Disclaimer: Inuyasha characters aren't mine. Anyone who isn't in the show, is mine.

Eri: Hey all. This is my second story. I'm trying my hand at inventing my own main character. Please lemme know wut you think, k? thanks a bunch!

Chapter 1: Korioumaru

"Lord Sesshoumaru! Rin is hungry. Can we please stop to eat something now?" Rin asked her lord politely.

Sesshoumaru sighed. 'Humans...' "Very well. Do not take long. I do not wish to waste time."

His answer made Rin squeal for joy. There were berry bushes around here and she was very much looking forward to eating some. Sesshoumaru found himself a tree to sit by while he waited for her. She ran from bush to bush collecting berries, shoving more in her mouth than she saved. After she had her fill, she ran over to Sesshoumaru with the ones she had collected.

"Would you like some Lord Sesshoumaru?" She offered, holding the berries out to him. He looked at them and turned his nose up in disgust.

"I do not eat human food."

Rin shrugged and put the berries away. They had been traveling for a few days now and she had no doubts that they would be traveling for a good 14 days more so she made sure that she had enough to last until the next time they were near berries or something else she could eat. Sesshoumaru rose to his feet seeing that she was finished here. He began walking again without saying a word. Rin ran after he Lord, trampling Jaken in the process. The little imp pried himself off the ground in time to hear his masters voice.

"Jaken. Keep up or I will leave you behind."

"Yes milord! I'm coming milord!" He yelled after him, struggling further to catch up.

Further into the forest

"You're going to pay you demon freak!" Ayuki yelled as she attacked the large moth demon.

"Hahaha, Puny Human! You think you can destroy me, the great Korioumaru, leader of the moth demon tribe!" He laughed as he batted her away, sending her flying into a large tree.

Ayuki grunted as he hit her and she was sent flying into a tree. It had hurt incredibly. She propped herself up on one arm and wiped the blood away that was trickling down from her lip. 'Damn him! He killed my parents! I have to take revenge!' Ayuki thought to herself. She grew up in a small village not far from where she was now. Her village had been plundered by demons and her parents were killed. This was just one of the many demons that had attacked. She had killed about 10 of them already. She wasn't about to let this one take her down. She rose to her feet and examined her environment. She smirk as she ran at him and he ducked. 'Just as I wanted.' She bounced off the tree that was directly behind him and clothes-lined him, pinning him to the ground once he fell with her sword at his throat.

"So, you called yourself Korioumaru? Well Korioumaru, meet my sword!" She said as she attempted to drive it through the demons heart. Unfortunately for her he had squirmed away from her in time to avoid her blade.

"Unfortunately for you I am not so easy to KILL!" He yelled thrusting his body to his feet and tackling Ayuki. She hit the ground hard with a loud thud, her head hitting a small rock, causing her temple to bleed. She cried out from the pain as the moth demon trapped her in his strong grasp. She writhed against the ground but it was no use. She decided that swords and weapons would be of no use to her now. She had to show him what she could really do.

With Sesshoumaru

Sesshoumaru had continued walking into the forest with Rin and Jaken. They had been travelling at a steady pace until Sesshoumaru stopped suddenly, looking into the distance listening for something. He had heard a sound. A female crying out in pain. Then it hit him. The smell of her blood. Human blood.

"Lord Sesshoumaru? What was that?" Rin asked. She and Jaken had heard it as well, only they hadn't heard it as clearly. "Was that a woman?"

"Yes." He answered. His every instinct told him to go. To help this woman in need. Meanwhile he was struggling with his pride. He would never lower himself to protecting a human, especially one he did not know.

"Do you think she is ok?" Rin asked.

"..."

"Maybe we should go see..." Rin said and before Sesshoumaru could stop her, she had taken off running in the direction of the sound. Sesshoumaru hadn't planned on going but he had to keep Rin safe and now he had no choice. He ran after her, not at full speed though. He would have caught her easily, but he too was somewhat curious to know what was going on. He could sense that she was still alive, but she was struggling. It was then that he sensed him.

"Korioumaru!" He growled as he ran faster. "Jaken, watch over Rin." He said as he ran at demon speed towards this demon he so hated. 'He thought he could sneak back into my lands again huh? Foolish moth! He will pay for his ignorance!' he growled in his head. Korioumaru had once challenged him for his lands, destroying the smaller lords to get to him. He had lost horribly and was banned from the western lands by a rare bout of mercy from Sesshoumaru. He was now back and it seemed he was as hostile as ever. He smirked to himself. He had found a way to help this female without helping her. He would merely consider it ridding his lands of this pest.

