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Where I Belong	By : Royal_Kitsune Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female Views: 3097 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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~ My Unknown Betroth ~
"Betroth? I am not even half way through my pregnancy and you have betrothed my child. How could you father? You have done this without even consulting me, and I am the mother of the child." The princess said from her spot at the dining table. The royal family was dining when the announcement of the unborn child's betrothal, had come in through a messenger.
"As the still reigning Lord of this clan," The head male stated, looking away as he saw his daughter flinch. "I am responsible for the betrothal of all females in my care, which includes your child, if it shall be female." He said, turning back to his daughter. "Had Tsuyoshi not passed, then he would be making these decisions now." He said, noticing the lone tear that formed in his daughter's eye at the mention of her deceased mate.
"He would have at least told me, or consulted me." The princess said, dropping her eyes down to uneaten food she pushed around.
"Perhaps, but the other Lords left me little choice. If I had not made the decision as soon as I did, it would have been lost. This binding will strengthen our clan far beyond any other binding." The male said, though he understood how his daughter must feel about the matter. Many females were against the betrothal of themselves and especially their daughters, and in most families betrothals were becoming less common, but being in a royal family it was a matter of business and what is best for the clan.
The princess seemed to want to say something but held it back; instead she just began to take small bites of her meal.
"Honey, perhaps it will be a male, and we shall not have to worry about it." The Lady of the clan said, placing her hand on her daughter's.
"Who is it? Who is my child's betrothed?" The princess said, looking from her mother to her father.
The father looked down, obviously not wanting to answer the question. He knew the answer would infuriate the daughter, but it was the only choice he had. Though sometimes there were changes, royalty of the Ryu clans were often betrothed to royalty of the four clans. Along with their Ryu-Inu clan of the West there were three other Ryu clans: the Ryu-Tori Clan of the East, the Ryu- Okami Clan of the North, and the Ryu-Neko Clan of the South. Unfortunately all the other clans had mostly daughters, and the two males were already mated.
"Lord Sesshomaru of the Western Lands." The male said, leaning back in his chair. He let out a sigh and prepared himself for what was coming.
"That arrogant bastard? You send my child to him of all people?" The princess said, standing up from her seat so fast that the chair she was in fell over. "He's already over a century, and not to mention he is pure evil and arrogant and…"
"Enough, you will not speak ill of the future mate of your child." The male said, eyeing the daughter with a sharp look. "Sit back down." He said and waiting until she did so. "Now I know that our clan have not been on the best of terms with the Western Lands as of late, but this union will help that."
"You know that he is only upset that he could not have me as his mate, and now he is making up for it by trying to take my child!" The princess shouted, placing a hand over the forming bulge in her stomach.
"Perhaps, but we do not have another choice." The male said, his eyes narrowing as he noticed his daughter about to speak out again. "Enough! This conversation ends here. If the child is female she will be formally betroth at the next Royal Ball, which is being held in Western Palace." He said, going back to his food.
The princess' eyes filled with tears of anger and sadness, as she stood up again. She looked at her father with motherly rage before running out of the dining hall.
"I was the same when you told me about her betrothed." The Lady said, looking from where her daughter had left to her husband.
"Indeed you were, she just needs time as you did. Eventually she will come to see the benefits of this." The male said, looking at his wife. The female made a sound of agreement and they returned to eating, the sound of things being thrown about coming from the floor above.
~XxX~
'Flying is amazing.' I barked out, turning another flip in the sky. I was enjoying the ability of flight in my true form. Out of all the demon abilities I had learned I had, flying was probably my favorite. I remember my philosophy teacher once saying that humans forever pursued two things: immortality and flight. I now had one and something pretty close to the other. I could fly, and I had learned the life span of demons. Despite human misconceptions that demons were immortal, Kilala had told me they did have a life span. Only demons had a life span over ten times that of a regular human.
It had been a month since I first came to feudal era. I wouldn't say that I had completely adjusted, but I was definitely better suited than the first day I spent here. I eventually had to give up my old clothing and bought a nice kimono here. I couldn't see how Kagome stood being in such tight and revealing clothing. The kimono was nothing special, just a simple black kimono. I was able to pay extra and have the lady put the same symbol from my pendant onto the back of kimono. The paw print was done in red and the dragon done in white. I had ripped the sleeves off, and cut the bottom so that it stopped just below my knees. It had one long slit that ran from the bottom to a few inches below my waist that allowed me to run better in it.
