Just a quick thank you to all they people who reviewed and added my stories to your favorites lists. And of course to the people who read it =). I hope to get the next chapter for this up soon and if your reading my other storie too I gonna have to put it on hold for awhile. But dont worrie I start it up again...sometime in the near future...

Anyway on with the story.

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He was still so hungry. His movements sluggish with exhaustion. His mind had begun to worked in quick blurry flashes that made feel him sick and made the world spin. Blood flowed freely for a gapping wound at his side and a tick cut at his throat. The crimson droplets dyed the snow at his paws as he stumbled home, wounded and dieing.

They had finally caught up with him, he remembered somewhere in the hazy memory that had been his day. He had had many run in with these boys. All cruel and sadistic in their own way and all at one point or another had tried to catch and harm him. He had always out smarted them, quickly darting down a side alley or into the cracked wall of some abandoned building. But today had been different.

They had been waiting for him. Showing a level of intelligent he had been unaware they possessed they had laid in wait for him to turn that corner and spring their trap. And like a fool he had walked right into it.

Before he could reach a rope thick and roughly spun, had been thrown over his head and rapped tightly around his neck crushing his windpipe. The world had become a blur after that. The rope cut into his throat making long streams of life giving blood to spill out and cover the street. At the sight of this the boys had gone wild with glee, roughly jerking the rope to and fro to create a wider circle of crimson. He couldn't breath. Blackness began to creep into his vision and panic ceased his every thoughts as he fought them. They laughed at him pulling at the rope and hitting at his with sticks and metal pipes.

He had lost trace on how long this continued and it wasn't long before the teen boys became bored with him. The oldest a tall ugly brown haired boy, had smiled sadistically at his still struggling form before kicked the beast hard enough to crack a few rips and send it sprawling to the pavement in a tired bleeding heap. The loud bang of a gun shot followed and a sharp pain hit the beast side. He jerked shapely and cried out as the pain ran through even fiber of his being.

The boys had laughed and kicked at him as he jerked and trembled in immense pain on the ground before laying still. They groaned loudly as their play thing played dead.

What had happened after that the beast wasn't sure. One minute they had been walking away abandoning their victim in favor of more lively entertainment and the next he was running. Where he wasn't sure just away. Away from them, away from humans, away from the world.

It wasn't long before his legs had given out and it was hours before he could summon the energy to rise again.

And now here he was. Lost, confused, and forgotten.

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The trash just wasn't going to cooperate and Kagome had finally had enough. For the past hour she had been wrestling with these useless cheap plastic bag. She would pull out one and it would tear then she would get another half full and then it would tear too! And finally Kagome had it.

Doubling up the bags Kagome smiled smugly had having finally out smarted them. She whistled merry little Christmas tune as she lifted the stinky black bags in front and away from her and walked out into the back ally.

David had left hours ago giving Kagome all the time she needed to finished the dishes and nose around a bit. She loved this time of night. The stores and streets where emptied as stranger sought their beds and the sky, normally so dark yet bright with stars was gray and stead a different type of stars to the earth below. Yes Kagome thought sighing softly this was the best time of night for her. She could simply forget the rest of the world and live in this moment. Quiet and alone, where nothing ever happened and she never lost anything…or anyone.

With a quick shake of her head Kagome discarded his sorrows and once again read over her mental list for the day.

1. Presents sent to family. Kagome wrote a mental Check next to it and continued.

2. Dishes done. Check

3. Sweep floors. Check

4. Mop. Check

5. Take out trash…

She walked still whistling all the way down the ally to where it connected with several other and stopped. She began it hummed and lifted the bag over her shoulder and head to rid her self of the vile thing once and for all. "Check!" Kagome said smiling as…

RIP

…the bad exploded all over her. Kagome stood there for a long while a big goofy looking smile plastered on her face, arms still raised and clutching the now empty garbage bag like it was some kind of flag. The smile slowly faded from her face and all was silent for a moment as the universe held its breath in anticipation.

She screamed. Loud and long. Then with a mighty curse and a good throw she rid herself of the offending bag and turned on it with a vengeance.

"You!" She hissed pointing her finger at the innocent looking bag, "Stupid piece of SHIT! What the hell is wrong with you? You have one purpose in this entire world and that is to hold trash and you cant even do that RIGHT?" At that moment a banana peal fell from her shoulder and landed at her feet. Kagome stared at it now literally shaking with her out rage. Mouth open she inhaled preparing for another go at the bag-

Growl

Low and feral the sound steadily grew like thunder rolling over the horizon. Kagome froze rage intently vanishing as the dark sound shook her to her very core. Mouth still open and breath held she turned around slowly. Terror slowed her every move and thought so that it felt more like a frame by frame horror flick than reality.

But the giant silver white beast standing a few feet behind her was terrifyingly real. Standing feet spread apart, hunches raised, and long deadly fangs bared. In the moonless night its eyes glowed gold framed with crimson red and for one fleeting moment a memory of another great silver beast crossed Kagome mind.

Its large at that time four legged form rising taller that a 6 story building high above her and the bloody crimson eyes with electric blue pupils that had bored into her where forever burned into her memory. All the fear and panic she had felt that day came rushing back to her at that moment. And in awe and terror Kagome utter that long forgot name.

"Sesshomaru…"