Agh! My first ever fanfic! And it's in answer a challenge fic from Naitome. Just to let you guys know, this is a bit slow moving in the first chapter, and I make Kagome seem like somewhat of an idiot in this chapter, but I know she's not and I tried not to! Please don't hurt me! I promise I'll try to set a good pace in chapter 2 though. Well, there ya go…onwards!

Legend: 'thoughts'
"talking"

Disclaimer: YYH and IY belong to umm….the dude who made YYH and Rumiko Takahashi respectively. Not to me (I wish).


Chapter 1(Guy Troubles and Meeting Herself)


As she ran, she started to regret turning down Kaede-baba's training offer. Especially since it would be helpful to outrun the 10 foot tall very large bear youkai that was currently, after her blood. Literally. 'The well isn't too far away from here.' Kagome estimated. 'I can make it!' She thought as she continued running through the dense foliage, hoping to lose her pursuer.

"AGH! Get back here! Damn wench!" The bear youkai roared as it continued its relentless pursuit.

"Keep running keep running, just a little further!" Kagome encouraged herself. 'Since I can't count on Inuyasha to help me anymore, I guess I'm on my own." Kagome thought sadly as she continued running.

Flashback

"Inuyasha! I'm ba-"Kagome stopped suddenly as she heard something moving nearby. She walked slowly through the trees, silently as she crept up on whatever 'it' was that had attracted her attention. When she saw what 'it' was, she let out a small gasp. Inuyasha…with Kikyou!

"—kill that girl for me, won't you Inuyasha? I can be alive again once that girl is dead." Kikyou said as she kissed Inuyasha passionately. (A/N: ewwww!)

"You know I'd do anything to give you your life back. I promised I'd always be with you, Kikyou." As Inuyasha said this, Kagome felt her heart shatter like the Shikon no Tama once had.

'I'm sorry Kagome. I love you too, but I promised Kikyou I'd be with her long before you even came along. Forgive me.' Inuyasha thought sadly. He looked down at Kikyou, a peaceful look on her face. She looked up and smiled. He smiled back at her.

Kagome turned and went to the village to meet her friends, and tell them she was leaving and wouldn't be back for a while. Everyone made a fuss at this, especially Shippou, who didn't want his surrogate mother to leave him.

"Kagome! Take me with you! Please!" He wailed.

"Shippou, I can't. But I promise I'll come back for you soon, okay?" She replied consolingly.

He sniffed. "Okay."

Kagome smiled sadly, and turned to leave. When she was about halfway through, she felt something following her. She started to walk faster, and as soon as she heard a crash in the nearby trees, broke into an all-out sprint for the well. Another crash or two and a good long sprint or so later, she saw what had been following her. It was the bear youkai. And it had a look on its face that no girl wants to see on a male youkai's face while they're out in the woods alone. So, she did the first thing that came to mind. Ran for her life.

End Flashback

And so, we pick up where we last left Kagome, twice. Running for dear life and the Bone Eater's Well.

'Uhn. Cant' go much further!' Kagome groaned. Then the well came into sight. "Thank Kami!" Kagome cried as she vaulted over the brim and into the well.

She heard the youkai howl in rage at having lost its prey, and relaxed as a warm blue aura surrounded her, transporting her away. Exhausted from the chase, her eyelids began to droop, and she was aware of an unusual yet pleasant, faint, tingling sensation as she fell asleep.

about 30 min. later

Kagome woke from slumber to find her tail waving back an--. Wait. Tail? Kagome did a double take as she stared at the foreign body part. Since when did she, a HUMAN MIKO, have a tail? Further examining herself, she noticed she had claws and as she soon learned very painfully, sharp fangs. Trying to stay calm, she took in her surroundings as she noticed something else: this wasn't the well house at her Sunset Shrine. Heck, she wasn't even in a WELL.

Kagome looked around for any sign of immediate danger. Sensing none, she continued to absorb her surroundings. She seemed to have been lying on a fallen tree in a beautiful forest. Not so far off, she spotted a clear, crystal lake, with a waterfall running into it. Deciding to then further investigate the reason for the furry tail now firmly attached to her backside, she walked over to the lake, kneeled, and looked at her reflection.

What she saw just about made her loose consciousness again.

