Wao, this story is actually getting somewhat popular. I'm surprised people like Kaname so far.

Speaking of the priestess, I wanted to clarify something with a few readers- because i know some of them may not exactly like kaname- about her. As you can see, she's kinda psychotic when it come's to those who are dear to her, especially when it comes to her dear siblings and immediate family. Why did i make her like this? Because, in the story's that does have Oc's that are the older/twin/younger sister/(very rare) brother to Kagome, they are protective, yes, but the farthest they have ever gone to hurt someone was to beat them up and or punch the perpetrator(s). Sure, they have complexes, but they never seem to go too far in what they would do for their family, even the more severe complex ones don't do much. Yeah, they think about it, and they say they would do anything for their family, but they don't do it!

Now, that may be because their normal. But then that's when i see/read some of the oc's past's, and honestly i think about how they aren't even a bit psychotic at this point? Or how they don't seem much affected by the event's, ok, well that's a lie they are kinda affected. but it's more over the whole: 'I don't trust anyone any more, only my sister/mom until i met the one person i love and start to open up again' or even 'I act happy and fine, but i'm actually really hurt inside before the love interest come's and starts to slowly heal me'. There's more, but those two are the ones i see most. So, i decided to make Kaname a miko who is overprotective of her family/loved ones to the point where she had killed to keep them safe, and she doesn't regret it because she saw nothing wrong with it, even though she know's it's wrong by human standards. which was why she acted differently in front of said family.

Was is something traumatic that made her like this? no. She's always thought like this. Even after her father died she didn't change her mindset much (It's more over it became worse).

Basically, I wanted to make an Inuyasha story with an Oc who isn't absolutely good, one that has done something horrible before going to the feudal era, unlike most that i find who war over themselves about killing someone. Well, that and i also wanted to take a crack at writing a character like her.

Hn. anyway, onward to the story.

Because...Why not?

"LADY KANAME! PLEASE, TAKE ME IN AS YOUR APPRENTICE!"

This was not how I expected my afternoon to start out as I tended to my herb garden. Because, right in front of me, was a girl who looked to be about eleven, on her hands and knees. For the last two years, ever since I decided to stay, the village has prospered thanks to my barrier and eliminating the demons around the area. People who had fled the surrounding area had come and commissioned me for work to help reclaim their own villages, my reward was trading contracts for the village. Others who had heard of my protection of the village had flocked over to live here, after all, what place was safer then an area being protected by a powerful miko? Due to that, the village had to expand, thus making me move the barriers further out and strengthening them again since the amount of humans in one area was very tempting to most demons. Not to mention my being here let women who are pregnant deliver their child without worry, and are guaranteed that they will live past their first three to four months with my remedies brought form the future.

Talk about baby boom.

What was I saying? Oh, right, the little girl who was on the floor.

"...My...Apprentice...?" I said slowly, my eye's flickering over towards where Lord Sesshomaru was sitting, observing, obviously enjoying how uncomfortable I am. I snapped my eyes back to where the girl was, she sat up straight, a determined expression was set on her face as she stared at me. She had doe like brown eyes, shoulder length dark brown hair with a small bit of it in a side tail, dirt was on her cheeks and arms, she wore an old blue and grey kimono that had patches in some places. Her hands had some calluses from field work, she was a little thin.

But what got my attention was that she wasn't from the village. And I should know, I knew everyone in the village. I wonder how she survived the demons in the forest? I thought. Unless she took the main road, then that would explain it.

"YES!" She yelled, making me narrow my eyes, she was loud. I could just feel Lord Sesshomaru's irritation from here. "You are very well known throughout the whole region, for both your power and beauty-" People think I'm beautiful? I thought in shock, as she continued, not at all noticing my bewilderment. "The tale of you slaying the ogre and freeing this village has also reached to the ears of my own village leader. As such, I was sent out on a quest to become your apprentice and learn your ways so I may be able to protect my own village!" she declared, a fist clenched in determination, "My village is being plagued by a clan of lizard demon's who has been taking villagers in the dead of night, the victims always appear a few day's later, but with half of their body's gone, along with their internal organs. So, as decreed by my village leader, I was sent out on this long journey to seek you out and gain the same power you have, to slay the demons. As your apprentice I promise to be the best-"

