Disclaimer: Lets see…if I owned Inuyasha…*gets evil grin* Oh, the things I would do! But alas, I own him not…neither do I own the song that is used below. 

::RECAP:: 

“Baba, when we get back you and me are going to have a long talk about this spell thing.” Inuyasha announced to the old miko as the group was getting ready to depart from the village. She raised her eyebrow questioningly.  

“Don’t give me that look baba, something’s wrong and you’re going to fix it. So be prepared.” With that he bounded off with Kagome on his back and Miroku and Sango following behind him on Kirara.  

Kaede shook her head as she watched the group fade into the horizon. ‘I know I made the right choice in not telling them everything before I bound them. Yet something tells me that they aren’t going to be as happy as they should be when they return.’ 

::END RECAP:: 

Chapter 5: From My Head To My Heart  

And you've always understood my intentions are good  

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*&nbs p; 

 

“INUYASHA!” Kagome screamed out his name as the hanyou crashed into the ground with enough force to break any normal human’s bones. She gritted her teeth against the sharp pain that flared up along her rib cage. 

‘Why do my ribs hurt so much? It’s almost as if I’m feeling his pain.’ 

Inuyasha cursed and jumped back up with a fully transformed Tetsusaiga grasp firmly in his hands. The group had happened upon a shard-carrying centaur youkai almost ten minutes ago, and almost immediately the fighting had turned intense. 

“Bitch! I told you to run!” Inuyasha dared not take his eyes off his present opponent long enough to make sure Kagome was obeying his command. Sango and Miroku spread out behind the centaur trying their best to corner the creature against a stone wall. They were careful to avoid his dangerously powerful hind legs, as Inuyasha had just found out.  

“But I can help you! The shard is in his chest!” The pain in her ribs had subsided as suddenly as it had appeared, much to her relief. Kagome tried to point her arrow toward the beast but Inuyasha was moving too fast for her eyes to focus on the half man-horse creature.  

“I won’t let you have my pretty jewel!” The thing hissed out it’s displeasure at having it’s secret revealed. “In fact, I’m going to trample your bones and then take all the pretties that your little priestess has.” 

“You leave Kagome out of this, you sack of fucking shit!” Inuyasha leapt forward with the Tetsusaiga raised high in order to cleave the demon in two, but the centaur was just fast enough to avoid the killing blow. 

“Inuyasha, If you would just hold still for a moment, I’d be able to shoot him!” Kagome was determined not to run from the battle like a helpless kid. 

“No! You’ll end up shooting me! Just take the runt and go!” Inuyasha made the mistake of glancing toward her and the centaur took advantage of this momentary lapse, sending Inuyasha flying towards the ground. The whole left side of Kagome’s body went numb as Inuyasha smashed into the ground. 

‘Kami-sama, I think I really am feeling his pain.’ She sucked in a shuddering breath and waited for the numbness to recede. After a moment Kagome’s took a hesitant step toward where Inuyasha was beginning to raise from the dirt but Sango stopped her. 

“Inuyasha’s right Kagome! He can’t fight this thing and protect you at the same time!” She didn’t mean for it to come out as harsh as is did, but it was too late. Kagome drew in a breath to argue but shut her mouth with an audible click. 

‘Do they all see me as useless? I can fight, I know I can…but Inuyasha’s right, without my sight I might shoot one of them instead.’ 

“Kagome I didn’t mean—“ Sango saw the hurt look on her friend’s face and tried to take back her words but Kagome just shook her head. The beast in front of her bellowed in pain when Inuyasha managed to land a hit to it’s shoulder. Sango fought to stay out of the way of its thrashing hooves, and when she could look up again Kagome was hurrying away with Shippou in her arms. Inuyasha relaxed visibly when he felt her presence grow fainter but her emotions were still playing loud and clear in the back of his mind, distracting him from the snarling demon in front of him. 

‘I’m sorry Kagome, but I’m going to have to shut you out for a bit.’ He could sense no other demons within a mile of their position so Kagome would be safe for now. Without taking his eyes off his opponent he untied the piece of cloth that bound his soul to Kagome’s.  

“Okay, bastard! I’ve played with you long enough! It’s time for you to give me back that shard!” 

