Disclaimer: I'm only putting this up once, so listen up. I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA! If I did, I wouldn't be writing FANfiction. Plus, I am not worth suing. Any new characters are mine. Enjoy!
In the woods around a small village was a particularly dark grove. Within the grove was a small opening into the earth. A den, perhaps, or a lair. Humans seldom ventured near there, and the few that did rarely returned. Yet this night was unusual. In the darkness, a serpentine form could be seen making its way out of the ground, then quickly sliding through the shadows, away form the grove. Had there been an observer to see this, they might have heard the figure muttering softly to itself in a soft, hissing voice.
"NO! Never again!" Ragged breath. "I won't be one of them any more. I, Ky-No. The one /they/ know is dead. I'll take a new name, and they'll never find me again." The figure paused, looking at something in its hand. "And I will not let them have this."