How are you

A/n

Hi everybody sorry for the long update but I haven't been in the mood for writing this past week. Certain things came up and I was…preoccupied. And yes, I know that this story may seem to be focused quite a bit on Miroku than Inu Yasha, but actually each character would get to talk from their point of view. And yes, in this chapter Kagome actually shows up, I know it has taken a while but here she is, although meeting Inu Yasha will not come up till a little later, she will know of him.

P/s

Inu Yasha is intelligent, as in terms of sentience and he would be able to learn that human technique in just a few try's but since he finds it useless, he doesn't put his heart into it and fails to learn.

Disclaimer: Inu Yasha and any other characters from the anime or book does not belong to me, I'm not that talented.

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Fire, it was all around her, the smoke clouded over her and the falling timbers from above threatened to squash her. She tried to get up off the floor and found that she was trapped among the various equipment that surrounded her. She instead got on her knees and began crawling out through the cracks. But when her hand touched the floor she felt something wet and sticky. Lifting her hands up to her face she saw it stained with blood.

Blood was everywhere and bits and pieces of what looked like human bodies littered the floor. She almost threw up at the sight, but then continued what she had been doing, if she was to make it out of the fire alive she would have to ignore the grisly scene about her.

Suddenly the ceiling gave out and tiles fell on top of her tired body. The flames were inching closer and closer to her, as if they were hungry beasts wanting to devour her. She pushed the heavy things off of her and coughed, the smoke was finally getting into her lungs, it became thicker and thicker enveloping her in a sea of black ashes.

She thought she was doomed when the fire encircled her, but when the flames touched her she felt no pain! Touching the seemingly hot ball of fire, she again didn't feel anything. So now she stood up, not bothered by the heat or smoke she walked on determined to find an exit.

Aside the bloody carnage all scattered around the room she saw something else which shocked her so. It was a boy standing in the middle of a room which once held computers, or something like it. But everything inside was all smashed up and broken.

She couldn't see his face but blood was dripping off from his hands, perhaps he was injured. Taking a step closer she saw that he was, there was a huge gnash reaching from his shoulder to his waist, the cut was almost deep enough to show bone. She gasped in horror of the bloody sight.

Opening her mouth she tried to talk to him, but words never came out , only a silent scream which echoed inside of her head was heard. But it seemed like he heard her because he turned around and faced her. Again she was surprised.

His shockingly white hair reached almost to his hips and his eyes, his eyes were not normal. Tinged with red and blue were the iris, everything about the boy showed that he had been hurt, full of pain and sadness, but anger was also something which shone out from his eyes very clearly.

The boy was very handsome, although with the strange hair and eyes, he had a masculine body and an empathetic air around him.

But what was most peculiar about the boy was his ears, his ears were not on the side of his face, but instead on the top of his head. Furry little things they were, soft looking, white and quite attractive, she had an unnatural desire to touch them but then she remembered that now was not the time.

"Are you alright?" She again tried talking to him and this time it worked, her shaky voice came out of her mouth and it was at a pitch that even she couldn't recognize.

But he didn't respond, all he did was continue to stare at her, a longing desire could be seen from the depths of his soul. She didn't know how but she could feel that he was in pain, not just externally but also inside, something in his mind.

"Do you understand me?" She said walking closer to him, she reached her arms out for him but he slowly backed away growling showing his sharp canine teeth.

Perhaps she shouldn't have approached the way she did, so she took a step back, but he was still growling and now he was licking his teeth a devilish look replaced his once placid one.

Right at that moment the roof above them gave out and collapsed. All the heavy tiles and lights were crashing down right at her. She closed her eyes ready for the impact of a dozen heavy objects smashing her but felt nothing.

When she looked up she found herself in the arms of the boy who apparently had dashed to her rescue, saving her from her fate. She didn't really know what to say, but then remembered her manners, she awkwardly said thank you to him.

Without warning he tightly held her in his embrace, whispering only a single word.

"Kagome."

It was then that she woke up, sweating profusely and gasping for breath.

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Where is that girl?

"Souta, do you think you can wake your sister up before going to school?" Yelled Mrs. Higurashi from the doorway of her kitchen.

"Sorry mama, I'll be late, and you know how lazy oneechan is, it'll take forever to wake her up. Ack I have to go now, bye-bye mama see you later!" Souta Higurashi said cheerfully as he left for private school.

I suppose I will have to do it, but honestly she should get hang of waking up by herself by now, it's been a year already since she's been home schooled.

"Kagome! Wake up, your late for your lessons! Your tutor won't like waiting for you like this!" But to no avail did her daughter even stir from her deep sleep. But then just as she was going to pull the covers from off of her daughter her muffled voice was heard.

"Mama, I'll be there in a sec- I need to get dressed first before I go anyway, so why don't you wait outside"

"Your hopeless Kagome, but please hurry up, I'll be downstairs cooking breakfast."

The slam of the door was the only thing that reassured her that her mom had finally left her room.

Sigh. Now I can go back to sleep. But then she couldn't fall back to the comfortable slumber now. Not after the dream she had last night…

For some strange reason she had been having these strange dreams lately each one becoming increasingly violent and surreal.

It all started a week ago, when father had decided to entrust her with the shikon no tama, his rarest possession. She didn't know why he had given it to her, all he said was "keep it safe Kagome, never let it out of your sight". Damn he knew how irresponsible she was, why didn't he just stash the thing in the safety deposit box like he did with his money?

She hadn't seen her father after that, but mama did say that he went to a meeting in Hokkaido, he was always busy and she rarely even spoke to him.

But she was used to it now, it had always been like this, her mother taking care of her and Souta. Father always on business trips and meetings, he was never around. Money and business usually drove her father away from home and family.

Turning her head to face the sunlight that seeped through the windows she glanced passively at her purple alarm clock.

9:35

She nearly fell out of bed when she saw the time, she was going to be late! And her tutor didn't like tardiness either.

After dressing herself in a large sweatshirt and baggy shorts she was ready to study like crazy. Leave it to Kaede tell mama about her skipping class. It was just so boring listening to her talk about feudal Japan and all that folklore about demons and creatures with incredible power. Kagome didn't even know why her father hired such an old lady to teach either, with a eye patch and a slightly bent back, it was hard to imagine her teaching at all.

"Kagome, what took you so long? Hurry up and eat, Kaede is waiting for you in the other room, O for god's sake Kagome just grab a piece of toast and run. You should be glad that you don't have to go to school you don't have to get up early like your brother Souta and…"

'Great now she's going to talk on and on about how lucky I am to be home schooled.' But honestly not being able to go outside bored her to death.

"Alright I'm going, leave me alone won't cha?" And before her mother could chastise her on her incorrect English she dashed out of the kitchen and into the room where she usually met Kaede.

Luckily she made it just as the clock chimed 10:00. She was on time.

"Good morning" She said and bowed traditionally to show respect, but her tutor didn't say anything. Looking up Kagome saw that Kaede hadn't even noticed her, she was busy staring out the window. Maybe she didn't hear her.

"Eh hem Good morning Kaede!" She repeated a few notches louder and finally Kaede turned around to face her, she looked somewhat surprised.

"Oh, Kagome I'm sorry I didn't notice you at all, but good morning." Kaede sensed something different about her student today, her aura seemed to glow with energy, or was it something else within her that exuded such a strong power.

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An I know that I said that I would have Sesshomaru in this chapter but he wouldn't fit into the chapter, sorry. In the next chapter however I promise that he'll be there! Well now that you guys are done reading please review and tell me your comments or concerns, I'll gladly accept compliments and frown at flames, but you guys won't do that to me would you? Untill next time, sayonara!