Hi! I hope you don't mind, but the characters will most likely be OOC, and the OC is based off of what is going on in my head, to an extent. If you do mind, sorry. I hope you enjoy the story anyway.

Disclaimer: The story and characters don't belong to me, but its fun believing I can manipulate the charcters anyway.

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I wasn't ready. That is all I can say for what happened. I wasn't ready to take responsibility for my actions, and that was my downfall. I never expected that it would turn out this way. We were happy, for Pete's sake! We were in love. When did it fall apart?

"Sesshomaru!" I called his name over and over in my head. I don't know why. I wasn't even with him. I lay on my bed, writhing in my strangling sheets. I was back in the present, with Kagome. It had been a long while since I had returned here. Only once, since... that day. The day I became alone.

It was what I had dreamed about, too. That day. I had been at school, my brother home sick, my parents deceased from years ago, when we still lived in the states.

It is odd, though, how when my brother and I were orphaned when our parents died in that wreck, we were sent to Japan, where we had no relatives, only a place to heal after the accident.

I say we, but it was really me they were sending away. I had long since shown my dangerous side when stricken with grief. When I had been dumped, I nearly killed myself. When he turned up dead... I swear it wasn't my fault. I had not seen him since the breakup. But the fact remains that he committed suicide a week later. He had tattooed on his arm my name, and a curse aimed at me.

Long story short, I was blamed and my relatives didn't trust me by myself after Mom and Dad died. How do they think I fared when my poor brother died? He had been viciously torn apart! Slashed countless times with a sword, though they are no longer common. I was almost blamed for his death because the sword in question was my own. My family made no means to even want to contact me any more. I was disowned, though I don't know why.

The officials thought I had killed my brother in a fit of madness, and then tried to kill myself. How could I have done so, though? I had been attacked by my brother's murderer when I came home, and almost died as well. The murderer had pinned me to the wall, the sword through my right arm, and let the house burn. If Kagome hadn't seen the smoke from her living room window, well, I wouldn't be here anymore.

So now I owe my life to Kagome for removing the sword and dragging me outside. She brought my brother out too, though she had already seen that he was dead. I still miss my brother terribly, and watch for my chance at vengeance. The only thing I have to go on though is his voice, even though he spoke little.

Flashback

"Mika, the forgotten priestess' reincarnation, I will not allow you to thwart me when you come to the past. Die!" the man swung the sword and missed as I dodged.

"What do you mean priestess! I've done nothing to you!" I dodged again, but barely. He said nothing. I grabbed a book that lay on the table and threw it at him. It hit, giving him a small cut and me time to move out of his swinging radius.

I had miscalculated. He grabbed my shoulder and made me turn, on time for his lunge to pierce my arm, and stick it into the wall. He pulled a match out of his old kimono, and lit the room. Fainting from the blood loss, but not quite, I watched as he left, and as Kagome entered the house a couple of minutes later. She saw my brother's corpse and my imprisonment, and freed me. She helped me to the yard. She went back for my brother and came out with him too. I saw her tears hit the ground as she struggled with her burden, and saw no more.

End flashback

I brushed my arm, on the scar remaining from that day. I tried to move my arm, but nothing happened. I knew it wouldn't. The doctors said it would never move again, and offered to amputate it, so I didn't have a dead weight. But my arm is living, so I kept it. You never know when a miracle will happen.

Miracle! What kind of crap was I thinking now? I can't get a miracle! I no longer even lived truly. My body was now demon, and my life span now close to immortality. If wounded badly enough, I will die, however. I don't know how it happened, but as soon as I first went through the well, I had been demon.

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"Mika!" I heard the front door open, and a minute later, Kagome came into the room, school uniform on, and looking really happy. She always did on the days we returned to Kaede's village.

"Are you still in bed? Come on! You have to get ready to go to school and back to the feudal era. InuYasha is waiting!"

Oh, joy. Her boyfriend is waiting on both of us? That's new. InuYasha never seemed to give a damn if I was there, anyway. But he did care about Kagome, so I considered him a friend. Even if they aren't really dating.

"All right," I said. I got dressed in my own uniform, and brushed my hair. That was something that always surprised me. When I came back to the present, I was mortal again. Though my eyes are still the bloodiest red you will ever see. We even held blood up to them once, and they were a perfect match.

We walked out the door and down to school. We were in the same grade, though Kagome was a year older. I had skipped 8th grade when I came here, putting me in the 9th. My brother was in 10th when he died, and all of his classmates and friends still blamed me for his death. Needless to say I hated school now.

