Brand New Start by SilverInu93

Memory

Kagome hadn't seen that black tentacle come flying out from underneath the rubble as she stood near the cliff, and even if she had seen it there would have been nothing she could have done to prevent the unavoidable outcome. Yet, it did explain the painful sensation of burning flesh on her side that she felt as she fell.

Her screams fell on deaf ears as she plummeted. Anyone watching the fight would have felt instant pity for Kagome, for the fall she was taking would surely kill her. Yet for some odd reason no one seemed to see the ragging river far below her.

Not even Kagome herself saw it coming, until the moment it happened.

Later on that day

Kagome could feel the gentle pressure of a cool wet rag against her burning skin. The sudden sensation caused her brown eyes to open.

"Easy child, ye need to rest for ye to heal." Demoness said in a warm but rough sounding voice as she pulled a thick warm blanket over the human girl. In attemts to keep the girl warm.

"Where am I? Who are you?" The foreign sound of her own voice shocked Kagome. She had never heard it so weak and scratchy before.

"Shhhh, rest and we will speak when ye have recovered ye strength." The elder demoness spoke as she helping the girl drink a specially prepared healing tea.

"Mika-sama why did you help this worthless human, she will do nothing but betray us to better her kind in the end."

"Himiko-chan ye should know better than that, ye cannot make it as a healer if ye just turn them away because of what they are; it goes against the code of a healer."

"For all you know Mika-sama she is doing this for the money, she cares not for our way of life, she is a miko."

"That is where ye are wrong Himiko-chan smell closely, most of the scent had been washed away but it's there for I can smell it."

"I dough I will find… why does she have the smell of a kit on her? She is pure yet has the smell of a young kit on her?"

"My guess is she was raising a kit"

"I highly dough that Mika-sama she is a miko, and miko's do not care if they are demons; young or old they kill them or sell the children for some sort."

"Ye need to stop that doubting because I believe that this miko is far more different from ye first believe, ye will see what will happen when the time comes child."

All fell quiet as the healer continued her work, knowing the young woman would need all the help she could get. As for the demoness leaning against the opposite wall she continued to glare down at the sleeping human, secretly hoping she would die in her sleep even after hearing the humans restless groans.

A few weeks later

"Child do ye not remember where ye came from?"

"No Mika-sama, I only vaguely remember waking up on the river bank and coming face to face with some unknown man. His hair seemed to be glowing under the moon light, and his eyes I've never seen such a shade of blue. But, then suddenly he was gone, like he vanished. I'm sorry, that's all I can remember before everything went black."

"If this is true child then ye must have seen our Lord Kuromaru, but that in its self is a very rare sight. He has not been seen patrolling his land in almost two hundred fifty years so something must have brought him out."

"If I may be so bold to ask could you train me so that I can repay you for your kindness?"

"Ye will have it hard but it will take time to study."

"Then I will do my best Mika-sama."

Mika smiled warmly at Kagome, yet in the corners of her silver eye, Kagome saw worry. Unknowingly to Mika her smile fell slightly, leaving her to gaze into Kagome's eyes as she lost herself to her thoughts.

Mika couldn't comprehend why her Lord had suddenly shown himself after the last two hundred and fifty years of solitude. No one had seen the Lord since his rampage, since two of his three pups disappeared. It did cross her mind that Kagome could be one of her Lords missing pups, but the way the girl smelled made her dough her self. Even if Kagome wasn't one of her Lords missing pups she was going to keep an eye on her.

…

Days passed, and Kagome took Mika by surprise by how fast she learned from the scrolls. Mika looked at the stacks on either side of Kagome, the untouched, yet to be read from, and the semi messy pile, already tampered with.

"Child have ye read all these scrolls?"

"Yes, Mika-sama I have for the most part. It hasn't been easy, for I don't know what some of it says… its like some parts of the scrolls are in a foreign language."

"Child ye are read another language yet ye no not what it is?"

"I have no clue what it is, but I can understand most of it, there are some parts that I cannot figure they seemed to be smudged or faded out from time."

"Well most of those scrolls are probably four thousand years old they have been handed down for generations from healer to apprentice. I would not be surprised if most of that ye reading is in the old Inu tongue, not many can read it."

"I have learned a lot from all these scrolls it will not be long before I'm finished with them Mika-same. I hope soon I can start working on my powers so I do not harm this village that I have come to love dearly."

"Kagome, child ye need not be too pushy when it comes to the power ye hold, ye first must learn about the power within you before ye can manifest it."

"I understand this Mika-sama I just want to catch up to Himiko-chan, I know she does not like me because of who I am but I bare no ill will toward her."

"Yes, I know this young one but it is not the healer way to refuse a patient because of what gender or species ye are, that is what make ye different. Kagome, ye are more likely to complete the training faster than her because ye have no bias toward demon or humans."

Kagome nodded as she gathered her thought before looking at Mika again. "I have no memory of my past other than what my name is, and I do not understand a lot of thing that has happened. I cannot complain about my situation for it could have been a lot worse than it is."

