Yes I do have another fanfic in the making however, this idea has been bugging me for days! So I've decided to give it a shot.

I'm trying on doing this in first person pov and it will be Kagome's. I've never done something like that so let me know how I did!

Chapter 1: Meeting

I don't get why I listened to my mom and flew across the world to visit some distant relatives. Maybe it was because after the well closing when I was 18, I was never the same. I really tried living a normal life again, but I couldn't. I was able to finish high school with honors and obtaining a full ride scholarship at the University. There I obtained my major in History (no surprise there) and became fluent in English. With the little free time I had, I learned more about weaponry and martial arts. I guess I just wanted to push that 'helpless' girl that I used to be out of my life. I had this urge of just becoming stronger and faster. Besides, I felt that my spiritual powers were gone. Well… not fully. I can still feel auras but I haven't been able to use my full power ever since the well closed. Now another part of me was missing and I felt weak. My mom became concerned with my obsession in weaponry, but she did understand why I was doing it.

I dated, but it was never the same. No one gave me the feelings that he gave me.

But he didn't want me. He made that clear enough.

According to my mom and brother, I was yet to be the same even after living in the present for ten years. They felt I needed a break from Japan, so she arranged a trip to Georgia to visit some family I had never even heard of.

It had been pleasant, until everything started.

We had been out in town when the outbreak started. I had tried saving my aunt but I failed. I saw her being ripped apart in front of me and I did the only thing I could.

I ran.

I managed to go back to the house and grab a bag and pack anything that was necessary. A few change of clothes, flashlight, the small first aid kit that I bought at the airport when I arrived, blanket, and my bow and arrows. My mom had told my aunt about my skills with the weapon and as a welcoming gift, she got them for me. I wasn't sure how rusty I would be. The last time I had touched a bow was when I was 20 years old. I had hit the mark on the Goshinboku where he had been sealed. I had fallen to my knees and cried as I fully came to the realization that I was never going back there. After that, I went to my grandpa's storage and put away the bow and arrows.

I never touched them again.

I had been on the road for a bit,going from one small town to the other, until I noticed a sign for a gas station. Knowing that my luck would be minimal, I still decided to give it a try and see what I could find. There were cars everywhere and the smell of the dead was overwhelming. I didn't need a sensitive nose in order to smell that stench.

All those years in the feudal era helped me as I tried to survive in this world of horror and tremor. I'm not sure for how long I had been alone, until I saw him.

I moved swiftly and quietly behind one of the cars to watch him. He was wearing a sheriff's uniform and he was carrying a small gas container, in hopes of finding some gas.

I saw him walk around and I slowly followed him. I was a bit unsure of making an appearance, since the last time I had seen any males there intentions were anything but pure towards me. After that, I just avoided groups.

I closed my eyes and I tried tapping into his aura more and I let out a barely audible gasp. His intentions were pure, he was just confused but determined.

That's when I decided to make an appearance, but the shuffling of feet made me freeze in my hiding spot.

A small little girl with bunny slippers was walking around. I saw his shocked face and watched him as he approached her.

"Little girl? I'm a policeman," his voice soothing and reassuring as he tried approaching her, but I knew better. There was no life in her.

I quietly got my bow and arrow ready and took aim. I wanted to see what he would do the moment she turned around.

I saw him getting closer to her, continuing to be reassuring when she turned around. I could see a nasty gash on the side of her mouth and the dead look in her eyes. She started growling at him and started coming towards him.I saw him freeze in shock, but before he could do anything, I fired.

He stared at the body in shock and looked around searching for whoever had fired it.

"It's a shame that such a young soul had to die like that," I softly said as I emerged from my hiding spot.

He seemed even more shocked at seeing me. His blue eyes widened in surprise as he stared at me.

I slowly smiled at him as I put my bow on my back again and I walked towards him.

"You're acting like you just saw a ghost," I jokingly said.

He blushed as he realized that he had just been staring and nervously laughed.

"It's not that, it's just… I haven't seen anyone alive besides the other two survivors that helped me back in my town."

I nodded in understanding, "Don't worry, I tend to have the same reaction when I see anyone alive. However it hasn't been my luck so far."

"No one?"

