I'm still trying to refine my writing style but it seems to be going in the right direction. This title was extremely hard to come up with for this particular story. Anyway everybody, here's the sequel you have all been waiting for! My starting chapters tend to suck, so don't worry about that.

Disclaimer: This annoys me to hell but I do not, nor will I ever, own anything in the known Inuyasha Universe.

Desires

"I'll be back soon ok?"

"Keh, sure. Just don't stay there for any longer," Inuyasha said as he tried to sound unconcerned. Kagome saw through it though. He had been somehow distant with her ever since the day she woke up. Somehow, he wasn't telling her something. She never really had the time to ask at all.

"Sure." She hopped into the well and disappeared into its depths.

Inuyasha stood for a moment. "Well, let's go back."

The group, minus Kagome, walked back to the village in the morning light.

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Kagome came through the blue lights and landed on the other side. "Back home again," she muttered to herself. It had been a whole month since they had gotten most of the jewel again. Kagome had to cram for the last week and it was taking its toll on her. Inuyasha decided upon staying in the village for the past month so as to give Kagome the time she needed to study. She wouldn't be concentrating on a fight or anything else at any rate, so it was really for her safety.

She climbed up her makeshift rope ladder and slid over the well's wall along with her heavy school bag. She dusted herself off and looked around the hut. Well nothing out of place. She stepped out of the hut into the dazzling sunshine. Ok, school. She began the slow descent of the shrine's steps. She almost tripped halfway down, calling out to her friends.

"Kagome, are you okay?" asked Ami first as they stopped a run; catching their breath.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" asked all three quickly.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine," said Kagome irritably.

"Ok, we needed to be sure. You're just recovering from Gangrene. You could have lost your leg. You need to be more careful," said Yuri while the other two nodded.

Oh, grandpa's going to get it this time. "Well, I'm ok now; so shouldn't we get going?" she shrugged off quickly.

"I guess," said Umi. "You wouldn't want to be late on your first day back."

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Inuyasha was sitting at the well already missing her. It was only one day and he was in pieces. He kept seeing her, pale on the floor of the hut ever since she had woken up. The memory was so incredibly repetitive in his head.

He could remember the way it smelt, the way it looked and the way it sounded when she called out to him. She sounded so faint and so helpless. It smelt like death, literally, it seemed like the air was turning red when he first saw her like that. It seemed choking. The air was choking the life out of him just seeing her like that.

"Inuyasha?" came Shippo's voice breaking him out of his trance.

"What is it, twerp?" replied Inuyasha ignorantly hiding his problems again.

"When do you think Kagome's going to be back from her time?"

"How should I know?"

"Well you were the last one to talk with her. . ."

Inuyasha sat silent for a second contemplating his next action. "One week," he said suddenly.

"One week?"

"Yeah, and don't ask me why, I have no idea myself. Who knows what goes on in her head."

Shippo stood quietly and turned to go back to the village. "Hmpf."

A smell came to his nose. "Koga. What does he want now?" He stood up from the well's wall. "What's that damn wolf want now?"

"Koga's here?" asked Shippo.

"Hmpf. That wolf just won't give up will he?" he said as he cracked his knuckles. "Show yourself ya mangy wolf!"

"What wrong with you, Inuyasha?" asked a voice from the woods. "I've- or we've been here for about a minute and you haven't noticed us?"

"You brought some of your wolf friends huh? I'll take them all on!" said Inuyasha with pride.

"Just one Inuyasha!" said Koga as he stepped out from the woods. "Come on," he said as Ayame stepped out from the brush.

"Huh?" Inuyasha was completely baffled by this. Koga with her? But why? In the end, Inuyasha said nothing.

"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?"

"But. . ." he said as a scent met his nose. It was the scent of mates.

Koga laughed at his speechlessness. "You can't tell me you didn't notice?" Inuyasha was silent realizing what it would mean if his nose were right. "Of course, your nose was never that reliable."

"But how?" was all Inuyasha mustered in his surprise.

"I don't know," said Koga. "I have no idea. . . I do know that it was Ayame's future self that did this to me."

Ayame spoke up at this. "What are you two talking about?"

Inuyasha looked at Koga disbelivingly. "You didn't even tell her yourself ya dense wolf?"

