Be careful what you wish for by darkcrescent

Your wish is my command..

'Be Careful what you wish for'

Chapter One

Your wish is my command

Sesshomaru sat in his office brooding. His head reclining again one of the shojo screens as he listened to the thunder, and rain just outside and taking in the comforting smell of ink, aged scrolls, and wood. In between his fingers he held a small,pink sliver of a gem. A sacred jewel shard. 'Hn. So this is what everyones after,ne? They say this jewel has the power to grant ones wishes..ridiculous.' He thought over this as he twirled the shard between his thumb and fore finger,remembering how he came into possession of it. One of the lesser lords on his lands had tried yet again to pawn one of his daughters on him in hopes of gaining a better title. As a parting gift, and Sesshomaru imagined a means to try and win his favor, he'd given Sesshomaru the jewel piece. 'Pathetic, this Sesshomaru cannot be bought' ,He thought.

It was always the same. Either lords were throwing there daughters at him, or some bitch in heat demoness was chasing after him, all hungry for a prize mate and more importantly, the title of Lady of the Western Lands. He was beyond tired of it all. 'If this pathetic spec of rock could really grant wishes then I wish for a woman that would fit my standards. She should be powerful,yet gentle; have alittle spunk to her..almost cocky even, yet submissive. She must be loyal,and trustworthy. Fair, and accepting of Rin. Also brave and able to carry her own. Yes, that is what I wish for. Such a woman would be worthy of the title my mate will carry. Then all these pathetic bitches would leave me alone.' With that thought, the shard began to glow a bright pink, and flew from Sesshomaru's hand. 'odd..' Just then a bright light flashed through the room basking the space, and everything within it , in a blinding pink and white glow; temporally blinding the tai-youkai. When the light faded, and his vision returned, Sesshomaru saw the figure of a woman where the light generated from. Once his vision fully cleared, he recognized the woman with much disgust...it was the miko. His hanyo, half-brothers bitch. "What the heck? Where am I?" she said, then turned around to fully coming face to face with him. A look of horror overcame her lovely face. "Eeep.......Just great..what now?" she squeaked in fear.

Her she was, standing kami knows where, in front of one of her groups greatest enemies. What scared her the most though was the look of horror on Sesshomaru's face. The Taiyoukai of the west showing any emotion, let alone fear, meant nothing good.

Sesshomaru could not believe his eyes. There, on his brothers wenches forehead was a silvery-blue crescent moon, outlined in navy blue....the markings of the Lady of the Western lands. Seeing his family's' sacred crest on such filth, a ningen made his blood start to boil. What was the meaning of this? The idea crossed his mind that he was possibly loosing his sanity; yet he quickly discarded the idea. One such as him was too powerful to fall into mental illness.

A thought crossed his mind then. If there was the crest, how was she connected?

His eyes traveled down to her neck/shoulder junction. Almost unnoticeable in the shadows, slightly hidden under the collar of her scandalous excuse of a top were two identical puncture wound scars. There it was... his mark. 'H-how can this be? Surely it's some trick' he thought. His eyes glazed over with anger, and hatred. 'How dare she try to fool this Sesshomaru!' he raged. "Wench, what is this trickery?" he growled as he stalked up to her. "E-Excuse me? trickery...nani?" She questioned. Sesshomaru snarled at her, red seeping into his eyes as the beast within fought for control. "Do NOT play with me wench! You mock this Sesshomaru?What trickery is this?!" he growled.

