Death of a Heart

Negotiations

Sesshomaru had taken Aylin back to his castle after the wound had been cleaned and dressed. He had grabbed his mothers kimono and hung it in her cloest, it was now hers, as his mother would have wished.

"Lord Sesshomaru, there is a messenger of unknown origins here wishing to speak to you." Byron said with a bow as he entered Sesshomaru's chambers, he had insisted that Aylin sleep in his room to throw people off.

Sesshomaru stood and left the room without a sound. Aylin had been asleep for a few days and he was beginning to worry that something was wrong.

The messengers was waiting outside the main gate, the Western Castle refused to let anyone they didn't know in. When he had gotten back he had given the order to arrest anyone unknown to the West.

"I have a message, are you Lord Sesshomaru?" the messenger asked, he was terrified of Sesshomaru, he could tell, he was shaking like a leaf in a monsoon. "Uh...here. A different messenger will be back in two days to deliever your responce to our master." the messenger said, then turned and fled. Sesshomaru opened the note and read it.

'Dear Lord Sesshomaru,

We were never properly introduced, I am Takumi (Dog) and my companion was Daiki (Wolf). We have reason to believe that you are keeping something that I want. Her name is Aylin, I wish to negotaiate for her.

She is of great value to me, if I do not get her peacfully I am afraid that we will have to take her by force. In other words I will wage war with your pathetic world in order to have Aylin. Your pathetic insigficant armies wont be enough to keep her safe from us.

Please weigh your options carefully Lord Sesshomaru, or else she just might end up getting hurt in the process of war, neither of us would want that.

Your Rival and Humble Negotiater,

Takumi'

"The idiots." Sesshomaru growled, he crumpled the note in his hand stalked off back to his room. Byron and Gikyoku looked at each other. Sesshomaru never did that. Something wasn't right.

Leela and Temptest had stopped drinking long enough to find out what was going on.

"Lord Sesshomaru, what's going on?" Temptest asked. Sesshomaru growled as he walked down the hall and Temptest knew not to ask again.

Sesshomaru walked into his bedroom to find Aylin sitting up and looking around. Aylin saw that he had come in and smiled.

"How long was I out for?" she asked

"A few days." Sesshomaru answered.

"Jeez..." Aylin muttered, then she noticed that he had a note in his hand. "What's that?" Sesshomaru looked to where she was looking.

"A note."

"Is it important?"

"In a way."

"What way?"

"In the way of negotiations."

"What! Whose trying to negotiate?" Aylin asked.

"The two demons who have Desire. Takumi, the one that was after you, and Daiki, the one that was after Desire." Sesshomaru answered.

"They're negotaiating for me aren't they?" Aylin asked.

"Unfortunatly."

"Irony. Things always start to go wrong, maybe I should just give up." Aylin muttered.

"No." Sesshomaru said. "You wont, we'll get Desire back and make sure that you don't go to them." Sesshomaru added.

"How? Surely if they don't get me they'll try to take me by force. You saw all those troops, we can't win against that many."

"They've taken a Lady of a land, the other lands aren't going to stand for it, even if they are enemies. If you offend one land by taking someone of that status then you offend them all. They wont get you so easily." Sesshomaru explained.

"I'm sure glad you know more about this than I do." Aylin muttered with a smirk. "When do you have to send your reply?"

"Two days."

"What do you think we can do in two days, my Great Lord Sesshomaru?" Aylin asked with a mischevious smile on her face.

"Hmm, I don't know, but we're going to find out." Sesshomaru answered.

"That's the devious Sesshomaru I know! Alright! Let's hop to it!" Aylin said as she started to hop out the door. Sesshomaru grabbed her by the waist and pulled her to him. Then he kissed her, easily taking her lips. "Now that...was definatly devious!" Aylin said as she laughed, Sesshomaru smirked. Aylin left Sesshomaru's room and walked down the hall to her own room to get her Simba, she missed him, it was like he had been given a personality. She grabbed him and threw him on her head, then walked into the meeting room where Sesshomaru was laying out maps.

"Milord! Your brother is here!" Gikyoku said as he threw open the doors and walked in, with InuYasha and Miroku following close behind.

"What an introduction." Aylin muttered to herself. The wound in her side was starting to hurt, but it wasn't anything too bad.

"What the hell are you doing here?" InuYasha growled at Aylin.

"I'm here because I'm needed." Aylin answered in a slight growl.

"Like I'd believe that?" InuYasha growled. Aylin almost lunged at him but Sesshomaru held her back. His hand was right over her wound, he noticed that her blood was all over his hand.

"Come with me." Sesshomaru took Aylin out of the room and into the hall, Simba was still on her head. "You're bleeding." Sesshomaru stated as he held up his left hand. Aylin looked at it and then looked at her side. Her clothes were stained red.

"Ah, there are you my little treasure." Takumi said from behind. Aylin and Sesshomaru whirlled around to face him.

