Inuyasha pounded through the trees. He couldn't pick up Satsuya's scent, but he thought he knew where she was heading. He thrashed through the forest, the scent of his brother getting thicker.

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Satsuya reached a large waterfall in the hands of two wolf demon. She allowed herself once again to be dragged across the ground as a prisoner.

"Boss! We have a wench trespasser!" Called the demon on her right. He had a Mohawk.

"Let's see what delectable meat we have for dinner tonight!" Demanded Koga appearing from the dark.

The wolves and demons gathered around Hakkaku and Ginta as they dragged Satsuya in and threw her at Koga's feet on the stone cold ground.

"What's you're name wench?" Asked Koga.

"Sat-Satsuya." Satsuya spoke in wolf, trying to cover the symbols on her arm and keep a geisha bow.

"Look at me!" Demanded Koga kicking Satsuya backwards.

Satsuya rested on her right elbow, wiping away the blood from her mouth with her left sleeve.

Koga's eyes widened. I know her. She was the girl in the village. Thought Koga.

Koga approached Satsuya cautiously and helped her up. He was tranced with her hypnotizing eyes. Ginta and Hakkaku looked from their boss, to the intruder and back again a few more times. It finally hit Ginta who she was.

"Hakkaku! Do you remember the girl?" Whispered Ginta.

"No!" Replied Hakkaku.

"It's the lady. The girl that, that fluffy guy fought Inuyasha over." Ginta paused, "Lady Miyazaki!"

"Oh yeah! It is!" Laughed Hakkaku.

"Shut up you moron!" Whispered Ginta hitting Hakkaku who turned quiet very quickly.

"Men! This girl is off limits to every one here. If she is touched I will kill that demon or wolf. She is our sister." Said Koga.

"Sister?" Objected one of the demons.

"She doesn't look like a sister!" Objected another.

"If any one so much as lay a hand on her, I'll slit their throats and feed them to the wolves." Growled Koga defensively.

The demons started mumbling between themselves. Satsuya got what she wanted. All she wanted really was to talk to Koga and now she didn't have to hurt any one to get out alive.

"If any one wants me, I shall be taking a walk with the beautiful lady!" Said Koga.

"But boss!" Protested Hakkaku.

Koga turned and growled ferociously at Hakkaku and Ginta. They bit their tongues and stayed quiet. No one got in the way of the Lord of the East if they wanted to live. When Koga set his mind to something, he hardly ever pulled back.

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Satsuya and Koga reached the forest.

"So what did I do to deserve the visit from the lovely Lady Miyazaki?" Asked Koga.

"You know who I am. You are not as dumb witted as I thought."

"Dumb witted? That dog boy that stood up to his brother at that pit of a village is a dumb wit." Snarled Koga. "How did he know you anyway?"

"We ran into one another. He was kind to me. Not like any other demon."

"I'm kind!" Protested Koga.

"Absolutely!" Satsuya paused and turned sharply to Koga, "you're discriminating me as you stand because I'm not a demon or human." Spat Satsuya. "Are you not?"

Koga was speechless.

"I could knock you down, one shot!" Said Satsuya.

"Try me." Smiled Koga.

Satsuya looked into Koga's eyes. Satsuya pushed Koga but not before wrapping her left foot around the back of Koga's right foot. Koga fell on to his back and skidded across the ground.

"Damn you wench!" Snarled Koga.

"Watch your tongue!" Hissed Satsuya.

"Or what?" Asked Koga.

"Or I'll have your guts for garters." Replied Satsuya calmly.

"And you'll be dead trash!" Said a female voice from the trees.

"Oh? Care to share who you are?" Asked Satsuya.

Ayame walked out of the forest and to Koga's side.

"Ayame!" Said Koga nervously looking innocently at her.

"What are you doing with this—" Ayame looked at Satsuya despicably trying to think of the word. After looking Satsuya up and down, Ayame found the word she wanted, "wretch?"

"I'm not a wretch!" Satsuya protested.

"You are not a demon! You should have been burnt with the humans!" Sneered Ayame.

"Is that so?" Asked Satsuya. Her pride and dignity was broken. Satsuya dipped her head, her bangs covering her eyes. "I'm sorry."

"Get out of here and stay away from my mate!" Ayame snarled.

"Ayame! Don't!" Said Koga but Satsuya had already fled. Koga turned to his beloved mate growling, "Ayame!" Yelled Koga.

"What?" Asked Ayame. "I did nothing wrong! I was just being protective!"

"That was a high class princess Ayame!" Yelled Koga.

Ayame was shocked and speechless. There was one word she could mutter out, "What?"

"You heard!" Said Koga loudly turning away frustrated. Koga gathered himself after a few seconds and spoke calmly, "Her name is Miyazaki. Her status is Lady Miyazaki."

Ayame looked confused at Koga. He had been out and about for a while. She thought Koga had fallen out of a tree and hit his head. How could a scrawny, tatty and worker look alike be an empress or princess for that matter?

