly and wondered if the dog demon was Haku. She sniffed again and was surprised to find out that the scent was nothing close to Haku's or Raiden's.
Could he be a suitor for me? Or is he heading to the castle for business. He might even be a suitor for Mizuki since she doesn't yet have a mate. She put her finger on her lips in thought then came to a surprising conclusion.
This dog demon male might very well be the Lord of the Western lands! He did not show up yesterday when everyone else did and he might have been late.
She decided to see what he looked like and told Lily and Takashi to stay there and be quiet. She then silently stepped through the door and saw a tall figure in white walking down the rode toward her father's castle with a small human girl with dark brown hair, and a green toad like demon with a staff.
She started down the rode towards them and didn't even think of hiding herself as she followed the three toward her home.
If he thinks I'm stalking him, I'll just say that I'm on my way to my home! Which is half-true anyway.
When they where about half way there, the male dog demon stopped and turned his head to see who has being following him. He knew that she saw him in the village and followed after him though he didn't know why.
The girl and the toad saw him stop and they turned around to see a woman behind them. She stopped also and confidently stared straight at them without hesitation.
This intrigued the male dog demon though he didn't turn around to face he's pursuer. "What do you want, woman?" He asked coldly.
"That's none of your business!" She snapped and quickly scolded herself. What the hell? I wasn't suppose to say that! Damn!
She saw the toad thing stamp his foot angrily and it shouted, "How dare you speak to Lord Sesshoumaru like that! He will surly kill you for..."
"Jaken." Sesshoumaru warned him and turned around to face the troublesome wench.
Yukima was surprised to see how handsome he was. He had on white with red flowers etched near his shoulder. The cloth used to hold his two swords was yellow ad purple. She also noticed that he had on armor around his chest and a white fluffy pelt thing hung down to his back.
She saw the blue crescent moon on his forehead and blushed a little when she thought about her talk with Takashi. She then noticed his maroon colored stripes and thought about how perfect they look, unlike her wild looking blue ones.
And then she saw his golden yellow eyes. They made him look even more attractive. She had never seen a more attractive male in all her life and a slight blush hit her face.
He noticed this and was curious about her too. She is fairly beautiful, he thought and wondered how she got such expensive clothes. Though his thoughts soon came to when she snapped at him.
A green glow came to his fingers and he formed it into a whip. She did insult me. She must be taught a lesson.
Yukima noticed the whip and immediately shouted out, "I really didn't mean to say that to you and insult you! Please, I don't want to fight! Though I will defend myself if you do attack." She said the last part in a low whisper that only he cold hear.
This made him even more curious, though he's whip didn't vanish. "What makes you think I'll ignore that insult you shouted at me?"
"Because I'm Yukima, princess of the east, I'm Kage and Nara's daughter." She said and hoped that he would put the whip away. She was wrong. He's facial expression didn't change either.
"It doesn't matter if your Kage-sama's daughter or not. Your still just a princess and should be punished for insulting your higher ups."
Her face went pale and she took a step back. Then she realized that she had a great deal of power flowing through her veins. A shadow came over her eyes.
If it's a fight he wants... She flexed her fingers out and a blue mist came from them. Then it's a fight he'll get! She smirked, showing a few of her sharp teeth. Sesshoumaru ignored this and attacked head on.
"Yeah! Go Lord Sesshoumaru!" Jaken yelled in the distance and was hit in the head by a blue object. He picked it up to see that it was an ice ball and rubbed where it impacted with is large head.
The ice ball was so cold that it burned his fingers, so he threw it away in fright.
"Ow!" He tended to his fingers as Sesshoumaru darted toward the inu demoness, who was smirking with amusement. Her fingers then formed another ice ball.
Yukima flipped back on to her hands and did a back flip just as he reached her. Though his wipe caught her foot and brought her down hard. She growled and threw the ice ball at his head. He dodged without an effort.
Sesshoumaru then pulled o the whip and she fell backwards on the ground. She formed ice shards in between her fingers ad threw them at him. They struck his left leg.
He ripped the cold shards out and flipped her up with his whip, he then grabbed hold on her neck.
The wipe vanished and he pushed her against a tree, choking her as pressure formed around her neck.
"Damn." She muttered as light-headedness hit her like a ton of bricks. Her vision went blurred as Sesshoumaru pushed her neck to the tree harder so she couldn't breathe.
She thought all hope was lost on winning this fight when she remembered her ice acid.
Her ice acid had the power to form into solid ice, liquid, or gas. When formed into solid ice, she can throw it at enemies. When formed into a liquid, it can burn through any object or be injected so it could immobilize her opponent's movements and can even kill if enough was injected.
And in gas form it can stop the sense of smell temporarily or permanently, put the opponent to sleep, and can go into the opponent's bloodstream, as it's liquid state, from the lungs.
