Disclaimer: I do not own any part of InuYasha, only my own character Kakiya.

Prologue

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I was walking with my adopted daughter around our shrine; she just turned three. I showed her our sacred tree and told her the story about it. I took her inside the shrine and showed her the well and even to this day, I still wish I did not make such a foolish mistake and because of this, I may never see her again...

"Mommy! Mommy! What's down that hole?" The excited three year-old asked.

She smiled and looked down at her daughter, "This is our family well, your grandpa called it the Bone Eater's well."

The little girl went up to the well and peered into the darkness inside. Leaning over the edge, she eagerly looked for what may lay at the bottom, but failed to find a thing. Instead, she felt a strange sensation that was tugging at her.

"Honey, you might fall in if you do that!" Her mother laughed.

"I won't fall!" she pouted.

"Alright, but be careful. I'm going to go to make some snacks, make sure you come in after and have some!"

"I will!"

Her mother slowly made her way up the stairs. The tugging feeling did not disappear; it was still pulling at the little girl into the well. Curious, she leaned in further, but lost her grip on the well and fell in.

"Mommy!" she screamed.

Looking back, she saw her daughter disappear into the well, but before she could help her out, a blue light erupted from the well and blinded her. She quickly ran to the well and looked over the edge to see if her daughter got hurt, but saw nothing. Tears flowed from her eyes as she knelt next to the well and grieved for her lost daughter. She later told her father about the incident and they both decided to seal up the well to prevent this from happening again.

On the other side of the well, her daughter sat still in the well, "Mommy?" she looked around, but only found the tall walls of the well, "Mommy? Where are you?"

Suddenly, a pair of strong hands lifted her up from the well. It was a man with long white hair and stunning golden eyes. He gently placed her on the ground next to him and led her to his wife, standing nearby.

"So this was what the strange aura I sensed came from..." he looked down at the girl.

"My! What a cute child!" the man's wife exclaimed, "She came from the Bone Eater's well?" she knelt down next to the child, who flinched at her sudden movement, "Dear child, don't be scared."

The girl gazed at the beautiful woman before her through amethyst eyes, but stayed silent.

"Could you tell us your name and why you were inside the well?" she asked in a soothing voice.

"My name is...Kakiya" she hesitated, but continued, "I was with my mommy, and when I looked into the well, I fell in. Now, mommy's gone!" she burst out crying.

She gently picked up the child and hugged her, "Kakiya, my name is Izayoi. Would you like to stay with us? It's dangerous for a little girl like you to be out here all alone."

"But what about mommy?"

The great dog demon put a hand on her head, "I'm sure that where ever she may be, she is thinking of you. So you have to be a good girl for her..." he wiped away her tears, "So don't cry, okay?"

Kakiya looked up at him, and nodded.

He smiled, "Now that's a good girl." He took Kakiya into his arms and carried her, with Izayoi following beside him, "We'll protect you so don't worry." He whispered as the little girl fell asleep in his arms.

Ten years later

Run.

That's all that I could think about at the moment.

Run.

Running away from the young bandit, Onigumo.

This all started when Kakiya decided that she was old enough to leave the safety of the castle and secretly sneak out. She didn't have much of a problem doing so, as Izayoi was constantly being occupied by her young child, InuYasha. The great dog demon, whom she viewed as a father figure was now gone, but she loved her younger brother, and her mother, but she couldn't help but feel lonely when all Izayoi did was play with InuYasha. Her mother told her not to leave the castle grounds, but curiosity got the better of her and there happened to be a hole in the wall conveniently there, waiting for her.

"I'll be back before anyone notices I'm gone!" she decided as she crawled out the hole.

The great forest was a wonder to her; so many interesting sights to see. She saw flowers that she never saw before, trees that went on for endless miles, and occasionally, she saw animals running about. She saw a rabbit and started to run after it, but due to the lack of attention to where she was going, she crashed into someone and knocked her down.

"Sorry!" she said as she stood up.

Kakiya dusted off her clothes, which were now even dirtier than before, and looked at him, for the first time, gazing into his deep brown eyes in wonder.

He watched her, 'When I saw her clumsily chasing after that rabbit, I did not think that she would come this way...' he let out a heavy sigh, 'Oh well, might as well see who she is.' He thought, "Who are you?"

Kakiya frowned, "Shouldn't you introduce yourself first before you ask someone else's name?"

He stared at her, "My name is Onigumo and you are?"

"Kakiya." She quietly answered.

Onigumo carefully studied her and saw a valuable necklace that rested on her chest, 'That would be a fine treasure to have...But first, I have to get her guard down.' He thought, "I haven't ever seen you around here before, where are you from?"

Kakiya was excited that she found someone around her age to talk to, grinning, she happily replied, "I'm from the castle just over..." she looked back, but did not see the castle, "What? Where did it go? It was just here a moment ago!" she put a finger on her chin, "I didn't think I went that far... that's strange."

Onigumo started laughing, 'Did she not notice when she was chasing the rabbit, how far she went?' he laughed even harder, "I just cannot believe this girl."

