Hiyas! I'm Kamy! This is my first story, so bear with me, kay?

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha.. (for now)

Inu:What was that?

Kamy: Inu! WTF! Where'd you come from! Where's Kagome?

Inu:That's not important. What's important is...you're secretly plotting on how to get the copywrite!

Kamy: . . . Well, now that you've told everyone, its not a secret! KAGOME! HE RUINED MY SURPRISE!

Kag: You hurt her feelings! SIT!

Inu:AGH!

Kamy: On with the story!

"She's gone…They're both gone…Just like…everyone else. Of course you stupid girl. They always leave. Just like mother did. What's stopping them? What's stopping any of them? They'll just run. Like mother. Like daddy. Like Hime. Like you…"

Chapter one

The Hanyou

Beginnings

A small little girl that appeared to be around the age of eight ran down the hill as fast as her little legs could carry her, which was pretty fast. What else was to be expected from a hanyou? A neko hanyou of all kinds? The villagers chased her to the outskirts of town until all that could be heard was the angry shouts…

"MONSTER!"

"DEMON!"

"YEAH, YOU KEEP RUNNING!"

They really didn't need to yell, did they? It didn't matter that she was half a mile away. She could still hear them. How could she not, with those sensitive ears? She finally came to a river. She stopped at the edge and looked down. She saw what everyone was so afraid of, what they all hated, what she hated…

There starring back at her was her reflection. Her white hair that was tipped with brown and framed her face reached to her shoulder in the back and four strands in the front reached the chest of her red haori. Her soft amber eyes showing no emotion-she had learned to keep those hidden from everyone-her sharp fangs just barely sticking out over the corners of her lips, a silver tail with a brown tip that went to the back of her knees, and, of course, her ears. They gave it all away. That she wasn't powerful enough to be demon, yet not weak enough to be human. These two white things tipped with brown in a triangular shape on each side of her head. She hated those most…

She suddenly turned around upon hearing a loud snap of a twig. She was about to run when the familiar scent came to her sensitive nose.

'Hime…'

A little girl that looked around five stepped out into the clearing. She was wearing a white haori with red priestess pants with a breast plate of armor. Her hair was in a half pony-tail and was white with red tips. She shared the other girls amber eyes, though she had two blue strips on each cheek, an upside-down blue crescent moon with a blue dot above it. She also had a silver tail as well, but it was tipped in red. She, unlike the girl with the ears was a full-fledged youki. Her usually stern face broke into a wide smile as she said…

"Growling at your reflection again Mica-neesan?"

The older girl looked into her younger siblings golden orbs before replying, "I can't help it, Hime. I hate what I am."

Hime's smile faded into a frown. "If I've told you once, I've told you a million times. Never be ashamed of being a hanyou." She scolded Mica as if she was the older one. She had a tendency to act older than she was. "And besides, I love your ears!"

As Hime reached over to stroke said ears, a sudden blast of wind came, knocking Hime and Mica off their feet as they looked up to see a woman they had both seen only once before. The woman had her silver hair pulled into a lose bun with two feathers sticking out and had piercing crimson eyes. Her red lips were pulled into a smirk as she waved her fan, causing the winds to disperse. (Kagura's twin with silver hair)

"Kagora…what do you want?" Mica spat out through gritted teeth. Of course she would hate this woman. She was the reason her mother was dead.

"Now, now, is that any way to treat a guest? And I think you know what I want…"

Kagora raised her fan above her head…

"HIME!" Mica screamed as she pushed her sister out of the way of some wind blades created by Kagora.

"You BITCH! Leave Hime OUT of this!"

"Then you know what you must do…" She looked at Mica expectantly, knowing she had her trapped.

"Yes…I'll…go to Onigumo…now…"

"NO! MICA YOU CAN'T LEAVE!" Hime screamed.

"Hime…I love you…so I can't put you in danger anymore…I have to go" she said with a sad smile.

"Mica…" Hime whispered with tears in her eyes as Mica was scooped into the feather Kagora was traveling on. She had left so abruptly she didn't hear the soft "I love you too, onee-chan."

---At Onigumo's band---

Kagora and Mica arrived at a band of bandits. Most of them looked their way and gave out cat-calls and lustrous looks at Kagora. The others gave Mica a look of disgust. She didn't blame them. After all, she was a hanyou, but she was stretching her self control over killing them to the limit.