~*~*~*~*~*~  

Shippou looked up at his adopted mother with worry. He had known the exact moment Inuyasha had blocked Kagome sight. Her skin became pale under her tan and her hands shook slightly. He reached up with one of his small paws and patted her cheek. He could feel the small beads of perspiration on her skin. Kagome managed to give the small kit a shaky smile before drawing in a calming breath. 

‘I will not let this childish fear control me any longer! I’ll prove to them that I’m not a sniveling little girl!’ 

“Shippou, I’m going to sit you down now, okay? I need you to take my hand and lead me through the forest until we can no longer hear the battle. That should be far enough away for Inuyasha’s liking.” She gently sat him down and felt around for his tiny paw. 

“Until I can’t hear them or you can’t hear them,” He wished to know as he started carefully tugging her forward.  

“Umm…I think until I can’t hear them. With your youkai hearing we might get too far way.” She absently rubbed at the spot above her heart that started to ache whenever she got too far from Inuyasha. 

‘Stupid binding spell!Stupid Inuyasha!’ 

“Don’t be mad at him, Kagome. He only wants you to be safe.” The small kitsune tried to reason with the hurting girl.  

“I know, but at times like these I realize just how much of a burden I am to him.” Kagome’s voice was full of sadness and it made Shippou’s little heart hurt. 

“But it’s his job to take care of you! My father always tried to keep my mother out of trouble.” Shippou’s tiny eyebrows dipped in concentration as he tried to judge the width of the animal barrow in front of them before he decided that it was small enough for his surrogate mother to step over. 

“Inuyasha and I don’t have the same relationship as your parents Shippou.” Kagome stumbled over a dip in the path and tried to hide the blush she could feel on her cheeks. 

“But you’re bound to him now. That’s almost like mating, ne?” His simple question sent her heart beating double time. How was she supposed to answer his question? But as fate would have it Kagome didn’t have to answer Shippou’s embarrassing question.  

“No, it’s nothing like mating, because unlike mating this spell can be broken.” Kagome was caught off guard by the sound of a voice that she knew almost as well as she knew her own.  

‘Kikyou…’ 

Shippou let out a little squeak of surprise at the sudden appearance of the un-dead miko. Kagome turned to face the voice of her incarnation and shoved the little kit behind her protectively. 

“Really, Kagome, do you think I’d hurt your little youkai pet?” Kikyou’s voice was full of amused contempt.  

“Shippou isn’t a pet, and I don’t trust you not to hurt him!” Kagome worked hard to keep any traces of fear off her face and out of her voice. There was no way she was going to give Kikyou the satisfaction of knowing she was afraid. 

“It hurts me to know that you don’t trust me with the child. After all, isn’t that like not trusting yourself?” Kagome stiffened when she felt something briefly brush against her arm. She realized then that Kikyou’s soul stealers were surrounding them. 

“I’m nothing like you!” She spat out, while trying her best to tuck the shivering kit closer to her body. 

“Those blue things are all around us Kagome.” Shippou whispered up to her.  

“I know. Please don’t be scared. I’m going to get us out of this, but if you get the chance I want you to run and get Inuyasha, okay?” Her voice was urgent as another one of those creatures brushed by her. 

“But I can’t leave you!” the kitsune all but wailed. There was no way under heaven he was going to leave his second mother so that some scary un-dead woman could kill her. 

“You’ll have to, Shippou. It’ll be up to you to bring help. Do you understand?” Her tone told him not to argue with her. Shippou eyed Kikyou and the flying blue youkai before nodding. 

“Hai, I understand.” He understood, but he didn’t have to like her plan. 

“Very touching…but I’m afraid what I have to say to you isn’t for Inuyasha’s ears. That means I can’t have this little kit running off to fetch him.” Kagome felt a shift in the air as the soul-stealers moved closer to her. Shippou’s sudden scream filled her ears and caused her blood to run cold. He tried to grab a hold of her shirt as he was dragged into the air, but the soul stealers didn’t give him the chance. 

“Kagome! No!! I want KAGO--!” His scream was cut short suddenly and Kagome felt dread well up inside her. 

“Shippou! Shippou, answer me!” There was no reply from Shippou. Kagome cursed the loss of her sight at that moment. If only she could see if he was okay! 

“ Kikyou, you bitch what have you done to Shippou?” Kikyou was surprised to see the pink miko energy that swirled around the younger girl.  

