Hello peoples! I hope everyone is reading my story! Because its gonna be a good one!!! This story is a little AU; It's set in modern times. enjoy!

Disclaimer- I do not own Inuyasha.

The girl began to stir. Kouga had qiuckly taken her to Naraku's island, putting her inside the cage with the "creature." He layed her on a mat on the floor of the habitat, and brushed her silky black hair out of her eyes. ' what a waste of a beautiful woman.' Kouga thought,hesitant to leave her in the enclosure. But he did, walking over to the heavy door, opening it walking out and quickly shutting it behind him.

Atleast a dozen or so scientists were standing outside the enclosure, waiting for the creature to investigate the girl. But it was no where in sight. The habitat was made like a dome, comepletely enclosed from the fifty foot ceiling to the floor. It was outside so it would be as close to the real thing as possible. From the ceiling of the cage there hung a house of sorts. In truth it was just a box really. They put it in there to see if the creature would use it as a den. He hadn't touched it. He preferred to stay in the dense brush, staying out of sight.

The girl stirred angain, mumbleing incoherently in her sleep. She opened an eye, and sat up groggily. 'what on earth? where am i? what happened?' she turned her head and took in her surroundings. She was on the ground in a clearing, to her left was woods. 'woods? where on earth am i? how did i get here?!!?'

Suddenly it all came flooding back. The abandoned house, the strange man, the boat.... 'the boat!!! thats what the man must have been in when i walked by! that means he probably took me to an island or something. why on earth would he want me?!! ' Her head was pounding like a hammer, but she forced herself to rise to her feet. She felt weak just laying there on the ground out in the open. She needed to get into the trees.

She stood shakily for a moment before falling to her knees. 'crap!! what the heck did that guy shoot me with?!?' she struggled to her feet again, this time staggering over to a tree, which she leaned on for support. Breatheing heavily, she stood there trying to get her balance. When she felt steady standing on her legs, she walked farther into the woods. The thorns scratched at her legs and tore at her hair, making the walk more of a battle. And the heat was unbearable. She finally came to a stream.

"Oh thank God."she said in relief, sinking down to her knees in the shallow river. She didn't even mind the rocks that were bruising and scratching her knees; the cool water was so refreshing. After she had drunk her fill, she climbed out of the river and sat on its banks. Sunning herself in the warm sunshine, she lay back and closed her eyes. she was still sleepy from the drug that she had been shot with. ' i don't know why i'm here, but atleast that man is gone. he gave me the creeps. i wonder what he wanted with me. and why did he just leave me here?' she thought to herself as she listened to the stream gurgle.

The creature was currently watching the girl from the trees. Crouched on a thick limb of a giant tree, he studied her from above. He didn't think she was food, but then what was she? the other humans usually gave him food through the door, and she came through the door. So maybe she was food. He licked his lips in anticpation of eating. Then he leapt down from the tree and crouched in the tall grass.

Suddenly she was on full alert; eyes darting to the grass where she had heard something fall. 'what was that?' a cold sweat appearing on her forehead. She stood up and faced whatever was there. She considered running but figured she would probably be caught anyways. And besides, her mother had always told her when faced with a wild dog to never run. Her mother....the mere memory of her still brought tears to her eyes. 'why mom? why did you have to die?'

Something moved in the grass. And then..................he appeared. She looked him over from his feet to his head. He wore no shoes. He had baggy, dark green pants, a dark green shirt without sleeves, and a light green long-sleeved shirt under that. His hair was a light purple color and his eyes were a dark blue. He was frickin' stunning. But he had an empty look in his eyes, as if he had no soul.

"Oh hello. I-I didn't know this was someones property. I am really sorry. I-aaaaaaah!"

Her nervous voice was cut off as the man lunged at her.

He was so fast, she didn't even see him move. One second he was over there, and the next he was standing right next to her, with his hand entangled in her short hair. He bent his head close to her neck and inhaled deeply. She was paralyzed with fear, her entire body shaking with sheer terror. The man walked in front of her and tilted her chin up to look her in the eye. Her face upturned, eyes wide and liquid with fear. The man bent close to her face as if to kiss her.

