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Izayoi: wow, she's happy … well do as she says and review!

-Izayoi's POV-

"You smell his scent?" I asked, my voice breaking. Finally I actually get to meet him … but do I really want to meet him?

"It's not too late to back away Izayoi. If you don't want to meet him, when can always turn and head back to the village." I felt Shippo's hand on my shoulder while Kuromaru stirred in my arms, looking up at me with a slight whimper.

"No, we've come this far, I'm not turning back now." I said with an odd jolt of confidence in my voice, "Which way Shippo?" I heard him sigh and pointed to a clearing up ahead. I'm not sure when, but we started running in the direction of the clearing. So many things ran rampid in my mind in the anticipation of what was going to happen next. I could feel that nervous sickening feeling in the pit of my stomach. This is it!

The moment we broke away from the forest, we ran into the center of the medow, looking all around us and finding nothing.

"Well Shippo? You're the one who knows his scent, where is he?" asked Akira. I looked over at the two, trying not to look dissapointed.

"It dissapeared. I guess we just missed him." murmured Shippo. I looked away from the two and lowered my head, making my hair cover my face.

"Hey, we'll find him. He couldn't be too far from here." I felt Akira's hand on my shoulder this time, but this time I didn't feel any confidence like before. Just then, I felt a presence. It felt like that demon from last night, only multiply that by twenty.

"We're surrounded." I mumbled, shaking away my tears as I looked up to see a large group of them, surrounding the three of us in a circle.

"Damn, when did they show up?" I heard Akira whisper.

"Their demonic aura is so messed up, we can bearly feal it. What is up with these demons?" said Shippo. I noticed Akira had already un-veiled his scythe while Shippo had a small green flame flickering in the palm of his hand. In turn, I un-sheathed my sword and took my stance. We all stood with our backs against the other while Kuromaru stood infront of me, growling at the demons.

"Give us the girl!"

"The Jewel is all we want!"

"Either way, the girl dies!"

I kept hearing them all repeat those words in that creepy raspy voice. I was trying with all my might not to lose it.

"There's just so many of them." I heard Akira say. Then, out of no where, I felt this weird chill go up and down my spine, and it wasn't coming from the demons. Whatever it was, something is telling me to get out of the way. I could feel Shippo and Akira tense up behind me and that's when I knew they felt the same thing.

"Guys, jump up in the air as high up as you can." whispered Shippo. That's when Kuromaru jumped up and sat on my shoulder, "Now!" with no hesitation, we all jumped up high into the sky. At that moment, I saw, what looked like, a huge streak of lightning shoot out from the trees, obliterating all the demons. So that's what I kept feeling.

"What the hell was that?" I mumbled. The three of us landed a few feet away and I heard Shippo and Akira gasp.

"The Wind Scar." They said in unison.

"I've heard about the Wind Scar, but I've never seen it." continued Akira.

"That was the Wind Scar? Then that means …" I gasped and I saw a shadow emerging from the woods wearing a bright red kimono. His long silver hair trailed, but he didn't have dog ears like my mom had discribed in her journal. His ears were kind of like Uncle Sesshomaru's and mine, they had a slight tip. His eyes were a bright yellow and he had purple-ish marks on his face.

"Geez Shippo, even now, you are a pain in the ass. You're a grown demon now, act like it." I heard him say. I looked over at Shippo and he didn't move an inch. I looked back and saw that he was walking towards us, "Alright, you came all this way for a reason. What is it?" he asked in an annoyed tone. I kept staring at him like an idiot. This is really him!

"Are you really Inuyasha?" I mumbled like an even bigger idiot. That's when his gaze switched from Shippo to me.

"Hmm? Who the hell are you?" I could have sworn my heart skipped a beat and my breathing stopped. I could feel Akira's and Shippo's gaze on my once again. Inuyasha leaned down, closer and sniffed the air around me, "Your scent is bugging me. What's your name?" I was trying to find my voice, but I couldn't.

"I-I-I…" was all I could say which, I could tell, made him even more annoyed.

"Well spit it out!" he yelled. That's when I said the first thing that came to my head.

"Ichigo!" I yelled out my favorite fruit, strawberries, "My name is Ichigo." I looked down at the ground, away from him. I could see from the corner of my eye the expression on Akira's and Shippo's face.

"What about you? You smell like a wolf." He asked, completely ignoring me.

"My name's Akira from the wolf demon tribe. My father is Kouga." He said in a harsh tone.

"Hmm, so you're Kouga's kid." He stopped and I could feel his gaze on me again, "Well, what are you three doing here?" he asked. My head jerked up and I stared at Shippo, telling him to make up something.

"We uh need your help." And almost like he read my mind, he lied.

"Hmm?" he mumbled.

"Have you heard the rumors? They say that the Shikon Jewel has re-apeared again." Continued Akira. For a split second, I saw Inuyasha's eyebrow twitch.

"And right around the time that the rumors started, those strange demons began apearing. They say that they are after the jewel." I said. Again, I could feel the guys looking at me. I just knew, that if Inuyasha knew that I have the jewel within me, then he'd know who I really am and I'd perfer that he figure it out on his own. Heartbreaking? Yes, but did I care? No.

"Well she speaks. Anyway, it's not my problem, so you guys came all the way here for nothing." He began walking away when I just snapped.

"Dosnt it even bother you how the Jewel re-apeared?" I yelled, though I wish I hadnt. He turned and looked at me.

"You got a problem with me Ichigo?" just the way he said my 'fake' name hurt. I had to think of something quick and that's when I remembered something my mother wrote.

"I heard from my mother that when the Jewel first dissapeared from the world, it came back in the body of a reincarnated preistess." I technically didn't lie this time. I could tell that the sudden flashbacks hurt him, but at this point, I no longer cared.

"What's it to you?" he said.

"I'm only saying, but if it's a pattern, then wouldn't the Jewel come back just like before?" that's what set him off because at that moment, he walked up to me and lifted me off the ground by my kimono.

"Who the hell do you think you are? You think you know everything don't you?" he said in a snarl.

"What? Want to do something about it? How about a fight?" I said in a playful tone. Back in the present, those are the very same words I would say to anyone who would pick a figh with me. Usually they would run scared, but Inuyasha was a different story and that's what I liked.

"You really think I'm going to fight a half-breed like you?" he snarled.

"You should talk, you used to be one." I said in return, no emotion in my voice left to spare. The expressions he gave were priceless though.

"Fine, but no weapons. Last thing I need is to clean off blood from my Tetsaiga." He smiled a sadistic smile as he put me down. He backed away and tossed aside his sword while I did the same with mine.

"Iza- Ichigo, what the hell are you doing?" murmured Shippo.

"I need to do this, that's all I can say." I said. I began walking away from them and back to the center of the field with my father … no, Inuyasha. I could tell that Shippo was about to stop me when I heard Akira.

"No, let her go. She needs to do this."

I continued walking and once we reached the center of the field, we faced each other. The wind began blowing around us causing our scents to blow with it, colliding with one another. Hmph, some father daughter moment.

"Try not to lose to quickly kid." I heard him yell from his end of the field.

"Not likely." I mumbled, mostly to myself.

Crimzon: well there you have it, the moment you all waited for and guess what! He don't recognize her! Woo, well im tired and I hafta think of what'll happen next chapter haha. Anywho, please review! … nice that rymes ^.^

Izayoi: … so my name's Ichigo now?

Crimzon: only around Inuyasha and it wont last long, trust me.

Inuyasha: … Am I supposed to recognize her?

Crimzon: just shutup and tell people to review.