A/N: Hey everyone! This fanfiction is based on Disney's Mulan. I hope everyone likes it!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but I really wish I did.

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Kagome sat against a magnolia tree, her raven colored hair gently swaying with the breeze. She sighed as the beautiful citrus-like scent of the magnolia blossoms blew across her nose. She watched as the Imperial Army trained in a field on her family's farm. She watched General Inuyasha very closely. He was a hanyou, the country's term for a half-demon half-human, and he had the most beautiful silver hair you ever saw. And those eyes…they were such a pure amber. She shook herself and got up, walking towards the house to get water for the officers. As she passed Inuyasha, she bowed out of respect and he nodded at her. She walked into the small wooden farmhouse and picked up a large bucket.

"Are the soldiers asking for water already?" a woman's voice asked. It was very weak and sounded tired.

"Mother, you should be resting. I'll see to the soldiers, okay?" she said, walking over to the bed on which her mother was laying. "You need to get some rest so you will get better. Then we can take your spices back to the market so we can buy more seeds for next year's crop." She gently pulled the covers up around her mother, and she could feel tears forming in her eyes. The doctor had said there might not even be a next year for her mother. And with her father gone…Kagome would be all alone. She smoothed the skirt on her green kimono and walked outside.

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Inuyasha watched as the young human girl walked out of the run down farmhouse. She always worked so hard to help them. She even lent them some land on her family's farm to do their training on. She walked over to the well and lowered the bucket into it.

"Yeah, get us a drink, you worthless wench!" one of the officers shouted. They never treated her with respect, as they should be doing. The girl simply nodded and pulled the bucket up, with a great amount of struggling. Then as she was carrying the bucket over, an officer who was passing her, stuck his foot out and tripped her, causing her to fall over and spill all of the water in the bucket. All of the soldiers began to laugh hysterically at this and she just got up, not saying anything, and went back to the well. Inuyasha felt sorry for her, she had worked so hard to get that water out of the well! He watched her silently bring the bucket over and sat it down on the ground, her face drenched in sweat. He watched as she went back into the house, and she looked at him, with a look of great sadness on her face. He felt bad for her, her life was hard enough as it was.

Little did he know that it was about to get harder.

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Kagome walked in the house and sat down next to her mother's bed. Then, her younger brother, Sota (who was only two years younger than she was), walked into the house.

"Hello brother! Were you able to get any money at the market today?" Kagome asked in a cheery tone.

"Not much." He said, tossing a small bag of coins on the table. "I was going to buy you and Mother some ribbons for your hair, but I didn't have enough money."

Kagome wrapped her arms around her brother's shoulders. "You didn't have to buy ribbons for us. We don't need those things right now." She said, reassuring him.

"Well, okay."

Kagome smiled. "Good. Now, go outside and get some water from the well so I can make some leek soup." She said, pushing a small bucket into her brother's chest. He smiled.

"Okay sis!" he shouted as he ran off. Kagome turned to her mother.

"I'm going outside to harvest the leeks, okay?" she said quietly

Her mother just nodded and closed her eyes. Kagome walked out of the hut, slowly heading towards the garden. She leaned over the leeks and began to pick them, when she heard cries of help coming from her house.

'Oh no! Sota! Mother!' she thought as she dropped the leeks and ran with all her might to her house. But when she got there, the house was in flames. She stood there in shock and horror. She turned, about to ask the soldiers for help, when she saw they had already packed up their camp and left. She began to sob, and she fell on her knees to the hard, dusty earth. She took her hands away from her face and on the ground in front of her; she saw a green silk ribbon.

Sota had bought them after all.

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Inuyasha looked back towards the farm they had just left and sighed. He wished he could've helped that family more. He was glad he left a draft notice at the house for the boy. Maybe he could get the boy to open up about his family, and maybe Inuyasha would know how to help them better. But, as he turned away, he smelled smoke coming from the farm. He immediately turned his horse around and galloped to the house. To his horror, it was in ruins. The last of the house that was still intact was still burning, and he dismounted off his horse and walked up to it. He stepped on something soft, and looked down on the ground. It was a piece of a green cotton kimono. His eyes filled with tears. The whole family had been killed, and he wasn't there to help them. He picked up the cloth and held it close to his heart. If only he had ordered his men to treat the girl better…if only he had talked to her…if only… Thousands of thoughts like this ran through his head as he bowed and said a prayer for the family and he mounted his horse and rode back to his army.

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A/N: Do you like it? I hope you do! I'll try and write the next chappie as soon as I can!

-AnimaeGurl-