"Not interested." I interrupted holding my hand up in a 'stop' motion. She gaped at me, as if not believing that I was turning her down. I just raised an eyebrow at her, I didn't ask her for her life story, nor did I even accept her as my so called 'apprentice'. I'm not even thinking about teaching anyone, because I will only teach others who are in my clan, or my children. As if I'd let the secrets of my clan go out into a strangers hands, child or no. Not that i have anything against children, I kinda like them with their innocent and untainted spirits, but sometimes they could just be so much work to keep up with. I can't really be around them for long. Is it cruel that I'm denying her, even when her village is probably in mortal danger? Yes. Do I care? No. Not a bit.

"W-What?" she stuttered out as she looked honestly confused as to why I said 'no'. "B-B-But-! M-My mission! My village need's the power of a miko-!" She seemed to be getting frustrated.

"Then I will get rid of the demons, for a price." I stated calmly as I went back to tend to my herbs.

"'A price'?! How could you say such a thing?! You're a miko! A miko has an obligation to-" she started to yell at me, and I was not appreciating it.

"I have no obligation to do anything, girl." I stated with a scowl towards her, "Just because I am a miko, does not mean I will go to any village or do anything because of some tragic story being told to me. Unless your village has something to offer that will help my own, then do not waste your breath. And do not bother trying to get the villagers on your side, for they- and those surrounding it- all know of how I am, surely you have been warned about my personality." and she should have been warned, I've only ever asked for payment from the village on a couple of occasions since they had let me stay here, and I had stopped all together after the first year because I had come to consider them loved ones. Not enough for me to teach them the Higurashi way's, but enough that I would gladly drop what I am doing for them. The other villages surrounding this one are lucky to get my service at all, thanks to the trading contracts that are keeping this village stable.

She was silent, she just stared at me like I was some kind of demon. I scoffed, rolled my eyes, and stood up.

I admit I was being cruel, but my loved ones come first before anything else in the world. Frankly, the rest of the world could burn for all I care. I also admit that some of my words were from irritation because the girl had interrupted my time with lord Sesshomaru. Especially since I was so close to convincing him to show himself to me.

"I-It doesn't matter! I still need to become your apprentice!"

"No."

"But my village elder-!"

"Has nothing to do with me. Besides, you need to actually have a shred of spiritual power to even consider being a miko."

I thought that was the end of that...I was wrong.

The girl was persistent in trying to get me to teach her. She followed me, asking and asking and asking and ASKING! The villagers obviously pitied her, since I saw them shake their heads at her. The women gossiped and talked to each other about her, some sending her disapproving looks for bothering me and not taking the hint, while others looked amused, some even took this as the perfect time to teach their children what an 'annoyance' looked like and pressured them never to be the same. Some of the men had made a bet about how long this would last. Some bet that she would crack first, others bet that I would get fed up and give in, while the rest bet that I would snap and drug her before sending her back home (I had no idea how to feel about that last bet...).

The girl had followed me all day, it was really annoying as I had to keep saying 'no' to her. I slammed the shrine doors shut behind me, right in the girls face, even she was not stupid enough to intrude into someone's home. Sighing I ran a hand through my hair, She can't seem to handle taking 'no' for an answer. I thought before walking over towards my room, checking the talismans, sutras, trap seal's and other things I had spread around the house, just in case demons were able to break through my barrier and the villagers had somewhere to hide until I took care of the problem. But for that to work, we had to expand the shrine to fit the villagers inside (I wasn't complaining, I now had my own bathing area, along with a training room now). I had also constructed secret tunnels that ran through underground, leading to a safer area nearby in case the shrine fell. The only ones who knew of the tunnels were the village elder, his successor, the few men who helped build it, and myself. I had sworn them to secrecy, so the only time the tunnels are revealed are when they were needed by the villagers. Satisfied that everything was still working and nothing needed to be repaired today, I started to undress as I walked, having a bit of troubled with getting the hakama off while walking, and opened the door to my room.