"Ah, Kagora, you've brought our guest!"

Mica's head shot straight up at the sound of the human's voice. The one who had sent for her. No one could get a good look at him, the fire creating a shadow over his features. The scent of alcohol was fresh in the air, though.

'Great, the ass has been drinking…He better not force himself on me…My patience would run out at that point…' Her face held disgust for a moment before going expressionless. "Why do you enjoy pestering me, Onigumo?"

"Ah, Mica, you should be nicer to your new master, dontcha think? After all, we'll be seeing a lot of each other now. And we wouldn't want Hime to be in some serious 'accident' would we?" He said with a smirk. Mica was blinking back tears now. She refused to let HIM see her CRY! "Now you know what I want, don't you? You have two options. You can either go and kill the priestess that guards the Shikon no Tama…"

"And your cry-baby whiny-whiny option would be?" She interrupted, knowing the other option would bring someone sadness.

"…or you could set it up so her love kills her." He finished.

"Huh?"

"The priestess' name is Kikyo. She has fallen for a half-breed named Inuyasha." He replied, a look of hate on his face.

'Fallen…for a hanyou? Like me? She can't be THAT bad then, can she? If she accepts him…loves him…maybe someone will do that for me. I refuse to force him to kill her. And I refuse to kill her. Maybe if I just steal the jewel…Onigumo will be satisfied.' Mica thought. "Onigumo, I'll go after the priestess. Count on me."

He looked at her skeptically for a bit before nodding his head in agreement. "Here." He said, giving her a map. "Don't come back without the Shikon no Tama."

With that she bounded off to the village of the Shikon no Tama.

---At Shikon no Tama Village--- (K/N: or whatever in heck it's called.)

The second star from the right,

Shines in the night for you.

To tell you that the dreams you find

Really can come true.

The second star to the right

Shines with the light that's red.

And with it's never land you need

Its light will lead you there…

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

So I know where you are.

Hanging in the skies above

Lead me to the land I dream of.

This was the song Mica sang deep into the night, so softly that not even the stars above could hear her. The cliff she was seated on over looked the entire village. Her enchanted song let out a ghostly motherly figure that traveled from hut to hut searching for the priestess called Kikyo, while giving sweet dreams to those it passed over, like a mother rocking its child to sleep.

And when our journey is through,

Each time we say good night.

We'll thank the little star that shines

Second from the right.

She thought she heard a noise from behind her, but dismissed the thought. She had found Kikyo in her hut, asleep next to her little sister. Suddenly thoughts of Hime popped into her mind. 'I hope she's alright…' Mica thought as she wrapped the figure around Kikyo's body, lifting her completely. The figure started to whisper into Kikyo's ear…

"Where is the Shikon no Tama, Kikyo?"

The response was a light moan and a point of a limp finger straying to the location of a small shrine. The figure put Kikyo down gently and went in the direction in which the priestess had pointed. When she got to the shrine, she slipped past the sutras, past the charms, and up to the silver case. A bright glow came from around the edge of the case. It was right there. Right within her grasp. She slowly inched her ghostly fingers toward the case…

SNAP!

Mica snapped from her trance, the ghostly figure disappearing into the mist, as she turned her head to see a sturdy figure of a man coming out from the bushes behind her.

'Damn!' she thought. 'I knew there was something there! But he's down wind so I couldn't smell him! Smart bastard!' A sour look came to her face. "What do you want, asshole! I was doing something important! Go bug somebody else before I beat the crap out of you!" She spat at him.

He looked surprised for a moment, then put on a smirk.

"A stupid human like you is going to beat the crap out of me?" he stated.

Mica was stunned. 'Wha…'she thought "WHAT did you CALL ME!" She screamed causing both her cat ears and his dog ears to ring…wait…DOG ears!

"A human, you filthy vermin. And did you have to scream so damn loud!" He said, covering said ears while speaking.

She wasn't listening to him though. She was staring at the spots his hands were covering. 'He's a half-a…like me…does that make him…?'

"Oi, wench, what are you staring at? And what the hell were you doing up here that was SO important? Better not have been trying to steal MY jewel!"

