Hello shadowfax-in-the-shadows here! I am very exited to be doing this fan fiction and I would like to say thank you to my good friend OuranKarate for encouraging me to do this. Any way, without further ado, I give you the story! (Taa Daa!)

(note-this takes place pre-Kagome, and pre-Kikyo, so they will not appear in this story.)

I do not own Inuyasha, or any of it's characters.

A very long time ago, before all the fuss about the jewel of four soul souls being broken,there was a great war, or well more a great game of cat and mouse between the humans and the demons. The humans wanted to get rid of all of the demons, for they thought that the demons were what caused all of their problems, and that killing them,would make those problems go away. Many demons where killed, yet many fought back as well. But most demons went into hiding, disguised as humans, or just hiding where rarely any living creature, be it human, animal, or demon, could look upon them.

One demon who went into hiding disguised as human, was a tiger demon called Yukiko. She was a fairly ordinary demon, there where many cat demons of different sorts, including tiger. She had black hair with orange highlights, witch settled across her mid-back, though her hair was usually up in a bun. Her eyes were large, black, and cat-like, and they had a slight glimmer to them, making you know she was bold and adventurous. Her lips usually found their way to a smirk, or half smile, and her skin was a beautiful tan in color.

And of course Yukiko had tiger aspects to her as well. She had tiger ears on her head, and a tiger tail, as well as the claws and feet of a tiger. She did have special shoes to cover up the fact that she had little kitty feet. And Yukiko had the strength and power of the tiger as well, making her an exceedingly powerful fighter.

Yukiko grew up in a family of five, her mother, her father, and two younger sisters, all tiger demons. When she was still quite young, she left her family. With her sisters fighting, and her parents trying to calm them, she was pushed away, and found it easier to just leave, and come back in the evening. One day, she decided not to return.

Many months after she had left home, Yukiko received news of the humans killing all of the demons they could find. So she pulled her hood over her ears, tucked her tail in her skirt, and set off for the nearest village.

Yukiko soon accustomed to the village life, she had found a small inn in witch she had stayed, and she went to the market every few days for supplies. After about two weeks, something a little more than coincidental happened.

Yukiko was in the market, when a large burly man steeped up on a wooden box, and began to speak in a loud thunderous voice.

"Who here can fight?" he boomed. The bluntness of his question and the sheer volume of his voice made most of the people in the market look up at the dark haired man. "I said who here is capable of fighting?" he said as he looked around the crowd of people. A few men slowly raised their hands.

"Why do we need to fight?" one of the men asked.

"I need many men who are skilled at fighting because we need," he paused. "we need demon slayers."

A short, fat man walked up behind Yukiko, and put his hand on her left shoulder. "I am sure this one could fight. That spear must be for something." he said. Yukiko looked at the homemade spear in her right hand, then down at the round man. She punched him in his large stomach, and he decided to leave her alone.

"The way you knocked the air out of that man was quite impressive." the man on the box boomed. The fat man fell onto his back. "I shall make you a demon slayer."

Yukiko's face turned from annoyed to surprised in an exceedingly short amount of time. She didn't want to be a demon slayer, she was a demon herself! Though she certainly was not going to admit it to the burly man on the wooden box.

"you six men, and you, woman, Monday morning I want all of you at the village center." the large man said as he stepped off of the crate and walked away before any of them could protest.

Yukiko spent the rest of her time in the market receiving awed looks and the occasional glare from others in the bustling mangle of shops. She knew that going to the town center to get the job was the right thing to do, but slaughtering other demons...

I'll try it out for a while, and if something goes wrong then, I will tell that tall man that I quit. Yukiko thought to herself. I think this will end up working quite well.

Yukiko walked briskly back to the inn, and went up to her room. She looked out her window, the sun was sinking into the hills in the west. Before long Yukiko was lighting the candles around her small room, but almost just as quickly as she lit them, Yukiko decided to blow them out and go to bed.

Yukiko woke up as the sun was hitting her eyes. she sat in bed for a while pondering the previous day's events. She looked outside and noticed the hustle and bustle of the market.

why is everyone up so early? Yukiko thought. Then it hit her, it was Monday.

Yukiko grabbed her spear and cloak, pulled the hood over her ears, and went down to the town center.

The tall man and five of the six men where already there, along with a woman.

"Ah good," the large man said "Let me formally introduce myself, my name is Mikio." the sixth man arrived. "We are all here. Let me and my assistant take you to slayer's hall." Mikio said as he led them away from the village center.

Yukiko had been in the village long enough to know that 'slayer's hall' was a large building near the market, but that was all she really knew.

"hello" said the woman. She had slowed down to walk with Yukiko. "I am Mikio's assistant, high grade fighter, skilled in the ninja arts, twenty six years old, named Aki. You?" she said as she reached out to shake her hand.

So what do you think? I know first chapters are not the best. I will have more chapters coming soon. please review! Until next time, goodbye!