Disclaimer: Again I do not own INU YASHA and its characters, and this is sort of a AU I'm just writing this because I'm bored and there's nothing good on TV. I'm feeling discouraged b/c apparently no one liked/hated it enough to submit a review, please do! You'll make me a lot happier~~ *_* arigatou gozaimazu

Chapter 1: The Encounter w/ the Mysterious Girl

"Kagome, look out!" Inuyasha yelled as he swing Tetsusaiga at Juuroumaru, noting that Kageroumaru had gone behind Kagome. Inuyasha tried to wrestle Tetsusaiga from Juuroumaru's grip, but the heavy Tetsusaiga won't budge, and Inuyasha was in deep trouble, unable to save either himself or Kagome. Miroku, Sango, Kirara, and Shippo were busy fighting off Naraku's other minions, namely his poisonous bugs and puppet, and were in no position to get to Kagome in time. Damn, how could I have been so stupid? I will never forgive myself if anything happened to Kagome.

Hiding behind a tree, Kagome observed the battle from a safe distance. I am such a burden to the others, I can't even help Inuyasha in his fight against The Fourth One of Naraku. Unknown to her, Kageroumaru had gone underground while Inuyasha was busy dealing with Juuroumaru, and now emerged behind her and came straight at her. "kukuku, I'm going to have a taste of the girl's heart"

"NO!" Inuyasha, with a sudden burst of strength, managed to lift the Tetsusaiga and shook Juuroumaru off the blade. "KAGOME!" Juuroumaru blocked his path with open claws.

Oh my.Kagome realized the danger she was in, and closed her eyes..moments away from death, her life flashed before her eyes.how she had met Inuyasha for the first time after the Bone-Eater Well had sucked her in.how she had managed to shatter the Shikon no Tama into shards.and every little adventure she and Inuyasha went through to collect these shards.I don't want to die, not yet, I haven't even told Inuyasha just how much I had come to depend on him and.like him.

An arrow shot through the woods, straight at Kageroumaru, struck dead center, and purified the little spider with a talking human head to dust.

"Eh?" after a few seconds "I'm not dead?"

"You son of a bitch, take this!" Inuyasha swang Tetsusaiga at Jurroumaru, enraged. "Cutting Wind!" Jurroumaru had only a mere second to blink in surprise as he's cut in half and disintegrated into dust.

At about the same time, Miroku and Sango finished off Naraku's puppet and insects. (Hey, I helped too! Shippo yelled) Right, Shippo's fox fire took care of three little insects - the big picture is that the enemy had been defeated, by teamwork.

"Kagome, are you alright?" Inuyasha immediately tried to rush over to Kagome's side, but was weighed down by his Tetsusaiga, which he had only been holding with one hand. "Looks like Tetsusaiga hasn't become any lighter, huh?" Sango whispered to Miroku "No.looks like Inuyasha was too bloodheaded to notice its weight, because Kagome-sama had been in danger." "HEY, I HEARD THAT! Who's a bloodheaded fool?" "you are, of course" BOINK! Shippo got one on the head "what did you do that for? It's only the truth!" BOINK, another bump on top of the first one.

"I am alright, I think" Kagome said, dusting her skirt "Kageroumaru.what happened?" Miroku walked over to where the arrow hit the grass, and plucked it up "the aura is strong.Kageroumaru was purified by this arrow" "turned to dust eh? Serves that bastard right.huh" Inuyasha faltered a bit "Inuyasha, be still, your stomach.you shouldn't move yet" Kagome said tenderly "yeah, you'll just open a hole in your stomach" Shippo chipped in. "Shuddup. This happens all the time" Inuyasha shouting at Shippo. A little blush and turns his eyes away, unable to meet Kagome's tender gaze. "*cough cough* hey you guys done yet?" Miroku and Sango were examining the arrow "this is definitely a priestess' arrow" Sango said, "the aura is unquesionable, isn't that right, houshi-sama?" "yes, but where had it come from?"

"huh.may I please have my arrow back?" a voice said. The group turned around, startled, and half bewildered that Inuyasha had not smelled someone coming. Miroku stared down at a young girl about the age of 10, with two long braids down her sides. The young girl is wearing a short kimono which closely resembles a shortened version of a priestess' uniform. The girl is uncommonly beautiful, even at this young age, and Miroku found himself quite unable to resist staring at the girl's face. "would you bear my child?" the priest moved quickly and took the girl's hands in his, asking with a serious face. "eh?" BOINK, BOINK, BOINK. Inuyasha, Kagome, and Sango each hit the perverted priest~ three big lumps appear on the priest's head while Shippo shook his head in a *when is he ever going to learn? * style. "Never mind him, who are you? And is this arrow really yours?" Sango showed the mysterious young girl the arrow she held. "Huh.my name is YinYin, I am a priestess in training." YinYin made a grab for her arrow

"Hold on a minute" Inuyasha yelled in his usual tone, grabbing the arrow before YinYin and holding it up high (YinYin's only about 5'0") "you still haven't told us what you were doing in this part of the forest- and why the hell did you shoot this arrow?"

Her face reddened and she yelled back, stunning the entire group, who never thought that such a small body could produce so much sound "baka, YOU were the one transpassing my forest! What the heck are you doing way up north? And I am just in training~ it is not my fault that I missed my practice target and my arrow led itself to you! HUMPH" She looks even cuter when she's angry, oh my god, she is just like a mini-Sango! Miroku chuckled to himself "I'll now be taking that!" YinYin stretched out a hand and demanded her arrow back.

After some reluctance, and Kagome's meaningful dark look~implying a certain " S I T " command~ Inuyasha handed the young girl her arrow, grumbling something about priestesses in training and how they can be so annoying.

~~~Flashback~~~ Inuyasha as a young hanyou was looking out onto the river when he smelled the scent of another being. He turned around and found himself staring at a young girl with long black hair tied back, armed with a small bow and several arrows, and returning Inuyasha's gaze. "Who the heck are you?" Inuyasha inquired, not happy that his time of self-pitying was cut short by someone, especially not by a human. "I am the Priestess Kikyou" the young girl told him, with her head held high, and then added in a whisper "well~priestess in training, actually." "Huh~what's the deal with those arrows anyways, it's not like you can actually fire one and hit me, you are much too slow." Inuyasha smirked in contempt. Humans are so weak, even these so-called ppl with miko powers. ~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~

He half expected to see the young girl cry with those big watery eyes of hers. Instead, YinYin just accepted the arrow and contently secured the arrow to her belt. Then, looking meaningfully at the entire group, pondered in silence for a minute, and declared "It'll be dark soon~ and judging by your looks you had a rough battle with whatever that was~ I suppose it would not be very hospitable of me not to ask you to spend the night with me under my roof, even if a certain half-dog demon were so rude to a high and mighty priestess such as myself." Kagome subdued an urge to laugh. "Yes, thank you for your hospitality." Miroku caught on quickly.

With that, the gang made way through the forest, and Sango wondered where are the other villagers as they emerged onto the open fields and a row of houses appeared before them.

"Welcome to my village"

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