InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Cry For Me, My Destiny ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

“We haven't done anything to harm her.” Kanna said, mirror, as always, in hand. “She has fallen asleep to battle…”

 

“Quiet, Kanna,” said Kagura. “That is not something they are going to know from us.” Kanna was silent.

 

“Battle who?” Kikyo asked, taking another step forward. “What is she doing in her mind? I can feel it, even if I can't feel her. She's…not herself, I've felt that much.” She opened her mouth to say more but just then Kagome's eyes came open.

 

Blinking as she sat up, Kagome said, “Hello Kikyo, Sesshomaru. Haven't seen you two in a while.” She smiled up at them, her eyes closed.

 

“Who have you been battling?” Kikyo asked. Kagome, startled that she knew, opened her eyes and look directly at Kikyo. Her head hurt, her eyes watered, and she felt as though she had been hit in the stomach.

 

“No…no one.” She coughed, looking away towards Kagura and Kanna. “I dunno what you're talking about.”

 

“Clearly you do.” Sesshomaru said. “Kikyo has felt it and I can see that you are tainted by a black aura.”

 

Kagome, about to look at him, again startled, held herself back. After her talk with Naraku, she knew not to look at them.

 

~`~`~`~`~Kagome's DREAM~`~`~`~`~

 

She was once again on that barren place. This time, though, the black pillar was so much closer then it had ever been.

 

“Either I'm getting depth perception problems or this isn't good.” she told herself, running towards it.

 

“I knew you'd be back” Naraku said, smiling at her. “What do you want this time, pretty?”

 

Kagome wanted to hit him for calling her that but didn't dare touch him. “What will happen if they come here?” she asked him.

He laughed. “If you look at them, you'll be hurt. I do have some control over you, you know, and I don't want you to get help from them. Look at them for even a mere second and it'll prove fatal.”

 

It was Kagome's turn to laugh. “You'd die to, genius. Then you'd have no way to come back.”

 

“Yes, but you would be gone as well. If they tried to bring you back again, I would be even more powerful and break out of your weak mind with ease.”

 

Kagome just shook her head and said, “Whatever. We'll see if that's true or not. And I'm going to find a way to get you out of me.” She turned away. The scraping of metal on rock, though, made her turn back. Some of the chains on Naraku had disappeared.

 

“Weak.” He said, and Kagome was speeding back to her waking self.

 

~`~`~`~`~With Inuyasha~`~`~`~`~

 

“Come on…” Inuyasha urged himself. “It's not that much longer…I can feel her.” He got up from his long rest against the wall and launched himself at the barrier. Biting his tongue to keep his yell inside his mouth, he pressed on slowly. It was like going through jelly, or the thick blood of a demon.

 

“You always did say I was to stubborn. Well, you're right.” Inuyasha mumbled to himself, directing the words at Kagome, deeper in the cave. “Which means I won't give up! I'm going to see you, I'm going to make myself see that you're alive. You won't run away from me this time.”

 

~`~`~`~`~With Kagome and the others~`~`~`~`~

 

`You always did say I was to stubborn.' Inuyasha was able to hear Inuyasha's voice. She didn't know how she was able, and it seemed that the others weren't able to, so she listened, wondering what she would hear next. `Well, you're right. Which means I won't give up! I'm going to see you, I'm going to make myself see that you're alive. You won't run away from me this time.'

 

“Never, Inuyasha.” She whispered back, wondering if he would be able to hear her. “Never did I run. Only went to Fate. Please don't come any closer. It'll just make things worse…please…” everyone one looked at her.

 

“Kagome-sama?” asked Kanna. Kagura felt the girl's forehead and said, “Are you feeling well? Cause if you're about to throw up, do it somewhere else.” Kagome shook her head and turned her face towards the entrance, and away from Kikyo and Sesshomaru. Sighing, she took down the barriers slowly, so as not to harm Inuyasha.

 

~`~`~`~`~With Inuyasha~`~`~`~`~

 

He'd heard her reply. It must have been the barrier, or something, because how else would they be able to talk to each other? He gritted his teeth in sudden pain from the barrier…then it was gone, both the pain and the barriers.

