Chapter 1

It was as any other day; she had just finished catching her breakfast and was making her way back to her small hut. Ever since she was a little girl she had to take care of herself. No one would help her and no one wanted her in any village. She was sixteen and already knew more about herbs and healing then most trained miko's. 'I guess it's a good thing I learned the hard way.' she thought as she walked into the nearby clearing where she would skin and clean her catch. In her hands were two dead rabbits and one land bird. Just as she turned into the clearing, the sixteen year old saw a tall, blood covered girl look at her before she fell forward in an unconscious state.

"Oh my god…hold on!" she yelled as she quickly dropped what she held to catch the girl. After quickly wrapping her wounds, the girl hurried back to her hut where she could use the help of the healing herbs to completely heal the woman that she had just found. 'I just hope it's not to late…she had a lot of poison in her system.' She thought as she ran with all her might. After cleaning all her wounds and wrapping them, the eighteen year old sat over the girl and closed her eyes. 'Kami let me do this.' She thought as she shot all of her miko energy forward to purify the demon poison that was I the woman's system.

Her body ached and her mind was a blur. She had no idea where she was or if she was even safe; the only thing that she did know was that she was alive and would live to see her friends again. 'Uh, that bastard…we will kill you.' She thought as she slowly began to feel like if she wasn't alone. Her feeling was soon proven right when she heard a girl's voice say, "You shouldn't move yet, I was only able to cure you of the poison."

"Uh…where am I? Who are you?" she hissed as she struggled to sit up.

"My name is Kagome. You're in my hut about twenty miles from the nearest village. Would you like something to eat Sango?"

"How do you know my name? How did you get rid of the poison?" Sango asked as she sat up and looked around for her weapon.

"Sorry…but your weapon had two symbols. I assumed t hat was your name. here have some fish…ummm…" Kagome answered as she stood up to place the blow of food in front of her guest.

"Sango is fine." She answered as she looked up to greet the girl only to be shocked. 'She's to young…she shouldn't be able to do what she just did.'

"Here you go Sango. Your cat friend has already had her full." Kagome relied.

"Thank you." Sango said as she slowly began to eat.

"Don't worry about it. Well while you eat I'm going to go and get some more fire wood. There's a barrier around the hut so you should be safe." Kagome replied as she slowly stood up.

"What about your brother or sister?" Sango asked. 'She has to have an older brother or sister. She is too young to have this kind of control.'

"I live alone." Kagome whispered before she walked out of her home.

'No…she's to young…who is this girl?' Sango thought as she tried to come up with any other answer as to how she was saved from the poison. Just a she had stated to get tried Kagome walked in with some cuts and some wild pigs. They were big but not that big. As she watched her skin the two boars, Sango couldn't help but ask, "Did you really heal me?"

"Yes, that was a lot of poison through." Kagome answered.

"but how?" Sango replied.

I used some rare herbs on your wounds. I had to add some of y energy to it so that the poison wouldn't speared." Kagome explained.

"What energy?" Sango asked.

'Miko energy…at least that's what the village healer told me it was." Kagome replied. "Any way, you should get some rest."

"What about you?" Sango asked, "You also need some rest."

"I'm fine…I'll fall asleep once I've strengthen the barrier." Kagome answered as she sat down and closed her eyes.

Sango watched as the sixteen year old began to glow a brilliant pink light. But what caught her by surprise were the girl's hands. She didn't have regular nails. In place of her nails were black claws with red tips. And as she continued to use her miko powers, the black and red form her claws slowly began to fade away. As Sango continued to watch she realized that this girl was no regular miko but a hanyou with some miko powers. Just as she was about to go to sleep, Sango watched Kirara quickly transform and caught the falling girl. Sango couldn't help but smile before she said, "So you think we should protect her too…come on Kirara…let's get some sleep."

As the sun began to rise, Kagome could smell some meat soup being looked. As she slowly stood up, Kagome looked around only to find Sango sitting up without harming her wound while mixing the stew. Sango turned to greet Kagome with a smile before she said, "Morning, I hope you don't mind but you just looked so worn out."

"Its fine…is there anything you need?" Kagome replied.

"No, Kirara has been helping me." Sango answered.

"Alright, well I'm going to go and get us some water." Kagome stated as s he stood up to leave the hut only to fall to her knees.

"Are you ok?" Sango asked as she tried to help her only to be stopped by Kirara.

"Yeah, it just happens when I use too much of y miko energy." Kagome explained as she began to stand. "I just need to get my strength back."

"Your demon strength…right?" Sango asked.

Soon, silence and tension quickly filled the small hut. 'Great…now she's going to throw me out of my own home or she is going to try to kill me.' Kagome thought sadly as she stayed perfectly still. This had already happened to her countless of times. She would he and heal a traveler only to be shunned just for being the half breed she was. Sango quickly recognized the sadness and sorrow in her eyes. Before Kagome could run out, Sango took in a deep breath and smiled before she explained herself. "I really don't mind. I just want to know how you are a hanyou and still have miko powers."

"Oh, um…I really don't know why. I've been living on my own every since I could walk and talk. No village wants me." Kagome answered in a small tone.

'I'm sorry to hear that." Sango replied, "But I have nothing against any hanyou's so you CAN trust me."

"Thank you." Kagome whispered.

"Good, now hurry up the stew is ready." Sango stated in a cheerful voice. 'Miroku…Shippo…please be alright.'

He slowly opened his eyes only to find himself in a dark, little lighted cave. H e could feel his friend's aura and knew that he must have been the one to bring him here. 'My head…damn it…I need to hurry.' He thought as he tried to adjust to the dark. Just as he closed his eyes, he heard a child's voice say, 'Fox fire,' before the cave lit up. After opening his eyes he looked around and called out, "Shippo! Shippo!"

"Miroku!" the small fox demon cried back as he quickly jumped into the monks arms. "I was worried! You were getting cold so I brought you here."

"Don't worry Shippo…as you can see I'm perfectly fine." Miroku stated as he looked around.

"She's not here…she went after the demon after you got poisoned." Shippo answered sadly.

"Don'tn worry Shippo, she'll be fine." Miroku said as he tried to cheer him up.

"No…she won't." Shippo said as he looked at Miroku. "She got cut and poisoned before she went after it."

"Shippo did you see which way she went?" Miroku asked calmly.

"Yes." He answered.

"Don't worry, we'll go look for her in the afternoon. But right now you have to eat." Miroku replied with a smile.

"I got some fish…that's why I used fox fire" Shippo stated.

"That's good; now let's eat so that we can go find Sango." Miroku stated. 'Sango…please be alright.'

After eating the fish, Shippo and Miroku gathered their things, alone with Sango's forgotten pack and left the cave to go in search of Sango. Miroku could only pary to the gods that Sango was still alright. 'We still need to go and visit Inuyasha…it's been fifty years since he's been put to sleep. We have to get him free.' Miroku thought as they carefully made their why down the path Sango had taken. Miroku was soon brought out of thought when he heard Shippo say, "Look!"

"It's the demon that we were after…come on Shippo we need to hurry." Miroku stated as he quickly realized that she was in greater danger than he thought. As they continued to enter the forest, Miroku began to feel some amount of spiritual power. 'A miko is close by…hopefully she found Sango in time.'

A/N: Please, PLEASE let me know how you liked the first chapter. I know that there isn't much but the story is just starting…please let me know what you think.

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