"I can help you.."
A human woman, named Hikari, was in the process of childbirth.. Beside her was the father of the child, Neko no Taisho, who was a cat demon. Hikari was extremely ill, and was unable to give birth to the child on her own… But that's when a scheming demon arrived to assist.
Naraku.
"I can help you give birth to your child.. But on one condition.. You must give the child to me when she is old enough to be useful to my suspense." His lips turned to an evil grin.
Neko no Taisho rarely had a choice.. But there was one thing everyone he knew had to know about him.. He rarely stood to his word.
"Fine.. Just please bring her into this world.." Neko no Taisho lied right through his teeth.
"As you wish." Naraku held out his hand and an aurora surrounded Hikari. Neko no Taisho watched protectively as a bead of sweat ran down his temple. Suddenly, the sound of a baby's cry was heard.
Neko no Taisho looked down at his offspring, and looked up to Naraku, but he has already disappeared.
"It's a beautiful girl.." Hikari, now a mother, whispered, almost in tears.
"… Nekomata."
"Hm?" Hikari looked over to the new father.
"The child's name.. Her name is Nekomata."
. . .
Oh that was so long ago.. The female half-cat demon slowly opened her eyes as her cat-like ears twitched to the sound of footsteps nearby. Her dark brown hair slightly danced to the nightly breeze, as her sapphire blue eyes quickly glanced over to the nearby sound.
A group of people.
Nekomata closed her eyes once more, she could of cared less… But this wasn't a group of any normal people. No, this group was Shippo, Sango, Miroku, Kagome, and of course.. Inuyasha.
"Hey.. Who's that?" Kagome noticed the half demon cat in the tree. Everyone stopped dead in their tracks.
"A demon?" Miroku pondered, as the tiny fox demon, Shippo hopped onto his shoulder.
"Seems so." Shippo said as he tilted his head curiously.
"She seems to be in a Miko's kimono, an odd one in fact." Sango mentioned.
Inuyasha growled impatiently at everyone's useless ponders about the female in the tree, so he lifted his head and sniffed the air.
"Eck..! Feh, just leave it.. It's just some mangy cat.." He snorted, turning the other way.
While in the tree, Nekomata did not take kindly to those words. She quickly pulled her sword out of it's sheath, with a strange ribbon attached at the end of it, and she jumped down and pointed her sword to the back of his head.
"What was that, dog?" Nekomata growled, emphasizing at the end of her sentence.
Inuyasha, as defensive as he was, quickly turned around and growled at her.
"What was that? Those were fighting words!" He snapped, showing his claws.
Nekomata paused in her battle position, but then it seemed as her face had just refreshed as she lifted her sword straight into the air and the ribbon wrapped itself around it, and she slid it back in it's sheath.
"What's your deal!? Scared, kitty?" Inuyasha snickered.
Nekomata shot him a death glare.
"I'm not intending on wasting the sharpness of my blade on a pathetic being such as yourself." She muttered. Inuyasha was steaming mad.
"What's your problem!?" Kagome bursted out. Nekomata looked over to her.
"Your partner here need to learn some manners and respect. You expect me to smile at his insults? Stupid girl.." Nekomata sighed. Kagome now was also mad.
"Now now.. Let's calm down." Miroku said as he walked over by Nekomata, and took her by the hand.
"Now please.. Bear my child?"
"Excuse me--" Nekomata was interrupted by Miroku's hand on her behind, groping her tail.
"Ooh… A tail--ACK!" Miroku was just clawed in the face by Nekomata.
"DON'T YOU DARE TRY A MOVE LIKE THAT AGAIN!" Nekomata had an expression like she wanted to kill him.
Maybe she really did. Sango also punched him over the head.
"I feel no pity for you.. Lecherous monk." She muttered.
"Wait.. She does have a tail.." Kagome just noticed.
"I'm a half cat demon, that's what you should be expecting." Nekomata spat.
Inuyasha's ear twitched.
"Well now do we have a kow-een-key-dink. Inuyasha's a half dog demon.. No wonder you two don't get along." Kagome said, smiling slightly.
Nekomata's anger seemed as it went away, and looked over to Inuyasha. Inuyasha glanced at her from the corner of his eye, then looked away.
"A half breed.. Like me… Rrgh.. Well, just keep you and your cat nose our of our business! Come on, everyone, let's go. We don't need to waste any time with her." Inuyasha muttered, turning the other way.
"Are you alone or are you waiting for someone?" Kagome completely ignored Inuyasha. Inuyasha fell over.
"… I've always been alone." Nekomata turned her head the other way.
"Whoopee, she's a loner! Oh well!" Inuyasha growled, once again being impatient.
"Inuyasha, sit." Kagome sighed.
Inuyasha went boom.
"Remarkable!" Nekomata smiled at the magic that she saw before her.
"Ghh.. Can you have babies?" Miroku started to ask, still with a bump over his head.
"Don't make me kill you." Nekomata warned.
"A random thought.. Why don't you join us? You won't have to be alone all the time!" Kagome asked. Nekomata's ear twitched, as she shook her head.
"I can't.. I have to avenge my mother and father.. A man named Naraku murdered them." Nekomata said quietly.
Everyone paused.
"Heh.. Join the club." Kagome sighed nervously.
"You mean.. You are ALL after Naraku!?" Nekomata asked, her jaw slightly dropping.
They all nodded.
"He pretty much got me pinned to a tree and killed someone dear to me." Inuyasha said.
"He cursed my great grandfather with a hole in my hand that will swallow me up if I don't have any children--OWWW!" Miroku was interrupted by Sango smacking him over the head once more.
"He is using my brother and turning him against us." Sango added.
"Erm.. I'm just tagging along because I have nowhere else to go." Shippo crawled on Inuyasha's head.
Of course, Inuyasha threw him to the ground.
"And me.. I'm kind of like a 'sacred jewel shard tracker'.." Kagome laughed nervously.
"The Shikon Jewel of Four Souls?" Nekomata asked. Kagome nodded.
Nekomata wanted the power of that jewel to become a human..
"So please.. Join us! The more the merrier! " Kagome insisted.
Nekomata took a moment to think, then motioned her head toward Inuyasha.
"I don't think he won't exactly appreciate it." She said quietly.
"Got that right, otherwise we'll have the stench of cat everywhere we go.. Adding on we might step on one of those nasty hairballs." Inuyasha muttered.
Nekomata took that as an offense, and felt a slight pain in her chest.
"I don't do hairballs…" She said quietly.
"Inuyasha come on! She's most like you out of all of us! All except the cat and dog part!" Kagome said.
"But cats and dogs don't get along well.." Sango mentioned.
Nekomata decided to swallow her pride and tried to make at least some peace with the man.
"If this helps any.." Nekomata started as she faced Inuyasha and bowed politely to him.
"My deepest apologies for my actions earlier." Nekomata said, with her head still bent down.
"… Hmph, just stay out of my way." Inuyasha grumpily mumbled as he walked ahead of everyone, and the others soon followed.
Of course Kagome walked beside Nekomata. Nekomata sighed..
"Don't worry, Inuyasha is always rude like that.." Kagome smiled.
"HEY! I HEARD THAT!" Inuyasha yelled from the front of the group.
Nekomata slightly smiled.. At least now she had more of a lead to Naraku.. And her process to becoming a human.
Her sword after all, was the sword made to destroy Naraku for good.
And now.. Nekomata had partners..
Who would maybe..
Just maybe…
Become friends with her.