‘I hadn’t realized that her powers had matured this far. I must be more careful.’ 

“He is still alive, and I promise I won’t hurt him.” She motioned for her youkai to place the unconscious child on the ground. “Now you and I are going where we won’t be interrupted.” 

Kagome heard the sound of Shippou being placed on the ground and she hurried over to him. She felt around on the ground until she found him. With trembling hands she pulled him into her lap and felt him for injuries with gentle fingers.  

“That is enough. I’ve let you reassure yourself that the child is unharmed. Now you must come with me.” With another wave of Kikyou’s hand the flying youkai wrapped themselves around her reincarnation and picked the blind girl up. Kagome struggled in their grasp but found that the more she fought the tighter the spirits around her became. 

“Let me go! If you don’t Inuyasha will come after you!” she shouted desperately. The pain in her chest was intensifying. Where was that Hanyou when she needed him? 

“I have nothing to fear from Inuyasha coming after me.” Kikyou’s cold voice washed over Kagome sending shivers down her spine. For the first time since Kikyou had come Kagome clearly showed her fear on her face. 

‘Would he stop her from killing me?’  

 

 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~&n bsp;

“It’s in his fucking chest!” Inuyasha yelled with exasperation while Sango and Miroku shifted through what was left of the centaur looking for the jewel. 

“You know, Inuyasha, this would have been so much easier if you had left it in bigger pieces. I can’t tell its chest from any other body part.” Miroku told him with a hint of disgust in his voice. Poking his fingers around inside hunks of demon flesh wasn’t the monk’s idea of fun. No, his idea of fun was watching Sango bend over while she also searched not too far away. 

“Keh, he shouldn’t have said that about Kagome.” Inuyasha smirked. “I couldn’t let that go unpunished.” Miroku just shook his head. Inuyasha would never change. 

“How’s your wound? Shouldn’t you be off to find Kagome now that the battle’s over?” Sango asked as she kicked over one of the larger pieces of youkai flesh. She couldn’t tell if it was from the creature’s shoulder or chest. “We might need her to find this damn shard.” 

Inuyasha flexed the muscles that ran down his back experimentally. The deep scratch that the centaur’s hooves had given him was almost healed. It was time to go find Kagome and the runt. He reached inside the sleeve pocket of his haori and pulled out the strip of cloth that would allow him to feel Kagome again. Absently he tied it back onto his pray beads but stumbled when he was almost overwhelmed by the emotions that were pouring from her into him. 

“Fuck!” Inuyasha grabbed his chest and had to lean up against a tree for support. Sango and Miroku rushed over to him in worry. 

“What’s the matter Inuyasha?” Miroku laid a hand on his shoulder, but Inuyasha shrugged it off. He managed to stand up and sniff the air. 

‘How could I have missed this? The faint smell of grave soil and ashes. Kikyou was near by.’ Inuyasha growled low in his throat as a particularly strong vibe of confusion and pain ripped through his link to Kagome. He was catching some of her stray thoughts too. 

‘She’s lying! She has to be lying! I have to be strong. Inuyasha, please come soon…I have to be strong. I have to be strong!’ He growled again and shook his head, trying to rid himself of her frantic mind voice. 

“Inuyasha, snap out of it!” Sango demanded, “Tell us what’s wrong.” 

“Kagome. Something’s happened.” He didn’t have time to explain to any of what he was feeling to them. He only knew that he had to reach Kagome. Soon. 

“Find the shard and then try to find Shippou. He might have been hurt when Kagome got attacked.” He didn’t stop to see if they would obey his words or not. He trusted them enough to know that they would follow after everything here had been taken care of. 

Miroku and Sango grimly started to dig through the carnage again.  

 

~*~*~*~*~*~*~ 

The glade Kikyou chose to settle on was high on the side of a hill a few miles from where she’d kidnapped the blind Kagome. It was a very protected spot that would work to her advantage once Inuyasha came after Kagome. She beckoned her soul snatchers to deposit her unconscious reincarnation a few feet away, then she sent them out to hunt for more souls.  

‘It’s all this pitiful copy’s fault that I’ve needed more souls to sustain my life recently. It’s her fault that I’m so weak that I have to feed off the souls of others.’ 

