A/N: I'm going to keep chapters shorter. It was always easier for me to read this way on a computer, so it's how I prefer to post my writings.

Prologue

Disclaimer: I do not, and never will, own Inu-Yasha.

Shit! Oh, Shit! They're gonna catch me!

"Damn it!" Kagome ran as fast as she could to escape from her pursuers.

"I see her!" came a male voice somewhere from the left.

"There she is!" came another. "Hurry up! She's headed for the desert!"

Kagome looked back to see how close they were…That was her downfall. She stumbled, giving them enough time to catch her. She screamed as she felt arms wind around her. No! She struggled frantically. "You foolish woman. Did you honestly believe you could escape us?"

"I think we need to teach her a lesson, Boss."

"Yeah, no one gets away with killin' one of our men! Right, guys?" There was a chorus of cheers from the men.

The man they referred to as 'Boss' looked indifferently as he said, "Beat her and leave her to die in the deep in the desert." He shoved her into the arms of one of his men. "Other than that, do as you wish." He turned to walk away.

"No!" She cried, increasing her struggle ten-fold. "Let me go, assholes! No!" She fought, kicking and biting. Doing her best to remember the self-defense her father had taught her long ago.

He paused, looking back at her with a slight smirk on his face. "Goodbye…Kags."

"Don't you dare call me that, you bastard!"

"You wound me, Kagome. You had insisted I call you that before." He said in a hurt voice that was so obviously fake. "Ah, well, such is life. Goodbye."