A/N: Alright everyone, here's the prologue.

REMINDER: This story is under reconstrustion, so I don't know how long it will take to post new chapters- seeing as I got rid of the others.

Seeing as the prologue wasn't a total disgrace- unlike the rest of the story- I kept it basically as it was.

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By: Doll-Face.19

Prologue

Edited Version

It was a long time ago when our story took place. The time of castles, knights, dragons.

And demons.

The land was unnamed, its tall mountains and rolling hills filled with dangerous secrets. Many never strayed from the village boundaries for fear of what may or may not be lurking in the shadows. More than most of the villagers looked towards the tall mountains and saw nothing but pure evil.

All Inuyasha saw was adventure.

The boy, who was indeed not merely a boy, gazed towards the mountains a moment longer, watched as the suns light peeked over as night became day. Brown eyes became gold, black hair turned gleaming silver, man became half-demon, as it did after every full moon. He looked down at this hands, watched as they gradually grew claws. He raised his them slowly, felt the oddly placed dog ears at the top of his head and sighed.

Time to return to hell, he thought ruefully as he stepped away from his window and walked towards his cot. He sat down slowly. He rubbed his hands over his face, trying to rub the exhaustion away. Another day in the life of a half-demon.

Life was hard for the eighteen-year-old hanyou- filled with ridicule, hate, and disgust. After his mother died, the villagers who had alrady been cold and spiteful became all the more vicious. Everyone hated him, despised him.

Well, all except Kagome.

Kagome had been his bestfriend for a long time, they had met when they were merely small children, Kagome only four and Inuyasha barely five. He remembered the day perfectly, for it had brought him the dearest thing in his life - Kagome. He could still see small four-year-old Kagome, with her her raven hair and large chocolate brown eyes, fighting for him. Defending him. A stranger- and a hanyou at that.

-Flashback-

Small Inuyasha raced down the alleyway, trying to lose the teenage boys who were dead-set on beating him to a bloody pulp. He ran as fast as his small five-year-old body would take him, tears streaked down his cheeks as the boys insults and laughter taunted him.

Half Breed...

Bastard...

Dog Shit...

Mutt...

Youkai Smut.

Scum of the Earth..

But one hit harder than any other...

Son of a Whore.

He had fought so much. Well, he had tried. He knew that he wasn't strong enough, wasn't big enough, to fight them back.

So he ran, ran as far and as fast as his little legs would take him.

And, considering how badly he had already been beaten by the large mass of teenage boys, that wasn't very fast.

He stopped at the gate that led to the outside of the village, unsure of what to do next.

Should he leave? Should he run away, without ever looking back?

His ears fell back onto his head, his ditress clear. What could he do? Where could he go?

Hanyou's were welcome no where. Leaving the village would mean exile.

Even death.

Suddenly, the gates began to open. He jumped back, only frightened more. Horses trotted forward, leading a clanky buggy with them carrying God knew what. Inuyasha looked up towards the back of the buggy, fear forgotten and now curious to see what it held.

The buggy stopped abrubtly, making Inuyasha jump back in alarm. Then, he saw someone jump from the buggy- a small girl.

She appeared to be slightly younger than Inuyasha, her face still childishly round and innocent. Her eyes were as brown as milk chocolate and framed by thick, dark lashes. Her hair was long and black, a few stray spots shinned blue in the afternoon sunlight. But then he noticed something strange-

She was smiling at him.

The small girl began to walk towards him, her smile growing puzzled when he took a step back.

"Why are you-"

"Hey, Half-Breed! GET BACK HERE!!", the large group of boys taunted, reminding Inuyasha of the beating he would get if he didn't run away then and there.

He turned to face them, realizing they had him trapped- he had nowhere to run now. He was trapped.

The girl, realizing what was going on, marched towards the large group .

Inuyasha watched her and knew then and there that she was a lunatic. "Hey! What are you-", he broke off and stared as the small girl spat on the leader of the groups feet.

"You guys are nothing but a bunch of- of bullies!", she screamed, her chin jutted out in challenge.

The mob just stared at her in utter shock. Then, a large boy stepped from the crowd and pushed her to the ground.

"Ha! Your nothing but a half-breed loving fool!", he cackled, "Come on guys, we don't want to intrude on their love fest!" And with that, the boys turned and left.

Inuyasha just stood there, dazed and shocked. Then, he snapped out of it when the girls arms came around him.

"Wha-", he gasped.

"I'm sorry they treat you like that!", she murmured, only pulling him tighter against her. Then, as quickly as she had pulled him to her, she let him go and stared at him.

"You sure are awful quiet; it's as if you cant even talk!", she said, a smile lighting her face.

"I....I'm....I don't want to talk!", he said indignantly, though secretly his heart was pounding- no one had ever hugged him like that...well no one but his mother.

She laughed,"You just did silly!", then she sobered and held out her hand. "I'm Kagome. What's your name?"

"I..Inuyasha.", he said, slightly embarrassed.

"Okay, Inuyasha. I got an idea: How about we be friends?", she asked smiling, her brown eyes full of kindness and innocent laughter.

"Um..Are you sure?", he questioned, hoping that he wasn't dreaming.

"Nope." Her smile grew, " But it feels just right."

"Okay.", he smiled at her as he gripped her hand in his. Then, she jerked him forward and ran towards the buggy she had arrived in, laughing all the way.

And he laughed too, for now small Inuyasha had something to live for.

Inuyasha smiled at the memory, felt the fluttering of his heart at the thought of Kagome. She was the only thing he had to look forward to when he woke up everyday- that is, if he even went to sleep. He was constantly haunted by his mothers death, not to mention the traumatizing memories of what life had been after she died- before Kagome showed up.

He rubbed his hand over his heart, as if to dull the ache of the past. The sun had finally rose fully from behind the tall mountains, the unbearably bright light shinned in his eyes menacingly.

"Well, a new day begins.", he groaned, covering his eyes and falling backwards onto the old cot.

Disclamer: I do not own Inuyasha, or it's characters. These characters are copyrighted by Rumiko Takahashi. I do not profit from this story, this plot is mine and mine alone.

Alright- it is fin!

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-Doll.