Meanwhile, Kagome began to stir from her unconscious state. The first thing she noticed was that she wasn’t floating in the air any more; the second was that she still couldn’t see, and the third thing was that her chest felt as if it were on fire. 

‘Kikyou must have taken me pretty far from Inuyasha. Crap, this hurts.’ She pressed one of her hands to her chest in an effort to ease the pain. 

“I see that you’re awake.” Kikyou moved forward and sat across from the other girl. “Do you know how much trouble you’ve caused me lately?” she asked in a soft voice.  

Kagome struggled to sit upright and turned toward the sound of Kikyou’s voice. Her hands fisted in the grass at her sides when she remembered what the un-dead girl had done to Shippou. 

“What do you mean the trouble I’ve caused you? You’re the one who kidnapped me and hurt Shippou!” She didn’t even try to contain her anger. The last week had been full of stress and anxiety for Kagome. Now on top of everything that had happened Kikyou had the nerve to take her away from her friends...And she wanted to talk about the trouble Kagome had caused HER? Kikyou ignored Kagome’s raising ire. She only had a small window of time to speak with the other miko before Inuyasha would notice she was gone. 

“Tell me, have you ever felt like you were missing the piece of our soul that I possess?” Kikyou reached out lightly and tapped the place above Kagome’s chest that was currently giving the girl so much pain. The burning she had previously been feeling was replaced with the sensation of her heart being ripped apart by two different forces. Kagome couldn’t stop the scream that tore from her throat as she doubled over. 

“Ah, I suppose that answers my question. At least you are feeling some of my pain.” Kikyou withdrew her hand from the cowering girl’s chest and some of the unbearable distress Kagome was feeling slacked off. 

“Wha?” was all she managed to gasp out as sweat began to roll off her face and tears dripped from the corners of her tightly squeezed eyes. Kagome fought to stay conscious with every last bit of strength she had left.  

“The bond you have with Inuyasha is destroying me.” Kikyou watched as Kagome fought for control over her trembling limbs and frowned when she realized that the blind girl was overcoming the pain. 

‘She is mush stronger than I first took her to be.’ 

“How?” Kagome managed to sit up with a little difficulty. She gritted her teeth in concentration, consciously pushing her discomfort into the back of her mind. If she was going to get away from Kikyou alive she was going to have to ignore the agony her heart was in. 

“When my sister tied your two souls together, Inuyasha’s overly possessive soul sensed that a part of yours was missing, and immediately went about trying to…fill in the gap…so to speak.” She paused for a moment then spoke as if to herself, “I can’t help but wonder if Kaede knew this would happen.”  

“How would Inuyasha’s soul filling a gap in mine kill you?” Kagome ignored her last words about Kaede and focused on the other things Kikyou had said. This new information explained some of the strange things that had been happening since the spell was cast, like her newfound ability to feel his pain, but Kagome still didn’t understand the significance of Kikyou’s words. Her face must have showed some of her confusion because the priestess spoke again.  

“You don’t get it do you little girl? As a miko you should have at least sensed what was going on! You’re willingly letting him corrupt our soul! If the gap in your soul ceases to exist then the piece I have will disappear forever. It will have no place in this world anymore!” Kikyou’s voice sounded desperate and Kagome began to understand. 

‘Inuyasha’s soul is becoming part of mine and there’s no place for Kikyou’s piece to return to. His soul is changing ours into something different that she’s not apart of.’  

“He’s becoming a part of me.” Kagome whispered to herself. Suddenly bright colors flooded her vision and she felt her stomach flip flop. Inuyasha had apparently reestablished their soul-link. He would be on his way to find her soon. Or at least she hoped so. 

“You must reverse the spell before it is too late for me…for our soul!” Kikyou’s voice sounded harsh to Kagome’s ears. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Was this stupid girl happy to have her soul meshed with that Inuyasha’s? 

‘She wants me to willingly give up my only link to Inuyasha? I…I finally have a place in his heart…a place without Kikyou’s shadow...’ Kagome was shocked at the way her whole body rejected the idea of severing her connection to Inuyasha. Her heart lurched and then sped up and her hands began to tremble again in earnest.  

“But, what if I don’t want it to be reversed?” She asked the un-dead miko quietly. 