She kept staring, her lips slightly parted, causing her fang to poke out unnoticed. When she finally spoke, she said barely above a whisper, "You're Inu Yasha…"

"Huh? How'd you…"

"You're a hanyou…"

"H-Hey! S-Shut up!"

"You're like me…"

"…say WHAT NOW!"

'Dammit, this ruins everything! If I tell him I touched Kikyo, he'll rip me apart! And he won't believe anything I say and then leave alone! He'll watch me all night! But if I go back empty handed, Onigumo will hurt Hime! Ah man, I'm sunk!' Sweat started to form on her face and tears pooled in her hard amber eyes. "…oh no…" she whimpered.

"Hey! What do you mean I'm like you! Are you a…" He paused, noticing her ears. "You are! You're a hanyou like me! You're here for the jewel, aren't you! Back off, its mi…" He stopped mid sentence, sniffing something in the air. "Aw, shit, are you crying? Common, cut it out, there's nothing to cry about, calm down…"

"NOTHING TO CRY ABOUT! NOTHING TO…my little sister might DIE if I don't get that stupid jewel! You should know better than ANYONE what it's like to be alone! And she's all I've got left! My ass-father left us for dead! And this shit head Onigumo will probably kill her anyway, just 'cause I refused to kill Kikyo in this little errand…"

"Wha… kill KIKYO! Who IS this asshole, Onigumo! Why the hell is he threatening to kill your sister? That BASTARD! I'll kill him!" He paused, seeming to think something over before looking back at Mica. "I-I mean he did try to steal MY jewel. Can't let him get away with THAT!"

Mica slowly raised her head, her face showing obvious surprise. "Y-you're gonna kill Onigumo? You really think you can? I've tried lots of times, but Kagora keeps beating the snot outta me…"

"Ya, well, I'm older than you, and probably more experienced in fighting than you are. And if this 'Onigumo' and 'Kagora' are only human, than they should be easy to kill."

"Kagora's a demon. A wind witch. And she's no push over. But maybe…if we work together…"

"Together? Well, you know where he is, but you better not get in my way!"

"In your…I'm the one who spared your lovers life! You could be a little grateful, you dog!"

"S-shut up, cat, and show me the way!"

"Fine!" she countered before bounding off into the forest towards the camp site, Inu Yasha at her heels.

---Onigumo's Band---

After long hours of searching (And a few hundred fights later) they finally found the destination. InuYasha hung back in the shadows with Mica, while she quickly searched through the crowd for their leader.

"Too fat...too skinny…you can actually see his face…manly features…too-AHA! There he is! He's the only one who's an average size, shadows his face, and what you can see is femine!"

InuYasha looked in the same direction and knew instantly who she meant. A man sat by the fire with his upper face hidden in shadow and his chin and mouth were quite femine. He wore some samari armor with his bare chest visible and leering red eyes looking through the darkness that shielded his face.

"And there's that bitch Kagora…"

He looked up a bit to find the white haired woman towering over the sitting Onigumo holding an embroidered fan. From the look in her blood red eyes, she obviously didn't want to be here.

"So," he began, looking back to the cat-girl beside him. "That's my target?"

"Yes." She replied keeping a hate filled gaze on the two people. "I can help you if you need it. But my main focus is Onigumo."

"Feh. I won't need your help. She looks like another third-rate demon."

"She's not. And I said 'if'. Just remember, she can control the wind, blowing some attacks off course. If you can get that fan she holds away from her, she'll be powerless."

"You've done this a lot, haven't you?"

"You would too if you were stuck in this hell hole."

"Point taken. Now are we gonna rush in there, or come up with a plan?"

"Well," she looked thoughtful for a moment. "We should probably separate them. Maybe a sneak attack. I could pretend to have the jewel with me. Onigumo will send everyone away; he knows how greedy these bastards get. When we're alone, you can pop out and attack Kagora. With Onigumo off guard, I'll land in a few good hits. I may need your help."

"Alright. The signal for me to come out…you can put your hand in your haori, like to take out the jewel. That way I won't come out too early or too late."

"Alright." She plopped down on the ground and started rolling around in the dirt. When she had a lot of brown spots on her clothes, she lifted her claws and tore a bit of her arm. At InuYasha's surprised and confused expression she explained, "I have to make it look as though we fought. He knows I'm not THAT strong as to take the jewel without a fight from SOMEBODY."