 

“Kagome…” he whispered, catching his breath before he ran on again. “I'm not going to go back. How the Hell will I see you that way? And I'm not going to make things worse, there's no one to fight.”

 

He saw light, and knew he was close to the end of the tunnel, closer to Kagome.

 

~`~`~`~`~With Kagome and the others~`~`~`~`~

 

“Kagura,” Kagome suddenly said, getting up off the floor. “I want to leave. He's not going back and we know what'll happen if I stay here.”

 

“Hold on one moment,” Kikyo said, stepping forward and reaching for Kagome. Kagura, though, stepped in her way and Kikyo's hand wrapped around her arm instead. Kikyo, startled by this action, removed her hand and said to Kagome, “What will happen? Why are you alive? How do you have a living, whole body? Who are you fighting?” she was trying to get as many answers as she could, not knowing if any of her questions would be answered.

 

There was a long pause in which Kagome was able to hear the faint patting of Inuyasha's feet on the tunnel floor. “Kagura, please, let's leave.” Kagura nodded and removed a feather from her hair. “You'll need to blast the roof if we want to get out safely.” She said, turning her attention to Kagome again.

 

Kagome nodded, already extracting her spells to make it easier to hit the rock directly. “I know,” she said, turning her head only slightly in Kikyo and Sesshomaru's direction so as not to have to look at them. “You two might want to get out of here, this place won't stand long once it's hit.” She and Kanna climbed onto the feather. “And Kikyo.” She sighed. “Tell Inuyasha I love him.” The feather started to rise, but something stopped them. It was Sesshomaru, his hand wrapped around the side of the feather.

 

“Where do you think you are going?” he asked, keeping the feather in place. “You have not answered any questions.”

 

“Let us go, please, Sesshomaru-sama. This isn't a game, we need to leave right now before Inuyasha comes.” She tried to get him to let go, without really touching him, but she wasn't able to. “Please…” she whispered.

 

“No,” he said.

 

“Sesshomaru, let them go.” Kikyo said, eyeing Kagome suspiciously. “But answer two thing first Kagome.” Kagome nodded, still trying to get him to let go. “Who are you fighting and why can't you look at us or see Inuyasha?” it turned out to be three questions, but they all had the same answer. Inuyasha's padding feet could be heard, and they were closer then ever.

 

“Naraku…” Kagome said, and in the back or her mind she heard him laugh. “And because he'll take me over…again…” Sesshomaru let them go, and they soared up. “Leave this place!” Kagome called down to them, pushing with her Miko powers onto the roof, and it started to crack.

 

Kikyo and Sesshomaru turned, about to run to the exit, and were met by Inuyasha instead. He rushed past them as rocks began to fall.

 

“Kagome!” he called, staring at the feather as it rose higher. For a moment that was all he could see. Then, her face came out over the side. “Kagome!” he called again.

 

“Inuyasha…” she whispered, the pain inside of her becoming almost unbearable because she would not take her eyes from him. “I'm sorry for what I'm about to say…but you can't keep coming after me.” Taking a deep breath she yelled, “Inuyasha you bastard of a hanyou, I hate you!” and they were out of the cave, soaring in the opposite direction as the camp Sango and the others had made.

 

Inuyasha stood there, inside the rapidly crumbling cave, dumbstruck. “Come on Inuyasha!” called Kikyo, running back to get him. “We have to go!”

 

Not really aware of what he was doing, Inuyasha followed them out of the cave.

 

~`~`~`~`~With Kagome, Kagura and Kanna~`~`~`~`~

 

Kagome was crying. She had never wanted to say that to him, never would have if Naraku hadn't been inside of her. But she had, and now she just wanted to die. “It had to be done.” Kagura said, moving over to the girl and hugging her, which surprised Kagome very much. “Don't cry, Kagome-sama, it's to high of an emotion.” But Kagome couldn't stop, and there was no pain, so she didn't really care.

 

“Where are we going?” Kanna asked, looking at her mirror and watching the land under them go by through it.

