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A/N: Dear God I am exhausted, hope you enjoy the chapter, it is edited, for once, love you guys.


Finally, they arrived at the castle, Kikyo glanced at the large palace in front of her. A small green imp ran up holding a staff that was much too big for him.

"You've allowed the wench to keep her weapons?" The imp exploded with anger, he began to lecture the demons on the idiocy they had committed.

Kikyo ignored him and walked past.

"Hey!" Jaken ran after her and tried to grab her leg, he immediately recoiled in pain. "You stupid bitch, how dare you!"

Kikyo turned and released a small amount of spiritual power causing the imp to fall over. She ran up to the castle and threw open the door, several demons ran close behind her. Finally, she pulled to a stop, the demons caught up and panting they all fell to their knees and bowed. Kikyo stared up at the demon lord, he glared back at her

"Leave." He ordered the demons.

The demons quickly scurried out of the room, shutting the door behind them.

Kikyo pulled out her bow, drawing an arrow and pulling it back, she immediately let it go and it sailed through the air.

Sesshomaru caught the arrow and was shocked to see it burn him, usually, the spiritual powers of a miko had no effect on him, his face remained unchanged and he released some of his poison. The arrow should've disintegrated, but it remained intact, even as the poison dripped off. He glanced at Kikyo, just who is this woman? He jumped up as another arrow soared through the air, creating a hole in the fur he wore on his shoulder. He pulled out a sword and flew through the air, towards her.

Kikyo dropped her bow and moved out of the way, drawing her sword in the process. He swung at her, only to have his attack blocked. She swung back and cut a hole in his kimono, he managed to dodge the fatal blow she had intended. Kikyo jumped to the side as he thrust his sword towards her, she lost her balance and fell to the ground, her sword falling just out of reach.

Sesshomaru raised his sword and brought it down, just as Kikyo turned to him. She held her hands up in front of her and watched as a pure light formed, the Lord's sword broke into pieces. He fought through the light and grabbed her by the neck, the light subsided and poison seeped into her neck through his claws.

Kikyo fell to the ground and stared up at the demon lord once again, he was out of breath and looked quite irritated. She closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths, her neck throbbing from the poison. Damn, I had the chance to kill him earlier and I hesitated, why? She felt herself slip into unconsciousness.

"Jaken!" Sesshomaru called.

Jaken and several demons entered the room, they were astonished by their Lord's appearance. "Y-yes, m'lord?" Jaken asked quietly.

"Take the miko to the dungeon." Sesshomaru bent down and put something around her neck.

Kikyo awoke and she looked around, she bolted up and ran to the bars that kept her in. She tried to summon her spiritual power, but nothing happened, instead her neck began to burn. She lifted her hand and found a sort of collar around her, she tried to pull it off, but it was no use. She sighed and sunk to the ground, she took a moment to glance around outside of her cell, more cells surrounded her, filled with demons.

One demon smirked at her. "Well, you sure are a pretty thing, aren't you?"

Kikyo ignored him, instead, she took a few deep breaths and tried to regain her powers.

Another sniffed the air. "Why he gotta human down 'ere?"

"Maybe he's fallen in love with her." One laughed, causing the rest of them to laugh with him.

"It'd serve him right." The first demon said. "What's your name girl?"

Kikyo turned an annoyed look on them. "Aren't you afraid your great Lord will become upset with you for staining his name with such rumors?"

The second demon laughed. "Cain't do much worse then he plannin!'" The second demon turned to stare right at her, his bug eyes taking her in. "Name's Ren."

"What's Sesshomaru planning to do?" Kikyo asked.

"Didn't inform you, did he? Figures, you're a human after all. We're awaiting our execution." The first demon said. "My name is Hayate, I would say I'm at your service, but there isn't much I can do from here." He smiled real big, revealing several fangs.

"Mine's Daiki." The third one said nonchalantly.

"So, you all just await your execution? Why are you being executed?" Kikyo asked.

