Hi everyone, this is my first Inuyasha Fanfiction. I hope you like it.

Chapter 1: Reunion and a stranger

Shippo's P.O.V

Hello everyone, my name is Shippo. I am a great fox demon! Along with my friend: Kagome, Inuyasha, Sango and Miroku, and a bunch of other people, we defeated the powerful Naraku. I helped a lot! It's been eight years since that has happened and five years after Kagome returned to us from her world. Many things has changed then, especially me.

I looked at myself at the lake's reflection. I smiled, I've grown a lot. To many people I look like a 15 year old boy. The boy who looked back at me had sandy brown long hair tied up with a blue ribbon, pointed ears and bright green eyes. He was also wearing a blue kimono with a fur jacket. I recently have been ranked number 2 in the fox examination. I was so close to being first! I wish father could see me now…

" Hey Shippo! You've returned!" A feminine voice called out. I looked behind me and stood up.

A woman with long back hair down to her waist came towards me. She was wearing a priestess clothing. I smiled brightly. " Kagome!" I called out as I ran towards her and gave her a big hug. It's nice to see her now, it's been such a long time. I heard she's been learning about the medical herbs from Jenenji, exorcism from Lady Kaede and she's now married to Inuyasha. As expected, I was wondering when Inuyasha would face his own feelings.

" Wow, you have grown a lot." Kagome said looking up at me. It's true, I'm taller than Kagome now, just to think I used to look up at her a lot. My hair grew longer too.

" Yeah, I have. I've become stronger too! I'm ranked number two in the fox examination!" I told her.

" Wow, that's really good. Come, everyone will be glad to see you!" Kagome said. I smiled and followed her back to Kaede's village. Not much has changed though. Same field, same houses. I wonder how everyone is doing? Then I saw a small child in a dark blue kimono run towards me. He had long white hair and… dog ears? He was being chased by two twin girls with short hair. One wore a pink kimono and the other a green kimono. They seemed to be having fun chasing the small dog boy. Another boy in a brown kimono was also being chased. He had light brown hair and was running along side with the dog boy.

" Mama! Mama! Help me!" The dog boy cried out then hugged Kagome's leg. He looked scared to death. The other boy cried out and held Kagome's leg too. Huh?

" Hey! Fox boy is back!" One of the girls exclaimed. Then they ran to me and hugged my legs. I looked down at them. Oh! It's Chie and Chika! Sango and Miroku's children. Chie is the one in the green kimono and Chika's the one in the pink kimono.

" Hey Chie, hey Chika! Nice to see you again!" I said as I ruffled both their heads. They both smiled at me. Then I looked at the two boys.

" I guess the human boy is Sora right?" I said, he must be Sango and Miroku's child. " He's grown a lot. Who's the other child?"

Kagome picked the dog boy up and " This is my son, Takeo."

" Your son?" I said as I blinked. I looked closely at the child. He looks like about four years old. He got nervous and cling unto Kagome's shirt tightly. He looks so much like Inuyasha, yet it's not him.

" Hello Takeo! My name is Shippo, a good friend of your father and mother!" I said. Takeo looked even more nervous.

" Shippo! Shippo! Are you going to be staying here for awhile?" Chika asked as she pulled on my pants.

" Of course! It's been awhile since I've seen everyone. Where's your parents?" I asked her.

" Mama is with Rin-chan and Granny Kaede in Kaede's house. Papa and Inuyasha-sama went out of exorcist demons again." Chie explained.

" I bet Miroku is going to cheat other people again." I said then sighed.

" Come on! Mama will be glad to see you!" Chika said as she pulled on my sleeve. Chie pulled on the other sleeve and pulled me towards Lady Kaede's house. I stumbled and quickly said " Woah woah! Slow down! I'm coming!"

I followed- more like dragged- all the way to Lady Kaede's house. Kagome, Takeo and Sora followed along. The twins ran ahead of me when they saw the house and I ran in after them. I pushed the wooden curtain away and called out " Sango! Rin! Lady Kaede!"

The three women in the room looked up at me. Lady Kaede looked as the same as before. But she didn't look as strong as she is suppose to be. She had more wrinkles on her face. Her long white hair looked more frayed. She looked at me with her one eye (the other was covered with an eye patch). Sango smiled at me. She's like before. Not much has changed about her. She looks more motherly, I wonder if she still goes slaying demons now and then.

It was Rin who changed the most. Her jet black hair was long and smooth, she has grown a lot taller too, almost Kagome's height. She looked at me with her bright brown eyes. She had a white flower in her hair. She also wore a white kimono with beautiful designs on it. It must be another gift from Sesshomaru. She held a katana in her hand.

