A/N: I have this story on AnimeSpiral under the name RiverLaithe. I have gotten pretty good reviews for it there, and I've decided that I want it here too. Oh, btw, the prologue (this part) is a spoiler. Read with care.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and co. Poo.
Kasera, Nothingness
PROLOUGE
The group walked down the hall and saw a shadowy figure at the end.
"Kasera?" Sango called into the darkness.
"Kasera?" Kagome repeated, adding a little more stress to the name.
The figure slowly turned around. The group gasped as one. It was Kanna, but she looked to be of about 18 years old.
"Kanna! I knew there was something familiar about you!" Inuyasha screamed, wishing they hadn't locked their weapons up.
Kagome stepped forward, looking like she was in a trance. Shippou would have screamed, but Kagome had a look of peace and balance on her face, not like she would have if she were being forced against her will to do anything.
Inuyasha wasn't so observant.
"Kagome! No!" He lurched forward, but before he reached her, Kagome placed her hands together as if praying, and a spiritual shield formed around her, knocking Inuyasha back. She kept the same look of peace and balance on her face the whole time. Sesshomaru would have chuckled at his half-brother being knocked down, but he decided that now was not the time.
"Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, Shippou, Kirara, Myouga, Sesshomaru, Rin, Kouga," she said in typical quiet Kanna-tones, "I am sorry to have betrayed you. Please let me explain. And, before you speak, hanyou, I do not know what has happened to the young miko."