Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha

The word 'Bitch' in this chapter is not to be construed as a derogatory or profanity word. It is actually to be used as it once was meant to be; in reference to a female dog. Dog breeder's still refer to their female dogs as bitch while the male dog is refer to as sire.

Daybreak

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He hadn't slept a wink; not that he needed that much sleep anyways but- it would have been nice. He just couldn't get over the idea that he had. . . no. His demon had found their mate. He was sure he had many centuries ahead of him before they found her but here he was watching his future mate sleep. To top it off he knew he had a battle ahead of him with the Miko.

He looked down from his perch in the tree above her to find her still asleep as dawn began its approached. The question now was how to make her agree to mate- marry him? Her father though he begged for him to take his daughter did insist that his daughter went willingly.

'The best bitches are the hardest to catch.' His demon added encouragingly. 'Hn.' His demon did have a point but there was still the how.

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She languidly stretched, the rays of the sun beginning to hit her sleeping form. It was time for her to wake up and oh how she protested it. She had no inclination to deal with her father today but she knew she must return eventually and better sooner then later.

She curled back into a ball hoping to get a few more minutes when she had this overwhelming feeling that she was being watched. She sent her reiki out to her barrier and still found it sound and no one around. So why this foreboding feeling?

She slowly opened her eyes to a slit to find a pair of black boots standing only six inches from her face. This couldn't be good, she once again sense no one around but that didn't make sense those boots were not hers and as she watched she saw one of the boots tap impatiently.

"I know your awake." He huffed in exasperation.

'Him!'

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