A/N: My first Inuyasha fic...definitely not my first fic, though. Oh, and beware: I live in Japan, and while my Japanese is pretty good...it isn't the best. I have never actually seen an episode of Inuyasha in English, and I am going off of what I know from the manga I've read and some Japanese episodes I have caught a glimpse of...in other words, it should be interesting! I hope y'all like it!

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Missing In Action

"Sango! I...I didn't mean to! It slipped! I swear!" The red hand-shaped mark across Miroku's face told an all-too-familiar tale.

"Of course you didn't, you stupid pervert! You never do mean to, do you?" she growled her reply as she stomped angrily past the rest of the group.

Kagome and Inuyasha, walking several feet in front of everyone else, could not help but laugh.

"My grandfather would die!" Kagome whispered. "He'd keel over dead if he knew that Miroku was a monk!" she paused, and turned to face him. "Honestly, Miroku. If you like her so much, you ought to be going about it differently. The way to a woman's heart is definitely not through groping her..." But Kagome had stopped talking. They had reached the well. This meant that she was almost home.

"Inuyasha...err...watch the ears if you can. My mom invited my friends over. Miroku...hands off." She glared at him.

"I wasn't going to!" he whined.

In Kagome's bedroom, a rather large group of people was gathered. Including herself, there was seven of them. Sango and Miroku sat near the window, directly across from Inuyasha. Kagome's friends were standing, smiling at her.

"Are you feeling better today?" one of them asked. "We heard you are coming back to school tomorrow."

Not really, no. I have to help Inuyasha destroy Naraku so I can get the Shikon jewel and restore order to his time. School has sort of taken a back seat... Kagome thought. "Actually, I'm not feeling too great, but I'm so glad you came over." No I'm not. She thought again to herself. I don't need you to be nosy right now. What I need is to get the rest of the jewel shards before something bad happens. There's too little time left for me to just hang around...

"Kagome?" Inuyasha whispered. "Are you all right?"

"I think too much. I've given myself a headache."

Inuyasha tilted his head to the side. To him, she did look as if she wasn't feeling very well...and it had to have something to do with the jewel. The idea that only two pieces remained scared even him, but it was thinking about who might have those pieces that was truly terrifying.

Inuyasha shivered. "Well, maybe you ought to lie down, Kagome? I could go make you some tea if you like?" he asked, and was almost disappointed when she shook her head. "Are you sure you don't need anything?"

"No, Inuyasha. I'm fine. I just need to rest."

Inuyasha turned to her friends. "I'm sorry, but she's not feeling well again. Could you guys come back some other time after she has had some rest?"

The three of them nodded, and quietly left the room. Once they were out of earshot, they began to talk quietly amongst themselves.

"I'm sorry that Kagome is ill like that all the time," whispered one of them.

Another smiled. "Yes, but isn't it cute? He was practically jumping through hoops to try and help her."

"He? You mean Inuyasha?" the third asked. "Yes, well, Kagome does seem very fond of him. Don't you wish there were other men like that in the world?"

"Seriously Kagome, you actually aren't looking well..." Miroku worried.

"I'm fine, Miroku. Besides, we have other things to worry about right now, and I am not one of them. Or have you forgotten that we are only missing two of the jewel shards? That scares me. Maybe that's why I'm not feeling well?" she dazed off for a moment. "Do we know who has the other two pieces?"

Inuyasha frowned. "I know. You probably won't want to know, though."

Kagome was red. "Of course I want to know! Why wouldn't I want to know? Isn't it my job to know?"

"Calm down." He held up his hands in defeat, and his expression softened.

Kagome blinked. Something was wrong with Inuyasha. "What is it?" she whispered.

"It's Naraku, " he replied. "He has the other pieces of the jewel, Kagome. And you have the rest in that thing around your belt loop. You have all the other pieces, and he wants them for his own."

Kagome's face drained of color. "I thought that your brother...?"

"Well, apparently not, or I wouldn't be telling you this, would I?" he snarled.

Sango, who had been silent a long while by then, finally decided to speak. "Kagome...oh no..." she whispered. "Don't you realize?" She paused to see if Kagome would understand on her own.

"Naraku is going to come after me..." Kagome nodded. And we're going to die. We aren't ready to fight him yet. We can't fight him yet. He's too good...but I can't let him get the jewel! How are we supposed to survive this?

"I'm staying here tonight. I can't have Naraku coming in and snatching you from your bed or anything." Inuyasha said offhandedly.

Kagome flushed. "No, you're not! Besides, how is Naraku supposed to get to my time, anyway? He can't. I'll be fine. You guys can take the jewel shards. I'll...I'll meet you guys at Inuyasha's tree in the morning."

