I do not own Inuyasha! Only my OC(S)!

I hope you all enjoy this. It's my first fic dealing with Anime. I'm going off from the show, it's a little AU, I guess. This story is only for fun and hopefully help me defeat writers block for another story of mine.

A long time ago there once lived a Inu Youkai King and Inu Youkai Queen who loved each other very much. One day the Queen gave birth to a beautiful little princess. It was the happiest day of the King and Queen's life. But their happiness would not last long. In their kingdom a vicious war was going on, between the Panthers Youkai and Inus territory. The evil Panthers wanted to take over the Inus territory as their own, but the King would not allow it. He commanded his armies to fight the horrible Panthers, but they were much stronger.

Months went by and the Panthers came closer and closer to the castle. Worried about the safety of his wife and child, the King had sent them far away to another land, where they would be safe from the dreaded Panthers. Unknowing to them the King had sealed their youki and hid it somewhere they would never be able to find it.

"Mama, I thought this was going to be a story about princesses, Queens, Kings and things like that, not Youkais?" a little girl of ten years old asked her mother as she laid in her bed for the night.

"But it is about a princesses and the others. I didn't say they weren't going to be Youkais. Now let me finish." the young woman told her child.

The Queen took her child and hid in the unknown land knowing nothing of the strange world that they now lived in. If it hadn't been for a generous family, they would had died from evil metal monsters that roamed the land. There they lived and waited for many years, but the King never came. Even now they are still waiting for him. Hoping he would return to them one day. The End.

"That story stunk." she told her mother, "And it didn't even have a happy ending!"

"I'm sorry, Kaori, but you wanted a story and that's the only one I knew." the woman told her child as she stood up from sitting on the child's bed.

She bent over and kissed her little girl's forehead, before leaving the room as her child went to sleep. The woman stopped at the door and stared sadly at her child wondering and worrying about her husband.

~Kaori's P.O.V~

I awoke with beads of sweat on my forehead. Why do I keep having that stupid dream? It didn't make sense, it was just a dumb story Mama told me as a kid. I let out a sigh and wiped the sweat from my forehead.

"The air conditioner must be out again." I sighed as I got out of my bed.

I grabbed my school uniform as I left my room for the small bathroom for a quick shower before school starts.

"Kaori? Are you up?" Mama asked me and I paused at the bathroom door.

"Yeah, I'm going to take a quick shower. I'll be right out!" she shouted, before walking into the room.

I took a quick shower thinking about my dream. What was so special about that anyway? It was just a story. Eh, I shouldn't even be worrying about it. I have more things to worry about like my math test. Crap! I forgot all about it! Oh man, I hope I won't fail it like the last time!

I quickly rinsed the soap from my hair and turned the water off, before drying myself and getting dressed. I walked out of the bathroom pulling my skirt down a bit. I hated the thing so much. It was so short! It should be illegal!

"Hey, Mama." I said as I grabbed a muffin that she made for breakfast.

"Kaori, finally you're out of that bathroom. I've been needing to talk to you." she told me as I grabbed my backpack.

"Can't right now, Mama. I have to get to school." I told her as I slipped my shoes on.

"Kaori, this is important." she said and I looked at her worried.

She had never been like this before. Her un-natural golden eyes had a serious look in them. I frowned.

"Is everything okay, Mama?" I asked her frowning with a concern look in my own un-natural golden eyes.

"Kaori, I-I've been meaning to tell you this for a while now, because you're sixteen and there's not much time left." she began and I glanced at the clock not paying attention to what she was saying.

I bit my bottom lip, I was going to be late and would be force to stay for after school.

"Mama, I have to go or I'll have to stay for after school. You can tell me once I get back. Bye, I love you!" I told her and rushed out of the apartment.

I ran down the hallway and the staircase. I jumped through the door as Mr. Takishoru was holding it open for Mrs. Takishoru as she went to walk their little dogs.

"Sorry!" I shouted at the old couple after their surprised gasps.

"Kaori! Watch where you're going next time!" Mr. Takishoru shouted angrily at me as I ran towards the school direction.

Once getting to the school I was out of breath as I bent over as a warning bell rung.

"Kaori, better hurry or you'll be late." laughed my best friend since child hood, Kagome Higurashi.

"Says the one who misses for weeks." I said as I looked at her as she stood next to me.

"Eh, I can't help it that I get sick." she said waving her hand and I rolled my eyes.

"What was it this time? Mad Cow?" I asked her as we began to make our way to class.

"Yeah. It was horrible." she told me and I nodded my head glad that she was okay and not sick anymore.

I hoped this was the last of her strange illnesses. I was getting worried about her and missing her. When ever I tried to visit it her, Grampa always stops me and sends me away.

"Hopefully you won't get sick anymore." I told her and she nodded.

"I hope so too. So what have I missed?" she asked with a smile on her face.

"Not much. Ima is dating that one boy from gym, Mitsuo now. Saburo switched schools and we have a math test today." I told her.

"Wah! A math test today! Oh man, I'm going to fail." she said hanging her head and I patted her shoulder.

"We can fail together then." I told her with a cheerful look on my face and she gave me a little look that told me that I wasn't helping her feel any better about the test.

"Higurashi! Kariuki! Get to class!" a teacher shouted at us.

We nodded at the teacher and rushed to our class. We sat in our seat just in time for the final bell to ring. Time felt like it had froze as school went by. I nearly fell asleep listening to some of the lectures. Kagome had fallen asleep though. During our math test, Kagome and I both failed. The teacher made us stay behind when school let out to make up for our failed test.

