Chapter 1

"Wind Tunnel!" Miroku yelled as he tried to draw all the lower demons away from Sango, Shippo and Kagome.

"Iron Revere Soul Stealer!" Inuyasha yelled as he fought against the biggest demon there.

"Shippo stay with Kagome…I'm going to help Miroku." Sango said as she stood up.

"Sango tell Miroku to look out for Naraku's insects." Kagome said as she reached for her arrows.

"O.K. Kirara stay and look after them." Sango said before running out form there hiding place.

Sango ran to Miroku's side just in time to save him from a demon that was about to attack him from behind. Miroku looked at Sango and smiled before continuing to fight. 'How could such a beautiful day turn in to such a disaster?' Kagome thought as she fired her arrows. She turned and saw Inuyasha being thrown into the cold ground before the demon turned to her. 'No…Inuyasha!' her mind yelled as she ran to his side.

"Foolish girl, I shall take your jewel shards and devour you whole!" the demon growled as he attacked her.

"Get away from me!" Kagome yelled as she released her arrow that was aimed at the demons jewel shard.

The small group watched in amazements as Kagome's arrow was surrounded in a bright pink aura. Her power had seemed to have doubled if not tripled at the thought of losing Inuyasha. The arrow went straight through and the demon and exploded in the sky which killed all of the remaining demons. Kagome however dropped her arrows and ran to Inuyashas' side. She laid his head on her lap and gently rubbed his ears while saying, "Inuyasha…Inuyasha please be ok."

"Feh…I'm fine…" he mumbled as he began to pick himself up. Inuyasha opened his eyes ready to fight when he notice the clear sky and a very shocked monk. He looked around and asked, "Where's the jewel shard?"

"I have it…Kagome how did you do that?" Miroku asked.

"How did I do what?" she replied in an innocent voice.

"Kagome you just purified over one hundred demons with one arrow." Sang o stated.

"Yeah! That looked cool!" Shippo exclaimed.

"Uh…I don't know…I just wanted to get to Inuyasha." Kagome answered.

"Well lets go and make camp." Inuyasha said as he offered Kagome his back.

"Are you well enough to carry me?" Kagome asked

"I'm a lot tougher then you weak humans so get on already." He growled.

Once Kagome was on Inuyasha turned around and found the others ready to leave. Inuyasha took them to a closed off area that was near by a hot-spring for the girls to bathe in. 'Kagome has tapped into one hell of a power. She's stronger then Kikiyo at this point.' Inuyasha thought as he gathered some fire wood. Inuyasha came back to camp and saw Kagome sitting by herself and the others were just watching her. 'What the hell?' he thought as he walked over to Miroku and Sango and said, "What's wrong with her?"

"We don't know…a while after you left she just began to cry and said she wanted to be alone." Miroku answered.

"She won't even talk to me." Sango said in a hurt voice.

"How long has she been crying?" Inuyasha asked

"For a while now." Shippo answered.

Without another word Inuyasha put the fire wood down and made his way over to Kagome. As he got closer to her the scent of salt water became stronger. 'She must still be crying.' He thought. He was surprised when a barrier went p after he was just a few feet away form her. Kagome turned to see who it was that had gotten so close. Once her eyes caught a glance of those huge golden orbs the barrier lowered and she threw herself into her arms and began to cry completely.

"Shh…its ok…I'm here." Inuyasha whispered as he picked her up and jumped into a near by tree. Once her sobs lessened and all that could be heard were a few cries Inuyasha looked down at the broken girl and said, "What's wrong?"

"I…felt so sad…Inuyasha I felt as if my whole family just died. Can I please go home tomorrow?" Kagome answered as her tears came back and began to fall freely.

"Kagome…I'm coming with you, but please juts stop crying." Inuyasha said gently as he began to rock her to get her to sleep.

Slowly but surely Kagome began to fall asleep in the one persons arms she knew she would always be safe in. Once she was asleep Inuyasha jumped down and placed her in her sleeping bag. Sango, Miroku and Shippo all looked at him ad waited for him to say anything about Kagome. Inuyasha let out an annoyed growl and said, "She just wants to geo home. We're leaving early so get some sleep."

"Is that why she was crying?" Shippo asked

"No…she said that she felt sad…like if her whole family had just passed on. I'm taking her home tomorrow." Inuyasha explained as he sat down.

"Inuyasha could this have anything to do with her new found power?" Sango asked.

"I don't know but let's just get some sleep." Inuyasha answered.

Mean while a small hanyou girl cried as she looked around her home. Part of the temple was on fire as the bodies of monks and priestess alike lay on the floor bleeding. She ran into the main room and found the one person that treated her like a human barely hanging on to life.

"Lady Yumi!" she yelled as she ran over to the head priestess body. She carefully laid the priestess head on her lap and pulled out the arrow that had been shot into her stomach. After words she asked, "Lady Yumi are you alright?"

"I'm fine…Kinata you must leave…he must not find you. I will strengthen the binging but no one other then your relative blood could be able to remove it." The priestess spoke.

"Lady Yumi I thought I had no family." Kinata asked.

"Oh Kinata…you must hurry…leave before I pass." She ordered.

"Lady Yumi….who did this?" Kinata asked.

Before she could get an answer the priestess died leaving the once hanyou child an orphan once more. 'Sister...help me.' She thought as she began to big a grave for the head priestess.

The next morning Inuyasha and the others began to make their way home. They arrive at the village however Kagome and Inuyasha went straight for the well. Once they crossed over Kagome ran inside the house and found her mothering the kitchen. Kagome hugged her mother and began to cry once more. Kagome's mother looked up and stared at Inuyasha in wonderment.

Once Kagome was fast asleep in her room mama Higurashi walked down stairs and pulled Inuyasha into the kitchen. She eyed her daughters first love as she tried to figure out what had caused her daughter such sadness. Finally after a long moment of silence she asked, "What has harmed my daughter?" in a dangerous voice.

"I have no idea. I was hoping she would tell you." Inuyasha answered calmly.

"Did she tell you anything?" she answered.

"Only that she had to see you because it felt as if you all had died." He replied.

"She is not leaving till a day after her seventeenth birth day." She said calmly before getting up and walking out.

Inuyasha got up and made his way up to Kagome's room. 'There was something in her eyes. What is that woman hiding?' he thought as he walked into the room. He was brought out o thought when he heard Kagome whimper in her sleep. He quickly took her in his arms and held her. She then seemed to completely relax and entered a world of peaceful dreams.