A/N: I know that I shouldn't even be doing this, but I've wanted to put up this story for a while. It's set in America because I know close to nothing about Japan lol So please bare with me. It'll make more sense as the story continues. Tell me if you like it!


Prelude: From the Journal of Kikyou Taisho

To those that find this journal,

I know not what will become of me, but I pray that wherever I am when this is found, I am with my beloved Inuyasha. I do not know the date, I do not even know the time of day. It has been so long since I have left this room. My candle shrinks by the second, and I fear soon I will be trapped in darkness. I pray my end comes swiftly if aid does not. I would sooner die than face madness, and that is surely what will find me in here.

I have not eaten a single morsel, or drank a single drop since they left me here. It is a miracle I have survived for so long. I am weak, and I know my child is doomed. I know that if help does not come soon I shall be as well. And my poor Inuyasha… What has become of him? It would bring me peace if I only knew. If he lives, I hope he can forgive me for not being strong enough. If he lives, I hope he knows how much I love him.

And I want him to know that I did not let them take it. I did not tell them where it was. I may not be able to save myself, but I swore to Inuyasha that I would keep it from them, and I will keep that promise if it is the last thing I do in this world. I put it where they cannot go, and I pray where no others will dare try to look. This journal holds all my secrets. . . Inuyasha, if you live, I pray you are able to understand. I hope you can end this madness.

The silence rings louder in my ears now than any cannon. It keeps me awake though my body begs for sleep. I curse the ones that have locked me here. I curse them for taking my Inuyasha. I curse them for bringing this evil into our life. I pray that justice finds them. And if it doesn't then I swear I will.

Be it in this life or the next.