"Higurashi, Kariuki, why don't you two study together for a bit? See if you can help each other out with some of these work sheets." Mr. Chijoka said hanging Kagome and I five pieces of paper with various math problems, "Bring them back next Monday finished, and your failed grade will disappear."

Great, homework over the weekend. What a wonderful way to relax...

"So your place or mine?" I asked Kagome as we walked out of the school.

"Mm, I think we should go to mine. My mom is making..." Kagome went on as I froze remembering Mama had wanted to say something to me.

"Darn it!" I said loudly shocking Kagome, "Sorry, it's just my mother wanted to tell me something this morning, and I just remembered I had promised her I would come back after school."

"Oh, we could go to your place then." Kagome said.

"No, you can go on. I'll come over once I speak with my mother." I told her and then took off running towards the apartment building where we lived at.

I opened the door leading to our apartment. I called out to my mother, but froze when I saw her laying on the ground unconcious. I let out a gasp and rushed over to her getting onto my knees.

"Mama!" I gasped as I shook her.

"Ka-Kaori." she said with a faint smile on her face, "H-How was school?"

"Mama, what's wrong?" I asked her as tears came to my eyes.

"I'm sick, my sweet child." she said, "I've been sick for a very long time."

Mama began to cough and I ran to grab the phone when I noticed the blood. I called the ambulance and while waiting for them to appear I stayed by my mother's side holding her hand.

"I'm afraid I won't make it, Kaori." she told me, "I'm too old."

"Mama, don't say such things! And you're not too old! You're 37!" I told her as tears fell from my eyes.

"I-I wish I was." she chuckled weakly, "I have so many things to tell you, but I don't have the time anymore. I wish I had told you a long time ago, but I was scared."

"Scared? What did you have to tell me, Mama?" I asked her.

"W-We're not from this world, Kaori. We're not humans." she told me and I shook my head not believing a word she said.

She had to be delusional from this illness! And it was getting worst.

"Mama, we are humans." I told her.

"N-No, we are now, but your father took it away to protect us." she said and I frowned.

"Took what?" I asked her.

"Our, our..." she stopped and began to cough"Fi-Find a man named Inu no Taishō. He will know where your father is. Go to the Bone Eater well, my sweet child. Remember the story."

And with those words she stopped breathing and stared at me with no life in her eyes. I closed my eyes as I let out a sob clutching her hand that was going cold.

"Mama!" I screamed as I cried.

A few minutes later there were knocking on the door and two medics came in. They saw my mother and frowned. One of them grabbed a white sheet, while the other held me back so his partner could place it over her.

"No! Let me go! Mama!" I screamed as the guy placed her on a gurney.

"I'm sorry for loss, miss." the medic said as he rolled my mother out of the room.

The other medic let go of me and also said his condolences before leaving. I dropped to my knees and cried for a few minutes before leaving the apartment. I couldn't stay there, and I didn't know what to do! So I left the apartment building with my backpack that had some clothes and money it. I walked to the Higurashis since they were like a second family.

"Hello Kaori." Mrs. Higurashi said with a smile on her face, but frowned when she was my red puffy eyes, "Is everything okay?"

"Ma-Mama's dead." I cried and Mrs. Higurashi frowned and pulled me into a hug, "I-I don't know what to do!"

"It's alright, Kaori. Shh, shh. Come inside." Mrs. Higurashi said as she walked me inside.

"Mom?" I heard Kagome asked as she walked out of the kitchen, "Kaori? What's the matter?"

"Kaori, Grampa and Sota's in the dinning room, why don't you go eat with them. You must be hungry." Mrs. Higurashi said and I nodded my head, before walking into the room where Grampa and Sota was at.

"Hello, Kaori." Grampa said with a smile on his face as I sat across from Sota.

"H-Hello, Grampa." I said as I stared at the food on the table.

I just couldn't put myself to eat anything. The words that Mama had told me, before dying were still running through my head. Who was Inu no Taishō and where was this Bone Eater Well? As I wondered, I didn't notice either of the Higurashi women to come into the room, until Kagome pulled me into a hug, after sitting down next to me.

"I'm so sorry about Tomoka, Kaori!" Kagome said and I hugged her back.

I didn't cry. My tears were dried up. When dinner was over, I only managed to eat some rice, Kagome and I went to her room after I changed into my pajamas.

"How are you feeling?" Kagome asked me.

"I can't believe she's gone." I told her, "She was trying to tell me something this morning and I just blew her off. I'm a terrible person!"

"No, no, you're not a terrible person, Kaori. Don't blame yourself." Kagome told me as she sat across from me on her bed.

"She told me that we weren't from this world, before she died. She also told me we weren't humans." I told Kagome.

"Wha-What did she say you were?" Kagome asked me.

"She didn't say, she was delusional. She also told me to find a man named Inu no Taishō. He will know where my father is and to go to this place called the Bone Eater well." I told her and I frowned seeing Kagome go rigid, "What? Do you know something about those two things?"

"Uh, no, no. I never heard of such things!" she said quickly and gave her accusing look.

She knew something, but what? I wouldn't bug her any more on the subject at the moment. I was too tired and in time I will find out what it is. One way or another.

"You must be tired. You should go to bed!" Kagome said and I nodded my head.

I laid down on the sleeping mat that Mrs. Higurashi had made in the corner of Kagome's room. I closed my eyes and went to sleep.