I cleared my throat, "Well a while back I came across these men, however I got out of there as fast as I could. Nowadays even the living has become more dangerous."

"I see," he then walked closer to me and held out his hand, "I'm Rick Grimes."

I shook it, "Kagome Higurashi."

He smiled and then look pointedly at my bow, "Nice shot by the way."

"I'm a bit surprised it was that clean of a shot. I haven't used one in a while."

He nodded but stayed quiet. I could tell that he wanted to ask me something but was conflicted. I waited patiently and gave him an encouraging smile.

"Are you going anywhere in particular?" He finally asked.

I nodded, "I heard the CDC might be working on a cure. Thought I would check that out."

"That's it? You're not searching for your family?"

I looked away for a bit before answering. Just thinking about them sent a spark of pain through my chest.

"No one. My mom and brother are back in Japan. I was in Georgia to visit my aunt but those things got to her when everything started. After that, I've just been on my own and around just trying to survive."

He nodded in understatement, "I know what you mean. I'm searching for my wife and son. I know for a fact they're somewhere in Atlanta."

Wife and son? No wonder I felt that determination coming from him.

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because I heard the same thing about the CDC. Maybe they're there with other refugees. Besides, she took all of our pictures from the house so I know she's alive."

It didn't take long for me to make a decision and bring it up. I had nothing to lose. I was alone.

"I'll go with you. Who knows how Atlanta will be. We can watch each other's back. I… I have nothing to lose."

He stared at me in shock, "Are you sure? I mean, you barely know me and you're just offering your help like that."

I waved him off, "Like I said, I got nothing to lose."

He smiled at me brightly and I guess out of impulse, he hugged me.

"Thank you so much, I appreciate it."

I was unsure, but I hugged him back.

"Let's get out of here."

So much for a safe trip. His car officially broke down a couple miles away from the city. Thankfully when me and Rick had met it was still early morning so we still had plenty of daylight. I saw him grab a photograph and putting it inside his jacket. He looked at me and I nodded. We grabbed our stuff and started walking when I spotted a small farmhouse.

He put his bags down and took out his badge to show to whoever was possibly in there that he was a police officer. I got my bow and arrow ready and I slowly followed him. As we looked through the windows, the stench of death hit me full blast and that's when we saw the bodies. A man and a woman. I guess they took the easy way out. Blood and flies were all over the bodies. I noticed Rick getting choked up and walking away. I said a silent prayer and I decided to follow him and try to comfort him.

One thing was seeing the body of the living dead on the floor, another was seeing an actual human being dead. Specially them taking the easy way out.

I put a hand on his shoulder and I gave it a gentle squeeze, "It's ok. We'll find them."

He continued to stare down but I knew he understood who I was talking about. A few minutes passed quietly until he finally looked at me. He was searching for something and when he couldn't find it, he spoke.

"How come you're not affected by that? Seeing those bodies just...decaying…"

I closed my eyes for a second, "I've seen my fair share of dead bodies in my life. It still hurts, seeing an innocent life end like that. But eventually it gets easier."

"When? When does it get easier?"

"I'm still trying to figure that out."

I sat next to him when we heard some noises from the other side of the house.

"Oh my…" I quietly whispered.

A horse was right in front of us.

According to him, he was experienced with horses and decided that he would be the one trying to approach it. I heard him telling the horse his proposal and chuckled. He finally got the rope on the horse and after switching some stuff around in our bags to make them somewhat lighter we got ready for our journey to Atlanta.

I put my arms around him and as we started moving he finally said, "Take it easy, I haven't done this in years."

Oh shit.

Next thing we know, the horse just takes off galloping away at a fast speed.

"So much for your experience!" I yelled as the wind continued to move by us fast.

It didn't take us long to finally reach Atlanta. One side of the highway was completely packed with cars but no signs of anyone around. We continued at a slow pace through the streets as quietly as possible. The only sounds that were echoing were the horses hooves hitting the concrete as we continued forward.

All of a sudden, the horse flinched and panicked. My grip on Rick got tighter as he tried calming down the horse when I saw the living dead stepping out of a bus, their growls getting louder as they approached us.