"Koga!" Called Ayame, "Are you sure you didn't hit your head?"

Koga turned around to Ayame. He was furious. "You think I would lie about this?" Asked Koga defensively.

"No!" Replied Ayame pulling back in fear. "Just, she looked like a worker. Not that of any empress I've met."

Koga let out a short breath between his top teeth that sunk gently into his bottom lip; ts.

"Koga!" Said Ayame gently, reaching out to him.

Koga pulled out of Ayame's grasp and hit her hand away, "I'm out of here. I need to think!"

Koga ran into the forest, leaving Ayame lonely in the clearing. Koga didn't have feelings for Satsuya. He very much loved Ayame. But there was something mysterious about Satsuya that he wanted to know. He knew she wasn't a demon. But she wasn't a human either. Was she a half demon? Was she a multi-breed demon? Or was she something different entirely?

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Inuyasha was tied up. His torture was immeasurable. His brother sensed him coming and no matter what Inuyasha said to stop Sesshomaru, Sesshomaru knocked him out and chained him to a tree. Sesshomaru now being the Western Lord, the Southern Lord and trying to take on the east, had adapted a lovely amount of mikos. Inuyasha couldn't break out of the chains. They were enchanted with powers beyond belief.

"Had enough yet Inuyasha?" Snarled Sesshomaru.

The reply he received was a scream of pain but Sesshomaru just looked expressionless and walked away to Ah-Un and jumped on.

"Finish him. Then go to find the girl in the morning!" Demanded Sesshomaru.

"Yes lord Sesshomaru!" Was the answer he got from all demonic warriors.

Sesshomaru disappeared into the night sky on Ah-Un.

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Sesshomaru was flying along. His thoughts based on one thing.

If I capture Miyazaki, I'll force her to use her power, and she will resurrect Rin. Thought Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru stayed expressionless. A white speck in the air was travelling towards him and a fast pace, growing in size.

Sesshomaru pulled Ah-Un to a halt. It was Satsuya. She was riding, Kirara?

Sesshomaru took out Tokejin and shot a lightening bolt at Satsuya and Kirara. It hit Kirara. Both Kirara and Satsuya started falling to the ground. Sesshomaru plucked Satsuya out of the air but Kirara was nowhere to be seen.

Satsuya turned around and slapped Sesshomaru with the back of her hand on his cheek. Sesshomaru looked down at the struggling girl and he put his poisonous fingernails to her throat.

Satsuya stopped struggling.

"You bastard!" Muttered Satsuya.

"Who will interrupt us up here?" Asked Sesshomaru.

"I don't want to be your mate! Let me go!" Screamed Satsuya.

"You will be my mate and you will do exactly as I tell you to!"

"End my life! See if I care!" Yelled Satsuya.

"I have need for you! I wont kill you just yet."

There was one final scream that shook the whole forest and upset flocks of birds from their nests. Sesshomaru winced from the pain, as did Satsuya. Sesshomaru's poison fingernails came from Satsuya's throat and curled into a normal fist. The scream stopped echoing. Satsuya's eyes widened.

"Where's Inuyasha?" Asked Satsuya shocked.

"Past away by the sounds of it." Sneered Sesshomaru.

Satsuya's eyes swelled with tears as flashes of Inuyasha bound to a tree in chains brushed her consciousness. Inuyasha was being tortured when he fell limp, dripping blood. Satsuya couldn't believe what she was seeing. Tears began to fall toward the ground.

"Inuyasha!" Yelled Satsuya. Once again the peaceful living was disturbed and Sesshomaru blocked his ears.

Sesshomaru man-handled Satsuya so that she was sitting with her back to Sesshomaru's chest, his fingernails at her throat and burning her skin.

"You can't escape this time!" Whispered Sesshomaru.

Satsuya was crying, her tears running down her cheeks like rivers. Her hands flickered and retracted up into fists before tensing into webbed claws.

"Let me down!" Screamed Satsuya normally, she was in pain.

Satsuya's nails grew black and long and her fingers; linking them together, was a thin fold of skin that covered the gap from between her knuckles to the top knuckle on each of her fingers near the tips.

"Get away from me!" Yelled Satsuya.

Satsuya's eyes were covered in a blood red and her teeth grew longer.

Satsuya roared and hissed. She bit Sesshomaru's hand at her throat. Sesshomaru pulled back and Satsuya fell toward the ground.

Satsuya was fighting something that was pushing itself out from the inside. Satsuya closed her eyes before opening them again. She was normal. Satsuya was crying. She reached into her kimono and took out Kirara who was curled in a ball.

"Kirara. Take me to Inuyasha!" Said Satsuya.

Sesshomaru watched Satsuya climbed on to Kirara and fly away. He was clutching his hand in pain.

I get my arm back and she almost rips off one of my fingers! Thought Sesshomaru.

Satsuya shrunk into the trees and disappeared from Sesshomaru's sight. Sesshomaru flew on in the other direction.