Disclaimer: Sadly I don't own any of the characters from Inuyasha. ;(

A/N: This is my first Inuyasha fic and also the first fic I've written in a very, very long time. I just started watching Inuyasha a few months ago when they restarted it from the beginning so I'm still getting used to the characters and their mannerisms even though I'm totally caught up with the season now. So please go easy on me but feel free to correct any of my spelling errors, setting errors, or character flaws. Anywho, on with the story.

Prologue

'Where...where am I?'

"Kagome!" a familiar male voice yelled urgently, waking a half conscious Kagome from a rather disturbing sleep. A sick feeling sat in the pit of her stomach...it was a really disturbing sleep. In her dream InuYasha stole the Shikon Jewel from her and took it into his possession, using it to-

"Kagome!" the voice hollered once again.

"Miroku?"

"Kagome, thank God you're alive!" another voice called out. The voice was more high pitched and adolescent than the one before. Shippo?

'Alive??' Kagome wondered dumbfounded. 'I was just sleeping, geez...' The young teenager yawned and struggled to roll out of bed. 'Wait...why can't I move?' "What's going on??" she cried out urgently and jolted awake. A panic rose into Kagome's throat as she glanced down. She wasn't in bed at all...in fact she wasn't even horizontal to the ground. Kagome was tied up to the same tree she freed InuYasha from when she first encountered him. But why?

"Kagome, you fool," a menacing voice growled. Kagome blinked her eyes and saw the one man that she ever cared for standing a few yards away, supporting himself on a nearby tree. "Did you actually think I'd use the Shikon Jewel to become a weak pathetic human when I could become...this?" InuYasha lifted his hands in front of his face, studying them intently with glowing ember eyes.

'Oh no, that wasn't a dream I was having! T hat was real! InuYasha actually used the power from the sacred Shikon Jewel to become a full demon. Oh how I wish I were dreaming now...'

As the reincarnation of the priestess, Kikyo, Kagome sensed InuYasha's strength had increased one hundred fold. Power coursed through his entire body; she could see it running through his veins. She watched as InuYasha balled one of his hands into a fist and punched it into the other. 'When did those hands become so violent towards me? Those were the same hands that held me close many times. The same hands that would sift through my hair gently. Those same hands that protected me from powerful demons. Now who would protect me from you?'

"Everyone will fear me, including you," InuYasha growled lowly, almost reading her thoughts. All gentleness that once existed was now gone as he sliced through the air with his claws, as if to give a demonstration of his great power. InuYasha was standing a good 10 feet away but Kagome still felt the effects of his powerful lash as it rippled through the air towards her face, slicing her cheek open. Kagome gasped and whipped her head to the side in pain as blood streaked down her face and pooled in the ground.

"Kagome, no!" a female voice yelled in concern. "Stop this InuYasha!"

'Sango, is that you?'

Kagome glanced to her left and she saw Sango, Shippo, and Miroku all tied to their own trees, just as she was. Poor Kirara laid next to Sango lifeless with an arrow sticking up from her side.

"Would you just shut up!?" InuYasha bellowed. He turned on Kagomes friends and took a giant leap, landing in front of Sango. He didn't give Sango any time to protest. He took his tetsusaiga in it's dormant state and raised it to her throat, using the rusty sword to slice through her delicate skin. Sango gave one last escaping breath before her head sunk down into her chest.

There was an eerie silence for as everyone registered what just happened. Shippo's face was completely pale and blank. His mouth hung open in a small 'o' as he continued to stare at Sango, expecting her to give sign of some sort of life. Kagome turned and bowed her head down. Tears streamed down her face while she struggled to keep her composure. Miroku on the other hand could not keep control.

"Sango, no!!" Miroku finally sobbed. Tears flowed freely down his face and he struggled against his restraints. "I'll kill you, InuYasha. I swear to the Lord I worship-you will die by my hands!" Miroku strained against the rope but all it did was bite in to his flesh, breaking his skin. He couldn't feel it though...all he felt was the pain tearing through his heart as the only woman he ever truly loved was murdered.

InuYasha paid no attention to Miroku. He stared and Sango's lifeless body. Then out of nowhere he erupted in to a maniacal laugh. He held out his Tetsusaiga and continued his insane hysterics while Miroku screamed empty threats at him.

Kagome's eyes hardened at the sound of his laughter and she turned her head to look at InuYasha straight in the eyes. 'Those eyes,' she thought back. 'Those piercing amber orbs that used to watch over me through the trees. Those piercing eyes that could see right through my soul. Those eyes that I once drowned in.' Now they glowed with a demonic aura, erasing all of who he once was. This wasn't InuYasha she was facing anymore. InuYasha is dead..."Why?" Kagome bawled. "Why are you doing this? Don't you know that we loved you?" She paused and took a breath. "Don't you know that I loved you?"

There was a small female chuckle in the background and a figure stepped in from the shadows. The figure walked slowly and deliberately. "Silly girl. Did you ever think InuYasha could love one such as yourself when he had me all along?"

The voice was hauntingly familiar...

"Kikyo!" Kagome gasped with realization.

Sure enough it was Kikyo who emerged from the darkness and she now stood behind InuYasha. She placed her hand on his shoulder and InuYasha instinctively placed his hand over hers, squeezing it gently. Kikyo took the time to lower her cheek down to his hand and rub gently back and forth, caressing his hand with her smooth skin. "InuYasha was just using you, Kagome," Kikyo started. She lifted her head and stared into her reincarnations eyes. This woman-no this girl stole her soul. Stole who she once was. But that's ok. Now all was well with InuYasha by her side. "He wanted to become a demon 50 long years ago," she continued, "and now he has fulfilled his destiny. It would have been sooner if you didn't break the damn jewel, forcing us to find each shred. No matter though...what is done is done." Kikyo lifted her bow and reached back to grab an arrow from the buffalo skin casing and aimed steadily at Kagome's heart.

"And so are you. Say good-bye."

"No!!" Kagome yelled and closed her eyes tightly as she braced herself for the pain to come.

"Kagome!!!"

A/N: Pretty exciting eh? Ok maybe not that exciting. Be a good reader and lemme know if you liked it or not. I don't want to continue writing a story if I don't have any fans. Much peace and love.