Meyame

A/N: It truly irritates me when people review on stories and ask "why is this rated M? It doesn't seem like it should be rated M." after reading just the first chapter. You don't find out why a book is rated what it is on the very first chapter so chill out, kick back, read and enjoy before you judge, thank you. (:

Disclaimer: I do not own Inu-Yasha or any of the characters.

Chapter One: Mangy Mutt

"Can we get a move on already! We're suppose to be meeting the others at the village!"

"Inu-Yasha calm down, we still have to pack up camp ya' know." Rolling her eyes in agitation Kagome finished putting her belongings in her back pack.

"keh, just hurry it up would ya" Inu-yasha could never understand why Kagome had to bring so many things with her; It's not as if she uses everything.. Does she..? He turned towards Kagome with interest as she picked her bag up and walked towards him. Kagome noticed and stopped mid step. After a few seconds of eye contact it was Kagome's turn to get annoyed.

"Can I help you?" Dropping her bag in irritation –and because it was heavy- she rolled her eyes once more when she got no response. "She has too much natural beauty, there's no way she uses everything she brings with her.. She's… wait a minute this is Kagome I'm talking about!" Hearing the sound of Kagome's heavy bag hitting the ground he awoke from his thoughts, shaking his head he groaned.

"Nothing, let's just go." He walked over to Kagome, picking up her bag before turning to walk away. She reached out in protest but recoiled, her mouth closed on its own accord. She sighed deciding it was best just to follow. It was too early to argue and she was actually thankful because the bag had indeed been heavier then she had originally thought it to be.

"You could be a little nicer." Kagome insisted as she jogged up to meet Inu-yasha's long strides.

With a snort he mumbled to himself that sounded to Kagome to be a, "As if" She restored with a humph. "It wouldn't kill you. You could have just said here Kagome let me-"She was cut off by a loud terrified scream. Inu-yasha who had been staring at Kagome in annoyance but attention shifted his ears in the general direction of the scream, glancing at each other before deciding to rush off in the general direction. Inu-yasha had ran ahead of her while still caring her pack.

He looked around as he ran but didn't catch site of anything, Not what he was looking for anyway- Not that he really knew exactly what it was he was looking for- "where did that scream come from and what-" He heard the sound of men talking an leaped up into a tree. Looking down he saw four men, two were laughing the other two appeared talking to something that was close to the ground, if not on the ground. Suddenly a dogs barking could be heard. Out of sheer interest Inu-yasha strained his head to listen to what the men were saying although it was hard to hear over the barking. "are they talking to a dog?" seeing one of the men inch his spear towards whatever they were talking too he heard another terrified scream that wretched his ear drums, instantly he jumped from his perch to land in front of the men.

"Demon! What are ye doing here?!" The men held their spears up in a defensive position. Glancing behind him to see what he WAS actually doing he saw a young girl about Kagome's age and a fairly large white dog standing in front of her. Even with a slight glace it was easy for him to see how terrified the girl was and the confusion that could have been caused by his presence.

"The question is why are you attacking this girl?" Inu-yasha snarled at one of the men behind the first two who were aiming their spears at him who also recoiled with fear. At that moment Kagome had caught up and was standing a good distance behind the men but just enough so Inu-yasha could see her.

"Be quiet demon, ye know not a thing about that girl." The first man who Inu-yasha assumed was the leader of them all turned his head to spit on the ground without taking his gaze off of Inu-yasha. "That girl is the devil's spawn sent from one of the seven hells her and her mongrel! Now step aside as we can finish our business and be off!"

"She couldn't have done anything bad enough to make you have to kill her" Kagome had spoken up.

"Shut up wench ye have no business here, as do ye demon companion."

"Lets go Kagome, we're done here." Inu-yasha shifted from his defensive position to a calm stance.

"But…"

"lets go." He gave her a stern look.

Feeling a little confused for a moment Kagome started to catch on and walked away with Inu-yasha with no further complaints.

"Yeah that's right get out'a here!" One of the younger men had shouted at them as they walked away.

The man suspected to be the "leader" of them turned back with a triumphant smile. "Alright now as for the girls' fate…. Where'd she go?!"

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"So what happened back there" Kagome asked the girl walking beside her while handing her a can of tea. The girl took it gratefully taste testing it with a sip before taking a big gulp. After sipping a few more times she glared down at the ground while they walked. Kagome waited patiently for the girl to respond she glanced at Inu-yasha who was for sure losing patience.

"Nothing, they're all just crazy. I've been in that village my whole life. They blamed my parents' death on me and now there is a demon attacking the village and they blame me. That's it." Kagome's eyes softened sympathetically, taking the chance to actually look at her. She had bangs that framed her face quite like Sango's dark locks and golden brown eyes, Moving her gaze to her clothing she had a short brown kimono on with only a black belt like ribbon to hold it in place, she had a few scratches, a lot of bruises but other than that she looked to be alright physically. "Who knows what this poor girl has gone thru emotionally and mentally with her whole village against her" "What's your name? Mine's Kagome and this is Inu-yasha." Kagome said trying to draw away from the upsetting situation.

The girl looked at Kagome and for the first time right in her eyes. She noticed they reminded her a lot like Inu-yasha's but a bit darker, she wondered if she could be part demon. The girl was obviously quite beautiful, there could be a chance the villagers were intimidated by her demon like beauty alone. "My name's Meyame," She blinked and waggled her head a little. "And this is InuNaya" She pointed down to the dog that Kagome had just realized was still following them.

