Author's Notes: Hey! This is my first fanfiction, so go easy on me, kay?

Full summary: Kagome is a slave. Inuyasha is a prince, but he is kept captive in Naraku's castle. They think they hate each other, and they need each others' help to defeat Naraku in the war. But like most stories, they fall in love...how is a slave supposed to marry a prince? [Inuyasha/Kagome] [Miroku/Sango]

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of its characters!

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In the Shadows

Chapter One: Golden Eyes

---=Kagome=---

Kagome sighed, "Another day working! Great fun!" she said sarcastically while throwing the ragged cloth on the ground.

A girl about 17 with long brown hair loosely tied in a ponytail beside her threw her piece of cloth down too and said, "Why does he even want us to make everything look perfect!? He's so creepy, and it's not like he cares if the whole place is a mess!"

"Probably just wants us to work our butts' off," replied Kagome.

"He's such a pain! All he does is sit in his 'throne' ordering people to gather more slaves for him!" Sango said. She looked like she was straining to run to Naraku and kill him.

"I know, Sango," Kagome said, looking into her best friend's eye, "but we're not strong enough to beat him! We're just humans, Sango! He's a hanyou...but I swear, Sango, once we get enough people we'll make him pay!"

Sango smiled knowing that her best friend would always be by her side.

"Yeah," Sango agreed.

When Kagome saw Sango smile, she smiled too. Kagome was glad because it had been days since she had seen Sango smile.

With that settled they both got back to work.

'Wonder if there's going to be anything exciting happening today...but I highly doubt that,' thought both of them in unison.

Little did they know that this was the day that would change their 'simple' life.

---=Kagome=---

A little after lunch, Kagome and Sango started watering the flowers in the garden (A/N: That's right! Naraku has a garden...=)...) when they heard the front gate opening.

The front gate never opened unless it was Naraku or if it was to buy food, but if it was to buy food, they would have bought way earlier, so that couldn't be it. If it was Naraku, he would go out at night, not morning! What was it then?

Sango and Kagome looked at each other and nodded. They quickly ran to the front gate.

When Kagome got there, she couldn't find Sango, but she was too busy watching what was in front of her to worry about it too much...

In front of Kagome were a couple of Naraku's soldiers carrying something...something that looked like a human.

But when Kagome looked closely, she gasped. It was a human, maybe even a hanyou. It was a hanyou about 17 years old; he had amazing silver hair and these very cute ears sticking out on the top his head.

But that wasn't what amazed Kagome the most.

His eyes. His golden eyes were what caught her attention the most. They were beautiful. At that moment, Kagome knew she could get lost in those golden pools for hours, but suddenly, she saw something in his eyes.

She saw irritation, anger, and confusion. His eyes betrayed his facial expression. His face stayed calm, but his eyes didn't. Kagome wondered if anyone else saw this.

She saw him scanning his surroundings, then his eyes landed on Kagome for a second, and he narrowed his eyes as if he was trying to remember something. Then he was carried away and into the castle...

---=Inuyasha=---

'Everything happened so fast.'

He remembered he was with his best buddy, Miroku. They were sneaking around Naraku's property, when suddenly something hard was knocked on his head.

'Shit, I let my guard down for a second and this is what I get,' he thought before falling into unconsciousness.

---=Inuyasha=---

When Inuyasha woke up, he was being carried through the gates.

He was confused at first, but he remembered that he was knocked out. He was on a mission to Naraku's castle to find out what he was planning, but Inuyasha took it that Naraku had somehow found out and knocked him out.

Inuyasha quickly scanned his surroundings. Everything seemed normal enough for him...flowers, trees, the gate, slaves, more slaves and more slaves. 'Man, this Naraku is starting to creep me out....all he has here are slaves!' Inuyasha thought.

He was about to stop looking around when he saw something that sparked his attention.

There, staring at him stood a girl, about a year younger than him. She had long raven hair and she had dark chocolate eyes. She was...pretty. She looked like a slave, but before he could study her more, he was carried into the castle.

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A/N: That was a little short chapter wasn't it? Not a really interesting chapter, but stick with me please, I promise the next one would be better!

Naraku is going to be a little different. He's going to have a little humour problem, (believe me, you'll find out what that means!) but it won't be too serious or it'll ruin the character!

Anywhooo, review please! Tell me what you think of this! I'll probably update tomorrow, depending if I get any reviews at all....;)! Cya,

purity.starz---July 27, 04---Redone on August 6, 04