"Who knows child who know, it also might be fates way of giving ye a new start."

Kagome smiled as she once again turned to the scroll that laid in her hands. She continued reading as the sounds of herbs being mixed filled the back ground.

Six month later

Kagome's training had gone extremely well. It came to no surprise to Mika how quickly Kagome became a healer for both the humans and demons. What did surprise her was how quickly Kagome became skilled in archery, it seemed the young women may have had lessons in the field before her memory loss. Then, there was her swords play where Kagome struggled at the beginning. She was no high-class fighter, but could certainly hold her own in a fight if the time came.

As for Kagome she felt proud of herself for managing to master her limitless power, and using it to help the demon village that had not ridiculed her or refused her treatments just because she was human, and of that a miko.

"Good morning Mika-sama is there anything I can help you with or should I go to my sword playing practice?"

"Oh, Kagome there has not been many coming in ill or sick so ye can go to you're training sessions for it will not be long before ye are ready to leave this village and try your claws else were or ye take a mate." As much as Kagome wished to hide the cherry red blush that decorated her cheeks Mika didn't miss it.

"If I take a mate it will be under demon law, no if ands or but about it. I will not be given away as a trophy for some horrible lord of either species." Kagome stated blandly, yet her blush did nothing but betray her. True, the idea of finding someone special was heart throbbing but the idea of being handed over to someone who would only mistreat her made Kagome feel green to the stomach.

"Go have fun child, and be careful for they might be bringing in some mounts to try to tame."

With a swift smile and a quick nod of her head Kagome fled from the room, and towards the training grounds for her daily sparing.

The smile vanished as Kagome slowed down, stopping at the sound of shouting and metal clashing. Within seconds she hid her sent and aura, as she neared closer to Taka sensei's smith shop. The shiny metal of two newly made kodachi's caught her blue eyes briefly as she moved through the hut. Her attention was fully trained on whoever was making such a ruckus with Taka.

Before long the archway that separated the smith's hut and the training field was before her, only wood separated her from finding out who this wavy haired, red eyed, male was. The man who dared to hold her sensei high up in the air by only his throat.

"…Oh I heard from a little bird that there was a human wretch here. I want to know where she is. For you see she has something that belong to me."

"There is no human in this village vial hanyo. There was a human woman that showed up at the river but she was dead and by now some minor demon has fed on her flesh and bones."

Kagome watched the hanyo carefully, her nails unknowingly digging into the fine wood. She hoped to gain the upper hand soon so she could force this hanyo to release her sensei. If it wasn't for that vital first lesson Taka had taught her about the importance of being patient and studying the opponent she would have missed this intruders weak points.

"Oh really…" The hanyo never finished what he was about to say as an kodachi cut through the intruders arm and another kodachi slashed away at his vulnerable side.

He cried out in pain form the unsuspected attack, his attention dropping from the smith to the female who know stood before him. The familiarity he felt when he saw the wench was startling, even more her unearthly blue eyes.

Kagome gave off a perfect impression of an Inu growling as she glared down at him.

"Leave here hanyo you are not welcome." In response to the smiths harsh words he laughed before glaring harshly at Taka.

"What makes you think you can defeat me? I'm the great and powerful Naruku and you're soon to be lord."

"You a lord? Someone like you has no clam on the throne, especially someone as mindless as a beast that feeds the dead or weak. Do you really think anyone will listen to someone like that?" Kagome mocked as she prepared for another attack, but before she could act Naruku retreated into his barrier and flew off towards the east.

"Taka-sensei is it wrong of me to say that the hanyo ran away with his tail between his legs?"

"No, it's not Kagome. But, now that you are here I could use your help with the mounts that will be coming in soon. I want you to choose one but before that I want to point out something that hanyo noticed and seemed a bit distracted by."

"What would that be sensei?"

"When you first came to me for training a few months ago your eyes had been brown but now they are a breath taking blue, and you have the two faint stripes on your cheeks are slowly getting darker. And, there is also the small fact that you no longer smell of death. Do you know why?"

"I'm sorry sensei, but I do not know what the changes are for or why they are happening. Only time will tell, but for now let us focus on teaching me swordsmanship."

Inuyasha's pack six months after Kagome vanished

"Inuyasha, we all need to take a break. We have been pushing ourselves to the limit and if Naruku showed up now we will all be as good as dead. And, without Kagome its next to impossible to find shards." The demon slayer said, her eyes never leaving the package of dried deer meat.

Inuyasha, stayed quite but his eyes stayed trained on the demon slayer and monk. "Quit being weak, we are going to go collect Kikyo and then head north where talk of that bastard Naruku has come up." Despite his attempts to hide the anger that was eating at him like a disease over the missing miko Inuyasha did his best to stay collected. He had to keep their journey going, even if Kagome was missing.

Lover: I will be putting up a pole for the mounts one will be a horse, hawk or phoenix, tiger verson of Kirara, dragon or a wolf but please vote or message me whichever is easer ^_^ the poll is on my ff.net hope page so please vote.