These are the lost episodes of Kagome's adventures. No one knows because Time doesn't want them to know. For the first time you are allowed to hear the tales.

Ch. 1

"What do you mean, who are we? We're your friends." The girl in the strange outfit replied. She wore all black with what looked like pink shields sewn on.

"Then who are you? Where are we?" Kagome asked again. That was her name! Kagome. She lived in Japan with her brother Sota, mom, and gramps. They lived in the house her family had had for generations. On the grounds of their home was an ancient shrine, and gramps stuck fast to the old tradions with sutras to fight off demons and asking the spirits to protect and guide him. She knew who she was but she didn't know who the girl in front of her was.

"How's Kagome doing?" A small voice asked and Kagome saw a small boy enter the hut. He had a blue bow tied in his hair and dragged a tan blanket connected to his pants behind him.

"Come on Shippo. We need to talk with the others." The girl and the little boy left, giving Kagome time to look at her surroundings. She knew she was in a hut without any electronics. There was no phones or microwaves. There was a pit to cook with instead of a stove or oven. They most be at a historic village! Kagome thought and went with it. But then she remembered there would have at least been an extinguisher in case of a fire.

"Where am I?" Kagome asked herself again. The little boy came in, his blanket trailing behind him.

"Kagome, who am I?" The boy asked, eyes wide and voice sincere.

"I don't know." She said shaking her head, trying to remember. "Oh wait!" She exclaimed, remembering, and the boy's eyes lit in excitement. "You're Shippo! That's what that girl called you." Shippo's eyes lost their spark and he sighed.

"What am I?" He asked, his face grave. What did he mean, what was he? He was a little kid who still probably slept with his blanky. Note the blanket behind him.

"A little boy." Kagome replied confused. What was he getting at?

"No, I'm a fox fire demon." He said and shot fire out of his hand. All of her fearlessness left her, and she screamed. Quickly Kagome jumped up and ran outside. "Kagome, come back!" She heard him shout but kept running. Suddenly a claw hand shot out in front of her, stopping her in her tracks.

"Not so fast." He told her she looked at him before screaming again. White hair and dog ears grew from his head and he wore a red gi. Fangs grew in his mouth and his eyes were the only humanish trait he had.

Topaz eyes stared at her in concern, and it freaked her out.

"Kagome." He whispered shocked.

"Knock her out!" A voice shoutted and then the whatever he was hit her in the head.

3

Kagome slumped in his arms as Miroku ran up to him.

"What is going on?" Miroku asked.

"I'm not sure." Inuyasha replied, looking worridly at Kagome. A necklace slipped over her neck and fell to the ground, curious he decided to pick it up. Just as he touched it it let out a electric shock, making him pull his hand away. It was a circular necklace with a serpent dragon coiled in it and hung on a red cord.

"What's going on?" Sango asked as she ran up to them.

"That necklace. I think it's cursed." Miroku said while Inuyasha lowered Kagome's limp body to the ground. Something had happened to her while everyone was asleep. That was the only explanation.

"Does anyone know what happened after we fell asleep?" Inuyasha saked.

"Of course I do." A musical voice chirped. "Someone cursed her. Oh tut tut. Her necklace." A girl walked up to them with a mysterious smile on her face. She had light sparkly hair that looked like sunshine with icy blue eyes. By her side she had a silver sword.

"Who cursed her? Who? Tell me or i'll slice you into a thousand pieces. " Inuyasha shouted, pulling out his Tetsuiga threatingly. Somehow he felt a stir of recognition. Had he met her sometime before? He shook the thought aside.

"Oh, the Tetsuiga! Wonderful. It's nice to know that your father left you that sword. Then again, I already knew that." The girl laughed. "Oh dearie, Kagome. She pulled her jewel shard out, didn't it? Oh it looks like I have to fix things again. Oh her necklace! I was sure that this necklace wouldn't fall off." The girl walked toward the necklace and picked it up easily. "Why did you fall off her neck?" She asked the necklace, as if it would respond. "Stay on her neck." She repeated and clapped her hands. The necklace soared through the air and clicked shut around her neck. With the necklace back on Kagome's neck she began to stir. The girl clapped her hands again and Kagome stood up and walked toward the girl. "Kagome, you fell asleep with the necklace on didn't you?" Kagome nodded. "I told you something bad would happen before I left, didn't I? Go up to the DX Mountains. Use the necklace to get there. Remember the word?" Kagome nodded and the girl clapped her hands, and this time the Tetsuiga flew toward her.

"The Tetsuiga!" Inuyasha shouted and watched horrified as his sword landed in her other hand. "Give that back!"
"Oh. The Tetsuiga. Transform." Inuyasha watched shocked as the sword changed from its rusty state to its fighting mode. "Still as fast as ever. You're lucky. Only you, your girlfriend, your family, and I can transform your sword. For a sword that's rare. Most accept anyone for masters. Well anyway, here's your sword." The girl said sending his sword back. "Kagome, see you at Hope." With a nod she disappeared. Kagome fell and Sango ran to catch her and Inuyasha, Miroku, and Shippo ran up next. Slowly Kagome blinked and came to. She took one look at everyone around her and screamed, fainting again.

