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Yuna walked back to the house at sunrise after a night of staring over the edge of the cliff. Sakura had jumped…she couldn't believe it. She had hoped it was all a nightmare, but the dagger still clutched in her had told her it was all too real.

"Yuna you're back!" one of the girls said, smiling at her. Her smile dropped when she saw the blood and dirt on her friend's kimono. "What happened?!" she asked running to her. "Where's Sakura?"

Yuna couldn't meet her eyes. "Dead." She whispered after a long pause.

The younger girl looked at Yuna, her eyes wide in shock. The little girl that had comforted her when she'd been forced to work here was dead. "No…" she whispered. "It can't be true… it must be a mistake."

Yuna's control snapped, she slapped the teenager and started yelling. "It's true! It's true okay?! She's dead! Gone! Never coming back, and I wand everyone to forget she ever existed! Never bring up that girls name again!" she calmed down and tears started to flow from her eyes. "I need a bath…" she whispered and walked away from the girl.

Yuna took her bath but folded up the blood covered dagger in the kimono she was wearing and hid them under her bed inside Sakura's pillow along with a doll and hair ribbons.

There were the only things she'd be unable to look at. The ribbons Sakura hated, the doll she loved, the pillow she slept on, the knife that had marred her angelic face, and the outfit Yuna had been wearing when she destroyed the one person in the world she loved. The one person that belonged solely to her.

The one that kept her sane, and above all else, happy.

Elsewhere:

Ginta and Hakkaku ran as fast as they could behind Kouga but they and the wolves were having trouble keeping up.

"Hey Kouga!" Ginta called panting. "I think we need to stop."

Kouga looked back and called, "You guys can stop wherever you want, Kagome's up ahead and I think it's time I paid my woman a visit." Kouga turned and sped off, leaving in search of Kagome.

Hakkaku stopped and looked at Ginta. "There's a river nearby, should we stop there?"

"Sounds good." Ginta said and let Hakkaku lead the way.

The river was beautiful; the grass was green and soft, perfect for resting on, the trees provided great shade and as they sat and relaxed, they could hear the sound of a waterfall far off somewhere, but the sound was very calming.

Ginta and Hakkaku leaned against the trunk of a tree relaxing. Ginta opened his eyes when a couple of the wolves went hear the water towards something that smelled like death. "What's that?" Ginta asked nudging Hakkaku.

Hakkaku looked and shrugged. "Maybe an animal," he said and closed his eyes. "Let them have it."

Ginta watched as one of the wolves gripped whatever it was by the neck and lifted it, his eyes widened as he realized what it was. "Hakkaku, it's a kid!"

Hakkaku looked up and saw that Ginta was right, they both raced towards the child that had washed up on the waters edge and pushed the wolves away from her. Ginta looked at her, her red hair was soaked, in tangles and matted to her face. He pushed the hair away from her face as he cradled her gently. And saw a gash in her forehead and a cut on her cheek.

Her fingers were cut and her nails were dirty, someone had really done a number on her. "Look at her clothes." Hakkaku said and motioned to the once beautiful outfit. "Looks expensive, you think she's some kind of royalty or nobility?"

"She looks like it." Ginta answered. "You think she's still alive?"

Hakkaku leaned closer; he heard a faint, weak heartbeat. She was alive. "Barely." He said. "What should we do?"

Ginta looked at her "She's lost a lot of blood; she may die no matter what we do." Ginta felt her move slightly, trying to get closer to him. He touched her cold skin and guessed that she was desperate for warmth and in that instant, he wanted to help her. "We should take her to Kagome." He said, standing with the girl in his arms and running off before Hakkaku could say anything.

Elsewhere:

"Hey guys…" Kagome said, trying to break Kouga and Inuyasha up from their usual fight. "Can you two just…talk this out?"

"Kagome!" Someone yelled, stopping the fight and causing everyone to look.

Kagome smiled as she realized who it was. "Hakkaku, Ginta." She said smiling and waving to them.

Ginta ran up to her, out of breath. "I thought you two were resting." Kouga said.

"We were." Hakkaku said. "Then we found something…well someone."

Ginta held her up and showed her to Kagome who looked at her in both horror and sympathy. "Can you help her?" he asked. "We don't want her to die, she's just a kid."

Kagome gently took her and held her like she was a china doll. Fragile and would break if dropped. "I…don't know what I can do." She said. "We can take her Kaede's village for help. I'll do everything I can."

"Thank you sister." Ginta and Hakkaku said, relieved.

"We should go now; she doesn't look like she has much life left in her." Kagome said and turned to Sango. "Can I ride on Kirara with her?"

"Of course." Sango said and Kirara hopped off of her shoulder and turned to her full form. Sango helped Kagome up so she wouldn't drop the little girl and Shippo hopped on Kagome's shoulder.

"Is she gonna be okay?" he asked.

"I hope so." Kagome said. "I really hope so."

Back at the Village:

Kagome had taken the unconscious child to Kaede as promised, but Ginta, Hakkaku and especially Kouga had still followed her.

