Disclaimer: I do not own any the characters in this story

Hey, everybody! Long time no see... well a really long time. But anyways, this story is the idea I came up with a long time ago but didn't have the time to write it. So, finally after few months here it is. Enjoy

Chapter 1

"The First Meeting"

Sesshoumaru opened his eyes when he sensed a disturbance in the air. The forest had become too silent for his taste and he didn't like it one bit. He slowly breathed in the scents surrounding him and tried to decipher anything that was out of place. But there was nothing and he became irritated, not liking the foreboding feeling he got. With grace that no other possessed he stood up straight and followed the noise his retainers were making not far away.

Soon, the forest again became rich with different sounds of animals and tenseness left his muscles when he felt life all around him. Just then, the wind picked up and lazily blew the scent of his pack to him. He didn't pay much attention to it, knowing were they were, but he froze when a very small amount of foreign scent invaded his sense. The scent didn't belong in his pack and his memory told him that he never came across that particular scent before. Then the scent started to disperse in the wind, leaving nothing behind.

Sesshoumaru quickened his steps and soon he was almost flying over the forest grounds, covering the distance between himself and his retainers in a matter of seconds. As he got closer, the muddled noises his retainers were making turned out to be hushed whispers between the green kappa and the small human child, who faithfully followed him around. Silently his feet touched the ground as he entered a clearing full of variety of flowers and he saw his ward and his retainer at the other end of the clearing where the gigantic trees started to grow.

"Rin" Sesshoumaru said simply, instantly getting the girl's attention. But the reaction he got from her was unusual, considering how she always exclaimed loudly and ran to greet him. The said girl only put her index finger in front of her mouth, asking him to be quiet. He raised an eyebrow with amusement but remained silent, while calmly walking up to them through the field of flowers. But Sesshoumaru stopped when he noticed what they where looking at.

On the ground few feet away from the girl was a female almost completely covered with a black cloak. The smell of flowers obscured the female's scent but his sharp nose still picked up hers easily from among the different plants. She was definitely human and he almost sighed, knowing that Rin wouldn't leave the woman behind. One look at the girl's pleading eyes confirmed his suspicion.

Ah-Un approached the demon lord, who was already picking the woman up with his mokomoko, and he stood calmly while the new load was deposited gently on his back. Mokomoko then wrapped itself around the demon's shoulder and the demon Lord signaled them to walk. Rin started to follow him but stopped when she saw something from the corner of her eye. She turned around and saw a pack like thing lying, almost hidden behind a tree. Quickly, picking it up, she ran in the direction her Lord went.

At dusk they found a good spot for camping and the grumbling imp got assigned to start the fire after the girl gathered wood for it. While the toad was blowing the small flame he managed to create, Rin went with Ah-Un to find some food for themselves. Finally, after his task of building fire was finished, the kappa started to glare at the thing that the wretched girl had found and tried to understand why his great Lord had brought the human they came across with them again. He watched as his Lord used his mokomoko to put the woman on the ground and to his outrage, the great demon left the white fur wrapped around the human. The grumbling started again but this time it was cut short when a piece of a rock came flying at him, hitting him straight on his forehead, rending him unconscious . Satisfied, Sesshoumaru sat against a tree and closed his eyes, relying on his other senses to alert him of danger, no matter how insignificantly small it was.

The last rays of the sun were completely gone when Rin happily ambled back in their small camp with Ah-Un right behind her. She sat down on the ground next to their new guest and put down the pack she found next to her. After that, she started to enjoy the variety of berries she had found with a big grin adoring her face. Soon enough, she was yawning and she put some more wood into the fire before quickly falling asleep on Ah-Un. Next to them, the kappa was already snoring loudly on the ground he fell. When the moon was very high, the demon Lord opened his eyes.

"Human" said Sesshoumaru, suddenly, glaring at the woman "This Sesshoumaru knows that you are conscious." He waited for her to speak but, to his slight irritation, she didn't respond. The demon intensified his glare and he started to tighten his mokomoko's hold on her.

"I would appreciate it if you would remove this thing" the woman said tensely, gritting her teeth. Slightly amused with her behavior, Sesshoumaru lessened the hold on her upper body but he kept mokomoko wrapped around her legs, to make sure she didn't run. He didn't have the patience to chase the woman, no matter how easy it was to catch human species. The woman sat up using her arms and turned to look at him with a scowl, which he clearly saw. He could almost feel her glare through her hood and it only made him more amused than annoyed with her disrespect.

