Yami: Ok people here I am with another fic. But this time I plan to finish it. I know I know. I never do, but this time I will, 'cause this time I have a co writer! Introducing my older sis Foxfire303.

Foxfire303: Thank you, thank you. Now come on Yami lets start the story.

Disclaimer: Inuyasha is not mine.

Five-year-old Kagome wondered around the woods afraid. It was only an hour ago when her family was killed, and she lost her way to get home, not that she had a family to go back to. Silently as she could she stalked through the woods, not wanting to awaken any sleeping demon. She knew that they most likely could smell her fear and the blood on her, but nonetheless she tried to be as quiet as possible. As she walked through the thickening forest she let her mind wonder and rest on what happened tonight.

Flash back

"Kagome go! Get in there! I'll come and get you when it's safe." Her mother yelled pushing little Kagome in to the well house. Some robbers had broken in and killed Kagome's Grand-grand, and now they were looking for her and her mother. "Mama!" She wined as her mother closed the door. "Stay safe and locked up Kagome, if I don't come and get you I want you to go and call the police. Now hide!" Her mother said as she locked the door to the house adjacent to the house.

Only a few minuets passed before she heard her mother's cries of pain. Frightened she jumped in to the well, in hopes of not being seen. Once she reached the bottom of the well, she looked up. But something was different; everything had a lighter tent to it. She slowly climbed out of the well, horror shot through her body. Where was the house! She might be young, but she knew that you couldn't fit an entire forest into the well house. Kagome started looking around for her house, and for her mama.

The full moon gave everything a ghostly gray glow, which made everything look beautiful and extremely frightening. "Mama!" She cried as she started to walk around. Her heart was in her chest and her fear drove her to extreme feelings and thoughts. Where was she? How did she get here? And where was her house? She asked her self these questions over and over again.

Not to far away…

A hungry snake demon slithered through the forest looking for something to devour. It had been days since he had a suitable meal, and now he was desperate for something to eat. Then suddenly he stopped and flickered his tong tasting the air. There! Not even a quarter of a mile away was something that tasted human and was giving off a large amount of fear. Hmmm…Fear and dinner always go great together. He thought as he slithered through the damp ground heading to the sent.

Kagome had not gone far from the well, before she plopped down on to the damp ground and started to cry. "Mama! Grand-grand! Where are you?" She sobbed while pulling up some of the topsoil and throwing it. "It'sss ok my dear. I'll take care of you." Said a slithering voice from behind her. If she didn't know any better Kagome would have thought snake. But snakes don't talk. She reminded herself.

The demon slithered closer to her. Ohhh…A child. Just the type of meal that I need. Thought the demon. "Come now child. Letssss go back and have sssome dinner." He said soothingly, as the child looked behind her to see him.

Kagome let out a scream. It was a snake! He was about six feet tall and had dark scales that glistened in the moonlight. "What do you want with me?" She asked tears drying on her face, her sorrow giving away to her fear.

The demon delighted in her fear, it sent a thrill through him. His hunger had driven him half mad, and here was a child. A weak little human girl, he couldn't wait much longer. His hunger demanded that he be fed tonight, and by the flesh and blood of this girl. "Come on now, I'm very hungry. Don't you want to eat too?" He asked in a voice that was cracking, and showing some of his hunger crazed self.

Kagome gulped in fear, a fear that keeps her rooted to that one spot. "I'm…I'm not hungry. Go away!" She yelled, with her fear still riding her.

Shocked by this the demon lunged. "If you will not let me eat you willingly then I'll feasst upon you forcefully." He said as he let his body carry him.

Kagome couldn't move. Her fear was too strong. I got to move. She though, her body was slower than what was needed, to avoid being bitten, but she missed a fatal bite. "AAAAHHH." She yelped as the snake demon bit in to her ankle. She could feel his fangs sharp and slightly curved work their way in to her flesh.

The demon hissed in joy as the taste of blood came in to his mouth and with that hot squirt of blood he injected her with something. Something helpful to him or so he thought. It was so sweet and rewarding, that he reared back for another strike. This time I won't miss.

Kagome stared down at the bite mark on her leg and felt a little woozy. What's happening to me? She thought as she looked down at the bloody wound trying to stop the bleeding. I have to move. Her mind screamed at her, slowly she got up her body protesting with every movement. She kept an eye on the snake that was oddly quiet and very still. It was as if he was panning something, and he was in fact she just didn't know what.

I'll let her move around a bit. Her fear is like wine and oh so grand. Besides in a little bit she'll be dead anyway. Once my plan kicks in to effect. He thought while he coiled up and looked at the fearful young girl.

