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Chapter three: Lady Shinsuke

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"You are correct, the two necklaces match…"

"Then it is her?"

"Isn't that obvious, Sesshoumaru?"

"I have summoned Lady Shinsuke."

"Good."

Those were the voices that Helen heard as she slowly regained consciousness. She didn't open her eyes. The last thing she remembered was looking into the eyes of the person who had abducted her.

She stirred slightly. "She's awake then," a woman's voice was saying. Helen's eyes fluttered open. She sat up and looked around, quite shocked at where she was. She was sitting up in a bed with silken sheets. She was in a handsomely furnished room and there were two (?) people in it aside from her.

One of them was the man who had abducted her, Sesshoumaru, she recalled. The other was a woman who nearly resembled Sesshoumaru.

"Who are you?" Helen asked, narrowing her eyes.

The woman, her name was Takeida, laughed. "It is her," she said. "She has her father's demanding attitude."

Father? Helen thought. What is she talking about? Does she know my father?

"My name is Takeida," the woman said. "And this impudent young man is my son, Sesshoumaru." Geez, what weird names.

Sesshoumaru only glared at her.

There was a soft knock on the door, drawing the attention of the three to it. "Enter," Sesshoumaru called lazily.

"Try to be a little more lively, Sesshoumaru," Takeida said as the door slowly opened. "After all, your mate has been found."

Mate? Helen thought. The door fully opened and another woman walked in. She had golden hair that fell to her waist in loose curls, she had pointed ears, pale skin, was wearing a very elaborate kimono and her eyes…

Were shaped just like Helen's only they were violet instead of ice blue.

"Takeida, is it true?" the woman asked quietly. Takeida smiled at her and gestured to Helen.

The woman's lower lip trembled as she stared at the girl sitting up in the bed, and, as if she didn't want to believe something, she turned back to Takeida. "Do you have any proof that it is her?" she asked.

Takeida help up two crystal necklaces that looked alike. It was then that Helen realized that the other necklace must be hers since her half circle necklace was gone.

The woman gasped and much to Helen's surprise, the woman ran up to her and embraced her. "My daughter!" the woman sobbed.

Daughter? Helen thought. These people were clearly deranged.

"Now, now, Shinsuke," Takeida said. "You'll frighten the girl."

Helen pulled away from Shinsuke's embrace. She got out of bed and stared at the woman. "Who are you and why do you call me your daughter?" she demanded.

"Just like her father," Takeida said again.

Shinsuke stared at Helen. "I call you 'daughter' because you are what you are."

"I barely know any of you," Helen pointed out.

"True," Shinsuke said. "But you are my daughter and I have proof."

Helen raised an eyebrow at her. Shinsuke bit her lower lip. "Listen to me," the demoness said. "I am Lady Shinsuke, Lady of the Eastern Lands, and you are my daughter."

"I still don't get how is it that I am your daughter."

Shinsuke looked exasperated. "Listen to me…Years ago, when you were born, all the lords of the lands aside from your father had sons. When the lords found out that you were the only royal daughter in the country, they tried to persuade your father to betroth you to one of their sons, since they didn't want any of their sons to marry a court official's daughter and aside from that…if they were to be your mate, your husband would rule over his land and the Eastern lands. Your father chose to betroth you to the Western Lord's son, Sesshoumaru." Sesshoumaru looked coldly at Helen, who stared back at him in the same way.

"The other lords were furious. They vowed, or rather threatened, to kill you. I was afraid since your father died, and then I made a choice," Shinsuke looked at Helen, sadness in her eyes. "I bound you to a human body when you were just an infant and, since I have the ability to, I created a portal to another time and sent you there…You can imagine how I deeply regret it…But it was to keep you safe…"

Helen looked at Shinsuke, her head almost aching. Did this mean that she was what they were? She had a sneaking suspicion that they weren't human…

As she looked at Lady Shinsuke the only explanation came to her head. "You're all mental," she said flatly. Everyone was taken aback by what she said but they didn't respond.

"It's true," Shinsuke replied. "If you were free of your human bonds then you would see that you look like me and your father."

"She has your eyes…" Takeida observed. Sesshoumaru, very uncharacteristically, rolled his eyes.