"I give you my word that I won't escape" she said with a deceptive calmness. She started to flex her arms, clenching and unclenching her fists to return the blood circulation, all the while warily observing the male from beneath her hood, careful to make sure he didn't see her face.

"Your words are wasted, for no human can escape this Sesshoumaru" he said and released his hold on her legs. But the white fur stayed loosely wrapped around the woman, much to her annoyance but she didn't say anything.

"Judging by your way of speech and your very obvious arrogance, I say that you are some kind if a stuck up noble" she retorted with a snap, feeling angry that he was underestimating her, when he didn't even know her.

"Human, this Sesshoumaru spared you only on a whim, so you should be grateful" he glared at her, slowly losing his patience with her disrespectful tone.

"Only on a whim, huh." the woman said quietly to herself with a small bitter smile. Sesshoumaru said nothing, only observing her strange behavior. They sat in silence after that, only listening to the sounds of the burning wood. Suddenly, the kappa's one loud snore broke the tenseness of their silence. The woman sighed and looked at the snoring little demon, seemingly for the first time noticing what was around her, also noting a brown pack sitting next to her.

"What is that thing? Some kind of a mutated toad?" she asked with a frown, indicating the kappa. Sesshoumaru looked at the woman sharply, silently questioning her state of mind. Every human knew about demons and if they, for some kind of a forsaken reason, didn't, they never survived. And the woman before him didn't know about his kind when she had clearly been traveling in the forest infested with demons. He started to wonder how she even survived for that long.

"He is a demon" he answered, carefully observing her reaction. She, as he had guessed, seemed shocked with the way her mouth was opening and closing repeatedly. He almost chuckled because of the image she was creating, an enigma, completely covered in black, who at first had the air of indifference and dignity around her, now gapping at him like a fish. He was almost enjoying the moment. Finally, she had seemed to have found her resolve, and her lips formed a scowl. He wondered what the point of the hood was if everyone could read her emotions just by the expressions of her mouth.

"That is not possible for there are no free demons" she said with a knowing attitude "and all the small ones had been dead for hundreds of years." Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed at her answer and he almost growled with displeasure. Her strange attitude was starting to resemble the hanyou's wench, who clearly didn't know the meaning of modesty. He had a sudden impulse to choke her but decided against it, not wanting to waste his time.

"Woman," he sharply said "are you implying that this Sesshoumaru isn't a demon?" He growled, instantly getting her whole attention. The woman looked at him, as if it was her first time seeing him. He could almost feel her gaze lingering on his markings, especially the one on his forehead. "This Sesshoumaru is quite intrigued. Tell me, woman, how come you don't know about demons when it is a common knowledge? From what sort place do you come from that you seem to think that demons are almost extinct?" He inquired her further with other questions but when she didn't respond to any of them he didn't push her, letting her keep her little secrets, and knowing that in time all would be revealed. Again, they sat in silence, observing each other.

"Tomorrow we will travel far. Rest for now for you will need it" Sesshoumaru said, breaking their staring contest. He gazed at the fire, which was growing smaller, and threw some more wood in it, making it grow. He turned to look back at the woman when her movement caught his attention and his eyes almost widened with wonder. The said person had raised her arm to lower the hood she wore, revealing a shock of … pink hair, which seemed have the light of their own in the illumination of the fire. But what caught his attention the most were her piercing eyes, the color of a green acid, seemingly glowing in the dark. In all his years of life, he had never come across a human who had a coloring like her. It made him more curious from where she came from but he refrained from asking, knowing there would be no answer.

"Woman-" he started but stopped when she interrupted.

"Stop calling me that" she said with a cold calmness, her intense eyes piercing his. Sesshoumaru smirked, getting more intrigued with the strange woman, who had the audacity to disrespect him.

"Then, will you tell this Sesshoumaru you name" he said more than asked. The woman seemed to consider the question, while looking at him intently. Finally, she looked away with a sigh and answered.

"Haruno…Sakura"

End of Chapter 1

Well how was it? Good? Bad? Tell me. I am just experimenting with this idea, so I don't know if I should continue it