Prologue

My sister and I were trying to do the impossible, we knew it from the start. Human transmutation, a taboo; even among the scientist who began the practice. It didn't stop us. Here I lay with no limbs, both of my arms and legs were gone. Tears ran down my face, I killed my sister. But I still have no idea why I lived. I told her a hundred times that she couldn't help; but when I started, I couldn't imagine what she was going to do. Not till it was far too late.

Wait maybe I should slow down and re-account what happened. I know it won't fix the past but maybe, just maybe I can figure out a way to fix this! It started with how he died, a horrible way to die, caused by a freak mining accident. I told him not to be a miner, but of course, he wouldn't listen to me. He was saving up money for an anniversary date for us to go on, or at least that's what his friends said. So here l lay in the wake of my own stupidity, as an only child with no arms or legs, slowly bleeding to death.

I lost consciousness within a few moments and was surprised to wake up at all. I am in a small cottage that I had never been in before. Everything was blurry, nothing made sense to my brain. I groaned out in pain and I heard footsteps moving towards me. I freaked out but I couldn't move or run from the unknown danger.

"You're finally awake, I was starting to worry I would have to bury you," someone said. All I saw was a yellow blob appear above me. "You tried transmutation on a human, didn't you?"

I stared up at him or at least I think it is a him. I blink rapidly trying to make sense of what my eyes are telling my brain then my vision clears and I see a man with striking resemblance to Ed and Al but older. Their father? I shake the question from my mind and say what has been killing me since I finally saw him without the blur of just waking up to say, "who are you?"

Before answer I fell back to sleep, more then likely from all the blood I had lost. I could hear Shio's screams in my head as the door dragged her away, her body slowly breaking down. My vision blurred from tears but I didn't have the limb to reach out and drag her back to me. Her face at that moment would forever be engraved into my brain; her eyes and mouth wide open as horrified screams that sounded like my name fall from them. Her hand reaching out to me as I was powerless to do anything about it.

"Shio!" I screamed out praying for them to take me instead of my little sister.. "Shio, hold on, I'll find a way to save you. I promise." It was a lie, I couldn't help myself much less Shio.

I snap my eyes open and hear a loud, high pitched shriek but can't figure out where it's coming from; then I realize. It's my own scream. "SHIO!" the man from before is suddenly standing over me. I never did get his name, and I start to struggle as he tried to calm me down. I don't want or need help from anyone! Least of all a stranger!

"Calm down", he says "I'm trying to help you have to calm down before you start bleeding even more then you already are!" I finally stop struggling feeling as if all my energy has been drained out of me "Now can you tell me your name?" the man asks.

"It's Tova. But before you ask for someone their name you should gives yours first sir," I said with a groan. "I'm sorry about that I don't find myself in this type of position before."

"Do you mean in a position where you will die without the assistance of another person?" he asked and I groaned, nodding my head yes.

"It is a bad idea for me to trust someone right away and it will never happen. Not as long as I want to stay alive, sorry to say so," I said.

"Go back to sleep, you need the rest," he said before sitting down in a nearby chair. I listened to him and fell to sleep without dreams hopefully.

~Kagome's point of view~

I run from the demons threatening to cut me to bits just to get the damn jewel shards I hold in my possession as I kill another with a blast of my spirit energy I look over and see Naraku pick all of my friends and allies who decided to fight with me in the final battle be picked by a separate tentacle emerging from his back wrap around them once with the tips pointing at their hearts I scream in terror of the fact of losing them and in anger of his thinking that he'll get away with it to. I quickly notch an arrow on to the string on my bow and I release it with a cry of 'GO!' and as it is engulfed in a light blue aura I see it hit right where his heart would be at the very place where the part of the jewel which I didn't have in my possession that had been absorbed into him and he quickly stabs all of my friends through their hearts. I quickly run to help aid them since the battle is finally over.

I make it to Sango first she smiles up at me and reaches out a hand and says "please don't let my death overwhelm your life sister remember that I will always be with you I'll never be gone but" she stops talking in a fit of coughs where all that comes up is blood "always remember that life goes on and so should you" and like that she is dead I cry out in anguish and then I remember the others. I quickly run to the next one they die then another, they die then another and it keeps going until everyone is dead and I'm the only one left. Sango, Inuyasha, Miroku, Koga, Sesshomaru, Kilala, Ginta, Hakkaku, Ayame and all of the others. All dead and I was helpless as they died in my arms one by one.

I ran to the village to look for Keade but only found her lifeless body without injury, a peaceful look on her wrinkled face. The rivers that had been flowing increased and my sobs grew louder as I went to the well. I needed to leave this era, before it was no longer an option to me, but more horrors meet me as I stepped into my own.

My house was set ablaze, not too far from the burning building was two bodies. I ran over although I was too late to save them. Mom and Sota had cuts and burns covering their body. I heard movement from the well and something shot out at me, grabbing my ankle. It was dragging me to the well so quickly that I couldn't have fought back. I couldn't think at all anymore. I screamed out as I was dragged into an unknown horror. I finally blacked out, to a place where I didn't have to face reality.

I realize that I'm awake and am on a rough surface much like the concrete of my time but it smells pure like the feudal era. I'm so confused what happened? I flutter my eyes open to see a man standing above me with black hair cut short that looks like it will never be tamed much like Sota's. 'Don't cry don't cry' and brown eyes like mama's 'don't cry don't cry' and a smile like the one that father had in the pictures that mama kept around the house so we wouldn't forget him 'don't cry don't cry SHIT!' I couldn't help it the tears just came they streamed down my face and the man standing over me picks me up into a sitting position and just holds me as I cry though I guess that he isn't used to this for he is really stiff and I can sense his awkwardness.

"I'm sorry about this sir. I've had one hell of a day," I said. "My name is Kagome Who are you?" He stands up, with a grim expression.

"My name is Roy Mustang and it is no problem. Where is your house? I'll walk you there," he said as he offered me a hand to help me get to my feet. "What's the matter?"

"It is hard to explain, but I don't have a home to return to, not anymore," I said and looked anywhere but at him.

"Come along then, you can crash at my place till you get on your feet," he said pulling me to my feet.

"Thank you!" I said feeling slightly cautious of this man but a year of sleeping in the forest has taught me that when someone offers you somewhere to sleep don't refuse unless you know they will kill you! I decide to give this man a chance he seems nice enough anyways. I just hope that this won't turn out badly everyone always say- said that I was a bad judge of character but they're all dead and gone now. I'm going to have to remember that.