Chapter 1

Elli

"Come on, Kagome! We have to get to the next village before sundown!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Chill out. The village is just over that hill!" she pointed to a nearby hill. Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippo, Miroku and Sango were on their search for the jewel shards when they decided to take a tour of the closest village. Kagome and Shippo were on Inuyasha's back, and Miroku and Sango were riding Kirara.

"Yes, Inuyasha. We'll be there soon eno-" Sango's face turned bright red as she stopped talking. Miroku was touching her butt! She turned around and slapped him. "Pervert!" she yelled.

"Ah." Miroku smiled. Kagome, Inuyasha, and Shippo just rolled their eyes.

As they arrived in the next town, they all stopped in their tracks. There were at least twenty sabers standing around and many dead bodies. In the middle of the tiny village stood a girl, about eighteen, with bright green eyes and really long hair, pulled back with a ribbon. She was wearing a jade green halter-top, a tight, black miniskirt, and big, black boots with fur on the rim of them. She looked mad, yet gentle at the same time.

"Did those sabers kill these people?" Miroku asked Sango.

"I don't know," she replied.

Inuyasha put Kagome and Shippo down. "What happened here?" he asked the girl.

The girl just stood there, shooting him an angry look with her piercing green eyes.

"Hello? Did these sabers kill the townspeople?" he asked, hand on Tetsusaiga.

"NO!" she yelled at him. "These creatures only hurt those who are evil. They are the town's protectors, and my friends." A look of sadness crossed her face.

Inuyasha took his hand off the sword. "So who did this?"

Her mood quickly turned to angry. "Naraku."

"That freak did this?"

"Isn't that what I said!" she retorted.

"Geez, you don't have to get pushy. How come you're the only one alive? Your 'friends' protect you?"

"Inuyasha..." Kagome said.

The girl walked over to Inuyasha and stood right in front of him, fists clenched. "Yes."

Inuyasha looked at her hands. "Oh, I'm scared."

"You should be." Inuyasha didn't know what to say. Kagome saw a flash of silver shoot out of her finger and then right back in. 'Was that a claw?' she thought.

Miroku walked up to the girl. "Miss, what is your name?"

"My name is Elli. And you are?"

"I am a monk. My name is Miroku. You're really beautiful."

"Um, thank you."

"May I ask you a question?"

"I guess." Everybody else rolled their eyes.

"Will you bear my child?"

"What!" she slapped him.

"I'll take that as a no..." he walked away.

"Nice try, Miroku," Shippo said. Miroku ignored him.

Kagome walked up to Elli. "Hi! I'm Kagome. Excuse him, he's got a few problems."

Elli smiled. "He's not a very good monk, is he?"

Kagome just smiled. "Well, that's Inuyasha, Shippo, Sango, and Kirara," she said, introducing the group.

Elli's eyes fell on Inuyasha. "Hi."

He rolled his eyes. "So when did all this happen?" he asked.

Elli quickly became angry again. "Last night. That demon killed my father and the whole village, I was on my way to find him."

"Oh yeah, you and what army? You taking your 'friends'?"

"As a matter of fact, no. Just me."

"And how would you do that on your own?"

"I have my ways."

"Okay... turns out we're on a hunt for Naraku, too."

"Yeah, why don't you come with us?" Kagome asked.

"Oh, I don't know..." Elli replied.

"Come on! It'll be fun!"

"Well..., I guess so."

"Great!"

"Give me a minute." She bent down and started talking to a saber. "Kora, protect the village, you and the others. I'm leaving, but you can handle things without me," she rubbed the big cat's head and got up. "We should perform a proper burial."

Everyone began burying the villagers and praying for them and Miroku had a small burial ceremony. And then, everyone, including Elli, left. But Inuyasha and Kagome both felt that Elli was hiding something. But they couldn't figure out what.