Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any other characters from the movies, anime, or manga. I do own Sakura Mitoyo; you will read about her in chapter 2 or 3.

Chapter I

It all started on a sunny day with the promise of more good weather to come. Inuyasha and the gang were coming back to Kaede's village after another fruitless search for Naraku. They were almost at the well and Kagome was going to go back home. When all of a sudden Kagome stopped in her tracks.

"I sense a jewel shard." said Kagome

"Can you sen-" began Inuyasha but that was as far as he got when the sounds of a distant battle were to be heard.

"Sounds like trouble." said Miroku.

"Yea, but whose?" asks Sango.

"What do you think Inuyasha" asks Kagome "Shall we get involved?" turns around "Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha meanwhile was sniffing the air. "Something doesn't feel right." growled Inuyasha "I'm going to check it out. Stay here."

"Where's he going?" asks Shippo.

"I don't know, should we follow." questioned Kagome

"Definitely" said Sango and Miroku in unison.

They then ran after the hanu but, as always, he was well ahead of them and already fighting. Then all of a sudden there was this flash of light and Inuyasha was nowhere to be seen. Then just as soon as he was gone he was back but this time falling, and pretty fast at that, but not just Inuyasha. It looked like he was holding someone to make sure that they fall. There was an explosion right beside the gang and most of them dogged it with minor impact except Sango.

"Sango" cried Miroku as he ran over to her.

"Miroku" Kagome called out "watch out".

Just then Miroku was struck by a demon and fell. Kagome tried to reach them but she caught something out of the corner of her eye. She turned around and right behind her was Sesshomaru. When did he get here thought Kagome as she watched Sesshomaru join the fray. All of a sudden some thing struck her. She looked down and saw an arrow in her shoulder and felt the incredible pain of it as she fell to the ground with everything swirling into black nothingness.

Meanwhile with Inuyasha

Looking back. "Damn it" muttered Inuyasha "I told them to stay put. Lousy humans never know when to listen." Inuyasha kept running as he said this, then, all of a sudden he felt an aura that he hadn't felt in years. Inuyasha stopped in his tracks, searching, there right in front of him. "You".

Years ago, when Inuyasha was just a kid, he needed to learn how to survive. It was at night when he first met her. She looked just as tired and hungry as he was not to mention pretty beat up. She fell down, than was still. "Maybe she has something that I can use," thought Inuyasha as he cautiously approached her. "or at the very least something to eat." Just as he was about to put his hand on her he suddenly stopped.

"Something doesn't feel right" muttered Inuyasha

"You got that right kid." She said. And just as quickly had Inuyasha in a hard grip so no matter how hard he tried he couldn't get free from it. Inuyasha started to fight but was quickly defeated. He was amazed to find that she looked only a few years older then himself.

"Rule number one never approach an unfamiliar opponent." She said in an almost strict tone.

"Who are you?" asked Inuyasha

"Good question I could ask the same of you"

"I asked you first"

She smirked "Someone like you, someone who nobody wants or rather I don't want nobody. An outsider and lets leave it at that."

"How do I really kn-"

"If I'm telling the truth. Well I'll tell you right now you don't"

"That's very reassuring. So what do you want?"

"What I want well let me see…nothing at the moment"

"What are you doing here?"

"Man you ask a lot of questions don't you. Well the answer is training"

"Training?"

"Yea. So that I know how to fight. What surely a half demon like you can fight."

"Feh, I can hold my own."

"Oh yea prove it right now." And She attacked going for the offensive.

"Sakura!" came a sharp voice from behind.

And there he was Inuyasha never forgot his first sight of him standing there. All proud and straight. Even though he was a human he was impressive.

"You" snarled Inuyasha "I thought you were dead …Sensei"