As she walked down the beach, Casandra noticed Sesshomaru standing on a rock, gazing out at the waves. She sped up until she was standing behind him.

"Hi." she smiled "What are you thinking about? You look so sad."

"You," he replied softly

"Really?"

"Yes"

"What about me?" she stepped closer

"Just the last couple of weeks, since we met." He turned to face her, his face was calm but his eyes seemed so sad.

"W-why do you look so sad, then?"

"Because we can't be together anymore."

"What do you mean?" Casandra narrowed her eyes at him skeptically.

"I don't need any distractions on the path I am taking so I am getting rid of all of them." He replied dryly.

"Oh great, so I'm just a piece of shit for you to throw away?" She growled.

"Yes," He sighed. Then turned and walked away.

With each step he took another piece of Casandra's heart broke. She felt a cold tear roll down her face. She slowly wiped it away before she collapsed to her knees and buried her face in her hands.

She opened her eyes to find the sun was already rising. Goddammit! Her nightmares, about her past with that idiotic, stuck-up demon, were back.

"Ugh! Why am I still dreaming about that? It was 66 years ago." she muttered to herself as she sat up. "Wow 66 years have already gone by? God! I'm getting old." She sighed before she stood and started walking down the hill. It had taken almost all day yesterday to climb the other side and she was pissed when she found out there was a path around it. Still mumbling to herself she walked slowly, so as not to trip, down the steep slope.

Meanwhile, at the bottom of the hill, Inuyasha started transforming.

"The moonless night is over." Kagome said as his hair and ears returned to normal.

"Finally" Inuyasha growled, "I hate the new moon."

All of a sudden his ear twitched. He heard something coming. He looked up the hill to see a young woman walking toward them. Suddenly she slipped and went rolling fast into rocks.

Just when she thought she would be squished something grabbed her. She gradually opened her eyes.

To his amazement they were purple. The look on her face turned from grateful to shocked.

"You have dog ears!" She exclaimed, blinking rapidly, "Are you a demon?"

"Sort... of." He answered looking away. He set her down and she brushed herself off.

"Damn! That hurt!" she winced and cracked her back. Then she cleared her throat "Thanks for your help," she smiled "My name is Casandra. Nice to meet you- uh-,"

"Inuyasha,"

"Inu-yasha? What a strange name."

"Hmmmm," He growled.

"Hey. I'm Kagome," Kagome said, stepping forward.

"Hi! You appear human!"

"Yep, I'm human." she said smiling. "And this is Sango and Miroku, who are human as well. And Shippo." she said pointing to each of them. ~mew~ A two tailed cat sat at Casandra's feet "And that is Kirara." Kagome laughed.

"Nice to meet you all!"

Miroku came forward and grabbed her hands, "It must be fate that brought us together. Will you bear my chil-oof!" Sango's boomerang slammed him to the ground.

"Sorry. He's a pervert."

"I noticed." Casandra laughed.

Standing at about Kagome's height, this woman was gorgeous. Long black hair, that most likely fell past her knees, was pinned up with chopsticks and still hung down to her mid back. There were five red streaks in her hair. (Two on each side and one down the back.) She wore a black tank top that didn't cover any of her midriff, and blue pants that stopped around her knees. However, the most interesting thing was that her nails were a strange metallic purple, and they shined in the sunlight.

"So are you demon or human?" Kagome asked.

"She's human." Inuyasha said before she could answer. "Or at least she smells human." He added, sniffing the air between them.

"That's creepy." Casandra said leaning away. "Wait! There is a difference in smells?" She asked.

"Ya,"

"Wow, I'm learning new things every day."