Daughter of the moon

Chapter one

A young lady stood in the fields of feudal Japan with her hand on her two swords that were strapped around her waist in their sheaths. She stood looking up into the clouds as they sluggishly moved with the wind across the blue sky. Her golden eyes would follow the occasional bird that would fly by the lifeless sky, but then would return to the cloud she had been watching. The wind came in short breezes, gently upsetting her shoulder length, silver hair and red silky kimono that draped over her body. Her skin was pale and her face held no emotion, the crescent moon on her forehead and crimson triangles that trailed across her cheeks stood out bluntly.

She stood, unmoving next to a wooden well that was placed in the center of the grassy fields. A sound from the woods nearby made her turn to face a woman walking out into the clearing. The woman had long black hair and a very unusual outfit of blue bottoms that clung to her slender legs, and a heavy top that covered her arms and folded around her neck, she carried a yellow bag on her back. She looked at the young lady standing by the well and her eyes widened a fraction.

"You," She began. Indeed these two have met before, in fact the young lady knew her very well. She knew her as 'Kagome', she was a human that came to this era threw the well that she was standing in front of now. She travels back and forth through this; she learned. So she came here to meet her, waiting patiently. And not only for this human, but also for the half-demon that was her companion. She knew that wherever Kagome went he was bound to be there, also. She waited awhile.

"Where is he?" The lady asked, her voice was soft and calm. You had to listen to actually catch it.

Kagome opened her mouth to answer but was interrupted by a call coming from the forest, a man's voice.

Soon enough, a man wearing a red kimono, with long flowing white hair, with two small dog ears placed on top his head and piercing golden eyes stepped out into the clearing where the two women stood. He looked at the young lady and she was not surprised that he bared the same reaction as the other one did.

"Michiyo." He whispered when he saw her.

"Inuyasha, Kagome." She took a step toward them, a soft glare folding across her eyes.

Inuyasha took a step back. Watching his reaction, Michiyo took two quick steps toward them, Inuyasha stood in a ready stance with his legs bent and ready to spring away to run if she were to make a move. Michiyo launched herself forward, toward him. Inuyasha quickly turned away and sprinted away from Kagome, running along the edge of the forest; Michiyo hot on his tail. Inuyasha turned to run farther into the field hoping to loose her. But Michiyo stayed just inches away. A call was heard from far behind them.

"Inuyasha watch out!" Kagome yelled as Michiyo launched herself into the air and wrapping her arms around him. Inuyasha let out a yelp as she brought him to the ground. Behind the tall grass, Kagome lost sight of them. Worriedly she dropped her backpack and ran towards them. A scream was heard from Inuyasha as Kagome neared, frantically she picked up her pace. Finally she stood over them. Inuyasha lay, pinned to the ground as Michiyo bared her teeth at him.

"No, don't," Inuyasha begged as she leaned in closer. Michiyo opened her mouth and leaned in, closing her fangs tightly around his flesh.

"Inuyasha…" Kagome stood, wide-eyed and watched and Inuyasha yelped loudly.

"Owe!" He grunted. "Ok, ok! I give, you win!" Inuyasha pushed on Michiyo as she gnawed playfully on his one of his ears.

Michiyo grinned proudly and let go of him, standing up. "I win, again." She teased him, putting her hands on her hips.

"You know; one of these days I'm not going to let you win so easily." Inuyasha said as he sat up, rubbing his ear.

"Yeah, I bet."

"You two always do this." Kagome sighed. "You get me so worried, one of these days you are going to seriously hurt each other."

"Nah," Michiyo shrugged. "Not by a pup like Uncle, here."

"Say that again, I dare you!" Inuyasha threatened as he stood up. He let out a low growl at Michiyo and Michiyo matched his.

"Now stop you two." Kagome put a hand on Inuyasha's shoulder.

"Sorry, Auntie." Michiyo backed down from the fight. "So how long will you be gone this time?"

"I don't know." Kagome sighed again. "I think my boss is about to fire me from my job at the mall, I've taken so much time off."

"Well you know, you could just stay here and take care of the pups." Inuyasha suggested. "It would be easier that way."

