DISCLAIMER:: This is my first InuYasha disclaimer, and I'm not too good at it. Let me try though: I do not own InuYasha. Whew, that was hard.

A/N: YAY! I GOT A CHAPTER FINISHED! I'm so excited to get started on this story, it's so different than anything I've ever done before, I hope it'll be a highlight of my career! Haha, okay, on with the awesomeness..................

Chapter One: InuYasha's Rescue

It was a bleak day in the Feudal era of Japan. Not many would venture out on a day like this, as it was the summer solstice and demons were just itching to raid villages and such, but there was always one's reasons.

Priestess Kaede, the head of the village of Masaka, had a reason. There was a demon about, she could feel it, and, as the protector of Masaka, it was her duty to tend to any business that could be even remotely dangerous. She brought with her only three people: Her eight year old daughter, Kagome, who had a gift for sensing demonic auras, a village samurai, Hojo-sensei, and Kagome's bodyguard, another samurai named Shippo-sama. All were human and had seen their fair share of youkai, but young Kagome had only been on a few journeys such as this. She had heard stories from Shippo-sama of fearsome youkai, but one in particular that scared her was the story of Sessoumaru-sama, and his followers Jaken and Ah-Un. Sessoumaru-sama was the terror of Japan; he had raided villages from far and wide, taking captives and murdering for ransom, horrid things that made Kagome shiver in her kimono, and Jaken and Ah-Un were his two henchmen who were equally evil. The way Shippo-sama told it, no youkai could be trusted. Ever. They were evil and cruel and heartless, and Kagome, being a naive young girl, believed him, and soon grew to hate all youkai.

They had crossed the border into a village on the other side of the mountain. Kagome had felt a bad aura coming from here, and, now that they were there, it was blatantly clear why. The town was in absolute, burning, bleeding ruins.

The buildings were reduced to charred piles of rubble. What appeared to be the corpses of villagers had blood seeping from them, and in the middle of this chaos were standing three figures. Kagome didn't have to be psychic to know who they were.

Suddenly, Shippo-sama and Hojo-sensei leaped in front of Kaede, pushing Kagome to the ground in the process. Kaede was furious and pulled out an arrow, shot it at the figures, and shouted at the two imbeciles traveling with her.

"Baka ne! Guard Kagome, I'll be fine! Just- ahh!" She shrieked, and blood surged from her left eye. The arrow she had just shot had been redirected and hit her square in the eye.

Kagome ran forward. "Okaa-san! Omai...." She shouted, and held her mothers head in her lap as Shippo-sama and Hojo-sensei ran after the three felons, only to miss aim completely and fall into a heap of broken pottery.

The three disappeared and Kagome thought that they were all gone and began to tend to her mother. However, as she knelt over, she felt a light tap on her shoulder and she turned around just in time to make eye contact with Sessoumaru-sama's bright yellow eyes for a fraction of a second and watch him leap away, leaving her stunned and afraid.

Shippo and Hojo pulled themselves together and ran back toward the two mikos. "Lady Kaede, are you alright? Lady Kagome, we'll take it from here, go check the village for survivors." Kagome handed her mother to the two idiots and, dusting herself off, walked solemnly away.

She covered the entire village, sensing an aura she just couldn't figure out. It wasn't evil, but....it certainly wasn't benign. She turned back to look at her valet. They were still freaking out about the loss of Kaede's eye from over an hour ago. Although she was okay, she'd never regain sight in that eye.

Poor okaa-san. Losing one of her eyes must be har-OOMPH! She tripped over something red. "What is that?" She exclaimed silently. It was red, and it had legs! They were moving legs! It was a boy, and he was alive!

"Shippo-sama! Come here! Look! Look! There's a boy in the rubble here!" She yelled, and Shippo-sama left to come see what all her ruckus was about. As he was coming over, Kagome knelt down to the boy. She moved a piece of wood and stared at the young boy's face. He was about her age, maybe a year or two older, but he had silver hair and, strangest of all, dog ears. She came to the realization that he must be a demon of some sort, but she didn't have time to elaborate on that or even feel her normal hatred for demons, because his eyes fluttered open.

Kagome stared into his eyes, which looked strangely familiar somehow. He sat up quickly, grabbing her wrists and gasping, as if waking up from a nightmare. Kagome tried to calm him. "It's-it's okay, m-my name's Kagome. What's yours?"

The boy blinked and loosened his grip on Kagome. "InuYasha." He replied, and passed out.

Kagome's heart pounded in her chest. "SHIPPO-SAMA!!! KUDASAI!!!! I need you over here! He's fainted!" Shippo-sama ran quickly over to her, and looked down on the red hanyou. "By Kikyo, he's...he's.....a hanyou!" Kagome looked up at Shippo-sama's confused face.

Suddenly, Hojo-sensei screamed, "I think she's going to lose her eye! Shippo, get over here!" Shippo-sama turned, and, over his shoulder, called to Kagome, "Just, take care of him. You're a smart girl, use your powers. He's in your charge."

Kagome smiled and looked again at the unconcious boy. He looked....sweet, in a way. She couldn't help but feel happy when she realized that this was her responsibility! She looked up at the setting sun and, very vaguely in the distance, she thought she could see something like three figures in the distance....

Then she closed her eyes.

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And that's the first chapter! Tune in next time, kids!