“Inuyasha will not let me die once he finds out what’s happening! He will find a way to keep me from disappearing from this world even if it means severing his soul from yours by force and you know that’s the truth.” Kikyou informed the blind Kagome in a confident voice. She reached over again a touched the spot above Kagome’s heart again. The control Kagome had gained over the pain shattered into a million pieces immediately.  

“It feels like your heart’s being ripped in two doesn’t it? That’s because our soul is fighting against Inuyasha’s claim.” 

‘She’s lying! She has to be lying! I have to be strong. Inuyasha, please come soon…I have to be strong. I have to be strong!’ Her thoughts were spinning around in her head a mile a minute. She took in a shuddering deep breath and tried to calm herself. It didn’t take as long this time for Kagome to gain control as it had the last time Kikyou had touched her. She used her hands to push herself into a sitting position again. 

“I don’t believe you! Inuyasha’s soul would never hurt mine! You only say that because your afraid of what will happen if he fills in my missing piece!” Kagome nearly shouted at Kikyou. The other girl drew back and slapped her, but there wasn’t much sting in it. 

“I’m right aren’t I? You’re afraid of going back to the grave where you belong.” Kagome could tell that Inuyasha was closing in on their location because the pain she felt at being so far away from him was beginning to ease. 

“You still understand nothing.” Kikyou stood up and moved away from the other girl. “Inuyasha is mine just as I am his. I will not let you change our soul into something that it’s not meant to be! I won’t let him forget me!” 

‘She’s afraid that he’ll forget her? But he’s promised to avenge her death by killing Naraku. His memory of her is what keeps him from truly seeing me.’ 

“He will never forget you. I can promise you that” Kagome’s words came out sounding strangely bitter to her own ears. 

‘No, he will never forget you. No matter how hard I try.’ 

“Then you understand.” Kikyou’s voice was back to its normal emotionless tone. Kagome saw the glade she was trapped in through Inuyasha’s eyes and knew it wouldn’t be long.  “He has come.” Kikyou confirmed for her right before the sound of someone rushing through the forest reached Kagome’s ears.    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~  

Inuyasha slowed his frantic pace when he finally caught sight of Kagome and the un-dead miko in the middle of the clearing up ahead. His eyes quickly took in Kagome’s form, looking for any sign of injury. Sweat and tears ran down her cheeks and it looked like the only thing that kept her up right was sheer will alone. A low growl rumbled in his chest at the pained _expression on her face and the fear in her scent. However, any thoughts of disemboweling the bastard that caused her to be this afraid disappeared when his eyes landed on Kikyou. Confusion and disbelief filled him.  

‘Is she the only one here with Kagome? Was she the one to cause her this pain?’ 

“Kagome, are you hurt?” He asked as he slowly approached the two. His eyes shifted back and forth as he fought an internal battle over what to do. 

“I-I’m better now that you’re here. She took me too far away from you.” Kagome’s voice was shaky but loud enough for him to hear her clearly. Inuyasha felt a strange surge of pride at her bravery, because he could feel just how much her statement was a lie through their bond. 

“Kikyou, why did you take Kagome?” Inuyasha turned to the silent girl now that he had made sure that Kagome wasn’t hurt. 

‘Please tell me you didn’t do this.’ 

“Don’t tell me you care so much for the copy when you could have the real thing?” She asked instead of answering his question. She moved closer but stop just out of arm’s reach. Kikyou eyed him, curious at what his reaction to her question would be.  

Inuyasha didn’t know how to reply. Kagome’s emotions of sadness, fear, and were overwhelming his thoughts. He couldn’t separate her feelings from his anymore.  

One of her thoughts kept repeating over and over in his head, each time causing him to feel a harsh stab of pain between the eyes, ‘He’s going to leave me. He’s going to leave me. He’s going to leave me.’ 

“Damn it bitch! I’m not leaving you anywhere!” He yelled at her when he could take it no longer. He felt a flash of surprise in the back of his mind and then her thoughts began to become quieter. He could tell that Kagome was trying to rein in her runaway emotions and for that he was grateful. 

“I’ll ask you again, Kikyou, why did you take Kagome?” He desperately wanted her to tell him that this was all one big misunderstanding, but deep down he knew better. 

