Hi welcome to my second Inuyasha fan fic. Sorry didn't finish the first one I hit a road block. Check it out if you want. This one will be shorter. I think... Enjoy!

Setting occurs during the early Inuyasha series.

Chapter 1 – The Demon Mailman

The townspeople stared at the young girl as she sniffed the ground. Her hair was as silver as an old man's but she looked to be no more than 10 years of age. She was dressed in a short blue kimono with white trim and a dark blue sash. The bottom of the kimono didn't even reach her knees. On her back she carried a weapon as long as her body. It looked like it could be a sword but it seemed like it was much too large; certainly too large for a girl her size to handle. She must be a demon, some whispered as she went about her business.

The girl went up to on shopkeeper and asked a few questions, about the nearby land, as well as if a Monk had passed by within the last few days. She had his scent already but she wanted to double check. No point wasting a day of travel. The few humans she asked confirmed the trail. Less than a day had passed since her target had passed by. The target was moving slowly. Humans always tend to travel slowly. That's good though because it makes her job easier. Running top speed she'd find him in 2 to 3 hours.

"Well I'd better get started then." The girl took off her bandana from her head to readjust it. The villagers were terrified to see two furry animal ears growing from her head. She put her headband back on completely ignoring the human's gasps of worry. She checked that her over-the-shoulder bag was fastened tightly so it wouldn't drop any of the precious letters it carried. Once she was certain, she dashed off full speed, leaving a cloud of smoke in the stunned villager's faces.

"Come on!" Inuyasha whined. "We've only been traveling for a few weeks and you already want to go home?"

"My family will start to worry if I don't come home once in a while, you know. It's not like I can just call them on the phone or anything." Kagome just walked her bike along. She was used to hearing these complaints. Every single time she wanted to go home. It didn't matter how long they had been traveling for.

While the two of them continued arguing Miroku and Sango walked further back. They were tired of hearing this discussion every time. Shippo rode along on Miroku's shoulder while Kirara sat on Sango's head.

This day couldn't get any more boring. Shippo thought. He jumped to the ground to stretch his legs for a while. As he did so, he looked back along the road they had been traveling on. "Is that a tornado?"

"Huh?" The rest of the group looked back.

"Look at the way it's moving though." Sango pointed out, "It's following the road."

"Oh great…" Inuyasha huffed, "That's not the mangey wolf again is it?" He stuck his hands in his sleeves as he stared at the cloud.

"Can't be." Kagome said shaking her head. "I don't sense any jewel shards."

"Well then what is it?" Shippo asked.

"We'll find out soon enough," Miroku pointed down the road, "it's getting closer."

And indeed it was. Shippo had first spotted the cloud while it was still several miles away, but it wasn't long before it caught up to them. They were completely swallowed by dust as the demon girl skidded to a halt in front of them. The group looked at her thoroughly confused as she walked up to each of them and sniffed them.

Just after she sniffed Miroku she smiled and turned to reach into her bag. "Your name is Miroku right? The monk with the wind tunnel?"

Miroku's eyes narrowed. "Yes and who are you?"

"Careful Miroku she's a demon." Inuyasha said as he stood off to the side. He looked generally disinterested but he still didn't drop his guard.

The girl totally ignored Inuyasha's comment. "I'm Ryoko of the Haitatsu Demon clan."

"Haitatsu? Like Delivery?" Kagome raised an eyebrow and walked over to see what the girl was doing. The bag she was carrying was full to the brim with scrolls and letters. She seemed to find what she was looking for and pulled out a small envelope.

"Eleven days, six hours and 27 minutes have passed since recieval of this letter. Sent from one: Monk Mushin, Human, Drunkard, Spiritual powers minimal." She looked up into Miroku's eyes. "Do you know this name?"

Miroku brought his head to his hand and sighed. "Yes I know him."

"Sheesh even random demons can tell he's a useless drunk." Inuyasha muttered. Kagome elbowed him.

"Sign here please." Ryoko held out a slip of paper and a brush and ink. Miroku signed his name.

"What is this about?" Miroku asked as the girl tucked the signature away in her bag.

"Delivery. This letter is from customer Mushin. If you had listened to what I said before. It was entrusted to me for delivery. You are indeed Miroku of the Kazaana." She handed the letter over to him.

"Wow. I didn't know there was mail in the feudal era." Kagome said sounding impressed.

"Yes well our clan is small." Ryoko said digging through her bag once again as Miroku read the letter. Everyone was silent until he finished.

"Well what's it say?" Inuyasha asked.

Miroku looked up at the others. "It appears he has something he acquired reciently that he thinks we could use. He didn't say what it is though. I suppose that would mean it's something he doesn't want others to find out about."

"Should we go there and find out what it is?" Sango asked. Kirara purred on her head looking at the letter.

"I suppose we might as well. It's not like…" Miroku was cut off as Ryoko cleared her throat.

"If I may interrupt? There is still the matter of payment for delivery. Customer Mushin said that you would take care of the payment." She held up a scroll with a list of numbers. "For an eleven day distance this is what it costs."

Miroku nearly dropped the letter when he saw the numbers. "HE WHAT!? Said I would cover it!? Oh we're definitely going there now." Miroku fumed as he pulled out his coin purse.

"Well since you're going there I won't ask about a return letter." She packed up the payment and looked around at the rest of the group. "Was anyone else looking to send a message to anyone? We give a good rate to first time senders if they pay up front."

"Oh!" Kagome dropped her book bag off her back and turned around to pull out a paper and pen. "Can I get a letter delivered to my brother?"

"Sure." Ryoko walked over next to Kagome and pulled out her own notebook. "What's your name?"

"But Kagome," Shippo interjected, "isn't your brother on the other side of the well? How could she deliver it?" Ryoko looked back between the two of them not really sure what they meant.

"If she drops it into the well it might just go through. I know my brother checks the well every morning before he goes to school. The little dweeb has nothing better to do."

"Name please?"

"Oh right. Higorashi Kagome."

Ryoko wrote down in her notes. "And the name of the one this is to be delivered to?"

"Well actually there's a well by a village that you can drop it into…."

Ryoko stopped her notes and looked at Kagome with a stern face, "Sorry no. All deliveries must have a human or demon recipient."

"Oh. Then it would be my brother Souta, I guess."

"Do you have a location for the delivery? Or does Master Souta travel?"

"Yes." Kagome explained how to get to the village and where to find the well. "You can just drop it into the well. He'll find it eventually."

"Sorry but all letters are to be put into the recipients hands. Don't worry. I'll make sure it gets to him," she added. She misinterpreted Kagome's worried look, thinking she feared the letter would not be delivered rather than concern the demon wasn't understanding about the well.

Oh well, Kagome shrugged. When she gets annoyed she'll just drop the letter into the well and that's that. "So how much do I owe you?" Kagome asked as she watched Ryoko tuck the letter away.

"You said it's a 2 week travel to get to the town? For a first time sender that will be three bronze strings." That was just more than Miroku had paid for his letter. He was the one that held the group's money. He nearly cried as Kagome glanced over at him.

"You do realize that this means we'll be broke." He said as he handed over the money.

"Why does it matter?" Sango asked. "You can just find another rich household to con."

"You guys make me sound like a bad guy." The group laughed as Miroku said this.

Finished tucking the letter and the payment safely in her back Ryoko turned to Kagome. "Thank you for your business. You can expect to see me again after the delivery though I can't garentee when since I have other deliveries to make. This is so that you can confirm the recipient's signature." Kagome nodded assuming they wouldn't see the young demon ever again since the letter couldn't be hand delivered. Ryoko smiled at her, turned around and ran off leaving a dust cloud in her wake.