 

“Mt. Hakura.” Kagura said, making Kagome's tears stop. “I don't think Inuyasha would want to go back there, not since that was where Kikyo had been killed for that second time. Kagome will also be able to put up another barrier, stronger then the last. It'll be easier from there to work out the last of the clues.”

 

Kagome, sitting herself back and slightly away from Kagura said, “What makes you think that?”

 

“Well, it's where Kikyo was killed and where Naraku last remade himself, so they might not think to look there for you.” Kagura said, yawning. It had been a long last few hours for all of them.

 

“No,” Kagome said, shaking her head, which only made her headache worsen. “What makes you think that I'll be able to make a stronger barrier?”

 

Kagura shrugged and said, “Cause you're stronger than that damn old mummy that was there before.” She shrugged again and said, “Also because there is still a lot of pure air there and you can use that to your advantage when making the barrier.”

 

Kagome nodded, knowing that that was true. Then again, the last time that Inuyasha had gone through the barrier, he had been turned into a human and almost killed. What if this time he was totally purified, not just turned into a human? She shook her head slightly, not wanting to think about it at all. But she did anyways. Pictures of Inuyasha's body, bruised, bleeding, and broken filled her mind. Inuyasha, caught between two barriers that were slowly closing in on him.

 

Thankfully Kagura broke her thoughts by saying, “We're almost there, I can see the mountain now.” Kagome looked up and was also able to see the result of tectonic plates converging on each other. There, not far off in the distance, was Mt. Hakura.

 

“How much longer do you think?” Kagome asked, trying to keep herself awake. Even though she had already had two naps, she was exhausted. It had been a long day on all of them and all she wanted to do right then was sleep. But even then she wouldn't be getting the full rest that she deserved. She would again awaken in that barren field, have to talk to Naraku, then awaken and re-tell what she had said/seen.

 

“Five minutes give or take.” Kagura said, looking over to the distant mountain with hatred. “It might be a sacred mountain, but I still don't like it. That's where we were cooped up for so long and I never thought I'd be going back there.”

 

Kagome just laughed slightly, to tired to really do anything more. She settled herself back, slightly uncomfortable, so that she wouldn't fall asleep. It worked, but only slightly. She had started to doze a bit, and saw the plain, when they touched down on the ground, high up on the mountain, near one of the cave systems that Naraku, Kagura, Kanna, and many other scores of demons had used previously.

 

“If we take this path we'll find where that old mummy had been. It should be the easiest place to make another barrier from.” She looked over at Kagome, who was shaking her self to get her blood moving and to wake herself up. “Come on, doggy, we don't have all day.” Kagome just rolled her eyes and followed.

 

They hadn't walked for long when they started to hear the faint clicking of insect legs, large ones, on the stone floor. “Demon.” Kagura whispered. “I guess they didn't think to leave after the barrier went down. Bakas.” She whipped her fan open, ready to send blades of wind to cut whatever demon was coming after them to pieces.

 

The noise stopped, though, right at the edge of their vision. Whatever was there had just spotted them and was either waiting for them to come to it, or it was afraid of them. Whichever it was, Kagome didn't want to find out. She might be friends with a lot of demons, but most of the other one's that she had met she didn't like.

 

“Whooooosssss theeeeeeeeereeeeee?” asked a snake like voice. If it was a snake, Kagome thought, then why was it making clicking noises? “Get oooooooooooooooooouts ooooooooof my waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaysssss.” It said.

 

“It sounds as though it doesn't know how to speak or something.” Kagome whispered. “It's holding the letters way to long.” Kagura nodded, taking a step forward and trying to see what the thing speaking to them was.

 

“I asssssssssked whooooooo you weeeeeeeereeeeeeee.” The voice came again. “Anssssssssssssswer meeeeee or I'llllllll eat yooooooooouuu.”

 

“You? Eat us?” Kagura asked. Apparently from her position, about seven paces ahead, she could see the thing clearly. “Even before you had little power unless you were connected to someone.” Kagome, curious, hurriedly stepped up beside Kagura and gasped. It was a baby, or what had maybe once been a baby. A baby that Kagome had seen before.

