Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, or any of its beloved characters.
Prologue
He was alone. Everyone he cared about was gone. His mother, his father, and he didn't to much care for his brother Sesshomaru. He had left a long time ago. He had nowhere to go. He was alone.
He wept inconsolably. He needed someone to be with him. The anguish in which he felt was overwhelming. He wanted to die, he felt small. He felt unneeded. He was alone.
He walked across the bank side, watching the small little imprints of his feet form in the wet sand. The sparkling blue water that was before him was magnificent. He heard birds chattering around him. He tried to manage a smile, atleast someone was happy. He turned as he heard a peculiar sound from behind him. It was a demon.
"Yo, half-demon! Get off my bank side! No one invited yer! Get off!" He snarled viscously at the boy, Inuyasha, his gaze penetrating. Inuyasha wasn't really in the moon for this, and no one would call him half-demon. No one.
"Make me!" Inuyasha stood his ground. He snarled back at the officious demon.
"Curse you, child! I will kill you!" He lunged forward at Inuyasha, striking out at him. Inuyasha dodged the attack easily. He let his claws come out as he ripped the demon across the face. It snarled in pain, swearing its revenge.
"I'll get you one day, half-demon! He fled. Inuyasha laughed and walked on.
The next day Inuyasha awoke lying under a massive sycamore tree. He remembered the previous night's encounter with the demon. Crud, he thought, people could be so rash these days. He walked over to a berry-bush. He was hungry and hadn't eaten in many days. He ate fitfully. He then walked over to a fresh-water pond that lay nearby and drank deeply. Satisfied, he began his walking journey again.
He didn't know where he was going, and he didn't care. He only wanted to get somewhere where he was respected. Life was hard as a half-demon. No one wants to claim a half-breed. He could live with it, however. As he walked, he caught a strange scent. A scent he fully recognized as a human girl. She was near. He hid behind a tree, spotting her instantly. She had dark black hair, and wore a kimono of red and white. She looked peaceful, like most girls. Only, he thought, this girl was different. Her scent was slightly strange, too. He decided to investigate the situation. He walked boldly up to the small girl.
"Oh, hello," she said, smiling at the strange, white-haired boy in front of her. She couldn't help laughing at his ears. He glared at her.
"I don't see what's so funny," he said icily; she didn't know how much she had just hurt him.
"Oh, I'm terribly sorry! Forgive me, Mr.,…"
"Inuyasha, just Inuyasha."
"Oh, my name is Kikyo." He liked the sound of that name, and he wasn't afraid to tell her so.
"That's a nice name, I like it."
"Thank you, that is so sweet!" she smiled, he blushed. He felt a strange feeling, one he had never felt before. He began to take a liking to the small little girl. She looked at him with fascination, realizing that she too, was feeling this feeling.
"Well, I gotta go now," Inuyasha said.
"Why? Can't you stay a moment longer? But I do suppose your mother would worry about you," she said.
"I don't have a mother, or a father. I am alone." It pained him to say those words. Kikyos' heart leapt out to him.
"I am so sorry, Inuyasha," she said, almost weeping. The prospect of not having a family seemed painstaking to her. "I will be there for you, if you need me, always." For the first time in a long time, he felt wanted.
That is the first fic that I am publishing for Inuyasha, not the first I've written, and not the best either. The length will approve, and so will the plot. Please R/R!