Author's note: I am sorry for the gloominess and uneventful chapter one. I promise that it will get more eventful from now on. XD (I have been changing some stuff in this chapter around recently to match my soon to come out 4th chapter)

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or anything that ties in with it. :(

Chapter two

The young miko's fury

A young, beautiful miko awoke to the sound of birds twittering. Unconsciously reaching out to punish the noise for waking her up, she let loose a small amount of power and, unfortunately for the birds, zapped the cheerful things to a crisp.

Now that the noise had ceased, she went back into peaceful slumber only to be woken up another moment later by what seemed to be an earthquake.

Grumbling to herself, she gave up and observed her surroundings.

She was sleeping on a rock beside a waterfall and above her was the resting place of two lovebirds, which of course, were now barbecue birds.

Her stomach growled and she decided to eat the poor things. While she did, she thought to what had happened to her, for her surroundings to be so bare.

She, Kagome Higurashi was her town's only survivor after a feared youkai had slaughtered them all. Why her town had been the target, she did not know. They were a peasant town and didn't have much for taking. Having been picking berries that day, she had been too late to kill the beast and protect her town.

As Kagome started walking, she thought of her mother, her little brother, her grandpa. She could not cry for she was strong. Willing to face the consequences of disobeying, one lone tear ran its way down her cheek. What she would do with her life, she did not know. Perhaps she would move to another town and start a different life.

Deep in thoughts, she failed to notice a tornado come across and stop in front of her.

"You there! You will be perfect for me." A wolf demon shouted.

Back in reality and away from her thoughts, she raised her voice and said, "Excuse me?"

"I am Kouga of the wolf clan and you have been chosen as my mate." He flashed her what he thought was a charming smile but in reality, it only showed that he needed to brush his teeth more. Without waiting for her reply, he grabbed her and proceeded to take off, had she not realized what he'd just said.

AN: (Did olden day people brush their teeth? If they didn't, how did some of their teeth look so shiny? Please reply!)

"What? No thanks. I have no intention to become anybody's mate and especially not to some brute like you!" She bellowed. Already in a nasty mood, this guy's arrogance had just sparked the cannon.

"You don't have a choice." Kouga replied grinning. Lifting her, he started off.

He however, either did not know or forgot that she was a miko. Skidding to a stop when he felt her power growing, he asked, "Whah?"

As he heard her talk, a huge blast of pink energy shot his way from the frustrated girl. "Did you not here me well! NO ONE has ever tried to make me their mate without at least asking!" as she glanced at the now unconscious body. Giving a humph, she proceeded to step on, over, and across his back.

Pleased with herself and feeling much better, she skipped towards where she felt a town. It was nearby.

XX Enter Sesshoumaru XX

Running to where he had felt the power come from, he came across an unconscious wolf demon. Figuring out that this must have been the victim of the blast, Sesshoumaru became curious and began to inspect the youkai.

The first thing he noticed was the dirty footprint that his back held. It was that of a women's' and it appeared to have been left there as a finishing touch to her work, a fine piece of work in fact. Sesshoumaru immediately gained respect for whoever had done this. To have taken this wolf demon down with one blast and then stomp over him. A tiny lift of his mouth could be detected if you looked closely.

Suddenly, the body stirred. He had woken up and he was not pleased with what had occurred. How was he to know that she had been a miko? Seeing someone look down on him intensified his anger. He would get that woman if it was the last thing he did.

"What are you looking at?" Kouga growled.

Sesshoumaru merely kept his calm exterior as he walked past the demon and proceeded to follow her scent. He had found that it was indeed a she, a powerful one at that.

"Hey! Don't just walk past me and act as though I didn't ask you a question! Keep your attitude up and I'll kill you."

"I'd like to see you try." Sesshoumaru smirked.

Kouga shot forward and surprised the great lord to-be for a second with his audacity before he regained his composure and blocked, dodged, and hit his wolf opponent hard on the back of his neck. Unconscious once again, Kouga slumped to the ground. What an awful day it has been for him.

Continuing his walking like nothing had happened, Sesshoumaru soon saw a town about half an hour's walk ahead. He knew that the one he was seeking was most probably there.

