A/N: I chose Kouga for this story b/c he is so flippin AWESOME! Now on w/ the story.

10 years later…

Sakira sat on the grass prodding a worm with a stick. It was so boring and so depressing all the time living in Naraku's castle. She had tried to escape loads of times, but he was always out in the woods doing something with some villagers that he caught her every time she tried. He was obsessed with some stupid jewel and she never understood why. And if he wasn't out in the woods, he was out in the garden plotting his next move on some half-demon. Inu-something. I don't get it. Why is this guy such a big deal? What has he ever done to Naraku? I wonder if my parents have anything to do with this. Whoever this dog demon is, I want to know if he knows Mom and Dad.

For as long as she could remember, Sakira had been living with Naraku. For as long as she could remember, she had been dreaming of someday meeting back with the two people she really belonged to. All she had as evidence of their existence was a gold chain with a heart at the end. If you opened this heart up it had a picture of her mother on the left, and her father on the right. She didn't know in her mind if they were even alive, but her heart could feel that they were out there, somewhere, waiting to see their daughter run into their arms after years of separation. Naraku told her that they left her out in the woods one night after a huge battle. That he found her and took her in. It sounded almost true at first, but as she grew up, she silently grew less and less convinced to a point now that she didn't even believe it at all.

She lay down flat, trying to think of something else to do. When nothing came to mind, she decided to go inside. She got up and reached for the door, but stopped. Voices. Kagura was back from a mission. Instead of going in, Sakira would eavesdrop and try to know a little of what was going on. She crouched to prevent being spotted and pressed her to the door.

"…failed to kill them yet again," Naraku said.

"They still haven't forgotten that day. If I had left them unscathed then I guarantee you they'd have followed me here and taken her," came Kagura's voice.

"Yes, I must say I'm quite surprised it's taken them this long to hunt for the web."

Web? Sakira wondered.

"Naraku, you keep talking like this and I won't understand even your instructions anymore."

"Kagura, this is all a...spider's trap, if you will. Little Sakira was the web that I spun. I made. When you took her on that fateful day, you were spinning the web that I was going to settle in to wait for the victim. When you brought the girl here, the web was complete. Now all I had to do was wait for the fly, her parents, to arrive. When they would have they would stick to the web with no escape. And once a fly is trapped in a spider's web, it is killed shortly thereafter."

Sakira stumbled back, panting. She heard all she needed to hear. Now she know the truth. Naraku had lied to her, just as she had suspected. She wasn't found, she was kidnapped. That's it. I'm through with this. I'm tired of you, Naraku. Sick. And. Tired of your oblivion to me and your cruel ways.

Now she had something to do: plot a way to escape from this heinous place. The best time to do it she never thought much of until now. Do it at night. All the other times she was too afraid to go at night. Now she didn't care. She just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

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Night fell in feudal Japan. The only things that were stirring were the nocturnal creatures…and a ten-year-old girl. Lucky for her Naraku slept in a different room, but that also meant that she couldn't tell if he was awake or not. She didn't worry about grabbing food or money. If she died of starvation, well, at least she would be dying away from Naraku. That was good enough for her. She slid open the door as slowly as possible to prevent any loud and/or sudden noises. She slipped out using as little space as possible between the door and the wall. Same thing with closing the door: slowly and silently.

With that accomplished Sakira tiptoed as quickly and quietly as she could across the garden. She was just about to cross the imaginary property line when she accidentally bumped into a statue. It fell into the waterfall fountain with a loud splash.

Oh crap RUN! She thought furiously. She sprinted away into the woods, going as fast as her legs would carry her and praying that she wouldn't trip over a root and sprain her ankle.

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Back at the castle, Naraku woke with a start. He thought he heard a splash come from outside. Suspicious, he got up to go check on Sakira. When he got to her room, he found it empty. He thrust out his hive in fury. Out emerged his swarm of poisonous insects. He turned to one of them, pointed at Sakira's bed and said to it, "Find her."

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Sakira stopped running. She had been running for what felt like hours. She paused to take a breather. I hope Naraku didn't hear the water. Who knows what he'd do to me if he discovered I was gone. She felt like she'd been running for hours. She must have been miles away…or at least, she hoped she was. Sakira had never done much running in her life. Unless you count running from scary villagers or nearby demons, but she wasn't running very far. Now it was a whole different story.

Sakira decided to walk for a while, but make it fast walking. She wanted to put as much distance as possible between her and Naraku. Panting along, she found that she was now on a bumpier path. She smiled. Now I'm past his usual path. I'm truly out in the wild now.

Her spirits rose. She began to jog for a little while. The best way to do this is to keep moving no matter what the pace. Go until I see a village.

When she came out of this reverie she heard running water. A very faint sound but she could have sworn she heard running water. And then a sound that she wished she didn't hear. Her heart stopped. There was a buzzing sound coming from behind her that she knew only too well. Naraku's poisonous insects. I'm really in for it now. He knows I'm gone. Naraku, you bastard.

No time to lose. She made a break for it, running as fast as she could to get away and couldn't help but remember that she forgot to bring a weapon along. Sakira's chest felt like it was about to explode. Her legs were screaming for air. Tears were in her eyes pleading Naraku to call back his bugs even though she knew he couldn't hear her. She could run no longer. She would have to fight. Running wasn't going to help anymore. But what would she use to fight? Oh, that's right. The one weapon she always carried with her whether she wanted to or not.

She halted and turned around to face the swarm. Sakira whipped off the cloth on her right hand and screamed, "WIND TUNNEL!!!"

Sakira knew this wasn't good for her, but right now it was all she could do. This was getting more and more painful. Just a little more, then I can rest.

Once she saw that they were all inside her, she closed the hole up. This was difficult, for her vision was now blurry. Her head was spinning, and she couldn't move. She felt hot all over. Sakira sensed a demon nearby, but she couldn't do anything about it. She saw a blurred form of a person with long black hair and what looked like fur armor. "Who--" was all she could manage before she blacked out completely and remembered no more.

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A/N: I know, the beginning's a little boring, but how would u feel if u were stuck w/ the likes of Naraku, who has no intention of caring about u? this chapter is a little short, but others will be longer I PROMISE! plz R&R

NEXT CHAPTER\/

CH. 2 Enter Kouga, the Wolf Prince> Sakira is rescued by a demon, which is odd because all the demons she knew had one intention: to kill. specifically a half-demon. Apparently this wolf prince knows Naraku's #1 target. Little does she know that Naraku is still after her. And he's got a brand new plot.