" Oh Shippo! You're back!" Sango said. Then she stood up and hugged him " You have grown."

" Yeah I get that a lot." I said.

" Hello Shippo!" Rin called out, waving her arm around.

" Nice to see you again." Lady Kaede said " What have you been doing?"

I sat down in front of the three women. " I've been training myself to become a stronger full flagged demon! I'm ranked number 2 in the demon fox examination!" I grinned proudly. All the children were inside now. Chie and Chika were surrounding their mother and Sora was playing with Takeo.

" Wow, that's really strong!" Rin praised. I smiled brighter. I love receiving praises. Maybe one day I'll be strong enough to beat Inuyasha!

" So how about you three? What has been going on?" I asked.

" I've been recently training Chie and Chika the ways of demon slaying. They are old enough to learn now. Sora's doing fine. I have been going out slaying demons with houshi-sama once in awhile. Rin also joins our practices." Sango said.

" Eh? Rin's going to be a demon slayer?" I said, confused.

" No, I'm just learning how to fight. When I return to Sesshomaru's side, I will need to learn how to fight. So I asked Sango for help. I also help Lady Kaede with her duties." Rin said.

" I'm doing the same like I've always been. Though it is nice having Rin around." Lady Kaede said.

" I guess I've been gone for too long. I didn't even know Kagome and Inuyasha had a child of their own." I said as I looked at Takeo. He looks so shy, a polar opposite of Inuyasha. Takeo noticed I was looking at him and he blinked at me.

Kagome then entered the room, along with Inuyasha and Miroku. Inuyasha was carrying two barrels while Miroku carried one. " That was just mean Miroku. You charged them way too much." Inyasha said as he put the barrels on the ground

" Come on, I have a family of my own to support. Of course I have high prices." Miroku said as he put his barrel down. Sigh… Inuyasha and Miroku hasn't changed at all.

" Oh? Shippo! Hey! Where have you been all this time!" Inuyasha called out, then he ruffled my hair. " You've grown a lot, but you still look like the same old brat!" Gah! Inuyasha!

" Hey! Don't call me a brat!" I yelled as I stood up. I looked up at him… damn, he's still taller than me.

" Hello Shippo, long time no see." Miroku said.

" Daddy!" Sora called out as he went to Miroku. Takeo quickly ran to Inuyasha and hugged his leg. Inuyasha looked down at his son, confused. Then Takeo softly said " Papa, Chie and Chika bullied me again."

" Again?" Inuyasha said.

" Come on, we were just having fun!" Chika said.

" Yeah! What she said!" Chie said. Inuyasha sighed then squat down to look at his son. Then he said " Hey Takeo, you must be tough! Your father is a great half demon, strong and brave. You must be like that too."

Then he grabbed my long ponytail. Huh? Inuyasha pulled on it hard and I fell unto the ground. Ouch! Inuyasha… you will pay… " Hey, let's start training. How about trying to beat this fox demon up?"

" Fox fire!" I yelled out loud as I shot a pillar of blue fire at Inuyasha's hand. Inuyasha yelled out in pain as he let go of my ponytail and shook his hand. The fire went out immdiately. I grinned as I stood up, ha! Serves him right. No one uses me as a punching bag!

" Gah! Damn! That was actually hot!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

" Papa?" Takeo asked as he shook Inuyasha's arm.

" Ha ha! Don't underestimate me Inuyasha!" I called out.

" Why you…" Inuyasha growled. Suddenly, the earth shook the ground. What was going on? Sota held unto Miroku and cried. Takeo screamed in fear. Chie and Chiko clung unto Sango. Sango, Rin and Lady Kaede stood up.

" What is going on?" Sango said.

" It's coming from outside." Miroku said. We all quickly ran out of Lady Kaede's home with our weapons. A loud roar filled the air. We looked around. We couldn't see anything. What is going outside?

We heard some of the villagers scream. We looked at the direction of the commotion. Suddenly, a girl around my age jumped out of the rumbling houses. Did she cause the attacks… wow, she's pretty. She's slightly shorter than Kagome. Her long white hair flew in the air, she also had two hair loops which is her fringe. Her eyes were of a light blue, she also had pale skin and pointed ears. She wore a short, low cut, blue dress with black tights. She also wore blue shoes.

Another demon came out of the rubble. It looked like a huge armoured lizard. I didn't flinch. I've been practicing with small demons and I can fight bigger demons now. The girl looked behind her and flinched before landing on the ground and ran. I realised that she was injured, her legs and back were covered with blood, she had a lot of cuts and bruises.

