InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lonely No More ❯ Chapter 14 ( Chapter 14 )

Hi everyone the next chapter in our story is up. I wanted to thank W_J for all her help in teaching me how to improve my writing skills. W_J you rock and thank you for all your help. I have learned a lot.

Jinx is unavailable at the moment. She will not be putting editors notes in the chapters. We all have our own little demons to deal with in our lives and she has hers. So I will support her in everything she does and give her time. Maybe I can get her to put in her editors notes at the end of the story, we will just have to wait and see.

Enough talking and on with the next chapter!

Chapter 14

Inuyasha continued to walk deep into the forest with the girl in his arms. Her breathing was becoming more and more sallow as it was becoming increasingly difficult for her to breathe. He made it to the god tree, as he called it, and jumped high into its branches. He always came here when he was feeling sad or lonely and now that the girl of his dreams was dying in his arms he was over come with grief, as he felt helpless to save her.

Inuyasha reached the nest they had shared the night before and laid her down on the soft leaves. He gently brushed the hair away from her face wanting to gaze upon her beauty as he kneeled down next to her.

Inuyasha stayed with her all day in hopes that she would wake up and they could be together. As the night was approaching her breathing became shallower. Her skin felt cold to the touch but he never left her side. The tears of pain and sorrow started to come down his face as the sadness he felt was tearing him apart. Then he started to grieve for his beloved.

Inuyasha let out an ear-shattering howl that broke the silence of the forest as it told of his heartache for the girl. He slummed forward and touched her cheek with his as he licked her chin in hopes of waking her. But nothing he did would awaken the girl.

As he cried for his love he heard a gentle voice speak to him, "My son, why do you grieve so?"

Inuyasha quickly stood and looked around for the source of the voice. There was no one around, he tried to pick up the scent of the intruder, but there was none. He turned back to the girl thinking that he had imagined the voice as he continued to caress her cheek with his callused thumb.

The voice spoke again, "My son, why do you grieve so?"

Inuyasha sighed he didn't know where this voice was coming from as he scanned the area again looking for the intruder.

Inuyasha thought he was going crazy over the grief he felt for Kagome so he answered the voice question, "My one and only love is hurt and there is nothing I can do to save her," his voice started to crack as he continued, "she's going to die and leave me alone to wander this world with no one to love."

Inuyasha hung his head and cried as he said this, his heart heavy with pain, then the voice said, "I know of a way to save her if you are willing to do it."

Inuyasha raised his head as his ears perked up at the thought of saving her. "What do I have to do to save her!?" he asked with such force that he was afraid that he had scared off the person he was speaking to, because he took a long time to answer his question.

The voice said, "All you have to do is share your blood with her and give her the mating mark. When this is done her hanyou powers will be released and she could heal herself."

Inuyasha's eyes grew big, if he claimed her as his own then her hanyou powers would be released and that could save her life.

Then curiosity got the best of him and he asked, "Who are you?" as he looked around trying to find this mysterious person who was helping him save his angel.

The voice took a minute to consider his question and then said, "I am the god tree, for centuries I have stood here and watched as my children grew and flourished. I saw them spread far and wide and become strong. As the medicine men and women kept the land pure and clean my children grew strong and they prospered.

But soon evil started to take over this land. It poisoned the minds of my children as they started fighting among themselves. They fought over the territory to see who was better than the rest. It was a war of brother against brother and sister against sister.

As they started to kill off the medicine men and women the land began to get sick, no longer does the land supply you with food and no longer is the water pure. Now that the evil is so far spread women die when they give birth to your young.

Soon the land will start to die and I along with it. I have waited for centuries for you two to appear. You are the only ones who could save and protect the land and return it to the way it was. Peace would be restored and my children will once again flourish."

Inuyasha heard as the god tree told him his story. He had always felt a certain connection to this tree but he didn't know it was alive in the sense that it could talk.

Inuyasha looked at the girl as he considered the trees words. He had no reason to doubt what he was saying plus he was running out of options. If he didn't try to heal Kagome she will die.

Inuyasha shifted his position and kneeled near her head as he prepared to give her some of his blood but before he could cut his wrist the tree spoke again. "My son if you choose to do this you must complete the mating within 3 days or you'll both die. This is the price you must pay to have her with you."

Inuyasha heard his words but he didn't care he wanted to save her and that was what he was going to do. He would finish the mating ritual before the third day. Kagome had already consented to be his mate so that shouldn't be a problem.