 

“What's arrre yoooouuu tallllking aboutssss weeeench?” it asked. It seemed that, the longer it was in their presence, the better its speech got. “I havesss no time for yooouuur trrrrrivalll maattters.”

 

It started to go around them, and they let him. None of them could really find a reason to stop him, since he didn't really seem to remember them. It stopped, though, not very far from them and started to mutter something. As he did so, a black liquid, hard to see in the little light they had, came out the back of his body. It spread, and where it touched started to melt.

 

Kagura, wasting no time, threw her blades of wind at it, cutting it to pieces. “What was that?” Kagome asked, stepping back. “Was it the same baby from before?” she looked to Kagura, who shook her head.

 

“I don't think so.” She said. “Remember Naraku had a lot of lumps of flesh I cavern. This…baby…might have once been one of those. A lot of things might have hatched since we were last here.”

 

They started to head deeper, and higher, into the mountain. Though they were watchful, and Kagome used some of her power to shield them, no other demons came at them. Finally, fed up and feeling like she was being watched or that she was only waiting to be killed or something, Kagome said, “That's it! Why aren't there any other demons here?”

 

Kagura just shook her head and said, “I might have been wrong. They might all have been crushed or something, I dunno. Why? You wanna risk our lives or something?” Kagome shook her head, blushing.

 

“No,” she said. “It's just that…I don't like waiting for things that are bad to happen.” Kagura just nodded, still keeping her ears and eyes, and demons senses as well, open for any sign of attack or demon nearby. Still nothing came at them, though, and they finally came out into light, an alter or some sort in front of them.

 

“What's that?” Kagome asked, starting to walk up to it. “It looks like an alter or something.” She reached out to touch it and found her hand on a barrier that she wasn't able to pass.

 

“It's where that mummy had sat.” Kagura said, her and Kanna coming up next to Kagome. “And that barrier is what you'll use to make the new one.” Kagome looked at her but she just shrugged.

 

“Fine then.” Kagome said, placing both hands on it to feel its energy properly. “Wow…powerful. Ok, let's see. I think if I just…” she fell silent and her energy started to form around her. She couldn't remember afterwards how long she stood there, or really what had happened, but next second she was on the plain again, seemingly having been knocked out.

 

~`~`~`~`~Kagome's DREAM~`~`~`~`~

 

Yelling her fury, Kagome started to make her way towards Naraku and the ever closer pillar of black rock. What had happened? Had she fallen asleep? Been knocked out? Had the barrier gone up? What had happened?

 

“So you're back again?” Naraku said, coldly chuckling. “Really now, you'd think we were engaged.”

 

“You make me sick.” Kagome said, sitting down facing him. Was it her imagination or were there even less chains again? She took a closer look at the chained demon. No, it wasn't. A while ago she had only been able to see his face. Now most of his legs were exposed. “What's happening?” she asked herself, forgetting Naraku would hear.

 

“You're losing.” He said. “And I'm going to be free soon.” Kagome glanced at him before she smirked and said, “Chat's over, freak.”

 

~`~`~`~`~In the village at Mt. Hakura's base~`~`~`~`~

 

“Lady Nar! Lady Nar! The barrier around Mt. Hakura is back!” one villager called. “Lady Nar! It's an omen!”

 

The lady he was trying to speak to turned around to face him. “I am aware of this, Jen. We do not know why though. Go back to your home.” The man, Jan, obeyed her, not wanting to be put to death for contradicting the lady.

 

“What does this mean, Lady?” asked one of her guards as they entered the temple. “Is this an omen?”

 

“Of course it is.” The Lady snapped. “An omen of death.”

 

~`~`~`~`~With Kagome, Kagura and Kanna~`~`~`~`~

 

“You awake yet?” Kagura asked her, trying to sound nonchalant. She didn't achieve that, though, since her face betrayed her. “Come on, get up.” Kagome yawned and stretched, just to annoy Kagura a little, then slowly rose up.

