Okay, okay I know I already did this chapter over again, but I felt like rewriting it. That's okay though right? I would definately like to get feed back about how its better or worse. What ever you guys say will help me grow as a writer. So here ya go and enjoy!

Disclaimer: Nope still don't own em' yet.

Chapter One: THE CHANGE
Kagome stood back and looked at the campsite that she, along with Sango and Kirara, had worked so hard to complete. Had it been just an hour ago that Shippo begged Inuyasha to stop and camp? Inuyasha, the name made her glands tear up and her knees buckle. And in seconds, time seemed to stop around her as the inu group silently watched her begin to fall to the ground frantically searching for answers she knew would never come.

Not until Inuyasha himself answered for her; a thought she rather not focus on. What was she going to do? Where did she have to go but home? Could she force herself though, could she never see her friends again? It was his fault, all his and he didn't care or even notice the fact she was going insane. But when had she noticed this and had she always known but had been so blinded by what she had thought been love?

All that he had done over the year they'd been together, this case seemed to be the worse. And did he care? No, he was still with Kikyo or perhaps he was actually looking for her. She didn't care, she had seen enough. Heard enough. What he had said hurt her more then anything. The worse part was even though she felt the pain of her heart breaking it seemed like a relief. A freedom of sorts and she couldn't comprehend why it was so.

Kagome looked down pain and sorrow washed out her usually delicate features; agony he gave her every time he did each put-on act caused her heart to crumble piece by piece, and this time it had been the last fragment she had, had left. He had told Kikyo he would come back to her, after Kagome left for good. This had been the last bridge to sanity. Her last escape.

Kagome could remember when she had convinced herself that she could go through all of it; mentally and physically, she began to realize though, the aches and each mental breakdown were too much for her and everyone else. She pitied them; not knowing what was wrong, unable to help a friend. She knew that feeling all to well. Did Inuyasha? Wiping her tears away Kagome stood up and brushed off her skirt. She was leaving for good, and she meant it this time.

Too much time she had wasted trying to convince the inu to love her; time passed and she knew the hard work had been futile.

A waste of breath a waste of her life and she had just realized it. She felt ashamed; sick to her stomach with grief and hate, but somewhere deep down she knew it was neither of these; it was love that made her so sick.

In the distance Kagome could hear the desperate search Inuyasha was trying to pull off. Looking at Sango, Kagome smiled and cocked her head to the side in the direction of the well. Sango got the drift and nodded. God she was going to miss the girl. Sango had helped her through so much and this was her payback.

Don't think like that! She will understand. See she already understands she's going to tell Miroku and Shippo. She will love you no matter what. After all, you are soul sisters.

Miroku looked up with a sad smile on his face he knew what she was going through and yet he knew what Inuyasha was going through. What hell he must go through. Kagome could hear the starts of a protesting Shippo but didn't see what Sango had done to quiet the young kitsune's tears. Looking back Kagome smiled at the rest of the group and began to walk towards the well all the while hearing Inuyasha enter the campsite.

"KAGOME! Come on. Come back, I didn't….you didn't …..Ahh hell come back we have to find more shards! KAGOME, LISTEN TO ME!"

Kagome stopped for a second to gain her wits while trembling with anger. He really didn't understand did he? He was so self centered so careless and not once had he given her a praise, a hug, -----a kiss without wanting something else in return. She began to tread back towards the well that would finally welcome her home for good.

"KAGOME get your ass back here, Now!!"

"Inuyasha, you're such a self centered jerk, I'm going home and for good. After all, that's what you wanted, no?" She yelled bitterly behind her shoulder. Tears began to prick once again at the corner of her eyes.

Really had he the nerve to truly even tell her to come back? The young girl ran her fingers through her hair to soothe the pain welling up inside her head; deafening her true thoughts. Going back would mean facing everyone, Inuyasha. And all though she loved her friends she knew Inuyasha wouldn't ever explain what he had been doing with Kikyo. So what would be the point?

Sure over time eventually she had gotten used to him sneaking out in the middle of the night to converse with his dead lover, but this had hit her, it had hit her good. She could now feel the warm, salty tears crawl down her face leaving trace marks down her face.

Damn him for his cruel careless thoughts.

In the end if she kept crying, the amount of water that leaked from her face would cause a flood. Leaving her friends here was going be tough; she had become so close to them over their mission. They had become another family to her.

