[AU] At the age of ten Naraku cast Inuyasha into a life of slavery and exile. Now, the boy has become a man, and with the help of a courageous woman he begins a revolution to avenge his family and put an end to evil's tyrrany.

{Volume I in the "Confessions Trilogy} Kagome is raped, and Inuyasha is unexpetedly thrust into the role of being her emotional pillar of strength. But along the way he realizes that her path to healing could heal his own broken heart as well.