Hihi everyone! Sorry it took so long to get this back up on here! Summers here & all, so's I just got kinda distracted! But anywhosey, heres Chappy 2, ENJOY!

Domo arigato!

Lizzy

--Akemi--

"NO! I said I will not marry him, and that means NO!" Akemi yelled at her father in frustration. Not exactly the smartest thing to do in the situation at hand.

Her father was furious. Not only had she came in way past curfew last night, but she had been abruptly followed by not only the villiage chief, but the angry familys of Ren and Nakita. They had told their parents about the entire ordeal (well, without the part about why she was so mad), who promptly went and told the person in charge of the whole place

The entire night turned into an hours long shouting match between everyone, which resulted in two very insulted familys, a couple of broken chairs, and the villiages head chief getting thrown headfirst into a pile of mud in the pigs pen. But no matter what was said or who was threatened, Akemi stuck by her statement. She would not marry that baka! No, she absolutly refused!

Of course, that didn't mean her father was agreeing with her. Or the villiage chief, for that matter. He seemed to have decided that after being thrown into the mud by Akemi's father, the best suitable punishment would be to continue with the joining of the familys, and with this decision, everyone had to oblige, no matter how much they detested it.

Akemi snapped back to when she realized that her fathers face was turning a very ugly shade of purple, and the table he was gripping the edges of was starting to show cracks. He was also still shouting.

"YES, you will Akemi! The villiage head said you must, and that is final!" he nearly screamed, his fingers tightning even more ominously against the wood.

"It should not be his choice who I marry, Father! That man cheated on me! I will not spend the rest of my life with the likes of him!" she ranted back, now dangerously close to tears. This was simply not right! Why could no one understand why she didn't want to marry him?!"

"You are a woman! Woman do not have the choice of who they will spend their lives with, which is good because some of them, and I could name quite a few, would make the wrong choice!" he shouted, his neck muceles bulging.

"That is not true! Just because I'm a woman doesn't mean your any better then me! I can do all the work you can, make all the decisions you can and I can even fight just as well as you can!" she told him angrily. At this, a chunk of wood broke off into her fathers hands. She ducked as he hurled it towards her, and it crashed through the window behind her.

"I will not take this insolense! You are a woman, therefore you shall do as you are told! Now, go to your room and stay there until the other women come to help you dress!" he said, screaming now. Akemi didn't argue, but dissapeared in a second, leaving only the wind swirling behind her.

--Sesshomaru--

Rin's endless chatter began to fade into the background as he walked, simply taking in the scenery of the Western lands. It had been almost 3 months now since he had last seen his lands, and he found the sight to be quite refreshing to his weary mind, though he would never admit it.

They went around a sharp curve on the road, and came to area he had sought out to rest for the night. There were enough flowers to keep Rin preocupied, and it was secluded enough that there was no real threat of attack. Not that he couldn't defeat any demon with ease, but it was nice to rest in peace for the night. He found a nice tree to lean back against and closed his eyes, his thoughts drifting away, though his mind stayed in the clearing watching after Rin.

--Akemi--

There was really no other choice then. Her father had refused to listen to reason, so she now had to take matters into her own hands. Akemi rushed around the room, grabbing a few kimonos, her two training outfits, and other various items she would need. She thrust them into a carry pack and pulled the straps over her shoulders. She strapped her naginata and bow on, then grabbed her shuriken and thrust them into her obi, where she kept them so no one would see.

Akemi took one last look around her room, knowing that this would probably be the last time she would ever see it. Once you left the villiage, you did not come back. At least not the way she was leaving it.

Not that she was going to miss the place. She couldn't stand living here, and in fact had only stuck around as long as she did because Ren asked her to marry him. Her upper lip curled in disgust. Oh yes, she would get him back. She had not quite decided how just yet, but she would.

She turned to the window and opened it quietly, slipping out into the blinding light of day. She grimiced, wishing it was night again. She felt more free moving through shadows then she did shine. She should be safe, though. She was heading around the back of the house, so her father shouldn't see her. Of course, shouldn't was the operative word. Her father tended to creep up when and where she least wanted him.

Just as Akemi reached the edge of the woods, she heard the shout. She moved just in time, the small dagger her father had thrown cutting through her hair where her shoulder had been just moments ago. She whipped around to face him, knowing full well now that she wasn't going to get away without a confontation. It wasn't that she couldn't defeat him, she would just rather end it now so that he didn't alert the entire villiage as to what was going on. This, however, he seemed bent on doing.

"What are you thinking! Get back here now! You will not run away and disgrace this family! If you choose not to cooperate with me, then goddess help me Akemi, I will be forced to hurt--"

He never finished that sentence. Suddenly, his face went white, and the twin dagger dropped from his lifeless hand. The very end of a sword was poking through his chest, and blood was already pooling around his feet. Akemis father fell to the ground, and the man behind him looked up to see Akemi, her entire poster screaming disbelief. He smiled a feral grin, making his yellow teeth gleam an unhealthy glow, then launched himself at her, matted black hair flying behind him.

Akemi snapped out of her shock just in time to counter his blow with her naginata, sidestepping hiim as he struck again. She quickly put an end to his miserable life with a quick blow to his neck, severing it neatly from his body, then ran to her fathers side. She dropped down on her knees beside him, unable to speak as the tears rolled out of her eyes.

No matter what the mans faults or shortcomings had been, he was still her father. He had taught her everything she knew about fighting, and about how to survive. And now..she pulled him into her arms and buried her face on his shoulder, ignoring the blood now seeping down through the bottoms of her hair to her kimono.

It took a few seconds of painfull shock before she fully acknowledged what had just happened. She looked up and, for the first time, heard the shouts now coming from the villiage. Akemi laid her father down gently on his back, and swore an oath to get revenge on whomever was responsible for this. Her vendetta against Ren pushed out of her mind, she took off towards the shouts.

Thank you so much for reading the second chapter! I've already got a basic plan of what's gonna happen next, but I'm still welcoming any suggestions you may have! Constructive criticisim is okie doke as well, but I really detest flamers. If you have a problem with what I'm writing, then don't read it, that's all there is to it.

Sore dewa!

Lizzy