Disclamer: I don't own Inuyasha. I have many chapters of this story already written.


Chapter One: Jack Frost


Jack Frost had beaten the hell out of Inuyasha's doggy nose. The warm weather that normally comforted him was nowhere in sight. "Kagome! Where the hell are you? Kagome?" He could already see his breath forming a rather large cloud of smoky air. "Where are you?" He could only shiver as his body refused to go look for her. Inuyasha could no longer stand the cold but instead the frosty air pulled back inside Kaede's hut.

"Dog, I pray you do not go out there again this night. You are too weak to venture out in that type weather that we haven been given on this humble night." Kaede always knew the right things to say at the wrong times. Her wisdom came with age but it was so blunt that it made others want to not have to listen to her advice a second time.

It was cold. Beyond cold. They would freeze to death if they stopped to chat. The windows had been covered around their frames to keep the cold night air out as the wind continued to harass their dwelling. "I should be with her," he whined as he huddled up under some thick blankets that were hand-knitted. He watched the cloth around the bottom of the door.

"Inuyasha." Kaede looked at him with genuine concern. She could clearly see that his ears had made themselves at home as they pressed flatly against his head.

Inuyasha went to sleep under the covers saying nothing more to Kaede. She always had an answer for every problem. If she wanted him to sleep maybe he could close his eyes for a few hours. He wondered if Kagome had frozen in the snow, somewhere. He wondered if she was thinking of him.

Kaede watched over the sleeping Inuyasha. She thought of her sister, Kikyo. Her sister was so lucky to have someone love her like Inuyasha. It was too bad that her sister did not know how to love. Her sister had been too obsessed with being a Miko than to spend much time on love.

She had not met anyone that loved her like that in all her lifetime. The half demon would go to hell if he did not change his ways. Kaede knew that her sister should not try to take the living to hell. Kaede wanted to slap her sister, telling her that was not very Miko-like behavior. But, taking souls from woman was evil, too. Those girls would be food. They would never be allowed in heaven.

Kaede knew that there would be a special place in hell for her sister. She wished that she could send her there. The children would not understand. They would look upon her with hate.

With a knowing nod of her head, she vowed, if only to herself, that she would bring her sister a much needed rest. Kaede snuggled under her blanket then let herself drift to sleep.


I am not sure if I should end it there for the first chapter. I hope this is enough to review.