There were only two of them and Rick decided that it was better to outrun them than to waste our energy on them. I couldn't have agreed more. A little bit more forward we noticed a tank and many military equipment but no signs of anyone alive.

The sounds of a helicopter echoed through the skies and both of us searched for it. I could feel my heart pounding in my ears as I looked frantically for it.I knew I wasn't hallucinating since it was obvious that he heard it as well. We finally saw the reflection of it on a tall building and Rick motioned the horse to go faster in order to catch up to it. As we were about to turn on the next street, I felt my blood going cold and my eyes widening.

Right in front of us was a huge herd of those things.

"Rick, we have to get out of here!" I yelled as they started walking towards us.

He wasted no time and turned us around. The horse kept letting out whines of panic as we tried getting away from them. My heart was pumping with adrenaline at this point and I could feel Rick's heart was doing the same as I held tighter.

The groans of the living dead had grown so loud that it alerted the others in the area. We were completely surrounded. Rick tried looking for a gap for a way out but nothing. They finally reached us and got a hold of the horse, making us fall down. I grimaced as I saw them tearing the poor animal down but it served as a distraction to us. As we tried getting up, one of them jumped on Rick. Its putrid mouth was getting closer to his throat and I acted on instinct and I used my bow as a baseball hitting the thing square in the skull killing it, blood splattering everywhere. Rick then grabbed my arm and pulled me to him to crawl under the tank we had previously seen. He took out his gun and started firing shots as he continued to crawl more to the center. It was uncomfortable but I was able to defend myself a bit more when I felt him grabbing my waist and pulling me up inside the tank. As fast as I could I closed the metal door and jumped away from it.

We were both gasping for air and sweating profusely. We were safe. No way they would get inside the tank. However…

"How the hell are we gonna get out?" I whispered to him.

He stared at me in shock as it finally dawned on him our situation. We looked around to see the body of a soldier where the remotes of the tank were. Rick saw the gun on him so he went and grabbed it. At least we had another weapon.

Next thing we knew, the soldier woke up and started growling at Rick. Rick let out a frustrated yelled and shot it. Since we were inside a closed space, the gunshot sound echoed all around the tank sending a high pitch making us dumbfounded for a second.

Since I was further away, I snapped out of it as soon as I heard the growling from above us when I noticed the tank was still open from above. I got up as fast as I could to close it when I saw the bag of guns. However there was no way I could jump and grab them. I closed the door with a loud bang and finally collapsed on my back to catch my breath. It wasn't necessary to look at him to know that he was doing the same thing.

"Thank you by the way."

"Don't worry. I have a feeling you would've done the same."

We stayed quiet as we both tried to figure out a way of getting out of this mess when the static sound coming from the radio distracted us from our thoughts.

"Hey. Dumbasses. Are you cozy in there?"

Me and Rick looked at each other until I pointed at the radio, "Did that thing just insult us?"

"Are you guys alive in there?"

He rushed to grab the radio but he bumped his head on the process as he continued forward.

"Hello?" Rick asked desperately.

"Oh there you are!"

"Ask him if he can see us," I said as I got closer to him.

"Can you see us?"

"Oh yeah. I can see you. You're surrounded by walkers. That's the bad news."

I grabbed the radio from Rick's hand and incredulously asked, "There's good news?!"

I could hear him hesitate on the other line, "No."

I rolled my eyes as Rick grabbed the radio from my hand.

"I don't know who you are but we are extremely concerned right now."

That's one way to put it, I thought.

"Oh man. You should see it from over here."

I let out a frustrated sigh and grabbed it from Rick again, "Is there any way we can get out?"

"Yeah. Make a run for it."

"Are you crazy?" I yelled, "Didn't you just say that it ain't good right now out there?!"

"Look there's no other option. One geek still up on the tank but all the others have climbed down and joined the rest in devouring the horse. Listen to me closely girl, the street on the other side of the tank is less crowded. If you two move right now while they're distracted you guys stand a chance!"

I pinched the bridge of my nose. I knew he was right. If we continued to waste any more time, they'll be done eating the poor horse and we'll be stuck inside this smelly tank forever.

"What about the guns?" Rick asked me. My eyes widened in realization. They would come in handy but the likeliness of getting them and getting out alive of this mess were minimum.

