"Die Inuyasha!" shouted a voice. From nowhere shot an arrow that narrowly missed the half dog-demon. As Inuyasha turned around, he realized that the person who had shot the arrow was not Kikyou, but was Kagome.

"Why?" Inuyasha began, but another arrow shot out and plunged deep within his chest. He took one last look of Kagome's face, a face which was smiling cruelly as if in glee, before his mind went black.

Inuyasha woke up with a jolt. Cold sweat dripped from his forehead and down the sides of his cheeks. The nightmare had seem so real. He had felt the arrow as it whistled past him and also when it plunged itself deep into his chest. The pain had been there.

Sleeping no more, the half dog-demon stood up and looked around. Miroku, Sango, and Shippou were all sleeping peacefully under their warm blankets. But, Kagome was missing.

Oh yeah, she went back home. She had been gone the whole day already, Inuyasha remembered. But, having nothing else to do, Inuyasha sat back down and fell into a dreamless sleep.

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"Inuyasha! Guess what I brought!" said a voice. A face filled his vision as Inuyasha slowly opened both his eyes.

"That's funny. Inuyasha is usually the first one up. I guess he got tired from the last demon. But, even I could have taken on that demon. This must mean Inuyasha's become weak," Shippou thought aloud as he sucked innocently at a lollipop.

"What did you say!" Inuyasha shouted. He made a move to snatch Shippou's lollipop but Shippou scurried out of his reach and hid behind Kagome, who had evidently returned.

"Oh come on. Stop fighting you two," Kagome said. She took out a bag of potato chips and waved it in front of Inuyasha's face. "See, I brought potato chips!"

"Chips of potato! Kagome-sama, thank you!" Miroku said as he plucked the bag out of Kagome's hand.

"Miroku! Those are for me!" Inuyasha complained.

"Now, now, we can all share," Miroku replied. He opened the bag and started chomping on the chips.

"Grrr," Inuyasha growled. But, his attention was suddenly pulled away to something else. His nose had caught scent of a familiar person, but, he couldn't place his finger on who it was. It had a fragance of lilies and flowers-so familiar!

"Hey, Inu!" Kagome called, but Inuyasha was already gone. He jumped over trees and passed a waterfall, still trying to track down this scent.

Finally, Inuyasha stopped. He sniffed the earth around him, trying to pick up the scent. It was in the direction of a mountain.

Without a second thought, Inuyasha headed towards the mountain, unbeknownst to the danger that was awaiting him.

So, how do you guys like the first chapter? I know it's kind of short, but, I'm just starting! Reviews would be nice :) Suggestions would also be nice...it's kind of hard for me to think up plots...yeah...I'm usually wasting too much time thinking about which way I should make stories go. Anyway, please review!