"Well, no I guess I should have," said Koga, embarrassed.

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Koga finished telling Ayame about everything that had went on in the future and what happened to make him change face.

"Hmpf. I don't know why it took you so long," Ayame said.

There was an uncomfortable silence between the three after the story had been told. Apparently, they were all deep in thought about something.

Suddenly, there was a crash off in the direction of the village.

"What the-" started Koga.

Inuyasha raced off in the direction of the village, while Koga and Ayame followed behind. They jumped from branch to branch in the high trees search for what made the commotion. The village was in turmoil. "Miroku! Sango! Shippo!"

"Inuyasha!" He turned to see all of his friends safe on the back of Kirara.

"What happened here?" he yelled as he landed.

"It's a snake demon!" yelled Sango.

"Is that it?" asked Inuyasha. "They're small little ankle-biters!"

"Not this one! Look!" they yelled pointing. Inuyasha turned his head a saw a giant serpent towering over the village. It was black with red stripes and was about as tall as three huts stacked on top of one another. It's length ran into the forest, so it was impossible to tell just how long it was exactly. It had enormous fangs in it's mouth and it's practically oozed poison when it opened it's mouth. It destroying hut after hut, yelling "Where are the jewel shards?!"

"Stay here!" yelled Inuyasha unsheathing Tessaiga and running into the destructive path.

"Half-demon?" it yelled at him in a high pitched raspy voice. "Where are the jewel shards?!"

"You're outta luck buddy because the jewel shards aren't here!"

"Impossible! I sense them now!" He slithered out his tongue and tasted the air. He giant head turned towards Koga. "THERE!" He advanced on Koga and Ayame. Inuyasha lunged at him and slashed his skin, but it had no effect. "Damn snake skin!" he muttered to himself. The snake's head came flying back toward him. Inuyasha hopped out of the way just in time. "Your fight is with me!"

"If you are so eager to die half-demon, then fight!" It lunged again with more speed. Inuyasha blocked it with the blunt side of the Tessaiga as his feet dug into the ground. He grunted in the effort. "Damn you!"

"Not so happy now are we?"

"I've had enough of you!" He forced the head up and slashed. He managed to it's mouth to about 3 feet down it's neck. It wasn't nearly enough to kill it though or even slow it down for that matter. Inuyasha put some distance between him and the snake to allow himself some breathing room.

"You are skilled," commented the snake. Inuyasha stood silently awaiting a chance to attack. "That sword you carry holds great power. Unfortunately, you have idea how to use it's power, correct?"

"Huh? How do you know about my Tessaiga?" he asked suddenly sounding interested.

"It is fabled across the land that a half-demon carrying a sword was exterminating demons. I now know that the stories are true, but I had expected more from you." He paused. "Your sword is capable of much more than it's letting on at the moment."

"Why are telling me this?" asked Inuyasha.

"Demon to demon, I wanted to help you."

"Well thanks but I don't need help," Inuyasha scowled. "No one has ever helped me," he said quietly, "Oh it's that half-demon," he used a mock voice, "I don't need anyone's help!" he finished.

The snake chuckled. "Just a friendly offer," he said as he turned to slither into the forest. "There will come a time when you will take up my offer half-demon, and I will be waiting when that happens."

"We're not done here!" Inuyasha yelled.

"I think that we are," said the snake over his shoulder as he disappeared into the darkness.

"Damn," he muttered to himself as he sheathed Tessaiga.

"Inuyasha you aren't thinking of taking him up on that are you?" asked Miroku running up to him.

"Of course not," said Inuyasha with uncertainty. "C'mon we've got to re-build the village guys," he said changing the subject. "The villagers are already trying to do it themselves! C'mon!" he said running off to the huts.

Miroku stood there thinking. "I really hope he doesn't do anything too stupid."

"Don't worry about it," said Sango, "I'm sure he wouldn't be so dense. Let just rebuild for now. It'll take quite a while to do all this work."

Miroku wasn't thoroughly convinced at this point. "Maybe you're right," he conceded. He secretly made a mental note to keep an eye on Inuyasha for the next few days.

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I hope that's enough for now everybody! More to come soon!

Peace out!

Nolan