Yukima smirked and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm afraid you have underestimated me. Lord Sesshoumaru." With that she grabbed hold of his arm and sank her nails into it, spreading the ice acid throughout his blood stream and putting him in a great deal of pain.
He growled and sank his own nails into her neck, sending his poison into her bloodstream as well.
They both did this for minutes until Sesshoumaru struggled to stand up. Yukima was having even more trouble breathing and was beginning to weaken as his poison flowed through her body.
Finally, Sesshoumaru began to fall and let go of her neck. Yukima, half-conscious, did the same and fell over. They both lay on the ground while panting hard has both poisons took their tool on their bodies.
"S...Sesshoumaru. If I...take my acid out of your body...Y-you'd better... Take your poison... Out... Of mine." Yukima said while trying to breathe. She weakly put her nails on top of his arm and a blue hue lit up in her fingernails.
She kept this up for a while until not a drop of acid was left in his blood stream. He weakly sat up and looked over at her when she finally passed out. He stood up and picked her up, then headed toward the castle with Jaken and Rin.
(A/N: I own the song Be at Peace. And if you think about suing me, screw you Be at Peace is my original song! Though it does suck... )
In her dreams, Yukima could see her mother sitting on the same log while holding a baby. The baby was wrapped in a white blanket and she could see that the baby also had short white hair. On the baby's cheeks where blue stripes identical to her own with the same black diamond on her fore head.
That baby must be me. But she died giving birth to me! She must have lived for a few hours and spent her last moments caring for me. She thought of her mother made her sad. She then heard her mother signing to her in a weak yet beautiful voice.
'Sweat sorrow, quiet dreams
United, one and all
Sweat sorrow, tears of sadness
Oh little one, be at peace.
Singing song birds,
Blissful ignorance.
Living free,
Be at peace.
Innocent beauty,
Black diamonds of royalty.
Bring peace to the people,
Love and care for them all.
Sweat sorrow, quiet dreams
United, one and all
Sweat sorrow, tears of sadness
Oh little one, be at peace.
Singing song birds,
Blissful ignorance
Living free,
Be at peace
Innocent beauty,
Black diamonds of royalty.
Bring peace to the people,
Love and care for them all.
And like the snow,
You bring happiness.
With happiness,
Be at peace. '
"Sleep little one. For you are the future of the we..." Her mother started to cough up blood and held Yukima close to her.
"Always remember my song little one..."
Then darkness fell over her past self and her mother and she could hear two people talking. One of a girl and one of an annoying creature that she couldn't quite find a gender of.
She slowly opened her eyes to see innocent brown ones.
"What the..."
She sat up while staring at the little girl by her bed. She had dark brown, almost black, hair and soft brown eyes. The little girl smiled at her innocently.
"Hello pretty lady! You've been asleep for tree days!"
"Umm..." Confusion showed in the inu demoness's face. "Oh, your the girl who was with Sesshoumaru-sama. What is your name little one?" Yukima said and smiled kindly at the little girl.
"My name's Rin!"
"Well hello Rin, my names Yukima."
She looked around the room and noticed that it was hers. She then saw the green toad thing standing by the door with a look of disgust on his face.
"And who are you?"
"None of your business wench!" Yukima growled at him.
"Do you know who your talking to, imp!"
The toad thing ignored her, so Rin spoke up. "That's Master Jaken, he's just angry because my Lord told him to watch me if I was to stay in here. My Lord doesn't trust you very much." Yukima rolled her eyes at this. Go figure.
"You, Jaken-imp, leave my room! Your stench is unbearable!" Yukima yelled at him, though he didn't move.
"Mi' Lord told me to..." "NOW!" Yukima let the whites of her eyes turn red and watched in amusement as he bolted through the door as fast as he could. She chuckled at this and her eyes turned back to normal.
"Lady Yukima?"
"Hmm?" Yukima turned her head to Rin and smiled.
"I like your pretty hair. It's like Lord Sesshoumaru's but he won't let me brush his. Can I please brush your hair?" Yukima nodded and Rin smiled up at her happily.
"There's a brush on my dresser." Yukima pointed to the black dresser. Rin happily got it and jumped up on Yukima's bed. She sat behind her and started brushing her long silver hair.
"So where's Sesshoumaru-sama?" Yukima asked while sitting at the edge of her bed.
"He's with Kage-sama and the rest of the guests. They're in some kind of a meeting. I think they're making plans for your's and Kuna-sama's wedding. He's interested about it for some reason." Yukima tensed up at this.
I do NOT want to marry Haku! Doesn't Father know that by now? She growled and ran through the door without a warning, leaving poor Rin looking surprised with the brush in her hand.
Yukima followed the scent of her father to a door and put her ear against it to listen in on the meeting. Her father was speaking.