"Hm, he'll be here soon." I muttered to myself while undoing binding around mt chest. I had outgrown my bra and underwear last year, they weren't comfortable anymore, so I had to replace them with wrapping and a loin-cloth. It was...uncomfortable when I remembered that women didn't really have underwear in this era, I was not comfortable with not having undergarments underneath my clothes. So, I had to make my own. "Ah~ Kagome would go nut's if she ever had to live in this time." I mumbled with a giggle, just imagining my sister complaining about the lack of shampoo and deodorant, not to mention the lack of divers food she loves. I chuckled even more as I put on the sleeping kimono that lord Sesshomaru had thrown at me after that first night. He had said it was shameful for me to be walking around in the 'nude', and promptly had gotten me the black kimono with red spider lily's embroidered into the hem and sleeves. Speaking of Sesshomaru... I thought as I felt his youkai settled into the tree outside. I smiled while grabbing an apple and going towards the walkway. "Good afternoon, Lord Sesshomaru." I called out while tossing the apple towards him, an alabaster skin colored hand came out from the tree's to catch it. This was the most I could ever see of him, his clothing was defiantly made for a lord, it was white and red with diamond flower pattern's at the hem of the sleeve. He also had two purple strips on the side of his hand, it makes me wonder if he had anymore marks, he also had claws...

Very deadly looking claws, yet they also looked very feminine...I wonder if he files them or do they naturally look like that? I thought as the cloth covered arm drew back into the tree's leaves.

But, I think what I find most surprising, is the fact that Sesshomaru seemed to like apples...it's just, I thought him being a lord and all, that he wouldn't really care for the apple's I grew from the tree I had planted in the shrine courtyard. Especially since I grew that tree by accident with spiritual powers...You would think they would become poisonous – or at least give them a headache or something- to demons because of that. But I guess not since it didn't seem to do anything to Sesshomaru.

...Maybe he's just so powerful that the small amount of power I used isn't very affective to him? Or maybe he got use to my power since he has been spending time near me for two years. Either way, so far he hasn't rejected any of them that I have given him, so that's a plus.

"Hn." he responded.

"Hmmm..." I hummed out as I thought of what to talk about tonight. "Oh, lord Sesshomaru, did you know that there is a saying back in my time about apples?" I questioned, seeing as he was eating an apple and all. I saw his eye's flicker towards the apple in his hand before looking at me, his youkai was saying 'And what is the relevance of this information?'. "The saying goes, 'An apple a day, keeps the doctors away', it also has some variation's of the phrase such as 'Eat an apple on going to bed, and you'll keep the doctor from earning his bread', 'An apple a day, no doctor to pay', 'An apple a day sends the doctor away'. The first saying was very well known in my time, it means that if you ate an apple then you would become more healthy because of how low in calories and sodium, and how high in fiber and Vitamin C it was." I paused when I felt the confusion from the terms I used. "...I'll explain the meanings and significant of those words at a later day, if I may."

"Hn."

"Thus, keeping you from having to go to a doctor- or healer- because you have nothing wrong with you. I read somewhere that the saying was first used around the 1860's from Pembrokeshire, Wales. But that it was not the first time the concept of eating an apple kept you healthy was used, and that it was even in use during Ancient Rome. It was also used for medical purposes in Asia a thousand years ago, specifically in china I think before it became somewhat popular to Europeans." I mused towards the end, trying to remember if I had read that right at the time. I shrugged it off and decided to continue before he got bored. "Even so, just eating an apple doesn't prevent you from getting sick- that would be ridiculous- but it does prevent some certain diseases, I do not recall on which specifically it stop's, but they were deadly back in the day which was why apples were considered a luxury item in some cultures." I finished. Why do I know about this? Honestly, I just stumbled upon it when reading a newspaper I got in America for vacation. My family decided to go to the famous amusement park in California. You would be amazed about what you could learn when you're waiting in line for a roller coaster.

Silence...

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"'Ancient Rome'...?" he questioned, making me smile as I started to tell him what I knew about rome.

