Disclaimer: I no own; you no sue. Not the story characters, and not the songs. Get it. Got it? Good.

A/N: I don't like Kikyou. I'm a fan of Inuyasha & Kagome, and Sesshoumaru &Rin. And of course, Miroku & Sango, as if that weren't already obvious. So anyways, sorry if you don't like. I like it so I wrote it this way. Go me!

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What If?

I walk a lonely roadThe only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone
I walk this empty street
On the boulevard of broken dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk alone
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I'll walk alone
green day Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Prologue

Let me set the... setting. Here goes: a year after Inuyasha was born, Sesshoumaru became more and more jealous. After a fight with his father, he ran off to think, to be alone. He stayed out for hours, worrying his father and step-mother to no end. Inuyasha was confused as to why his older half-brother was doing this, for he did it at least once a week. Usually he'd leave just after breakfast and come back just after dinner, saying he wasn't hungry and that he'd already hunted. It worried his parents, but after a while they began to somewhat accept it. There wasn't much to be said about it.

But this time, Sesshoumaru didn't come home. After over twenty hours of being gone, Hennyo went out to track his oldest son down. He was gone for two days and returned home with sad news for his mate: Sesshoumaru was really gone this time. Although Sesshoumaru was not her own, her human nature had accepted her husband's son as if he were hers. She mourned the loss of her step-son as much as Hennyo.

After three years of searching, Hennyo and his family gave up looking and admitted that Sesshoumaru was really gone for good. Hennyo began to raise Inuyasha as his heir and successor. His training increased and more was expected from him suddenly. Jaken, Sesshoumaru's personal servant, began to help Inuyasha. And, since he was the only one left, Inuyasha bore it all and silently cursed Sesshoumaru for leaving him.

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A/N: Okay, I am still working on Reincarnation. I just found this and spruced it up a bit on an old floppy disk. sighs Please don;t hate me anyone. Oh! And cookies to anyone who can tell me what ..l.. ..l.. ..l.. ..l.. ..l.. ..l.. ..l.. etc. means. Not real cookies mind you because I cannot get real cookies to you. So... yeah... Oh! And thank you CreativeChilde (whom I know on- and off-line) for being my impromptu beta-reader! Arigatou (thank-you) and aishiteru (I love you; sorry if spelled wrong everyone!) darkpyroangel06