Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. Period.

The story of Inuyasha and Kikyou...to me, a Japanese version of the infamous couple Romeo and Juliet, except, y'know, there's demons, magic and reincarnations to consider but...yeah. So anyway, this is a story about Inuyasha and Kikyou, obviously, before Naraku got his filthy little self involved. So if you absolutely loath and detest this pairing so much that to you its just a piece of dog shit puked on by a 40-year old guy who still lives with his mom, then its safe to say that this story is not for you. If you flame me for the pairing, I will consider you a person with no intelligence whatsoever that not even words that haven't been invented yet can describe. For the record, I don't like this pairing either but can't say I hate it too. It's a kind of neutral thing. I just thought it'd be interesting to try and understand this tragic couple and how they went form love to hate so easily...or did they? And with that said, I present to you chapter one of my story, cleverly titled: From Love to Hate. Enjoy.

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Hi! My name is...

"You'd better not be lying!"

"I'm not! I swear! The village is--," the tiny demon pointed to his right, "that way! That way!"

The "big" demon looked in the direction the smaller one was pointing at. Sure enough, he could feel a strong presence there.

It had to be her.

The priestess who guarded the Shikon no Tama, or Jewel of Four Souls.

Of course, this wasn't just any jewel.

This jewel was a very special jewel.

It possessed unimaginable strength and gave any demon or evil human who managed to obtain it unrivaled strength. If this jewel could even satisfy a human, the demon, or rather, half demon knew he could use it to his advantage.

The half demon released the frightened smaller demon, who had been currently struggling for a breath or two under his powerful grip. He fell hard on the ground but quickly straightened himself and looked up tensely at his bully. The half demon jumped onto a nearby tree branch and, before going to his destination, turned around to face his victim saying, "I'll be watching you..." more intensely than he had meant to say it. The tiny traumatized demon gulped nervously and scurried away.

The half demon looked back towards the distant village.

'Finally, a way for me to become all demon at last.'

And with that thought in mind, he jumped his way towards the awaiting village.

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"Lady Kikyou! Lady Kikyou! It went this way!" cried a villager, pointing hysterically to the forest.

Kikyou rushed past him, an arrow ready in position for the kill.

This was not good.

She had let her guard down for one second and that one second was enough for this lowlife demon to snatch the jewel from under her nose.

She ran deeper into the forest, cursing herself mentally for being so careless when she was forced to make a sudden stop.

'What's this?!'

It was a strong presence she had felt which had made her halt, and it was coming towards her at an alarmingly quick pace. A demon, no doubt about it, but this one was different...

At that moment, the demon who had taken the Jewel from her, which happened to be a snake demon, popped out from behind her, catching her off guard for the second time that day. Fortunately, she was able to evade the deadly fangs of the snake, who had grown considerably in size since their last encounter.

'No matter...it just makes for a bigger target.'

And with that, she pulled back her arrow as far as her bow would allow it and let go.

He was close.

He could feel it.

In only a matter of moments, he would finally become the demon he had desired to be all his life.

Then, something made him stop.

He had heard someone running and that person stopped as well.

He hid in the thick leaves of a tree and searched for the person from his hiding place.

'There you are...' he thought as he looked down at a girl wearing priestess clothing. At that exact moment, a huge snake popped out from behind her.

Somehow, the girl miraculously dodged the snake's fangs and hit the snake right in between the eyes with her arrow ('Damn! The bitch can shoot!'). With a loud hiss, the snake fell to the ground. She ran towards the snake, dug her hand in its flesh ('What the hell!') and pulled out a tiny pink sphere. The snake shriveled up and its remains were taken away by the wind.

'That MUST be the Shikon Jewel!' thought the half demon excitedly.

'Then she must be--'

"Whoever you are, show yourself."

Uh oh.

Was she talking to him? Had he been spotted? But how could she have seen him? Her back was towards him! Oh well. He would have made his presence known sooner or later anyway.

He jumped from the tree and landed on the forest ground. As he regained his balance, he took a moment to study the girl's features.

She was tall, with long black hair trailing well below her waist. It was tied back neatly, with some strands hanging loose, covering her ears. She had on priestess clothing, the color white for her top, and red for her extremely baggy pants. He couldn't completely see her face yet, because her back was still towards him, but he really didn't care. She carried some arrows on her back, and her bow was held firmly by her left hand.