Inuyasha cut his wrist with his clawed finger as he tilted Kagome's head back to open her mouth. Slowly the blood started to drip in her mouth and she started to swallow it making a face as the hot liquid went down her throat. When he was starting to feel light headed he stopped. He laid her back down and licked his wrist in order to seal his wound.

He picked her up and cradled her in his lap as he slowly opened the back of her dress to expose her neck. He gently pulled on the dress to release her shoulder from her clothes. Once it was free he lowered his head and started to trail kisses down her neck when he reached that sensitive spot he bit down hard until he buried his fangs into her skin.

Inuyasha slowly released her and started to lick away the blood that pooled around her wound as it started to heal. He laid her down and waited for something to happen. He was tired from the blood loss but he couldn't fall asleep just yet he wanted to know if this was going to work.

Inuyasha didn't have to wait for long as Kagome started to glow.

His sensitive hanyou ears picked up on her heartbeat. It was getting stronger as her heart started to pump the much-needed blood throughout her body.

Then he noticed that she was changing physically, first her nails started to grow into claws. Her teeth started to get longer as her fangs appeared. Her hair got longer as it stayed black but he noticed that it had blue highlights in it that made her hair shine in the moonlight. Her ears disappeared from the side of her head as two cute black dog-ears appeared on the top of her head in the middle of her gorgeous mane. She still had the four half moons in a circle on her forehead.

Inuyasha was so preoccupied on watching her transformation that he jumped when he felt something curl around his ankle. When he looked down he saw a tail that was long and black with blue streaks. She looked more beautiful now than she did before as the transformation was completed.

Kagome started to move as he leaned down and kissed her on her soft lips. His heart almost leaped out of his chest as he felt her respond to his touch. When he pulled away he saw her golden blue eyes and he smiled.

Kagome reached up with her hand as she brought it up to his cheek and gently wiped away the tears that he shed for her.

She smiled weakly at him then he said in a soft and loving voice. "Rest my love, I'll be here when you awaken."

Inuyasha reached for her hand as he gently grasped it in his. He kissed the back of her hand and then he kissed her forehead as she fell into a deep and peaceful sleep.

Inuyasha could no longer keep his eyes open as he laid down next to his beloved. But before he fell asleep he said, "Thank you for helping her."

Before he too fell into the black abyss.

--oOo--

The god tree looked on as his children fell asleep in his arms.

His children he thought, he had waited for over 1000 years for them to appear, two halves of one soul with enough power to heal the land and protect it. He would protect them as they slept.

Down below someone was looking for them, but he would not divulge their location as he kept them hidden from their sight. He had managed to cover their scents preventing anyone from following them into his branches. He moved his branches and limbs in a protective manner to make sure that they would be safe for the night as they recovered from their ordeal. As soon as they mated the power will be complete. They will be united as one and as one they will protect this land thus giving life back to his children.

This pleased him to no end.

--oOo--

Tsa-li saw when the cat demon broke away from Inuyasha and started to charge towards Kagome. Tsa-li quickly moved to block him to prevent him from reaching the girl. The cat demon was fast, he saw the wolf coming towards him and dodged his attack as he made contact with the girl.

Tsa-li skidded to a halt and saw as he hit Kagome in the back sending her flying towards a tree. She had hit it full force. Tsa-li could hear her ribs crack from the impact as she fell to the forest floor unconscious.

He saw as the enraged hanyou rush his enemy and killed him instantly for hurting his mate. Inuyasha had gone over to the girl and was cradling her in his arms as he rocked her back and forth trying to wake her up.

She was hurt and there was nothing any of them could do to save her.

Tsa-li hung his head in shame; he had failed in his duty to protect the girl. She had trusted him enough to consider him part of her pack and he couldn't even protect her from a lowly cat.

Tsa-li noticed as the hanyou picked the girl up and started to walk deep into the forest. No doubt that he wanted some privacy, as he would grieve for the girl.

Tsa-li looked at his mate and sighed, `When Jinx wakes up she is going to be angry with me for not protecting her sister and letting her die.'

He walked over to his mate and laid down next to her as he placed his head on her neck, waiting for her to awaken.

--oOo--

Sango and Miroku looked on as they saw their friend enter the forest with the girl in his arms. Clearly he wanted to be alone as her end was coming. He wanted to grieve for his love in solitude.

Sango had tears coming down her face at the thought of losing her friend. She had not known the girl for that long but she clearly saw her as a sister.