" Kagome, Sango, Lady Kaede, bring the children to a safe place, We'll deal with this." Inuyasha said. Kagome nodded and lead the children away. Inuyasha and Miroku ran towards the beast.

" Rin, please take Chie, Chika and Sora to a safe place. I'm going to help." Sango said. She ran ahead with her Hiraikotsu. I ran too, but in another direction. Towards the girl.

The girl ran to some distance towards the fields, away from the villagers. Then the girl stopped and turned around the face the demon. The demon charged towards her. Inuyasha and Miroku were following closely after the demon. The girl raised her right hand, a steam of water from the field formed a long rope on her hand. Huh? Is she a nymph?

The girl jumped up high towards the demon. The girl raised her water rope hand and yelled out " Water Whip!" The water wimp wrapped itself around the demon's neck. The girl pulled the whip, the demon slowly fell to the ground. The girl dropped to the ground and retracted her water whip. Wow, she's strong.

" Hey! Are you okay?" I asked as I went to her. She looked at me, in both shock and surprise. She narrowed her eyes and yelled " Move away!"

The demon quickly got up, hitting the girl fro her back. She flew in the air, towards me. I quickly jumped and caught her in the air. I landed on the ground. She looked at the demon and narrowed her eyes at it. Inuyasha, now in mid air, drew his Tessaiga. The Tessaiga transformed to it's original form. Before Inuyasha could do anything, a large white pickaxe hit the head of the demon. The demon yell down in pain and fell to the ground. The pickaxe went up and went back to it's owner. I looked up.

" Looks like I came in time." Kohaku said. He's changed a lot too. He is a lot taller now and older but he pretty much looks like the same. The same guy who help me get into the large spider demon ball eight years ago. He was riding in Kirara- in her demon form of course. Kirara! I haven't seen her in awhile

" Kohaku! Kirara!" I called out.

" Wind Scar!" Inuyasha yelled out loud and swung his sword. Four beam of light shot out of his Tessaiga and hit the demon, destroying it to many pieces. The girl's eye were wide. Then… the demon was no more. What was left was pieces of large flesh and bones. Inuyasha put his Tessaiga back into his scabbard. Miroku went to the remains of the demon and said a small prayer. Kirara landed on the ground and Kohaku got off. Sango had just arrived.

" Kohaku!" Sango called out.

" Hello Anue." Kohaku said.

" Kohaku, nice to see you again." Miroku said.

" What are you doing here?" Inuyasha asked.

" I've come to visit. I didn't know a demon was rampaging here." Kohaku said as I went closer to them.

" Yeah, it was chasing the girl." Inuyasha said. Kohaku and Miroku looked at me. The girl then said " Put me down." I did as she told me. The girl stood on her own two feet. I became worried. She held her right arm as she went to the men. She was limping.

" A-are you sure you are alright?" I asked.

" I'm fine…" the girl said. Then she said to everyone " Thank you…" Suddenly, she collapsed on the ground before us. I quickly went to her and held her in my arms. She looks so pale.

" Hurry! Get help!" I shouted.

…

" She's got many injuries." Lady Kaede said. " But she will heal."

" Poor girl…" I murmured. I was worried. The girl had came into the village in such a sate, I wonder how she managed to fight in such a condition. Is it because she's a nymph. I can tell she's one by her ears and powers. Kagome had went out to get more herbs. Rin was wiping off the blood on her arms with a cloth.

" She will be okay." Lady Kaede said. Kohaku then came into the house. He sat down across me, beside the girl and Rin then said " How is she?"

" She's doing okay. She needs a few days of rest." Rin said." Did you see your niece and nephews yet?"

" Yeah, they were glad to see me. I was glad to see them too. I'm happy that Sango's happy. The children wanted to come in to see this girl." Kohaku said.

" I wonder where she came from…" I said as I looked down at the girl. Her face wasn't peaceful, I wonder what she's dreaming.

" There's something strange about her." Lady Kaede said.

" What's wrong?" Rin asked.

" It's her aura. It's… not pure. There's something mixed with it." Lady Kaede said.

" Yeah… I feel like something uneasy about her." Kohaku said. " It's not natural."

" How so? I don't see anything." I said.

" It's her skills. Nymphs are peaceful creatures. They protect nature and heal. Some play harmless trick one humans. If they had to attack, they would need weapons. This nymph however… she used her water powers to attack, something that nymphs cannot do." Lady Kaede said.

" Look! She's waking up!" Rin said. We all looked at the girl. Her eyes slowly opened.

Kanade's P.O.V

My eyes slowly opened. I stared at a wooden ceiling. What happened? What happened to those guys who helped me? I slowly got up. Then a old voice said " Be careful, you're injured."

