Okay, so here it is, my first ever fan fic. My next one seems to be doing a bit better so I decided to go through and start revising this one. It's taken me a while, but I think I can get this thing up to par with my AU one. Anyway, here's the first installment of my longest work ever, do give it a chance! I hope you thouroughly enjoy, read and review PLEASE!

Mayu Kitsune

Japanese Terms.

Hanyou- Half demon

Youkai- Demon

Kitsune- Fox

Weaponary

Katana- Everyone should know that one; think samurai sword.

Sais- They have three prongs, the middle one being the longest. They can be used to slash, stab, throw, or they can be used to disarm an opponent by catching the opponent's weapon in the prongs. Usually carried in sets of three incase one is thrown.

SORROWFUL SOUL PART I (Yes, there are two parts. . . at least)

Moyuru, A Girl in Need of Rescuing

A pain filled scream pierced the silence as Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippo made a late camp. Shippo cried out in surprise as he dove scared behind Kagome, "W-what was that?" he stuttered as he peered from behind her, eyes wide and tail poofed.

"It sounded like someone screaming. . ." Kagome mused.

A slight breeze blew, rustling the leaves and carrying with it, the scent of blood. Inuyasha slipped down from his usual perch up in a tree, looking pensively in the direction from which the scent was coming. This blood, it was strange.

"Inuyasha? What is it?" Kagome asked.

"I smell. . . blood." he replied, not so much as shifting his gaze to look at her.

"Well, if someone's in trouble then we should help them instead of just standing here." Kagome stated.

"Kagome, you and Shippo stay here, I'll go check it out." Inuyasha said, still not looking to her.

"Inuyasha! What if you need my help?" Kagome questioned.

"It's safer for you here. Besides, we don't need anyone else to rescue." he argued, finally turning to her.

"I can use these you know." She said indignantly, holding up the bow and a quiver of arrows, "And I've also learned a thing or two form Kaede."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, letting out a heavy sigh, "Fine," he said in a slightly agitated tone, "Get on, we're wasting time here."

Kagome did so without hesitation. Shippo seated himself on her shoulder as Inuyasha took off at a run through the forest, following the scent. What's up with Inuyasha? Kagome thought to herself, Normally I have to drag him into helping someone in trouble, I wonder what makes this different.

She looked to him, he had a thoughtful expression on his face. He wasn't quite sure yet what it was about the scent that compelled him to help. All he knew was that it was different, like his own.

The scent of blood thickened as they neared a clearing. Shippo grew a bit unnerved at the smell his little fists clenching the cloth of Kagome's shirt. Inuyasha had slowed to a walk and Kagome climbed off, now walking cautiously behind him.

He stopped rather suddenly, catching sight of the motionless form of a young woman, looking only to be fifteen or so. "What? What is it?" Kagome asked as she peered out from behind him. She gasped upon seeing the girl, "We're too late. . ." she said in a whisper, a hint of regret in her voice at not being able to help her.

Anyone who came across this unfortunate soul would have assumed she was dead on first sight. She lay sprawled out on the ground, beaten and bleeding heavily from numerous wounds, her own blood beginning to pool around her and staining her once midnight blue clothing and gold sash. Blood streamed from the corner of her mouth, showing bright red against the ghostly pallor of her skin.

After a few moments she managed to force a deep raspy breath, flinching in pain even in her unconscious state. "Look!" Shippo exclaimed, "She's breathing!"

"He's right!" Kagome said, taking off her pack and beginning to sift through it.

"Hope you gotta shovel in there," Inuyasha said sarcastically, "there's nothing else we can do for her except bury her."

Kagome shot him a look of disbelief, "How do you know? You haven't even tried to help her yet." She stated before commencing to search through her pack for bandages or anything that could be of use.

"I'm telling you, there's nothing you can do, she's as good as dead." Inuyasha stated, but his statement seemed to have gone unheard. Kagome had already pulled out bandages, disinfectants, and other things of the sort from her pack, gathering them together and going to the injured girl's side.

She swallowed hard to fight back squeamishness. How was she going to do this? She was afraid to touch the her because she didn't want to cause her any more pain. Kagome carefully tried to turn the girl onto her back. The young woman moaned a weak, pain-filled protest, but didn't move against her.

The girl's long, red hair shifted, revealing fox ears of the same color and now that Kagome paid attention, the stranger had a fox tail as well. So that's why he was so interested, she's a half demon just like he is. Kagome thought.

The hanyou began to stir a bit weakly, opening her eyes. Her unfocused gaze traveled around a bit before resting on Kagome. Kagome offered a few words of encouragement, but the she didn't seem to hear and drifted back into unconsciousness.

Kagome waved the two males off as she began to try her best and assist the stranger. She had noticed before that the hanyou had felt hot to the touch, definitely running a fever. Judging by the girl's wounds she had been attacked by somone, a pair of sais lay near her and those cuts weren't made by claws. She had seen Inuyasha after a fight too many times not to know what injuries caused by all kinds of weapons looked like.