Having Kilala as a teacher was turning out to be a great and fun experience, and I wouldn't have had it any other way. I had decided since the others, especially Inuyasha, were bent on not trusting me, I wouldn't go out of my way to make them trust me. Instead me and Kilala would often transform and fly off to train in different areas. They group always had the same look when we would return with minor injuries.
To be honest the rest of the group was beginning to trust me, it was Inuyasha that wanted to remain untrusting. The rest of the group had come to understand that I needed to learn self-defense and more about being a demon, and they realized that Kilala was the best on for the job. So they usually didn't say anything when we would break off to go train.
There was one part about returning to the group that kept me happy. Ever since the first time we returned from training, I made it my mission to 'accidently' land on Inuyasha, and each time I would say something like "I guess I just haven't gotten the landing down" or "I thought you were a red boulder".
"How do we know she hasn't killed Kilala? How would Sango feel if we just stayed around here doing nothing while she hurts or kills Kilala?" Inuyasha grumbled, stomping around. I could just barely make out his red clashing against the natural scenery.
"Do you smell Kilala's blood?" Sango asked, worry clear in her voice. I looked up to where Kilala flew a few feet ahead of me and saw that the neko could sense her companion's worry as well.
'Let's land before Inuyasha convinces them to exterminate you.' Kilala said and I nodded. I made sure to keep a good grip on my staff as we descended. I looked like I was bringing back a stick from an extreme game of fetch. Kilala told me that if I was holding onto the weapon when I changed, I wouldn't have to worry about carrying it around. I asked how that worked, and even she didn't know.
"Ha! I smell Kilala's blood!" Inuyasha growled. "And Kazuko's!" He pulled the dull sword out, and my eyes widened slightly as I watched it transform back into the giant fang.
'I think we're too late.' I said, as we got closer.
"There she is! Kilala's trying to get away from her!" Inuyasha shouted and the others looked up to see us. Now that I thought about it, with Kilala injured and flying ahead of me, and my fangs showing from holding my weapon, it probably did look like I was chasing her.
As we landed I tried to stop, I honestly did, but that didn't work out so well. I hadn't gotten down landing and ended up crashing into Inuyasha, while Kilala landed in front of Sango. A cloud of dust rose after I landed and I ended up flat on my stomach. I groaned and sat up in a sitting position, and looked around at the others. I could see them all looking at me with confused and suspicious eyes. I could see Kagome, Sango, and Miroku, looking at me that way, and Kilala looked amused.
'Wait, where is Inuyasha?' I thought when I saw Kilala point her nose to the ground under me.
I looked down to see Inuyasha squashed under me. 'Oh, found him. It looks like he's good for something, all that hot air in him makes him a soft place to land.' I barked getting off of the raging half-breed. Kilala purred in amusement and I stepped back just in time for Inuyasha's sword to miss my chest.
"Why you mangy dog!" Inuyasha growled and charged at me swinging his sword again.
'I'm the dog?' I growled, evading his attacks. 'You smell like you haven't bathed since you were born!' I barked, though I knew he couldn't understand me.
Kilala tried jumping in the way, but that only put her in the way of his next attack. I sped up and pushed Kilala out of the way, and felt the sword slash my side.
"Got you." The half-demon said as he raised his sword to attack again when I stumbled from the wound.
"Sit boy!" I heard Kagome yell and I couldn't see how that would help. Well at least not until I saw the rosary around Inuyasha's neck glow, then watched him slam into the ground, face first.
'Now that was cool.' I whined, smiling and walking over to the edge of the crater that Inuyasha was now in. 'Who was the mangy dog again?' I barked before heading over to Kilala. 'How do I change back?' I asked, tired and wanting to explain everything before Inuyasha got up.
'Imagine closing the cage you opened.' Kilala said, taking my staff from me so I could change back.
'Inner demon?' I thought, and once again felt myself floating in space staring into the red eyes. 'I want to change back.'
As you wish. I heard, and then felt as if the power were being retracted back into me.