Kaede looked the child over "Well." She said. "The girl has no broken bones, but many sprains and bruises. And like ye said Kagome, there is a tremendous amount of blood loss."

"That's a relief." Kagome said. "Will she live?"

"Yes." Kaede answered. "She needs rest and her injuries must be treated, other than that, she'll be fine."

"Good." Ginta said. "But who is she?"

"I don't know the answer to that." The old priestess said.

"Is there anything we can do?" Hakkaku asked.

"Yes." Kaede said. "While Kagome and I tend to her, you two go find her something clean to wear, maybe a doll, she may like one when she wakes up."

Ginta and Hakkaku quickly ran off to find the little girl what she would need, while Kagome shooed everyone out of Kaede's hut.

"What do we do first?" Kagome asked. Kaede handed her a bowl of warm water and a cloth.

"I need ye to clean the child up. She's filthy, and I'll make something to help her heal faster."

Kagome nodded and started to clean the little girls face and smiled when her freckles became visible. She continued to bathe her with the warm water and removed the ruined kimono, grimacing when she saw a deep wound on her back, but carefully cleaning it and wrapping the girl in a blanket.

She then looked at the girls tangled hair and took a comb and brush out of her back pack and started to carefully untangle and brush the red tresses. She parted the top of the girl hair and saw something. "Kaede…" she whispered and pointed to two ears, much like Inuyasha's. "Look…"

Kaede looked at the ears then at Kagome. "Do you suppose she'll be as stubborn or hotheaded as Inuyasha?"

Kagome smiled a little and made the red hair into a braid. "No, I don't think anyone's that hotheaded." She said and gently tweaked the girls' ears, jumping when the child trembled.

"Well that's a good sign," Kaede said. "We know she's alive and responsive." Kaede opened the child's mouth and made her drink something she mixed up. "Now let's bandage her up."

It took them a while to bandage every cut because there were so many. Her fingers were all cut, there was a gash in her forehead, and there was a cut on her cheek that would turn into a scar, a deep gash in her back and smaller scrapes on her arms and legs.

"I wonder what happened to her." Kagome said once they were finished. "I wonder why anyone would want to hurt her."

Ginta and Hakkaku finally came back. "I didn't know what to get her." Ginta said and laid two outfits down.

"It's okay." Kagome said and picked up the pink kimono he brought that was covered in cherry blossom petals. "You did well, and I can bring her more clothes when I go home."

Hakkaku laid a doll next to the sleeping girl, the doll was red headed like she was and wearing pink. "Think she'll like it?" He asked.

"Of course." Kagome said. "I can bring her more clothes for her dolls too… now get out; I need to get her dressed." She shooed them out once again then carefully dressed the girl in her new clothes. "Well, that's the best we can do now."

"Yes it is." Kaede said. "Now we wait." And keep the place warm so she doesn't get sick.

Outside, Shippo's nose was assaulted with the sweet sent or roses and cherries, he followed it inside and saw Kagome huddled over the girl they had found earlier. "Is she awake now?" he asked.

"No." Kagome said. "But you can come in if you don't disturb her."

Shippo bounced in, landing in Kagome's lap and the smell became stronger. He looked at the girl, who was still unconscious but breathing softly. She looked a lot better now, her face was free of dirt and her hair was now tangle free. "Wow," Shippo said. "She's pretty."

Kagome smiled. "That she is."

"Maybe she's a princess." Shippo said. "I wonder what her name is." He got up and looked at her new clothes. "Where'd these come from?" he asked.

"Ginta and Hakkaku brought them and the doll." Kaede answered.

"I wanna get her something too!" Shippo announced.

"Shhh!" Kagome whispered. "What are you going to get?"

"I don't know yet." He said and ran for the door. "I'll find something." With that he was gone.

Kaede and Kagome laughed softly as Shippo's behavior.

Later:

Sakura felt weak, but no longer was in pain. And her head was spinning because of so many new smells. She felt a bit heavy. So this was what dieing was like? She turned her head and smelled roses. There were roses in heaven?

She slowly opened her eyes and saw a bunch of pink roses in front of her face. "Oh," a cheerful voice said, "You're finally awake."

Sakura looked up and saw that a kitsune was holding the roses. "Who are you?" she asked softly.

"I'm Shippo." He said and laid the flowers on her chest. "And these are for you." She looked at them then back to Shippo, whose smile fell. "Don't you like them?"

"Yes." She said. "Thank you…but I can't really move that well."

Shippo turned towards the door and yelled. "Kagome! She's awake!" Within seconds there was a flood of people in the hut.

Sakura looked at them all; counting how many people had come in. Three wolf demons; one old priestess, one monk, one demon slayer, one fire cat, one scantily dressed girl and another half demon. Nine people, plus Shippo makes ten. Who where they and what were they planning to do with her?

A/N: That's all for this chapter. I wrote it quickly because I got so many good reviews for the first chapter. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, please R&R again.