A/N: Inuyasha, me no own. To the story!

" " = some ones talking

' ' = some ones thinking *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~This Can't Be Happening~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ch 1 who are you?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~Ichi POV~~~

Me and my family were just driving down the road, nothing seeming out of place. 'this is sooooooo boring! I wish that something would happen'. Little did I know that something would happen... Something big. 'What the hell is that?' as we were driving, a giant black, spiraling hole opened in front of us! As we drove through it, the car disappeared, letting us fly off into a place that we really didn't want to be. ~~~in the black hole~~~

I screamed to my parents and sister " MOM! DAD! HALEY! WHAT'S HAPPE..." before I could finish we landed on a grassy field. I was confused beyond all reason. I crawled over to my mom who was unconscious "mom? Are you ok? Mom! ANSWER ME!" at this, my mother started to stir.

"Ichi? Are you alright?" she was full of concern. I must have looked pretty grim too "I'm alright. But where are we? Dad and Haley are still unconscious." "Ichi, let's go wake them up, then we can find out where we are. Ok?" I was still a little shaken up, but was willing to help "ok" As soon as everyone was alright and awake, we set off. We didn't get to far before a large shadow loomed over us and then disappeared. Haley, even though she was 16, was scared "what was that?" she asked. Before any of us could answer, it came back, but this time we could see what it was. It was a bird that was at least 7ft tall with wing that spread a bit more than the length of a van. It's claws hung down underneath it. But these things were the last to be noticed, for what looked like half of a human body sat atop the head of the bird, but it was also hard to tell what was body and head for it was all merged together. The human part spoke "you humans look to be very tasty" at that remark he started to dive bomb us at about 100ft up in the air.

'This isn't happening! I don't want my family to die! I WON'T LET THEM DIE!!' "WIND!!" as soon as the word left my mouth, a tornado struck deep into the bird-creature, carrying his blood up into the clouds. Then his life-less, flesh-less corpse plummeted to the forest floor. It was all over. ~~~Kouga POV~~~

I saw the tornado go back up to the sky. I sniffed the air and recognizing one scent 'Bird blood. I wonder what killed it? Who can control a tornado anyways?' "Ginta! Hakkaku! Let's go see who killed that bird of paradise." Ginta looked at me funny "And have the same thing happen to us?" Ginta couldn't seem to get any courage until I glared at him. Then he said " I mean. Let's go!" After that short pathetic discussion, we left to find who could kill with tornados. ~~~regular POV~~~

Ichi was on the cold hard ground lying on her back breathless. While she lays there, she thinks 'Did I just kill that creature?' Her family was running over to her calling her name and asking if she was ok.

Kouga, Ginta, and Hakkaku arrived to see four humans. Three kneeling down and one panting on the ground with the scent of the wind surrounding her as well as an aura of power that was slowly fading away. Kouga walked over to the humans and questioned "Did this human female just kill a bird of paradise?" This of course made everyone turn around to look at him. "If that creature was a 'bird of paradise' then yes, something killed it, but it was not my daughter who did the killing" Ichi's mother boldly stated. Ichi knew her mother knew nothing of her power. ~~~Kouga POV~~~

I looked at this human who obviously had no idea that I myself was a demon such as the one that was killed by a tornado. 'This human doesn't even know this girls power. That's it, I can't just let this stupid human make a fool out of me!' Right before I was about to speak, the human girl on the floor spoke "Mom, I was the one who killed that creature. That's why I'm lying here instead of standing. It used a lot of my strength." 'so she did kill it' Now she will have to come with me. I wish to know how a human can have such power. I'll just kill her family and take her back to the den with me. "Well I have no use for your family girl, so I can just kill them and then I can try to figure out how you got this power" Now she was making a huge effort to get up. ~~~Ichi POV~~~

If I had enough energy I would have been in his face right now giving him a piece of my mind, but since I'm wounded, I'll have to do with sitting up and yelling at him. "You will do NO such thing! If you want to kill them you have to kill ME first! Who the hell are you anyways?" I could tell that my words shocked him, but only for a second could you see that. Then he spoke to me again "My name is Kouga. Take your pathetic family to a village, then and come back here at dusk. If you aren't here then I will hunt down your family and kill them" 'I don't know where any villages are!' "If you would give me directions to the nearest village then I shall take them there and come back." I shock my self sometimes, and this happens to be one of them. He smirked at me then said "go north till you find a river, then head upstream and you will find a village" After he gave us the directions, he was gone before another word could be spoken. I looked at my parents and my sister "Lets go" was all I had to say, and then we headed north. ~~~Regular POV~~~

It had been half an hour at Ichi's guess. They had made it to the river. Ichi found a nearby stick and stuck it into the ground. "what are you doing?" Her sister had asked. "I want to make sure that I make it to the right field. This will help me know when to turn" She stated as if it were as plain as daylight. "We need to head upstream, right?" Ichi's father asked. "That's what I recall" her mother stated. They all set off trying to forget the deal hey had with Kouga. ~~~Ichi POV~~~

"Look there's the village. We apparently aren't in America anymore, it looks like we are in Japan or something, feudal Japan that is. My family was now too shocked to speak. "Let's go find you a place to stay.

We found a place that looked like it would be able to fit my family. 'From the looks of it, they'll have to earn their keep. I better go find the owner' I went up and knocked on the door. A man answered and asked "what bring you to my humble home?" "Would it be too much trouble if my family could live here? They will earn their keep. We are knew around here and have no place to go." He looked at e for a moment then said "if they can work" "they will try their hardest" he smiled and said that they can stay with him.

I went over to my family and told them that they would have to work if they wanted a place to stay and food to eat. They accepted and went over to the house and walked in. I knew at that time that I wouldn't see them for a long time. So I headed off trying not to think about Kouga or me not seeing my family.

I found the stick that I had stuck in the ground and headed back south to were the valley was. When I got there Kouga was no where in site, and I was a bit early. So I settled myself down on the grass. 'oh yeah, I still have my backpack with me' I took out my CD player and started listening to my music. 'Wake me up inside, wake me up inside! Call my name and save me from the dark! Bid my blood to run! Before I come undone1 Save me from the nothing I've become' I was starting to get bored sitting there doing nothing. So I found a stick, took out my pocket knife, and stated sharpening the stick. It wasn't long be fore a felt a strong hand on my shoulder. I immediately kicked the persons feet out from under them and put my knife to their throat. Then I saw his face 'Kouga' I put my knife away to his surprise.



~~~Regular POV~~~

"Why didn't you kill me when you had the chance?" asked Kouga. "We had a deal, and I don't remember the part of me killing you in that deal." she stated and then added " even if I tried to cut through your neck, you would have stopped me" "What makes you think that?" Kouga questioned. "you had o fear in you at all. Plus, you would be too quick. I saw you run off faster than a cheetah the last time we met." "We never met properly though. I have yet to know you name" he corrected. "my name is Ichi" "Let's go then, Ichi" Before she could even blink he pulled her over his shoulder and speed off. ~~~Ichi POV~~~

'what in the world does he think he's doing?!' "HEY! I got two legs of my own ya know!! I can walk on my own!!" he just wouldn't put me down no matter how much I kicked and yelled. Then, I think he was starting to get sick of it, yelled back "Will you stop yelling in my EAR!? I'm surprised that I'm not deaf in this ear now!" after that I just stayed there wondering where he was taking me.

After a while we made it to a river with a beautiful waterfall. I couldn't help but stair.

Then he spoke up after the long silence of his 'run', "we're home." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~end ch 1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



A/N: not too shabby if I do say so myself. First fanfic I did that wasn't a script type. Oh well! Till next chapter! *waves*