Miroku seeing that his mate was in distress from losing her friend put his arms around her as he brought her into an embrace to comfort her grieving heart. He made no move to be perverted. He was sincere in his actions as he held her and allowed her to shed her tears of pain.

Miroku slowly started to turn and pull his mate towards the village, he wanted to get back and tell Chief Togo what had happened and he was not going to be happy.

--oOo--

The night slowly started to approach and Jinx was still out cold.

Tsa-li stayed by his mate's side protecting her as she slept. Then he heard and inhuman howl come from the forest as Inuyasha let out an anguish howl at the lost of his love.

Tsa-li heart was broken into a million pieces as he heard his cry of agony. He hung his head low as he looked at his mate. `She is going to be heart broken when she awakens from her slumber.' He thought with a heavy heart.

Tsa-li looked into the sky and noticed that there was a full moon out tonight. It would've been the perfect time to mate with Jinx and give her a gift that would've made her happy. The gift could only be bestowed upon the full moon as he gave her the mating mark.

Tsa-li thought for a while and then he came to a conclusion he would give her the gift it was the least he could do for failing to keep her sister safe. He leaned down towards his mate as he began to lick her neck then he bit into her skin drawing some blood in the process. He heard her soft growl as he released her and gently started to close the wound by licking the blood away.

The mating mark has been set now all he had to do was wait. Soon the full moon shone upon his mate as she started to transform.

Jinx was turning into her human form. Her legs stretched into arms and legs as her body took on a human form. She had shoulder length hair that was the color of the night with a hint of blue in it. Her features were perfect as she grew claws and her fangs started to protrude from her mouth. She had wolf ears on the side of her head that were the best part of her looks. She wore a dark blue dress with pants that showed off her figure to perfection and on the front of the dress set in beads was a wolf howling at the moon.

Tsa-li stared in disbelief. She was gorgeous even in her human form.

Tsa-li also started to transform, first his four legs turned into arms and legs, then his wolf body turned into a human one. He began to grow claws that were longer than his mates. His fangs started to come out of his mouth as his ears moved to the side of his head and became pointed wolf ears on the side. His eyes were the color of green with a hint of gold as he was breathing hard from the transformation.

His hair came down to the middle of his back as he had it tied back in a low ponytail. He was wearing a dark blue shirt and pants, his well-chiseled chest filled the shirt outlining his muscular form and on his shirt he to had the wolf howling at the moon set in beads.

When the transformation was complete he looked at his mate with concern. `She should have awaken by now.'

Jinx was so beautiful that he couldn't resist. He leaned forward and touched his lips with hers. They were soft and warm to the touch, as he licked the bottom lip asking for permission to enter. Jinx responded by opening her mouth to him as he quickly made his way in to explore his mate.

Jinx slowly started to awaken, she felt different somehow not quite the same as before. She felt soft warm lips on hers as the person gently licked the bottom of her lip asking for permission to be let in.

Jinx opened her mouth to find a tongue quickly darting in and tasting every last bit of her. She was enjoying the sensation she was feeling as she slowly started to open her eyes to see who was kissing her.

Tsa-li slowly pulled away from his mate as he stared into her beautiful green eyes that held a hint of gold around the edge. He smiled at her and was greeted with the same.

Jinx noticed that she was no longer a wolf but that she was in human form. She looked into the eyes of the man that was kissing her and they looked familiar. They were the eyes of her mate.

Jinx slowly sat up looking at her new form then she looked at her mate with confusion. She found her voice and asked. "Tsa-li what happened to me?"

Tsa-li looked at his mate and lowered his head in shame, he tried to speak but couldn't as his voice got stuck in his throat.

Jinxed noticed that he was having a hard time speaking as she looked around to find that they were all alone in a clearing. Then she asked the question that he had been dreading. "Where's Kagome?"

Tsa-li flinched at her question and she saw this, then she said in a growl, "Tell me what happened to my sister Tsa-li!"

Tsa-li finally found his voice and proceeded to tell her everything that had happened since the fight with the cat demon.

Jinx's was heart broken as she heard the story of what happened.

`Kagome can't be dead, I would know if she was dead. She is still alive and I'm going to find her.' Thought Jinx as she slowly started to stand up on her shaky legs.

Tsa-li rose with her to steady her as she stood, but he had yet to answer her question on how she got to be human. "Tsa-li you haven't answered my question on how I got to be human." Jinx said with an edge to her voice.