"Girl, if you do not stop your excessive nagging then I will bodily throw you out into the woods so the demons may feast on your flesh!" I snapped. That shut her up, it also garnered the attention of the men who had bet I would snap and drug her.

Really? Are they really trying to see if I would drug her?

Sighing I rubbed my forehead, it had been a week. A. Week. Since she had arrived. And since then, she had not stopped demanding that I teach her. I had also been getting complaints about her from the villagers, apparently she had been trying to get some of them on her side, and was hoping that with enough support I would cave in and teach her. Probably would have worked, if not for the villagers being loyal and indebted to me.

Not to mention she was a complete stranger. As if the villager would take her side over their own miko. It was a good shot though.

"...What is your name?" I asked while crossing my arms. She seemed to perk up at this, and dutifully straightened up before bowing in greeting.

"My name is Sayuri, Lady Kaname."

"Hn, well, sayuri, I do not know what you thought you would accomplish by pestering me all week, and not only me, but the villagers as well." I gave her a pointed look here, and she at least had the decency to look ashamed by her actions and being a nuisance. "but I shall tell you what you accomplished..." I said, letting what I said sink in before I delivered the final blow. She was still bent forward, I could feel the anticipation of my answer. She probably thinks I'm going to give in. I thought with an amused smirk. "You've accomplished being nothing but an annoyance since you have arrived. As such, I am telling you to leave the village by tomorrow evening, or I will make do on throwing you into the woods." she froze at that. I shrugged off the small pang that went through my heart, and turned around to complete my rounds of the village before I helped the farmers. "I see no reason to even consider taking on an apprentice if they don't even show me their resolve and how far they will go to learn." And with that, I left her there alone.

"Lady Kaname, I see you are alone today!" Jiro, the blacksmith of the village, called out. Jiro had coal black hair tied into a high tail, he had slightly droopy eyes which made him look tired constantly, even though he was quite energetic, the less seen honey brown eyes that would sparkle, and was about 5' 6'' in height. He was only sixteen, but in this era he was considered a man by the age of fifteen, thus meaning he had already married last year to the daughter of a merchant after I had turned down his marriage proposal to me. Jiro was an oddity, unlike most of the village men, Jiro was constantly happy. Not to mention he gave his wife more free will then most men in this era, which I found pleasantly surprising when I had met him. He also wore less clothing then most did, just a pair of pants and sandals. I had asked once why he didn't cover his chest when in the forge, he responded that it was too hot to be wearing such a thing in an already hot environment.

He probably could have avoided a few treatments from me if he just wore protective clothing when forging.

"Hello, Jiro. And yes, I am very much alone today, I think I have finally got it into the childs head that I will not teach her." I said while coming over, looking him over to see if he needed treatment for any new burning. "How is Kanna? Has she forgiven you for what yo have 'done' to her?" I questioned teasingly as he sheepishly scratched the back of his head.

"...N-Not really..." he muttered as he looked towards the door that separated his home from the forge. I quirked a brow at him, he shrugged. "She has her hands full with Mai-chan, and on top of that she's been yelling and screaming at me for an hour, then she broke down crying and started to say something about her hair, she never knows what it is she want's to eat, and when I bring her what she wants she starts to yell and say thats not what she said even though it was what she said..." he trailed off with a sigh. "I don't understand! She wasn't like this when she was pregnant with Mai!"

I chuckled at him, before patting him on the shoulder. "Yes, but she was only pregnant with Mai that time. This time she is having twins. She has a right to be eccentric, you'll just have to wait it out four more month's."

"Lady Kaname! Please! Please tell me you have something that will calm her down!" He begged. I stared at him, I did in fact have something that would calm down a pregnant woman, Doesn't mean I'll let him get out of it easy, he needs to deal with this type of behavior if he wants more children. I thought as I shook my head 'no', he groaned and flinched when he heard kanna yelling for him, along with the cry of a baby. I chuckled once more before leaving him to his doom.

