--- Author's note to the readers! - I've decided to try something new. For each chapter, I will draw a sketch drawing of one important scene in that chapter. That way you can sorta see what I see in my mind when I'm writing it. I just figured it be interesting. I will post a link in my profile (since it won't let me put links in here for some reason) for every chapter ( Even the chapters before I decided to do this chapters 1-4). So from chapters 1 - whenever this story ends there will be a link in my profile for it and there will be adescription of the scene at the bottom ofthe chapter. I do warn that it is not going to be great drawings. In fact they will probably be poor quality fast, doodle sketches because if I spent too much time on drawing them the story would never get finished. This is just mainly to get an overall view of what is going on. Again I will post one sketch drawing per chapter ( or atleast try to) And I do recommend Reading the chapter first before looking at the sketch. That way you know what that scene was about. Thank you again and hope you enjoy the story. Review with good or bad… haha even if its to tell me I suck at drawing and should stop. Thanks again. Phew! that was a long note to my readers!

Chapter 1: The light behind the darkness

Disclaimer This story is pure fiction and based off the characters from inu yasha. Please feel free to review whether they be good or bad! Thanks very much.

"Great another boring day to add to my ordinary life" I sighed as I mindlessly sat by my computer. "I really want to go outside… I think I'll take a walk around the park"

I sadly looked around at the few people that walked with the night life. How come I feel so disconnected from the world. Everyone seems so happy and full of life. I feel so alone and disconnected . I need some meaning in my life and I want to stop feeling this way, I thought to myself. I wish I could disappear and start over again. There are so many things I would change in my past… so many whatifs remain unfulfilled with me, I thought as I continued down my darkened path. I looked back to where the moon shone and I let the rays focus my eyes upon it. My family is my ray of moonlight, they are what keeps my path lit. I kept on thinking deeply and to my own disadvantage I only thought of depressing things. I really need to stop this, I thought as I continued on the walk path.

Suddenly a glimmer of light shone near the ditch ahead. Dare I peek in I though? I had never seen this ditch around here before. What is this I said as I peeked in. Something was shining in the depths that lie through the hole. I could not tell how far it went it. I reached my hand in to see if I could touch ground. I stretched the furthest I could to see if I could reach that glimmer of light but it was to deep for me to reach it. I got up and dusted my self off and was about to continue on my lonely, dark walk. When I felt something grasp my leg. I screamed but was dragged into the deep hole. I fell and fell and my heart thumped harder and harder. This is it, I thought to myself. I'm going to die. I'm so stupid… I took life for granted and now I'm going to die. This fear continued on and on into what seemed an endless fall. By the end I was wanting this torture to end. I finally touched ground with a loud, hard bump.

"I am dead", I thought as I looked up the hole. Realization hit me fast when I looked at the moon with my own eyes, "I'm not dead!", I exclaimed, "I'M NOT DEAD!" I explained while pinching and touching my self. I felt everything proving to myself that I was very much alive and still had sensation over my body. I was overjoyed until I realized that I was stuck. I could probably climb this hole, which seemed so much shorter than what I had fallen down, but I thought that a neighbor could probably help.

So I yelled " Help me please someone! Help me out of here" I heard running and my heart felt relieved.

I saw someone's shadow up towards the outside of the hole. I said, "Thank you so much!"

"Kagome is that you" the voice said.

"Kagome?..huh.. What?…" I said confused . "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed as my eyes started to focus on the white haired, dog earred creature above.

-Chapter 1 drawing picture scene link is on my profile page. If you go to my profile you will see text saying Chapter 1: The Light Behind the Darkness and after that you will see a link... click on that link or put it in your url to see a drawing i did for that chapter. The drawing explaination is below.

In that drawing you can see when Vanessa first sees the light shining from the ditch ahead.