"Sounds like you better start finding somewhere to go." Inu-yasha snorted before Kagome could say another word. She flipped her head in his dicrection.

"What do you mean Inu-yasha?" Kagome asked confused.

"Well, she obviously can't go back to her village, which means she has to find some other place to live." Kagome looked from Inu-yasha to Meyame whose eyes had shifted to the ground.

"Are you saying we should just leave her?"

"I'm saying she should figure out what she needs to do."

Kagome moaned sadly looking to the ground. "Wait a minute!" Her eyes then shot up to Inu-yasha with complete joy. Confused Inu-yasha opened his mouth to speak flexing back in a guarding fashion. "We have to go back to her village" Now even more confused he stood straight.

"What?! And why exactly do we have to do that?"

"Because there is a Demon attacking the village if we go back slay the demon they will realize it's not her and allow her to come back!" Kagome starry eyed envisioning her plan in chibi's had her hands clasps together.

"That'll never work." Kagome ripped out of her day dream turned toward Meyame, confused as did Inu-yasha. "Even if you destroy the demon they will never let me back not even if I did it myself. These people don't take kindly to demons living amongst them not in this time, especially half demons." She stomped once displaying her frustration.

"So she is half demon.." Kagome thought to herself. "It's still worth a shot right?" she looked over to Inu-yasha pleadingly.

"feh, fine."

They back tracked, making their way back from where they came with Meyame pointing them in the right direction her dog trotting behind her absently. They finally came across a small village that was a good distance from where they had found her. "You sure got some distance didn't cha kid?" Inu-yasha asked teasingly.

"I can run." She shifted her gaze to Inu-yasha who looked amused.

"Bet I could beat ya."

"You're on."

"Hey wench get out of here!" They all looked to a large man coming up on Meyame fast with his fist raised. Before Inu-yasha could step in front of the two girls the man froze in his tracks. Shaking from obvious fear, looking down at the snarling dog. InuNaya had step in front of Meyame and Kagome. The man gulped before taking a step back. Gaining his composer he huffed. "You must leave ye are not welcome here ye should be dead as Buddha!" He spat at them.

"Hey now, we're just here to slay the demon that has been attacking your village." Kagome spoke up.

"If ye were slaying the demon ye would have already killed the girl and her mutt!" He spat some more. InuNaya barked loud at the man who nearly jumped out of his skin at the sound. Kagome and Inu-yasha both could not figure out why they were all so afraid of a simple dog. They could have just killed the mongrel already. It's just a dog!

"She is not the demon that is attacking your village we came back to prove it."

"No need. We have no room for the likes of ye, y'all get out'a here now! Ye'r not welcome!"

Inu-yasha who had clearly gotten annoyed with the entire conversation bent while sliding his sword out of its sheath with his thumb. "Looks like he doesn't want them here Kagome. I guess we are just going to have to negotiate" Inu-yasha smirked when InuNaya barked again at the man growling low, he figured the mutt had agreed with him.

The fear in the man's eyes was obvious as he flinched a step away. "Ho!" A boy shouted, running up behind the larger man. "There is no need to fight," Holding his hand out to Inu-yasha, "I'm Hakaku. The head masters son." He smiled at them pleasantly. Judging that the dog did not bark at him or even snarled when the boy had moved him out of the way to stand in front of Inu-yasha he thought the boy was no threat. Sheathing his sword he ignored shaking the boys' hand. "Yes, ok, I am sorry let's head to the head masters home, we shall talk there." He turned and led them into the village.

Kagome looked over at Meyame who had a pink line over her nose and asked her if she was okay. She responded with a quick 'yeah I'm fine.' "I wonder if she likes this boy, I would guess that he likes her, he was pretty quick to jump to our rescue"

"So, you wish to find the real demon and slay thee hmmm?" Speaking through his furry mustache the man waggled his head a bit. "The girl is a master shape shifter, ye cannot possibly believe a word she says."

"Father what proof do you have that Meyame is indeed a shape shifting demon?! You have none but your assumptions!"

"Now son, ye know better than too-"

"No father, I refuse. What did you teach me all these year?! Everyone and anything is innocent until proven guilty!" The boy crossed his arms over his chest in defiance.

Kagome who had listened intently with eyes wide had thought quietly to herself, "I guess I was right, he definiatly likes her." she glanced out the door to where Inu-yasha and Meyame were seated outside. "poor Meyame who knows what else she's gone through for, who knows how many years" sighing she continued to listen to the head master and his son bicker and argue throwing in her own input when she felt it necessary.

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"So what's the deal with the dog any way?" Inu-yasha inquired. Meyame glanced at him for a moment then looked to her feet again.

"What do you mean?"

"Why is everyone in this village so afraid of a mangy mutt?" Meyame looked to InuNaya who had quirked an eyebrow in her direction while looking at her intently through a squinted eye. She sighed in defeat.

"I guess they're just cowards." She petted the soft fur on InuNaya's side with her toes. "People in this time of war know nothing; they insist everything is witch play or demons doing. If you ask me I see a lot more humans doing harm than demons." Inu-yasha raised a brow at her, unaware of the game she had played in changing the subject he spoke once more.

"Sounds like you've seen a lot in your days." He smirked halfheartedly.

"You don't have to be very old to have bad deeds done to you. You should know that Inu-yasha."

"Yeah, yeah"

"The headmaster has agreed to us finding the demon!" Kagome shouted with glee while stepping out of the sliding door way.

A/N: I hope you all enjoyed please review (: