Chapter 1: Left in the Dark.

Naraku was flying through the afternoon sky, in a barrier of miasma, the miasma made the form of a black bird so no one would suspect anything.

He found himself looking down at a village.

He smiled, his two sharp fangs showing.

Quickly, he dove down, hiding behind a group of trees as the miasma disappeared.

He peeked around the trees, watching the people wander.

His ears heard the sound of a girl screaming.

Naraku moved in a blur across the trees, and stopped where the screaming came from.

" You know not to take something that doesn't belong to you!" A man shouted.

Naraku watched as the man kicked a little girl that was curled up on the ground.

He took an uncontrolable step foward, but, to his relief, he stopped himself.

He watched the man snatch the apple from the girl's hand and walk off.

The girl cried a little as she tried to get up.

She limped away from the store and away from Naraku's hiding spot.

Naraku watched her limp away, as the sun went down.

Without thinking, he enveloped himself in miasma, and took off in the sky, only to land in a tree a few feet away from the girl.

She slowly began coming his way.

Naraku looked aside of him.

The tree he was in, happened to be an apple tree...

The girl kept limping her way, trying to find shelter.

Suddenly, an apple landed on the ground.

She stopped, shocked at the sudden event.

It landed in front of her and rolled to her feet.

The girl looked around seeing if anyone was walking around, who might have dropped it, or sellers who were tricking her.

No one was around.

She looked up at the tree, it was too dark for her to see anything.

She looked back down at the apple and picked it up.

She wiped it off with her tattered Kimono, and took a bite into it.

...

Naraku watched her sit down against the tree that he was in, taking her time to eat.

The only thing that was going in his mind was, 'poor thing, she looks terrible.'

As he watched her, he could smell the blood that was dried on her skin, where she had been beaten multiple times before.

Maybe, he could destroy the village like he intended to, and leave the girl alive, they were indeed having issues.

She was being beaten senseless, and he could tell she wanted it to stop, she was a homeless child, that much he knew, otherwise, who else would leave such a girl to actually steal food for survival.

A few Saimyosho came up to Naraku, buzzing irrotically.

They were telling him something, but when the girl heard the buzzing, she quickly stood, and tried to run off.

Naraku swatted at the Saimyosho to tell them to beat it.

They kept on buzzing, there messages were saying.

' Snap out of it Master Naraku, she is weakening you.'

No one weakens me.

" Leave!" Naraku snapped.

They stopped buzzing, stared at him for a minute, then left.

Naraku refocused his sights on the girl who had yet made a foot away from him, because of her wounds.

He watched her enter an old rusty shack, and that was that.

Naraku rested against a branch of the tree, having his eyes glued on the shack.

Soon, with his comfort, he fell asleep.

*Morning*

Naraku awoke to the familiar screams and cries he heard yesterday.

He slowly moved around trying to see what was going on.

He opened his eyes just in time to see the little girl being tossed out of the shack she slipped into the other night.

Three men surrounded her.

" How dare you break an entrance! You think you own this place?" One of the men said.

She was curled up in a little ball, having her arms around her head, as they beat her senseless.

Naraku watched, wait...Watched.

'What the HELL AM I DOING!' Naraku shouted out to his thoughts.

Yet, he stood there watching.

His final straw blew when he saw one of the men reveal a knife from his waist.

They turned the girl over, and pinned her there as the other man worked the knife to her throat.

Naraku burst into a ball of Miasma, and in no seconds at all, he had the man with the knife flying in the air, and flying miles away.

Naraku came back for the other two, still hiding in the Miasma, but within it, he had his claws ready, and as the miasma passed them, their throats were slit.

After they fell to the ground, Naraku uncovered himself from the miasma, and stood calmly on the ground.

He looked over at the motionless girl.

She wasn't moving.

He slowly walked up to her, and before he knew what he was doing, he bent before her, and had her in his arms.

He heard her heartbeat, it was faint, but there, she was just unconscious.

She whimpered as she opened her eyes, though that didn't work, her vision was blurry.

He stared down at her, waiting for her reaction, but within mere seconds, she whimpered again, and went back into unconsciousness, her head falling back onto his arms.

Naraku watched her for a few more seconds, then...

He looked around to see if anyone was near, when the coast was clear, he stood, with the little girl in his arms, and he walked off, and in seconds, he took off in the sky, in a barrier of miasma, with the little girl tucked safely in his arms, sleeping peacefully now.

What was he doing?

This girl, she is so... Fragile to him.

He was going to take her to his castle.

She awoke again, but still in the same state she was the first time she awoke.

" Where..."

" You are safe. What is your name?" Naraku asked.

" R-Rin. They call me...R-Rin." She said, her breathing sounded terrible.

" Well Rin, you do not have to worry about anyone else hurting you, you're with me now, and I won't let anyone hurt you." Naraku said.

Rin was shocked, who was this man? Why wasn't he punching her, or yelling at her?

His touch was soft, and careful, this was a feeling she had never experienced before, no one had ever shared their food with her, or shared their homes or shelter, or even held her as soft as this.

She relaxed against his Kimono, sighing relieved, she waited a few minutes before falling asleep, just to make sure this man wouldn't get on to her for resting against him.

When no punishment came, she let her sleep take over.

Naraku looked down at her when she rested against him.

' You may feel safe now, but what I am and can do, is nothing compared to those humans.' He thought.

Through the rest of the flight, Naraku focused on finding his hiding place, with a little girl tucked safely in his arms, the little girl that would change his life forever, Rin.

A/N: So how was this?

Yes Naraku and Rin sound out of the ordinary, but like my summary said, they're not a couple.

I was thinking about this to be a one shot.

Should it?

I am starting to hatch up some plans for the future, so if you like and want me to continue please leave a review!

~Wolflover 235