"Too risky," I said to him.

"You guys got ammo?"

"My friend here dropped a bag of guns by the tank but I have a feeling we won't be able to get to it. We found a gun in here and I have my bow and arrows."

"That will have to do. Make every shot count. As fast as you both can, jump off the right side of the tank and keep going in that direction. You'll see an alley. I'll be there waiting for you two."

I fixed my long black hair into a high ponytail as we got ready. Before we climbed up, I noticed that the dead soldier had a grenade on him and without any hesitations I grabbed it. Rick had me go up first. I slowly opened the door and sure enough there was one geek, as that guy called them, right in front of me. I used my hands to pull myself up and I delivered a strong kick to the temple of the geek, killing it.

As we jumped down the tank, I heard Rick groaning in pain. I looked back to look at him to see him limping. Dammit he must've landed wrong. I grabbed his arm and put it around my shoulder as I tried getting us to the alley. He used the gun to cover us and fired multiple shots at the geeks. As we turned to the alley he pointed the gun thinking it was another one but it turned out to be a young man in front of us.

"Woah! Not dead! Come on!"

All three of us ran until we reached the ladder in the alley. The guy went first and I had Rick go in front of me since his leg was still giving him issues. I fired a few arrows and roundhouse kicked a geek that came too close to me and then I started climbing up.

When I made it where the other two were, the new guy looked at us and shook his head.

"You guys the saviors? Here to clean up the town?"

I rolled my eyes, "Not like we did that in purpose."

"You guys are still dumb."

Rick held out his hand to him, "I'm Rick and this is Kagome. Thanks."

He skeptically looked at his hand and then us and he finally shook it, "Glenn."

Glenn then pointed at the rest of the ladder, "We're gonna have to climb all the way up there."

Son of a bitch. Yes I have been in numerous occasions where I was far away from the ground, doesn't mean I enjoyed it. Just looking at how high up we had to go was making me light headed.

When we finally made it to the top, which it felt like forever to me, we continued following Glenn.

"Why did you help us?" I couldn't help but ask. I knew if I was in that position I would've helped, but that's because it's in my nature. Not everyone was like that.

He opened an entrance on the roof of the next building, "Call it foolish, naive hope that if i'm ever in that situation, someone might do the same for me. Guess I'm a bigger dumbass than both of you"

Smartass.

"Good point" Rick said.

We climbed down yet another ladder and from what I could barely tell, we were inside some offices. We continued to follow him, having no clue of where we were going, when Glenn took out his radio and started checking in with whomever was in the other line letting them know he had company and how many geeks were in the alley. I guess there's still more people alive.

As we continued going down the steps, the two of them froze in front of me making me crash into Rick. Two geeks had spotted us and were walking towards us. I pushed both of them out of the way, not giving them a chance to hold me back, and I fired an arrow, hitting one straight in between its eyes and I used the tip of my bow to stab the other one in the head. That's when I heard a door opening in front of us. Two male figures rushed out ready to kill the geeks when they found me standing over the dead bodies.

"Glenn?" One asked.

He nodded at them and he ran forward, motioning Rick and me to follow him.

As soon as we were inside, Rick was forcefully pushed against some boxes by a blonde woman, pointing a gun to his face.

"You son of a bitch!" She exclaimed.

I acted out of impulse and before anyone realized what I was gonna do, I grabbed her wrist and pinned her arm behind her and slammed her against the wall making her drop the gun. I could hear everyone exclaiming for me to stop and so I did. I stepped back and grabbed the gun. Idiot still had the safety on so even if she tried killing anything, she wouldn't be able to.

"Kagome!" I could hear Rick yell from behind me.

"I'm fine," I looked at the gun and handed it to Glenn as she turned around and glared at me.

"We're dead because of these stupid people!" She yelled at her companions and pointed an accusatory finger at us.

Rick looked at them confused but before they could say anything, I turned to him.

"They're driven by sound. Any of those geeks close heard the shots and most likely followed the sounds of the gunshots."

They led us to the front of the store, a Hispanic male reprimanding us on the keys of 'survival'. I knew better than anyone what surviving was, but if it weren't for Rick firing some shots we could've probably been dead.

