Queens and Lords by mrskcgoodman

Chapter 1 War

Queens and Lords

Chapter 1 War

Disclaimer: Trust me if I owned Sesshoumaru he would be my mate and we would be living the good life in Japan instead of daydreaming.

The battle raged on into the desert night. Swords crashing against each other filled the midnight air. Fire burned the temple of Anubis and the priest and priestess were slain. The rush to protect the royal family proved to be futile. All twenty young princes and princesses lay in their sleeping quarters, slaughtered in cold blood. The concubines and loyal servants were poisoned so that there was no link of the treason to the guards. Revolution and riots sprung up all around the capitol of Egypt. The African-Inuyoukai was being over turned by the panther tribe of Nubia. They wanted to rule Egypt and purge the land of all Inuyoukai.

"Your highnesses, we must make haste. The boat is leaving." InuAkin said as he led the remainder of the royal family to safety. InuAkin, the lead advisor to the pharaoh as well as royal guard to Queen InuAsantewa, lived up to his name as a warrior. His ebony black skin was the perfect camouflage to the night sky. The tall youkai's brown eyes glowed green at the intrusion of light coming from the fires. His rottweiler face and humanoid body looked like Anubis the ruler of the underworld himself. His gold and blue helmet and golden breast plate armor shined beneath the moon. The white cloth that wrapped around his waist whispered as he ran faster. The twitching of his muscles at each loud sound showed its alertness. Save the royal family his inner beast commanded. The white shield he held over his and the princess' head to protect them from any falling debris.

"InuAkin take InuYaa to the boat. We will stay and fight. I refuse to cower to this vermin." InuJaja commanded. As the pharaoh of Egypt he must fight. He and his warrior queen knew that this day would come. King InuJaja also resembled a rottweiler as well. The only thing that set the pharaoh apart from the guards was his royal clothing. His blue and gold headpiece had a gold cobra on the front of his forehead. The bright gold, red and blue armor crisscrossed his chest. Two gold and blue arm bands covered both biceps. Opaque white pleated cloth and a colorful golden belt was draped around his waist.

"King InuJaja I refuse. I will die by your hands before I allow any harm to befall you. Let us go." InuAkin said.

All three youkai ran with all their might to the boat docked at the Nile. Once there, they went below deck and set sail to Japan. There were very few Inuyoukai powerful enough to aid them in battling the panther tribe. Only one demon could, and that was Lord Sesshoumaru.

"Tell me husband, why are we going to Japan? Are you certain that He will aid us?" Queen InuAsantewa asked. The beautiful queen was a warrior but did not enjoy running in her gold pleated gown, collar adorned with rare jewels and cape. Her golden crown was a heavy, but necessary accessory that encased her braided brown tresses. She sat down taking her leather sandals off and stared at her husband.

InuAsantewa beauty rivaled Queen Makeda, the historic queen of Sheba who stole King Solomon's heart so much so that he wrote a complete song about her. Unlike the male African-Inuyoukai, the females had a complete human look. Her bronze skin and bright brown eyes proved that she was a fierce warrior. Her contrasting smile and warm demeanor made her regal in every way. Her full rosy lips could damn or save a life. Her confidence radiated in her aura. She was a queen, there was no doubting that.

"Love, we can only hope at this point that Lord Sesshoumaru is honorable and loyal to the Inuyoukai. I just pray to Ra that InuYaa won't have our heads for offering her to him," he said looking over the sleeping form of his daughter.

InuYaa, the only biological daughter of Queen InuAsantewa, is the most beautiful youkai in Africa. Creamy toffee skin, long elegant neck, almond shaped eyes and plump lips made human as well as youkai males fall to their knees. The nearly sheer linen fabric flowed over her curves. The teal and golden collar held up the white gown as a sheer red cape draped her shoulders. Her eyes, unlike her parents, were grey-silver. Long flowing silver hair worn in small braids cascaded down her back. The heavy eyeliner and red eye shadow drew attention to them. The sheer gown clung to her Nile-like voluptuous body. Two slits on each side revealed her strong smooth legs. Her round buttocks was perfectly shaped like an onion and inviting to the eyes. Her body flowed from her seductive eyes to her juicy lips down to her long neck to her plump breast. Next was her flat stomach around her hour glass shape. Last her long legs to her perfect feet.

Tired from the long exodus, she slept peacefully under the watchful eyes of her parents. Her dreams took her back to a time of peace in Egypt. She stood proudly in her golden form fitting sparring outfit. Her father trained her with two scimitars, Ankue, the goddess of war and Khonsu, the god of the moon. She dreamed of being a formidable warrior queen like her mother. She practiced her kata's gracefully with her father.

In her dream, her father spoke to her. "InuYaa you are growing stronger. Come daughter, let us spar." InuJaja suggested. He stood poised to attack in red with Shu, his doubled-edge battle axe named after the god of air. InuYaa stood with her right hand above her head and her left hand at her side while InuJaja stood with his battle axe low and open for her attack. Both waiting for an opening, they stalked each other slowly. She blinked and he attacked. He swung around in a circle with his axe rotating fluidly with him. She flipped out of the way and lands crouching low. InuJaja's axe swung until he stopped and rested it on his shoulder. InuYaa began to stalk him again. He swings low and she jumps onto the swinging axe running up the handle and uses her scimitar as scissors at her fathers head. At the last second he threw her up against the wall. Stepping back, InuJaja began to twirl his axe above his head keeping a steady eye on her movements.

They commenced lessons for hours. Their movements were so fast, all that was seen were blurs of red and gold as they struck each others weapons. The last attack InuYaa attempted in cutting her father down with a low kick to the chest. InuJaja countered her move by grabbing her by the neck and throwing her against the wall and his axe pinned her.

"All right InuYaa you have done well. Next time do not get over zealous," InuJaja advised. He reached over and picked her up. "Go tend to your wounds and meet with your mother for supper."

While InuYaa was sleeping the boat sailed up from the Nile to the Red Sea going out towards the Arabian Sea. They traveled towards the Indian Ocean in four days under their youkai rowing navy. During the trip, InuJaja and InuAsantewa were planning on exactly how they were going to ask Lord Sesshoumaru to help them win back Egypt.

"InuJaja, word is that the council is making a decree for Sesshoumaru to find a mate within four moons. We are giving him the gift of our InuYaa."

"Yes we are, but still there is no guarantee that he will help us or take InuYaa as his mate. All we can do is pray." InuJaja said with worry on his face.

A/N: First I would like to thank Heather for being my beta. This story came to me from another person who has read my previous fics. I wanted to give sesshomaru170 props on her suggestion. Last as much as I want hold my story hostage like other authors are doing I won't I just hope that you all will enjoy and write a review.