When I opened my eyes again I looked down to see my hands and legs. "Thanks Kilala." I said retrieving my staff from the neko and petting her on the head.
Luckily the group had let me explain everything before attacking again. I don't think they fully believed me, but Kilala nodded along with my story, so they went with it.
Inuyasha had been against me traveling with them, but I told him I was coming whether he wanted or not. I needed training somehow and Kilala was the only teacher I had, plus I didn't know much about this world and wanted to find clues to where I came from.
I was pulled from my thoughts as Kilala collided with me in the air and I went crashing to the ground. It was worth it though; as I looked down to see I had landed on Inuyasha. This one an accident, this time. The others held in their laughter the best they could, everyone except for Shippo. He leapt onto my head and laughed at Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha you look like an idiot." Shippo giggled, from his new found safety spot. He had learned that hiding with me was easier than hiding with Kagome. With Kagome, he always got hit before she said 'sit'.
"Why you little runt!" Inuyasha said leaping for the young fox. I took to the air careful of the kit on my head. Inuyasha fell, face forward as he missed. With me, the kit got to avoid getting hit all together and keep up his jokes.
"You don't mind me riding with you for a while, Kazuko?" The kit asked as he moved from my head to my back.
'Not at all little one.' I growled and he laughed in enjoyment. Everyone had come to see that Shippo could understand me and Kilala just fine, since he was a youkai. It had explained why he would often be talking to Kilala; they had thought it was harmless kid's play until they learned the truth.
"Kagome do you sense any shards?" Inuyasha demanded angrily as he watched Shippo make faces at him from my back.
"No Inuyasha and the villagers said the demon lives in the mountains. We won't reach the base of the mountians for at least a day." Kagome said, looking up to me with a smile. Kagome and I had discussed Shippo when I had gone back home briefly for a week. I had learned that I would most likely spend more time here, at least till I could learn about where I came from. So I went back to Kagome's time to sign over everything, money and cars and everything else, to Emi. I sent her a letter telling her I was going to tour the world and wouldn't be back. While I was there, Kagome had brought up the topic of Shippo to me.
"It's good for him to have a full demon in his life. I can only provide so much comfort and help for him, but he needs a full demon that can help him out. Besides, I think your instincts kick in when you're with him anyway."
I remember her saying this when we were at my house, and she had a point. When I was with the fox kit, I could feel myself doing things that I didn't know I could do. I had found that I could move my tail to curl around the kit. Kilala also explained to me that I could make my demonic aura comforting as I had done once when Inuyasha hit Shippo. It was all fine and good, I didn't really have a problem with. The small fox was fun and adorable, and the fact that he annoyed Inuyasha was a bonus.
Also while I was home, I had been able to buy a black, studded collar and put my pendant on it. I wasn't sure why, but when I transformed, the collar and pendant didn't disappear. They simply grew in size to accommodate my new form.
"Well I still don't see why she has to come along." I really was tired of Inuyasha grumbling about me. I snorted in annoyance before an idea came to me.
'Shippo, can you ride with Kilala for a moment? I want to teach Inuyasha a lesson.' I asked, looking over my shoulder at the kit.
"Sure." He said, jumping onto Kilala's back.
I lowered myself until I was just behind Inuyasha. He turned to look at me with a scowl.
"What do you want now?" He grumbled.
I lifted my paws up so that they were on his shoulder and gave him the most serious look I could in this form.
"I said what…" He stopped as I charged my body.
A light blue light surrounded my body and soon covered Inuyasha's body as I shocked him. His hair frizzed out and a small trail of smoke was coming off him when I pulled away.
I had learned than in this form I could use my electric abilities in three ways. I could expel electricity from my entire body, an attack used when I body slammed an opponent. I could create balls of lighting and shoot them, like fireballs, only with electricity; and I could create a barrier around me made of electricity.
"What was that for?" Inuyasha yelled swiping his claws at me. I didn't move and simply charged my body again, so that when he touched me he was shocked again.
The group couldn't hold in their laughter this time, and soon the road was filled with their laughter. Above me I could hear Shippo laughing and Kilala purring with amusement.
Inuyasha mumbled something about 'traitors' but didn't push anymore. Feeling as if I had gotten my point across, I returned to flying beside Kilala.
"That was funny." Shippo said, still laughing as he jumped back onto my back.
