It took the rest of the day to reach our destination. His palace was set back in the mountains on a plateau. The air here was very warm. Out to the distance we could see the snowy hill tops and the blue cliffs that erected from the soil high above us. I almost convinced myself I really died that night I bled out. Something like this; this beautiful just doesn't exist in real life. Maybe I just fell asleep in class, maybe I fell in to a coma and I just won't wake up.

We walked past the guards by the front gates. I felt their eyes burning through my back, but they did not dare to whisper not a single word. I don't think they knew who I really was; or maybe did they know and they were in disbelief. Could all demons 'smell' the same?

I was already tired of being seen as a weak human. During the journey here, I refused to ride on the two headed dragons' back for most of the trip. It wasn't until my feet began to blister and bleed is when Sesshomaru stepped in and said I needed to rest. I feel like they all look down on me like I am inferior. I wonder if Sesshomaru felt like that; I wonder if he saw me as a burden, weak, and annoying.

We followed the path up to the front doors; I could hear what I thought to be the servants calling to the others 'Our lord has returned!' Many of them were bowing to them and then quickly returning to their busy work.

"My lord you have returned! What can I do for you?" A male servant asked Sesshomaru as he bowed before him. We stopped walking and Sesshomaru kept his cold composure as usual.

"Take Rei to one of the guest rooms. Have her feet treated and allow her to clean up. I will give you further orders later."

In an instant, the servant grabbed my hand, "You're coming with me my lady."

I glanced over to Sesshomaru, once we made eye contact he turned and walked through a hallway and disappeared.

"Follow me Rei" He said. I trailed behind him down the opposite hallway, "My name is Daisuke, if you ever need me."

Daisuke, I had to try and remember that. He stood out from the rest it seemed like. He had long black hair that was pulled back in a pony tail. He had blue eyes, and he was rather handsome as well. He wore a kimono that was way more elaborate than the rest so he must be rather important. I then noticed his pointed ears; just like Sesshomaru's.

"Daisuke, are you a demon?"

He laughed a little and stopped to face me. "Dear, we are all demons here." And he continued to walk. "Are you scared or something?"

"No! I was just wondering."

"Normal humans are scared. What makes you different?"

"Humans? I found out the hard way, humans are much worse than any demon."

"Is that so?"

"So far yes."

He laughed a little again. We walked a little further in silence until he stopped at a set of sliding doors.

"Here is your room, the healer will be in soon" he said as he opened the doors and gave me a gesture to go in. He slid the door shut behind me and I was alone for the first time in a long, long time. It felt strange; I didn't hear Jaken's constant squawking and rude comments or the heavy footsteps of the two headed dragon known as Ah-un.

The room was kind of plain, but it was a guest room so what could I expect? Maybe I could find a way to decorate the room some other time; maybe I could steal some flowers from the gardens and brighten up the room just a little. I had a mat on the floor, which was the bed. I sat down on it; it was a luxury in contrast with the forest floors and muddy soil.

There was a knock on the other side, I looked towards the sliding doors. I didn't know how to react so I sat in silence and adjusted myself on my sleeping mat and waited as the doors slid open slowly.

"Rei? Are you awake?" A voice called. It was Daisuke with a woman dressed in a pale grey kimono.

"Yes, yes I'm here Daisuke. What is it?"

"This is the healer, she is to look at your feet."

I nodded and extended out my feet and pulled up the end of my kimono to better expose my ankles.

Daisuke cleared his throat. "So Rei, I have a question if you don't mind."

"No I don't mind." I said as I hissed out the last word as my bandages were peeled off.

"What are you to my Lord?"

"I don't know actually."

"You don't know? I assumed you were to marry him."

"Marry him!? No way. I- uhh..."

"You are a lady right?"

"I don't think so- here let me tell you this. I am from a different time period. I don't belong here."

"You don't belong here? You're not making sense."

"I know. I must be tired from the journey still."

He nodded. "Well I must be going. I will be back soon if Sesshomaru requires your attention."

I sat there while the healer worked on putting the bandages back on my feet. Daisuke brought that stupid question up again. Who was I? Who am I supposed to pretend to be? Was I supposed to pretend to be a puppet to ease the grief their great lord was experiencing. But what about my grief? I was ripped away from my home, from my friends; to baby sit a heartbroken lord of the western lands. Where am I supposed to find happiness here? Where is my happy ending?

A/N: Crappy chapter, but I think I'm on a roll with the next one so don't lose your shit. also I forgot to put out there, I take requests. If there's something you want to see or hear about in a future chapter or anything at all I can see what I can do. Things should begin to clear up soon, if not, again just say something and I will try to incorporate it into a future chapter. I mean for god's sake, I write these late at night and some times it takes me days to write these and it's rather easy to lose my train of thought and forget what the hell I was writing about. There's a good chance that there will be an update this Thursday if not sooner due to the weather coming for us. But as of now I think I might take a breather to collect my thoughts for the next chapter. OH and I appreciate all the favorites and all the comments and whatnot, they make me feel important and special. So thanks x)