As he walked, he soon saw a lady that too happened to be walking towards him. She appeared to smell like the one that he was looking for. She was ningen, yet that was not what shocked him. What shocked him was that...

XX Enter KagomeXX

"Young lady. It has occurred to us that feared youkai have been roaming our lands these days. Do you not fear them, seeing as you travel along?" The town's elderly leader asked her as Kagome approached the town.

"No sir. I am a miko. I have no fear for youkai. I was wondering though, if I may live in your town, as my hometown was destroyed while I was away." Kagome asked in her usual polite way.

Upon hearing the word 'miko', the elderly's face brightened to be a formidable opponent of the sun and he quickly said, "Of course! You are free to live in our humble lands."

"I thank you and I will try to look after you town as best I can." Kagome cheerfully piped in.

Turning to go and find someone that might allow her to live under their roof in return for her service, she had barely turned when she felt a strong aura headed her way.

She chose not to let it come to her, so she headed to go meet it halfway.

XX Fifteen minutes later XX

Kagome could feel it. She would soon see who the strong aura belonged to. Hoping it was a worthy match so that she may relieve some of her sadness, she kept walking forward.

XX Enter Sesshoumaru XX

...she was beautiful. Unwillingly, he had to admit it. She appeared to be younger than him and everyone at the castle knew he hated women both older and younger than him, but she was an exception. Unconsciously he had stopped and was now standing face to face with the young lady.

After an uncomfortable moment of silence, the lady chose to speak first. "Who are you and why do you appear to have been following my trail?"

Sesshoumaru thought for a moment before replying, "I am Sesshoumaru, heir to the Western lands and yes, i have been following your trail. I felt your powerful blast and I was curious as to it." Sesshoumaru somehow forgot to have mentioned that he had been hoping to kill a powerful opponent (her) as stress relief.

"Oh. There is no trouble then. All right. What were you curious as to?"

"I was curious as to why you blasted that man back there and then proceed to step on top and over him?" Sesshoumaru delicately raised an eyebrow as he said this. He watched as the girl in front of him's mood darkened.

"I see you have seen Kouga then" She said bitterly before continuing, "He tried to take me as a mate without asking me for acknowledgement or even an opinion. I don't approve of people who arrogantly think they can have whatever they want." She sighed and then turned to leave. "It was nice meeting you Sesshoumaru. Good bye now."

"Hold on. You have yet to tell me what your name was." Sesshoumaru slightly frowned at this.

Hearing this question and then seeing his frown, she thought, 'What harm could there be of him knowing my name?' So she happily said, "My name is Kagome." Turning to leave yet again, she was stopped when he reached out and grabbed her arm.

"You dare walk away from me?" He asked cooly showing very few emotions although a glint of malevolence was in his right eye.

"I have no good business with youkai as you should have no business with humans as well. " She asked cautiously.

"I would like to know why you travel alone."

"I travel alone because everyone I knew of in my village have died from a youkai attack. I am the town's only survivor and as much as I am grieved of it, I need to find a new home fast." Kagome piped.

Sesshoumaru suddenly sniffed and recognized Kagome's scent on some of the ningens he had killed a few days ago. For some reason, he felt anger towards himself when he found this out.

'Why do I feel angry with myself? I should kill her right now too.'

'You won't.'

'Who are you and what makes you so sure?'

'I am that good angel you see in movies that floats on your right side always fighting with your devil side. In other words, I am your good conscience. Also, I am sure you will not kill her because...You sure you want to know? You could always just trust my word. I am after all your GOOD conscience.'

'I want to know.'

'Well, if you insist. You will not kill her because you admire her and feel turmoil at killing her people.'

'...Not really and who gave you the right to talk to me like that?'

Kagome noticed that there was something going on with Sesshoumaru right now and asked him, "Are you alright Sesshoumaru?" Her voice was filled with worry and concern and it was just magical.

Magical enough to snap him out of his reverie and back into reality. "I'm fine." Out of nowhere at all, he asked her, "May I travel with you for a few days?"

Author's note:

Ahha! Kikyo is headed toward being evil for now.

Kikyo is a good kiddo: 2

Kikyo should be a bad girl: 7