Prologue Inu-Yasha's POV

"Kagome!" I screamed. I have to help her-to save her! But I can't move. It's dark. Where is she?! I whirled around. Not even my hanyou eyes could penetrate this blackness. I sniffed; I could smell her blood, and her fear.

"Inu-Yasha! Inu-Yasha, help! Please! Inu-Yasha!" Her scream reverberated off the walls of the cavern. I felt rooted to the spot and yet I couldn't stop running. I followed the sound as best I could.

"Kagome! Kagome where are you?!" I prayed she could hear me, know I was coming.

"Inu-Yasha!" she was closer. I ran a little further. There was a dim light ahead.

"Kagome! Kagome talk to me!" She had to be down there. I was sprinting faster than I had known I could. I turned a corner-

"Inu-Yasha!" I was glad of my demon eyes, otherwise I would have been blinded by the sudden light; I stopped dead. Kagome was being held by the spider-head we had met on that night so long ago, when Kagome discovered my night of weakness.

"What?" I yelped in surprise, then growled. "You're dead!"

"Apparently I'm not." He grinned maliciously.

"You sill be soon!" I drew Tetsaiga, but it didn't transform. "Huh? No!" I looked at my clawless fingers, and my black hair. "It can't be. It's not the new moon!"

"Inu-Yasha, please!" Her voice sounded weaker. Her head had been forced back by the spider-head.

"Kagome!" I spurted forward raising the Tetsaiga, but he flicked my away like an irksome insect.

"Say good bye, little girl." Kagome yelled in panic.

"Inu-Yasha - Inu-Yasha, I love you!" The spider-head used his claw to slit her neck.

"Kagome, no!" I awoke panting in a cold sweat,