"At least one of you is smart enough to realize that," an older black lady said from behind me as we stared at the doors, the geeks pushing and grunting against the glass that I could see was slowly breaking.

"What were you guys doing out there?" The blonde asked as she continued to stare at the walkers on the door.

"We were trying to follow a helicopter," I said, "Next thing we knew we were surrounded by them"

I heard the other male scoff, "Helicopter?"

"You guys were hallucinating. It's ok, it happens," The black lady said comfortingly to us.

Rick shook his head, "No. We saw it."

The Hispanic guy turned to the other guy, "Hey T-Dog, have you tried contacting the others?"

I raised my eyebrow at this. More people that were alive?

"The refugee center?" Rick asked them.

"Oh please," the blonde exclaimed.

The hispanic shook his head, "There's no refugee center. We just have a camp outside of the city with others waiting for us."

"I got no signal," T-Dog said, "Maybe up on the roof I'll have better luck."

Before either one of us could say anything else, we heard shots being fired from the roof of the department store. The people around us exclaimed in irritation and started rushing towards the roof. When we got there, I saw an older white male laughing and firing shots. They yelled at him to stop but he wouldn't listen until T-Dog stepped up to him to stop.

The guy laughed at him, "I don't think so, bro. That'll be the day."

Oh goodness. He was one of those racist assholes.

T-Dog got in his face and started arguing some more and then they were fighting. I was weighing my options whether to interfere or not. Rick tried but he ended up getting a blow to his face. The women and the other two kept yelling, from what I gathered from the screaming, for Merle to stop fighting T-Dog. Merle got a hold of the gun and pointed it at T-Dog's face and started exclaiming that he was the boss and that we all needed to listen to him.

Now that would be the day.

I walked towards him, with Glenn barely missing my hand to stop me. Merle finally took a notice of me and after giving me a look that made my skin crawl, I grabbed the rifle and pushed it to the side. He let out a shot and I could hear everyone screaming from behind. I delivered a punch to his stomach, making him stumble forward and then I kneed him on the face, ripping the gun from his hands. He yelled at me but before he tried to do anything, Rick tackled him to the ground and handcuffed him to a pipe.

"Jesus Kagome, where did you learn to do that?!" Glenn exclaimed.

"I never would've thought a woman would give Dixon a run for his money," the hispanic said.

I handed Rick the rifle once he was up, "I've had experiences with bullies before."

"You dumb whore! Just wait until I get off of these cuffs!"

I ignored him.

As we continued being on the roof, and introductions were made, we kept trying to figure out a way to get out of the city. As I scanned the streets filled with walkers I spotted a truck, big enough for all of us to fit in.

"Morales, give me the binoculars!"

He did without any hesitation. Once I grabbed them and stared towards the direction of the truck, I noticed that it was behind a gate.

"We have to get that truck," I said pointing at it as I handed Rick the binoculars, "It's big enough for all of us."

"How are you planning on getting to it?" Glenn asked, "The street is full of them!"

Rick turned to the others, "Besides sound and movement, how can they tell us apart?"

"Smell," Jacqui automatically said.

It didn't take long for an idea to pop in my head, and by the look Rick had on his face, he was thinking the same thing.

We were gathered in another room of the department store, the body of a walker right in front of us. Each one of us had trench coats and gloves. Rick had an ax in his hand and he was nervously looking at the body in front of us.

"I can't believe we're doing this," Glenn complained as he shook his head.

"This is insane," T-Dog said.

"Rick, just do it." I said as I turned away. Even though when I was fifteen I had seen some pretty disgusting things back in the Feudal Era, didn't mean I liked it. It was disgusting what we were about to do but it was the only way to get to the truck.

"So, who's going?" Andrea asked as she looked around the group.

"I'm going," Rick said. He then turned to me and gave me a look. I knew what that meant. Dammit, now I was gonna get covered in guts.

I sighed, "I'll go as well."

We then both turned to Glenn and his eyes widened, "Seriously?!"

"You're fast," I commented nonchalant.