 

“What happened?” she asked, looking around her. “Did I do it? Is there a barrier up?” She looked at Kagura who was trying to hide a smile. She really was truly happy that Kagome had done it. Knowing that her voice might betray her, she only nodded. Kagome smiled happily, then laughed, then took Kanna's hands in her and started to dance around. Poor Kanna, not use to this sort of activity, let her self be pulled along, almost dropping her mirror.

 

“Come on, Kagome-sama, I think you're going to make Kanna into a human if you keep doing that.” Kagome just laughed some more and let go of Kanna, who at once stopped moving. “We need to get into the tunnels again. If there's mortals in there we need to get them to leave.” She suddenly stopped, having been making her way towards the tunnel entrance. Turning back to Kagome she said, “Do you think you might be able to make an illusion? Of Naraku maybe, or a giant demon?”

 

Kagome thought about it for a moment. In her lessons with Kaeda, then Kikyo, then at those few temples she had dared stop at, she had learned many forms of illusion. Yes, she would be able to make one, and she could use the rocks around here and the barrier to help keep it going, without draining her of all of her magic.

 

“Yes,” she said slowly, still thinking it over a bit. “Yeah, sure, if I just…yeah.” She looked up at Kagura and said, “Who, or what, do you want me to make and where?” It was Kagura's turn to think now.

 

“Make Naraku, he'll scare the demons away as well as the villagers.” She thought for another moment and said, “And make him here. Then it'll be able to go through the tunnels in front of us and keep demons back. That should be good enough for now.”

 

Kagome just nodded and went to sit in front of the alter. Placing her hands on either side of her, she let her energy flow out of her and form up into the shape of Naraku. She felt her body starting to take the strain, but she ignored it, only concentrating on the pinkish blue image in front of her. Putting more energy into it, she made it as solid as she could. In all it took an hour and a half to make the entire thing. She was putting the last touch on it, smell, when Kanna said, “Look.” To Kagura. Kagome ignore them until she was finished, finally, then she stood up, wincing, as her muscles protested.

 

“What is it?” she asked, walking over to them. “The village or something?” Kagura, not looking at Kagome, shook her head and just motioned Kagome to come and look. “What?” she asked again, walking stiffly over to them. Reaching them, without getting an answer from either, she looked down into the mirror. What she saw there made her gasp.

 

There, at the back of Mt. Hakura, were hundreds of thousands of demons. The image in Kanna's mirror wasn't still either. It was moving, showing them more and more demons.

 

“Where'd they all come from?” Kagome asked, looking up at Kagura. “Are they all of the one's that Naraku rejected?” Kagura, and Kanna as well, nodded.

 

“They must be.” Kagura sad. “I didn't know there were going to be that many here though. I'd never really gotten to see how many he'd rejected or anything. I don't think they'll be that hard to slay, though. Come on.” Kagome nodded, then turned to the Naraku she had created. It was still standing where she had left it.

 

“Come on,” she said to it. It moved forward slightly and looked at her. She shivered. Even if it was a fake, she still didn't like him, or it. “I want you to go through these tunnels and scare away any mortals that might be in them. Don't kill them or the same thing'll happen to you. If you find any demons, you can kill them.” She watched the thing, waiting for a reply of some kind. She didn't get one so she said, “Understand? Mortals live, demons die.”

 

“Understood.” Naraku-doll said. “Mortal live demon die.” Kagome nodded and the doll left them, heading into the tunnels and taking a path they wouldn't be.

 

“You sure that thing won't get a mind of its own and start to go on a rampage or something?” Kagura asked, looking after it as they took the opposite tunnel path.

 

“Positive.” Kagome said, not at all worried. “I didn't give it a mind or heart, or anything. It only has the shape of Naraku. Everything else is from memory, the way her smells, his voice, clothing, stuff like that. I could have made him into just a blob and it would have worked.” She smiled, happy with her work and happy that she was still able to help.

 

“Fine then,” Kagura said. “Come on, we have some demons to slay today.”

 

Kagome nodded and laughed. “Kagura,” she said. “We have demons to slay every day!” Kagura just glared at her, which only made Kagome laugh more.

