Disclaimer: I do not own the show or manga, Inuyasha.

Prologue

A heavy sob racked the small girls body. Tears trickled in a steady pattern that never slowed. The girl held in the hiccup's that tried to surface in order to keep her mother's promise. She watched as a horrible demon entered her once warm and safe home. Her eyes flickered to the hiding spot her mother took. The disgusting demon stood on it's hind legs, and smelled the air. It's forked tounge snaked out from behind the demons large pointed teeth. Fear filled the small girl to a point that would make the average man go mad. The demons sharp yellow pupil largened as it slowly stalked torwards the small girl.

The creaking of wood filled the hut and the demon snaped it's head torwards the young girls mother. The little girl place both of her small hands over her mouth and her eyes locked with her mother's. Words were not passed, but the message was clear. Her mother was saying goodbye. The demon rammed it's claws into the wood next her mother in a failed attempt to grab her. The mother remained in silent fear as her eyes once again breifly locked with her daughter's. The little girl understood what her mother was trying to convey, but she could not look away from the scene.

The mother covered her face to avoid the wood chips that flew across the room a the demon pulled it's slimy claws from the wall. The demon scooped up the women, but she did not scream she only looked at her small afraid child as tears filled her eyes, her mother mouthed one word. Live. Time slowed. the demon brought her up to it's mouth and bit the woman in half. Blood sprayed across the room and a small amount splattered on her face. The little girl stared in shock as greif and fear punched her in the gut.

All of the sudden her tears stopped. The girl watched as the demon gathered her mother's bloody and mangled body into his mouth. She watched as his throat moved signaling he had swallowed. The little girl sat there, for hours, as she waited for the demons to leave. The screams continued for what seemed like forever to her. The little girl tried to cover her ears, but the screams were in her head as well.

After nearly a day the screams stopped. She waited through the night to ensure they were gone. Once first light peeked in throught the hole the demon had made, she climbed out of hiding spot, in the wall. Her usually soft flowing black hair was tangled and unkempt. Her face was dirty and spotted with small drops of blood. Her kimono was dirty but in okay condition. Her once bright and happy brown eyes were slightly dull and emotionless as they scanned the outside world.

Blood pooled and splattered, covering the dirt and many homes. Some huts were burn to crisp, while others were simply demolished. Although blood seemed to cover everything, the little girl could not spot a single body.

The little girl headed out of the town and to the forest were her mother used to take her to gather berries. Her lip tremmbled slightly at the memory of her mother, but she quickly wiped away her unshed tears. She went to the nearest bush and gathered a few small berries. She popped one in her mouth and a very small smile formed on her lips. The bushes next to her rustled and her smile quickly faded. A wolf demon suddenly lept out and landed in front of the girl. The girl took off in the other direction hearing it's vicious growl follow her closely. The girl tripped on a raised root and landed on her stomach, the air was pushed from her lungs and she gasped for a breath. The little girl turned around to see the wolf nearly on her. She realized with heavy terror that she wouldn't be able to get up in time. A flash of red sped across and the wolf demon was flung into a tree with a yelp. The wolf demon stood and looked around as if realizing it's pack was not present and ran off. Suddenly the same flash of red landed in front of her and she flinched lightly.

"You okay?" Asked the boy that hovered above her. His hand rose as an offer to assist her to stand up. She gadly took the offer with a mute nod.

Once she was standing she was able to take in his feature's. He appeared a little older than the girl making him around twelve. He had long silver-ish gray hair that trailed behind him and stopped around the middle of his back. He word a red kimono, that appeared slightly large for him. His amber eyes stared at the girl, and the sharpness of them had her intrigued.

"Where are your parent's?" His question brought her out of her intrigued thoughts, and she flinched. She shook her head lightly and glued her eyes to her feet.

"Oh... mine too," Her head snapped up to look at him. He plopped on the ground with a cross of his legs and sighed. She noticed somthing twitch a top his head and her eyes snapped to catch the subtle movement. She quickly noticed the triangular apendages and her eyes widened when she realized they were his ears.

"Can you talk?" The girl examined his eyes for a short while before nodding.

"Yes," Her voice was hoarse and small out of lack of use, but she knew he heard her. She suddenly pointed to the top of her head, "Ears?"

"Oh... I'm a half demon," His ears lowered. She gave a small, slightly forced, smile and placed a hand on his head, he looked up at her shocked.

"I like your ears," She whispered, and a smile spread across his tanned features.

"So what's your name?"

"Kagome." She whispered, "Your name?"

"Inuyasha," His smiled wide as he jumped to his feet.

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