There wasn't much to do today, the farmers seemed to have solved whatever problem they were having and decided to employ some help from other villages. No demons were attacking, no one seemed to need to give birth, the shops were fine, the hunters already went out and caught some deer's, and the fishermen that lived by the river caught a decent haul today.

All I did was go to a few of the pregnant woman's home's to check on their health.

So, with a sigh, I went back towards the shrine to tend to my garden and clean the floors. "Maybe lord Sesshomaru will be there for a talk?" I mused while climbing the slope, only to pause when I heard someone yelling for me. Hm? What now? I thought, turning on my heel and waiting for who called me. Surprisingly it was a few of the hunters. "Yes? Is something wrong?" I questioned once they reached me, some of them- the newer hunters- catching their breaths.

"My lady! The girl that has been following you, she has gone into the woods, with only a knife! We tried to stop her, but she would not listen to reason, she said something about showing you her resolve so you will teach her!" he exclaimed.

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I twitched, before I glared towards the forest. That stupid girl-! I thought as I ran towards the forest. Was she trying to kill herself?! What part of showing me her resolve said to go into the demon infested wood's with a knife of all things?! I thought angrily, avoiding people as I neared the border of the village. I jumped into the nearest tree and traveled that way, least chances of getting stopped by other demons and tripping on roots, not to mention I have a better view of everything.

"When I get my hands on that girl-" I muttered before being cut off by a scream.

"AAAAAAAAAH!"

I clicked my tongue and sped up. It took a minute of running/jumping before I found her, she was running away from a bear of all things, she was lucky it wasn't a demon. I waited, and once she passed under my tree branch I leaped off, un-attatching my naginata from my new holster, and jammed it in-between the beasts shoulder blades. It gave of a screech and snarl of pain, before it got angry, shaking it's shoulders and ramming into tree's to try and dislodge me. I was not impressed, so I used a bit of my strength and pushed the blade until it went through the bears heart. It didn't seem to realized what happened for a moment, before it stilled and fell over. I landed and shook my head, poor thing, it's life was ended because it was at the wrong place at the wrong time. I thought before putting my foot on it and pulling my naginata out. I grimaced at the blood, I was going to have to clean that when I got back.

"LADY KANAME!" Ah, I had forgotten about her. "YOU SAVED ME! THANK Y-?!" she started before I grabbed her by the back of her clothes and made my way back to the village.

-Later-

Once we had arrived I threw her onto the ground, in the middle of the village so everyone could see, and stalked up to her. She seemed wary of me now, good. She should be.

"YOU STUPID GIRL!" I yelled, stopping her as she was opening her mouth to make her situation worse then it was. "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING GOING OUT INTO THOSE WOODS WITH ONLY A KNIFE, OF ALL DAMN THINGS, TO DEFEND YOURSELF?!" by now villagers were starting to form a circle to see what was going on. But I didn't care, she needed to learn what she did was a stupid, idiotic, foolish, dumbass decision! "A DEMON INFESTED FOREST AT THAT! DID YOU THINK I WAS JOKING WHEN I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT DEMONS BEING OUT THERE?! THAT IT WOULD BE FINE BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANY DEMONS ATTACK THE VILLAGE SO FAR?! IF SO, IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE ARE NO DEMONS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE BARRIER I PUT UP!" she flinched, because it seemed thats exactly what she had thought, just making my temper rise. I saw some of the villagers shake their heads at this piece of news, they didn't think anyone would ignore a miko's word about demons. "DID YOU NOT EVEN THINK AS TO WHY IT WAS ONLY THE HUNTER'S WHO WENT OUT INTO THE WOODS? OR EVEN THE FACT THAT THEY DO NOT GO FAR, WITHOUT ME- A MIKO-THERE, FROM THE TREELINE ITSELF?"

"I-I...I just wanted t-to learn-" she said, curling in on herself, a small hiccup in her voice as tears started going down her cheeks.

