Disclaimer: Don't own Inuyasha...lalala

"That way! It's over there!" the young girl yelled.

The group hurried around the bend to find themselves face to feet with a very

very large demon.

"Where is the shard? Head? Arm?" a dog-eared boy asked.

"Well... Actually..." Kagome frowned.

"Feh! I don't have time for this. I'll kill the demon. Then, we'll find the shard."

Kagome opened her mouth, but Inuyasha was gone. He pulled out his sword and

charged. He was strong and fast, but he couldn't seem to land a hit. A large boomerang

flew right past him.

"Hey! Be careful with that, Sango!" Inuyasha shouted.

The weapon hit the demon and almost took off its arm. The demon exterminator got the

first hit. Then, the demon, sensing the jewel fragments Kagome had, plowed through them

to get to her. It was stopped short by the monk. It was now surrounded: the hanyou, the t,

the monk, and the fire neko. The rest of the battle was short.

"Well, where is it?" Inuyasha asked none too patiently.

Kagome sighed. "It got away. That demon didn't have it and now it has disappeared."

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"This weekend is going to be great! The weather suddenly got warmer

and we brought lots of chocolate!"

Cassandra smiled at her friend's enthusiasm. The girls walked from a house into the nearby woods. After quite a bit of walking they reached a clearing.

"I'm starving. Let's get the fire started so we can make smores!" Ami decided

The three girls divided up the tasks and the campsite was ready well before sundown.

That night

"Cassandra... Cassandra!... Wake up!" her friend whispered, "Cassandra, you're having bad

dreams again. Wake up."

Cassandra mumbled something else and sat up suddenly. Still breathing heavy

she said, "That was... strange."

"What did you dream about?" Tait asked

"Oh, I don't remember. I never remember the strange ones." she sighed, "I'm going

to go for a walk to calm down. Maybe I'll get some more firewood."

"Ya want me ta go with?"

"No, that's okay. Thanks. Go ahead and go back asleep."

"Gonna take your backpack with you?"

Cassandra nodded

"Why?"

Cassandra shrugged. "I don't know. I just feel like I should. Better safe..."

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"What do you mean it disappeared!" our favorite and very unhappy hanyou yelled.

"I mean exactly what I said. The shard just disappeared. Poof! I can't sense it anymore."

"Feh, then maybe there's something wrong with you."

"Yeah, there must be something wrong with me if I put up with you!"

The others backed away. This may go on for a while. They went to find a place to camp.

Then, in the distance a shout is heard.

"SIT!" and that was the end of that conversation. Hopefully, they could convince

Kagome not to go home just yet.

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'What time is it?' Cassandra wondered. "Where is that flashlight? Let me see ...bug spray...

pepper spray! and my brother's knife! What did I bring that for? Oh well... uh... flashlight! Wow, three o'clock in the morning!"

She continued to walk farther into the woods away from the camp. She came to a creek

bed and jumped down. There had only been an inch of rain in the past two weeks and not much before then, so there was hardly any water.

'I hope there are no snakes... I'm glad I brought a flashlight.'

At that moment, she dropped the flashlight. As she bent down to pick it up, she froze.

'Why do I get the feeling that there is something in front of me? Oh noooo'

Slowly, she looked up.

'What IS that! Whatever it is I HAVE to stay calm.'

Cassandra and It stared at each other for a little while until she slowly started to back up.

In a flash It was gone.

'Where did It go?' The hairs on the back of her neck stood up. She turned around carefully

already knowing what she was going to see.

'How did It... Oh, no. It is blocking me from camp. Okay, stay calm. Don't run...

Don't run! It will chase if I run.'

It didn't give her a chance to run before It started the chase.

'Okay, now run!' Cassandra tried to reach into her backpack to get the hunting knife as she ran. 'Got it! And here's the pepper spray!'

She dropped the backpack on It's head. That slowed It down, but It caught up quickly.

'It could have caught me by now! It's just playing with me!'

Then, It moved in closer and snapped at her feet.

'It's so dark and I don't know where I'm going. Great! I'm lost in

my own woods in the middle of the night being chased by who knows what!'

It went for her leg. As It did, she turned to attack back at It.

"Ooff" 'Oh no!' She fell head first into a giant hole dragging It with her.

'What in the...?' Cassandra was suddenly surrounded by some really pretty colors when she

should be in the dark at the bottom of a hole.

'Shouldn't I have hit the bottom of...' "Oww" '..There it is.' she thought as she passed out.

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(AN: Before now "" was English and Japanese with respect to the time it was in.

Now, it is solely Japanese. Any English will be marked with italics. Thanks!)

"There it is!" Kagome announced out of nowhere.

"What?" Sango asked. "What is it? The shard?"

"Yes! I can sense it again. It's back."

"Assuming it was ever gone" commented our hanyou, "Let's go."

"Now? But we just got..." Shippo was cut off by a glare from Inuyasha.

