Disclaimer: I do not own the series or characters in it. I am not an old japanese woman, okay? Do I seem like one? And If I was Rumiko Takahashi, would my name start with a K? Would I have a picture of Kagome and Sesshomaru for my profile picture rather than just make the series about them?

This story was inspired by the song Tenshi by Kokia, and the song Everytime You Kissed Me by Emily Brindger. And I am sorry if Sesshomaru may seem OOC, that's the point, and I'm going to make him younger and he doesn't have a past on earth and he also doesn't have an annoying little half brother.

Another thing; this is my first fanfic, so no flames please, 'kay? I don't believe I'm expected to do it perfectly like other writers. And I know I'm not a perfect writer, or good at ideas, and I accept that. SO NO NEED FOR FLAMES!

I am dedicating this chapter to three of my best friends: Eri, Grace, and Angelina; You three are awesome, so awesome that I'm dedicating my first fanfic chapter ever to you! - Your friend, Katherine

Now, onto the story!

It was the beginning of winter. The flowers that she loved would die, many animals would go into hibernation. All that. As much as it was sad that the flowers wouldn't come back until the springtime, Kagome loved the winter. She loved being in cold weather and just getting nice and warm by a cozy fireplace with a cup of hot tea, maybe even with a fairy tale book.

She was the princess of the eastern lands, and she had an older sister named Kikyo, a younger sister named Rin, and a younger brother name Souta.

Kikyo was eighteen and had long straight black hair that seemed to be somewhat purple in the sunlight. She had dark brown eyes, somewhat narrow. She was training on becoming a priestess, she was quite good already. Though, she didn't seem to have many suitors, even being the oldest, mainly because she was such a boring person, and mean. And Kagome tried to get along with her older sister, she really did, but Kikyo could be such a bitch sometimes.

Kagome was seventeen and had curly black hair, it wasn't as long as Kikyo's, but it was alot thicker which was an annoyance on summer days. Her eyes were sort of a pale-ish brown that seemed to have a bit of gray in them, they were interesting. Her eyes were quite large too, bigger than most people's, EXCEPT Jakken and Old Totosai, though that was no big deal really. She was pretty surprised that she had many suitors: Hojo, prince of the south; Koga, youkai prince of the east mountains; and Inuyasha, youkai prince of the west. Though, she only seemed to have eyes for Inuyasha.

Souta was ten and had short black hair and the same type of eyes that Kikyo had. Though Kagome loved him, he could seriously annoy her.

Rin was eight and had thick wavy black hair that fell past her waist. She always wore a sort of lop-sided ponytail and had big bright cinnamon brown eyes. Rin was always so very cheery, she also looked very much like Kagome, almost like a mini-version.

Of course, Kagome wouldn't always spend her days in the palace like Kikyo would. She would visit her town friends, Sango and Miroku. Sango was the blacksmith's daughter and was pretty muscular. She had straight black hair, the same shade as Rin's, and always kept it in a high ponytail. Miroku was a local houshi's son. Kagome could tell that the two were in love, while Miroku hadn't seemed to fear admitting it, Sango always seemed a little too proud. Plus, Miroku was constantly womanizing, which made Sango red with jealousy and anger. Proof of her huge crush on the handsome houshi. They'd make a cute couple.

Then there was Inuyasha. As mentioned above, was the prince of the west. He had long waist-length silver hair and adorable white fluffy dog ears atop his head. His eyes were a dark gold like amber. Kagome was quite obviously attracted to him, though she wasn't sure if he felt the same. They were pretty recent friends, Kagome had met him on her fifteenth birthday. And at first, she didn't like him much because of his rather rude attitude, but slowly, they became good friends. Now his father, Taisho, wanted him to marry Kagome so the east and west could form a strong alliance.

Her other suitors were Hojo and Koga. Koga had already started claiming her as 'his woman', though Kagome felt nothing but friendship for the wolf prince. Plus, another wolf youkai named Ayame happened to be madly in love with Koga and was constantly chasing him down. Hojo was sweet and always brought her presents, but he was kinda stalker-like.

The memories of her friends brought a peaceful smile to her lips as she sipped her peppermint tea. She was currently sitting by a fireplace. It was really quite early in the morning. On some winter mornings, Kagome woke up earlier than even some of the servants woke up and even earlier than the sun. It was beautiful to watch the sun rise in the morning, seeing the bright pink, orange, and yellow colors explode in the winter sky.