"First off, Mr. High and mighty, my names not wench. Nor is it any other foul name you conjure up, my name is Kagome Higurashi. Though Ms. Higurashi will also suffice, got that!! Second off, nani? You should be one to talk. I want to know where I am! and how the hell I got here right now, or I'll purify your ass to hell and back, got me bucko!" she yelled, slightly damaging his hearing with her yelling. In all honesty, she really didn't have a death wish, but for some odd reason, he didn't scare her as much as he should have, and him being a jerk to her, which was nothing new, really pissed her off. "Silence Miko! How is it that you bear the markings of these lands, along with my own?" He growled, then grabbed Kagome by the neck holding her roughly in the air. She grabbed onto his wrist, pulling at it , as breathing became more difficult with his attack. "I-I d-don't know...w-what your..talking about." she chocked out. "LIES!! You will tell this Sesshomaru, or, you will die!" he yelled. Seeing as she didn't reply, He decided to rid himself of the deceitful onna. His hand closed tightly around her throat, cutting off her air supply, and soon , with more force, would crush her fragile ningen bones. 'Good.' he thought 'One less nuisance to bother this Sesshomaru, soon Inuyasha will fall to such a demise as well'. As she started to turn blue, her eyelids fluttering as darkness started to creep into the edges of her consciousness, he felt a sharp pain in his arm, causing him to drop her. Shock fell over the Taiyoukai. 'Did my beast just...bite me?....Ridiculous.' he thought.

With that, he turned his thoughts inward , looking upon the more privative version of himself, in its large youkai form. There stood the beast, snarling at him and gnashing its teeth in warning. He glared at the stupid animal , using his strength to try and subdue it, but to no prevail. 'Beast, what's the meaning of this!' he growled. //Grrrr...you will not harm what is ours!!// it roared, enforcing its point by stomping a gigantic paw firmly on the ground. ' What is OURS!' he replied in disbelief. Surely it didn't mean the miko! But the animal snorted its confirmation at his thoughts. 'Oh you can't be serious.' Sesshomaru replied with a mocking laugh. The beast glared at him in response, //You mock me master?// it questioned. 'You fool. She has tricked you. The onna does not belong to us; she is using her abilities to deceive you.'

Deciding that the beast would realize his mistake once rid of the pesky girl, he tuned back into reality, where the miko,was curled into a heap in the corner of the room , coughing.

Swiftly, he rushed toward her drawing his sword tokijin as he did. He raised it above her head, but before he was able to carry out the deadly blow, the beast once again attacked his person. A searing pain shot first through hos arm, then his chest. 'DEFIANT MONGREL!! CEASE THIS FOOLISHNESS AT ONCE!' he yelled at the giant dog. //Master will NOT harm mate!!!// it roared. 'WHAT! Mate? Have you gone mad! This pathetic ningen is not our mate!' he yelled. The beast snorted at him then grinned. //She is mate. She smells like mate, looks like mate, has mark of mate. Mate is mate.// it replied casually, giving him a look that clearly stated it thought him a fool. Sesshomaru's inner self pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a headache fastly approaching. 'And how prey tell to explain her being such. Surely we would remember rutting with the bitch, ne? Your reasoning has cracks in it baka' he sighed. The giant dog rolled its giant red eyes at him. //No master, YOU are baka. Mate is mate, how? I dunno, was your stupid wish.// it snorted.

Suddenly, it hit him, Sesshomaru nearly fell over in shock. His eyes grew wide with the realization. "No." he said out loud. 'It couldn't be, impossible!' he thought. He replayed the moment he made the joke of a wish in his head; not possible. Though it did match. He remembered how after he'd vocalized his sarcastic joke of a wish, the shard had reacted... 'then the miko appeared' his mind supplied. But he'd wished for a Youkai mate, not a ningen brat!

//No master, you never said mate must be youkai. You said mate must be powerful,gentle,submissive, spunky, loyal , trustworthy, and must like Rin, yes? Mate is all these things master.// 'Powerful?! T-That bitch is ANYTHING but powerful! She's a ningen for kami's sake!' Sesshomaru yelled. His beast outright laughed at him. // Riigght.// it mocked,

// Thats why she's been able to stop you from killing the half-breed, AND protect herself in battle time and time again? Not to mention she can purify the most tainted of shards, heal her pack, and kill a demon with a single purifying arrow.// It said in its best mocking tone.

Though he thought the beast was stretching things a bit, he had to admit it was true.

