We're nothing alike!
by: Lunagirl2001

chapter one: Keori, the dog hanyou

"Dammit! Why won't you leave me alone!?"
"Open fire!"
Gunshots started firing in the night. The girl they were after quickly jumped out of the way.
"I didn't want to do this," the girl said, "but you leave me no choice."
before the group of men could fire their rifles again, the girl ran as fast as she could towards them shouting, "Iron reaver, soul stealer!"
With a few simple strokes of her hand, the five officials were covered in huge cuts and their guns were sliced in half. "Feh. It wouldn't be fun killing you. you're just weak humans." the girl said walking out of the alley.
"Tell you're boss I said hi." she said. she jumped up onto the roof tops of buildings and ran off.

The men slowly got up from the alley floor. "That Mariko. She's so friggin cocky."
"Quiet." The leader said, "We're not going to catch that accursed demon if a few scratches slow you down."
"Bakotsu-san, you're right." The second-in-command officer said, "I will not give up yet!"
"Your determination is admirable, Jakotsu-kun."
"Arigato, Bakotsu-san."
As the two held each other's hand, the background became all sparkly and bubbly, and a blush appeared across both their faces.
One of the other three officers spoke up. "Do you want us to leave?"
"QUIET!" The two commanding officers shouted.
"We'll split up and find that girl once and for all!" Bakotsu shouted.

"Right!"

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"Ah. home sweet home." Mariko sighed entering the boarded up shrine. She jumped over the high gate and walked in. It had been abandoned for a couple of decades, and it was the perfect place to hide. No one would ever expect a demon living in a shrine-even if she was only half. Lucky for her, the guy who lived here was a total fake and the sutras don't work for beans.
Mariko had short, silver-white hair that was in a choppy haircut and tanned skin. she only had one outfit: a pair of long jeans, a red shirt, and black converse. she also had a long, black trench coat that she wore on cold days like today. Her long claws and fangs gave away that she was part demon, but even more so did the white dog-ears that were on top of her head.
She jumped into the tall tree that stood in the middle of the courtyard.
"That's the funny thing about sleeping." Mariko said to herself, "You get so caught up in your dreams, you forget you haven't eaten in three days."
And with that, she started to fall asleep.

"Freeze Demon!"
Mariko reluctantly woke up. Below her were two men, one with a long black braid and the other with dark green hair. to make it worse, they both had guns.
"Why'd you have to go and wake me up? I was having a wonderful dream about a place made entirely of food..."
"Don't worry. you won't need food where you're going!" the black haired dude said.
"That has to be the lamest threat I've ever heard." Mariko said sighing. she snapped her knuckles and prepared to attack.
Bakotsu quickly fired and hit the girl's arm.
"Direct hit!" He said happily. Mariko smirked. "Feh... is that all you've got?" she dug her claws into her arm and attacked.
"Blades of blood!" she cried.
the two men got out of the way, and Mariko saw her chance to escape. "Don't let her get away!" Bakotsu shouted.
More gunshots fired, four hitting her. 'Great. the goon squad has reinforcements.' Mariko thought as she jumped onto the roof of the shrine. now there were FIVE people trying to Kill her! She quickly jumped out of the way of more gunfire, three hitting her in the side. she couldn't take this much longer. thinking quickly, she ran into the small well house, a last attempt to hide. she ran into the center of the room where the well was. she heard the men coming closer. the pain of her wounds began to paralyze her. she couldn't run anymore. she looked into the well. the bottom was so far down, she couldn't even see it. "If they want me, they're gonna have to work for it." Mariko said with a smirk. she jumped into the well.

Just then, the group of men entered the well house, with their guns ready to fire. nothing was there, but an old, dried-up well-that was covered in fresh blood. "She's in the well!" Bakotsu shouted. taking a flashlight from his belt, he looked inside the well. his eyes grew wide.
"What is it captain?" Jakotsu asked coming to the well.
"She's not here!" Bakotsu said shocked, "not even a corpse!"
"Impossible!" a fellow officer shouted running to join his commander.
"There's no way out, Bakotsu-san. And the well's about twenty feet deep. it would take forever for someone wounded to climb out!" Jakotsu said.
"But we're dealing with a demon, she could just jump out even when she was wounded!" Bakotsu said to himself. "She must have escaped!" he shouted to the others, "Now go get her! Or else you'll be the ones who will have to suffer Lord Naraku's wrath!"
"yes sir!"

"This well was deeper than I thought." Mariko said to herself, "I've been falling for so long, it seems as though I'm floating."
as she hit the ground, it didn't hurt. quite the contrary, it felt like she was just dropped a foot. she looked back up into the top of the well.
"For such a long drop, that sure is a short distance..." she jumped as high as she could and reached the top. With some struggle, she climbed out. even though it was night time, she could tell she wasn't in the small shrine anymore. the air was clear, Not the pollution-filled air of Tokyo. And the area smelled like trees. Nowadays, there was an average of three trees per mile. she started to walk, when her foot was tripped by her coat and made her fall. The bullet holes in her arms and legs stopped her from getting up. she couldn't move.
"Damn it....I don't wanna die...."
as if on cue, her claws began to grow longer and her eyes turned blood red.

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Inuyasha sighed. "Kagome, are you sure that you don't sense anything?"
"For the fourth time Inuyasha, no!" Kagome answered putting some stew over the fire they had made.
"Impatient as usual. you never change Inuyasha." Miroku said his hand scooting close to the woman sitting next to him.
Sango slammed her fist into Miroku's wandering hand, stopping it before it hit it's target.
"Baka houshi."
"Inuyasha, you're acting more immature than me." Shippou said. bad move.
Inuyasha punched Shippou as hard as he could. "Shut up brat! I'm just bored."
"Waaahhhh! Kagome! he's hitting me!!"
"OSUWARI!!"
Inuyasha face-planted.
"What, now you sit me on command?!" Inuyasha shouted jumping up.
"You shouldn't be picking on Shippou like that!" Kagome shouted.
"Shippou should know better than to anger Inuyasha when he's in a bad mood." Sango sighed.
Miroku agreed. "ever since Naraku killed Kikyo, he's been more irritable than a pregnant woman..."
Sango glowered.
"...not that I've ever impregnated any women mind you...." Miroku said with a sweatdrop.
"You shut up!" Inuyasha said to the monk. "I've been just fine you-"
Inuyasha suddenly stopped talking.
"Inu...Yasha?"

"I smell blood and the scent of a demon. it's coming from Kaede's village." he answered.

Shippou sniffed as well. "I can smell it too. but Inuyasha, that demon smells like-"
But Inuyasha was already gone. the others followed the suit of the hanyou and ran toward the village.

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Shippou is a fox so he should have a good sense of smell as well, right? anyway, please review! this story will get better! promise!