Never mind that…you have to get away from all of this. No normal 16 year old girl should go through anything she had been through. It's time to go, Kagome. Be free from this all.

All she could do was nod her head in agreement and begin to walk again. Inuyasha had, had enough time to come up to her and tell her how he felt just now, but he hadn't. She knew, knew that he cared but she pushed the thoughts away and smiled. She was losing her mind.

"Kagome wai…"

"Save it dog boy! I heard it all before and I don't want to here it again."

Inuyasha sat down in complete confusion and screamed at the retreating figure; he knew in vain. She wouldn't come back, at least not for a while. Hopefully, she was kidding about leaving forever and would come back in a few days. In a week he would go to get her, maybe. In the back drop, Shippo's ceaseless complaining could be overheard.

"Nice going Inuyasha! Kagome's gone and she was gonna cook something new too. Stupid inu! You had to go make her mad. She won't give me my pocky now. What about your ninja food Huh?!"

Shippo knew, truly what was happening. He didn't care about food, but making Inuyasha guilt rid was his job. It sped up the BBKP. (Bring back Kagome process)

Inuyasha walked over to the mumbling kitsune and frowned. "Shippo how old are you?"

Shippo looked up in complete confusion. "What do you mean Inuyasha? You know how old I am, I told you. I'm about thirty years old in human age and nine in demon…….Why Oo?"

Inuyasha smirked and walked closer to the kitsune clinching his fists in anger at his side. One could almost say he had a glint of mischief in his eyes with his next remark.

"Cause your gonna die young!" Inuyasha launched at Shippo and missed by a hair.

He relentlessly thrashed at the small escaping orange fuzz ball and finally took hold of Shippo's tail; the appendage that led most small critters to their freedom, except for the small fox. Kagome could here in the background the countless screams of Inuyasha and the pleading Shippo yelling for his savior, Kagome, to come back. She didn't go back though, she couldn't and so she began once again on her trip back to the Bone Eaters Well.

TWO WEEKS LATER

Inuyasha hadn't gone back to Kagome's time to get her. He saw no reason if she was that pissed off, but silently he was growing impatient with anxiety. It would have been a long trip due to the fact they weren't even close to the village that led to the well. Questions of worry soon overcame most of his thoughts.

Had she gotten lost? Surely she hadn't for she would have come back if she could or screamed for him to find her. Or had she…..all though he didn't want to think of it….had she been stolen? But she would have yelled for him wouldn't she? What had happened to the girl?

Another week passed and still no sign of Kagome and Inuyasha had finally lost his cool. Now that he thought about it, he had lost his cool long ago.

"Inuyasha you self centered JERK!"

He was self centered. He knew that, but living so long with no one to care for, let alone anyone to care for him, had led to his heart losing the ability to care or think about anyone but himself. Survival of the fittest was the rule of life for demons and the rule had truly taken over his life. It had taken over his soul. That is, until Kagome came.

He also knew how much of a jerk he had been to her. It didn't mean he disliked her or didn't love her. It was just the way he was, it was like teasing……just a little crueler. No, that was a bad excuse. Teasing was what Miroku did with Sango. Inuyasha however, was plain out tightfisted. He loved her though; he cared about her more then he would ever admit.

"I'm going home for good!"

Kagome. Please come back. We need you. I need you.

"Damn you Kagome!" The silver haired boy said with a hint of guilt in his voice.

It was his fault that she had left and surely he had the decency to go and find her. She had helped them all one way or another, some people she had helped more then the person deserved. He smiled a sad smile and glanced at his self in the river he was resting near. He's was one of those said people. He hated his face, hated the look in his eyes but was he to leave her thinking he truly didn't care? The girl had loved him, he secretly knew. She had to of, what with all her looks and tears. Tears he had made her cry. She had left him crying…..

She had loved this face, loved his eyes. Inuyasha touched his cheek and looked back down in the river. He had to find her.

Nothing happened that afternoon and by the time dawn appeared, Inuyasha was ready to go fetch the missing girl that they all loved.

"Do you think that he will go after her?" Sango looked up at the monk who was staring at the so said boy.

Miroku did not have to think about the answer. He knew he would go and get her with out a doubt in his mind. The real question was would she go with him? Never had he seen such a couple like them. Two people who loved each other so deeply but would never tell each other how much they really cared; both were too stubborn to give in. Miroku smirked and looked at Sango. Okay, at a second thought he knew of only one more couple with such traits.

