AN: Hey, it's me, mrsnessieblack! I want to tell you guys how much your reviews mean to me and so forth. In "Crying River", those of you who reviewed were really kind to me and I'm happy for it. (Vivi Fontaine, you don't count because you're ALWAYS reviewing my works.)

One reader gave me an idea, though. What if I could bring Yuki back to life? Then I could keep on writing! I mean, who doesn't love Inuyasha, right? Who doesn't want to see him happy?

But we have a problem.

I'm working on a ton of Twilight fanfictions and I have a lot on my plate already. All I ask of you guys is to review more every time I update. It serves as assurance to me. :)

Thank you. Now it's on to the story!

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Yuki Taisho was a special girl. She could run faster than her brothers (one of which is a full-fledged demon), she had pure white hair (instead of her family's silver), and she had the power over ice.

The rest of the Inu family thought of her as a blessing. Despite being a hanyou, she was worshiped by demons everywhere. Her twin brother, Inuyasha, was barely recognized, but Yuki was his dearest friend and relative. She would share with him the riches and splendor of her wealth.

But the humans of the village feared her greatly.

"She could bring us famine," whispered a farmer to his wife. His son overheard and hated the hanyou girl.

"She could easily bring all the demons forth and kill us all," a housewife was caught gossiping by her son.

"She looks innocent now, but what about her brothers and father? I saw that hanyou twin of hers sharpening his claws on a tree! It took two swipes to cut it down!"

"And her older brother is a full-fledged demon. What if somebody hurts her feelings? I'm sure that demon will not hesitate to poison us in our sleep!"

One by one, the villagers grew more and more hostile to the situation. The ones who really ever did anything were the boys of the village.

"Get away, freak!" they'd yell when Yuki was alone. They'd throw rocks and sticks at her. Some even beat her up.

Yuki had the power to freeze them to death. She could give them all horrendous flus to which they'd never wake up from again. She could throw them in the river and make sure their frozen bodies would flow down until they're in a province far away.

But Yuki never did. She loved the humans. Even though they hurt her and despised her, she honored them. She even envied them just a little.

Humans could grow up to be many different things. Hanyous and youkais all grew up to be the same thing they were as younglings.

The humans could mingle with each other easily. Almost all the time, they would be friendly and civilized toward their brethren.

Hanyous and youkais would fight each other if they weren't working together.

"Don't mind the humans," Inuyasha warned. "They hate you. What good is it for you to like something that won't spare you a passing glance?"

"Not all humans are bad," Yuki lied, shifting her hand to cover the forming bruise a boy gave her earlier that day.

"You can't lie to me," Inuyasha growled. "I saw that bruise."

Sesshomaru, who was sitting quietly in a corner, hid his eyes, which turned red with spite. He cared deeply for his sister, and to see her hurt made him very angry.

When that fateful day occurred, many weeks after Inuyasha and Yuki's seventh birthday, Yuki's last wish was for her brothers to see the good in humans.

69 and a Half Years Later

"Kagome, hurry up! I want to get to the next village by sundown," Inuyasha growled.

"One minute, Inuyasha! Don't make me say the 'S' word!" the miko shot back, taking a pump out of the bulging backpack and kneeling in front of her bike's front tire.

"We still have a few hours, Inuyasha, we can wait," Sango soothed the hanyou.

Inuyasha's ears twitched irritably. He watched Kagome try to push down the pump. The miko tried and tried, but the darned thing wouldn't go without a fight. She was slowly pushing it down, though. Millimeter by millimeter.

Inuyasha huffed and pushed Kagome out of the way. He took the handles of the pump and slammed it down. He repeated constantly until Kagome's tire was a little bit bigger than the tire in the back.

"Th-thanks," Kagome stammered, hanging her head in embarrassment.

"C'mon, let's go," Inuyasha said bitterly, walking ahead. "Miroku already went to 'exorcise' the village."

"I'm pretty sure he's already popular with the girls," Shippo said smugly. Kirara mewed her agreement. Sango clenched her fist.

...

SOCK!

The group came to the village just in time to see an attractive female in a lavender dress punch the perverted monk in the face.

"I like her style," Sango muttered.

"Yasu! This monk needs to exorcise the village! Don't hurt him!" the village leader yelled at her. Yasu shrugged and went back inside her hut.

