a/n: i can't beleive myself! I still havn't found the notes for my other stories - and am I looking for them? No! Instead I'm writing ANOTHER story! This one just popped into my head, demanding to be written... so here it is.
Disclamer: I don't own Inuyasha. Unfortunatley. * Sighhhh*
Prologue: In the Evening of the Dawn
She stood there, in the pouring rain, watching as the figure approached.
She was frightened - but she refused to show it. These were dangerous times, and she felt that her fears should be reserved for herself.
"Oi, woman!" The first snarled, glaring down his nose at her, "What are ya doing out here?"
She stiffened, and looked him coldly in the eyes.
"Nothing." She replied, before looking demurely at the ground.
"What's that you found, Hakaku?" Another male voice called.
"Nothing." The one before her replied offhandedly, running a hand over one of his spiked strands of hair.
A taller male came to stand beside him, "Nothing, eh? Looks like you found us a little lady."
"She's a looker, boss!" another man spoke up.
She took a step backwards.
She knew they were Youkai. She knew at least ten different ways to kill them here and now. She knew that there were at least thirty ways she could die at their hands before her next blink.
In other words - she had no chance against them.
"I suppose." the leader replied , "But a woman is a woman - we have to take her to the cages."
The one named Hakaku grunted, as he grabbed onto her arm, and tugged her roughly to his side, "As you command, Koga."
Koga smirked, "Let's move on."
She cast one last look back over her shoulder as she was dragged away.
She hoped that her sister had seen. She hoped that she would train hard in the ways of demon slaying. She hoped that her sister would live a free life.
But alas - no one was free anymore.
~ in a castle in the woods~
"Master!" a tiny voice shouted after a pair of fast paced feet, "Wait for me!"
In the dark half light of the corridor, it was a wonder that he could see.
"What do you want, Myoga?" He finally asked, irritated.
"It's just, master, that your sons-"
"My sons?"
"Yes. They have-"
"What've they done THIS time?" the master of the castle demanded, stopping short.
"Well you see master-"
"Where are they?"
There was silence, before the small messenger replied quietly, "that's exactly it - no body knows."
The youkai lord cursed loudly. This was the fifth time this month his two sons had gone missing - although it was the strict rule that NO ONE was aloud outside in the wild lands.
But had they listened? Of course not.
Damn children these days.
They just didn't listen/