Wolf-Chan: I will say this once and only once for this story! *Ahem* (reading from a script) Disclaimer—I don't own Inuyasha, the manga/anime and characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi-sensei. (throws script away) yeah, anyway, I try really hard to write well, but I'm human and I make mistakes, so sorry ahead of time. I came up with this story all on my own and I hope you enjoy it.

I am posting the prologue and first chapter together because the prologue is so abominably boring. If anyone has tips to make it better, please (please, please, please!) send me a message or something and tell me!

From East to West Prologue

I, Yuri, was born in the Western Lands, but contrary to what you may think I am the eldest daughter of the Dog Lord of the East. From birth I was an enigma, not only was the emblem upon my forehead not that of my father's house, but I was the first demon of high birth to have a traveling fortuneteller set my path. Not only that but she was entirely wrong. 'This child, she is strange, I do not pretend to comprehend her destiny.' That's what the records say the old lady said. My parents demanded that she give them my prophecy. She stared long and hard at me and then in a deep voice that did not belong to her she spoke:

'Born upon the road is she,

Her twin is born as well.

Though as far apart

As east and west may be

They'll find each other's heart.'

There's only one problem, I have no twin. I was the only one that was born to my parents that day.

One thousand years have passed since that day and any mortal would identify me as being in my twenty-eighth year. I can't say I'm especially beautiful. My full height is almost six feet and my brothers call me a beanstalk. My sister says that if slayers kill me they'll never be able to claim me as theirs because of my having a Silver Star on my forehead instead of my family's golden sun. Father says that with my headstrong attitude I may never get myself a husband despite God's help. But my mother loves me and that's all that matters to me.

Chapter 1

It began the morning I rode out on my demon mare, Ai, before dawn. The sky had only begun to turn the gray that heralds the dawn and the moon was on the western horizon as I urged Ai into a trot out across the fields surrounding the castle. The air was cold, but clean and I breathed deeply relishing the feeling of excitement it brought to my blood as it scraped down the back of my throat. The burning cold filling my lungs fueled the fire in my blood, awakening a primal desire to feel the wind lashing at my face and whipping through my hair. I spurred my mount into a gallop and relinquished my control to a more simple me.

I noticed nothing, neither sunrise nor the passage of hours. I came out of my reverie only when the sunlight suddenly disappeared and Ai slowed down to a walk. Blinking I looked around at the giant trees that now towered over me. I considered returning to the castle but something tugged inside of me so instead I forged further into the woods. By noon I had lost all sense of direction and at the back of my mind a small voice had begun to recite a verse, a single verse, over and over, but so quietly that, try as I might I could not make out the words it chanted. As the day wore on the trees seemed to grow larger, their trunks closer, and the darkness thicker, and Ai was becoming increasingly skittish and hard to manage.

The Horse Youkai seemed to be trying to look all ways at once and often moved from one side of the trail to the other as though she was trying to distance herself from one edge only to find that the other was almost under her.

Her nervousness began to infect me and as the voice grew louder in my ears I began to feel as though I was being watched. I listened to the voice in my head and slowly began to understand it.

"Love can be found,

Below tree

Above ground

And should love set you free

The whole world shall be bound."

It drove me to distraction, this disturbing verse and the insistent feeling of being watched.

Suddenly my demon mount reared and I fought to stay mounted knowing that whatever could startle a stalwart demon like Ai would probably be best to face from higher up. When Ai settled to the ground my legs hurt from their death grip and my arms burned from continuously pulling myself up. Then I saw what had frightened my horse so, and a shiver ran down my spine.

Its head was little more than beady eyes attached to a huge grinning mouth. Its limbs were long and powerful, ending in the largest claws I had ever seen on a creature, even a demon, until now.

It stood up on its back legs and I was taken by surprise when Ai bucked throwing me into a tree. My arm snapped on contact with the trunk and I fell half-conscious, into the dirt.

I struggled to hold onto my awareness for as long as I could. Ai, being a simple, weak demon, bolted when the creature advanced on her and it didn't try to pursue her, instead turning on me. The last thing I saw as darkness encroached on my vision was a bright light wrapping around the creature's waist and throat. A voice spoke coldly as pain claimed the light and the verse danced on in my thoughts.

A/N: Thanks for reading this far guys!

My next chapter will hopefully be posted tomorrow (it really depends on how much time is available, because everything's written)

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