 

“We're almost there.” Kanna said. Kagura and she both knew most of the secret paths that cut a walk that would normally have taken them thirty minutes to walk down to ten to twenty at most. “They know we're coming.” She added. Kagome and Kagura just nodded. Sighing, Kagome took out an arrow and swung her bow off of her back. Kagura had grabbed both quiver, arrows and bow as they had been leaving the previous cave, knowing that Kagome would forget them.

 

“Get ready,” Kagura said, flicking her fan open. “We don't want any surprises, though that exactly what we're getting.” Looking ahead, they were all able to see the opening to the back of the mountain. A few more steps and…they were out side, the noise of the demons almost deafening.

 

“Let's go!” Kagome yelled, and she swung her bow up, arrow in place, and let it fly. She might be tainted by Naraku, but she was still a Miko. As her arrow flew the demons near it were purified and disappeared. Kagura's wind sliced many of the demons to shreds as they came at them, not giving them even the slightest chance to get close. Kanna, her mirror acting as a void, sucked the demons up shot them back at the other demons, their teeth and claws slicing each other to pieces.

 

“I never thought I'm say this,” Kagome panted as she shot another arrow. “But I sort of feel sorry for these demons.” Suddenly she felt lighter, as though something inside of her had receded.

 

“Kagome!” Kagura yelled. “Watch out!” Kagome looked up in time to see a score of demons flying at her. Not having time to swing her bow up she instead blasted them with raw Miko energy, killing them instantly. She collapsed, exhausted from using to much energy in a short amount of time.

 

~`~`~`~`~Kagome's DREAM~`~`~`~`~

 

The pillar had receded slightly. Sighing, though knowing now that this was a good thing, Kagome started to jog towards it. As she came up to it, and jogged around the side she was able to hear Naraku talking to himself, apparently unaware that she was there.

 

“That damned Miko! She's getting to close to what she has to do! If she so much as kisses that hanyou bastard I'll be gone.” Kagome heard him laugh. “She'll never do it. She hates him, she told him so. Her little face was so fun to watch. But one little kiss and I'm on to Hell.”

 

`So,' Kagome thought. `If I kiss Inuyasha,' her heart skipped a beat at the thought. `Then he'll be gone! Right?' she came around the side of the pillar and smiled at Naraku, which was a hard thing to do. She noticed, though, that he seemed to have more chains over himself.

 

“What do you want now, wench?” Naraku asked. “I have more important things to do than talk with the likes of you.”

 

Kagome didn't speak, though, only sat and watched Naraku, wondering if she would be able to any chains come off of him. Nothing happen though and it was a long time, about twenty-five minutes, before Kagome was aware of the slight tug that meant she was waking up.

 

“I'll see you again soon.” Kagome said, standing up. “Not the most wonderful idea in the world, but then again it means I get to see you weak and chained.” And she smiled as she felt herself wake.

 

“I'm not weak, Miko, and I will soon have control of this body.” Was the last she heard form him as she opened her eyes.

 

~`~`~`~`~With Inuyasha and the others~`~`~`~`~

 

“Inuyasha?” Sango asked. “Are you ok?” It had only been a few moments since Inuyasha, Kikyo and Sesshomaru had come racing out of the cave, but in that short time everyone was able to see that something had gone on in there.

 

“Fine,” Inuyasha said, not looking at anyone. It was a moment before he turned to Kikyo and Sesshomaru and asked, “What did you find out?”

 

Kikyo glanced at Sesshomaru, who was still looking at Inuyasha and said, “Inuyasha…it's…” Inuyasha cut her off. “What did you find out!”

 

“N…nothing…” Kikyo said, placing her hand on Inuyasha's shoulder. “Inuyasha…” he grabbed her hand, roughly, and said, “Tell me.” He squeezed her hand, hard.

 

“Naraku,” he said, gasping. “It's Naraku.” Inuyasha let go and she massaged the bruised joints. “I think he's inside of her somehow. In her mind in some way I think.” Inuyasha and the others all stared at her. What was she talking about? Sighing she sat down next to Inuyasha and said, “I think it was Kagura and Kanna who brought her back, but something went wrong. She's not herself, she's not pure anymore. She has hatred in her heart.”