Of course, she was always really tired in the end, but it was a beautiful sight and she was allowed to take naps if she felt like it, she was a princess after all.

Kagome was planning on going on her early morning walk soon. She'd probably be the first human to really look at it and see it rise on this cold day.

After she had finished her tea, she got up and walked out of the quiet palace after putting on a dark fur coat to keep her nice and warm.

There was a soft blue glow that only came around sunsets and sunrises. It made the snow sparkle blue beautifully.

That was when she felt something strange hitting her senses. Kagome had never been trained as a priestess even though she had the powers to, mainly because she didn't want to seem like a Kikyo copy-cat and she was just a little...lazy...as some people said. She couldn't deny it, but that didn't mean that she liked being called that. She mainly spent her time in her room, reading books and writing little poems and stuff like that. But even she knew what a demonic aura felt like.

Kagome turned on her heel and looked into the forest. It sometimes scared her to go into it too early in the morning or too late in the day or night. Who knew what kind of monster or demon could be there? But a gut feeling told her to just go and see. It couldn't be that bad, could it? Who knows? Maybe some innocent human could be getting themselves eaten. Maybe they'd die just because she couldn't be there to help. Not that a little rather defenseless girl could be much of a help, but...

Kagome just forced herself to move into the woods and follow the aura...But there was something else. Not like a demonic aura, but similar to a holy aura. But purer almost...That strengthened her curiosity. She was no longer forcing herself to move and just ran as fast as she could.

When Kagome had arrived to where she knew she felt the aura, she was surprised to see someone laying face-first in the snow. The snow was stained with red.

'Blood' Kagome's mind registered, she ran over to the person.

"Hello?" She asked softly "Are you okay?"

No response.

'Of course not, idiot' She thought to herself 'They're laying in blood on the ground, not trying to get up. What does that tell you?'

Kagome frowned, catching herself insulting herself. Odd...But nevermind...

She knelt down by the persons side and noticed that there were huge scars on their back, through their clothing. It was two deep scars, thinly shaped like an ovals, both alongside each other on the person's higher back, right under their shoulders.

"Oh my god..." Kagome mumbled. She turned them over slightly to look at the person's face, she was too concerned about the scars to notice their appearance earlier.

The person had long silvery blue hair that fell to his waist, long bangs that parted to reveal a blue crescent moon mark, and there were two red stripes across each of his cheeks. The same red topped his eyelids...he also had pointy ears and his skin was pale white. And he was dressed fully in white.

Kagome's gaze fell to his lips. He had blood dripping from his lower lip. There were scratches on his arms that tore through his white clothing.

Even with all the blood, he still was a really handsome young man. He seemed around the same age as she was. Only seventeen or eighteen.

Her gaze moved up to his forehead. What did that mark mean? She pushed the thought away from her head. She needed to get him help! She needed to heal him! It didn't matter that he was a complete stranger! Really, it didn't. All that mattered was this person needed her help, and she'd give it to him.

'I wonder who or what did this to him...the poor guy...'

She lifted his arm over her shoulder and tried to move him that way, but since he was unconscious, it didn't seem to work very well. With a sigh, she pulled him onto her back. She had once did this with Kikyo when Kikyo had apparently got trapped in a priestess eating cave and was just too tired to walk on her own. Of course, she had been tempted to give up, but knew it was terrible to let your own sister die.

So here she was now, carrying a handsome total stranger on her back as she walked all the way back to the castle. He wasn't really all that heavy, quite light really. Kagome decided to hum a soft tune on her way back, singing the words softly under her breath;

"Koboreochita no wa Tenshi shirushi na no yo, Kakegae no nai mono wa nani wakatteiru no ni, Kotoba ni naranai omoi ga kao tsutau yo, Ima wa tada yorisoi atte tashikameteitai, Kotoba ni naranai omoi ga kao tsutau yo"

She didn't even notice the white feathers that were laying in the snow, covered in the deep red blood.

That's all for now! I'm writing the second chapter as we speak so I don't get behind. After all, I have a lot of homework to do.

By the way, the song Kagome is singing at the end is Tenshi by Kokia (I obviously don't own it since I'm not Kokia), I thought it would be interesting if I made the song appear at least once in this story.

The translation for the above lyrics are: "The mark of the Angel is what's scattered around; What is truly priceless in life? I already know what is, the feelings you can't express in words show on your face, and right now I just want to make sure you're really here beside me, the feelings you can't express in words show on your face"

With Love

-Katherine