"GET OFF ME NOW!" Ayuki yelled at the moth demon.

"Hahaha, You have no idea who I am or what I am capable of wench so I suggest you stop yelling. For I am Korioumaru the leader of the..." he was cut off by Ayuki.

"Ya, the moth demon tribe. I know. We've been over that!" She nearly spat in his face, causing him to press harder against her arms, restraining any possible movement.

"AS I WAS SAYING! I am the leader of the moth demon tribe and I am more powerful than you could ever imagine. I could crush you like a bug right now..."

"Korioumaru, are you not banned from these lands?" A familiar voice sent chills through Korioumaru's spine.

"Lord Sesshoumaru, what a pleasant surprise..."

"You have been banned from my lands. Why do you return?" Sesshoumaru spoke, narrowing his eyes. His glare could have cut through solid rock.

"Oh, are these your lands? I thought I was still in the east. Well, better be heading back then..." He said, raising himself up off of Ayuki. He was about to run away when Sesshoumaru used his demon speed to get in his way.

"I showed you mercy last time we met. I should have killed you then. Oh well, at least I shall have some amusement in killing you now." He said as he shot his poison claws straight through Korioumaru's heart. Ayuki watched in horror as the scene played out in front of her. She had never seen such a powerful demon. She was certain that once he was done with the moth demon she would be the next to die. She rose to her feet, holding her bleeding temple. She stood her ground as the moth demon fell to the ground and Sesshoumaru wiped the blood from his claws. When he had finished he stood tall and began to walk away from Ayuki, confusing her greatly.

"Wait a minute, why did you kill him? I could have done it easily myself!" She yelled. Bad mistake. Before she could think a second thought he had her pinned by her neck to a tree.

"Do not yell at this Sesshoumaru!" He said threateningly. Ayuki gulped but kept up a brave face. 'Ok, next time don't irritate this jerk, Ayuki.' She thought. "And from the looks of things when I arrived," he continued, "he was about to kill you." He said dropping her to the ground. "Consider yourself lucky." He said walking away from her again.

"Wait!" she called out. "You killed my attacker, the least I can do is give you my name." She said forcing herself. She didn't want to admit that he had helped in any way. "I am Ayuki Sashimaru."

Sesshoumaru stopped in his tracks and turned to look at her.

"I did not save you. I killed one of my own enemies." he said before turning around again. He found the thought of her being at least respectful enough of his actions to "thank" him as odd. Most humans only thanked him when they were afraid of him. She didn't seem to be afraid of him, but it wasn't heartfelt. Something about this girl intrigued him, though he would be hard pressed to admit it. When he felt that he had gotten his point across he turned away once again and began to walk. This time, she did not stop him. She watched him leave, curious. She was angry that he would interfere with her fight but at least she wouldn't have to expose her abilities just yet.

Sesshoumaru walked away from the area where Ayuki was, but kept close by. He watched her carefully. There was something about her, something that drew his attention, his thoughts. She was confident. 'She truly believed that she could have defeated Korioumaru, but why? It wouldn't have been physical strength. Her aura doesn't seem to be very powerful either. What could it be?' He thought to himself. His thoughts were interrupted as he saw Rin run out from the forest and stop when she noticed the woman.

"Oh, Hello! Who are you?" Rin asked her, friendly as always. Ayuki had been surprised by the sudden appearance of the little girl out in the middle of the forest but she responded.

"My name is Ayuki. What is your name?" She asked, lowering her body so that she was eye level with Rin.

"I'm Rin!" She said beaming at her. "Were you the lady I heard crying out?" She bluntly asked. Oyuki was taken aback by her forwardness but responded.

"Yes, I was."

"Oh, then you must have seen my Lord. Is he here?" She asked looking around.

"I'm sorry, who is your Lord?" Ayuki asked, confused that the little girl was even out here in the first place.

"Lord Sesshoumaru. He came running this way. I followed him. Is he here?" She asked again.

'OH MY GOSH! THIS LITTLE GIRL IS TRAVELLING WITH THAT DEMON!' She thought, but nodded. "He did stop by actually." She saw Rin's eyes light up and hated to tell her the next part. "But he left a couple of minutes ago. Would you like me to help you find him?" She offered.