Turning to him, Kakiya frowned again, "What? What's so funny?"

His laughing finally subsided as he tried to look at her again without falling to a fit of laughter, he smiled and poked her furrowed brows, "If you keep that up, you might end up getting wrinkles!" and laughed again.

Kakiya's hand flew to her forehead, "I will not!" she looked around, "But now I'm lost, what should I do?"

'Should I lead her back to the castle?' then he looked at her necklace, 'Or should I just take that necklace and leave her here to fend for herself?'

"Ah! And the bunny disappeared too!" she yelled out, frustrated.

Onigumo was hit by another attack of laughter, 'This is the first time that I've actually laughed so hard. This girl is so oblivious to the world around her.' He glanced at her angry face, "Well, I guess it can be a good thing too." He said to himself and poked her forehead again, "Come now, don't be like that. I'll take you home."

Her face lit up, "Really? Now I can get home again!" she pointed to him, "Lead the way Mr. Onigumo!"

Glaring at her, he shook his head, "Mr? I'm not that much older than you, you know!"

Ignoring him, she marched away in a random direction, "On ward, to home!"

"Wrong way, Kakiya," he laughed, "And I thought I was leading?" he smiled and pointed to the opposite direction to where she started off, "It's this way." Onigumo started off in the direction he pointed to.

"Oh." Kakiya said quietly and ran after him.

They walked together in silence for a while and finally they could see the walls of the castle in the distance.

'Well I suppose it's time to get down to business...' Onigumo glared at Kakiya's necklace, 'I want it... It looks like such a valuable piece of jewellery, and I am sure I could get a lot for that...'

Kakiya noticed Onigumo looking at her necklace, and looked down at it too, "You're wondering what this is? This necklace was something my father gave me; he said it was important to me and that I should keep it with me at all times."

"I see..." Onigumo reached for it and touched it.

Kakiya flinched under his touch, but then relaxed, "It's pretty isn't it?" she smiled.

He fingered the necklace thoughtfully, "May I... have it?"

Pulling the necklace away from him, Kakiya stepped back, "I can't; my father gave this to me." She said, holding her necklace protectively.

Onigumo put a hand on hers and slowly pried her fingers open, "Oh come on, it can't be that important... besides, I showed you the way back to your home..." he whispered.

Kakiya stepped back again, "But it's important to me..." she looked down at the necklace, "I'm sorry." She turned away and started to run towards the castle.

"Oh no you don't!" he said, and started running after her.

Hearing fast approaching footsteps behind her, she quickly glanced back and saw that Onigumo was catching up to her.

'I only have to get to the castle gates, then I'll be safe!' she thought desperately.

"You cannot outrun me, Kakiya!" he called after her.

"We'll see about that!" she yelled, and started running faster, but then tripped over a log and crashed to the forest floor, "Crap" she cursed.

Onigumo caught up to her and now stood over her. Chuckling, he grabbed her waist, picking her up and pinning her arms back behind her. He held up the necklace in front of her face, "I guess this is mine now?"

"No don't take it! It's my most precious possession!" she looked back at his face, "Please don't take it away..."

"Then I should kill you, shouldn't I? Such an unfortunate day for yo-"he got cut off by a pale yellow-green energy whip coming at him. Onigumo cursed and shoved Kakiya out of the way and jumped back, "What was that?" he snarled, and looked around for the source and saw a white haired demon, 'A demon, huh? I'm not stupid enough to fight a battle not worth fighting.' He thought. He glanced at Kakiya, who was on the ground once again, 'There goes my pray.' He sighed, and quickly made his escape.

Kakiya looked up at her saviour and saw the image of the great dog demon, "Father...?" she whispered as she stood up.

'So the strange scent came from this girl...' The white haired demon glared at her as he finally realized what she has just said, "What did you say?"

"Oops, sorry I didn't mean to say that, you just look like someone I knew." Kakiya quietly explained, embarrassed at her mistake. She looked at him again, "You look like the Great Dog Demon."

'Father..? Why...' He quickly shortened the distance between the two of them and was now towering over the girl, "What relation do you have with my father?" he demanded.

"Your father?" Kakiya gazed at the man in wonder, "Ah! I see the resemblance!" She smiled, but looked away when she saw his passive face, "Umm... he took care of me when I was younger..." she shyly said.

"What?"

Kakiya stared at the forest floor, feeling intimidated by the demon before her, "Well, you asked me how I knew him, so… umm-"

"I am aware of what I asked of you." he said, cutting her off. He glanced at her one last time, and then headed off in another direction, 'I can never understand why father does such strange things...' he pondered as he left the girl there in awe.

Hearing his footsteps she looked up just in time to see the demon's figure fading away into the forest, "He left... ah! I didn't get the chance to thank him!" she whispered. Kakiya looked back at the castle walls, "Well, I guess it's time I went back. Maybe I should come back once in a while to look for him... Yeah! I'll do that!" she grinned as she made her way along the wall until she reached the familiar hole in the wall.

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