"What the hell do you want with me?" Aylin asked, laying her hand over the sword inflicted wound. She winced slightly but nothing to give a big sign of pain.

"I want you, the strongest female dog demon." Takumi said as he pressed up against Aylin, who was being pressed against the wall. Aylin couldn't do much with her hand the way it was pinned. Sesshomaru quickly took a swipe at him with his whip, but Takumi moved out of the way.

"Stay away from her." Sesshomaru growled. Behind him Aylin was slowly sinking to the ground, she was suddenly tired, but from what she didn't know. In the blink of an eye Takumi was over by Aylin and lifting her up off the ground where he had fallen into the land of unconsciousness.

"I bid you farewell, Lord Sesshomaru." Takumi said, he and Aylin disappeared and Sesshoumaru growled, then slamed his hand into the wall.

"Damn!" Sesshomaru growled.

"Lord Sesshomaru! We're sorry we couldn't get here sooner but we were held up by demons, numerous demons appearing and then attacking us while we were off guard." Byron said. Sesshomaru wansn't listening. He was too engrossed with what happened to Aylin. "Then they disappeared and we were too late. Where is Aylin?" he asked.

"Gone." Sesshomaru answered. "They took her, she was what they had come for." Sesshomaru answered. There's two people important that they have take, no one will stand for this. Especially me. Sesshomaru thought to himself.

"Lord Sesshomaru, what're we going to do?" Gikyoku asked.

"Prepare, for war." Sesshomaru answered. He put his armor on and tucked his swords into his sash and tightly secured them so they didn't fall out.

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Aylin sat bolt up right in the blink of an eye. She looked around and scanned where she was.

"This is weird, I've been captured yet there's no chains, no guards, and no traps." Aylin muttered.

"That's because we're to be their mates." Desire said, Aylin turned around to face Desire. She was dressed in an ornate kimono, blues and greens. "Looks like you're a desendant from the South." Desire said as she pointed down to what Aylin was wearing.

"Ah! What the hell? When did I get put into this and where's my clothes!" Aylin asked as she jumped up and looked at her clothes. It was a kimono like Desire's only hers was red and gold, in some spots they were mixed together so that they looked like lava.

"Calm down Aylin. Takumi and Daiki didn't change you, the people who work here did, and they'll all women." Desire explained.

"I want my clothes back! I don't like kimonos!" Aylin whined, nothing was getting though to her, then she realized something. "That's odd." she muttered.

"What is?" Desire asked.

"I had a stab wound in my side, between my ribs and before if I had jumped up like that pain would have shot through my body." Aylin explained.

"We long took care of that wound." a male's voice said from behind her, Aylin whirled around to face the man. "Welcome back to the land of the living." he said, then bowed. "I am Takumi."

"And I am Daiki." the other man said, Aylin took a few steps backwards so that she didn't have to be near her kidnappers.

"Take me back." Aylin ordered.

"I'm afraid we can't do that. You see, you are to my our mates, even if you choose not to, you will bare us a child, then you will be free to do what you want, or go where you want. Until then, you will never leave the castle grounds." Daiki explained.

Takumi was a dog demon, Aylin could tell by the way he carried himself, it was just a bit different from other demons, but noticeable at the same time. He had brown eyes, and black hair, he was shorter than Sesshomaru, and he wasn't as powerful, she could tell. Then how had he gotten her away from him?

Daiki, the other demon was a wolf demon, each demon species had a different way they carried themselves and this one had the pride of a whole clan. His eyes were green, while his hair was black as well, both girls were wondering how a dog demon and a wolf demon had come to work together.

Aylin leaned up against the wall behind her, then slid down it. Burrying her face into her knees.

"Aylin, what's wrong?" Desire asked, she had only seen her friend like this once before, and she hadn't moved or eaten anything during that time, the only way you could tell she was alive was because of her steady, sleep-like breathing. "Don't do this again. At least tell me what you do when you're like this! Aylin!" Desire groaned and gave up. Leaving Aylin to do whatever she was doing.

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Notes- When Aylin does that she's thinking of a way out, she doesn't do it often, but when she does do it she loses all hearing, and all feeling to everything around her, it helps keep her concentrated.

Disclaimer- I don't own InuYasha.

Aki- Yeah, I know. It's been a while, and you know what the funny thing is? I still haven't gotten any reviews on this story...it's really pissing me off! Anyways, the part you've all been waiting for, the...CHAPTER SUMMARY!

Next Chapter-

Aylin is still in her 'trance' and she doesn't even come out of it to eat. Sesshomaru and the others are preparing for war, InuYasha and Miroku get armor that they can use to protect them, but it doesn't weigh them down either. Takumi and Daiki notice the movement going on, all the troops are mobilizing and they realize that they under estimated them, steaing two loved ones from the lands was not a wise choice.

Aki- There. This is the end of..CHAPTER 7! O.O OH NO! lol don't worry, I'll get to work on chapter 8 sooner or later lol