Chapter 1: The Return Of the Lone Wolf

"Artemis, time to get up!" my mother called to me. I groaned and pulled my covers over my head.

"Get out of bed NOW!" Groaning again, I roll over in bed.

"David, get your sister out of bed please".

"Artemis, get out of bed," David warned me. From under the covers I shake my head vigorously. With a sigh, David pulled me out of bed. Next thing I know, there is a sudden rush of cold air.

"Oh my God, it's so bloody cold," I say through chattering teeth.

"It's because mom has the window open," David says with a slight smile. I noticed that he's already in his school uniform. I envy him. He gets to where pants. I have to wear a freakin' skirt. Did I forget to mention that we just moved to Japan, where we have to wear uniforms?

"Well thanks for the wake-up call, now get the hell out of my room," I said to David.

"Fine by me," he says to me. I walk into my bathroom, and ten minuets later I emerge with my hair done and my make-up applied. I go to our laundry room and pull my new uniform out of the dryer, thankful that it is warm. Although it really doesn't matter, seeing as it only covers about half of me.

"Good morning sweetheart," my mom says as I walk into the kitchen. "What's good about it?" I ask her. My mom just gives me a sympathetic glance. We've already been here a month, and I still haven't adjusted. Today is my first day of school.

"Well, I'm off," says David.

"Yeah, me too." We walk out the door and I realize that I forgot my necklace. I run back upstairs to my room and grab my necklace. By the time I get back outside David is already gone.

"Typical," I mutter under my breath.

Thankfully the school isn't to far. As I walk to school I put my necklace on. The necklace is the only thing I have to remind me of my dad. He left when I was four. Even though I resent him, I still always wear this necklace. It's quite beautiful. It's not really a necklace, more like a choker. With a black silk band and a crescent moon on either side of a full moon. The full moon glows with a strange light, like there's a little glow stick inside it. It's always made me feel safe, like I have a guardian watching over me. I get to school with plenty of time to spare. I find my classroom and a place to sit. I sit there and wait for class to begin. A few minuets before class starts, a girl walks and sits right behind me. There's something about this girl that's giving me the creeps. She wont stop staring at me.

"Hi," says a voice from behind me. I turn around, and it's that girl who was staring at me.

"Hey," I say in response.

"My name's Kagome. You must be the new exchange student,"

"Yeah. My name's Artemis". By that time the teacher had walked in. "Class we have a new student. Please welcome Artemis Mitsune" As the teacher spoke, he wrote my name on the board. The entire class murmured a welcome, and Kagome continued to stare at the back of my head like there was some interesting show playing on it. I had to resist the urge to turn around and stare at her. The day went on like any other day at an American school. Extremely boring. After school, Kagome asked me if I wanted to go hang out with her and her friends. I told her that I needed to find my brother to tell him to tell our mom where I was.

After we went and did "our thing" I went home. I was just in time for dinner. Just like school, the rest of the day was absolutely boring. I ate dinner, did my homework, watched TV, and went to bed. Like I said, boring. Next day was the same thing. For two weeks the it was the same schedule. Until one day Kagome invited me to her house. Even though this girl did nothing but stare at me, I was still glad of the change. When we got to her house, she introduced me to her family. Then she showed me the shrine that her family owned. I don't know why, but something about the giant tree drew me to it. It was beautiful. Suddenly I had a vision of a man dressed in red bound to the tree.

"Artemis, are you alright?" I heard Kagome ask.

"…..Yeah," I respond in a distant voice.

"Hey, I still have to show you the well,"

"…ok," I say in the same distracted voice.

The well was like any other well I'd had ever seen. Except for the eerie light that it gave off.

"Hey Kagome, what's with the creepy light?" I ask her. Kagome looked puzzled.

"Can't you see it?" I asked her.

I was a little freaked out. Kagome just shook her head. I took a closer look at the well. Suddenly there was a bright purple light and I was falling into the well. The next thing I know, I'm staring up into a clear blue sky.

