It had been six days and Sesshomaru had received letters from his party he sent to the east to patrol the eastern borders and then the party he sent to the western borders of his kingdom. The eastern party said that the people over there are safe and there is no problems other than a fire that broke out from lightning hitting a tree. The east was fine and their population actually improved more demons live in that region now, and less humans.

It seemed that way also in the north more mortals were aging and dying, all the humans who lived in the western lands moved there from other regions. Many of them moved to the western lands during the time of Kikyo and then many moved during the time of Naraku, he never touched any of the west. Some mortals were moving to their old villages too.

The ratio of demon in the northern region of the western lands is 5 out of 10

The ratio of demon in the eastern region of the western lands is 6 out of 10

The ratio of demon in the western region of the western lands is 9 out of 10

Rin smiled laying in the with her cloak in the valley where she spent a lot of her time in she let out a tired yawn and laid down for her afternoon nap. Her sword in her hand with her cloak wrapping around her like a blanket. The sound of birds chirping the slight rustle of the leaves in the trees and the sight of the valley's tall grass looking like a ocean of green. She closed her eyes and fell into a soothing sleep Keade would be back in a day or so, and her mate in a week.

Being alone wasn't as bad as she thought it would be it was calming…

At the mountain foot's village a man walked up to welcome the three new comers, his hair was silver and to his shoulders he had green eyes and a smile that was honest "Hello general Akinori, are you here to do a population count and see if we are having troubles?"

The general dog demon seemed to be shocked at the villagers knowledge then smiled back he had blonde hair down two his thighs and it was in a high ponytail he had blue eyes and slightly tanned skin "Yes, I suppose you heard from the other villages?"

The villager nodded with a smiled "I did yes, so who are your young warriors?" Akinori looked behind him and motioned to one of them with lightly brown hair flowing freely and red eyes "This is my friend Genchi, and the other man is Dachi." Dachi had red hair to his waist in a braid and had blue eyes, Dachi and Genchi wore black hiori's with a slash of white on the material representing the sheer power of the Inu yokai and they had silver armor. Akinori wore a grey hiori with the same white slash but with black armor he looked at the villager "So how many demons are in your village?"

The man smiled and ushered two the who villager looking at the three new comers "We have fifteen humans and two hundred and four demons." Akinori nodded and took out a piece of paper writing it down "I see well, I sense no lie from you so we shall leave."

"Wait!"

Akinori looked stunned at the males need for his attention "Is there a problem?" The man nodded and took a breath "We have a problem at the top of that mountain." The man pointed to it and the demons listened intently and listened to a few other villagers who dared speaking. The three started up the path and Akinori leading with Genchi and Dachi behind him, Sachi smiled his red hair swaying in tis braid as his blue eyes looked around "I can't believe they think they have a ghost or fallen angel."

Genchi laughed and nudged Dachi's arm his white smile and red eyes looking at him and his light brown hair swaying with each step "Hey maybe you'll get a wife."

"I have Ari!"

"She is just stringing you along, you proposed how many times?"

"Four."

Akinori smiled and turned around "My daughter is tricky, she gets it from her mother. Her mother said no twelve times before saying yes. She might of just wanted me to shut up though…"

Dachi nodded and looked at him "At least she said yes."

"Genchi be alert we are coming to the end of the path."

"That was fast." Dachi said.

Genchi smiled and nodded "We were walking pretty fast."

"Yea we were." Akinori agreed "Now let's find this ghost or angel."

They made their way to the front of the mansion Genchi smiled and ran his hand over his forehead pushing back his slanted bangs "Damn she must be rich."

Dachi nodded and looked at the house "I'll check inside." Akinori and Genchi looked around and found a beautiful garden with a plate of rice balls and little ants on the plate, they then looked around the house and found some little forest paths they went down one and found paint on the ground then returned to the house. Genchi sat outside and saw his two friends "Well it seems that someone is still close by there is fresh paint on a forest path and rice balls in the garden."

Suddenly a breeze flew by and they looked to the back of the house where some flower petal came from and noticed a valley with surrounding trees then the scent got stronger "She must be in the valley, lets find this ghost or angel, hag whatever it is and kill it."

"How Akinori, you can't kill the dead."

"True but with this charm the monks gave us a few villages back I can."

The two fellow warriors nodded and followed the general to the valley field of tall grass it looked like a beautiful ocean all of it moving but a small spot. They walked toward it knowing something was pushing the grass down, they walked as quiet as they could and reached something in a white cloak. Its back was facing them and its face hidden by a hood and on the back was a big red sakura blossom just like what their lord had on his hiori, red little sakura blossoms on the shoulder and sleeves too.

