My Name is Raven

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

A little warning for my past readers, this fan fiction is a little more serious and won't have as many comedy moments. Also, there are absolutely NO LEMONS in here for I will not let that happen to this story! I am done talking now so please enjoy the first chapter of My Name is Raven…

The Beginning

Tears slowly streamed down her face as she fell, watching with heart ache on what had happened. She didn't think it would end this way, no, she thought she might of died of old age but she would never have thought…

Before everything went black, she asked. "Why…me?" as she watched the light fade away and soon, she was swallowed up by the darkness, not to awaken the same ever again...

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The fire crackled and she enjoyed the heat that wrapped around her, and she snuggled in the blanket more to continue to slumber, until she smelled food and her stomach growled in hunger.

She sat up and rubbed her eyes and stretched, trying to rid herself of drowsiness. She looked around to see who had started the fire and had…then it hit her. She didn't know where she was, why she was here, and who she was.

It all seemed confusing, and when she tried to think about it, this weird numbness came from the back of her head. She decided to stop thinking about it and whoever started the fire might give her some answers on why she couldn't remember.

She scanned the area for any body but only saw a black dog? Or was it a wolf? She wasn't sure, but it was curled up next to a tree and sleeping. Sighing, she grabbed a bowl of stew which was in front of her and began to eat.

"I see you are awake and you have an appetite, that's good"

She looked up to see who had spoken but saw no one. She looked around the camp to find anything but nobody was here. She did notice the dog was awake now, staring at her with its ocean blue eyes, and then it did something she did not expect a dog, or wolf, or whatever the hell it is, did.

"Hmm, you have a strange outfit, are you from another land?"

She blinked a couple of times, confused if what she saw was right. She was confused…animals don't talk, do they?

"Um, did you just talk?" She asked curiously.

It looked at her strangely. "Yes, I did just talk and I'm doing it right now just to let you know," he said with sarcasm but it went unnoticed with her.

She replied with a frown. "But you're an animal, animals don't talk!" she stated waving her hands in the air.

He laughed. "Well your right, animals don't talk," he chuckled. "But I am a demon and we talk fine, except those damn bird demons, god, those things are annoying!"

"Oh, I see," she said and continued eating. The demon smiled and watched the raven haired girl eat, waiting for it to click into her mind. Click. "Wait a minute! You're a demon?" she said pointing a finger accusingly. "B-but you can't be a demon, they don't exist!"

He looked at her shocked, and walked over to her and stared at her eyes looking for something. "You are defiantly not from these lands if you don't think demons don't exist," he said and started sniffing her.

She started to blush from the comment but it was probably true, I mean, she didn't where she was from right? "Uh, what are you doing?" she asked as she watched him to continue to sniff her.

He stopped sniffing and he lay back down. "Sorry, I was curious if I could smell if you were if you were from another land," he said and began scratching his ears.

She became very excited. "So do you know what land I am from?"

He stopped scratching and looked at her strangely. "No, but you do have a strange scent, well, I guess you have two scents which isn't normal for a human," he stated for the confused girl.

"But why do I have two scents?" she asked.

Now she made him confused. "I don't know, just forget it okay," he said and she nodded grimly. He sighed and looked up at her. "Oh by the way, my name is Ryou, what is yours?"

She replied sadly. "I don't know what my name is. In fact, I don't know who I am, why I'm here, and I don't know anything of my past"

"You don't remember anything?" he asked and she nodded yes. "Well, maybe I can help you, it's not like have anything better to do," said Ryou and sat next to her.

She was shocked, she just met this, uh, demon thingy and he wanted to help her already. Maybe he's just tricking her and he's going to eat her when she goes to sleep, that is what demons do, she thought.

Now she was very suspicious. "Your going to eat me when I go to sleep aren't you?" she asked eyeing the demon.

He started to cough weird as if he was choking on something then she realized, he was laughing at her. "Please, I don't eat humans, their too bony for my taste," said Ryou after he was done laughing.

That comment soothed her, and yet she felt very insulted. She was still confused though, why did he really want to help her? It could take years to get her memory back, why would someone do that for a complete stranger?