I ignored the voice and stretched out my arms and gave out a loud yawn. My fists hit something hard. Two voice yelled out in pain. Huh? A sudden pain went though my back and I pulled back my arms, trying to bear with the pain. Then I remembered. The rock demon… he threatened to kill me.

" Ouch…" a voice said.

" Hey! Watch where you stretch okay!" Another voice yelled. I got confused and looked behind me. There were two boys. One of them was a human boy. His pitch black hair was tied up into a small pony tail. His small eyes were shut and has freckles on his face. He wore a light blue short kimono. He rubbed the side of his head with his hand.

The other boy was a fox demon. He has dark sandy brown hair which was tied into a long ponytail. His green piercing eyes glared at me. He wore a blue kimono of a darker shade( the shirt was designed with leaves) and a brown fur vest. Wait… I've seen these boys before. The human boy was the one who killed the demon along with the dog demon. And the fox boy was the one who saved me.

" Calm down! She didn't know! She just woke up!" A girl exclaimed. She looks about a year older than me. She wore a white flower in her long black hair that goes down to her waist and a white kimono. She looked at me, smiled and said " How are you doing."

" How did I get here? What happened to the demon?" I asked her.

" The demon was slayed." An old woman said. She had an eye patch over her left eye. Her long white hair was tied into a ponytail and she wore priestess clothing. I guess she's a priestess. " Shippo brought you here. Kagome and I treated your wounds."

Shippo? Who's that? I've heard of that name from somewhere before… " Yeah and you payed me by hitting me on the head?!" The demon fox said, I could see a bump on his head. Oh… so his name's Shippo.

" Sorry I didn't know. Sorry to you too… um…" I said as I looked at Shippo then the human boy.

" Kohaku, my name is Kohaku. It's okay." The human boy said as he sat up straight.

" I'm Rin and this is Lady Kaede." The girl said and introduced the old woman to me. " May we know your name?"

" Kanade, it's Kanade." I said.

" Kanade? That's a nice name." Kohaku said. I smiled, he seems nice.

" How did you get here?" Lady Kaede asked.

" I was travelling when I came upon the rock demon. I demanded if he knew a demon named Shiguri but the demon yelled at me to go away and attacked me. Somehow I stumbled upon his village while fighting the demon. I'm sorry for intruding." I said.

" It's okay." Lady Kaede said. Kohaku was about to say something when we saw a small boy come into the house. The boy hair long white hair and dog ears. He wore a blue kimono and was no older than 4 years old. It was another demon… but I could smell he had some human blood in him. A hanyou? No… there is more human blood than demon blood…

" C-can we come in?" the boy timidly said.

" Yes you may, but please don't crowd her." Rin said. But the boy reacted before Rin could finished her sentence. The demon boy smiled brightly then went outside to call for someone. Then, three other children came in. Two twin girls and one small boy. The two girls sat beside me and they asked many questions.

" Who are you?"

" Where did you come from?"

" Are you a nymph?"

" What other amazing water powers do you have?"

" Did you defeat the lizard demon?"

Wow, these girls are talkative. How can I handle this… I'm not that all good with kids…

" Calm down girls." Lady Kaede said " Kanade just woke up."

" Are you okay?" The boy asked me. I nodded and said " I'm fine. I just need to rest that's all."

" You smell like a demon." The demon boy said.

" You obviously look like one." I said.

" Demon?" Shippo, Rin and Kohaku said in surprise.

" She has the demon scent." A man said as he entered into the house. He looks like the demon boy, the long white hair and dog ears. He also had bright orange eyes. He wore a red kimono and had a sword strapped unto his belt. He's the one who killed the demon earlier. Is he the father of the boy? He has a human scent mixed within him too. " Who are you exactly?"

" Kanade, I'm from a tribe of water nymphs who live near a large river." I said.

" Don't lie to me, I know you aren't just a nymph. I know the scent of demon wolf blood from anywhere. I don't really life wolves." The man said. He can tell.

" Wolf demon?" Kokaku said.

" So she's a hanyou too?" One of the girls said.

" Yes… I'm part water nymph and part wolf demon." I said.

" That explains why she can attack using her water powers." Lady Kaede said.

" Who are you anyway?" I asked the man.

" I'm Inuyasha." The man said. Wait… he's Inuyasha?! The Inuyasha?! I smiled brightly and said " You're Inuyasha?!"

" Yeah, why?" Inuyasha said.

" Oh my gosh! You're my idol!" I exclaimed. Inuyasha looked at me weirdly. The rest also seems confused. " I've heard a lot about you. I've heard stories on how you and your gang defeated the evil Naraku and obtained the sacred jewel! That is so awesome! Especially since you're a hanyou, I guess it made me do things I thought I could never do before. That is amazing! How you used the Tessaiga to defeat him!"