He smiled warmly at the demon hunter. "I know he will."

Sango smiled and looked at the still grieving puppy. This had been the longest Kagome had left them and Inuyasha was taking it hard. He would learn; something would change his mind about everything. She only hoped it would come soon and hit him full in the face. Her smile waned as she felt an all too familiar hand on her rear.

"BAKA HENTAI!"

She slapped the lecher and grabbed Kirara, who mewed in protest at the sudden movement. She stormed back towards the camp mumbling and cursing the monk the whole time as Miroku just smiled and shook his head. Some habits were hard to quit and Sango's ass was just one of them. He laughed and looked back at Inuyasha or rather the red and silver blur running in the direction of the Bone Eaters Well and sighed as he too headed back to camp. What would he do to recover his ass this time?

Kagome woke up with a fuzzy feeling in her head. What had happened? Where was she? So many questions ran through her head; not helping her with quieting her aching brain. The girl closed her eyes feeling relief as the sunlight faded from her sight, allowing her eyes some relief.

Okay grab a hold of your self girl. What is the last thing you remember?

Nothing came. Her mind was blank, as if all her memories had been swiped from her. She could feel her lungs working hard to inhale and exhale the gases she so desperately needed to survive. Why couldn't she remember anything? She could only feel the case of hyperventilation take over. Her problems however, did not leave her as she still could not remember anything. Concentrating on the deep breathing her lungs had begun, a word came to her mind, a name. Kagome.

Was that her or was it someone she knew? Why couldn't she remember?

More questions swam through her already whirling mind. She looked around her. Her surroundings summed up of trees, a cliff not to far away from her which became the base of a mountain, and a small fresh water stream which ran to the right of her. How had she ended up here alone? Had someone been with her? She shook her head as though the gesture would shake her free from all the nagging questions her mind kept coming up with.

The cool breeze blew through her hair causing her flesh to goose over and her ears to twitch.

Wait twitch…..?

All though she had lost most of her memory, she did know that the last time she was aware of her identity she had been a human girl. Humans to her relapsed knowledge did not have twitchy ears--- did they?

Great, now I'm questioning my own identity.

Numb fingers drew her hands close to the sides of her face where her appendages should have been. All she met was the cool skin on each side of her face and the hair that was attached to it. . She dug further into her hair, nothing. Ears didn't just disappear into nothing but skin! What the hell was going on here?! What had happened?!

Kagome slowly went higher on each side of her face determined to find her ears she dearly remembered had been on the side of her face; somewhere they weren't any longer. She reached to the top of her head about over a fingers length of where there should have been ears and felt small felt like appendages that twitched under the pressure of her frantic fingers. They were ears, but they sure to hell weren't human

"What the..."

Stumbling over herself Kagome turned and crawled over to the small creak and gasped at her reflection. Looking down to see a stranger, a girl but not a human one. One with silver hair, fangs, and amber eyes, with…

Oh god…were those animal ears? What kind of animal? She had seen them for sure hadn't she? What were those creatures called again? Ahh yea, a dog.

She had dog ears! The disordered girl fell to her knees, which had locked some time ago, and hit the sharp pebble lined bank and waited for the pain to hit her.

The small brain wave of discomfort to the nerves on her knees would soon come telling her she had been stupid to fall in such a way to cause her body any distress. It never came. The puzzled girl looked down to see no blood scraped knees and no dent marks that would have shown evidence that she had fallen on a bed of rocks.

"What am I," Kagome cried, "Who am I?"

She closed her eyes trying to grab any picture or detail that would give her a clue to any of her questions.

She saw silver, amber, and red? Red? She wasn't wearing red…..just a small tie on her shirt was red but the rest of her attire was either white or green.

The red she had seen had been a figure. Even though she couldn't see it clearly she knew, somehow that they had been smiling. Not an evil smile but a "I'm glad you're back and safe" smile.

She began to wonder; perhaps it was her in the vision? Maybe in different clothing. If so what had happened to those?

No, that doesn't sound right, I was human. Not what I am now.

Maybe the figure looked very much like her? Was that possible though? Everyone was different, weren't they? She closed her eyes again and let out a deep breath, she had to concentrate. A vision of two wells came slowly to her thoughts, which were blurry at first but soon became a vivid image. The first well was used as traveling she soon realized as she saw a figure jump in to the well with confidence and disappear with a flash of bright violet lights. The other well people silently whispered there hopes to a small coin and tossed it into the water down below. A wishing well?