'Agreed.' Kilala roared, flying a bit higher and narrowing her eyes. She opened her mouth to roar again, but this one was a warning instead of speaking.
'What is it?' I asked, flying to where she was and looking where she was. I couldn't see anything. 'I don't see anything.'
'Nekos have better sight than Inus so you may not be able to see it, but use your nose. What do you scent?' She said, turning her eyes to look at me briefly, but keeping her attention on whatever had her worked up.
I lifted my head and began to sniff. At first all I could smell was the usual smells of the country side: trees, dirt, small animals, and occasional low level demons. As I focused harder, I could smell the group below us, but I was sure that they weren't what Kilala meant. My eyes narrowed as I concentrated harder, and found what Kilala was talking about. I could scent a demon that was powerful. He kind of smelled like Inuyasha, just without the human scent mixed in.
'It is a full Inu demon?' I barked, not sure if that was what Kilala meant. She nodded her head and continued to stare in the direction.
'That is Lord Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's older half-brother. They share the same father. He is constantly coming after Inuyasha for the Tessaiga.' Kilala said, and I could sense that it was not a good thing.
'Lord Sesshomaru? What is he lord of?' I asked, not sure of demon politics. We hadn't gotten to that part yet.
'He's the lord of the Western Lands. It looks like he's headed straight for our group.' As Kilala spoke the demon in question can into view and I could see that he was walking down the same road towards the group.
"Sesshomaru's here? Should I tell Inuyasha?" Shippo asked, and I could sense that the kit felt uneasy. Again I felt my demonic aura instinctually begin to comfort the kit.
'Yes, we should land, so that the group isn't caught unaware.' Kilala answered and began to descend. I followed, a bit disappointed that I had to give up my flight time.
"Inuyasha! Sesshomaru is on his way here and he's close!" Shippo yelled as soon as we touched down on the ground.
"What was that?" Inuyasha said turning towards us.
"While we were flying, Kilala saw him and Kazuko smelled him." Shippo said, jumping onto my head so that he was eye level with the half-demon and pointing in the direction we had seen Sesshomaru.
"What does that bastard want?" Inuyasha grumbled, turning to see where the kit was pointing. "He's probably just after Tessaiga again."
I was going to ask what was so special about the sword, when I was suddenly hit with a strong demonic aura. Kilala had been right; I didn't need training to know this aura was one to be careful around. The entire group came to a stop as they must have felt it. Inuyasha drew Tessaiga and it transformed into the giant fang.
"Kazuko," Kagome whispered coming beside me. "Maybe you should stay in that form, who knows what Sesshomaru might do. It'll be better this way if things lead to a fight." I nodded, she had a point. If a demon that strong wanted to fight, my best chance would be to do it in this form. I still hadn't learned much on fighting in my other form.
Kagome returned to standing beside Inuyasha just as a figure walked out from the tree line. The white clad demon practically screamed elegance and power. With the sun setting behind him, he looked like something straight out of a romance movie; his silver hair, the fancy clothing, the two swords, the silver fluff that was over his should, and the golden eyes that were looking straight at me.
Strength. My inner beast practically purred and I couldn't disagree. Then I realized for him to have come after the sword, he didn't even seem to be paying any attention to Inuyasha.
'Is he looking at me?' I thought moving a bit to the side, then back to where I was. The golden orbs followed each movement, and I got my answer.
"Hey, ya bastard! What do you want?" The golden eyes turned from me to Inuyasha.
"I see you have a new addition to your pack half-demon." Wow, even his voice radiated the same elegance and power his body held.
"So what of it? It's no concern of yours." Inuyasha defended. I wasn't sure if he was defending because he actually liked having me in the group or if he was doing it to get at his brother. I'm going to pretend it was the former.
'Aw aren't you so sweet.' I barked in a teasing manner. The Inu demon looked at me, and I guessed he could understand me. 'Hi.' I barked lightly, since he was now giving me the most intense stare I had ever experienced. He didn't say anything, but lifted one silver eyebrow.
"You just going to stand there or you want to fight?" Inuyasha said raising his sword and pointing the tip at the demon.
"Hn," was all the silver demon said, before he turning and disappearing back into the trees.
"That was odd." Sango said, after a few minutes.
