Well, this is my first SessKag fic! I like the pairing, but I also like InuKag…anyway, enjoy this anyway! Er…This also goes outof my story limit...Crap...Enjoy it anyway!!

Chapter I:
To Be Sold

I am about to be sold. This girl who has no accounts of her past is about to become a slave. Who am I? I only know my name is Kagome.

"C'mon, take it or leave it?" yelled a man who was pointing at me. Everybody from afar watched my weak, battered form with eagle eyes, looking upon my frail body covered in a short-sleeved teal kimono. I had only been caught while fishing for some food for a meal, and now I was about to be a slave. People, mostly men, bid on me, trying to buy me as their own. Their calls of money rang throughout the cold night. Birds ceased their elegant calls, fearing it would be drowned by cries of sins. The crescent moon hung like a limp flower in the sky, forever suspended to stay there until the end of time.

Finally, somebody bought me, and they began to drag my rope. I looked sadly upon the other men, women, and even children who were about to be sold like me, and felt their pity on me as I was dragged away. Maybe I would see them again? I didn't know.

"Move along, now, you wouldn't want to end up with a scarred mark on that pretty face of yours," called my owner as he placed his hand under my chin, lifting my face so that he could view me. He was nonetheless handsome in any way, inside or out. Pudgy and smirking sinfully, I could not believe such a man got to be so high in the status rankings. Yet, I could not change time, so I was stuck.

My owner called for the slave driver to drive us faster towards his home, and the slave driver immediately made our speed increase instantly. He told us that if we did not go faster than he would leave a terrible mark across our backs. Heeding his warning, I drove to increase my pace to even it with the others who feared the pain of the whip he held.

A person in front of me, a child no older than eight I believe, collapsed from fatigue after about an hour of walking. I instantly helped her up, trying to ease her stress by carrying her weight. She smiled thankfully at me and closed her eyes from the pain. She was but a weak child, her strength to live depleting. I whispered hurriedly in her ear to stir her.

"Please stay awake young one, do not die so soon yet." I fear it was the last time she heard me, for as soon as we stopped to rest, the beat of her heart had stilled to nothing but a whisper. I stared at her limp, cold figure in my arms as they served us a small meal; her face was as pale as the moon, her black hair falling gently to rest on it.

"Hmph, what's this?" inquired the slave driver as he arrived in my section of the rope. "A fallen person? Cut her out and leave her for the demons!" Immediately, I stopped them shielding her body with my arms.

"No! I'll bury her," I told them. The slave driver stared at me before nodding and untying me from the slave line. My legs and wrists were tied together, making it impossible for me to stray too far before a demon would kill me. They led me to an open spot where I began to dig with my hands. It was the least I could do for a child who had passed away. It was at least another fifteen minutes before I had the trench big enough to place her in; I let her lifeless body fall into the hole softly and began to fill it up. Pretty soon, there was nothing but a patch of dirt, and I took three flowers from the surrounding greenery and placed it on the grave. In my mind, I said a few prayers to the soul of the girl before getting up and walking back to the slave line.

Then, I felt something stir the air. It was as if some strong, malevolent force was trying to free me. But who? Nothing could stop the fate I was now forced to endure…nothing.

I was wrong.

How do you guys like it? My first SessKag fic…I really hope you guys can review! Sorry it's short...