What the hell did that mean? A wishing well, wasn't that a childish fancy.

That wasn't the most important fact at the moment she thought when she looked back up at the sky. It was late in the afternoon and she realized that she knew absolutely no one and had not a clue to where she was. If anything, she did know finding out what had happened would help her immensely.

This was going to take forever-----

Thoughts still rambled on in her brain from earlier but she had a small ounce of control now and wasn't going to give that power away any time soon. She was going to fight for all the control she could handle and people would know her name.

Her name…What would she tell people when they asked her, her name?

She sighed; everything that could go wrong with a person was going wrong with her today. Losing her memories, her identity, and her home.

Wherever that was.

Names ran through her mind, some she didn't see clearly others that gave no spark to a memory but Mana did come to mind. It meant true and that was what her mission was about, finding out what was true.

Nodding her head in agreement the girl agreed to the name and pushed her self off the ground. Finding a village wouldn't' be too bad of an idea. Running her fingers through her hair again Mana silently looked towards the wooded area in front of her. If anything decided to come out and attack her she had no defense for herself. Surely she would die against anything that was even slightly stronger. She ran her fingers through her head again; a habit she could tell was forming.

Your nails. Look at your nails.

Mana looked down at her hands and smiled. How could she have been so naïve? Her nails weren't nails at all but daggers on each finger. Beautiful, white carved weapons attached to her hands seemed like a good weapon to her. She smiled. Maybe things weren't too bad. Taking the first step into the dense forest the girl left the clearing once confused and scared but now, now she walked with confidence; she walked as Mana.

Half an hour later

Exhaustion wasn't even apparent as Mana walked closer to the village gates. She had ran the whole time, something she didn't think a human would be able to do with out a few short breaks but thanks to her new found speed, breaks weren't needed.

Only moments after Mana walked into the gates she became bombarded with sounds, sights, smells, hell, even tastes. They swarmed around her causing her once receding head ache to come crashing back into her skull. Her senses overwhelmed her and she had no where to go but the dirt road that led to each cranny of the small village. In the middle of the path Mana fell in the middle of the road and brought her knees towards her chest with her hands carefully closed over her ears. Her sense of smell was still there, causing a sick feeling in her stomach.

The smell of freshly cut flowers, perfumes, meats, and even dung reached her and there was nothing she could do to help her aching head and the now nauseating feeling in her abdomen. She sat gaining her remaining senses together so that she could seek out a villager. Attempting to stand Mana caught the attention of an older man near a market booth.

The older man came to her side and held his arms underneath her own acting as a crutch.

"Miss, miss are you alright? Are you hurt?"

"Could you tell me possibly what village I'm in…for that matter where I am?" She said it so kindly hoping that he would feel safe enough to talk to a complete stranger. Sadly her ambition was bashed against a wall as the man took one glance of her and ran. Looking up at him she saw fear gleam in his eyes as he noticed her ears and eyes.

No, no. Please don't turn away from me. Stay here.

Quickly the man dropped his arms, causing her to fall once again to the ground, and ran the other direction. She could hear him screaming about hanyous and death. Was that what she was? A hanyou, a half demon?

I had been kind, I had tried. Yet he still ran?

Emotions came back, ones she remembered she never wanted to feel again. Pain, love, grief. It was too much.

Mana frowned and looked around again for her next "victim" and caught site of a more sensible looking man. Deciding not to take her chances, mana quietly snuck behind him and caught the man off guard. She frowned as she picked him up and glared into his eyes. Fear ran through his body she could tell, she could smell it running off of him. His feet dangled from the ground and his clothing bunched around where her fist had grabbed it.

"What village am I in human?"

The man flinched and began to shake. Did he not know? Was he afraid she might kill him?

She shook him a little. " Hey! I asked you a question. Where the hell am I?"

The man looked down in distress and quietly replied, "Miss I have no clue. I too am a stranger here."

She would have felt pity for the man but her temper had gotten the best of her and his pleads of mercy were getting on her nerves. Guards began to look suspiciously at her and unsheathe they're daggers and swords. Releasing her grip she allowed the man to tumble to the ground and bend at her feet. Lifting his chin Mana smiled and growled.

" FIND OUT!" She snarled.

Okay any good? Like I said anything can help. Please review and I will respond! Thanks again for all that have been there for me!

Moonlight-Darkness