i do not own InuYasha, i give all the credit to Rumiko Takahashi! :)

Kagome Higurashi lived with her mother and brother on the outskirts of the village her mother grew up in. They were banished for her mother having a child out of marriage, the sad thing is that she was taken advantage of when she was twelve. Her daughter was a blessing to her, but to the villagers she was considered a bastard child. Her mother was Korari Higurashi and was well looked upon before she ran into a bandit on the way to fetch water from the river.

Kagome was a lovely girl and very sweet, with a bit of spirit in her. She had long flowing thick black hair, and eyes a soft aqua blue color with a hint of white laced around her pupils. She lived a happy life with her mother and Souta (her brother), and never ever wished to find a man to settle with. Kagome saw her family as her life and felt she was the one that must protect them. Souta was shy and timid, even around his sister. He was the result of the one man his mother ever loved, but a strange illness over took his father at twenty-two. Their mother was heartbroken, even Kagome saw him as her father.

They somehow survived, even under the scrutiny of the villagers. Kagome knew that with her family by her side they could do anything, her family was her heart.

Chapter 1

Kagome woke to the screams of her brother. She looked over at Souta who was now hugging Korari, who looked up at her daughter and said, "Go back to sleep, dear. Souta just had a bad dream."

" it wasn't a DREAM! It felt too real." their mother looked at him and smiled.

" Do I look dead to you Souta?"

"no, but I never saw that man's face before! How do you explain that?!"

" Maybe you have met him and just didn't realize it"

Souta tried to look comforted by what his mom said and laid down to fall back asleep.

Kagome seemed really unnerved and decided to take Souta for a walk.

" Souta?"

"yes sis?"

"come for a walk with me." he looked up at his sister and saw the calmness and love in her eyes, it comforted him.

Kagome walked Souta outside and saw a clearing in the woods that led to the river. She put her arm around her little brother and sat on a rock that was beside the water.

" ok Souta, now without freaking out on me, why don't you try telling me about this nightmare you had."

" mom and I were in the hut, she was fixing dinner and I was reading some old scrolls to learn more about demons."

" where was I?"

" I don't know, you just weren't there, anyways, so we were sitting there and then there was a knock at the front door. Mom was the one that went to go see who it was, and that's when…when…(tears began filling in his eyes) the man stabbed mommy with a sword! I always wake up after that, but he is always slyly looking at me before I scare myself awake."

Kagome held her brother close and a tear fell from her eye. Souta felt the drop hit his nose and saw his sister trying to hold back tears.

" please sis, I didn't want to make you cry."

" I know Souta. That's a TERRIBLE nightmare, and I don't know how you can stand those images playing out in your head at night."

" that's easy….because I wake up and see mom safe and alive."

" yea, I see your point." Kagome wiped a stray tear from her eye, "while we're here, and seeing how the suns coming up, do you want to catch some fish for momma?"

" you don't know how to skin and cook them though."

" yes I do! Mom taught me every time you went out to play in the field."

" I don't play, I draw. I draw whatever I see out there, it's kind of like my secret place."

Kagome giggle at her brother's sincerity, " alright, let's go fishing!"