Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha or any of its characters.

Author's Note: Ha ha ha I started another story. This time I swear I'm just throwing this out there and after I have completed three of my other stories I'll continue with this. If my Japanese grammar for the title is wrong someone please tell me. The title translates to My soul is the red jewel. If you didn't know Shikon means bluish pink so the Shikon no Tama is the bluish pink jewel. Happy Reading!

-Na

Seppan Watashi no Kihaku Akai no Tama desu

Chaputa-ichi

A strong and over welling stench of blood and looming sadness stretched across Musashi. Not all but three days ago was the battle against Naraku, ending in his as well as Kikyou's life, their final deaths. Miroku kazaana less, and Sango brother less embarked on a journey together to whence they came as if only for a short while before they returned to Musashi. Kagome busied herself with helping Kaede, even if her wounds protested, the last thing she wanted to do was go home to Tokyo. Shippou played happily, but a new sense of maturity attached to his games, no more teasing Inu-Yasha. Inu-Yasha sat in goshinboku, contemplating what had happened and before that what was said.

The day before the battle with Naraku, Inu-Yasha had found himself with Kikyou. She who was strangely warning him of the looming battle ahead, but she didn't forget that Inu-Yasha promised to go to hell with her.

Strangely it was not just Kagome alone who had found Inu-Yasha and Kikyou, but Miroku as well. This time Kagome stood her ground tears streaming down her face. The smell of her tears and the look in her eyes delivered a sharp pang to Inu-Yasha's heart.

"If you go to hell for her, you'll be alone! She can't go to hell!" screamed Kagome.

"What are you talking about wench?"! Yelled Inu-Yasha, letting his anger escalate as usual, Kikyou stood behind him glaring at Kagome as if she told a secret she should not have.

Miroku stepped forward and in a calm voice answered for Kagome, "She is right Inu-Yasha. When Kikyou originally died she could have gone to hell, but now her soul is Kagome's. So when Kikyou dies again she will not go to hell, she will cease to exist and when Kagome calls her soul back that is where this clay Kikyou's soul will be. Before Kagome calls it the soul will stay in limbo. So if you Inu-Yasha go to hell 'with her', you'll be going alone."

Inu-Yasha starred in somewhat shock at Miroku and the pain caused by Kagome's tears became unbearable. Inu-Yasha turned to the ever-glaring Kikyou, "Is that true?"

"Damn bouzo! How am I to exact my vengeance now?" replied the cold voice of Kikyou, seconds before Shinidamachuu lifted her unto the air and carried her away.

"She was never planning to go with me, just leave me there!" mumbled Inu-Yasha, "and then Naraku had to drag her in to the final death with him I didn't even get to say sayonara." Inu-Yasha leaned back on the trunk of the goshinboku his head tilted to the sky.

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Kagome wiped a few beads of sweat off of her forehead with the back of her dirt stained hand. She crouched down and continued to weed the garden. The sun reflected off of the bluish pink jewel that hung around her neck. Yeah, it was the unpurified Shikon no Tama. Why did it remain unpurified? Well Kagome tried to lift Inu-Yasha's spirits after Kikyou demise, and give him the jewel that had started the whole mess. But he blatantly refused, taking the jewel and clasping it around her neck. Strangely from that moment on the jewel would not budge, the clasp wouldn't open, the string wouldn't snap.

Kagome was not at all mad, no demon could take the jewel of four souls from her if it was irremovable, and the Bone Eaters Well with its open link to present day Tokyo, would remain open.

"Kagome child, could ye please retrieve Inu-Yasha I believe he is in mori no Inu-Yasha, Shippou and I are almost finished the midday meal," said Kaede as she stood at the corner of the hut. Kagome nodded and walked first towards the river that was by the forest, her hands needed a washing.

After washing her hand clean of all traces of dirt Kagome let her muscle memory take over and take her to goshinboku where she presumed Inu-Yasha to be. Kagome tilted her head to the sky and spread her arms out, while her feet carried her. In the warmth of the sun beating down on Kagome, she smiled. As strange as it may sound Kagome hadn't been able to smile since Naraku's defeat, and the jewels completion, she simply didn't know what was or possibly was going to happen. And that scared her; she didn't want to leave her friends here, especially Inu-Yasha, Now that it was all over she didn't even want to go home and finish school (too much math).

Goshinboku was a sight to behold the way the sun shined through the lush green foliage, the way the sun sparkled against the silver hair of the hanyou she was in search of. Kagome just stared up towards Inu-Yasha without a word as if she had not seen him. Inu-Yasha who had carefully been watching her since she entered the clearing, looked down at her expectantly.

With a low growl Inu-Yasha hopped out of the tree and landed in front of Kagome who continued to look skyward, "What do you want Wench?!" silence, Inu-Yasha growled, "look at me bitch! What do you want?" if the crickets weren't afraid of an untimely death by hanyou they would have chirped, "Oi Wench!" Inu-Yasha growled once again this time taking his fingers of one hand and gripping her shoulder, while the other hand firmly moved Kagome to face Inu-Yasha, "Stop ignoring me bitch! And tell me why you're here!"

