A/N: Ok I've redone this story...it's a million times easier to read, plus I changed some small things I just thought were retarded originally. This story starts off cute and all but its rated this way because it will get dark and a little mushy.Please R&R so I know how I'm doing this time around. Oh, and I started a new story so check that out too. I hope to update every other day or so but it'll depend on my reviews. So please review! Thanks!

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Chapter 1

Kagome gripped the Shikon no tama in her hand, the complete, pure sacred jewel. She landed on the ground softly as Naraku fell behind her.

Inuyasha ran over to her breathing heavily as he dropped Tetsaigia to the ground and embraced her, "I thought I had lost you" he whispered as he pulled her close.

She looked down into her dirty bloody palm and held up the jewel. It gave a soft glow as her and Inuyasha leaned over it starring.

He looked up at her, his golden eyes burning into hers as the glow seemed to bathe them in a pink light.

Kagome held her breath as the half-demon leaned in toward her lifting her chin up to his and gently kissed her lips. He pulled her close and she dropped the jewel as she wrapped her arms around him tasting his kisses and pulling her hands through his soft silver hair.

Hojo walked toward her, math book in hand as he bent over to pick up the jewel. "Kagome? Kagome!"

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Kagome jerked her eyes open as she sprang up in bed.

"Kagome! If you don't get down here soon you'll miss breakfast and be late for school!" her mother yelled. "Oh Souta will you just go get your sister? She'll be late for school" she heard her mother sigh.

Kagome looked around still startled from her dream. The Sacred Jewel has been completed, and Inuyasha…Inuyasha had…she lifted her hands to her lips and closed her eyes trying to hold on to the feeling she has experienced moments ago in her mind.

"Kagome!" Souta called as her eyes sprung open again. She glanced toward the door waiting for her brother to run in.

"Kagome?" he stopped when he saw her, "are you alright? You look kinda sick. You have this funny glossy eyed look."

She smiled pulling back the covers and dropping her legs over the side of the bed. "No, I'm fine Souta, I just…" her voice trailed away.

"Kagome?" he walked toward her, "what is it?" concern in his eyes as he looked up at his older sister.

"Kagome your going to let your breakfast get cold and you'll be la…" her mother stopped short as she stopped at her daughter's doorway, "oh honey what's wrong?"

Kagome looked up at her mom and brother just imagining what she must look like eyes glazed and mind swirling from what she had just dreamt. "Nothing!" she laughed at the both of them "I'm fine I just had a funny dream that's all...Nothing!" she repeated as her mother glanced at her sideways.

"Well then come down for breakfast, you need to get to school on time today. Didn't you say you had a math exam?" her mother questioned.

"Arghhh! Math!" Kagome yelped as she stared down at the open math book that had fallen to the ground last night when she had fallen asleep. Her mother and brother jumped out of the way as she bolted to the bathroom, nearly knocking her grandfather over as she raced by "sorry grandfather!" she yelled behind her.

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Kagome ran down the hallway trying to get on her shoes while shoving orange slices in her mouth for breakfast.

"Kagome you need something better for breakfast than an orange!" her mother scolded her as she ran outside.

"Sorry mom don't have time. Love you. Bye!" Kagome waved as she bolted to school.

As she ran through the school hallway she thought to herself "you're 10 minutes early, see if you can scan someone's notes and QUICK!"

She ran into her math class and practically ran into Hojo who was taking a seat by the window. Hojo. Why was Hojo in her dream? He had interrupted her and Inuyasha…, she blushed looking away slightly.

"Kagome! I see you health has improved today! That's great because we have a math exam and it's good you won't miss it." He smiled.

Kagome looked up at him, "math test!" she thought; now was not the time to be dwelling on a dream, and she could think about it all she wanted to later.

"Hojo?" Kagome swelled at him pulling on her biggest flirtiest smile, "could I borrow your notes for a couple of minutes? I fell asleep last night when I was studying and it would really help me out" she giggled.

Hojo blushed pulling it out of his bag and handing it to the giggling girl. "Thanks!" she exclaimed as she plopped in a chair behind him. She ripped the notebook open and stared at the numbers in front of her, "oh no" she sighed as she stared at the math that just looked like doodles on a page to her.

