Chapter 1: Fight for survival

I ran. My heart pounded in my ears like a bass drum as the villager's shouts still rang clear in my mind. I could feel the sharp stings from the rocks as they were thrown at me. I slipped into the forest and ran faster. I tripped and skid into a mud puddle. The rain beat across my body as I lay on the ground crying. The hot tears rolled down my cheeks blending with the rain and mud.
I struggled to my feet, my ragged fire rat haori was now soaked with mud. I buried my face in my hands as I burst into a fresh round of tears. I could hear the villagers' cries growing closer. I should just let them kill me, I am unwanted. I stood still and awaited the villagers and their violent manners that would put me at peace.

I could smell them drawing near. I stood still and I could see the villagers through the trees and I awaited death. They came running towards me, screaming their insults. I could feel a sharp sting as a rock struck me across my leg. I could feel more as they drew closer. I felt a blow as a villager drew close enough to hit me with his club. I fell to my knees as blow upon blow knocked me to the ground. I could feel my mind going into unconsciousness and my vision blurred as I fell into the mud. I fell into a deep pit of sleep as the pain eased my inner turmoil.

Inuyasha stood still as he sniffed the air. His eyes widened at the scent that he caught coming towards them.
"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" Kagome asked as she noticed the half-demon's odd behavior.
"Huh...Nothing..," he said. His mind was in another world. Flashbacks of his childhood loomed in his mind. The scent was that of a half-demon. A child. "Come on!" he commanded as he leapt through the trees. The others followed, confused at his strange behavior.
He could smell the half-demon closer now. He looked down at the ground, trying to find the blood that would tell of the child's presence. He ran faster, barely registering the fact that the others were following him. He stopped and landed on the ground on all fours. A small bloody heap lied in a puddle.
He stepped over to the heap and looked at the frail form lying there. The others landed behind him and noticed the bloody pile. Kagome gasped and Sango shook her head in pity for the small creature.
"She's not dead yet," Inuyasha said, his voice cut through the silence like a blade. "She is injured very badly though," he said quietly, more to himself.
Kagome stepped over and looked at the heap. "It's a half-demon! Is that why?" she said, remembering how he had acted earlier. "Inuyasha...did this happen to you as a child..?" She asked quietly.
"It happens to all half-demons..," he answered bitterly. He could remember the days he had spent, huddled in a corner crying from the pain of all the villagers' insults and weapons.
He reached a clawed finger out and brushed the hair away from the girl's face to get a better look at her. Kagome knelt down and started digging through her bag for the first aid kit. She started to bandage over the poor girl's wounds and cleaned the blood from her body. The girl had two little black dog ears that drooped into her long black hair; her face was serene as though she wished for death.

Hanyou girl's POV

I opened my eyes and saw a human girl kneeling beside me. I leapt up and began running; the fear began to engulf me. I was suddenly grabbed by someone in a red kimono. I looked up into the person's eyes and I was surprised. A half-demon just like me. Why would humans be around a half- demon? They hate our kind. The half-demon held me firmly and carried me back the way I had come.
"Let me go! Let me go!" I shrieked as he set me down in a circle of humans. "What are you going to do to me?" I cried out. I could feel my body shaking in fear as I looked at the strange people who stood before me. A monk was leaned against a tree. He had a staff in his crossed arms; one of his hands was wrapped in a rosary. A young woman, wearing a really short and strange looking kimono, was holding a fox demon cub in her arms. Another young woman was holding a small fire cat demon and had a giant boomerang strapped across her back.
"Where are your parents?" the strange looking girl asked. I glared at her before I sat down.

"How the hell should I know? I was abandoned by my mom probably a year ago and gods know where my father is! I never met him. He was a full dog demon and my mom is a human who lives in that village over there." I said pointing to the village at my left side.

"That's terrible! What's your name?" the girl asked. I could see that she wasn't going to hurt me, but I still did not trust her.
"Tenko. I have a human brother named Kinniku and a human sister named Yoko who hate me just as much."
"My name is Kagome."
"I'm Shippo," the fox cub piped up from her lap.
"I'm Miroku," the monk said.
"I am Sango and this is Kilala," the girl with the boomerang said.
"And this is Inuyasha. Don't mind him, he's just grumpy!" Kagome said with a bright smile on her face.
"I am not grumpy!" Inuyasha snarled from his seat under a tree.
"Whatever. So, Tenko, how old are you?"
"I'm four," I said holding up my hand.
"Four? And your mother did this to you?" Sango asked.

"Sure." I said shrugging. I didn't know what else to say; all I did was told the truth.

"One day my mom automatically decided that she wouldn't put up with me anymore, so she threw me in the woods and I've been attacked by humans and demons alike ever since."

The girl with the weird clothes walked over to me and looked at me. There was sheer pity in her eyes. I couldn't stand that look.

"Poor thing. It must be so hard being a half demon."

I put my hands behind my head and said:

"Keh, you have no idea…"

To my shock, the grumpy guy said the same thing as me at the same time!

He got all shocked and pointed his clawed finger at me.

"D-Did you just mock me!"

"I should be asking YOU that!" I fumed while I heard the others chuckle. The woman with the boomerang replied:

"Great minds think alike I suppose…"

"Indeed." said the monk.

I smiled as I heard the guy grumble and run off somewhere. But then I felt my stomach doing some growling of its own. I turned to the lady with the weird clothes. Maybe she had something to eat in that giant back pack of hers so I won't have to hunt.

"Hey, um, lady? Do you have anything to eat in that back pack of yours?"

The lady nodded and opened the flap of the giant yellow backpack.

"My name is Kagome. K-A-G-O-M-E. And yes, I have instant noodles."

I stared in fascination as she boiled some water and put it in the strange cup.

"Are you a sorceress of some kind, Kagome?"

The girl named Kagome shook her head.

"No, I'm from the future. These are the things brought over from my time."

"THE FUTURE!"

"It's hard to explain…"

Normal POV

When the ramen was prepared, she gave it to Tenko and she took a little sip, but then her face brightened up.

"This is AMAZING! I've never tasted anything this delicious!"

And then she began wolfing it down faster than they could blink. And soon Inuyasha jumped down from his tree and began eating his own bowl.

"I bet I can eat faster than you, Tenko!" he laughed. Tenko smirked and grabbed another bowl.

"You're on!"

The ramen challenge led to about six more bowls each, then about ten and that's when the contest ended.

Both of them were laying on top of each other with the anime swirl eyes and groaning.

"You guys almost ate all of my ramen! What is the matter with you!" yelled Kagome folding her arms over the heaping pile of the two inu hanyous.

"I think this is gonna be a long day…" said Shippo at the ankles of the fuming teen.

"Idiots…"