"Yeah, I know. But I can't just leave my family. Gramps just died and my mother is having a tough time taking care of the shrine all by herself. I need to be there for her until she's better and up on her feet."

"Don't worry, Auntie, I'll help take care of the pups while you are away."

"I'm sure they would love that." Kagome said with a bright smile as she began to walk towards the well. "They haven't seen you in awhile."

After a short while they reached the well. And after giving Inuyasha a small goodbye-kiss1 she was off. Inuyasha faced Michiyo and said, "Let's get going then. I'm sure Miroku is getting tired of watching the pups." Michiyo nodded and began to walk with Inuyasha through the forest.

Michiyo talked with her uncle, Inuyasha, all through the walk there. She and Inuyasha were indeed very close, even though she was the daughter of his hated older brother, Sesshomaru. Michiyo had never met her father; she had been staying with a woman all her life. A human woman, who was not her mother, but had taken her from a dyeing demon, Sesshomaru.

It was a quiet night when he knocked on a woman's door in a small, far off village he had stumbled apron while slowly bleeding to death from various, deep wounds all ver his body. As strong as he was, he could not fight away the darkness of cold sleep as it slowly took over his body, he slowly became weaker as he held the precious bundle in his arms, close to his chest. He walked into the village in the middle of the night, nobody aware of him. He came across a small house on the outskirts of the village. He weakly climbed up the porch, but using all of his strength, he fell to his knees before the door and held up a shaky fist, and once, he slammed it against the door, only praying that somebody would answer. He would swallow his pride for the sake of his flesh and blood as a young woman answered. He held up the bundle, using all the strength he could muster to hold it up. The woman carefully took it away from him as he fell to the floor. The confused woman bent down to check if he was ok, but by that time he had already gone. The woman had told Michiyo this story as she raised her, and would often describe with crimson cheeks how beautiful he was, even while dyeing. She could tell that he had been a proud, strong demon, who was also elegant and intelligent. To hear her 'mother' speak so fondly of her father after one encounter with him made her wonder if he often left that impression on people or if her 'mother' was simply that kind of girl.

Michiyo would often think about what had happened to her father that left him with no other choice but give her up to a human, what had he fought that left him so weak? She would think that her father did everything to protect her, the infant that she was, and gave her to the woman so she would not grow up in the world alone. Thinking about this, and the fact that he did what he did, was proof enough that he loved her, and she would always regret that she couldn't live a life with him. The closest thing she had to a father was Inuyasha, who she was only lucky to meet as he was passing by. He noticed her only by her scent and markings, which she was told, her father had the same. Ever since then Inuyasha and his wife, Kagome brought her up. Although she rarely ever stayed with them in their house for long, she would wander off and go explore, fighting and training. Although she did most of her training with Inuyasha, the skilled fighter that he is. Even so, Miroku is usually there with Sango to help.

As they walked, they entered a small clearing in the middle of the forest. A stone pathway led them to the small cottage that was surrounded with beautiful flowers and other plants. The clearing was spacious enough to give them a good sized yard that Kagome grew her garden in. They had built a wooden waist-high fence around the clearing to warn any unwanted visitors. Of course, from time to time a lowly demon would wander in the yard, most of the time a warning would send them packing, but occasionally more than that was needed. It didn't bother them much, but they knew that as they grow older, or Kagome at least, they would have to change their life style. But they didn't worry too much about it yet. Voices were heard from inside the house, followed by a loud crash. "Alright, settle down, your father would be angry if you broke anything…else." A man's voice came from inside. It was easy to tell he was trying to keep calm.

"Oh great. I knew I should have had Sango stay instead." Inuyasha sighed as he opened the door, Michiyo stayed behind him. Laughter broke off as the attention was drawn to the two as they entered.

"Papa!" A boy's voice called, Along with two other voices, one a boy's also, the other a little girl's.

1. Please note that I do not care for the pairing of InuyashaxKagome, but for the sake of this story, they are. -- And also I am very aware that sesshomaru has one arm, that's why it's a FanFiction.

Ooo, We get to find out who the 'Pups' are in the next chapter! Please review!