Orphan

By Ryouga's best friend

Night fell with good humor. After much needling and comfort from Shippo, Sango, and Kagome Miko slowly crawled out of her shell. They spent the afternoon talking and laughing while Miroku and Inuyasha sat outside the hut in a companionable silence. The monk in deep mediation (or so he looked) and the half demon keeping watch from a top the roof.

"Kagome…" Miko asked twiddling her fingers nervously.

"Yes?"

"Could you teach me magic?" she asked hesitantly.

"Magic?! I don't know any magic," Kagome replied. Miko looked very confused.

"But I saw you use it on Inuyasha," she sputtered. Shippo shook his head.

"That was a spell cast by Lady Keade, though Kagome can do all sorts of stuff!" He stated excitedly. The girl from the future shook her head.

"I have some powers but it's not magic, I just can do it." She said with a shrug. Miko's shoulders slumped.

"Oh…"

"I'm sorry Miko."

"I'll never be good at magic, The books my mom left are all blurry, I can hardly make out any of the characters," she mutter dejected. Sango pluck one of the books off her desk and flipped though it, she cast a curious glance to the girl.

"These books look fine to me Miko," The girl looked shocked.

"You can read them?!"

"Yeah it seems to be a list of herbs and roots," Sango passed the book to the girl who stared at the page. After a moment she began to squint as she examined the text.

"How come I can't?" she said sadly. "It's all to blurry"

"Maybe you need glasses?" Kagome suggested casually as the two children looked confused.

"What are glasses?" Shippo asked scratching the side of his head.

"It's tempered glass, if you look through it some people can see better" Sango explained. Miko beamed with hope as she continued. "I remember several of the older nobles I worked for had them for reading… But only the rich could afford them made." As Quickly as the hope came it left.

"Oh…" Shippo frowned at his new friend's expression. He turned to glance at Kagome with an idea forming.

"Kagome? Do they have glasses in the future?" He asked, not noticing the shocked look his friend got at his words.

"The future?! Miss Kagome can see the future?"

"I don't 'see' the future Miko, I'm 'from' the future…" she explained, "It's kind of a long story." Miko nodded in belief that can only come from the innocence of youth. "And yes Shippo it's not hard to get glasses in the future." She could already see where this was going…

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Outside the hut both Inuyasha and Miroku were silent watching the goings on in the distant village nearly a mile away. After sitting in silence Miroku finally spoke up, "They should be coming anytime now…" it was said with such certainty that left no doubt to dispute. The half-demon nodded.

"Judging by the amount of torches I'd guess nearly every man in town and several of the woman are on their way." his voice was calm, accepting that there was no other option. "What could they want with her?"

"Naraku. He may not be the cause of their prejudice but he has something to do with their sudden reason to act upon it. I just wish I could find out why…"The mob in the distance began to creep closer. Ending the conversation and musing along with it.

"Better tell the girls to be ready, I don't think scaring them off is gonna work this time…" Inuyasha stated solemnly. He hopped off the roof and landed silently. He took a moment to puff himself up a bit before entering. The monk chuckled slightly, the half demon always had to put on his outer shell of toughness before seeing Kagome. His cartoonish act was only more entertaining if you saw his serious side.

* * * * *

A few minutes later Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, and Sango stood stoic in front of Miko's home. Miko was inside guarded by Shippo and Kiara. The only sound was the distant mummer of the mob as it worked it's way closer. When they finally came into view the mob's muttering deadened to silence. There was a stare down between the four warriors and the villagers.

"We've come for the girl…" One man finally spoke up, "she must die for the sake of the village."

"Feh, what a crock of bull," the half demon snarled.

"Silence demon, you have no say in this matter, it is yours and Naraku's kind that have brought disaster to the village."

"Don't you Dare compare me to him!" several villagers took a step back at his radiating anger. Kagome placed a hand on his should to calm him.

"If we don't kill the girl now, Naraku will send many more demons. He'll slaughter us"

"So you take the easy way out, Better her than you… coward," Sango stated coldly. "She only a child for god sake!" there was some muttering and second thoughts but they remained firm.

"She must die." There was no more talk, it was time to fight…

* * * * *

It was chaos. Four powerful warriors who fought to protect what was right and villagers determined to save their home the only way they knew how. Sango fought with vicious martial arts and her gigantic boomerang while Miroku whirled about with his staff with skillfully placed shots to aiming to stun and disable. Inuyasha fought as bare handed as a half demon can, careful to not accidentally kill any of his opponents. Kagome stood as back-up, deterring sneak attacks and picking off stragglers with her enchanted arrows and priestess powers.

Though the warriors were obviously winning and controlling the fight several men and women managed to reach the house, the first three rushed in blindly while five others circled to the back. The first man through the door found himself drilled into unconsciousness by a gigantic top only slight shorter than himself. The other two only got only a quick glance of the small fox child before he suddenly multiplied and overwhelmed them eight to two. The men and women around back never even got to enter before Kiara in her battle form charged out and incapacitated them.

"It's not fair, why can't they leave me alone…" Miko muttered as tear began to streak down her face. She sat, curled into a ball, listening to the fighting that surrounded her. So many people getting hurt because of her "Is it because I have made friends…" Her yellow eye began to glow in the semi-dark room. "I don't want anyone to fight anymore!" she shouted, her eye's light intensifying.

Outside dark clouds seemed to appear from nowhere, darkening the formally clear sky. Wind began to slowly pick-up speed. Thunder crashed as it began to downpour extinguishing the torches of the mob. The only source of lights was the hazy glow coming from the house and the Sporadic flash of lightning. Upon seeing this development the remaining villagers fled in fear carrying their unconscious and injured friends with them. Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, and Sango stared in awe at the glow. In the distance a single wasp who has been watching the proceedings flew off toward it's master.

Shippo ran into the main room. There she stood staring defiantly into nothingness, her yellow eye projecting it's strange energy. "Miko?!" at his voice she came from her trance blinking the energy away.

"S-shippo?" she asked weakly before collapsing to the ground.

A/N- And The story continues, the fight scene was a bit sloppy but I figured it wasn't pivotal to detail how the villagers got there asses handed to them. This was also the first taste of Miko's powers. What will the orphan girl do with the villagers and Naraku after her? And what is Naraku's mysterious motive? Continue to read "Orphan" to find out!

Thanks

Tigerzhan: You reviewed three times! You're my hero. I'm glad everyone liked the Mr. Inuyasha bit it was just a little thing I thought would be funny.

Fox_Demon_Girl: I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'll try to keep updating…