Rin seemed to be in deep contemplation. From what Ayuki had said, she had missed her Lord by mere minutes. She would have no idea where to start looking on her own, but Ayuki knew which way he went so she might be able to help. She nodded after some thought. 'I like her, she's nice' Rin thought to herself as Ayuki led her in the direction that Sesshoumaru had walked away in.

Sesshoumaru had been watching as all this occurred. He watched Rin's every emotion around this girl. This was the second human female that she seemed comfortable around. The other was Inuyasha's wench. He would find out more about this woman. He watched as she offered to help Rin find Sesshoumaru and quickly and silently moved around them as they walked in the direction he had been standing in. He followed them for hours as they searched for him, slowly picking up on the girls quirks. She liked to look around a lot and when they had stopped she was definitely a fidgeter. She had a lot of energy and a lot of patience. She had been answering non-stop questions from Rin since they set out to find him. Each question had a unique answer. She was even able to answer some of her awquard questions smoothly. Sesshoumaru found that he had learned enough for the moment and decided to make his presence known. He ran a ways ahead and leapt into a tree, choosing a medium height branch. When the two walked beneath him, he called out to her.

"Rin."

Rin was startled and looked up to see her Lord sitting high in the tree. She giggled and answered him.

"Lord Sesshoumaru! Rin has been looking for you!" She called up to him high above her. He jumped down and walked towards her.

"It seems that you have brought the child to me." He said, coldly.

"It would seem that way wouldn't it." Ayuki said with an equally chilling voice, surprising Sesshoumaru. They stood staring at one another for a short while. There were no words passed even when Sesshoumaru ended to staring match he merely nodded and turned from her. Rin hugged her leg and said good bye before following her Lord. Jaken had been trailing along behind the entire time. He refused to associate with the humans so he kept Ah-Un with him behind.

Ayuki watched his retreating back. His long silver hair was blowing in the wind behind him. She wanted to stop him for some strange reason. If she could have put her finger on a reason she would have but instead she decided to just let him go. She had a feeling they would meet again soon anyways.

She turned and walked in the opposite direction from them. They had passed a spring while searching for Sesshoumaru and she needed to wash the dirt and blood out of her clothing before it stained. She also welcomed the thought of a good swim to cool off. She hated the sweaty summer days. The fact that it had been an active day and not helped in the least.

Flashback

A 10 year old Ayuki is walking through her village. She headed to the spring just outside the village like she did every other day. Other children whispered as she walked past.

"Psst, look at her...she bathes a lot! That's not healthy!"

"Look at the freak girl!"

End Flashback

Ayuki always was one who loved to be clean. She couldn't stand smelling like her own sweat. If she could smell herself, she needed a bath and she refused to allow herself to get to that stage. So what if other people thought it wasn't healthy. To this point, she got sick less than anyone else she knew. She could hear the water now and it was so inviting to her. She made her way towards the water and dipped her toe in when she reached it. The water was cool to the touch, but it wasn't cold. It was perfect. She stripped off her kimono and dipped it into the water. She scrubbed all of the blood and dirt out of it and hung it over a tree branch to dry while she swam. She began to test how deep that water was at some points, which wasn't hard because it was crystal clear. She found the deepest part and climbed onto a boulder, swan diving into the water. It felt great. She stayed in the water until the sun began to set before getting out. Her clothes were dry by the time she was finished so she redressed and sat near the edge of the water, thinking.

Flashback

Ayuki is 8 years old. She is talking with her father when suddenly an axe on the other side of the room seems to float on it's own.

"You see, little Ayuki? We can do things that no other human can. We can move objects using our minds and tell what others are thinking."

"Really daddy! I can do that too! Teach me!"

Her father chuckles. "Soon sweetheart. Soon."

End Flashback

Ayuki sighed to herself. That was it. That was her secret, the one thing that she had against her opponents. She could move things with her mind to her advantage and she could read their moves before they made them, although she was not very good at that part yet. Something her father had failed to mention to her was that she could heal a wound by merely thinking about it, even if it wasn't her own wound. She sighed again. She had always been an outcast in her village. The only thing that kept her connected to them was that her parents lived there. Now that they had been killed she was on her own. She had learned to fight for herself. She had taught herself to hunt and how to tell which berries she could eat or not and her journey was far from over. Truth be told, it had only just begun...

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Eri: YEAH BABY! How's THAT for a chapter ending, hmm! lol. Well, I'm only kind of trying my hand at this so please be patient and let me know what you think. Second chapter coming soon. I'm trying to do something that has NEVER been done before. So, I figured this was a good angle. Well, Review and let me know! Thanks a bunch!