Hi! This is my new story.. I'm having some trouble coming up with ideas for the sequel of Down With A Cold. I think I have an idea but I'm not sure of it yet. So down with a cold readers, please wait a while.. I'm not sure when I'll get an idea. Gomen ne. Anyway, in the meantime, read my other stories and this one. In this story, Kagome is 16 and Inuyasha is 18. Okay? Thanks for reading.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and co. Please don't sue.

Story Disclaimer: If I ever saw this story, I wouldn't have written this one. I am not lying. I never saw this story before. Thank you for believing me. Please don't sue.

Slave In Heart

Chapter One

CRASH! The porcelain plate crashed to the hard marble floor. "EE! Gomen nasai Nagasaki-sama. I didn't mean to!" Kagome pleaded, going on her knees to beg for forgiveness. "I'm not taking any of your stupid lies. Clean this up and get out of my house! Make sure you don't leave any of your things in the room I've let you use!" Taro Nagasaki shouted angrily, glaring at his slave Kagome.

"Gomen nasai." Kagome said softly, her head hung down as she swept up the broken pieces of the plate. Then she strolled upstairs, dragging her apron with her. Opening her door, she stepped into a nice and tidy room. She packed her belongings in a thin piece of cloth and tied on her back. She then took her only weapon, her father's katana. She tied that to her waist and packed some bread and some fruits she had saved from her dinner the night before.

She quietly walked back downstairs and her master kicked her out of the house. "Don't ever come back here again! Now GET!" He yelled and slammed the door in her face. Kagome sighed and began to walk down the thin dirt path in front of her ex-master's house.

In Another House

"Otou-san! Can I get a slave?" Inuyasha asked his father and looked at him. "Hmm. We'll think about it. The former slaves are much cheaper.. But maybe if you find an abandoned one, we could keep her. Agreed?" The taiyoukai said and walked into the kitchen to see his wife. "Rumi! What are you cooking? It smells wonderful.." Tatsuro said, looking at his beautiful human wife. "Oh.. The usual. You'll find out at dinner. But that's much later." Rumi smiled at her husband and went back to cooking.

Back in the forest

"Ahh.. I'm so tired.. Maybe I'll find some shelter and maybe I'll find a stream if I'm lucky." Kagome said to herself and looked around for a cave or some kind of shelter. "Aha! I found a cave!" She said happily and ran towards it. She looked inside to see if there was anybody or anything occupying it. Nobody. So she sat down on the hard stone floor and untied the large blue scarf tied around her back.

She picked a peach and began to eat it. She smiled in satisfaction and threw the seed in the bushes. She tied her scarf around her back again and walked out of the cave, looking around for a stream or perhaps a hot spring.

There was only a small little stream towards the left and she walked that way, hungrily looking at the water. Kneeling down, she brought her hands to her mouth and drank the cold and refreshing water.

"Mmm. So good." She murmured as she drank a bit more. She stood up slowly and went back to her cave. It was nearly dark and Kagome was beginning to feel a bit sleepy. She yawned and used her apron as a pillow she laid against the rock wall and began to fall asleep.

In The Morning

Kagome rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up. There was some bread and one apple resting against her apron. There was a small towel and a piece of handmade soap too. She gasped and picked up the items she had received. Somebody came here and gave her these things!

She stored them in her blue scarf and tied the scarf on her back. She picked up her apron and began to walk along the dirt path again.

At The House

"Today son, we will go to a slave auction. You may not find what you want. If they are too expensive, we will certainly not buy one. Perhaps you can go to the forest to find an abandoned one. There are many abandoned slaves you know." Tasturo explained, resting a hand on his tall and handsome son's shoulder. Inuyasha was only a few inches shorter than his father and he was four inches taller than his mother. His half-brother Sesshoumaru was only two inches taller than him.

Inuyasha picked up his haori and put it back on. Then he ran out the front door to join his father. "So, if I don't find a slave I want, I should go into the forest to find an abandoned one?" Inuyasha asked. "Yes. If you cannot find one, we will buy the cheapest one we can find tomorrow or maybe later on this week." Tatsuro said, tightening his green haori.

"Alright." He replied, brushing a hand through his silver hair.

At The Auction

"I don't find any slave I like. They are all ugly and so filthy! I want a pretty one, maybe one that can find as a mate. Ofukuro was your slave, but no longer." Inuyasha pointed out, looking around at the ugly slaves.

"Hmmm. You're right. Let's head back home." Tatsuro said.

Back in the forest

"I need to have a bath! I'm so dirty." Kagome whined to herself and then suddenly stopped a hot spring. "Yay! I found a hot spring!" She cheered and ran towards it.

She looked around to see if anybody was watching. There wasn't. She quickly stripped off her clothes and stepped into the hot spring.

It felt smooth, folding around her body like a light blue silk. She used her small piece of soap to wash herself but it dissolved away because it was really tiny. She scrubbed her hair and wrung it out. She sat against the cold stone outer section and looked up at the trees, the way it swayed in the wind.

By the time she realized it, her skin began to pucker like prunes and she hauled herself to lie on the sun-soaked rock.

Inuyasha's POV

I had walked into the forest in search of a slave girl. I had seen none yet. Maybe I'll see one further into the forest. I knew I was near the hot spring; the smell of water hit my sensitive nose. I peered at the hot spring, there was a girl lying there! Was she dead? No.. She couldn't be! I saw her chest rise up and down.. Then I realized.. She was naked.. I blushed and looked at my feet, refusing to look at her. Maybe she was a slave! She could be my mate too. ARGH! I'm already attracted to her.

Writers POV

Inuyasha walked towards the sleeping Kagome and softly nudged her arm. She shifted over and her rear was on top now. He blushed a light red and patted her back and nudged her arm again. She shifted to the front again and her eyelids fluttered open. "KYAAAAA! HENTAI!! GET OFF OF ME!!!!" She screamed, covering her chest at the same time.

"Ah! Gomen! I was just wanting to see if you were a slave." Inuyasha said, inching away from her at the same time. "Oh.. Well, I am a slave.. Are you here to take me in?" She asked curiously. "Well, if you are willing to live in my house. I don't treat slaves bad. Because my mother was once a slave also. Will you accept?" Inuyasha asked.

"Yes. I will. I have nowhere else to go." She said.

At the house

"Ofukuro! Otou-san! Look what I found!" Inuyasha shouted, walking into his house with Kagome. Kagome gasped in awe at the size of his house, it was bigger than her ex-master's! "Yes Inuyasha?" Rumi said, looking at her son. "I found a slave for myself." He said, showing her Kagome.

"Hello! What is your name?" She asked politely. "Kagome. Higurashi Kagome. Nice to meet you madam." Kagome said. "Oh no need to call me madam. Just call me Rumi-san. All right? You need to wash up. Come along." Rumi said, leading Kagome to the bathroom.

"Rumi-san? Am I going to take a bath?" Kagome asked politely, looking at her master's mother. "Yes. I will clean you up and give you a decent kimono." Rumi said, looking down at Kagome.

They arrived into the huge bathroom. "Inuyasha! Would you mind if you let the dam in the hot spring open?" Rumi called out to her son. "Sure!" He shouted back and went to the hot spring. _______________________________~*~__________________________________ That's it for now. I'll come out with the new chapter soon. I hope you enjoy the story. The sequel to down with a cold should be up soon but I'm not guaranteeing it. Sorry! Well, I need to get an idea first.. Oh well. So, see ya later.

Ja ne,

Miyuki-Chan