Helen ignored Sesshoumaru as she looked at Shinsuke. "Okay," she decided to play along, if these people were crazy she was in danger. "If I am your daughter…then what am I? And how do I 'break free' from these 'bonds' of which you speak?"

Shinsuke looked hopefully at her. "You are a dog demoness-"

That was enough to make Helen dizzy.

"-and the only way for you to break free from your bonds is if you accept Sesshoumaru as your mate." Again, Sesshoumaru glared at her. Helen didn't notice; she was to busy trying not to faint.

She shook her head. She knew perfectly well what 'mate' was.

"I can't be your daughter," she said, forgetting to play along. "Demons aren't real…They are merely fiction!"

Takeida sighed. "Why did you even send her five hundred years into the future…?"

Shinsuke looked down cast.

There was a sudden knock on the door and a servant with a-was that a fox's tail?-entered. "Lord Sesshoumaru," he breathed.

"What now?" the daiyoukai asked irritably. The servant faltered under the lord's gaze but managed to say what he wanted to. "Y-you're half-brother, Inuyasha…"

They didn't need to hear anymore since a moment later, they heard Inuyasha clearly shout, "Sesshoumaru, you cur, where the heck are you!?"

Inuyasha! Helen thought.

"Predictable," Sesshoumaru muttered under his breath. He turned to the servant. "Inform the guards that I will handle my dear brother personally."

The servant bowed and quickly walked out the door, Sesshoumaru following him.

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"Sesshoumaru, you cur, where the heck are you!?" Kagome heard Inuyasha shout. They decided to come to her cousin's aid. She, Inuyasha, Miroku and Kirara had left Sango and Shippou at Kaede's while they went in search of Helen.

Still Kagome had no idea why Sesshoumaru had any 'business' with her cousin, but whatever that was, it wasn't good. Looking at the palace, a white figure emerged from the castle's double oak doors.

Sesshoumaru smirked at them.

"Where's Helen?" Kagome demanded, glaring at the dog demon.

"Come to 'save' her, haven't you?" Sesshoumaru asked, taking out Tokijin. "You needn't do that, she is in no way harmed."

Inuyasha scoffed, waving Tessaiga threateningly at his brother. "And who would believe a stinking cur like you?"

"Why, if it isn't Inuyasha," a voice said. They looked up and there on the porch above the double oak doors, stood Takeida, looking smug and superior at the same time.

Inuyasha glared at the woman.

"Who is that woman?" Kagome whispered to Miroku. Miroku shrugged. "I don't know but from the looks of her, she looks like Sesshoumaru…Maybe his mother."

Kagome looked at Takeida. She never knew that Sesshoumaru's mother was still alive.

Inuyasha tore his gaze away from Takeida before he turned to Sesshoumaru. "If you won't hand her over, then I'll just have to destroy this stinkin' place!" Inuyasha charged at his brother, who jumped out of the way. Sesshoumaru sent a blast of energy from his Tokijin to Inuyasha, who was thrown off his feet.

"That threat came from a hanyou who couldn't even hit?" Sesshoumaru sneered. Kagome, quick as a flash, notched an arrow to her bow and released the string. The arrow whizzed towards Sesshoumaru, who merely jumped out of harm's way.

"Pathetic," Sesshoumaru said in annoyance.

"Then take this!" Miroku opened his wind tunnel. "Kazaana!"

Sesshoumaru planted his sword into the ground to keep himself from being sucked in. Inuyasha followed his brother's example and planted Tessaiga to the ground. Up on the balcony, Takeida clung to one of the stone columns.

As Miroku kept the wind tunnel open, a shard stinging pain ensued around the opening of the wind tunnel. Quickly closing it, he saw Sesshoumaru's mother smirking at him. One of her hands was raised and her fingers were red with blood. Inuyasha stared at her; he didn't need to know that she had just performed the blades of blood on Miroku.

Sesshoumaru immediately charged at Inuyash, who was caught unaware. A wide gash appeared on Inuyasha's chest where his brother's sword had made contact.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome and Miroku shouted in unison.

"Don't kill him, Sesshoumaru," Takeida said, gazing at the wound on Inuyasha's chest.

Inuyasha gingerly got to his feet and glared at her. He didn't need her help.