Hojo turned around "oh and my grandmother said that this may help your mucus problem when your sick" he grinned handing her a plastic bag of some brown stuff that looked like sheets of wet tissue paper.

"Uh thanks." she responded, while silently scolding her grandfather "mucus? You couldn't have said something simple like a fever or a cold?" Even the bunions sounded better to her than whatever she was supposed to have this time.

Noisily the classroom filled up with her classmates and friends each exclaiming about how they were thrilled she was back and wondering about the selfish, possessive boy that seemed to take up so much of their friend's time.

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"That was awful" Kagome whispered to herself as she slowly dragged her feet across the sidewalk heading home.

"That test was just the worst ev-" she stopped mid sentence blinking at the corner by the laundry mat.

She stopped walking and squinted her eyes toward the dark area that had just captured her attention. She ran over to the alleyway and peered into the shadows. She looked around cautiously wondering if she had actually seen something or if her mind was just playing tricks on her.

"I thought I just saw…" never mind, she shook her head "it couldn't be."

She ran home, convincing herself she had seen nothing yet still turning around ever now and then just to be sure. She walked into her house and sat down to dinner letting her head fall into her hands as she sighed.

"I just thought I'd do a little better than that" she complained to her mother who was slicing cucumbers for dinner.

"oh Kagome…" her mother sighed placing bowls on the table "maybe next time your with Inuyasha you should spend a little more time on your studies and maybe a little less on him."

Kagome stared mouth slightly agape at her mother, "what…what are you talking about?"

"It was just a suggestion…" her mother laughed.

Her grandfather came walking in along with Souta licking their lips ready for dinner. As Kagome ate her rice she let her mind wander back to the dream she had had last night.

She wondered what Hojo was doing there at all and then started to wonder about the meaning of it all. She remembered what it had felt like to hold the whole sacred jewel in her hand, with naraku thwarted and Inuyasha so relieved that it was over and they were safe, he had told her how he was worried about her…

"Kagome?" her mother repeated. Kagome blinked looking up at the family that was staring at her, "aren't you hungry? All you've had today was that orange."

"Oh, yeah" she smiled weakly at her mom.

"Oh, don't worry about that test Kagome, just study harder next time" her mom reassured her.

Kagome finished her dinner with gusto had seconds then walked quickly to her room and shut the door. She slumped unto her bed and again returned her thoughts to her dream, although now when she thought on it she thought there was something different about it.

She had the jewel, Inuyasha had walked up to her, then, she blushed, "moving on" she said aloud to herself "then Hojo…no wait…there was something else…" something faint in the background? She closed her eyes and laid back onto the bed trying to remember the small detail she knew eluded her somewhere.

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Kagome stood holding the complete jewel in her hand, she and Inuyasha stared at it, he leaned in to kiss her, a faint glimmer in his eyes and he reached out…

Souta poked his sister awake. "Mom wants to know if you want any of those leftovers to take to your boyfriend." Souta grinned.

Kagome rolled over to look at her clock, "oh no…" she muttered to herself, "I told Inuyasha I'd be back before nightfall", she turned back to her brother "that would be great Souta, and can you tell her to pack lots of ramen too?" Souta nodded and walked out.

"Wait!" she called after him, "boyfriend!" she stood in her doorway as she heard Souta giggle down the hallway.

She spun around throwing things into her bag to take back with her. She stopped at her math book, picked it up and stared at it, "looks like I have to drag this heavy thing around with me even more now" she muttered.

She grabbed her bag and walked into the kitchen; her mother had prepared a bag of leftovers and ramen, and handed it to Kagome as she kissed her daughter on the cheek.

"Have your math book?" her mother questioned, hands on her hips.

"Yes mom" she sighed taking the food and putting it in her bag.

She said goodbye to her family and walked outside toward the sacred well. She climbed up onto the side of the well and stared down, suddenly a dark feeling overcame her.

"I'm scared?" she whispered aloud as if arguing with herself as to why she could feel that way. She looked around the room, the dark and silence overpowering her senses. "Don't be silly…"she argued with herself, "Inuyasha's on the other side, and Shippo, Sango, and Miroku. You'll be safe with them."

On the word safe her mind shot to Inuyasha's face, his gold eyes strong and protective, and with that image of him in her mind jumped into the dark silence below her.

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A/N: K guys don't forget to R&R! Thanks!