"...Raiku, I'm sorry but Yukima does not want to marry Haku." She suddenly smelt anger in the room.
"She's a weakling anyway, I don't care what so ever if she wants to mate with me..." Haku spoke up but was interrupted by is father. "I will not have this! You said that she would marry Haku!"
"I am sure that you can find another female for your son. My daughter simply won't marry him." Kage said with a cold voice, a good sign that he was getting angry.
"I don't want to mate with that weak..." Haku's voice was heard and again he was interrupted, this time by Sesshoumaru.
"The girl is not weak. She's actually quit strong. And Raiku, if Kage says that she won't mate with your son then go find another female." She could tell that these arguments were annoying him.
"You have no say in the matter Sesshoumaru..." Raiku's voice was cut off by something, though Yukima didn't know what was happening since the door was closed. She quietly opened it up a little and peaked in to see an old man with gray hair and dark yellow eyes being pinned to a wall by someone. She opened the door a little more and saw that it was Sesshoumaru.
She noticed that Haku had already noticed her so she gave up on trying to hide and opened the door all the way. Se ignored everyone's stares and turned to her father.
"Hello father!" She smiled innocently and went over to his chair. He looked relieved.
"Yukima your awake. I would have been angry if Sesshoumaru's poisons had killed you." She could see a tinge of anger in his eyes.
"Father it was my fault. I started the fight." She said and looked over at Sesshoumaru, who still had Raiku pinned to the wall.
"Umm...did I miss something?" She said innocently.
"Just a little disagreement." Her father replied and Sesshoumaru dropped Raiku to the floor. He rubbed his neck and glared directly at Yukima.
"You little bitch!" He lunged for her and was about to slice her with his claws when she leaped up and kicked his chest, sending him flying. He hit the wall next to Maya and her daughters.
Kage stood up in anger and yelled, "Raiku, I want you and your son off my lands!" Raiku got up from the floor angrily and stormed out of the room.
Haku stayed and stared at Yukima for a moment in surprise of how she had such power to kick his father across the room, until she turned and glared at him. He quickly followed his father out the door.
She sighed and looked over at Maya and her daughters. Maya was a fairly young tiger demoness with long red hair and violet eyes. Her ears where pointed like a dog demon's and a red and black tiger tail came out from her back.
Miko and Mizuki also had violet eyes though they had silver hair and white tails with black stripes. Miko had long hair while her sister had short hair.
"Hi you guys!" She waved at them and they smiled back.
"Hey Yukima! I thought for sure that he would have killed you. How'd you get so strong?" Mizuki said, impressed by the younger demoness.
"I trained myself, with a little help from Kuna of chourse." Kuna smiled with praise.
"Yukima, you idiotic dog! You picked a fight with Sesshoumaru of all people! And it landed you in bed for three days!" Miko laughed and hugged her. Kuna and Maya laughed as well.
Sesshoumaru ignored them and headed out the door to check on Rin. Kage also left to attend business with his army. There might be a war going on soon.
"Hey Yukima, I heard from one of the servants that Lord Sesshoumaru carried you here." Miko said and winked.
"Yeah and he wouldn't let the healers attend to you and said that he would do it himself. He looked after you for a whole day until you seemed to recover." Mizuki said calmly while sitting next to her mother.
"I think someone's in love!" Miko laughed and playfully winked at her.
"It's not like that! I told him to take his poison out of my body if I take my ice acid out of his!" Yukima said while blushing.
"Oh, but you didn't tell him to care for you!"
"His poisons are very toxic! That and he put a lot in me!"
"I think you like him. Look your blushing like a cherry!" Mizuki said and smirked, this made Yukima blush even more.
"Umm..." An innocent voice was heard from the door. Rin walked in the room shyly and smiled at Yukima.
"Yukima-sama would you like to travel with us to the western lands?"
This completely caught her off guard and she was dumbstruck. Me? Travel to Sesshoumaru's home?
"Uhh..."
"Oh don't worry, there's a reason! Kage-sama asked Sesshoumaru-sama to train you since Raiku is starting a war. Kage-sama said that he was too busy to train you so he asked my Lord."
"Did Sesshoumaru-sama actually agree?""
"Yep! Lord Sesshoumaru said that we should leave today. This is going to be great Yukima-sama!" Rin smiled happily and took Yukima's hand.
She looked at the others and they smirked at her.
"Kuna?" She helplessly asked.
"Sorry Yukima, I can't help you."
"What about the wedding?"
"Your training is more important for you."
Yukima sighed and followed Rin out the door. It can't be too bad...can it?
End of chapter...
I hope you like this crappy ass chapter, though the chapter isn't crappy, making it was crappy. Please, please review! I only got one review from the last one. I really want to know if this story is worth making.