Chapter 3
Growling, Sesshomaru stood and began walking into the forest surrounding his camp. "Jaken, look after Rin and make sure no harm comes to her. Know if you do not, it shall mean your life." he spoke as he walked away. "Y-y-yes my lord" Jaken cried as he groveled on the dirt floor. 'This is becoming a nuisance. These dreams, these thoughts, why will they not leave! There is no possible way that Goshinki was right. I will not lower myself to be mated to a human! This Sesshomaru needs no mate.' he growled lowly as he continued on through the forest. However, his thoughts would not leave him be that easily. Thinking back to a decade ago, Sesshomaru began to replay his conversation with Goshinki, the tree of knowledge, in his mind. This was becoming a small habit of his every time the miko crossed his mind.
~Ten years ago~
"Why, Sesshomaru. If it isn't the great dog demon lord of the West." "Goshinki, you requested to see me? What could be so important that you needed to send out word for me? This Sesshomaru does not have time to be traveling the country side on an adventure." Laughing, the old tree smiled and cleared his throat before beginning. "Lord Sesshomaru, you know full and well I would have not called you all the way out here if it had not been important. I assure you will be pleased to know why I have called you out here." Sesshomaru quirked an eyebrow at the tree before he continued. "As you know, I am the tree of knowledge. I have been around since before your father the great Inu No Taisho, kami rest his soul. I have the knowledge that no other has and my eyes can see what others can not. I can see into the future as well as the past. Like I have said before, though I may see things that are to happen, I do not see fully into detail. The things I see lack information. I only see the most important of the information given." "Yes, I am fully aware of this. What is your point to all of this? If you do not have a point, I must be going. There is much work at the palace to be done for the upcoming Spring Solstice." Sesshomaru frowned as he turned to leave. "Tsk tsk, Sesshomaru, you've always been an impatient pup. I called you out here because I have important news to tell you. I have had another vision of the future, but this particular one is about you." Sesshomaru's eyes widened just a fraction while Goshinki continued on with his story. "If there is one thing that everyone knows about you, it is that you crave power. You crave to be supreme; to have your name remembered. For the most part you have accomplished that. But the future will become very different for you. You will crave something entirely different; love. You will crave a companion. You will not know or understand what it is that you crave, but that is where the heroine of this story comes in. She will be a young girl from another world. Her power will be great, but she will not know of her strength until later. You will find yourself attracted to her and you will mark it off as your beast feeling lustful. But as time goes on, you will run into her more and become even more infatuated with her. Your feelings for her will grow and you will soon find yourself traveling near her and her group just to simply be near her. One day, on a chance meeting, you will run into her and your beast will claim her. And as you know, once your beast claims who he wants as a mate, you have to follow with it's wishes or be forever torn in two. You will fight the feeling and claim at first, but you will soon come to realize that you feel something deeply for her. You will start to crave her company and you will soon start to travel with her. While all of this is happening, a great evil will arise. It will be the darkest time Japan has ever seen. Many deaths will lay at this evil's feet. The girl who you crave so much, will be the chosen one. She, and she alone, will be the one to defeat this evil. She will be the only one with the power to defeat it. However, she will need your help in preparing for the big battle. With your help, you will be one of a few to help save the world from complete destruction. Lord Sesshomaru, you can fight this all you want, but this is fate. Do not question fate. For it's plans surpass even your strength."