Inuyasha and the others regretfully left. Kagome opened her closet. Hanging on the left were her school uniforms, unused in recent months. To her right was a kimono that Kaede had given her. She shivered. It looked almost exactly like the one Kikyou wore. Leaning up against the wall on that same side was a large bow and quiver. Kagome glared at it for several seconds before carefully closing her closet door. I'm scared...She frowned, and plopped down on her bed. Within minutes, she was off to sleep, but she couldn't even find peace in her dreams...

Where am I? It's so dark...Kagome was somewhere that was very unfamiliar. The sky was black, there were no trees, no houses, no people, no living things at all...except...

'Inuyasha! What do you think you're doing? If you go out there alone, he'll kill you!' It was Sango's voice.

'He's got Kagome somewhere, Sango! I have to go get her!'

'He's trying to trick you, Inuyasha! He has the jewel shards now! Kagome is gone!'

Kagome gasped. "I'm not gone! I'm right here, you morons!" she screamed out.

'I don't care, Sango! He has to pay! He's taken everyone dear to me away! I'm going to make sure that he doesn't live to use that jewel! Kagome...' Inuyasha frowned. 'The least I can do is...take her body back to her own time...'

'You've lost it, Inuyasha!' Sango hollered back. 'We can't take him on our own!'

'But until Miroku gets back, we have to try! I can't let him win. He has to pay! He has to pay...'

Inuyasha's voice seemed to be getting father off. Kagome couldn't hear it at all now. "I'm right here, damn it! I'm not dead!" she screamed into the blackness. She could see Naraku now. She could hear him, cackling in his victory. She saw Inuyasha charge him...there was a bright, blinding light. Then, there was only Naraku's evil laughter....

"No! Inuyasha!" Kagome sobbed. Finally, she jerked awake. Her room was quiet. Everything had been a dream...but something still wasn't right. Kagome glanced suspiciously around her room. Then she noticed it. The window was wide open, and a chilly breeze was filling the room. She stood to close it.

"Were you having a nightmare?" smirked someone behind her. The voice sounded eerily familiar.

Kagome pivoted on her heel. "Kikyou?" she gasped.

"You seem surprised."

"How did you get here?"

"None of that should matter to you, because you're going to be leaving soon," she laughed.

"Leaving? No, not really." Kagome cautiously took a step sideways. Her closet was getting closer and closer.

Kikyou smiled. "Are you looking for this?" She held Kagome's bow in her hands. "Were you going to try to shoot me? That is funny..." she mused.

"Someone will hear you!" Kagome warned threateningly.

"Who? Your mother? What is she going to do?"

Kagome glanced behind her. The drop from her bedroom window to the ground below was a long one. There wasn't really a way out. Kikyou was blocking it. "What are you doing here? You can't possibly tell me you want the jewel? It was your job to protect it!"

"None of that is my choice anymore..."

"What is that supposed to mean? You still have a soul! You're in control! Unless...Oh, no..." Kagome screamed. If Naraku controls Kikyou now...

Kikyou aimed, and fired, very effectively taking out Kagome's knee. The pain was blinding. But where was her mother? Someone had to have heard something!

"Now you have to come with me, you stupid girl..." Kikyou smirked.

Kagome didn't remember much after she fell. The last thing she remembered before drifting into blackness was Kikyou's form looming triumphantly over her crippled one. Then, there was nothing.

The next day, Inuyasha, Shippo, Sango, and Miroku made their way back towards the well and Inuyasha's tree. Kagome was not there, but something else was.

Miroku snatched the piece of parchment, which had been held to the tree by a single arrow. His eyes scanned it quickly, and his face fell just as fast. "Oh, no..."

"What's 'Oh, no' mean?" growled Inuyasha.

"He's got her." Miroku replied simply.

Inuyasha looked confused. "Who's got...Kagome?!" Inuyasha turned red. "Naraku has Kagome?"

"We have until tomorrow morning to hand over the rest of the jewel shards..." Miroku read aloud. "Or..." he gulped.

"Or what?" yelped Inuyasha.

"He's going to kill her, Inuyasha. I'm so sorry...if we don't hand those shards over, he's going to kill her..."

Inuyasha paled. "We can't...not to him...even I'm not that thick...oh god..."

"Exactly..." Miroku whispered.

"What do you think we should do about it?" asked Sango.

Inuyasha's face hardened to anger. "First, we find Kikyou."

"Why?" Sango frowned. "We all know that usually ends bad..."

"Because...this is her arrow, and the writing on the paper is hers as well. She has something to do with all of this...."

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A/N: This is the first chapter of the first Inuyasha fic I have ever done...If it seems long, I'm sorry...but I had issues deciding where to end it, so I picked right there. Please review and let me know what you think! Chapter two will hopefully be up soon, depending on my schedule at school. I hope you liked it!