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She wandered the forest alone. She was a half-demon, living in fear of her past. She had white hair streaked with black, and she wearing ragged and torn clothes, held on by vines around her body. Her name was Elenor. She spotted a stream and ran towards it thirstily, forgetting to sniff or look around for strangers. She bends down and takes a long drink from the water, and looks up to see another half-demon, Inuyasha, staring at her.
Inuyasha had silver-white hair and wore a red kimono made of fire rat fur. Inuyasha was tall with dog-ears atop his head and two large strands of dangling hair hanging down to his chest. Beside him stood a human girl, whose name was Kagome. Kagome had long black hair and wore her green and white school uniform. Inuyasha sniffed and said, "She smells of demon, and human. She's a half-demon, like me." Inuyasha jumped over the stream and landed beside Elenor. "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Elenor stands up. "I am a lone traveler. I saw this stream and ran towards it, for I have not had a drink in many days. I now take my leave of you." She says to him, and turns to walk away, but Inuyasha grabs her arm.
"How did you get here? Why didn't I smell you before?" Inuyasha demands again, pressing for an answer.
"I can not answer those questions." Elenor states simply. She wrenches her arm free and walks away, head bowed.
Kagome decides to take action, and races across a bridge and towards Elenor. "Please, you can stay with us. Come with us, we have plenty of food and water, and I think I have some clothes that would fit you nicely." She takes Elenor's arm gently and starts to lead her back to their camp.
"No. I'm too dangerous. I'll get you killed." Elenor says, gently prying her arm from Kagome's grasp and walks away again, completely oblivious to Kagome's protests.
"What's up with her? She tells about as much about herself as you do Inuyasha." Kagome says, walking over and poking her him. "Go find her. She seems to interest you, and she's wounded."
"Since when did you start giving the orders around here?"
"Inuyasha, sit."
Inuyasha face plants, making dust rise from the ground, and stands up angrily. "Damn you stupid girl... Fine. I'll go after her..." He says and walks off, grumbling, following Elenor. "Hey! You! Girl! Get back here!"
Elenor walks faster to get away from him, but he catches up with her anyway.
"Come on, I'm taking you back." He says and drags her back to wear Kagome is waiting.
"What do you want from me?"
Inuyasha throws her to the ground of him. "What's your problem?"
Elenor struggles to hold her clothes on as she scrambles away, her face white as a ghost. "S-stay away..." There is fear in her eyes as frightening memories flash before her eyes.
Kagome kneels next to her. "Is something wrong?" She shakes Elenor gently and looks at Inuyasha. "What did you do to her?"
"I didn't do nothin'!"
Elenor scrambles up and away. She slips on the grass and falls into the water, but doesn't resurface. About three miles down river she breaks the surface and sits on the ground, rocking herself fearfully.
Kagome jumps up and starts to follow Elenor along the shoreline, but Inuyasha grabs her and puts her on his back before jumping off after Elenor. They reach her after about half an hour and Kagome kneels next to Elenor again, who's crying in memory and fear. She takes Elenor into her arms and tries to soothe her. She strokes Elenor's hair and back, realizing, in part, the intensity of Elenor's wounds. Eventually Elenor stops crying and Kagome lays her down on her stomach, undoing the vines around my shirt and moving it up, gasping as she does so. "Oh... you poor thing..."
Inuyasha kneels next to them and puts one hand on Elenor's wounds, causing her to gasp in pain. "These are hip wounds." He says, and sniffs her back. "Hrrr... Naraku gave her these..."
Kagome takes out some disinfectant and starts to clean Elenor's wounds, causing her to moan and groan. Kagome sits Elenor up, back to Inuyasha, her shirt on the ground, and wraps her entire back with gauze. She takes out some food and gives it to Elenor. "Here... you need food and rest." Kagome says, noticing deep, nasty bruises on Elenor's arms. "What happened to you? How did you those bruises and wounds?"
Elenor shakes her head and lays down on her side, back still facing Inuyasha. After a while she speaks. "Do you really wish to know of my past...?" Her voice is dinstant, as if coming from another time or place.
"Please tell us I'm sure Inuyasha wants to know as well."