He simply nodded his head and started off around the area Kagora and Onigumo were sitting, still hidden in the bushes, but not before stating, "We can't come from the same direction. That would be too obvious."

She nodded after his retreating form, flinching at the memory of a different form, before shaking her head and slowly limping out into the open.

Onigumo looked up in surprise. "Mica. I did not expect you back until morning. Have you brought the jewel?"

Mica smirked. "Like I could possibly come back without it."

"Smart girl." He stood up and yelled to the other bandits. "Get out of here, you worthless idiots. I have a business to uphold to. Go kill some demons and be back here by morning, you hear!"

The other bandits grumbled to themselves, but complied, not wanting their boss to sick the wind witch on them. Onigumo turned back to Mica. "Give it here, girl."

In slow motion, Mica reached into her haori. At that moment, InuYasha leaped out of the bushes and sliced Kagora down her front, causing blood to cover the ground. InuYasha was still on guard. It would take more than that to take out a demon.

After getting over the shock, Onigumo turned to Mica. "You little bitch! Now I really will kill your sister!" He turned to run, but stopped abruptly when he felt his back warm up. "AGHHHHH!"

Mica had picked up several of the burning logs from the fire, not caring about how much her hands burned right then, and she launched them at Onigumo's retreating form. He was immediately engulfed in flames.

All the while, an extremely miffed Kagora was fighting with InuYasha. Her attacks were mostly futile; they only worked on his Blades of Blood, but had no affect whatsoever on his Iron Reaver Soul Stealer.

But InuYasha had his own problems as well. Though he could use his Iron Reaver Soul Stealer, they were defiantly his weaker attack. But his opening came when Kagora became distracted by Onigumo's scream.

He leapt in and racked his claws on her flesh, effectively cutting a line of blood from her forehead to her chest. Before she split in half ((disgusting not only the readers, but myself)) she reduced to nothing more than fairy dust.

InuYasha stopped to catch his breath. That little kitty was right; the witch was defiantly stronger than she looked. But then again, so was he. He looked up to see what had become of the kitten.

Well, he got an eye full. Mica stood, with a ring of fire around her, a shadow covering her eyes, giving them a predatorial gleam. She held a weapon that one of the bandits had dropped, a large metal ball on the end of a stick with a Chinese design on it. ((Also known as a bonbori!)) And there in front of her was a dark figure completely incased in fire.

The figure started limping away. "Oh no you don't!" Mica yelled as she leapt in the air, landing in front of the man. "After all the pain you've caused not only me, but hundreds of others, you think you can just walk away?"

The figure took a step back, tripping himself on a rock which made him fall on his butt, and he cowered in fear as the little kitty walked slowly over to him. "Don't worry, Onigumo. I'm not going to kill you."

Both Onigumo and InuYasha looked surprised. But before InuYasha could yell an insult at her, she continued. "I want you to suffer. Like I have suffered. You and I both know with those burns, you'll never walk again. You won't even be able to move! So I'm just gonna leave you here."

Onigumo's eyes lit up in anger. This wench thought he would stand for this? Why, when his gang of bandits came back…

"I know your little bandit buddies won't help you. After all you've done to them, they hate you're guts. Nothing's gonna stop them from ripping you limb from limb."

Realization dawned on the bandit as he stopped cowering and went into overall shock. Mica blinked a few times before turning to InuYasha. "You wanna go now? This is boring. Plus I gotta find my sis."

InuYasha just smirked. "Sure. But don't expect a warm welcome from the villagers." With that they walked to what was to become InuYasha Forest and went there separate ways, pretending this whole thing never happened.

A week later, the Priestess Kikyo found a burned bandit in a cave…

End Chapter 1

Kamy: That's it, peoples! Don't hate me, its my first attempt!

Inu: How could they NOT hate it! It barely had me in it at all!

Kamy:Why you self-centered--KAGOME!

Kag: SIT! THAT'S FOR BEING STUPID!

Inu: My...back...

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"I'm lost. I can't…can't find them. Neesan! Oneechan! Kiro! Where are you? Don't go away! Please, don't leave me alone! I hate being alone. Why won't you come back? Do you…do you hate me? Like him…?