Hey guys! This'll be my first fanfic so, all criticism is freely accepted, on the other hand, please don't go up in flames ok?

Oh…. If you feel like it, please review… let me know if anything is 'wrong' or 'missing' but unlike other fanfic stories, (no offense to you guys out there) I'll try my best to keep the characters' personality traits as closely as I can from the anime; InuYasha….

I highly value any suggestions you guys think on how to make the story better, I just hope that it's not boring….

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha, all glory and praise goes to Rumiko Takahashi…..

Chapter 1

She looked up at the magnificent sunny, blue sky, suddenly feeling a strong urge to drop her basket of freshly harvested vegetables and twirl around with her bare feet brushing softly against the luscious carpet of grass…

Soon she found herself really doing what she was thinking a second ago. Abandoning her vegetables on a nearby tree she twirled around herself and spread her arms, letting her long water-straight hair echo her movements as she smiled and laughed for joy…

She really was stunning in demon terms, in human terms, however, she was beauty itself taken to a whole new level. With fair skin, light countenance, a body slowly transforming into a perfection of curves, pink lips that never failed to smile, and thick lashes that batted up and down from time to time revealing wide, smiling dark-brown eyes that were just magical to behold….

More accurately, she was one living piece of art…

A pair of emerald green eyes observed her from a distance…..

It had been almost five years since the great demon; Lord Sesshoumaru, had left her in the village. She had been traveling with him from place to place as a young child until the fall of Naraku. Mainly because Lady Kaede, the aged village priestess, told him that she was still too young to choose between the two opposing worlds- The short-lived, vulnerable world of humans; and the immortality, excessive dangers, and the greed for power of the dark, unforgiving, demon world….

"Rin!" a voice interrupted her daydream, by now, she lay on the grass, spreading her arms like a flower, absorbing the early morning sun's loving warmth.

She looked to the direction of the voice, "didn't I tell ye to take the vegetables into the hut?" Rin quickly stood up and picked the basket in haste, bowing her head in shame.

"leaving them out in the sun like that," the aged priestess continued,

"they'll end up even more shriveled up than I am." Rin had to smile at that comment.

"I very sorry Lady Kaede, I was just about to run the basket off, when I saw how beautiful the light of the sun was on that hill, and the flowers, the birds, the wind-they seemed to call to me!" replied Rin cheerfully.

Kaede smiled, the blooming young child's great appreciation for her simple surroundings never failed to impress her.

"Ah, your urge to wander from one place to another- it's something I'll never fully grasp, but if you promise not to wander anymore for the rest of the day, I'll promise to give ye some time to roam around – guaranteed that you'll stay within Kagome's and the villagers' sight…"

"Really, Lady Kaede? You mean it?" she gasped,

The priestess smiled. "Yes, I mean it"

She ran off to the hut with the basket of vegetables, with her long hair flowing gracefully behind her.

Lady Kaede watched her, yes, she wasn't such a small young child anymore, she was morphing into a beautiful woman, one that couldn't be ignored by any man – or demon….

She is growing Sesshoumaru, she thought quietly to herself.

What are you going to do when she is grown and wishes to marry?

Will you still insist that her wings remain clipped, or will you set her free like you should?...

(Meanwhile)

"Wind Scar!"

"Sacred Sutras!"

Inuyasha and Miroku both yelled almost simultaneously as the small band of salamander demons scattered to dodge the attacks directed at them.

The leader of the salamander demons hissed at them, he was much larger than the rest; his scaly body glimmered like mucous, his tail lashed about furiously, and his eyes slitted with hostility. Salamander demons aren't exactly known for their beauty.

"We came here to fetch a girl that our great master desires to take in as his mate – and to be his lady." He spat,

"We came all this way here to get'er. An' we ain't leaving without 'er." another interjected.

Inuyasha scoffed at them obviously irritated. He and Miroku had been traveling all week, exorcising and slaying demons that troubled nearby villages, and in return for their services was anything that the villagers had in place of money to support them – choicest vegetables and fruits, fattened animals, little odds and ends were all accepted – especially for Miroku's growing family of four.

"Keh! I'll be damned if I don't behead you pathetic creatures right this minute! You managed to escape my Wind Scar all right, but this time –"

He barred the Tetsusaiga in a battle position "you won't get so lucky."

Suddenly the oversized demon sword was surrounded with spiraling winds.

He was about to unleash the Backlash Wave – an attack in which dozens of his most challenging opponents fell under. Never to rise again.

Miroku stood there almost stunned, it was true that, he too, was irritated, after the long hot journeys on the dusty roads, he hoped to get a relaxing bath and – if he was good enough – a massage from his wife, Sango.

But the Backlash Wave? On some weaklings that he himself could even slay without so much as a sweat?

Inuyasha was disgruntled. He had to agree.

The salamander demons just stood there, staring – more entertained than afraid of the oncoming attack about to be bestowed upon them.

Miroku quickly stopped Inuyasha.

"I think it would be wise if we asses the situation first before we make some hasty conclusions…"

"Hasty conclusions? Keh! I don't need to – no, more properly, I don't have TIME to negotiate with these dim-witted idiots!"

The leader of the salamander demons gave him a fierce hiss.

"Demons," Miroku addressed, approaching them carefully,

"maybe the woman that you seek is not of this village. There are many other villages that surround ours –"

One salamander that hung from a tree interrupted him.

"Nay, we know that this is the one particular village that the great master himself has been observing for days on end. We have never seen him in such a state before. Simply put, he is love-struck with the human that resides there"

"You needn't talk so much Koko-un, the master himself will have your head" croaked the leader.

Miroku continued, "Then if you really insist that this mysterious girl resides here – perhaps I can help…."

Even with all the gravity and tension before him, he couldn't keep his perverted self sealed.

Inuyasha frowned at Miroku.

"You punks better not be talking about Kagome, there's no damn way I'm letting your filthy bunch even get near her." Inuyasha snorted as he sheathed his Tetsusaiga.

"Then who is this lady that you all refer to?" questioned Miroku

All the salamander demons replied in one united chorus.

"The Lady Rin"

Inuyasha and Miroku groaned…..

Not again?!

Subsequently there was a rustling amongst the thick parts of the brushes.

Whatever it was, it was headed towards them – fast.

As a natural reflex, Inuyasha unsheathed his Tetsusaiga as it transformed into its' oversized form.

Miroku braced his staff in front of him.

The salamander demons tensed.

"Oh, that was sharp – oo that was even sharper, ow! –" came a feminine voice from the thickets.

First to emerge were her big, innocent, doe-like brown eyes, then along with the rest of her body, revealing a simple, but no doubt costly kimono that was slightly off blue. The kimono she wore was starting to get smaller due to her growth spurt, making the ridged lines of her developing body look even more emphasized….

"Hi Miroku! – and Inuyasha! You're both back! We missed you!" She greeted them warmly, giving them a big smile. Then, seeing the salamander demons, she froze.

"What's going on?"

Miroku blinked, so did Inuyasha.

"Rin? What are you doing so far from the village?!" questioned Inuyasha

"Fellas!" the lead demon started. "that's her! Now is our chance!"

"Oh no, you don't!" yelled Miroku.

With that, the half-demon and the monk attacked at the charging demons.