Chapter 1: The Real Me

A young girl at the age of nineteen walked past her brother's room. She peered inside to see that he was fast asleep. She smirked and went inside to change her clothes from the day's work. She put on a fresh clean kimono that was midnight blue with stars covered on her sleeves. She walked out into the garden to see that everyone in the village had gone to bed except the guards that were guarding the front gates. The girl walked up to the gate to be stopped by one of guards.

"This is no time to be going out into the forest, Miss."

"But I left my obi out there... and my kimono is all loose."

"But, it is dangerous out there this time of night, we shall find it in the morning for you."

"I need it now."

"Please, we will assure you that we will find it tomorrow."

The girl was getting tired of this; she needed her sword that she left out there. She hated lying to the guards for it was not proper for a woman to have a sword. The girl flexed her claws.

"I said I need it now."

"But Miss, there are demons out there, they could devour you in an instant."

"Then let them." The girl's claws gave a greenish glow as she raised it up to the man that was in front of her.

"W-what is that?"

"This? This is poison and can kill you faster than you can even blink."

The man shifted, as he knew that this was not a mere mortal.

"Now, will you open the gate? And not speak this to anyone, or I will kill you."

"Y-yes... Miss."

The man opened the gate and let the girl pass. He watched in astonishment at the speed she was running at.

The girl ran out near the lake and sat down in relief that her sword was still there. She went over to the water and looked at her reflection; she suddenly splashed the water with great force that the still lake moved. She hated the way she looked, she never knew who her parents were for they had left her with humans... she did not know who she was.

"I hate pretending to be human...!" She touched her forehead and the concealment spell broke showing her true features. Her human parents had given her that spell for every single person in the village hated demons. Her hair was black with streaks of white and red here and there. She had two dark purple line marks on her cheeks as well as her arms. Finally, she had a purple crescent mark on her forehead that faced up.

She looked up instantly once she heard a rustle in the bushes.

"Show yourself." She said coldly.

A man popped out of the bushes and he sat down next to her.

"What do you want, Kouga?"

"Awe come on Kagome! What's wrong now?"

"I see you every night and you always insist that I come with you and join your wolf clan."

"Why won't you come with me and leave these filthy humans?"

"B-because!"

"Why?"

"You don't even know who I am... I don't even know who I am!"

"It doesn't matter. I don't care what you are. You are fine the way you are."

"But I want to know who I am, Kouga!!"

"Kagome..."

"I don't even know that my real name is Kagome."

"Well..."

"See! You don't know!"

Kagome stood up and went to go lean against a tree. She had felt that someone was watching the two.

"Kouga, it would be best if you leave."

"Why?"

"I have some company, so please go and I will see you tomorrow."

"B-but..."

"For me, please?"

"Okay... see you later."

"Thanks..."

"Come out, Sango... Miroku."

"Good evening Lady Kagome." Miroku said as he kissed her knuckles.

"Hello, Lady Kagome."

"Why do you guys always call me Lady Kagome. You know I hate it! Are you trying to annoy me?!"

"Yes, Kagome!" Sango chirped.

Kagome ran over to hug her friends.

"You guys are the only true friends I have... you two accept me for who I am, not because I am a demon but the real me... some people can't accept it... like the villagers, they see me as some kind of weird human... or they see through me and know that I am a demon."

"Kagome, you are not weird! Just because you are a demon, it doesn't matter! We love you for who you are!" Sango shouted.

"... I wonder why... if I am a fox demon... then how come I don't have a tail?"

"Well, that is very simple, Kagome. The concealment spell took and erased your tail... that is why you don't have one... it should grow back within one hundred years." Miroku answered.

"Really?!"

"Yep."

"How do you two know so much?"

"We... just know. Miroku and I know a lot about demons."

Kagome looked up at the sky and she felt the sun rising.

"I should get back before my mother and father yell at me again for going out in the night. Bye Sango... bye Miroku." Kagome stood up and left the two alone.

"Will she ever find her past...?" Sango asked.

"I don't know... but the only thing we know is that she is not from the human world..."

"Yeah..." Sango twitched a little when she felt a hand on her butt. She whacked Miroku with her boomerang and he fell unconscious on the floor.

"Don't touch me!"

"M-my dear... why would you hurt me so...?"

"Oh, shut up, Miroku!"

The Next Day

Kagome put her concealment spell on and as she was walking out into the village, people stared at her holding up their gardening utensils.

Her little brother, Sota came up to her and looked at her with rage in his eyes.

"What is the meaning of all of this, Sota?"

"T-the villagers..." Sota pointed to the God tree and there, pinned to the tree were her parents.

"What are they doing?!"

"A little girl had spotted you in your demon form... she saw your markings... so she went to the priest..." Kagome looked at her parent's fate. They were still alive, she could hear light breathing. Every single villager looked at her for they did not see her as a demon.

"You humans shall pay for what you have done to my parent's fate... they have done nothing wrong but take me in as a child." Kagome touched her forehead and she transformed into her demonic form. She was no longer wearing her kimono but a black and white outfit that her real parents had left behind, it was a black top that cut off at the shoulders, at the bottom was a loosely cut skrit that reached her knees with a black transparent scarf that hanged all the way from her waist to her ankles. Her long hair wrapped delicately into a low ponytail. Her feet, now covered with black boots.

"I never meant to hurt anyone for I did not for the past sixteen years, but now you have gone too far... I loved every single one you!" Kagome shed a few tears and she charged at the priest, he couldn't get away for Kagome was way to fast. She grabbed him by the neck and as he looked at her, he saw tears rapidly coming down her face. Her fingers turned green and everyone stood in silence as she killed the priest.

"Let my parents free, Seiko." Kagome looked at the young girl that had snitched on her.

"K-kagome..." Sota ran to his sister's side.

"Do not go near her, Sota!" One of the villagers yelled.

"Big sister!"

"Sota... take care of mother and father... when they wake up... tell them that I have gone to find my real parents... for I do not belong here..."

Kagome looked at the villagers who looked at her with fear in their eyes.

"NO! Please, Kagome, don't go!"

"I cannot live here when I must live with the eyes of hatred always following me." She looked coldly at the villagers.

"I must go, Sota." Kagome gave him a hug and a kiss.

"NO! Don't go!" Sota's tears stained the dirt floor, he held onto his sister tightly.

"Sota... be a good boy, and stay..." Kagome unwrapped his arms from and walked out of her home.

"I am a demon, not a weak human such as you." Kagome said coldly as she left.

She had walked towards where Sango and Miroku's home was.

Tears had sprung from her face as she was leaving, but she wouldn't allow anymore to fall, she was now on her own.

As she was walking she all of sudden felt weak and her vision started to get blurry.