Kikyo swept out the dust of her corner of the Temple, when a joyful bark sounded as she squinted against the sun, as Sirius was running as a dog, with what looked like a soup bone in his jaws. She shook her head and went back to her sweeping. The man, who claimed to be her father was an odd ball. She was taken each day in stride, as she got to know him, she didn't see much of herself in the man, except for the same shade of hair color.

Sirius for his part, loved the Temple, he loved the children, who often came to study at the Temple, since Kikyo made the Temple open to those who wanted to learn, writing, reading, and basic mathematics. Since he swore fealty to the Demonic Empire, the laws that applied to the Wizarding World, didn't apply to him, he was able to be himself.

"Sirius, enough before some widow with ten children decides to adopt you as a stray mutt." Kikyo states, as she shielded her eyes against the sun. "I cannot do my duties while you are running all over the place."

Sirius gave a grin before transforming back. "Oh you're no fun."

Kikyo merely allowed an eyebrow to raise. "Don't you have something other to do then annoy me?"

"Nope, I'm all yours." Sirius replies, before he went to help with the gardens.

After a few days, Sesshomaru took Harry, Yasha, and Alison to the mainland for more supplies, Maria and Hermione were staying behind to catch up on chores that were neglected due to adventures in the woods surrounding the island.

"Why did you and Sesshomaru decide to found the Demonic Empire?" Hermione as as she and Maria were folding a load of clothes, Hermione for her part, stayed away from anything piece that could be male undergarments.

"It was a few centuries ago, the humans were amassing in numbers and I remembered from my time among them that demons were barely living, so I thought what if we had a hidden world, the stronger of us, would work in the human world under the noses of the mortals, who once feared us, but with the advancement of guns, the need for blessings and purification of us demons took second place. So I already knew that I wanted children as many as possible, I adored Rin, but she wasn't really mine, she was Sesshomaru's first and foremost, he sent her to live in a human village, but that's a different story, Sesshomaru always wanted his own empire, he thought conquering demons and basically enslaving them would be a good way to go about his plans...until I came into his life." Maria states, as she thought back. "there was something that happened that amassed the demons to rally to Sesshomaru and my side during what could be known as a civil war."

"what was it that changed everyone's minds?" Hermione questions

Maria sighed "I gave my life to end the war."

Hermione's eyes widen "But how are you..."

"Alive? Sesshomaru brought me back to life and demanded that I never put myself in life threatening idiocy ever again, or at least be careful about it. He used Tensegia, the sword of heaven to revive me. And the rest is history, we have been together ever since."

"So what about your education? Didn't you finish school?"

"Several times, I have degrees in political science, law, I keep renewing a few decades. Once schools were mandatory, Sesshomaru and I both went and, he hated every second of it." Maria giggled "Now we're physically aged somewhat, we don't have to go to school with humans, we used our degrees to set of the basis for the empire and built on the knowledge. You'll get into that later in your Demonology class.

"But the dream was that future generations had a home to grow and thrive?" Hermione questions

"Yes, and any who wished to live among demons, then we found humans with magic and there is the treaty with them and many of your half-demon, half-witch/wizard hybrids." Maria replies

Hermione had much to think about, she was smart and the muggle world could benefit from her thinking and the ways, she could solve problems, but the Wizarding world was still in the middle ages compare to the rest of society as a whole, even the Demonic Empire had electricity.

Maria looked at her young student, she thought once Hermione got over her boy shyness, that she would make one hell of a great partner to whomever won her heart. "I'm just your mentor in the ways of demons, but I wouldn't mind if you took some thought and come to me as a female, if you don't want to talk to your own mother, or I can talk to you about magic, I've been around it a lot to know a few things."

Hermione smiled at that. She continued folding clothes, when the folding was finished, Maria took Harry's, Yasha's and placed them on the beds, for them to put away. Maria finished putting her and Sesshomaru's stuff away when she heard the sound of engine in the far distances, she knew Sesshomaru wouldn't be back for sometime. She went to the glass doors and looked out at the ocean. "Who do you suppose that is..." she questions aloud. She didn't recognize the boat, she saw, and that sent her into a nervous state, she quickly went to get Hermione and Keiko. She ushered them into the bedroom and threw the rug across the floor and there was a trapped door. "Stay here and don't make a sound. I don't know who is coming and I rather not have to worry about you two if it comes to bad situation."

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