hello readers! this is a Kaname/Kagome/rido fanfiction! it sounds complex, right? but I HAD to try this combination. I'm just having fun writing this fanfic! if there are any mistakes, please let me know!

summary: during the final battle, Naraku shoots an arrow at Kagome and binds her to Inuyasha's tree forever. when she wakes up, she meets new faces, including rido and Kaname Kuran. can she take revenge against Naraku, now a king of the vampires?

chapter 1: the feudal era

it was all HER fault. HER doing. how could she have been so stupid? she should've have trained harder. she should've have tried harder. but there was nothing she could do now. while floating in her unconscious mind for 5 centuries with regret she lost her will, her hope, her revenge, and her sense of time. she knew she was alive, but she couldn't acknowledge what era it was or wake up. but as her consciousness rose up from the deep waters, she found herself an emotion she had lost long ago. revenge.

feudal era, during the final battle-

her friends were winning. they had killed countless youkai, destroyed Naraku's palace, collected almost all the jewel shards, and finally, they were cornering a staggering Naraku to the cliff next to Inuyasha's forest. she- her friends tasted the sweetness of victory already. it was already in their hands when it all went wrong. it was quite surprising how things can change so quickly.

she had kept her barrier of energy up during the battle at all times. but when they finally cornered Naraku, she let down her barrier unconsciously because of her relief. too late, she saw the mischievous glint in Naraku's eyes. his tentacles shot out, lifting her and slamming her body against the tree of Inuyasha, the very place Inuyasha was pinned upon.

he then shot a corrupted arrow created with his energy, binding her to the tree. the moment the arrow went through her heart, her entire body just shut down, forcing her to a treacherous sleep. the sight before her eyelids closed. the sight of sango, her boomerang being torn away from her grasp, her vulnerable back unprotected by a barrier, torn apart by Naraku's tentacles. miroku, who kept his shield up but finally yielded to the pounding force from the minion of Naraku. inuyasha...oh inuyaha.. her heart squeezed painfully at the thought of him. his beautiful white hair soiled with blood.

naraku.

standing back on his feet with all the glory, his face triumphant of his victory. sapphire met ruby for a brief second before Kagome finally slumbered into her deep, eternal sleep.