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A/N: Well! Here you go guys! Hope you enjoy it! I know that I should be working on InuGang: Story after Naraku but. . . . I just had to post this next chap! Please understand!

(RECAP:)

Kagome said," We'll think of -"

"Takara."

"What?" said Kagome, looking down at Kouda, who's eyes were still fixiated with the small infants.

Kouda shrugged and said," It just popped in my head."

"Takara", said Inuyasha," Treasure. I like it."

"Takara it is", said Kagome.

"Hi", said Kouda," imoto. . . Takara."

(END RECAP)

Disclaimer: Nope! Don't own Inuyasha. But I do own Takara, and Kouda! Plus Shiton and the girl who you'll find out about in this chapter! Yay!

Chapter 1

A young girl of 14 walked towards the forest's edge near the village she lived in. She had long black hair reaching mid back, with 2 forelocks framing her face, in front of her ears. Golden brown eyes shone brightly in the light of the sun and her ears held the slightest of points. She wore a green kimono with a simple white swirling pattern like the ocean current starting at the right shoulder and reaching across, ending at the bottom, with simple sandles on her feet.

Her name was Takara and she walked quickly, filled with anxiety. For today was her and Shiton's one year anniversary. She had met Shiton sometime last year, about a week after her 13th birthday.

---------Flashback--------

A 13 year old Takara sat on the edge of the river, her eyes closed as she listened to the soothing sound of the calm river current running its course. The wind rustled the leaves of the trees gently and blew her hair around her face. The rays of sun that filtered through the tops of the trees causing her skin to glow softly. Her golden brown eyes were now covered with lids accompanied by long lashes. Her hands rested in her lap, where she sat in a kneeling positon.

One of her ears flicked slightly as she caught a slight rustling noise from one of the tree branches on the other side of the river but she patiently waited to see if it was a youkai that had caused the noise.

Suddenly, there was a crashing noise and a splash as Takara's eyes snapped open and she leaped up.

There was now a human boy, flailing in the middle of the river where the river current was quite fast and the bottom was deep.

Thinking quickly, she saw a thick branch hanging just above the river's center, convieniently down river. She rushed inhumanly fast to the branch and heaved herself on it and crawling out to end of it.

Just as the boy passed underneath, she grabbed one of the hands that was flailing and heaved him out of the river, crawling back along the branch and onto the shore. She laid him down on the ground as he sputtered and coughed up the water that he had swallowed as he had struggled to breathe.

Takara could now get a good look at the boy before her. He looked to be about a year older than her, around 14. His shoulder length dark brown hair was plastered to his neck and face, having fallen out of the short ponytail it had been in. His violet eyes, looking almost black, watered from coughing so much. He wore a simple blue haroi and black pants much like the other village boys. His hands calloused from working in the fields.

"What were you doing?" asked Takara, having finished her observations.

The boy's head snapped up to look at her, as it seemed he had been making observations too.

"What?" he said.

"I said", said Takara," What were you doing? How did you fall in the river?"

The boy looked at her until he spotted her ears. His eyes widened in suprise, not fear.

"You're a demon?" he asked looking at her.

"Close", said Takara," More like 3/4 demon but don't ask me how it's possible, if I have a hanyou father and human mother."

"What's your name?" he asked.

"Takara", she replied," What's yours?"

"Shiton", he said, simply.

"So what happened?" she said," What were you doing?"

"Well", Shiton replied," I was sitting on a tree branch on the other side of the river when it broke and I fell in."

"What were you doing on a tree branch?"Takara questioned.

Shiton looked at her and said," I was watching an angel."

Takara's cheeks were dusted with pink as she felt her heart rate speed up.

'Why do I feel so strange?' Takara thought.

She swallowed before Shiton continued as he said," Thank you for saving me from the river. I really appreciate it."

"Your- Your Welcome", Takara replied, still blushing.

Shiton got up and said," So should I expect to see you again?"