"Why am I not surprised to find a girl hitting you?" Inuyasha asked Miroku, helping him up.

"DEMONS!" the villagers screamed.

"Do not worry, I, Miroku, Sango the demon slayer, and Kagome the priestess, have these demons under our control. Show them, Kagome," Miroku winked at her. Inuyasha gulped and looked at Kagome with fear.

"Sit boy," Kagome said with some satisfaction. Inuyasha faceplanted into the ground. Shippo pretended to faceplant, too.

The villagers murmured in awe at the young miko's power. Even Yasu had to look outside her hut to see what Kagome did to the youkai and hanyou.

"I see. Then welcome to our village!" the village leader announced, raising his arms in welcome. "I shall see to it that you will be fed and entertained in exchange for the exorcism."

"No, please, it is my duty as a monk not to accept such offerings," Miroku hammed it up.

"We insist! Yasu is our village sorceress. She can entertain you with her magic! And we will serve the best food our village has to offer!"

"Well, it would be wrong of me to deny your hospitality," Miroku said, bowing low. Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

"I think he's in it for Yasu," he whispered to Kagome. Kagome looked at Sango's angry expression and nodded slightly.

"Come, friends, let us gather for a feast!"

The group followed, with Miroku up front "exorcising" the village. He paused at Yasu's hut. The sorceress was sitting at the doorway glaring at him.

"Um, may all demons be purged from this fresh sacred ground," Miroku said quickly, slapping a sutra onto the door frame and walking towards the next hut quickly. Yasu grinned at Inuyasha and the group and got up to follow the parade.

"So you're a sorceress," Kagome stated.

"My mother was one. My father was a youkai. I'm half demon, half sorceress," Yasu explained. Inuyasha looked at her in surprise.

"You're a half demon, too?" he asked.

"Yep. I recognized you from the stories I'd heard ten years ago. You're pretty popular, Tree-boy."

"TREE-BOY?" Inuyasha roared. The parade halted and backed away from the angry hanyou.

"Inuyasha, sit!" Kagome hissed. Inuyasha faceplanted again. Shippo sighed and faceplanted, too.

"I only meant the fact that you're, like, the only thing close to a youkai that's actually taken ahold of the Shikon Jewel," Yasu explained. "Your story is well known to demons."

"Inuyasha, you're famous!" Kagome whispered.

"It's nothing to be famous for," Inuyasha growled.

"Hm," Yasu smiled, taking Kagome and Inuyasha's hands and dragging them up front with Miroku.

"Come on, it's time for the feast!" she cheered. She reached into her robes and pulled out a sword, invisible to the world.

"We brought the finest food, as requested, sir," some villagers announced, bringing a pig and many vegetables and fruits.

"Brilliant! Yasu, it's your turn," the village leader laughed.

Inuyasha and friends watched with queer looks on their faces. Was this the way the village acted around travelers?

Yasu swung her sword and struck the fire pit, setting it ablaze. The villagers set p a stand for the pig and roasted some of the vegetables and fruits.

When the feast was ready, Yasu sat next to Kagome and took a piece of roast.

"Say, have you ever flown before?" Yasu asked randomly.

"I have, many times," Kagome answered, thinking about airplanes and Kirara.

"Really? Can I see your wings?" Yasu asked, leaning in to stare Kagome in the eye. Inuyasha pulled Kagome away from the sorceress.

"I'm talking about Kirara. She's a fire cat demon," Kagome giggled. "She lets me ride on her back when she's flying."

"Oh, but I'm talking about wings," Yasu said, disappointed. "Like these!"

She backed away and spread her wings proudly.

"My father was a hawk demon," she explained. "I can even fly with these!"

"You can?" Shippo asked. "Can you fly with me on your shoulders?"

"Hop on!"

Shippo did and Yasu was gone, already in the sky.

"I'm going to drop you now, okay little fox?" Yasu told Shippo.

"What?"

"Don't transform!"

Yasu dropped Shippo and threw something shiny at him. It landed square on his back.

Shippo was flying again. Kagome gasped.

"Oh my God, Shippo, you have-"

AN: BOO! Okay, what does Shippo have? I'll mention the first person to guess right. (Okay, Vivi, you can try to guess, too...)