Kagome looked at him slightly surprised that she was so lost in thought that she hadn't noticed Inu-Yasha in front of her let alone that she was at goshinboku. Her anger now boiling Kagome snapped back and the poor hanyou, "I can be here if I want to be, Inu-Yasha! It's not like you own goshinboku! Besides I'm not a bitch or a wench so just stop calling me that! Must we go through this again? My name is Kagome! Ka-go-me! And you know you could be a little nicer to me I just came to tell you that lunch is ready!"

"I do own goshinboku,' replied Inu-Yasha in a matter of fact way.

Kagome looked shocked, "What?!"

"We're in mori no Inu-Yasha, oi wench don't you know anything!" bit back Inu-Yasha.

Kagome was dumbfounded no words found there way to her lips, "Osuwari!" Ok, well almost no words. The kotodama rosary that was around Inu-Yasha's neck glowed purple as it fell hard to the ground from whence it came, pulling the disgruntle hanyou with it. Kagome turned tail and walked towards the village. A good fifteen minutes later the still cooling hanyou followed in her path.

After lunch it was decided that Kagome would call the other half of her soul to return to her. Kagome was nervous she wasn't at all sure that she could complete the spell as necessary. Kagome sat trying to meditate and clear her mind for a couple hours. It was rather hard when a certain kitsune youkai, was running bounding energy out doors and the other a certain inu hanyou was impatiently waiting for Kagome to finish, why? If anyone (even Inu-Yasha) knew they would tell.

Kagome sat in a prayer position outside of Kaede's huts, under the watchful eye of both Shippou and Inu-Yasha. Kaede stood more off to the side also kept an eye on Kagome to see the outcome of the whole or deal. Kagome took a deep breath ignoring the silent stares as she began to chant fast and slow Inu-Yasha could not even understand her words.

After about the hundredth time of repeating the phrase that she was to chant, Kagome turned towards Kaede. Kaede, who wore a confused look, "Thine soul has not yet returned, maybe some person is holding it."

"Feh! Come on Kagome, you can't be this weak!" added Inu-Yasha with a growl for good measure.

Kagome didn't grace Inu-Yasha with her rebuttal, she simply ran out of the hut and towards the mori no Inu-Yasha though she was not going through the well.

Kaede shot Inu-Yasha a look that told him to retrieve the girl, "Keh!" replied Inu-Yasha as he stood and slowly stalked into the woods. Kaede and Shippou exchanged irritated glances at the hanyou's back. Inu-Yasha made his way at a hanyou's snail pace, he felt bad about making her cry, but he was in no hurry to meet her furry. As a blood-curdling scream broke the still and the sharp metallic smell of Kagome's blood assaulted his nose, Inu-Yasha broke off in a run.

Moments later the worried (though he would never admit it) hanyou entered the clearing of goshinboku. Two tiger demons accompanied Kagome, who was lying on her back, at the base of goshinboku. One tiger demon straddled Kagome pinning her to the ground, while the other was trying everything except severing Kagome's head to remove the Shikon no Tama. Inu-Yasha growled but it went unnoticed by the tiger demons.

With a low feral growl the tiger demon tugging on the Shikon no Tama, "It won't come off!"

"I believe it is the wrong jewel brother, I heard that it was red and easier to find then the Shikon no Tama, because some half brained bitch of a dog demon shattered it,' replied the other demon.

Inu-Yasha growled drawing Tetsuseiga, "She is not my bitch!" both tiger demons turned towards Inu-Yasha but otherwise didn't budge.

"Not worth dying brother," said the tiger demon as it hopped off Kagome.

"No not sister, come we search for the Akai no Tama else where," replied the other as it had already let go of Kagome's neck and both siblings turned tail and bound into the safe cover of trees.

Kagome sat up panting as she rubbed her sore neck that had started bleeding from being cut with the Tama chain. Inu-Yasha sheathed Tetsuseiga and walked over towards Kagome he bent down in front of her. Talking her chin in his hand he moved her head side to side. Kagome's cuts were shallow, but they bled. Inu-Yasha wasn't thinking and went pure on instinct as he held her head to the right; he leaned forward and licked her neck clean of blood.

As soon as his tongue touched her neck Kagome stiffened and started to blush madly, "...Inu-Yasha?" Kagome stuttered.

Inu-Yasha pulled away and looked at her, the look in his eye, she had seen it before, when she cut her finger on the arrowhead in goshinboku and he had licked the blood again there. Inu-Yasha said nothing but he pulled her head to the left and licked the blood from her neck. Kagome still shocked whispered, "What are you doing?"

That snapped Inu-Yasha out of his trance and he pulled back startled. Soon his anger returned, "Feh! I was cleaning your cuts."

"With your tongue?" replied Kagome also feeling the rage rise.

"What did you want me to do clean it with my claw! And what were those demons talking about? A second jewel?" yelled Inu-Yasha.

What seemed on the verge of tears Kagome yelled back without thinking of what she said, "I don't know! I don't know, ok? Maybe... maybe when Kikyou and Naraku died their souls in a never-ending battle formed another Tama of power!"

Inu-Yasha starred blankly at Kagome, as what she said sunk into her as well, it was probable. The reason her soul didn't return, could her soul really be a jewel? Like Midoriko?

Author's Note: What did you guys think? All reviews welcome if you hate it or love it tell me! He he.... I got to go to school now.

-Na