With that, Rick raised the ax and started mutilating the dead body in front of us. I knew that they smelled horribly, but the stench that came out of the body after the first blow was overwhelming. Everyone around me was groaning in disgust and whenever he would raise the ax to strike again. I felt the vile rising up but I would push it back down. Then we all hunched over and started grabbing guts and scooping up blood. Jacqui helped me getting it all over my body while the rest helped Rick and Glenn.

"Oh God oh God this is so wrong," Glenn moaned as they continued to cover him in blood.

"Think of something different," Rick said, "Puppies and kittens."

"Dead puppies and kittens," T-Dog mumbled but it was loud enough for everyone to hear. Glenn couldn't hold it anymore and he threw up.

"You're evil," I commented to T-Dog while the rest shook their heads at him.

It took a couple more minutes but we were finally ready. Rick gave T-Dog the key for him to cut Merle lose once we got back for them.

I would be a liar if I said I wasn't nervous as we slowly walked down the street. The plan was working so far. A few stared at us but ignored us.

We were a couple yards away when we heard the rumbling of the sky. Dammit. Not long after that, it started pouring down on us.

"Is the scent wearing off?," Glenn whispered to us. I looked around and sure enough, more walkers were paying attention to us and started following us.

"Run!" I screamed at the pair.

We took off forward, climbing over to the gate and hoping over. Glenn ran towards the cabinet where the keys would be at. I heard Rick firing some shots as Glenn tossed me the keys. Without thinking about it, I ran to the truck and started it, the other two piling in.

As we drove around we tried figuring out a way to drive them away from the store so we can get them inside the truck, when I spotted a red mustang. Surprisingly enough, Rick knew how to hotwire it. The plan was for Glenn to drive around the loud mustang to drift the attention of the walkers to him so we could get the rest inside the truck and he would let them know through his radio where to meet us. Glenn gave us this massive smile on his face as he got on the driver's seat and took off, the alarm blaring loudly and echoing. It didn't take long for us to see the walkers moving slowly, but surely, after the red car.

We finally made it to the back of the department store and Rick banged on the aluminum doors to let them know we were there. They all scrambled in and once I saw Morales hoping in, I took off. As we were driving around to leave the city, I couldn't help but notice how quiet everyone was. I looked in the reviewer mirror and noticed that one person was missing.

"Where's Merle?" I asked.

It was quiet for a little while until T-Dog spoke, his voice broken.

"I dropped the key in a drain…"

I almost break checked everyone in the truck.

"What?!"

"He was a danger to us all!" Andrea exclaimed, "Besides it's not like T-Dog did it on purpose."

"It doesn't matter," I growled as I stared at her through the reviewer mirror, "We just left a living person up on the roof!"

"No one is going to miss him," Morales tried to reason, "Well… except maybe Daryl."

Rick looked at him, "Daryl?"

"Merle's brother."

Oh great. Now we had to break the news to somebody that their family got left behind. I couldn't believe it. Yes, what Merle had done and his attitude were wrong, but there's good in almost everyone. He was just a bully but I doubt he was as bad as the nightmare that they were making him out to be.

We were apparently almost to the location of the camp when Glenn passed us, his laughter loud and clear. I shook my head at him. At least someone was having fun.

When we reached the camp, I could see another blonde girl bombarding Glenn with questions. They finally got rid of the car's alarm thankfully. It was starting to give me a migraine. Me and Rick didn't rush on getting out of the truck. We didn't know who these people were and we weren't sure how the rest of their camp would take into strangers.

It wasn't until Morales told us to get out and meet everyone that we did. As I looked, they had a lot more people than what I had previously imagined. Andrea was holding on to the blonde that had been questioning Glenn, my guess her sister. I next saw an older gentleman with a fishing hat on his head and he was just staring at us. Morales was hugging his family and rest of the group that we had helped were smiling encouragingly at us to continue forward. I noticed another guy by the red mustang, slightly older than me with black hair and muscular built. His face had gone white and his eyes widened in shock. I looked at him confused until I realized that he wasn't staring at me.

He was staring at Rick.

Then, I saw a small boy rushing forward and jumping into Rick's arms.

"DAD!"

Oh my goodness…

We found his family.

Let me know what you thought of this! I'll update soon. And for those waiting for Chapter 8 in my other story, I'm almost done writing that chapter up so I should be posting it some time next week.