The preistess swallowed hard as she seemed to have her work cut out for her. This girl's condition was anything but good, her breaths coming in nasty sounding gasps at times before she would cough and more blood would run from her lips. She was sick, injured, and dying but Kagome wasn't going to give up on her

"Inuyasha, do you really think she's going to die? Kagome seems to think she has a chance." Shippo said, sitting next to Inuyasha who had seated himself on a far corner of the clearing.

"If she does have a chance, it's a small one." Inuyasha replied. He seemed to be thinking about something. She's half-demon, like me. . . But why was she attacked? These weren't just wild mindless demons that attacked, they were kitsune youkai. It still wouldn't make sense if they just beat up on her because she was different, though I wouldn't doubt it. Probably got the blame for something horrible. When you're different, everything's always your fault.

It didn't take much for Kagome to realize that the hanyou would need better care than she could give her. She bandaged her up to the best of her abilities, hoping to buy time enough to reach Kaede. Now the group was making their way back to the village, traveling at a quickened pace.

Moyuru slowly began to awaken, a bit surprised to feel wind blowing through her hair and past her ears. She felt as though she were being carried and the surface her cheek now rested against felt like fabric instead of the rough coolness of the ground she had be lying on when she had last been conscious. She slowly began to open her bright blue eyes. The light from the sun was blinding at first, but her eyes adjusted.

The first thing to come to her attention was the red cloth of someone's shirt and the strands of silver hair that floated in and out of her vision on the wind. She lifted her head, trying to get a better look at her surroundings.

"About time you woke up." a voice said.

Her ears perked from their drooped position.

"I was beginning to think you'd died." the voice said.

Moyuru looked to the source. She was being carried. The owner of the voice was piggy-backing her, her arms draped loosely around his neck. "Hey, are you even listenin' to me?" he demanded indignantly.

"Inuyasha!" a female voice said in a scolding tone, "It wouldn't kill you to be nicer to people we're trying to help."

Moyuru turned her attention to the black-haired girl riding a contraption that was strange to her,

"Yeah Inuyasha, you should listen to Kagome and try being a bit nicer sometimes." said the young kit riding in the basket.

"Nobody asked you so butt out!"

"Kagome!"

Kagome let out an exasperated sigh, "Why do I even try?" she questioned, shaking her head slowly, "You can't even be nice to Shippo."

Inuyasha's only reply was a few incomprehensible grumbles.

"Why do you always get so grumpy when we're helping someone anyway?" Kagome asked.

"You're not the one that gets stuck haulin' around injured people!" he replied indignantly.

Moyuru had barely heard their altercation, having laid her head back down on Inuyasha's shoulder. Her breathing was still forced and her fever had only wavered long enough to allow her a few moments of consciousness, already she was beginning to slip back into the darkness. She was starting to go completely limp against him, losing the strength to even tense.

"Hey! Don't you die now, not after I've carried you this far!" Inuyasha said in an agitated tone.

Moyuru barely heard him, her eyes already closing again. She saw the village in the distance before passing out once more.

It was still early morning when they entered the village. "Lady Kaede!" Kagome called out as they neared her hut. Kaede appeared in the doorway, rubbing her eye sleepily. They had reached her door by the time she had gotten there.

Kaede's eye widened as she noted the injured girl Inuyasha was carrying. "Goodness child! Bring her in!" she exclaimed.

Kaede wasted no time in helping, replacing the old bandages that blood had soaked through and mixing herbs for an antidote as well as pain relief. Soon Kaede's work was done and there was nothing more she could do. Now only time would tell if the hanyou would live through her painful injuries.

For the time being, Moyuru slept restlessly in a darker corner of Kaede's hut. The pair of sais from earlier had been brought along and laid beside her. Judging by the colors on the handle of the weapons and the color of the stanger's clothing, they seemed to belong to her.

The clothes that she had been wearing and the fact that she had weapons seemed to be puzzling. Who was she? The weapons nor the clothing either one seemed to be inexpensive. How did a hanyou come across them?

Time passed swiftly and night fell, but still the kitsune hanyou had yet to awaken. Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippo and Kaede sat on the other side of the hut near the fire. "How is it that ye came across this young girl?" Kaede asked.

Shippo was the one to answer, "We were going to set up camp when we heard a loud scream, so we all went to investigate."

"So ye do not know what has happened to her?" Kaede questioned.

"She was like that when we got there." Shippo said looking back in injured girl's direction.

Inuyasha had been sitting quietly, seeming to be thinking about something. "She was attacked by a group of fox demons, I picked up their scent in the clearing where we found her." he said, still seeming to be lost in thought.

"But why did they attack?" Kagome asked.

The young woman began to shift around, a distressed look had come across her face as she slept. "No." She uttered weakly, "No, I didn't do it!" she exclaimed in a voice that was barely a whisper. Kaede moved to her side, trying to be comforting.

"Sounds like she was blamed for something really bad." Shippo said, approaching silently, trying not to wake her.

