A/N: Everyone is getting the wrong idea about my story and it's driving me insane. I'll give you all a little hint: I haven't killed anyone yet. I hope you're satisfied. I don't like people yelling at me for nothing. Anyway, Kyo and Kiana are about four years old right now, just to let you know. Ever Rin, Sesshomaru and Rin may or may not be appearing in this story, I haven't decided yet. Yes Miroku and Sango got married. Stardragon12, InuYasha is being nice because I think he would be in the state of things. He would be caring toward his own children especially after losing Kagome like that after he's already lost so much before. Besides, InuYasha can be really sweet. If you don't believe me watch episodes 47, 48, 107 (he cried in that one), or 126, just to name a few. So, on with the story.

Life's journey begins and ends in darkness. At least that's the way InuYasha sees it. Pain and betrayal are just part of the experience, though unfortunately they are the most frequent. Life's luxuries were apparently secluded on some desolate place where only the richest and most powerful flourished. Loosely translated, life sucked. (A/N: And that's my profound thought of the day. .)

InuYasha sighed as his thoughts began drifting again. He was perched in the Sacred Tree where he usually stayed when he let his inner most thoughts freely wonder throughout his mind. He had decided to let Kyo and Kiana stay with Sango and Miroku today while he pondered the voice he had heard the other night. Though he knew that it was indeed Kagome's, something told him that it wouldn't be the wisest decision to heed her words. If he were to go in search of her and it turned out to be another of Naraku's insidious plots, he wasn't so sure if he could live through that a second time.

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"Really, Uncle Miroku? That's how it works?" Kyo was staring wide-eyed at the monk, who had just given him a play-by-play of the makings of children.

"Yes Kyo, and keep in mind that you can't just go flouncing around with every girl you see," Miroku instructed, leaning closer to whisper, "That is only necessary when they are pretty girls." He winced as the impact of a rather large boomerang met with his head.

A very agitated looking Sango was looming over him. "Miroku! Don't be filling his mind with those perverted thoughts of yours! The last thing this place needs is a miniature version of you hitting on all of the women!"

"Why Sango, I was merely educating him."

Kyo shook his head staring at the arguing couple. Nothing ever changed. He turned to his sister, who was fiddling with the silver strands of her hair in the corner of the room.

"What are you staring at?" Kiana demanded sharply.

"Stop being mean, or I'll tell Daddy." Kyo had turned to the forces of threatening.

Kiana rolled her eyes. "Oh, now I'm scared," she said sarcastically. "Daddy will have my head for sure."

Kyo crossed his arms, sticking his tongue out at his sister. He stomped out of the hut feeling no remorse for his actions. Kiana was always picking on him, calling him names, and mocking his doings. Though most of the time he wanted to, Kyo never took action against her taunts.

He headed toward his house, sulking. He knew he must be close because he soon reached the clearing where to old well lay dormant. His father never let him go near it; this made him even more curious of its contents and history. He trudged closer to it to get a better look inside.

'Spooky,' Kyo thought, shuttering slightly. The domain was dark with an eerie glow to it. What looked like bones of deceased demons were lodged at the bottom. He leaned forward over the lip of the well, drawn to the strange light. He shifted, now hanging completely over the edge. 'What's that shiny stuff?' Kyo attempted to peer closer only to have his foot slip at the wrong moment. He was sent hurtling into a blinding sea of light that consumed him as he continued to fall further.

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"I've checked everywhere!" Miroku was dashing in and out of the hut, frantically searching for the child in question. "Where could he have gone?" He rummaged through the contents of the place, practically turning it upside down.

"Maybe he went outside to play," Sango suggested.

Miroku ignored her comment and continued his rambling. "InuYasha is going to kill us! You know how protective of them he is! I can't die yet, Sango! You haven't produced an heir!"

Sango rolled her eyes. "Miroku stop!" she said. "He is not going to kill us because we are will find Kyo before he-" She paused as InuYasha stepped inside. "InuYasha, you're back! Why don't sit right over here." She motioned toward the right corner of the hut.

InuYasha glanced around. "Where are Kyo and Kiana?" he asked, staring at the couple suspiciously.

Kiana made her presence known. "I'm right here," she informed the group. "But, they lost Kyo." She smirked toward Miroku and Sango, who were laughing nervously.

InuYasha shot them both a glare. "That better not be true."

Miroku could feel the hair on the back of his neck rising. "You know InuYasha, it's a funny story," he stuttered.

Now standing, InuYasha was glowering at the two. "So, you don't know where he is? You're gonna have hell to pay if we can't find him!" He grabbed the back of Miroku's robes. "Stay here with Sango, Kiana," he said in a menacing tone. "We'll find your brother."

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"Where am I?" Kyo asked himself, eyeing his surroundings. "I must be at the bottom of that well." He felt around the walls of the dark room, trying to feel out a way up. He grasped one of the stone edges with a clawed hand, repeating the process with the other. He reached the top, and not a moment too soon; his tiny arms and legs gave out from the strain. "Is anyone here?" he called out, finally realizing that this was not where he had fallen into the well, but a totally different area altogether.

Kyo toddled up the stairs of the strange location, seeing a door at the top. He carefully slid it open, almost losing his balance. His eyes widened at the sight of this new era that was before him.

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'Where could he have gone?' InuYasha thought, racing through the forest, Miroku by his side. 'We've checked all around the village! There's nowhere else he could'vd gone, except…" He glanced in the direction of the well. 'I told him never to go there, though. He usually listens to me, but it's the only place we haven't checked.' He made a sudden turn toward the well.

"Where are we going, InuYasha?" Miroku asked. "We already looked over here."

InuYasha glared. "Quit yappin'! There's one place we haven't looked!" He had averted his focus back to running when his mind began to lose concentration. His vision blurred, leaving him in a state of dizziness.

'InuYasha…' It was the voice, Kagome's voice.

A/N: I know that was short, but again I'm really tired. I just can't seem to think of anything to write. I'll keep trying, though. Just to let you know, I drew a picture of Kyo and posted it on mediaminer. It's still under the name, kikyophobia. Check it out. REVIEW, PLEASE!