"Maybe he was genuinely curious." Miroku said, before a loud slap was heard.
"Pervert!" Sango said storming off. Kilala followed after her companion.
"It was worth the pain." Miroku said now sporting a large, red mark on the side of his face.
"Well this is as good a place as any, so let's set up here for the night." Kagome said, putting her bag down. "Inuyasha can you go get some fire wood?" She asked sweetly and the half-demon walked off to do as asked.
"I'll go assist him." Miroku said, heading off after Inuyasha.
'Shippo, can you tell Kagome I'm going for a walk? I should be back before the food is ready.' I said to the kit.
Shippo nodded as he jumped onto Kagome's shoulder and relayed the message.
"Ok, Kazuko." Kagome said, beginning to pull packs of ramen from her bag.
I noticed Sango and Kilala had headed south, and Inuyasha and Miroku had headed north. 'That leaves east or west.' I looked between the two directions. 'West it is.' I thought heading in the western direction.
As I walked I couldn't help but think about the golden eyes that had seemed so focused on me.
Strength is good in a potential mate. My inner beast said, and I had a puzzled look.
'What is a mate?' I pondered, not paying attention to where I was headed. Suddenly I could smell the same scent from before. 'Sesshomaru?' I thought, not realizing I was following the scent. 'Wait, I also smell water.' I thought, half a second before I went crashing into a river. I began splashing around until I could pull myself to shore. I lifted my upper body out of the water, groaning as I felt my fur growing heavy from the water. Just my luck, that as I looked up I was met with golden ones.
It seemed like hours that my violet eyes stared into his golden ones. It wasn't until a fish brushed against my paw that I remembered I was still half in a river. Grunting I hauled myself completely out of the river and shook off.
"Who are you and why do you travel with my brother's pack." I don't know why, but I hadn't really expected him to say anything. I thought he would just stare and leave like before.
'It's a long story. I doubt you're interested.' I grumbled, internally wishing that I could warm myself. I enjoyed my electric abilities, but right now I wish I had fire ones, more than just the wings. As if on key I felt my fur heating up, and even saw a faint red glow coming from the tips of my fur. In a few seconds I was back to how I was before, though a little frizzy now.
His silver brow arched as he noticed the heated air around me. His eyes then traveled down to my collar and rested on the pendant on my neck.
"You are of the Ryu-Inu clan, interesting." He said softly, almost as if he was talking more to himself than me.
'You know of my clan?' I asked, and I'm pretty sure his head moved slightly in a nod. 'Please, if you know of my clan, tell me!' I said stepping forward slightly. I hadn't meant to sound so excited and desperate, but this was the first new development in a while. 'I need to know where I come from, so please tell me any information about my clan that you know!'
"If you wish to know information on the clan, then you must first tell me who you are. I will not give information out to one I do not know." He sounded the same as before but somehow smugger than I liked, but I wanted to know about my clan.
'Fine, my name is Kazuko.' I started and prepared to tell my story, but Sesshomaru interrupted me.
"Not now, the half-breed draws near." He said.
Sure enough, when I scented the air I could smell Inuyasha coming towards us and at a quick speed.
"I will not be within the company of the half-breed longer than necessary." He said turning and beginning to disappear into the trees.
'Wait,' I barked. 'You're the only one I know who has information.'
He stopped briefly to turn and look at me, again his golden orbs holding a powerful intensity to them.
"If you truly want information, then return here tomorrow when the moon is as high as it is now. Come in your demoness form." Was all he said before he disappeared from sight, his presence disappearing as well.
I watched amazed, until I remembered Inuyasha was coming. I knew if he found me hear with Sesshomaru's scent around me, he would use it as another reason to not trust me. Luckily the fall in the river had washed away my scent, so I took to the sky and flew back to camp. I made sure to check the moon position before touching down and turning back to my demoness form.
Inuyasha returned shortly after. He looked at me briefly but didn't say anything. The rest of the night went by uneventful. I retired to leaning against a tree, and Inuyasha, as always, jumped onto a branch above me. While everyone else slept I couldn't keep the silver demon with golden eyes out of my mind.
"Tomorrow when the moon is as high as it is now."
His words continued to float through my mind, and I fell asleep to images of silver and gold.
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