Tsa-li sighed and looked into her eyes and explained. "I gave you a gift. It was a gift that I was going to give to you once we mated but I opted to give it to you now because it was the least I could to for failing you." As he finished he hung his head low in shame.

Jinx softens her eyes as she reached for her mate and cupped his cheek in her hand. She raised his head so she could look at him. "You haven't failed me Tsa-li, you tried your best and that is all I can ask of you. I know for a fact that my sister is still alive. We have to go and find them."

Tsa-li was surprised by her words he knew that she had a special bond with her sister but he didn't know it was this strong. He looked at her, smiled, and then he said, "Lets go find Kagome."

Together they left the clearing and went into the forest in search of Kagome and Inuyasha.

Jinx and Tsa-li went deeper into the forest following Inuyasha's scent when they came upon a big tree in the forest they lost it. They looked at each other in confusion.

Inuyasha scent had simply vanished so they started to search the area in hopes of finding it again. They searched everywhere around the big tree but they couldn't find his scent. They had lost the trail, not even Tsa-li superior nose could pick up the scent. They had no idea where the hanyou had gone.

Tired and bewildered from their search they went in search for the rest of their pack to tell them what had happened. Not knowing that they were closer than they thought to Kagome and Inuyasha.

--oOo--

Kagome started to stretch and yawn as her eyes fluttered open. She looked at her surrounding wondering where in the hell she was. The last thing she remembered was trying to make it into the safety of the forest when someone attacked her from behind.

Kagome noticed that she had changed from the night before. She felt stronger somehow like something was awakened during the night. She remembered Inuyasha being by her side as she woke up from her dream. A dream in which she had seen her mother and was running towards her when someone pulled her back to the present.

Kagome raised her hand to rub her eyes when she noticed that she had claws for nails. When she tried to cover her mouth with her hand to prevent her from screaming she noticed that she had fangs that were sticking out of her mouth. She ran her finger along the tip and cut it in the process.

`These fangs weren't here before,' she thought as she started to think about what could've happened to her during the night.

Then it finally hit her as she reached up and felt two fluffy ears on the top of her head, much like Inuyasha's. Some how her hanyou side had been released and she had turned into one during the night.

Kagome's neck hurt and when she rubbed it she noticed that she had a bite mark there. When she pulled her hand away she saw that she had blood on them `the wound must still be bleeding' she thought as she looked at her hand.

The bite mark hurt her to no end as she tried to rub it to make it feel better but it was only making it worse.

Kagome decided to wake up Inuyasha so she could get some answers on what happened last night. She rolled onto her side and stared into the sleeping face of the man she loved. She giggled as she reached up and started to rub his ear.

Inuyasha slowly started to purr as Kagome continued to rub his ear. He drew her closer to him to feel the warmth of her body against his. When he opened his eyes he saw two golden blue eyes staring right back at him. He smiled as he pulled her closer and kissed her passionately.

They continued for several minutes until she pulled away from him and looked into his eyes and said, "Inuyasha what happened last night? Why have I been turned into a hanyou? And why does my neck hurt so bad?"

Inuyasha looked at her in confusion as he sat up. He leaned over and pulled on the top of her dress so he could look at her neck and asked, "Does your neck hurt that bad?" She winced from his touch.

He pulled her into his lap as he brought his hot breath over his mating mark and began to lick her wound. The pain started to go away as soon as Inuyasha started to heal her wound. She was purring as he was healing her mating mark.

When he was finally finished he looked at her and asked, "How does it feel now? Does it still hurt?"

Kagome looked at him and smiled, "no the pain is gone now, thank you."

She snuggled into his arms as he held her tight. Then she asked, "Inuyasha what happened last night? I want to know why I'm a hanyou now."

Inuyasha lowered his head as he tried to explain what happened. "Well you were hurt pretty bad when that cat demon hit you and threw you against a tree. You were bleeding from the inside and you had a couple of broken ribs as your breathing was becoming labored.

I couldn't do anything to help you so I brought you here to the last place we had been together. I figured that if you died then I could die with you. But the god tree told me how to save you, he said that if I released your hanyou powers that your body would be able to heal itself. All I had to do was give you some of my blood and give you the mating mark, that's what you have on your neck. I must've not sealed it properly last night which is why it hurt you, I'm sorry Kagome I didn't mean to hurt you in anyway." He had said the last with a note of sorrow in his voice as she looked at him.