Kagome had reached the well and was leaning against it afraid to do or say anything. She could feel the venom in her body now. Her heart was betraying her and killing her with every heartbeat. How do I stop this? She asked herself over and over again. She started to cry and break down. She forgot everything, but the venom in her veins.

Now's my time to attack. Thought the demon as her reared up showing Kagome the full length of his body. She was frozen with his venom, she couldn't move. His plan had worked; with her movement from where she was standing to the well had pumped his venom through her veins quicker. She had just signed her death warrant. He lunged for her again putting all of his strength in this one bite. His mouth was open; his slightly curved fangs were bared and glistened in the silver light of the moon.

Kagome just looked up in time to see the demon lunging for her. She only had time to put her arms up in a poor attempt to block him. But that did little to stop his bite. This time he bit in to her arm, the force was so strong when he hit her she fell back against the well cracking it badly. She was bleeding from the back of her head very badly and was close to passing out when she felt something. Something warm and fuzzy inside of her. It was like she had some sort of power running through her body. With all of this power building she did the only thing she could do, push it out.

The demon was enjoying the sweet bitter taste of her blood; he didn't even feel the power building inside of the little girl until it was too late. Her power hit him and sired his scales. She was purifying him! How? How could this little girl be so strong? He asked his self as he let go of her and tried to slither back in to the woods, but he couldn't. He was trapped with in her power and there was only one way out for him. Death.

Kagome was confused when she opened her eyes. We well were gone and there was a skid mark from where she recalled being, then the rubbish that once was the well, then her. She laid against an oak tree and looked around her. Her vision was spotted, like she had some sort of head trauma, but she wasn't bleeding anymore. In fact she didn't even have a cut or burse on her. But she felt so tired, like she had been running for three days with no stopping. I got to get out of here. More might come. And with that she got up and tiredly walked off.

End flashback

"Mama, Grand-grand. Why am I here" She muttered as she walked through the night trying to stay awake until she fount a cave or something to sleep in. I'm so tired. I need to sleep. She thought as she stumbled down a hill and landed face first in to some stagnant. She got up slowly, her day just couldn't get any worse. She waded through the shallow pond to the other side. I'm not going to make it very far. She told herself, and just like she thought she had barely reached to beginnings of the wood before she passed out.

Mean while…

The lord of the western lands was out patrolling them when he smelled something different. It wasn't the normal upturned earth smell that he was use to, or the just turning to morning smell either. This smell was different, almost human. But there was an undertone of power to the sent. Curious the dog demon shifted forms and took the form of a very good-looking man. He had long flowing silver hair with marks on his face and arms. A crescent moon mark adorned on his head, his eyes were like liquid gold. He had armor on, but under that a pure white kimono made of silk.

He fallowed the alluring sent to a little sleeping form. It was a little girl, no older than five, with ling black hair and as pale as a ghost. He moved in for a closer look to find that she was passed out. Her powers have just awoken. He thought. I could use her to take car of my pups once I have some. Yes…She will be our medicine woman. He picked the little girl up and carried her to his castle a few miles away. Once he got to his castle a woman came running up to him. She bowed and spoke to him on her knees. Her name was Ai, his mate's lady. "My lord, you wife she is in labor." She said with a frantic, but happy voice.

"What? Where is she? Why didn't you tell me sooner?" He asked eyes glittering with anger, and some trace of happiness. "She's in the…" Ai stopped and looked down at his arms. "My lord, why have you brought us this child?" She asked her voice going very careful. She might have been his mate's lady, but he would still punish her if she were not careful around him. "That information is my own, now tell me where is my mate." He said with a growl of annoyance. He knew that she was being careful. And it was the only thing that had kept her from being thrown in to a wall for asking about his personal stuff.

"She is down the hall, in the nursery." Ai said looking down at the floor fear evident in her voice. "Very well then, take this girl to an empty room. Care for her, do what ever she asks until I say otherwise. Do you understand?" He demanded with a growling tone. "Yes my lord." Ai got up and took the child with out looking at him in the face. She clutched the child to her as if it was her own, and in a way it would be, for a while at least. Ai took her to an empty room next to what would be the lord's children's room once they grew up a little. "I don't know where he got you from, but you smell funny." She said laying the child down on to a soft bed.

Ai was only a half demon, but she could smell the fear, and power on the girl. "Maybe you need a nice bath." She said, as she looked the young girl over. "Yes, I think that would be a grand idea." Ai picked the girl up and carried her in to the wooden tub. She filled it with water and got a fire going to warm the water up. Once it was to her liking she striped the girl down and laid her in to the tub. Ai got in with her and held her as she scrubbed her, making sure that the little girl didn't drown in the deep tub.

"You are lucky you know. If anyone other than my lord had fount you, you'd be dead, and that would have been a waste you are such a pretty girl." Ai told her as she dipped the young girl's hair into the water.