"BY TRYING TO FIGHT A DEMON WITH NO TRAINING?!" I shouted at her in agitation. I was going to say more, but I had to stop myself and calm down. She was trying to stifle her cry's, it wasn't working, and I could see her knuckles turning white by how hard she was gripping them. She reminded me of Kagome at this moment, when she had confronted a group of middle school boy's that had been picking on Souta. I had taken care of it as soon as I saw what was happening to my siblings, and had yelled at Kagome for an hour about how stupid she was, thinking she could take on boy's bigger then her. She was crying and sniffling, trying to hide how much the bruises and scrapes hurt to seem strong, and even as I yelled, I saw how terrified she was, but also how she didn't regret her decision. And right now, the girl-...no, sayuri was giving me that same look. So, pinching the bridge of my nose and counting to ten, I calmed down and looked at her. I rubbed the back of my neck as I walked over and knelt down in front of her. "You could have died, and you would have been dead if not for the hunters who had warned me about what you did." I stated. "It might not have been a demon, but a bear is still as dangerous. It would have slashed you with it's claws so you would go down, pin you to the floor, and bit into your stomach for a meal." Her face seemed to pale at each word, but I was not sugarcoating this, she needed to get it through her thick head of what would have happened to her because of her decision. "You would not have died instantly, you would have been in agony as it ate you. The bear does not have a mind like ours, so it would not have put you out of your pain even if you begged the gods. It may even have left you still alive after it was finished. You would have been lying in that forest, dying slowly and begging for it to end, with your innereds that were left and probably only the upper half of your body splayed out for all to see, because you thought you could have taken a demon by yourself with a knife." I finished.

The hunters that were there all nodded their heads at this information, they knew the dangers of the woods, that was why they went in groups. To lessen casualty's. Some of the children who had bragged that they could handle a demon or a wolf or something by themselves, seemed to rethink their opinion's, after all if that was what a bear could do. Then what could a youkai do?

She seemed quite shaken up at the revelation of what could have happened to her. I hummed as I stood back up and headed towards the shrine. The villagers parted for me as I came up to them, I stopped a few paces behind a woman and looked back towards sayuri. "What are you doing still standing there?" I stated more then asked, making her jerk and look at me with confusion. I quirked a brow at her, when she didn't answer I decided I would clarify it for her. "Unbelievable, only a few seconds within your apprenticeship and you are already lost as to what to do." I said with a sigh. She stared a few more seconds at me, before realization crossed her features about what I said. Her eyes light up, a happy smile spread across her face, and color returned back to her cheeks. I turned away and started to walk again, I could hear her feat as she ran to catch up to me, leaving the villagers to murmur about my sudden declaration of me having an apprentice.

"R-REALLY?!" she yelled.

"Hn." I could just feel the question in the air. "If I do not, then you will do something foolish again-" she face planted at this statement, sweatdropping. "-and I do not want to put up with the hassle of saving you again. Now, understand this, sayuri, I will not teach you the Higurashi way. That is limited to my clan, and those to my clan only...But, I can teach you the basics of being a miko. I can also teach you basic archery to fight, or- if you do not want to learn archery- I can teach you Naginatajutsu or Battōjutsu." I started to explain as we neared the shrine, glancing down at her to see if she was listening. "If you choose the way of the sword, but do not want to learn Battōjutsu, the I can arrange one of the men in the village to teach you. After you are sufficient enough in your style of fighting I will teach you how to incorporate spiritual energy into your weapon."

She seemed very excited about what she would learn. I smirked down at her as we reached the shrine, letting her in first and leading her to the training room before having her sit down.

"Ah. Don't get too excited, you will only be able to do half of that if you have spiritual power." Her face fell at this, and I chuckled. "Of course, you could still gain spiritual power, seeing as you are not from my clan...and normaly that would set you back a few years before you could even attempt anything spiritually inclined. But don't worry, I have a way to get you there faster then normal. If you do not have the natural talent, then I will work you into the ground until you have sufficient enough energy gathered to satisfy me." I went into my sleeve and pulled out a paper doll, waving it ominously in front of her, she gulped. Oh, this will be fun. I thought as I sat down in front of her, opened her clammy palm, and put the shikigami on it. "Now then, let's see if you have potential."

I grinned sadistically.

She seemed to regret asking me to teach her now.

Oh yes, this will defiantly be fun to do.