He still had his head down not willing to look at her. She raised his chin up and looked into his golden eyes and then she said, "you've saved my life with your actions, I love you Inuyasha, I always have, and I'll always will."

She leaned forward and kissed him again. When they parted Inuyasha turned bright red as he said, "Um, the god tree also said that we have to mate by the end of the third day or we will both die."

Kagome looked at him in shock, she would have to mate with him to keep from dying. She had already consented to being his mate this only meant that they would be mated sooner rather than later.

Kagome gave him one of her most perfect smiles and leaned forward to kiss him again as she slowly wrapped her arms around his neck to bring him closer to her.

Inuyasha loving the way she kissed him wrapped his arms around her waist and lowered her back to their soft bed not once breaking the kiss.

When they broke apart panting she smiled at him and said, "I love you Inuyasha and I would be happy to be your mate."

Inuyasha smiled at her happy to hear her words then he leaned forward and kissed her again. They embraced each other for a while when Kagome asked, "How long have we been asleep?"

Inuyasha had to think on this one he couldn't tell how long they were sleeping, "I really don't know," he said with confusion.

Kagome looked up into the sky and noticed that the sun was set high. Then she turned to her future mate and said, "We should at least go back to the village and tell everyone that I'm all right. Then we could come back here and finish what you started last night." She said with a purr as she started to lick his chin.

Inuyasha's eyes grew wide at her statement. He couldn't wait for tonight so he could make her his mate for life.

He gently stood up and reached for her, when she starting to stand up she didn't notice that she had a tail and stepped on it. She let out a yell of pain as she fell back down on her rump.

Kagome looked down to see what had caused her the pain when she noticed that there was this long black fluffy thing lying next to her. She reached down, grabbed it, and pulled. She yelled and let go of it very quickly as she backed away from it not knowing what it was.

Inuyasha saw what she was doing and started to laugh. He was laughing so hard that he fell down next to her in a fit of laughter.

Kagome gave him an angry look she didn't know what was so funny that had him laughing at her.

She started to growl at him and when he stopped he slowly sat up and wiping his eyes with the back of his hand as he tried to explain. "Um, Kagome, that big fluffy thing is your tail and when you pull it you wind up hurting yourself," he said with a chuckle.

Kagome looked at him in shock, `I have a tail! This can't be happening to me, why doesn't Inuyasha have one?'

Kagome looked at Inuyasha and said, "Why do I have a tail you don't?"

Inuyasha just smiled at her and said, "not every hanyou is the same we all have something different about us, some of us hide it very well, others you can see their differences right away like your tail."

As he finished speaking he reached over and started to stroke her tail with his clawed hand. It sent a wave of desire into her body that she stiffened and shut her eyes as she concentrated on what he was doing.

She started to purr from desire as he continued to stroke her tail.

Inuyasha was enjoying himself with her tail when he caught the scent she was giving off. What he was doing was arousing Kagome, he made a mental note of it and stopped before they got into something that would take the rest of the day to finish.

Kagome looked at him wondering why he had stopped it had felt so good that she wanted him to continue.

He smiled at her and said, "if we are going to go to the village then we better get going, I want to come back as soon as possible and finish what you just started," as he finished speaking he grabbed her and kissed with such desire that she had melted into his arms.

When he pulled away her eyes were glazed over and she was panting. He chuckled at her and then stood bringing her with him, making sure that he didn't step on her tail.

He placed her on the ground and then turned around and presented his back to her as he said, "come on, get on my back we can travel faster if I carry you. That way you won't trip over your tail." He ended his statement with a laugh.

Kagome was not happy about his remark but he did have a point she wasn't used to this tail and it was making it hard for her to keep her balance. So she climbed on his back then she took her tail and wrapped it around his waist.

Inuyasha noticed that Kagome had wrapped her tail around his waist; he loved the feel of her tail being there. It sent a shiver up his spine as he felt it tighten around him.

He stood up making sure that she was securely placed on his back then he jumped from the tree. He leaped from tree branch to tree branch heading back toward the village.

--oOo--

Chief Togo was sitting near the fire in front of his teepee with a grim look on his face. Sango and Miroku had come back to the village yesterday saying that they had been attacked and that the girl was seriously hurt. They feared that she would die that night and that Inuyasha had left to go deep in the forest.

The loss of the girl was a great loss to everyone. Her powers would've returned the lands back to the way it was. He wanted the peace to return to his homeland that he could almost taste it.

