I stare at the little unsuspecting deer on the ground. I load my crossbow and aim for the deer's heart, ready to take the deer's life. I shoot, and the arrow hit's the deer right in the chest. It collapses. I jump down and remove the arrow, licking the blood off. Mmmm. I haven't had something to drink in days. I'm tempted to drink the rest, then I wonder what I'm thinking. Days without food or water must be messing with head. Besides, this deer had to drink from somewhere, so I must be close to water. I decide to cook the deer. I build a fire and roast the deer's juicy meat. I savor each bite of the meat then save the rest. I put it in my food container in my pack, and salt it so it lasts. I get back in the tree and continue through the forest. I suddenly hear something. It sounds like…running water. Water. I jump down and see a thin stream in front of me. I rush to it and take several gulps of it, then take more in my water skin. Snap. The sound of a branch snapping pierces the sound of the running water, following by crunching of leaves.

I dart up a tree and watch to see who it is. A man emerges from the forest, followed by a little girl and a frog-like creature with a wooden staff with 2 heads carved into it. The man has long white hair and hair and hazel-yellow eyes. There's a crescent shape on his forehead and 2 stripes on each side of his face. His nails are unnaturally long and sharp, like a demon's. He is a demon. He looks, familiar, but I can't put my finger on it. There's something about him, something unusual. Not only that, but I find him kinda attractive. What am I thinking? He's a demon, a cold-blooded demon. I was trained to kill demons. I load my bow and aim it at his head. If I get him right through his brain, he'll be dead instantly. Then I can keep something of him as proof that I killed him. Sensei will be so proud when I return. They will finally respect me when I tell them I killed a demon in 1 shot. The best

part? He suspects nothing…his head turns and his eyes meet mine. I panic and shoot. He dodges it and it hit's the little girl in the shoulder. A cry escapes my mouth at the fact that I hit the little girl rather than the demon. The demon looks at me with pure hatred in his eyes. I hop out of the tree and try to make my escape when the green creature with the staff blocks my way. "Let me take care of her, Sesshomaru-sama." Sesshomaru. I should have known. Everyone knows who he is. They would've been so proud to know I killed him. But I still have a chance. "No. I'll do it." he says. He attacks me with a strange golden whip-like thing. I jump around him and throw a dart at him. It hits him the back. He turns around just as I throw another poisoned dart. It hits him in the chest, narrowly missing his heart. I can tell that he is not immune to the poison by the way he falls to the ground and rolls to the side. I approach him and wait for him to die. Then, something inside me changes. I can't kill him.

He was just protecting the little girl he called Rin. I pull both darts out of him and toss them to the side. He stares at me with his penetrating eyes. I take out the dart with the anecdote in the tip. I gently pierce his arm with the dart. He groans with pain. I remove it and bandage the spot where I pierced him. "Foolish girl." he says. "You strong enough to kill me, but too weak to actually do it." I ignore him and go to Rin. She tries to crawl away from me, but can't due to the arrow in her shoulder. "Please don't kill me." she says. "I'm not gonna kill you." I say softly. I gently remove the arrow from her shoulder and bandage the wound. "Why did you shoot me, but then save me?" she asks. "I was aiming at Sesshomaru, but he moved and it hit you." I say. "Are you a demon slayer?" she asks. "Yes, and it's a long story, which I'll tell you later." I stick out a hand to her. She takes it reluctantly and I help her up. It's almost shocking how much bigger she is than me. I actually have to look up to see her. She asks me why I'm "so short." "Like I said before, I'll tell you later." I say. I go to Sesshomaru, who is no longer bleeding but still weak. "Sesshomaru, can we keep her?" Rin asks. "What?" he asks. He sits up and looks at me. The green frog creature appears. "We could use someone as powerful as her." he says. "Fine. We'll keep her." Sesshomaru says. I don't what it is, but something tells me that Sesshomaru is going to cause trouble. Maybe it's the way he talks, or maybe it's that I know how evil and cold-blooded he is, but somehow, I know that he's going to tear my life to shreds.