The Times of Change

Chapter 1

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She flew through the air backwards, over vast forests and plains, flying towards the mountains. In a clearing, right below the mountains, two beings were in a battle

to the death against one another. The Lord of the West, Inu no Taisho, a great dog demon, was battling the Lord of the North Ryokutessei, a great dragon

demon. Both demons were Daiyoukais, in their true forms, causing fear and wonder across the area with their battle. Suddenly, they stopped and both looked to the

sky in the direction that great source of power was coming from. Toga, the inudaiyoukai took that opportunity and distraction to latch onto Ryo's neck with his massive jaws.

Ryo sreeched and attempeted to stab Toga with his tail end but was to no avail. Toga, having the upper hand, positioned his back paws, then taking his front right he dug

his claws into the overgrown lizard. Then with sheer force, he flipped Ryo onto his back, then twisted causing the dragons neck to snap. Howling his victory to the world,

Toga sniffed the air and followed where that pure source of power went. He did not think to check to make sure the lizard was infact actually dead.

'Great! I'm flying again, jus in a different damn direction!' she thought to herself as she went flying over a large clearing with two enormous creatures fighting below.

'I just really hope I don't die in as much pain as I just endured. I'm ready for it to end, if it has to come to that. I'm just so tired...' was her last thoughts before she drifted

off again. Almost a few minutes later she hit the side of the mountain, bouncing off from the impact of an erected barrier around her and the mountain side. She fell down into

a forest, crashing through tress and branches, finally hitting running water.

'I...I must have lucked out,'she giggled weakly internally,'My body is in so much pain, I can barely stay awake.' Drifting on a fallen tree, horizontally on the river, she lied

there trying to stay conscious. Suddenly, she felt it and her aura spiked, lifting her head slowly to see who came to gaze upon her in her final moments. He appeared before her

slowly, another male with gold eyes and silver hair, she realized. Must be something in common with guardians she supposed.

Following the intoxicating and addicting alien scent, Toga was able to locate the source of power. What he found was not what he had expected. He noticed, from scent and close

proximity, that the power source was a being and a female. Making sure to approach soflty, he noticed her eyes swirled from a fuschia purple, to an unbelievably perfect, colorful, rainbow.

Her scent, now that he was closer, was so foreign but familliar. She smelled of otherworldly beautiful flowers with a mixture of raw, potent, untamed power. He wanted it, needed it to

make it his, mark it, claim it in any and every possible way imaginable. Her eyes and lavender/silver hair, reflected off of the cool river surface. She looked so tired, and yet he felt as if he

knew her somehow. He felt drawn to her. Suddenly, her eyes widened and her rainbow pupils glowed with a bright white light, causing his breath to hitch. That's when he felt it, the presence

behind him. Quickly turning, hackles raised, he glared Ryo in the eyes, then stopping as he realized something was off. Ryo was standing there, unable to move it seemed. Then he took his

own sword that he intended to strike Toga with, and pushed it through his heart, blood spilling from his lips with his silent death. Locking eyes with Ryo during his last breath, Toga whirled

around to look the girl in the eyes for answers, shocked by the sight of a blood tear running down her left cheek slowly.

'Did it pain her to kill him?' he thought internally

Breathing hard, trying to steady her breath, she looked once again upon the beautiful male before her. 'Kami, that hurt so much! I didn't know what I was doing until it was finished! I took

his life! Why?! Why would I take the life of another?!' Gazing into those twin golden suns, she realized her answers. 'Because I do not want him to die...' So lost in each others eyes they

were that they had almost failed to notice their surroundings again. She, however, did not. The amount of force that impacted the mountain side had caused a large chunk of frozen ice to fall into the lake creating

deadly river rapids. She felt the change in the water the moment it happened. Knowing she had little to no time to decide what to do before the entire area was under water, she placed a barrier around the

male in front of her, then braced herself for impact. She prayed to every kami that at the very least he survives this.

He was startled at first by the barrier, for he didn't know the reason for was in no danger from him, so why the barrier. Wanting to snarl he stiffened when his senses picked it up. It was almost too

late but thankfully he was in a barrier. The ice from that mountain falling into the lake was something he knew, he did not know how ever the result of said ice. It was like a tidal wave you would expect

to see on the ocean! Trees, shrubs, boulders, everything was being washed away! He turned to the female to hopefully gift her with a silent thanks, but was horrified at the sight of her. His beast was out and on

the surface when he saw her situation. She was holding onto the fallen tree for dear life, though the currents were going to push it down river soon. She had a very weak barrier around herself, but it disappeared when

she finally slipped into the realm of unconciousnes. When she fell his barrier fell as well, thankfully the currents had died a bit giving him enough time to erect his own barrier. Just as Toga was about to reach her

a large boulder hit the tree, pushing it down river. He jumped into the air, attempting to follow the tree, so he could just fly lower on his youki cloud and grab her. The current, though slighlty lower than before, was

still flowing at a very fast pace. The tree was constantly getting hit from other debree, breaking it into peices. His heart stopped almost immediatetly when he realized where the currents were leading the

aluring female. A large waterfall lay no more than thirteen feet before her! He dove trying to get to her, having hope when he noticed her tree was snagged on a jagged rock. Those hopes were premature however, when

the remainder of the tree she leveled herself on snapped and down she went. A howl was heard across the land, pouring sadness into the hearts of those that heard.

In the opposite direction of the avalanche, a similar male with golden eyes and silver hair flew through the air. His clothes hissed at the burning energy it was just subjected to. He couldn't believe that blast was so

powerful! Now here he was, Sesshoumaru, heir to the Western Lands, son of the Inu no Taishio, was flying backwards across the sky, immobilized by the sheer power of the blast to his person. Finally crashing

into a cliff face creating a cave, he was able to close his eyes and rest to regain his strength. That way he could think clearly, after a hunt for nourishment, then he could think about what happened today and how to find

her again. With a plan on the forefront, Sesshoumaru closed his eyes, drifting off to sleep. Before sleep finally climed his tired body and mind, he heard a howl of pain from his father way off in the distance. It was

far, but because he was an inudaiyoukai he was able to here it.

'I wonder what has father so sad to howl out to the heavens like that?' he thought before sleep finally claimed him.