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Helen watched as Takeida left the chamber to see how Sesshoumaru was faring against his brother. That left her and Shinsuke in the room. Shinsuke walked over to the dresser where Takeida had left the two necklaces. She picked Helen's up and looked the teenager in the eyes.

"You still won't believe me?" She asked.

"Listen," Helen said. "How could I? I've grown up in a world clearly different from yours…"

"But…you are still my daughter…"

"I am not," Helen insisted. "You've got the wrong girl…"

Shinsuke sighed and stared at Helen. Convincing her was going to be harder than she thought, so she decided to try a different approach.

"I know it is impossible to believe. I can imagine the shock that you must feel after knowing that you are a demoness bound in a human's body…and it also must be shocking for you to discover that you are betrothed to a man whom you barely even know…But that is the truth…"

Helen bit her lip. How was she going to get out of here? If Inuyasha was indeed outside then she could go to him and escape, but Shinsuke was in the room with her…What was she going to do?

As if it were an answer to her prayer, the door opened and a toad like creature carrying a staff entered the room. "Lady Shinsuke," he squawked, dropping down to a bow. "Lady Takeida requests that you come and explain things to Inuyasha."

Takeida nodded her head and bent down so she could whisper something to Jaken. "Don't let the girl out."

Helen looked at Takeida whispering to Jaken. "Here," Shinsuke said, she tossed the necklace to Helen, who wasn't quite fond of it as before. Shinsuke looked at her once then left the room.

Helen stared at the toad and asked, "You shouldn't you be somewhere else instead of…babysitting me?"

"If you mean that I should leave and go back to babysitting Rin, then I'd rather stay here and make sure that you don't get out!"

Helen didn't have time to wonder who 'Rin' was. "What is your name o highly honored servant?" Helen asked in her most flattering voice. If there was one thing she knew, it was the fact that most people, demons in this case, let their guard down when they were flattered.

"My name is Jaken, most trusted servant of Lord Sesshoumaru," the toad said proudly. He's got a horrid taste in servants then, Helen thought.

"So…erm…how long have you been under his lordship?" she asked as she fastened the necklace to her neck.

"For a very long time," Jaken said proudly.

Helen carefully maneuvered herself between Jaken and the door. "Wow! He must trust you a lot!" Helen praised. Jaken puffed out his chest.

"You know what else, Jaken?" she said. "You're a dunce." Without further ado, Helen spun around, slid the door open and ran out of the room and into the hallway.

"Hey!" She heard Jaken shout at the top of his lungs. Helen raced down the narrow hallway, behind her, she could hear the toad running after her. She turned a corner and stopped. Which way? This place was huge! She turned right and prayed that it was the right way. Behind her, Jaken was panting as she tried to keep up with the human.

Helen hit the jackpot when she turned corner and saw the gigantic front doors. Beyond them, she could see Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru fighting and she could also see Kagome and the man named Miroku.

"Stop!" she heard Jaken screech.

"Fat chance," Helen whispered under hear breath. She ran through the doors and stopped, amazed. Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were trying to kill each other with bursts of energy coming from their swords.

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Kagome looked at the castle doors and her eyes widened. "Helen!" she shouted. Everyone in the courtyard turned their attention to her. "Err…Hi?" she said.

"How did she get out?" Shinsuke asked, looking down from the porch. It had been completely useless trying to talk sense into Inuyasha.

Helen looked at Kagome and ran past Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru chased after her, but Inuyasha blocked her from his brother.

"You're not getting her!" the hanyou snapped.

"Watch and see." Sesshoumaru sent a blast of energy at him, knocking the hanyou off his feet. In truth, he didn't want to stop Helen from leaving, but he knew that his mother would make him.

"Kaggy!" Helen breathed as she reached Kagome.

"Helen, ride Kirara and go back to the well," Kagome said, indicating to a large two tailed cat. Helen looked doubtful.

"She's friendly…Now, ride her and jump down the well, leave Sesshoumaru to us!" Kagome said.

"But Kaggy, what about you-?"

"I'll catch up later, just go!" Helen mounted Kirara and with great difficulty they flew off. Helen breathed a sigh of relief as the wind rushed past her and Kirara.

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Okay, I'm done…
What now, I wonder?
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