 

“What?” Inuyasha said. “But…she's Kagome. A Miko. How can she not be…”

 

“I don't know.” Kikyo said. “I think it has to do with the way she was brought back. They didn't use grave soil, as how I was brought back, since she was a fresh corpse. I think they used some of her blood and maybe some of Naraku's seeped in or something.” She was silent for a moment before saying, “If that's what happened then what she said would make since.”

 

“What? What did she say?” Inuyasha asked, getting impatient. All he wanted to do was see Kagome. But she had said she hated him. No, that must have been from Naraku, if he was really inside of her somehow.

 

“She said that it was Naraku that she was fighting. That if she stopped fighting him he would take control of her…again…”

 

“Again?” Miroku and Shippou asked. “What did she mean again?” Sango said.

 

“I don't know.” Kikyo said. “Maybe that it had happened before? She didn't give details.”

 

“Does this mean Kagome won't remember me?” asked Shippou.

 

“What about Rin?” asked Rin. “Will Kagome forget about Rin to?”

 

“No, no.” Kikyo said. “She hasn't forgotten about us.” Kikyo glanced behind her, to the bubble that had once been the cave where Kagome was hidden. “It would have helped if we could just go in there and look around but it's all destroyed now.” She got up and went to examine the entrance anyways, just to see if there would be anyway to unblock it.

 

Sesshomaru, bored with this conversation, walked past Rin, indicating to her to follow him on a walk. Jaken ,their ever present annoyance, followed as well. Sesshomaru, wanting to talk with Rin alone, told Jaken to look after Ah-Un, who had returned sometime ago from leaving the babies with Kaeda, for an hour. Though Rin was only sixteen, and a mortal, Sesshomaru had long since come to the realization that he loved her. She had long know, to, that she loved him, though at first it had only been a child's love. Rin loved to go on walks with him, and she loved being able to make him speak more than a few words.

 

They headed off into the trees, quietly, so no one would notice them. Sesshomaru, not wanting to hurt Rin, told himself to wait until she was older before they did anything…physical. The farthest they'd ever gotten was kissing, and only slight fondling, nothing serious. It was a small secret, but it meant a great deal to them.

 

Shippou, having lost one playmate, went to Kirara and they started to play a game of tag. It was a small distraction, but they were both happy for it. It took Shippou's mind from Kagome and Kirara's mind from worrying about Sango. It also gave Shippou a reason to yell without getting into much trouble. Today, though, he knew to be quiet so that the adults could talk.

 

Sango and Miroku, holding hands, were sitting together, worrying about Kagome. What if something bad really did happen to her? What if she got taken over, or whatever could happen, again? And, though they both really didn't want to think about it, what if she attacked Kaeda's village? What choice would Sango and Miroku have but to fight?

 

Inuyasha, sitting alone still, tried to think of something to do. He wanted to go after Kagome, but he didn't know where she had gone to. He might look all over Japan and never find her! He sighed. They would have to do the same thing they did for the Shikon no Tama shards…search for rumors.

 

An idea struck Inuyasha. The shards! The Shikon no Tama! If he could make it whole he could make everything the way it had been, Kagome by his side. He could tell her…everything that he'd ever wanted to say to her. But, then again, it might be to late by the time they found all of the shards. Kagome might be in even more danger, hurt, dieing…dead even by that time.

 

“Inuyasha?” Came Kikyo's voice. “Come and look at this.”

 

A/N: RandR!!

 

HAHAHA!!! ANOTHER EVIL CLIFFY!!! Sorry, but I just had to stop it there!! Ok, I know I'm going to be yelled at for doing it but oh well!! Anyways, hope you liked this new chapter, I'm gonna start on the next one right away! Oh, and sorry for changing the title but I think people thought it was all in Japanese or something…I dunno…and remember, RandR or no new chappi for you!!

 

-Nene (Neo Staff)

 

p.s. for all of you who are perverts out there…Rin and Sesshomaru don't do anything in the forest!! Gosh, sickos!! Lol, Ja Ne!!