" Ha! That wasn't easy but I did. It was a team effort." Inuyasha said.

" Hey, have you heard of me too?" Shippo asked.

" Yeah, I knew your name seems familiar. You're Inuyasha's sidekick who helps everyone." I said. Shippo's face looked sad. Did I say something wrong?

" Hey! I'm a great hero too!" Shippo complained.

" I'm sure you are." Kohaku said.

" Eh? Shippo is a sidekick." The other girl said.

" I'm not surprise." her twin said.

" I'm not a sidekick!" Shippo yelled at the girls. The girls hid behind me and said in unison " Help us Kanade-sama!"

" Huh? Did I get promoted or something?" I said, looking at the two girls.

" Humph!" Shippo said before sitting down, facing away from me. His arms were crossed. What did I do?

" Earlier you mentioned about a demon named Shiguri? I've heard of his name for sometime but I don't know who he is." Kohaku said.

" Shiguri is a powerful demon who destroys. I do not know his intentions. It seems like he's attack places with lost a power to gain power or selfish benefit. I suspect that he was the one who destroyed my tribe." I said.

" Your tribe… was destroyed?" Rin said. I closed my eyes and nodded. I remember the demon fire… my fellow tribe members being ripped to pieces… and I couldn't do anything… I should have saved someone. At least one…

" Kanade." Shippo's voice awoke up. I looked at him, then I realised I was crying. I wiped away my tears and said " My tribe was holding in something special, they never told me what it was. They said a hanyou shouldn't know. But something was after it, whatever it is it must be of great use. I first thought it was the wolf tribe my demon father belonged to so I spent my time travelling to various tribes to see which one was the culprit. I eventually found Koga's wolf tribe…"

" Koga? What about him?" Inuyasha asked. I looked at him and said " You know him?"

" He hate him. He used to flirt with Kagome all the time. He gets jealous all the time and ends up fighting him." Shippo said. Then he was hit on the head by Inuyasha. Shippo cried out in pain " Hey! What did you do that for!"

" Shut up you brat!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

" Um… well I demanded if it was his tribe that killed mine. Koga asked why I suspected the wolf tribes because his wolf tribe never attack any other creatures. I told him of my father and Koga told me my father was an outcast, a lone wolf. So no wolf tribe will attack mine. But then there was an attack on Koga's tribe soon as I was about to leave. He seems to be a servant of the demon Shiguri. He escaped, but his sudden attack was similar to the one on my tribe. I've been trying to find Shiguri since." I explained.

" There has been a sudden increase of demon attack recently." Kohaku said. " Do you think they are connected?"

" Most likely. When will I be able to travel again Lady Kaede?" I asked her.

" In a few days." She replied. In a few days?! Oh come on! I sighed and lay down on my bed again. " A few days huh…"

" You need to rest." Rin said " Soon you'll be up and running again."

" But I need to go after Shiguri!" I said " I want to avenge my tribe… repay them for my mistake…"

" You're injured, it's best if you rest." Kohaku said.

" You don't understand. I couldn't save them! I was the only one who could help but I didn't! I was doing something for my own benefit and when I came back, all I saw was dead bodies! They can't go against something so powerful without me! I failed them!" I exclaimed.

" Kanade, calm down. You will never be able to fight this Shiguri with those injuries. He'll kill you in an instant. Rest for a few days, you'll be up and running in no time. Rin, Kohaku and I accompany you while you recover, not to mention the kids too. I know how you feel, I wanted to avenge my father when he died. I was able to thanks to Inuyasha's help." Shippo said. I looked at Shippo… so he's an orphan too. Poor Shippo.

" Fine…" I said. " I will."

" Really?! You will?!" Shippo exclaimed. He had a wide smile on his face… I swear I saw him blushing. It made me blush a little. " I said yes okay. I can't move around with such an injury anyway."

" Yay! Kanade-sama is staying!" the girls cheered.

" There he goes again, flirting with any cute girl he sees." Inuyasha said. Shippo got embarrassed and exclaimed " Hey! Watch your mouth!" Inuyasha stuck his tongue out at Shippo, which made him angrier. Rin and Kohaku looked at each other, then they laughed. I rolled my eyes. Not another one. I've met a few guys along the way who attempted to flirt with me. Just because I have a nymph's beauty. Urgh… I wanna go to sleep. I need to chase after Shiguri. Akemi… I'm sorry…

So how do you like Kanade? I wonder what's going to happen next… thanks for reading. :)