Disclaimer I don't own Inuyasha all characters from the show belong to Rumiko

A/N: Hey everybody! So this is my new story which prolly shouldn't have wrote since I have so many unfinished, but this has been in my head for a lil minute so I thought why not! Hope you like it

Rated: T

A Demon's Life

Chapter 1: A Son's Love

After the Thunder Brothers took his father, he was sure he'd be alone forever, or until he found another den with kitsunes willing to take him in.

Then he met her.

Kagome Higurashi.

Even after stealing from her and endangering her, she forgave him and even allowed him to travel with her and Inuyasha. Along their journey they made new friends in the traveling con-artist monk, Miroku, and the demon slayer Sango, and he even found his first love in Satsuki. And it was all thanks to Kagome. She was kind, caring, brought him her crayons from the future, and fed him tasty snacks. Occasionally she even brought him toys from her time. She told him bedtime stories and let him sleep with her in her sleeping bag.

She answered every one of his instincts.

His inner demon knew what he could not yet say out loud.

If he had to describe how much she meant to him, he only had one word that fit perfectly.

Mama.

Shippo could barely remember his own mother, since she died soon after giving birth to him. All he knew of her were the stories his father used to tell him when he was very small. Stories of her beauty and kindness. Things that Kagome held and more.

It wasn't hard to decide that Kagome was his new mom.

But asking to be her son was another matter.

He'd been hesitant lately, shying away from her as he tried to think of a good way to ask. Yet, fear of rejection made him stall. Instead he'd spent the past four years training with other kitsunes so one day he could have the courage to ask her.

Now look what had happened.

'Th-that evil demon! He hurt his mama!'

They'd been sent on a mission to find out why human children from the surrounding villages had been going missing. He'd been on break from training and had tagged along. Their mission had taken them far from Edo, into a murky swamp that smelled vile and held a strong yokai presence. That's when the demons had launched a surprise attack on the Inu-tachi. Unfortunately, Inuyasha had been distracted taking care the tricky demons who used the swamp to their advantage, so no one noticed when one snuck up on Kagome except Shippo.

Yet as he summoned his foxfire and moved towards her, he could only watch as the clawed hand went through her chest.

"Maammmmaaa!" he had cried as he ran as fast as his little feet could move. "Fox Fire," he yelled burning the demon causing him to flee, but it was too late.

On the ground lay his Kagome. His mama.

"S-Shippo?" Tears ran down her cheeks as blood dribbled from the corner of her lips.

Shippo reached her side and held Kagome's head in his lap. Her hand shakily reached up to tussle his head. "S—ship you *cough cough* called me mama," she whispered in between cough, blood filling her lungs.

Shippo shook his head holding her close, 'This couldn't be happening it just couldn't. He couldn't lose her now'. "I—I was scared I didn't know if you'd agree, but you always take care of me and read me stories—hiccup—and hold me close at night and I was scared you would say no and and-"a Kagome's hand touched his cheek.

"Aishiteru musuko," she whispered.

Tears flowed freely down Shippo's cheeks as Kagome's hand slowly grew limp.

"No no no I love you mama. Y-you can't leave me. I don't want to be alone!"

Shippo had never felt so desperate and he couldn't do anything. 1No I have to do something! I have to save my mama!'

Shippo pulled out a necklace out of his haori, a present he planned on giving to Kagome when he asked her to be his mother. It held his fangs on it and the string was made with a strand of his hair. He lifted his mother's head placing it around her.

'Inari-sama, if you can hear me please I beg of you with all my heart save my mama. Please save her she's all I have,' Shippo pleaded as he held Kagome's limp head in his small arms.

And that was how the Inu-tachi found them.

Shock and horror was written on all of their faces. Their miko friend had fallen.

Shippo kept crying 'Mama'.

However, before they could crowd around their fallen friend a white light encompassed both Shippo and Kagome, causing them to shield their eyes, while Shippo's eyes widened in awe, and in the blink of an eye they were gone. When the light faded and their eyes adjusted all the remnants of the Inu-tachi saw was an empty crater where their two friends had been.

"What the-Where the hell did they go!" Inuyasha started cursing, while Sango and Miroku tried to calm him down so they could find answers.

'Where had their miko and fox kit gone?'

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Aishiteru musuko = I love you my son