Being a hanyou made my life ten times harder then the average persons. I've been in some shitty situation, let me tell you. But none quite compare to this-

"You can't pass through." Some snot nosed brat was telling me as he sat in front of the gate that would lead me to my afterlife. Heaven? Maybe. Hell? More then likely.

"Get out of my way, brat." I snarled at the kid, easily stepping over him so I could step through the cream colored mass.

He dropped the brush he had been combing his ridiculously fluffy tail with in favor of leaping at me shouting, "Hey! I told you, you can't pass through. Don't even bother trying! Nothing will happen, moron! Your half human so you can't go through a portal that's for demons only."

He rolled his small almond eyes in an exaggerated manner at my oh-so apparent stupidity. Great. I'm dead and the universe is still trying to fuck me over. Does it ever stop?

I glared down at the small fox-like child who had his hands on his hips as he glared right back at me. No. I thought not.

Hiding the fear and desperation that was creeping up my spine, (Hey! If you had just died - and that in itself is taxing, wouldn't you be just a tad upset if some high-and-mighty hairball that barely reached your ankles was telling you that you can't pass over?) And replacing it with anger, of which I had a surplus amount of.

"Well, what the hell am I supposed then?" I snarled, mustering enough intensity that the tail with a mouth actually scrambled back a few steps.

"Hey! Don't get all mad at me! I don't make the rules, ya know." He put a finger to his chin thoughtfully. "Hmm...I dunno. I've never had to deal with a situation like this before." A light bulb suddenly went off in his head and he jumped up in the air like something had just exploded underneath his butt (If he had one beneath that tail of his...)

"I know! I know! Why don't you go to the human portal?"

I snorted.

"But there I would be half demon in a portal only meant for humans." This is officially the worst day of my li- - of my existence(?) And I have a very large assortment to choose from.

" I know that." the kid retorted. "But Kagome's over there. She might know what to do." he seemed generally happy with that explanation. (What the heck is a Kagome? Isn't that some sort of fruit drink?)

But I guess I had no choice. It was creepy wandering around in limbo. Not to mention horribly depressing. If I wasn't already dead I would kill myself.

"Fine." I growled out as I turned to walk away. Here's another con of this spirt realm thing. (I don't know what the hell to call it) There are no directions. It took me what seemed like forever - I don't think there's a real concept of time here, to find the freaking' demon portal. I guess eventually I'll stumble upon the human one. After who know how long of traveling,

I sighed deeply and dug my claws into the flesh of my palm. I quickly retracted my claws. I snorted unamused. "Who would have guessed you can still feel pain when your dead?" I spoke to myself, glad to hear the sound of my voice after all this absolute silence.

"Actually you can't." A tinkling female voice answered. "Your mind just remembers that it's supposed to hurt."

I whirled around to see a girl standing off to my left. She was sitting down, long legs crossed politely. She had wavy black hair and a vivid, blessedly kind smile. I guessed her to be around sixteen.

"Who're you?" I asked blandly, not returning her kindness. If you'd lived a day in my shoes (I just realized I'm not wearing shoes...) You would be cautious too. You wouldn't be easily thwarted by a pretty girl with a kind smile because beauty can sometimes be a trick. I actually prefer to be around unattractive people, if I have to be around anyone at all, because their face shows the truth- what's really going on inside.

She seemed a little surprised by my harsh tone. "Me?"

No, princess. The other chick I'm talking too right beside you. "M y name is Kagome. I'm sort of like...a tour guide, I guess. If souls are lost, I help them find where there supposed to be."

Oh good. I found the right person. I'm very relieved she's not a fruit drink. She looked me over and then smiled a smile that could have charmed a wall. Luckily, I am not a wall. "Can I help you?"

A/N.

This really isn't a chapter. Its more of a prologue, I think. The next update will be the first real chapter. Thanks for reading! That's pretty hardcore. Oh, and here's my disclaimer: I own nothing. End of story. (With the exception of my own plot - so no touchy!) Review if you want. I'll smile.

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