Her already raven hair was now so dark, it looked more blue than black. Her sapphire blue eye color had been intensified and had slitted pupils. Her shape had filled out a bit more too, making her look less childish and more like a woman. Lastly, she noticed the pair of fuzzy black ears on her head that twitched comically when she touched them. She blinked and decided to find a village…or town. Whichever this place had. With this in mind, she got up and started walking in what she thought might be the right direction.

Later

"Ugh. Man I'm tired. How long does it take to find a friggin' town!" Kagome groaned as she walked on. She had walked for what seemed like hours now, and she was hungry and dirty. As she looked to check the sun's position, she saw something under it. When she looked closer, she saw what looked to be a town. Brightening at this and the prospect of some clean clothes and food, she headed towards the town with a renewed spirit.

When she arrived, she found that the town did have humans, but…it also had demons too. More demons then humans actually, but seeing as how they managed to live together without tearing eachother apart, she shrugged this off.

The first thing she did was head to the clothing stalls that were set up along the streets a little ways off. Sure she was hungry, but she really couldn't go eat in her filthy school uniform. She was already attracting odd stares from the people around her.

She finally found a clothing stall that she thought might help her blend in, so she went in. She looked around and found something she liked. It was a baggy white shirt with a Chinese-style knee length dress with slits up the thighs that went over it, and tight black shorts that went on underneath. The dress was black and had silver ripple designs near the hem.

"You have good taste. That outfit would look great on you." said a voice from behind her. Kagome spun around to see a kind looking man smiling at her.

"Um, thank you. How much is this?" Kagome asked.

"Well, normally, that set costs 35 gold..." the man trailed off looking at her school uniform oddly.

Kagome's eyes widened "I can't pay that."

"Hmm. I figured as much." He frowned. "You don't seem to be from here, are you?" he asked. He brightened. "Well, in any case, I like you, so I'll give it to you. Free of charge." He smiled again.

Kagome stared for a second. "You-you're giving this to me?"

The shopkeeper nodded. " Yup. Besides, today's the Solstice Festival!" Catching Kagome's confused look, he elaborated "We celebrate this twice a year for summer and winter solstice. It's just a normal holiday really. We set out free food in the town square by all the guilds and it's a night of fun and dancing. That's pretty much it."

'If I wait until the festival, then I can get a free meal without having to worry about paying!' Kagome asked, "Well, is there somewhere I can change into this then? I'd like to get out of this…" Kagome asked as she gestured towards her dirty sailor uniform.

The shopkeeper nodded and motioned for her to follow him and directed her to a changing room in the back. When she came out, she said her thanks to the shopkeeper, exchanged a few more words, and departed. She stepped outside and noticed that the sun had started to drop, so while she waited for the festival to start, she decided to explore. She wandered towards the town square where the festival was supposed to be held later, and decided to check out the guilds the kind shopkeeper had mentioned before, and the tavern for information.

Meanwhile

He was bored. He had lost the chimera somewhere in this insufferable crowd, and because of the Solstice Festival coming up this evening, the crowd was larger than normal. If he wasn't used to this by now, he probably would have suffocated.

'Good thing I'm not claustrophobic' he thought.

Sighing, he decided to go to the tavern to see if the chimera had thought to go there too. As he made his way to the tavern, he saw none other than the chimera waiting impatiently outside the front doors. Grinning, he approached the chimera, while said chimera looking more pissed than ever, scowled at the fox as the duo went inside.

"Where were you?" The chimera asked.

"I was in the guild square of course." The fox replied. Catching his partner's glare, he hastily said "Hey! You're not blaming ME for this are you? It wasn't my fault!"

"Kurama…"

"Kuronue?" The person now identified as Kurama replied grinning once again.

"sigh you're impossible." Kuronue said shaking his head.

The two found some of their band there at a table near the back, and took their seats not too far off.

Not too soon after, someone entered the bar, and almost everyone in the tavern looked up. Noticing, this, the two thieves looked up in time to see a raven-haired beauty walk in.


gravityx: It's a cliffy! Um…plz don't kill me b backs away Yes! On another note, I TRIED. It's my first fanfic, and I'm not looking for pity, but constructive criticism if you will.

Please review! No flames though.

Coming up:

Kagome and Kurama see eachother for the first time, and our favorite thieves go on a heist! What's this? Kagome gets lost and stumbles upon the thieves' hideout? Looks like trouble for Kagome! Or is it..?