"What's wrong with her?" Shippo asked.

"Someone cursed her, remember?" Miroku replied.

"She's going to scream every time she sees us, isn't she?" Shippo asked dejectedly.

"Probably." Inuyasha replied hollowly. Kagome was his one constant. She was always his friend and never afraid of him. Now she screamed every time she saw him. What had happpened? He wondered. Suddenly an idea occurred to him. "I guess we're going to watch over her from afar."

"What?" Sango asked confused.

"Think about it. Each time she sees us she scream. Someone wants her dead, that's obvious. So we have to watch over her from afar. Protect her without her knowing it. And this way she can lead us straight to whoever cursed her."

"We're going to be like her gaurdian angels?" Shippo asked curiously.

"Yeah, lets go now." He said and started walking away. When he looked behind him he saw the others following him, silent. He wished Kagome was there to break the silence. She always knew what to say. But all she did now was scream when she saw him. His heart grew sad as he watched her body grow smaller and smaller. He wondered if she'd break the curse on her own. She did have a lot of spiritual strength. He reasoned with himself. He noticed someone had left a few apples for her to eat and he knew she'd have something to eat. He continued walking.

3

Kagome got up quickly not knowing where she was, she didn't remember falling asleep in the open. Slowly she remembered about the people she'd met earlier and lay back down carefully and looked around warily. She was alone in a small meadow, the weird boys and that girl was nowhere to be seen. An invisable force made her pull out her necklace, the coiled dragon. She noticed a pile of apples beside her and she picked it up and studied it as if it held the answers. The dragon's eyes glowed, and unconsciously whispered "Arise." Suddenly the necklace began to glow and vibrate and Kagome pulled it off. The dragon seemed to grow, and then a red color grew on its metallic skin and its lifeless eyes turned a calm black color. Within seconds a real red dragon appeared. Its skin was a dark blood red with dark black eyes along its neck were paler red spikes.

"You summoned me mistress Kagome?" It asked in a deep rumbling voice that was loud but cautious. As if the big dragon was afraid of her. "I am your dragon, Dante. Where do you wish to go?" It-he- asked again.

"Who, what, are you?" Kagome asked backing away slowly.

"I am Dante, your dragon. You can use me to fly to places. As for what, I am a dragon. Mistress Kagome, where do you wish to fly to?" The dragon asked again.

Something told her to put the dragon back in the necklace, but something stronger told her what to say next.

"The DX Mountains. Hope Village."

"Ah, the Hope Village. I haven't been there in many years. Climb aboard mistress." Dante lowered his head, and Kagome climbed up slowly. On his neck were the paler red spikes, and Kagome used them to pull herself up quicker. Aware that an adventure would take place Kagome smiled to herself and told her new dragon friend to take off, unaware of the five figures running in her direction. Dante's large red wings unfolded and after a few steps the big creature took off. The wind played with Kagome's hair and she laughed into the wind throwing her arm out wide. "Is this how it feels to always fly?" She asked Dante, still smiling.

"Yes, isn't it wonderful? I have been locked in your necklace for many years, my wings were getting cramped. Thank you for releasing me. Now hold on!" With that Dante began loop de loops and the dragon and girl laughed, and the two became a team doing dances in the sky. Kagome trusted Dante to not let her fall and they practiced her falling off Dante's back, him doing a loop, and then catching her again. They looked like a circus pair doing all their combinations. The sun seemed brighter above the clouds, the sky bluer. She wished she could stay up there longer but the mountains came into view and Dante slowly descended and Kagome slid off and walked toward the edge of the mountain forest. A sign said Timeless wood, above Hope village. "Dante, what is Hope village?" She asked her dragon friend.

"Hope village is one of three villages consisting of half demons and their mortal or demon or both parent or parents. These villages are made of half demons, as I said, and the parent that wants the child to live an almost normal life. That's what these villages are for. Normalacy. Hope created this village, her sisters Faith and Joy run the other two and their mother Memory runs the Celebration Village. All the members of the villages go up to the celebration village to celebrate holidays. Hope village explains what it does, it's a refuge for half breeds. A place of hope." Dante replied. Kagome looked at the trees. Even though it was almost summer the trees still retained their autumn leaves giving the woods a magical feel.

"What is this place?" She asked turning toward the dragon.

"Timeless wood. See the sign?" He asked pointing at the Timeless woods sign.

"No, I mean really." She asked getting straight to the point.

"Timeless wood is a forest protected by a time barriar. It protects the inhabitants of Hope village. They say the barrier is so strong that no mortal or demon has ever broken it." Dante told her sighing. Kagome looked at the woods, still as unchanging as ever. "The half demons live their with their mortal parent. Only you can pass this barriar. You have emense spiritual power, I myself am a full demon and cannot pass the barriar. Goodluck dear mistress." With a quick look at the dragon Kagome walked through the barriar. A weird feeling passed over her and then she was on the other side. The forest hadn't changed but laughing voices filled the air suddenly. Full of life and happiness.

Adding to the magic that was the Timeless woods.