Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha, but I do own my characters: Suzuka and Ryu. By the way, many of the ideas I come up with I made up before I saw something similar or identical. Enjoy!

Deep Forest

Chapter 1

Tears of Sorrow

Rain poured down upon the elemental demon village. It was located inside a huge tree with another huge tree, with a face in the middle. There were pools of water surrounding the tree as well.

Many houses were burning and fireflies surrounded the area. A blonde demon girl was sitting on a stump in front of a small mansion hugging her knee and crying. A man behind her with black and red hair put his hand on her shoulder. Suzuka looked up at him with her golden eyes.

"How could this happen?" Suzuka cried at him, "Why did this happen?"

"You did this!" yelled a red haired wind demon with wings.

"No she didn't!" the man behind Suzuka yelled back. The wind demon took a few steps back and glared at the man.

A little girl ran in front of Suzuka and threw her arms out in protecting her from the red haired demon. She had green hair with two leaves growing out of her head, and had blood all over her face and kimono. There was a deep gash on her face between her eyes and across her nose.

"Leave Lady Suzuka alone!" the little girl yelled.

"Stay out of this half-breed!" the red haired demon hit the girl.

Suzuka jumped off the stump and grabbed the demon's wrist, and threw her into the log she had only previously occupied. The girl was terrified. The other villagers drew their weapons and pointed them at Suzuka. A dragon with black scales and a red mane curled his body around her hissing at the villagers.

"How can we trust you anymore, Suzuka?" asked the girl getting up from being thrown at the log, nearly in tears, "You were my friend. I trusted you and now look what you did to our village."

"But, Mio, I di-" began Suzuka

"We all saw you." Said an old male fire demon, "You were transformed. Y-you slaughtered practically everyone. And now you expect us to believe you did nothing."

"But I di-"

"You even killed your own parents."

"But I di-" Suzuka started to cry.

"I have had enough of your lies!" growled the dragon with a deep and threatening voice.

"That's enough Ryu, you're not helping."

"You are to leave this village, right now," an old fire demon glared at her.

Suzuka swiftly turned with her head down, and left the village not looking back once. Before she was passed the boundaries of the village the little girl stopped her.

"Goodbye Hana."

"Come back Lady Suzuka!" Hana yelled after her.

Two Days Earlier

Suzuka was sitting in a tree making a crown of flowers, a waterfall near her. Ryu emerged from the cave hiding behind it in his dragon form. He returned to his human form and jumped on the branch above her, staring at her intently with his red eyes. She looked up and threw the flowers on him, before jumping down and beginning to walk away.

"Where are you going?" Ryu said jumping down after her.

"I'm going home." She answered.

"You are going to get in trouble for leaving the village."

"When have I not gotten in trouble for leaving?"

"I guess your right," they laughed at each other before she left him.

Walking down the path to her village, Suzuka came across a suspicious man. A man dressed who was dressed strangely in a white baboon pelt. She ignored him and entered through the barrier into her village. Sighing, she went back out and walked to the strange man in the pelt.

"What do you want here stranger?" she said glaring at him

"I was merely interested in the barrier surrounding your village." The stranger calmly said to her. She continued to glare at him very intently. "Tell me my Lady, have you heard of the jewel of four souls?"

"Yes, what of it?"

"I know that you have been slaying demons in the area to gain the shards they have in their possession. Tell me, why have you been collecting them?"

"H-How do you know about that?" she took some steps away from him.

"Why my dear I know all about you. Why you are collecting the jewel shards. Why you sneak out of the village. I especially know of the six demon goddesses that reside within you. I want the powers you possess."

Suzuka bolted off towards her village, so many thoughts racing through her head: How did he know she had collected jewel shards? How did he know of her powers? And why was he interested in the jewel so much? She entered her village and looked back to see if he was still there, but saw that he was gone.

No one can see into the barrier, so I'm safe.

She caught her breath then continuing forward. Her name was called and suddenly her face met the dirt. Footsteps approached until they stopped next to her.

"Hello mother and father." She said into the ground. She got up and found it was only her mom. Brushing herself off, she started walking away, but her name was said in a certain way again and her face became acquainted with the dirt once more. Getting up again, she turned to face her mother.

"What is it mama?" she sighed.

"Why were you running here so quickly? It frightens me that you might be harmed." Her mother hugged her and brushed her off, "Promise me that you won't leave again."

"Fine I promise." she sighed again.

"You are just saying that."

"Whatever." She stared to walk away when her mother said her name in a certain way, and she taught the dirt some colorful language. Her mom left her and Suzuka got up brushed herself off. She mumbled to herself about beads on her wrist and went on her way. A girl was sitting in a tree laughing at her.

"Is my pain that funny, Mio?" she questioned the girl.

"Yes, its freakin' hilarious." Mio giggled at her.

"I'm glad I was able to entertain you."

"So, why did you run here so fast?"

"And I suppose eves-dropping is entertaining too."

"Yes, but-"

"This conversation is over, goodbye."

She left Mio in her tree and sat in a swing attached to the giant evergreen. She began to swing when she heard children saying "Half-breed". She got up and went to the other side of the tree, catching sight of a water demon girl, a fire demon boy, and a nature demon girl. They were all pushing around another little girl with green hair and leaves growing out of her head, who was currently crying.

"We don't want you here, half-breed." The boy pushed her.

"Yeah." Agreed the nature girl and pushed her into the water.

"Eww, we don't want her in here either," said the water demon, trying to drown her. Suzuka had had enough.

"Hey!" Suzuka yelled at them.

"Run its Lady Suzuka!" yelled the children. They all scrambled away, the water demon jumped out of the water, her fin becoming feet as she ran off. Suzuka lifted the girl out of the water as she coughed up water.

"Why did you help me? I'm a half demon." She asked looking at Suzuka.

"Let's just say I had or always am having a similar experience." She smiled at the girl, "What's your name?"

"Hana."

"Well Hana, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Suzuka."

Me: I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. This reminiscence of two days before the attack will continue into the next chapter. R&R!