Kagome's friends came up to us when we walked through the gate, and as usual ignored me. Usually I kept walking by Kagome's side, but this time I slunk back and let them get a good ways ahead. I detoured by the side of the building where no one ever went and jumped. Another interesting thing. I no longer look demon here but my abilities remained the same.

What the hell am I!

Anyway, I jumped up to the roof top, and laid down. I had awhile to wait before the bell rang signaling it was time to head for class.

I was just watching the clouds when something caught my eye. I saw a red clothed figure coming toward the school, bouncing up and down the roof tops of the neighboring buildings. I stood up, crossing my arms. InuYasha landed in front of me, holding his hat to cover his ears.

" 'Where is Kagome?' " I said, speaking for him. He always asked me that before disappearing. "I don't know, before you even ask."

"I wasn't going to this time." InuYasha glared at me, before turning serious. "I was looking for you."

This certainly surprised me. "Why?" I asked.

"You two have to stay here longer than usual this time."

"What?" I couldn't believe what I was hearing? The impatient one who always wanted us to come back as soon as possible was now telling us to stay longer? What the Hell is going on!

"Stay here."

"I heard what you said, but why? Did something happen?"

"Yeah. Naraku has another incarnation, stronger than the rest. It almost killed me with one hit when I fought against it. Everyone has been put into hiding, and the village has a barrier around it."

"W-wait. Almost killed you? How are you still standing?"

"I'm not weak, you know. My wounds are half way healed. But it isn't me you should be worried about. This demon is after you."

"Me! What'd I do this time!"

"Naraku is really serious about having you killed, and this time he sent something that can do the job. It tried to follow me down the well, but it didn't get through."

Good. That was some good news. But why me? Naraku has no motive to chase after me besides my association with every one. I hadn't even met him yet! I started pacing up and down the roof. I was about to say something when the door to the roof opened and Kagome came rushing out.

"InuYasha! What are you doing here! We'll be back later, after school ends!"

"No, Kagome. We're staying here longer than normal. So-" the bell rang, cutting me off.

"InuYasha, meet us here in a few hours, when we have our lunch break. Go back and hang around Kagome's house until her mom says its time. We'll talk more then." I spoke, then pulled Kagome after me as I ran off, looking serious, though Kagome looked really confused.

"Mika," she asked while we ran, "what is going on? Why was InuYasha here?" She made me stop, and pulled me inside a bathroom.

"We can't talk now, the bell is about to ring. But I can tell you now that Naraku is attacking again." True enough, the bell rang, and we both had to sprint all the way up the stairs and to our classroom, where we were lectured about how we needed to be on time to class.

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When lunch time came, InuYasha was already waiting for us on the roof. He had a bento box with him, obviously from Kagome's mother. We sat down, InuYasha briefing us on all the details while we ate.

From what he said, the demon had attacked near the village, severely wounding him. When he went to the well to warn us to stay longer, the demon gave chase, but failed to capture InuYasha. InuYasha still smelled it around the well the entire time we were at school. Persistent little devil.

Kagome looked worried. "Are you sure the others are all right?" InuYasha tried to comfort her, though I did nothing.

"InuYasha, you have to stay here, too. You can't go back through the well with that thing there. Are you certain that it is after me, though?"

He nodded. "Yeah. It kept screaming your name, and calling you the forgotten priestess. Know what it meant?" I must have looked alarmed, because Kagome grew worried.

"Are you OK?" she asked gently.

"No," I said, mumbling really, "I think I know who my brother's murderer is now." I got up and jumped off the roof top to the next, trying to get home as fast as I could. InuYasha, carrying Kagome, soon caught up, though InuYasha seemed to have a hard time keeping up with my insane speed. I had always run like Koga, even with him using shards.

"What is going on, Mika? Who do you think it is?" I knew I was frightening her. But I didn't care. If I was right... I sped up, and knew InuYasha had stopped. There was no way he could match pace with me.

"Damnit! What in seven Hells is wrong with her!" He got going again, though he didn't try to go so fast this time.

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It didn't take me more than another minute to get there. I went to the spot on the living room floor where I had once managed to draw blood from the murderer. The scent lingered, telling me all I needed to know on who it was that had killed my brother.

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Well, that is it for chapter 1. Who do you think it is? But I must warn you all that this story is only going to be my hobby story, so it may not have regular updating. Please R&R!

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