“If you care for my reincarnation so much why don’t you ask her what our conversation was about?” Kikyou turned away, but not before Inuyasha saw the hurt look on her face. “I have to be going now. Remember Inuyasha, the day is quickly approaching when you’ll have to choose!” She made a small hand gesture, calling for her soul stealers to come and carry her away. Inuyasha rushed forward, determined to stop Kikyou from leaving without answering his question. 

There was a loud sound of flesh hitting…something…and then Inuyasha was forcefully thrown backwards. Kagome winced as she felt the pain of his being thrown into the ground mirror itself in her body. Her breath came out in a short gasp. She was certain to be one big bruise in the morning. Inuyasha jumped up and ran forward again and again. Each time he was thrown backwards. By this time Kagome could barely keep from falling over herself as she hissed in pain. 

“Inuyasha, she’s put up a barrier! You’ve got to stop running into it! I-I don’t k-know how much more I can t-take!” For the first time since he’d yelled at her Inuyasha looked at Kagome. Kikyou was all but forgotten when he caught sight of her condition. Kagome looked much worse than before as a trickle of blood made it’s way down her cheek from her nose. 

“Shit! Kagome that’s the matter?” He rushed forward to get to her side, forgetting in his haste the spirit barrier that Kikyou had constructed. He heard Kagome give a hoarse scream of pain as for the fourth time in less than ten minutes he bounced off the invisible shield.  

“Inuyasha, I can’t undo this barrier by myself. You’re going to have to use Tetsusaiga to break it down.” The smell of her blood and the fact that he was being kept from her was driving Inuyasha crazy. He franticly gripped his transformed sword in his hands. 

“I’m going to come get you in just a second, Kagome, just hang in there for me okay?” He was trying to keep his voice steady for her benefit but wasn’t sure if it did any good. Inuyasha reached out his hand slowly until he felt the slight vibration in the air that signified a miko-energy barrier. Welding the Tetsusaiga in an almost desperate manner he managed to break a hole in it on his third try.  

Quickly, almost as an afterthought he sheathed his sword as he ran to Kagome’s side. Just as he reached her, the last of Kagome’s strength left her. She tried to speak as he caught her and held her close but no words would come passed her lips. 

“Shh…Kagome don’t try to talk.” Inuyasha sank down to his knees and pulled the injured girl close to his chest.  

“What happened to you? A minute ago you seemed okay, now you’re bleeding!” He ran a careful hand up her arms and across her back, checking the dark bruises that were beginning to appear on her skin. 

“You…I…can…” Kagome tried to tell him but her breath was becoming punctuated with short gasps. 

“Oi, I told you not to try to talk!” Inuyasha scowled down at her, she could tell by the way his eyes squelched up, but there was no heat in his tone. 

“The spell…I can…feel…your pain…” Inuyasha would have dropped her had he been standing up. 

“What do you mean?” He didn’t wait for her answer before he rolled her onto her side and yanked up her shirt. 

“Inuyasha! What-?” Kagome drew in a sharp breath when she felt his fingers pressing on an especially tender spot on her ribs. She couldn’t help the blush that rose on her cheeks as a slight breeze played over her exposed skin. 

“You have fucking hoof marks all over you, Kagome.” His voice was rough with suppressed emotion and Kagome blinked. 

“Oh.” was all she could think to say to that remark. Inuyasha pulled her back into his lap and stood up. 

“’Oh.’ That’s all you can fucking say? OH? My injuries are showing up on your body and all you can say is oh?” He was angry but somehow Kagome knew that it wasn’t at her, just at the fact that she’d been hurt. She opened her mouth to speak but his growl stopped her.  “I think it’s time we had a chat with Kaede-baba about this spell, and this time I’ll kill anyone who interrupts.”  