"Aye, the fever that ails her isn't the sole cause of her nightmares." Kaede said in a low voice.

Tears were beginning to stream from the hanyou's eyes while she continued to sleep. Kagome gave her a sympathetic look, "Whatever happened to her must've been awful, she seems so sad, even when she's sleeping."

Finally the young woman slowly began to come to. "Granny Kaede, she's waking up!" Shippo exclaimed quietly.

Inuyasha hadn't moved from his spot while everyone else waited for the girl to awaken. She let out a soft whimper of pain, slowly opening her eyes. Her vision was a bit blurred at first, but slowly things began to come into focus. "Who are you?" she asked softly, glancing around at each of them, "Where am I?"

She began to sit up, wincing as she did so and clenching her teeth to deal with the pain. "Nay child, lie back down!" Kaede said.

The hanyou ignored her, finally managing to sit upright. Her top half was covered in bandages, some of which had been soaked through before her bleeding had stopped. She raised her arm to wipe the tears from her cheeks.

Her bright blue eyes scanned the room. Who were these people? They didn't know her and she didn't know them, yet they had saved her life. Sitting near her now were two humans and a young youkai, and seated further off. . . a hanyou, like herself. She remembered now, he was the one who had carried her and the girl sitting next to her was the one who she had seen when she gained consciousness the first time.

"You should lie down, you need your rest!" Kagome said almost pleadingly.

"I can't stay here." the stranger said through clenched teeth. She didn't know how long she had been there and staying in one place too long, she knew, could prove to be deadly.

"Why not?" Shippo asked, "You're safe here in the village."

"But they'll find me. . . and . . . the village, they'll slaughter the village for keeping me here. . ." the kitsune hanyou said, her speech a bit broken.

"Who's 'they' and what do they want?" Inuyasha asked, still not having moved.

The girl fell silent at this, avoiding eye contact with any of them by directing her gaze to the ground in front of her.

"Well?" Inuyasha prompted impatiently.

"I don't want to talk about it." she stated, her mood downcast, "It's none of your business anyway."

"Like hell it's not our business! They had to be after you for some reason, for all I know we could be helping a murderer!" he retorted, raising his voice.

His fellw hanyou shot him an enraged glare, her eyes momentarily flashing blue. "I am no murderer!" she growled angrily, wincing as the strain sent waves of pain through her body. She closed her eyes tightly and clenched her teeth.

"Are you okay?" Shippo asked.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome stated disappointedly.

Kaede helped the girl to lie back down. "Ye need not worry bout the village child, Inuyasha and the others will defend it. All ye need worry about is resting."

You'd think Inuyasha would learn to be a bit nicer about things. Kagome thought.

"You don't have to tell us about that," Shippo said, "you could at least tell us your name."

The newcomer cried silently as she stared at the ceiling, not responding to the young kit's question.

"Don't worry about Inuyasha, he can be a jerk sometimes." Shippo stated, "More like all the time."

Inuyasha sent him a dirty look, growling and balling up his fist. "Ahh! Don't let him hurt me!" Shippo exclaimed quickly, diving into Kagome's lap. Inuyasha crossed his arms, bowing his head and closing his eyes, a thoroughly agitated look on his face as he growled once more.

The young woman stayed silent for a few more moments before simply stating, "My name is Moyuru."

"You do have a last name don't you?" Kagome asked.

Moyuru turned away from them, "It's not important." she answered.

"I don't care if it's important or not, we deserve to know who you are and what we're saving you from." Inuyasha stated indignantly.

Moyuru was silent, clearly not wanting to reply. "Well?" Inuyasha prompted impatiently.

Moyuru continued to hold her silence for a few more moments, "I. . . I don't know what my last name is." she replied hesitantly.

Inuyasha didn't say much else, stopping his interrogation but still giving her a distrusting look. How was he to know for sure that she was telling the truth?

Kagome and Shippo looked to her sympathetically. "Try to cheer up." Kagome said.

"Yeah, it'll help you feel better. You're acting like you just lost your best friend." Shippo said in agreement.

"I did." Moyuru stated simply, tears beginning to stream from her eyes.

Shippo moved forward in a comforting manner, "Don't worry, we'll be your friends." he said, trying to lighten her darkened mood.

Kaede ushered the rest of them to a different part of the hut, Moyuru needed some time alone. Moyuru continued to cry her silent tears, even after sleep had taken hold of her.

Okay, so how was that? Don't be afraid to review! I just love reviews! Honest opinions are appreciated! Besides, if you don't review then I don't know you're reading.

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Chapter Two: Moyuru's Reason for Running Revealed, Suzushi Attacks.

In this chapter, Moyuru has already been in the village for a few days, her injuries slow to heal because of the poison that had entered her body. Suzushi, on the other hand, has healed to being as fit as before and takes advantage of Moyuru's weakened state to try and do her in once and for all.

As I said before, Reveiws are always appreciated!

Mayu Kitsune