Chapter One

I was asleep when all of a sudden I woke up because of my nightmare. I saw a young man with a weird scar on his left eye. He looked at me and said "Are you okay?" I looked at him and nodded, because at the moment I couldn't speak. I was still a little shaken up from the nightmare I had just had. He told me his name was Zuko, or at least, I think that's what he said. I don't really remember that night all that well.

Oh, by the way, I think I forgot to mention that my name is Kagome Higurashi. I'm sixteen-years-old. Awhile ago I met a half-dog demon boy named InuYasha and he was such a jerk. He kept calling me "Kikyo", which really started to annoy me. Then he didn't even say my name until after we defeated Yura of the Demon Hair. After awhile, I figured out who Kikyo was. She was a girl that InuYasha loved and I was apparently her reincarnation. InuYasha still didn't seem to like my being there and having to help with collecting the Sacred Jewel Shards, even though it shattered because of me. Anyways, it turns out that InuYasha was in love with me and I honestly don't know if he still is or not, but I don't think he is since he's with Kikyo again.

Now, back to the present. I had just realized that the man with the scar, Zuko, I think, was sitting next to me and he kept saying "Sssh, it'll be okay". At first I was confused, but then I had also realized that I was crying, probably because of my nightmare. I leaned into him and started to fall asleep.

When I woke up I had no control over my own actions, and I still couldn't speak. At this point I was freaking out. I didn't have a clue about what to do. So, I just kept trying to scream or get control of myself again, and apparently I did something right, because I immediately got control of myself again. I sat up to find Zuko sitting on the floor with six other people. I looked at all of them and saw a kid with a tattoo of an arrow on his head with a girl sitting next to him, which I assumed was his girlfriend. I also saw a blind girl, a fat old man, another boy who had ponytail, and a girl next to him. I had a feeling that she was the ponytail boy's girlfriend. Zuko looked at me and smiled. He came up to me and told me his friend's names and his uncle's name. They told me about themselves and I told them about me, or at least as much as I was allowed to tell them. I told them that I am a half-demon. I told them that I am half dog demon, and my human side is half witch, half whitelighter, and, sadly, part priestess. After I told them that, they started asking me questions that I was not allowed to answer.

I tried to stand up, but when I did I got really dizzy and fell over. Luckily, Zuko was there to catch me. I think I might be falling in love. I told myself No! I'm NOT falling in love again! over and over again, but I was lying to myself. If I couldn't fool myself, I couldn't fool Zuko. So, I asked his friends if I could talk to him alone. When we were finally alone, I asked him to sit by me. He did and when he looked at me we just sat there, starring at each other. Then we finally kissed and when we stopped we were both breathless. I didn't have a clue about what to say or do. All I could do was smile. He was smiling too, so I didn't feel too stupid. He lay down and told me to lie down, too. We just laid there and I finally fell asleep. I didn't have any nightmares that night.

I woke up and he wasn't there. I looked around and I started to panic, because I couldn't find him. Then he came in and scared the shit out of me. I turned around and started laughing. He started to laugh, too. I suddenly jump up like I can't control myself again, but this time I jump onto Zuko. Then I groan in pain, because my side had a really deep cut in it. He picks me up and sets me on the bed, then runs to get Katara, the kid with the arrow tattoo's girlfriend. His name is Aang. She came in the room and used water to heal me, even though I still don't know how she did. After she was done I fell asleep. I've been doing that a lot lately.

I had that nightmare again and I woke up screaming for Zuko. He came running in there and immediately tried to calm me down, because I was crying so hard. From that point on he started to stay in there with me whenever he had the chance. Not only was it Zuko that was worried, but his uncle and all his friends were, too. I just cried all night and Zuko just stayed awake with me until about noon the next day, when we were both fast asleep. I woke up peacefully. So did Zuko. I told him that I never have any nightmares when he's there with me. So he decided that he would stay with me every night. Well, that is whenever he could. His uncle didn't really like the idea.

So, the next night I went to bed without Zuko. He came into my room in the middle of the night and I was in the middle of a nightmare. He came running up to me and tried to wake me up. It worked. I woke up, scared to death, and I just wrapped my arms around his neck. He held me for the rest of the night and I just cried.

The next thing I knew, I fell asleep. I wake up, and, again, I can't find Zuko. I look around my room and I don't see him anywhere. I get up and I'm about to open my door, when all of a sudden someone's hand covers my mouth. The only thing I remember is that they had a piece of cloth in their hand. Then I blackout.

I wake up with a gag on my mouth. My hands are tied up behind a pole. I look around and I see Zuko. He has a gag, too, and he's tied up. The only difference is that he's cut and bleeding badly. My eyes widen when I realize that he's not passed out because of the same thing they did to me. He's passed out because he's lost too much blood. I start to struggle and he looks up. I see tears running down his face. I wish I could just hug him.

"Oh, right, I'm a retard." I think to myself. "I'm a whitelighter. I can orb."

So, I orb and take off my gag. Then, I run over to Zuko. When his gag is off, he says, "Forget about me and get out of here before they realize that you got yourself untied."

I look at him in disbelief. "He wants me to leave him here?" I think to myself. "No way am I leaving you here to die." I tell him.

"You have to get out of here."

"And I will...once I get you untied."

I struggle for what seems like hours trying to untie him. "Geez, they really don't want you to leave, do they?"

"No, they don't, so just go. I'll be okay. I promise."

"No you won't. You've already lost too much blood. You'll die if I leave you here." He looks at me and shakes his head. I start to cry because I can hear them coming and I know that means that I have to leave him.

"I can't leave you." I whisper.

"You have to." He whispers back then kisses me. "Now go. Hurry!"

"I'll be back for you." Then I orb out, even though I would rather stay there and die then leave him behind.