AN: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters in the anime. Even though that would be cool cause I'd be rich and all...

Now on with the story!

For all it's Worth:

Chapter One Prologue

Fear can consume a human's soul if they let it. Many are drawn to the feel of it, how their adrenaline rushes and their heart beat quickens. Then there are the ones who hide and run from the fear itself. Either way, the soul is consumed by the feelings made. Fear is one feeling that consumes the soul the most and worse.

The rain fell hard against me as I continued to run through the dark and tough forest. Tree branches scratched at my exposed face, arms, and legs. But I didn't care at the moment. I just needed to run and get away. All I needed was to get away from all that I was running from.

Mud splashed up from under my feet. The moist dirt now covered my shoes and splashes were made up to my pale knees. My once white knee socks now were down to my ankles and brown. Still, I kept running, hoping to get away.

My heart was pumping so fast that it was beating against my ribs, about to explode. Adrenaline was the only thing keeping me running. I knew that if I stopped for a rest, I would be out of energy so I couldn't move. Also, that "he" would catch up. That if for that one moment that I stopped, I would be doomed. If "he" caught me, what would happen?

Fear pushed me forward. But love wanted to pull me back. My mind and heart had wanted to separate and go in two different directions. But the fear over ruled the other. No matter how much I loved him, my own fear kept me from staying near him. I just had to leave.

My ears could hear the sound of quick footsteps behind. The sound of branches breaking and the growling of the beast, of my quick breaths and own feet breaking twigs and kicking rocks. There was the sound that sounded like rain, but I knew wasn't. Mud splashing and the rain falling to the ground, I could hear almost anything around me. But the loudest thing I could hear was the sound of my heart that was about to shatter apart.

I was just about to my destination, to my safety. Almost to the clearing of this dark and bleak forest where I've been trapped in for what's felt like hours, where I could find my salvation. That's when I tripped over a rock and fell to the hard and moist ground that was once under me. Now I was covered in the mud. All the power that once kept me moving only seconds ago seemed to vanish in just that one quick moment.

What I feared had happened. "He" would now catch me and there was nothing I could do but wait and see what happens. Nothing I could do except wait.

The scratches and wounds on my body leaked blood now and that was blurring my vision from all the blood I was loosing. Giant gashes on my left arm, side of my left leg, and my side were starting to become painful since I now took full notice of the wounds. Tears and fatigue blurred my vision while pain and weariness kept me from moving one bone in my body.

I was slowly losing hope.

That's when I heard it. The footsteps stop and in one giant leap; "he" was now in front of me. I could see his bare feet in front of me and the bottom of his red pants. He went to my side and kicked me so I could see the trees and dark grey sky above me. Now I could also see the blood red eyes with the blue pupils. Also the purple jagged streak that lined on each side of his face and the long claws on each one of his hands that had my blood covered over both.

Here in front of me was what I was running from. My worst fear and most loved. The blood thirsty demon Inuyasha.

"Hey Kagome, why are you running away from me? We're just starting to have fun."