Chapter 1: The Encounter

Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Shippou were all walking through a forest that they didn't know they name of. They were looking for the youkai called Naraku. Kagome, walking her bike alongside her, Sango, with her giant boomerang, Miroku, with his long staff, and Shippou, who has a giant lollipop given to him by Kagome, all stopped to rest. It was almosr dark, the sky a bright red and orange. The humans decided that they could stop and make camp. Inuyasha, who was in the lead carrying his great sword by his side, kept going without even noticing his companion's sudden stop. He didn't go on for very long though. He stopped and turned around when he didn't hear anything behind him and saw Kagome and the others all sitting under a tree.

"What in the world are you all doing? We can't stop now!" Inuyasha yelled as he ran back to where they were sitting.

"Inuyasha, we have been walking all day. Shippou, Sango, Miroku, and I are not like you. We can't keep moving like that." Kagome answered exhaustedly.

"Well you should be more like me. That way we wouldn't have to stop every five minutes." Inuyasha answered quietly.

"We're only human, Inuyasha." Kagome said hotly, standing up.

"Well, can't you change that?" Inuyasha asked.

"Inuyasha, sit!" Kagome yelled as Inuyasha fell face first into the dirt from the force of the stress beads he was wearing.

"Why the hell do you do that all the time? It's really starting to get on my nerves." Inuyasha yelled at Kagome. Kagome looked even angrier than before.

"It's only to keep you under control." Kagome yelled. "I remember the time when I was in that hot spring and you were spying on me. It's to keep you from doing things like that. Besides, it can also protect you." Kagome stopped talking. Inuyasha looked at her.

"Well, maybe I don't need them." He answered, even more quietly.

"Fine. If you don't need them, then you don't need me." Kagome answered boldly. Inuyasha was shocked by this remark.

He was silent for what seemed a very long time. Finally he answered "Wha... well then, maybe I don't." With that he walked on down the forest path. Kagome sat back down, tears streeking down her smooth face while Miroku ran after Inuyasha to try to convince him to come back.

"Inuyasha, she didn't really mean it. She doesn't want you to leave." Miroku tried to provoke him to come back, but Inuyasha wasn't paying any attention.

He kept hearing Kagome in his head. "If you don't need them, then you don't need me." "I can't believe she said that to me. What was she thinking? She knows I need... wait, what am I saying? I don't need her. I can find Naraku by myself." Inuyasha just kept on walking, until finally, Miroku stopped following him and returned to the girls.

"What has gotten into him? He wasn't even listening to me. I don't think he heard a word I said." Miroku wondered aloud. Kagome was still crying a little, and she looked up as Miroku returned.

"Do you think he'll come back?" Sango asked, sitting beside Kagome.

"To tell you the truth..." Kagome was looking at him with hopeful eyes. "Yes, I think he'll come back." At this, Kagome smiled slightly and leaned on Sango's shoulder. She then fell asleep still leaning on her shoulder. Shortly after that the rest of the group fell asleep, leaving them unguarded.

Inuyasha was still walking on the same path, when he heard something in the bushes up ahead. He drew his long sword and it instantly turned into an enormous, wide sword.

Inuyasha walked over to the bush and shook it with his sword. "Come out, whoever you are." He yelled at the bush. Nothing happened. He tried again. "Come out, now! Don't make me have to hurt you." Still nothing happened, so very carefully, Inuyasha raised his sword and cut cleanly through the trunk of the bush.

There, hiding behind the bush, was a baby fox. He looked scared stiff. Inuyasha ignored the thing and walked on. He then heard the fox run across the path, behind him, into the trees.

He walked on for a while more and suddenly when he rounded a turn, there was a disturbance in the air. Inuyasha could feel it. He stopped dead in his tracks and looked around. Suddenly, right in front of him, he saw a tall young man with long silver hair and richly designed clothes. There, right in front of him, was his older brother, Sesshoumaru, with Jaken right behind him. "Sesshoumaru!"

Whoo hoo! First chapter done! This is my very first fanfiction so please go easy on the critisism. Ok, well wha'dya think so far? Reviews, ppl!