"My clan wanted more power in the kingdom, I'm being executed as a show of his power." Daiki said, his voice was quite monotone for someone awaiting their death.

Ren laid back, crossing one leg over the other. "I talked to da' Lord an' he said ma voice gave 'im a headache."

"He's executing you because you spoke to him?" Kikyo asked.

"Yeah." Ren stared up at the ceiling.

"What about you?" She turned to Hayate. "What did you do to anger the Lord?"

Hayate glanced at her, his eyes looking her over, as though he was trying to understand her. "I had sex with my human slave."

Kikyo gasped. "Really?"

"Don't act so high and mighty, I loved that girl and Sesshomaru killed her in front of me, damn bastard. I still haven't figured out who reported us."

"I didn't mean to, it just surprises me that you weren't killed on the spot, I've heard Sesshomaru is merciless towards demons who sleep with humans."

"He is," Hayate looked at her. "He hates us, so much so that he loves to make public displays of us. One day the bastard is going to fall in love, I only hoped I'd live long enough to kill her in front of his eyes. The way he's done to so many of us."

"Sesshomaru ain't got no heart, he cain't fall in love 'thout one." Ren said.

"Sesshomaru most certainly has a heart," Daiki said. "I only wish I could've pulled it out."

"It'd sure serve him right if he fell in love with a human." Hayate said.

"Sesshomaru hates humans," Kikyo spoke up. "Rumor in our village was that his father had an affair with a human princess and they had a love child. Because of that, Sesshomaru killed his father, and now despises humans and half-demons."

"That isn't a rumor," A demon spoke from the shadows.

"Oh, what do you know, Shin." Daiki rolled his eyes.

Shin spoke again. "I lived while the Inu Taoshi still ruled the lands.

"The Inu Taoshi?" Kikyo asked.

"That's his father's name." Shin said. "After his father's death and Sesshomaru took over the lands, any mention of the Inu Taoshi would result in your death."

"Miko!" A demon appeared in front of the cell. "The Lord Sesshomaru has requested your presence in the throne room."

Daiki, Hayate, and Ren all glanced over at her, watching as the demon grabbed her roughly by the arms, leading her out of the dungeon.

Kikyo stumbled forward as the demon shoved her into the throne room, then slammed the door behind her.

A cruel smile formed on Sesshomaru's face. "Well, miko, it seems you've been rendered powerless. How will you defeat me now?"

Kikyo glared up into his eyes. "I can defeat you even without my powers!"

A smug smile formed on his face. "Care to try?" He snapped his fingers and a demon stepped inside, he held a velvet pillow with two swords delicately balanced on it. Sesshomaru picked up both swords and the demon exited. Sesshomaru threw one of the swords to Kikyo and got into a fighting stance.

Kikyo caught the sword and held it up, it seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. Sesshomaru made the first move, he swung out at the sword, trying to knock it out of Kikyo's hands. She held tightly and swung back, resisting the urge to release her spiritual power, she cursed the choker around her neck. She fought back, swinging out at Sesshomaru, trying to land a blow, he easily dodged all of her attacks. He appeared behind her, trying to hit her, but Kikyo spun around and jumped out of the way, she swung her sword and sliced his arm.

He glared back at her and continued the battle, with much more resolve than before, he seemed determined not to lose. He thrust his sword out at Kikyo, but she stopped it and pushed him back, attempting to swing her sword around and hit him. He stopped her sword and they locked into a battle of strength, he was surprised she could hold her own, she was only a human. She felt her consciousness slip away and fell forward, Sesshomaru looked at the exhausted woman, passed out on his floor.


A/N: Hope you enjoyed this, see ya next week.

I also just want to say to anyone who may be upset with Kikyo and Sesshomaru being matched strength-wise, I do admit Sesshomaru is prob more powerful in Inuyasha, but for this story and considering she is fighting for her sister, Kikyo will match Sesshomaru in strength.