For a ningen, hell even for a demoness the Miko was quite strong. What she lacked in brute strength, she more than made up for in spiritual powers, and the strength of her spirit. Still though, the wish was made in pure jest. Not to mention that from what he'd heard didn't the shikon need to be whole to grant wishes? At that the beast had a puzzled look, //maybe it wanted to help master.// the animal replied.

Though this explained much, he still disliked, no detested the idea. Knowing now that killing the onna wasn't an option, not only would his beast not hear of it, but it would destroy him as well; he figured the next best thing to do would be return the girl to her pack. That's exactly what he was going to do.

Coming out of his deep thought, he glanced over at the Miko cowering in the corner, her eyes dashing about in seek of an escape route. "Miko,...get up. Such cowering is disgraceful for one of your status." he ordered in his oh so cold tone(of course the status he was implying wasn't what she was thinking, hehehe). At first Kagome looked shocked, then anger flooded over her usually bright face. "Well excuse me! I'm sorry if I'm DISGRACEFUL, LORD Sesshomaru, but after nearly being CHOKED to death that's not exactly the first thing on my mind JERK!!" she yelled sarcastically. After he banter she stood up tall , snubbed her nose a him, and poked a finger in his chest, "and where exactly in the seven hells AM I!" she yelled.

Anger flooded once again over the demon lord, "You will never address this Sesshomaru with such disrespect, nor touch my person wench!" he growled... After seeing her head droop in response, a common Inu form of submission(though she didn't know this) he turned toward to doors. Glancing back at her he said "you will follow this Sesshomaru. Once the storm subsides, I will be returning you to your pack." then opened the screen, and started walking down the hallway to the spare guest rooms. When he noticed the Miko wasn't following him he let out an aggravated sigh. Turning back to her he noticed a look of shock on her face. "Yes Miko?" he asked in an edgy tone. She seemed to snap out of her dazed then. "Ano..y-your not going to kill me?...a-and your gonna bring me to my friends?!" she said with supprise. "hnn." he smirked darkly "as much as the idea of ridding the world of your nonsense appeals to me, you shall remain alive while in this Sesshomarus' care." "Arigato Sesshomaru-sama." she said, then bowed low in gratitude. "Hai, now follow" he ordered and this time she did.

Once they arrived at a large pair of red oak doors, he turned to face her. "You shall reside here for the rest of your stay in my home. While here, you might as well make use of yourself. You seem to be well educated, and Rin is coming of the age to start schooling. You will teach her, and be her playmate. There is a hotspring connected to your room, i trust you bathe regularly; and decent kimonos in the wardrobe. You will NOT dress in your typical whorish attire while in my palace, nor in front of my ward." and with that he left. 'WOW! And here I thought he was incapable of saying more than "DIE INUYASHA!", that was like a whole paragraph!' she thought. With slight apprehension, she turned to the large doors, closed her eyes and turned the handles. What she was expecting was at best servants quarters, but the room she was looking at was beyond amazing. It more than doubled the size of her room back home. The futon was large enough to hold three grown men, and a large canopy of sapphire silk hung around, and above it. Many delicate looking, and ornate pillows adorned it as well. There were gorgeous throw rugs placed thoughtfully on the rich red oak floors, and all the furniture appeared to be made of this. A shojo screen on the opposite wall had a slight bit of steam coming from underneath it, indicating the spring was behind it. The shojo screen walls were all adorned with gentle cherry blossoms painted on it. Kagome ran to the screen door of the springs and threw them open. The spring was just as grand. It seemed more like a pool in its size, and many smooth lounging rocks lined it. There were fragrant flowers, and rare trees lining the springs. Against the wall next to her was a desk holding many jars of soaps, oils, and such luxurious bathing supplies. She noticed a door across from hers probably leading to another bedroom. She walked back into hers, gently shutting the door behind her; then an up to her futon and flopped down on it with a squeal of delight. 'If your gonna get kidnapped Kagome, this was by FAR to way to do it!' she thought with a giggle, then drifted off to sleep from a most odd, and taxing day.