Nothing to Lose

by mischievous female

Kagome lives as an orphan in Edo. Forced to steal in order to survive, she is captured and imprisoned within the Western palace. With nothing to her name, Kagome has nothing to lose. Kag/Sess

1. Complete Author's Note

Author's Notes

Disclaimer

Nothing to Lose is a story through my own creation and does not reflect any stories that I have read, watched, or heard. My inspiration comes within me through experience and seclusion to gather my thoughts.

I do not have the copyrights regarding Inuyasha. Rumiko Takahashi owns Inuyasha and all the characters that are entitled to the manga and anime. I have no desire to embezzle the rights to Inuyasha.

I will disclose a list characters that are mine through my own creation. This list will be updated as more characters are created.

Lady Nami

Kyoto

Akunar

Tsume

Lady Kima

Lord Muisho's

There is one quote in Chapter 39 that is marked because the quote is from the short novel The Heart of Darkness.

I will not enclose any other disclaimers throughout the duration of Nothing to Lose.

Chapters

Chapters are different from installments or updates. For example, will state that Chapter 5 has be added, but within Chapter 5, might be chapters 10-15 within the story. There will be introductions to new chapters.

Some chapters will be in Kagome's point of view while others will be in Sesshoumaru's or third person narrative. No chapter will contain more than one view; I do not want to confuse any readers. So, pay attention when chapters change within an installment because most likely it will be a different point of view.

Few chapters are only a few paragraphs long while others are several pages. I do not force myself to write continuously because the chapter would hold no meaning and the significance of the chapter would be inconsequential.

The length of installments is determined by the relevance of each chapter. Of course, each chapter is relevant to the story as a whole, but each event could be told in by a different perspective therefore, those chapters are relevant.

Please do not ask for longer installments because I will not by heed to it. Forcing myself to create longer chapters brings about writers' block and I will not make that mistake twice.

I will not reply to reviews within installments because it distracts the reader. I, myself, have come across it in more than a few stories. I do not want readers distracted by words that do not relate to the installments.

Characters

Since Nothing to Lose does not follow the manga or anime in terms of plot or scenery, the personalities and abilities of characters will be portrayed differently.

Shippo cannot verbally communicate with any human in this story.

Sesshoumaru does not covet Inuyasha's sword, the Tessaiga, and possess both arms.

Lord Inutaisho is alive and ruler of the Western Lands.

Sesshoumaru's mother has perished, similar to the anime and manga, but Inuyasha's demon mother is Lady of the Western Lands. Therefore, Inuyasha is a full-blooded youkai in this story.

Lady Nami is Inuyasha's mother name.

Kagome's mother name is Kyoto.