AN: Ok, my writer's block is gone and i'm back to writting again. I think I made them a bit OC here, though. Hope you enjoy this and review :D

Fall Away

Prologue

September 23

1 am

Something wasn't right.

Sesshomaru looked up from the television. "Inuyasha, Your friend's at the door." He was just about to changed the channel when he heard a light tapping on the door followed by a loud "Thud". Though it was barely audible because of the rain, he was sure he heard something. It bothered him that someone was knocking on their doorstep at this hour. Living alone in a two story house at the far side of town with his half-brother made it unlikely that they would have visitors at all. Sesshomaru wasn't the most sociable person around, yes he had friends, though not a lot. He was certain that he made it clear them that no one was to visit him under any circumstances.

And there was this damn awful smell in the air.

It must be one of Inuyasha's friends, he thought. They wouldn't be his responsibility nor should he care. He and his half-brother weren't exactly close and were only living together because their parents didn't want to buy them separate houses. When Inuyasha didn't show up, he got irritated and shouted; "Get down here, idiot !"

Inuyasha stormed down the stairs, arms folded across his chest and eyes filled with anger. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were fairly identical, both their hair's were black and eyes were the color of Gold. Though, Inuyasha was a year younger than Sesshomaru. Now, both of them were in their pajama's. Sesshomaru's white, Inuyasha's red. "What the hell makes you think that my friends would come here at this hour ! It's 1 am for christ's sake and it's raining !" Their large house was exceptionally deep in the woods, during the rain, it made their place really hard to reach because of the mud.

Sesshomaru merely cocked his head towards the door and said; "Well, your here now. Open it and see who it is." Then he thought again that the smell seemed to have spread through the whole house. He knew what it was... he just couldn't remember.

Inuyasha gritted his teeth, but decided to do what he said because he was also curious to see who it was. Without another word, he walked past his half-brother and stood in-front of the door. If it was a prank, he'd murder the sorry kid who disturbed him. When Inuyasha gripped the door knob and pulled it open, the only thing he saw was the darkness outside. He stuck his head out and still he saw no one. He sighed, was Sesshomaru becoming deaf already ? Inuyasha took a step further outside and almost tripped when his foot made contact with something.

He looked down and nearly screamed. "Get the medical supplies Sesshomau." He managed.

Even before Inuyasha said it. He had already realized what it was... It was the scent of blood.

8 am

The first thing she did when she woke up was scream. And scream and scream until a boy came in and sedated her. He injected her with something... she felt her whole body go numb as she finally began to calm down...

Another boy came into the room and to her, they both looked almost identical, except for some features that were different... Like the moon mark and scratches on the face of the boy who sedated her. That and the fact that the one near the door had a worried look on his face while the boy beside her remained expressionless.

Then the boy near the door moved forward, took a chair and sat down beside the other boy. Without saying anything, the boy with the weird markings on his face left the room, leaving her alone with the boy who sat next to her. He opened his mouth, about to say something before he closed it again. She stared impassively at the boy, while he seemed a bit nervous to her.

There was an awkward silence, before he finally spoke. "Are you... feeling alright ?" He looked away the moment he finished saying the question. She studied him, he was wearing a red t-shirt with circular designs around it and a pair of jeans. His hair was black, long and his eyes were the color of gold.

She then became vaguely aware of the pain in her body. She shook her head; "Not really..." She managed, weakly.

He turned his head to look at her, then away again. "Oh..." Was all he said.

Another awkward silence followed. This time, she was the one who spoke first. "Who... are... you... ?" She asked him.

He hesitated, before answering; "My name is Inuyasha Taishou..." He swallowed. "... And you are... ?"

She blinked and tried moving her hands, but they would only move a few inches before dropping down again. "I'm... Ki... kyou..."

"What ?" His head snapped at her direction.

"I said..." Her eyes scanned the room. "... my name... is Kikyou..." Now that she thought about it, she wouldn't remember why she was screaming... In fact she couldn't remember anything at all. Everything was blank.

"Ah..." Inuyasha gave a light nod. Then added; "Are you from around here ?"

"I... don't know." She looked away.

"Where do you live ?" He asked again.

"I don't know." She tried sitting upright, but then fell back down again.

"Who are your family members ?" Inuyasha pressed, but somehow he already knew what the answer would be. He was getting the impression that she had...

"I don't know." Kikyou glared at him. "I don't remember anything except my name."

Inuyasha sat back on the chair and stared at her. She didn't sound like she was lying. When Sesshomaru was done bandaging her wounds, he told him that she had cuts above her palms and feet, and one severe injury on the front head. Inuyasha should have expected that she'd have amnesia.

Kikyou was pale, had long black hair and honey colored eyes, her dress was red, though he suspected that it was originally white. After being called a coward by Sesshomaru for refusing to change her clothes, he begrudgingly gave in and did it. It was hard as much contact as possible before letting her wear the blue nightgown of their-his- mother in their parent's closet.

And that's when Sesshomaru came into the room, holding a box. On impulse, his head spun back to Kikyou's direction as her eyes widened with surprise at the sight of the box. Sesshomaru moved further into the room as her eyes followed him, intently focused on the box.

They both found a bloody box held tightly in her arms. Only now, Sesshomaru cleaned it and it sparkled in the light. It had spiral coverings around it, with a different colored jewel at where it ends. It looked like a small treasure box.

"She can't remember anything." Sesshomaru said, matter-of-factly. He settled himself beside Inuyasha but made no move to sit down.

"You knew and you didn't tell me ?" Inuyasha accused. Sesshomaru barely glanced at him, he was looking at Kikyou. He heard everything, and already suspected memory loss from the brain damage. It was a deep wound. "I thought you knew. I overestimated you, Inuyasha."

"Go to hell." Inuyasha barked, then turned his attention to Kikyou. She held a worried look on her face but was unresponsive.

Sesshomaru began to open the lid of the box-which was facing her- but Kikyou was fast. She immediately lurched forward and grabbed both ends of the box, closing it shut. Both he and Inuyasha were in shock, after he had injected her with a medicine that should have kept her from moving, she should be like statue by now.

Instead, with some extraordinary force, she been able to reach over to him and grab the box. Kikyou was shaking, but when she brought her eyes to meet his, it was filled with malice.

"If you open it... I will kill you."