"So...you must be the infamous priestess who possesses the Shikon Jewel."

"Thanks for stating the obvious. I know you've been there for a while. Tell me, who are you and what business have you here?"

"Don't give me that! You know exactly why I'm here! Hand over the jewel NOW!"

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Kikyou turned around to face the impatient demon.

The first thing she noticed about him were those two cute little ears neatly located on top of his head. Just looking at them made her want to touch them. He had long silver hair that traveled below his waist and possessed the most amazing golden eyes she had ever seen. The only pair of golden eyes she had ever seen, actually. Yet pretty nonetheless. He also had the strangest looking aura she had ever encountered. Usually, demons had a dark blue aura all around them, and the human aura was white. But this one had a baby blue aura with golden highlights surrounding him.

What was he?

'Could he be...half? That would explain his half-transformed look...'

She continued to ponder about him, gazing at him with her same expressionless face. Meanwhile, the demon was getting impatient.

"Well! What are you waiting for?" he finally blurted out. "Hand the jewel over and I might spare your life."

"You have not answered my question. Who are you?"

"That doesn't concern you!"

"What's your name?"

"Just hand it over!"

"What's your name?"

"Just give it!"

'I'm getting nowhere fast.' Kikyou thought. She had never met such a stubborn demon...or human like this before in her life.

"What are you, deaf? Hand it over unless you want to feel the...caress of my claws..." he threatened, cracking his knuckles maliciously.

"Go ahead and try." Kikyou challenged, and drew an arrow, ready for a fight.

'Well, this I wasn't expecting...' thought the half demon.

He had figured he would just find the jewel, scare the jewel from its guardian and continue on his way. He really did not want to hurt a human because then his consciences, a part of the mind that was absent in most demons, would make him feel bad. He didn't really felt any urge to kill her anyway.

'I'll just pretend to try and kill her. I mean, nothing wrong with a bruise or two. Then she'll be begging me to take the jewel...' he thought. Too bad he didn't know he couldn't have been more wrong.

"You asked for it!" he yelled.

He ran towards Kikyou and dodged her arrow, which missed him by a mile, it seemed.

'So much for being able to shoot.' He thought.

He jumped high enough to do a forward flip over her. He landed with his back towards her and turned around hastily to "strike" her.

But something went horribly wrong.

As he spun around to face the priestess, he saw multiple arrows coming towards him at top speed.

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'Got you!' she thought as the demon let his guard down when he saw her arrow miss him considerably.

When he jumped and did a flip in midair, she took advantage of this short time to take her arrows and shoot them at him repeatedly.

And they all hit their target, of course.

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'What the--!' thought the half demon as the arrows pulled him back and pinned him hard to a tree. He shut his eyes tightly, waiting for the pain of the arrows' strikes to take effect, but he felt nothing.

He opened one fearful amber eye and looked from side to side.

He was defiantly pinned to a tree but felt no pain, because the arrows weren't aimed at him, just his clothes. Good thing they were so baggy.

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Kikyou walked up to him, with the same expressionless face she always had.

"I'll ask you again," she said calmly.

"What is your name?"

He looked down at her with a strange expression.

"...well? Aren't you gonna kill me now?"

Okay.

Now she was getting annoyed.

All she wanted to know was his name for goodness sake! But if he thought she was just going to stand there all day until he felt like saying it, he was most certainly mistaken.

'I don't have time for this...' she thought.

Kikyou turned around and started to make her way towards the village. Before she got too far though, she said:

"Don't come back here. You'll waste both our times."

When he saw her make her way towards the village, he was both surprised and confused.

Why hadn't she killed him?

He had tried to take the jewel from her and had almost killed her, or he made it seem that way, and she did nothing...nothing except ask for his name...

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"INUYASHA!" cried a voice from behind her.

Kikyou turned around.

The voice was that of the half demon!

She gave him a confused look.

"What was that?"

"You said you wanted to know my name...its Inuyasha..."

"...Mine's Kikyou."

"I don't recall asking for it!" Inuyasha spat out.

"I know...just thought you'd like to know..."

And with that, she turned back around to go back to the village.

"Feh!" She heard as she walked away.

'Inuyasha, huh?' she thought, and for the first time that day, Kikyou smiled.

Well, that's it. Don't expect quick updates. This isn't the only story I'm working on... Meanwhile, don't forget to review!