She decided to ask. "Why do you really want to help me? It could take years for my whole memory to come back so why?" she finished, staring at him intensely.

He seemed to be lost in words, and sighed. Why did he really want to help her? She is right, it could take years but still…"I truly don't know why, I guess it just feels like I should. Instinct I suppose," he said, feeling as though what he said was right.

Well, that was an honest answer she supposed. She put her empty bowl aside, and she lay down, staring up at the nighttime sky. He seemed to be telling the truth so she supposed she could trust him, but if she ever woke up missing a limb she was going to beat the crap out of the little mongrel! She turned over and stared at him.

He was still watching her curiously and bared his teeth in a smile. "I suppose you trust me now, huh?" he asked and lay down next to her, putting his head on his paws. She nodded sleepily. "Well, get some sleep tomorrow, I'm going to have to train you to hunt and steal food when it is needed most," he said and closed both of his eyes and yawned.

She was shocked. "Wait, steal food? But that's wrong though," she said sadly, and didn't like the idea of stealing food from people.

He opened one of his ocean blue eyes and stared at her. "It is needed incase we cannot find food, but don't worry, we will only steal from those who are horrible to the people. It is the only way of survival, you will have to learn a lot to survive these harsh times," he finished and closed his eyes again, yawning even louder.

Only steal food from people who are mean to others? Well, that's okay, I guess. But what did he mean by harsh times?

Like he was reading her mind, he answered. "And I mean harsh times, because an evil demon Naraku is destroying villages in search for the shikon shards," he said bluntly but it didn't help her at all. It took him a minute or two to realize she had no idea what he just said. "Oh yeah, you don't know remember anything about what is going on in this land," he said. He got up and stretched, to make it more comfortable to explain who Naraku is and what shikon shards are.

He breathed in deeply, and she watched him curiously waiting to hear what he was going to say. "Where to begin, I guess I'll start with the shikon shards. It is once part of this big jewel called the Shikon-No-Tama and it could grant you any wish so basically in the wrong hands it's really bad. And one of those, bad hands is this demon Naraku who is terrorizing this land in search for them because he wants to gain ultimate power, or so I heard," he finished, and was kinda shocked she was paying very close attention.

Shikon-No-Tama…Naraku…why does those names seem so…familiar?

He watched her closely, she seemed to be in her own little world but she quickly snapped out of it when she noticed his staring.

"What?" she asked, a little freaked by his staring.

"Nothing, I thought I lost you for a moment," he said and Ryou lay down for the last time. I guess I should tell her that too. "Were going to be looking for the shards too," he said holding her stare. Shocked weaved over her and he could smell it. "Don't worry, though I only want to collect them to keep them away from Naraku, besides I heard a group of shard hunters would need them," he finished and turned the other way, avoiding her eye contact.

She smiled, I guess he isn't so bad after all. She faced the opposite of him, looking out at the dark forest, listening to the animals of the night. A calming sensation washed over her, maybe things won't be so bad after all.

He smelt that she felt rather safe, that's good. He didn't want her to hate him. A thought came to him, she didn't have a name did she? Then I guess he would give her one. "Hey"

She replied. "Yes, Ryou?"

He smiled with the name he thought of, she would like it, it somehow felt kinda right. "You don't remember your name, so why I don't give you one?" said Ryou and she stiffened. "Raven, that is your new name…for now," he said and became quite, to let her ponder the name.

Raven, that was her name now. It fit her, it fit her perfectly. She liked it a lot. She sighed and looked up at the stars again. Even though she might not get her memories back soon, she would start an new life, and have a new identity until the time comes.

Raven, she liked it a lot. Before she dozed off, she mumbled to Ryou, "Thank you," and fell asleep. Ryou looked at her, and smiled. He closed his eyes listening to the rhythmic breaths Raven took, and soon fell asleep along with the raven haired human, peacefully.

Okay, I just finished the first chapter, and I'm rather proud of it. I hoped you guys enjoyed it and I bet you guys know who Raven is. Well, I will continue on to the next chapter soon so wish me luck!