Genchi looked at his general and whispered "Master isn't it forbidden for the lord's personal symbol and the family crescent moon symbol to be wore by anyone?" Dachi and Akinori nodded, Dachi took a breath and bent down to touch the being as soon as he got close enough the being did a quick spin on their feet cutting his cheek with a sword. Before he could grab the being it ran as fast as it could making its way out of the forest.

Dachi growled as Genchi and Akinori ran after the being, noticing the followers Rin turned around in a flash and thrusted her sword and a power of razor sharp sakura blossoms flew at them. Genchi shielded his face only to have the sleeve of his hiori burned by some sort of acid along with the razor blossoms. Akinori and his warriors ran at the being who ran fast for whatever it was, the being turned around again the thrusted the blade again to have a demonic energy lightning attack fly at them the three ran around the attack and then toward Rin.

She panicked they were getting closer she cut her hand letting her blood be on the blade and thrusted the blade to the left then the right and then forward having the razor blossoms and the lighting attack mix with a green acid razors at them. They were huffing running and dodging the attacks left and right she turned to run and found herself disarmed with her weapon by Dachi, she kept her gaze down and ran to the woods only to be caught by Genchi his arm held against her throat and the other holding her arms behind her back.

Akinori looked at Genchi "Let's see this powerful ghost." As he said that he crossed his arms and nodded Genchi let the being go and before it could run he grabbed the back of the cloak and in a swift movement slipped it off without tearing it, when the being was reveal they were all surprised.

It was a mortal woman panting slightly she had alabaster like skin so pale and pink cheeks with big brown eyes, her long eyelashes her small plump lips that were red like a rose from make up her eye shadow was gold and bronze. Her long dark brown hair in golden combs in a elegant set of buns with a small bit down flowing freely around her thighs she glared at them dangerously. Her Yukata was all red with white sakura petals on the sleeves and shoulder and a yellow and golden obi.

She glared at them clearly inu yokai and soilders! Sesshomaru said they wouldn't come around the mountain! They noticed she had a sliver pin of the purple Inu Yokai royal family crest. One with brown hair held her his arm holding her arms behind her back, Akinori analyzing her and Dachi looking at her weapon.

Akinori looked down at the small girl who seemed to be a young woman "Who are you?"

She glared at him and didn't move her gaze from his eyes those green eyes! She hated it he looked like he wouldn't leave without answers, she couldn't give him any that would give her away as her lords mate and as their lady.

Genchi tightened his grip and she screamed it hurt her arms "AHHHHHH!" He let loose a little and she was now panting and said nothing still. He pulled on her arms more only shy of breaking them this time "AAAHHHHHHHHHH!" She had tears down her eyes and then another male approached with her sword she looked at her sword and could hear it crying to her "Put down Sakurakiko now!"

Akinori looked at her and held her chin "Sakurakiko? Is that your sword?" She nodded and glared back at him with defiance "Yes."

He looked surprised how did a mortal woman do all that, "Why do you have a demon sword and yet it doesn't hurt you like other mortals would be hurt."

"I am different than other mortals."

"I can see that." He answered

Dachi smiled and looked at the sword "It's lovely just as much as you are, so why are you up here alone?"

She was still panting from her pain "I like being here alone, why are you dogs here?"

"Patrolling and taking population counts."

"Well then leave. If you are done, you are trespassing on my land!"

She felt her arms again "NO! S-STO-OP!"

"Well we heard a ghost was here and came to kill it."

"You can see I'm not a ghost."

"Yes, but we need answers. Why do you live here and you are not allowed to wear the lord's symbol the royal crest. You need to be punished if you don't tell us answers we will have to force them out." She suddenly felt some pain and fainted in his grasps, he caught her and picked her up then looked at the other two warriors "S-She is pregnant."

Akinori looked at the little beautiful girl "She is just a child basically, but that explains why she was so afraid yet brave to fight us. She wanted to protect her child."

"What are we to do?" Genchi asked holding her.

"We will take her to her house and get answers once she is well but we will have to be more gentle, perhaps if she is kind she will tell us. Meanwhile let's make sure she is fine. Dachi you have medical training check her."

They laid her down on a bed and she looked like a sleeping angel, they all left the room expect Dachi. Akinori looked around the house and found a storage room that held a sword and on the sheath said "Tenseiga" and some male hioris all white and red sakura petals like their lord wore. Then He saw a picture of the woman and lord Sesshomaru three in face one of them hugging under a sakura tree and one of them sitting in the garden and the last one of him watching her running. He walked into the room to see Dachi "CHECK HER SHOULDER!"

"What why?!"

"DO IT!"

"OKAY OKAY!"