"Just me and Kagome then. The rest of you can stay here and do nothing. It's not like I

need your help or anything. Come on Kagome!"

They were gone before anyone could respond.

"Oww.. my head..." Cassandra began to wake up. Then, she noticed It beside her.

She scrambled out of the... well?... before It woke up too.

'A lot of blood. I got It pretty good...Where did this well come from? Wait a minute! Where am I? And it's morning already? Oh my goodness! It's soooo cold!'

She looked around her at the unfamiliar area.

"Well, where am I and why in the world is it so cold?"

Inuyasha sniffed the air.

"That way? I smell a human and a lot of a demon's blood. This shouldn't be hard. Stay here."

With that, he dumped Kagome on the ground and took to the trees.

'Hey!' She frowned and looked around her. 'I'm not staying here by myself! What is he thinking, just leaving me here?' She ran after him.

Okay, let's see. I ran north, but...

She looked at the weapons in her hands. Then, she slowly turned around.

'Yes, It is awake. Not good.'

She braced herself for a fight, when a flash of red flew past her. Next thing she knew, It was dead

and a pretty good but strange looking boy was there.

"The shard isn't here."

He moved in another flash to right in front of her. She leaned back in surprise

'How did he...'

"Where is the shard" he demanded.

"What?" she asked.

"Where is the shard, human?"

'What is wrong with her? Maybe if I scare her a little'

He grabbed her arm and she stiffened.

'What in the... hum He seems pretty tough and mean but he isn't hurting my arm at all...Well, much...yet! What am I thinking! I need to escape!'

"Well! I'm waiting!"

His grip tightened a little with frustration.

Very quickly she sprayed the pepper spray in his eyes and tried to run again as he let go. She

barely got turned around before he was in front of her again. This time he's very upset and still in pain.

"What was that!" he growled. "Just tell me where the shard is and you won't get hurt."

Kagome was there now, but she was too exhausted to do anything.

He went towards her quickly again, but years of classes for her paid off. She dropped the knife, but he quickly found himself on the ground. He wasn't there for long, though. He came after her the same way again and met the ground again.

'Not too smart is he?' She allowed a small smile at this.

"You won't be smiling for long if you don't give me that shard!"

She ducked his reach for her and punched him in the stomach.

'Ow! That must have hurt me way than him!' she stared in shock at her hand.

He moved toward her again. He knocked the pepper spray out of her left hand and grabbed

her right.

"Give me the shard!"

Her movement wasn't that quick, but it caught him off guard. He hit dirt again.

By this point, he is very angry and it shows.

She started to step back, but fell.

'Ow! That stupid...thing bit my leg.'

Inuyasha noticed her bleeding leg now. Then, he saw the fear in her eyes.

"Just tell me where the shard is." he said in a calmer (stress on the 'er') voice.

"Get away! This is not your property. You're trespassing and my friends and family prob...uh...aren't far!"

Inu looked at her curiously now.

'She's not making any sense. Maybe she's dumb. I'll simplify.'

"Shard! Where?"

"In her... leg" a still tired Kagome informed him.

Cassandra looked down at her leg. Inuyasha moved for her leg, but she grabbed the pepper spray and he got a face full of it again.

'He... or it.. or whatever is very very unhappy now'

She tried to get up and go to Kagome, hoping for protection, but that's not how Inu saw it.

He jumped over to her and threw her back. She landed against a nearby tree.

"Stay away from Kagome!"

"Ow... Stay away from me!" she fired back.

'She's still not making any sense.'

He started to charge at her again when he heard the word.

"Sit Inuyasha." Kagome said calmly. "Hello. My name is Kagome. That is Inuyasha. I am

sorry that he hurt you."

"Uh...That's okay...Well, I guess. So, you do speak English!"

"Yes, I do. He does not"

Inuyasha is beginning to recover from the light sit, but is shocked that now Kagome isn't

making any sense either.

"Well, he should learn! If you're going to be in this country..."

"Who's that? She sure is dressed funny." Inu interrupted looking at her sleeveless low cut black shirt and fitting black jeans."She dresses even worse than you do!"

Cassandra sent him a dirty look. "Hey, dog boy I'm not making fun of your hilarious clothing choices, so don't make fun of mine!...not that mine are hilarious. The jeans are comfortable and I didn't know that it was going to be so cold." She rambled toward the end.

"So you can talk! I thought you were crazy."

"Oh don't you..!"

Kagome held the girl back, which wasn't hard given her injury.

"Uh... What did you say your name was?" Kagome asked trying to divert the two.

"I didn't... but it's Cassandra. Cassie or C is fine too." she responded calmly now."Kagome right? And what did you say his name is? Spot?" she said with a grin.

Then, her grin faded and a worried expression crossed her face as she took a deep breath.

"Wow... everything is fuzzy..." she mumbled looking down at her leg.

"What are you babbling about now?"

"It...my leg..oww..." her voice faded as she passed out.