As you can imagine, I was freaking out. I mean one minute I was in a shrine. The next I'm God knows where. Well I did the only thing that made sense to me. I let out a blood curdling scream.

"What the hell is your problem Kagome?" I heard a man's voice call to me. The next thing I see is a man with white hair looking down at me.

"Who are you?" he called to me.

Cause obviously, I'm not Kagome. I almost responded, then I remembered what my mother said about talking to strangers. Besides, the next second Kagome appeared right next to me.

"Kagome, who is that?" the white haired man called to her.

"She's my friend Artemis," she called back to him.

"How did she get through the well?" asked another man. This one had black hair.

"I don't know. I think it has something to do with her necklace," Kagome answered him.

"What about my necklace?" I asked her.

"Well whoever she is, she reeks of a mangy wolf," the white hair man said. "What the hell is that supposed to mean!" I shout at him.

"It means you smell like a wolf you idiot!" he replies.

"Be nice Inuyasha!" the black haired man said to him. "Hmmph!" the white haired man responded, and walked off. Kagome climbed out of the well, and then helped me out as well. I saw that there was another women with the two men. Along with a cat that has two tails and a boy with a tail. Where the hell am I? I thought It's like some bizarre Alice in Wonderland place…. "Welcome to feudal Japan, Artemis," Kagome said with a smile.

"Hello Artemis, my name is Shippo," said the small boy with the tail. "I'm Sango," said the other woman, "And this is my companion, Kirara" she added as she pointed to the twin tailed cat. Now the only two that I haven't been introduced to were the two men. The black haired man was standing really close to me. Actually, he was standing right in front of me. He was creeping me out. I'm mean sure, he's a hottie but give a girl her space!

"I my dear, am Miroku. If you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to ask". As he said this, he grabbed both of my hands. Like I said, he is creeping me out. The man with white hair (I now noticed that he is also dressed in red, just like the man I saw in my vision) stood to my right. He was glaring at me, like I was the source of all evil.

"What are you looking at?" I asked.

"I don't know why, but you smell like a mangy wolf," he snapped.

"Artemis, may I have a look at your necklace?" Miroku asked me. Nodding, I remove my necklace and hand it to him.

"What a strange symbol," he said looking at the three moons.

"Hey Sango, have you ever seen a symbol like this?" he asked the woman who owned the twin tailed cat. She merely shook her head.

"I have," said Inuyasha, "It's the sign of the Lone Wolf demon".

What the hell is the Lone Wolf demon? I thought.

"How do you know that Inuyasha?" Shippo asked him.

"He and my dad were pretty good friends. I think his name was Touya."

I felt a sudden stab at my heart. My father's name was Touya.

"My old man said that the daughter of Touya was going to have to marry Sesshomaru," Inuyasha continued.

"Did he say what his daughter's name was?" Sango asked.

"Nope. Just that in another language it means Goddess of the Moon," Inuyasha concluded.

"Artemis…..doesn't your name mean Goddess of the Moon in Greek?" Kagome asked me. Slowly I nodded my head.

"And what was your father's name?" Miroku asked me.

"Touya," I said in a hoarse whisper. "But, how can I be his daughter if he lives in feudal times and I live in modern times?" I asked them.

"Simple. He was able to travel between time, just like you did," said Kagome.

"Well if he's a demon, and my mom is human. What am I?"

"A half-demon, just like Inuyasha."

"Then how come I don't look like him?"

"This necklace bound your demonic aura," Miroku explained, "Now that it's removed, you should be transforming into your true form".

"My true form? Am I gonna look like him?" I asked while pointing to Inuyasha.

"Maybe, but I can feel your demonic aura starting to awaken," said Miroku.

Lovely I thought I'm gonna have ears on the top of my head too. As if I wasn't already a freak. All of a sudden I felt really weak. There was a blinding throb on either side of my head. My face must've showed my pain. I could hear the other's voices around me, but everything was starting to fade away.