Disclaimer: I do not Inuyasha, but the plot is all mine.

Warning: This fanfiction is VERY AU so please remember that.

The Start of it All

Rain beat steadily down, a torrent poured out of the heavens drenching the land. The oppressive gloom coated the land in a colorless sheen. The grey atmosphere made the running water reflect back like shiny blood in the moonlight.

"The world is dead, just like my mood," softly uttered the young woman surveying the weather's wrath.

"What was that?" Clear and cold, the cultered voice pierced the curtain of rain.

"Oh nothing Kikyo, never mind." Kagome shook her head as if to escape her mind's thoughts.

"Well good, we don't have time to sit around. We must see Genko, and prepare. Doubtless, he will want us ready by morning, the war has begun."

The self assured miko spun on her heel walking away from the sea's edge. Erect back, suggested an inflexible nature. Vertical strands of ebony brushed against the blood red part of her uniform.

Kagome watched her go, remaining for one last look at the sea. Wavy locks of sable hair danced in the breeze, even the rain could not hold it down. She shared the looks of Kikyo, the same beauty but different. Kikyo's ethereal skin fit the darkness of moonlight, the place of shadows and paleness. Kagome was the day. Her face awaited the rays of golden sunshine, the revealing light hid nothing, sharing its warmth. Day, her beauty could flourish. She was the sun, Kikyo was the moon.

Her stormy eyes reflected the water's restlessness. "As much as I hate them, it shouldn't have come to this." Her desolate words dropped like stones sinking beneath the waves. Fists curled tight, crimson drip off her knuckles, "Damn all you demons."

Across the deep torrent of water, a demon jolted awake in his bed panting for air. Clawed hands gripped the bed sheets, easily piercing the expensive silk. White hair draping across his back, the pearly hair glowed luminescent in the moon's light. Peaking from the masses of hair stood two triangle shaped ears, twitching occasionally to the night's sounds. "Death approaches."

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