TBC. AN:     College kills, kids.   End of story.   Speaking of college…inside of doing the tons of psych homework I have to do before tomorrow I’m posting this chapter!   I can feel all of your appreciation from here!   Now after you’ve read this chapter I know there’s going to be an out cry for Kikyou’s head on a silver platter. I’d like to make this statement:   I DON’T HATE KIKYOU.   Yes, you heard me right…I don’t hate the character Kikyou…now the Kikyou some authors write in fanfics…she I could do without…In this fic I will attempt to make you understand the pain she feels…and I hope you come out feeling sorry for her plight…BUT on that note…THIS FIC IS STRICKLY AN INU/KAG fic.   So even though I feel sorry for the un-dead miko I don’t feel she belongs with Inuyasha…I feel that she should be allowed to rest in peace…   Okay, enough nonsense from me…I just want you all to know that the next chapter is all finished…but it hasn’t even been sent to Julie yet…so it might be more than a week before it’s posted…but like before I’ll give you a sneak peek!   I hope that helps!!     “I’m not lying! You should trust my word when I say I’m fine.” Why was he being so persistent? If she could just piss him off, Kagome knew he’d go way and pout in some tree and then she’d be left in peace.   “You forget that I can since your emotions little girl. And pissing me off won’t work this time. You and I need to have a conversation about what happened today.” With that he gave a strong tug on her hand to pull her up. Kagome tried to pull away from his grip but Inuyasha was having none of it.   “Leave me alone Inuyasha! I still don’t want to talk about it.”   “I know you don’t want to talk about it.” His voice was smug and Kagome felt her ire rising. He was rubbing the fact that he practically knew what she was thinking in.   “SIT BOY!” She yelled in frustration, not caring that his grip on her arm would cause her to fall too. Inuyasha crashed to the ground---but without much force. Kagome felt her heart sink into her stomach. As loud as she’d shouted that he should have left a huge Inuyasha shaped crater in the ground, but she doubted he’d even have a bruise.   “What just happened?” Miroku asked Sango from their spot next to the camp fire. She just shook her head in confusion.   “I don’t know…Inuyasha should have splattered…or at least the spell should have lasted longer…but look he’s getting up!” She pointed over to where Inuyasha was pushing himself up with an evil gleam in his eye.   “Kagome. Why did you do that?” His voice was calm and the others of the group gave an involuntary shiver. A calm Inuyasha was almost as scary as an out of control Inuyasha.     Now for the review responses!!     Crystal Sapphire: Wow you reviewed every chapter! About killing Kikyou…umm…we can’t do that yet…::gets close and whispers in her ear:: And when she does die it will be in a tear-jerking scene designed to make even Kikyou haters sniff.   ToKu-cHaN: Thanks for reviewing again! I hope you didn’t have to wait too long for this next chapter.   Emania: You’re not the only one to suggest that I’m cruel. My little brother tells me that daily! MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH*coughhackcough*ehehehe   Pruningshears: I’m glad I made you feel loved and smart. What classes do you have? I have Psych, English 101 and Academic Seminar…My first test is tomorrow…   KagomeBunny: You get the cookie this time!!! No one else answered my question!!! Thank you sooooooo very much!   Hanyou Queen: I hope this is keeping up the wicked work. Enjoy!   Cat Youkai: The way the bond works is Inuyasha can feel Kago-chan’s emotions but she can’t feel his. She can only see through his eyes. I love Shippou! And my favorite fics are when Shippou starts calling Kagome Okaa-chan!! So look forward to that in the future of this fic.   Aeyikie: ::isscared of the growling person:: I don’t think this chapter ends in a cliffie…or at least I hope it’s not considered a cliffie…   Kitsune Hanyou: I’m glad you’re excited! Your review made me smile!   Dia: I don’t know what to say…I think you paid me one of the best complements I’ve ever received in the whole of my fanfiction career. I had no idea what I was writing was so unusual…or that it could be considered brilliant…Your review humbled me and scared me greatly…I hope I don’t drop the ball on all your expectations of this fic. Thank you very much for your wonderful words! I hope you like this next chapter.   Kikasetai: Is spiraling a good thing or a bad thing? I know that you mean about high school fics…I like some of them…but there are soooo many! And I think Sess/Kag is taking over the freakin’ universe…and if the summury of ep.s on CN’s site is any indication I think we’ll be seeing an explosion of them in the near future…If none of you have read up on what the future eps hold I caution you not too. I had writers block for days after reading about one particular ep. ::coughInuandKikcough::   Kateragator: I’m glad you liked the momory piece. I had to find a away to let them into each others inner thoughts…without any repercussions…Neither of them remember what they saw…yet WE know that went on…erg I’m rabbling again…   Mafia Puppet: I love Kagome-goes-blind fics too! Almost as much as I love Kagome-can’t-speak fics…For some reason the lost of one of her five scenses (with Inu there to take care of her of course *_*) strikes me as romantic….