Chief Togo sat there contemplating life and how unfair it had been as Sango and Miroku approached him. They looked like they hadn't slept at all as Sango had blood shot eyes from all the crying she was doing. She was leaning heavily on Miroku for support during these trying times. It was good to see them together again, the events of the past few days have brought them much grief and pain.

They sat in silence enjoying each other's company when they heard something moving in the forest. Two people emerged from the forest dressed in blue, a man and a woman come within reach of the group as they neared the fire.

Sango looked up long enough to see the girl, then she turned her face back into her mate's chest as she continued to cry over the lost of her friend.

As the two wolves come up to the group the two males got to their feet and were ready to do battle. They stopped and looked at each other for a moment before Jinx broke the silence.

"Miroku, Sango, Chief Togo it's me Jinx, Kagome's wolf friend." They all looked at her with awe they couldn't believe that she was the wolf that accompanied the girl from her home.

Miroku having the hardest time believing what she was saying suddenly spoke to them, "if your Jinx then you can answer a question that only Jinx would know, there was something that happened during our trip that only she would know, could you tell me what that was?"

Jinxed looked at the monk with amusement she knew what he was talking about but she didn't want to cause any friction between him and his mate. She knew that Sango was very jealous of her mate and it would pain her to hurt her sister's friend.

Jinx thought of a way that she could get her point across without spilling the beans about him.

She smiled as she spoke, "Oh, you mean when I had your butt pinned to the ground over by the river and almost killed you, but Inuyasha showed up just in time and saved your life."

Jinx had that look in her eye that said she had just saved his ass and for him not to push his luck with her.

Miroku noticed her choice of words and silently thanked the gods that she was such a good friend to Kagome. Then he smiled and said, "Yup, that's Jinx Kagome's friend. But why are you human?" He was curious about what had happened to her and her mate.

Jinx had no time to explain what had happened to her as she quickly changed the conversation. "We have been to our pack and they informed us that the leaders from the other four tribes will be arriving here today. They come with many men and it is said that they grow tired of hiding behind a barrier that grows weak as the years pass letting the settlers take their land and their food. They want to move beyond the barriers and wage war on those people in order to take back what is rightfully theirs."

Chief Togo had a serious look on his face as he received this news. This meant that they were coming for a challenge they were bent on removing him as supreme chief of all the tribes. If they succeeded in this they will wage war on the settlers and their life, as they had known it, would be destroyed.

Chief Togo stood up straight as he spoke, "Miroku, I want you to gather the elders for a meeting we must plan what we are going to do if we are to survive what is coming."

Miroku looked at Chief Togo with concern he feared that there was something going on that he was totally in the dark about. He looked at the chief as he said, "you don't think they are coming here to challenge you do you? We know that they had been summoned here because you were taken ill and everyone thought that you were going to die but your still here so they don't have to challenge."

Chief Togo looked at Miroku and said, "I don't know if they're coming to challenge but we must be prepared. If they do challenge I want to make sure that they don't destroy everything we have worked so hard to build." He looked at each of them, he turned and walked away leaving a very confused group.

Jinx and Tsa-li looked at Sango and Miroku they didn't know what was going to happen but they had to help them. They had cared for her sister so Jinx felt a certain obligation to offer them their help.

Jinx had to know what had happened to her sister, they had searched the forest all night but they couldn't find them anywhere. So she decided to ask Miroku, "Miroku do you know where Kagome is? We have been looking for her all night but we can't find her."

Miroku looked at the wolf with sadness in his eyes he didn't know how to tell her that her sister was dead.

Jinx seeing the difficulties that he was having decided to break into his thoughts, "Miroku, I know my sister was hurt badly but she is not dead. I would know if she had died. She is still alive and with Inuyasha, we lost his trail last night in the forest and we have been unable to find them."

Miroku looked at the girl in disbelief he couldn't believe that Kagome was still alive not with all of the injuries she had sustained. He was about to open his mouth when they heard something running towards them from the forest.

Everyone stopped talking as they looked to see what emerged from the forest, what they saw almost made their hearts stop.

--oOo--

I hoped you all liked that chapter. Had you worried didn't I? You all thought that I would kill Kagome. Had you all fooled. LOL.

I told you in the beginning that there was a purpose to my madness for Jinx and now you know my little secret. Remember to review and let me know what you think. If you want Jinx to come back with her comments then I suggest that you tell her in your reviews. Because she isn't listening to me.

Happy New Years To everyone!!!!!!