"Get away from me!!" she yelled , her instinct for survival kicking in. Something told her that that man wouldn't stop at merely kissing her. She broke away from him and he let her go;watching her with a curious look on his face. He took one step towards her, a slow, tentative step. She didn't move. He took another slow step. He was now only three feet from her. She was quivering where she stood, but she didn't run. He took another step and this time she decided that he had gotten too close.

She took a few steps back. the man frowned. He stood still, gazing at her curiously as if he was considering something. Then he turned, walked over to a tree, and sat down on the ground his back to the tree.

The girl didn't know what this guy was doing. He just sort of sat there staring at her. She decided he thought of this as a game. So she walked over to her own tree across from his and sat down. They had a staring contest of sorts.

Then she got sick of his empty eyes boring through hers and she snapped, "What do you want with me anyway?!?!? I don't have any money. I don't even know how I got here! "

The man just looked at her. She felt as though he was studieing her now and she unknowingly blushed.

"Stop staring at me!!" she hid her face in her hands.

The man walked over to her and sat down next to her. She moved her hands away from her face and came nose to nose with the guy.

She fell backwards in her suprise. With super human speed he got behind her and caught her before her head hit a rock. He held her in his arms, and if she could see his face she would see a strange look of confusion and fear crossing it.

Her breath caught in her throat and she was unable to breathe; her shock was so great. She looked down at his arms; his skin pale and scarred. Without thinking she touched one of his scars, and he recoiled. She 'eeped' and flinched at his sudden movement. He quickly jumped to his feet. Out of instincts, she threw her arm up to shield her face from a blow that she expected would come.

The mans eyes softened as he saw her crouched beneath him, sheilding her body from him. ' someone has hit her before.' he thought, showing compassion. His eyes darkened as he remembered the evil men that keep him in this prison. They take him out regularly to poke and prod him, sticking him with dozens of needles. They even went so far as to stab him in the leg to see his reaction and how his body healed. He had killed the person who did it. He showed absoulutley no mercy to those monsters. He hated them and how they caused him pain. To think that someone caused this new 'thing' in his prison the same kind of pain made him angry. And he didn't know why.

When she saw that he wouldn't hit her, she jumped to her feet and ran as fast as her body was able. Which was suprisingly quite fast. The man waited a moment then took chase. He followed her from the trees, jumping limb from limb.

She ran with only one thought running across her brain. Get as far away as possible. Now. She went blind, running amok, crashing into trees and splashing through the stream. She didn't stop until she ran headlong into a wall. And the only reason she stopped then was because she was unconcious.

The man watched as she slammed into the wall of his enclosure. He landed on the ground silently and peeked out of the bushes to see if anyone was nearby outside the wall. His walls were see through so the scientists could watch him constantly. If he came into sight. Seeing no one, he used his speed to run over, scoop up the 'thing' in his arms, and run back into the bush.

Back at his den, he laid the girl on his bed of leaves. His den was in a cave he had dug out for himself in the side of a small cliff; The only rock formation that was inside of his enclosure. His cave went about ten feet back, was four feet wide, and around 5 feet high. So he was made to duck. But he liked the close in feeling of being surrounded by rock. The man carefully examined the girl. He picked at her strange clothing, which in truth were black pants, and a silky burgandy shirt. She had been walking on the beach so she didn't take her shoes. He slowly lifted up her shirt and peeked inside. He saw a strange contraption around her chest. He found that it went around her back as well. He was looking down the back of her shirt when she became fully awake.

She saw the man looking down her shirt. DOWN HER SHIRT! Her eyes bugged way out. She started to jump away but he caught her in his arms again, holding her against his chest. Her heart thumped wildly, as her body betrayed her. The close contact was doing things to her.

"W-what are you d-doing?!!?" she demanded lamely. The man was holding her tightly against him, breathing in her scent , his eyes half lidded. And suddenly a vibrating feeling came from his chest. ' Is he....purring??' she thought.

The strange man reluctantly let go of her so she could face him. Then he spoke for the first time in his life.

"I am Juromaru." he said. His voice was deep yet smooth and a little husky. She became untangled from the haze she was getting caught up in.

"My name's Hikari."

Tell me if it sucked or not! I must know!!!! ::sigh:: I love Juromaru......

-AngelsTears15