This is my first ever Fanfic and I'd like to dedicate it to my sister and unnoficial beta.
If not for her I wouldn't have dared write this.

Please Enjoy and don't be afraid to review!

CRESCENT MOON

CHAPTER 1

Kagome was…lost

This seemed to be a metaphor for her life. Physically lost, emotionally lost. What the heck was she doing? 18 years old in the sengoku jidai, fighting demons, travelling the country looking for jewel shards on the back of a hanyou. For 3 years!

Ok that totally sounded like some sort of twisted manga but it was her life. A life she never dreamed of. What she had dreamed of was going to school, finishing a career, getting a job having children with a husband she loves and living happily ever after.

And now she was lost.

Hmm maybe she should be paying more attention to her physical plight then her emotional one right now; after all she was in a demon infested forest. Another one of Naraku's twisted plots, He'd snatched Shippo when they were all busy fighting one of his "offspring", after finishing that sucker off they went in search of the fox kit with Inuyasha tracking his scent.

They knew it was a trap, since he could successfully hide his scent and aura whenever he chose, but really what could they do?

Well turns out that Kikyou was helping him. She'd created a barrier allowing only Kagome to run through it while her friends remained on the other side. Kagome knew it was Kikyou who had created the barrier, she could feel it was a miko's power, her own borrowed power, and that was why she was the only one who could get through.

She'd have to face them alone this time. And maybe she'd release Kikyou from her clay body. Inuyasha would be devastated when he discovered Kikyou had once again betrayed him and he probably wouldn't be happy if Kagome killed her but this wasn't about Inuyasha.

Naraku and Kikyou were challenging her, Kagome, by going after Shippo; they knew she considered him her son. And of course Kagome would meet the challenge. She wasn't all bark and no bite anymore.

After three years of this lifestyle she knew how to fight, she had trained long and hard not only her body by sparring with Sango and, amazingly enough Inuyasha, but her spiritual powers as well with Kaede and Miroku. Turns out she had a knack for it... no, it was more like riding a bike, as if her body and mind had been created for battle and everything was just coming back. Probably in her genes, since she did come from a family with a long line of mikos and she was, supposedly, Kikyou's reincarnation.

Now Kagome was a force to be reckoned with, after all if Naraku had been afraid of her before when she was untrained and completely dependent on Inuyasha, now he had to be terrified. She would become even stronger if she ever recovered the piece of her soul that was currently residing inside Kikyou's temporary body.

So why draw her out now for a little one on one?

She had no idea but looks like she was about to find out.

She could feel his aura close by, no use trying for stealth; this was after all a trap. Sure she had walked into it freely but for the moment she was a piece on his chessboard. Once she found out what state Shippo was in, she would make her own move.

Her heart was pounding, she could hear the blood rushing in her ears, the life of her adopted son was on the line here and she had no backup. Of course she trusted her skill in battle; she'd been tested many times. But who knew what perverse plan Naraku had for her now.

If she failed Shippo would be lost. Failure was not an option.

Her thoughts couldn't be discerned on her face or her body language as she seemingly strolled through the forest with only Naraku's aura leading her. The only thing that gave away the fact that this was not a moonlit stroll through the woods was her grip on her katana.

She saw light up ahead, as the forest thinned. She continued walking until she reached the edge of the tree line, a clearing lay in front of her. And in the middle stood Naraku, Kikyou with a death grip on Shippo who appeared to be knocked out and Kagura who was also holding an unconscious child, a little girl with a lopsided ponytail. Rin

Shit, that could only mean one thing.

And sure enough as Kagome looked across the clearing to the forest on the other side her eyes met Sesshomaru's.