Takara nodded as he smiled and left the clearing saying," See ya, Angel."

Takara blushed at the new nickname, she'd been given. No one called her an angel before. Her heart fluttered as she made her way home.

-----------End Flashback-----------

They had seen eachother a few more times and a while after their first kiss they had gotten togeather and had been ever since. She twirled around on the road. She was so excited. She had never had a boyfriend, let alone a 1 year anniversary.

She played with the box, hidden in the sleeves of her kimono. Inside was a necklace wtih the kanji for love on it. She planned to give it to him as a present.

She reached the forest and walked towards the place that they were to meet. It was a clearing where she and Shiton had shared their first kiss. She sighed happily and then noticed that he wasn't there yet.

'I must be early', she thought, and walked around as she waited.

Suddenly, she could hear a voice that sounded like Shiton and waited for him to come into the clearing. When he didn't, she decided she'd go to him. She walked towards his voice when she caught another voice. A female voice.

She stopped and frowned. 'Why's he with a girl? Could he be. . .' She shook her head. 'Nah. I must be imagining things.' That made her feel better so she continued towards Shiton's voice. Soon, she reached a clearing and stopped at what she saw.

Shiton was sitting by the river with a girl and she was sitting by him. . . holding his hand.

The girl sighed and said," This is so beautiful."

"Yeah", Shiton replied," But not as beautiful as you."

The female giggled and said," I thought you were with that Takara girl." saying the name with unmistakable jealousy.

Takara looked at Shiton waiting for him to defend her or say something. . . .

but it never came.

"Takara?" he said," She means nothing to me."

Takara's heart had already started to break but what happened next, finally sealed the deal.

Shiton leaned in. . . . .

. . . . and kissed her.

Takara's heart finally shattered.

Tears filled her golden brown eyes, darkened with heartbreak and betrayal. She tried to look away but found her self frozen in place, unable to move. She watched, painfully, as they deepened the kiss until they finally broke away.

"Why?" she said softly.

Shiton turned to look at her and said," Takara. . ."

Takara shook her head, and said," How could you? I thought. . ."

Then she stopped and took out the gift and dropped it. "Goodbye."

Then, she bolted away. She didn't care where she went, as long as it was away from. . . him. She felt her heart clenchingpainfully as she thought about him. She closed her eyes, as the world went by her in a blur as she urged herself to run faster, putting as much space between them as possible. Tears stung her eyes, and rolled down her cheeks.

Her feet finally led her to the great goshinboku tree where she finally slowed down. She kept her head bent, until she slowly looked up and all of her scattered thoughts caught up with her. She took a few steps before finally collapsing to her knees at the base, trembling. She sat there for a while when she heard a voice.

"Takara?"

Takara turned her head, slowly to the side and saw her brother Kouda. He looked at her, his blue eyes filled with concern. She saw his nose twitch as he caught the scent of her tears. He walked hesitantly foreward and kneeled beside her, placing an arm on her shoulder. She looked at her, her lip quivering when suddenly, she bolted into his arms, burying her face in his navy blue kimono, erupting into silent sobs. The shaking of her shoulders and the increasing dampness of his navy blue haroi, the only signs of her crying.

Kouda looked down at her, eyes filled with worry as he said," Takara? What happened?"

Takara looked up at him. The heartbroken look in her eyes, giving him all the answer he needed. He placed his arms around her, as if trying to protect his sister from the dangers of the world and she buried her head once again in his chest.

Later, as she lay in her brother's arms, tears dried up, heart beating painfully, no longer the happy girl of 14 she had been not so long ago, she thought,' Never again. There's no point to love. It only causes pain. I'm not going to fall for any boy again. They'll just turn their back on you in the end. So what if it's the coward's way out. At least I won't hurt.'

With that vow made, Takara closed off her heart from love, seemingly. . . . .

. . . . .for good.

A/N: Hey guys! I'm sorry if it was too sappy or overdramatic but . . . I tried so give me a break! Please? Oh and Review!