Wooohoooooo!!!!!! This is the story that got the most reviews so I've been trying to update this one as soon as possible. But i was havin' a hard time figuring out how they should meet again because i don't want to go with the one everyone else uses and make her transfer to their school or something like that 'cause like i said practically EVERYONE uses that!!!!!!! Oh well here are your votes for the pairings!

Kagome/Hiei : 13

Kagome/Yusuke : 4

Kagome/Kurama : 9

Yay!!! Hiei's kicking but!!! Oh, and i just dropped Sessy from the race cause with only two votes i'm pretty sure he wasn't gonna win. But, It makes me so happy when people say that my story is original and stuff like that cause i try to make the plots for my stories different from what you typically find and i'm really greatful for all the feedback i'm getting on this story in particular. You love me, you really love me!!! No i'm just kidding but i really am super happy about all the reviews i'm getting!! Okay i'll shut up now and continue the rest of my rant after the chapter and you guys have to read it cause that's where i'm putting my final decision about the votes. hehe...I'm evil. REVIEW!!!!!!!! and sorry i couldn't think of a fitting title to this next chapter.

:---------------------------------Past Regrets---------------------------------:

"I'm fine, Souta! You worry too much!" Kagome said in a rush while slamming her bedroom door in her brother's face. She listened for a few seconds before the sound of her brother's sulky footsteps walking down the hall reached her ears. She gave a quiet sigh of relief before her knees gave out and she collapsed onto the floor in a coughing fit. She tightly clutched her chest in pain, waiting until her coughs subsided. Dragging in ragged, uneven breaths she slowly put her hand to her lips, instantly feeling the hot, sticky liquid she had been forced to cough up.

Her face twisted into a grim smile.

'So, the well didn't leave the parasite behind. This is going to be fun.' She thought sarcastically before rising to her feet with some trouble and moving to her bedroom window. She took a deep breath, smelling the heavy, damp air outside her window. A grin spread over her face as she quietly moved over to the door leading into the hall. She slowly cracked it open and quickly scanned the hallway for her brother. She grinned again when she didn't sense him before slowly creeping down the stairs and pausing outside of the living room where she could sense Souta lounging lazily on the couch and watching tv. She quickly stepped to the other side of the doorway, making sure to avoid any creaky floorboards, and quietly slipped out the door.

She turned her head to the sky and slowly opened her eyes, realising with disappointment that she couldn't see what she knew would be a stormy sky with bright flashes of lightning dancing across the dark sky or any of the things she had loved seeing before, at least not without activating the parasite attached to her heart that was intent on destroying her from the inside. She closed her eyes, pushing the tears away, and took a deep breath, relishing the wonderful scent that the overhead storm brought to her senses.

A ghostly smile creeped onto her face. The sweet smell of rain, the lush forest, and the beautiful smell of cherry blossums surrounded the small shrine, giving her a sense of calm.

She slowly started her walk toward the woodland surrounding the shrine. She had long ago memorized every aspect of the dense forest.

When she was younger she had always run and played in the forest, even in the middle of the night. Now, she was glad she had often played in it at night, letting her tell, without too much effort, where she was going. She carefully ran her hands over the surrounding trees, feeling for the small grooves she had carved into the bark of certain trees when she was younger to help her find her way.

Smiling with satisfaction when she had found the correct tree on the first try she continued on, happy that she still remembered the forest so well.

Spreading her senses further she allowed the calmness of the forest to fall over her as she continued her slow trek through the dense foilage, no longer using the tree carvings she had made long ago, confident that she would be able to find her way without trouble and when the strong scent of cherry blossums hit her she knew she had arrived in her secret hide away. It was just a small little clearing but when she was little she had come here whenever she was upset or if she just wanted to be alone for a while. She remembered the clearing was surrounded by a grove of tall, beautiful cherry blossum trees with a small sparkling pond resting in the middle.

She approached where she could hear small splashing from the frogs that had always made residence at the mini spring and sat down on one of the rocks, resting her feet in the cool water and letting the sun wash over her.

A grim smile played over her lips as she thought over the past few months.

'Why did it have to end like this? They weren't supposed to die, not like that.' She could feel the sting of tears at the corner of her eyes and she curled into a ball as if to try and hide from the world. It was at that moment the heavy clouds decided to let the rain fall down on her. She turned her head to the sky and let her tears mingle with the light rain before she drew her legs up to her chest and burried her head in her knees, allowing her hair to make an ebony currtain around her.

She drew in a ragged and tired breath as she felt the auras of the people she had met in the park earlier approaching her small glade and she silently thanked the falling rain for hiding her tears. She straightened her posture and schooled her features into a mask of indifference as they shuffled past an irritating bush and into the clearing.

"Back so soon?" She questioned in a cold voice. "I see you have yet to learn your lesson."

"I am sorry miss, but we have been ordered to take you to the Spirit Realm for questioning." One of them spoke and she turned her head in the direction, seeing that it was the kitsune that had spoken.

"We could have avoided the whole conflict if you had simply requested my presence in our first encounter instead of attacking my brother." She said trying to remain calm but sighed when she heard the spark of anger enter her voice despite her efforts.

"Forget trying to be polite, Kurama. Let's just grab her and go." Kagome heard a gruff voice say. She huffed indignately before standing up and twirling on the ball of her foot, intent on going straight home and ignoring them but her plans were interupted when she ran straight into a solid form.

"Where do you think you're going to?" She heard an earily calm voice ask her.

She gave an irritated growl before she continued to push past the man who was blocking her path.

"I'm going home now get out of the way." She let out a startled yelp when she was grabbed firmly around her arm and jerked back.

"You know you have been causing a lot of trouble today and you are starting to wear thin on my nerves." Kagome heard the same stoic voice breathe next to her ear causing a shiver to run down her spine. She could practically feel the man smirk as he lifted her in his arms and before she had the chance to struggle, the sense of falling surrounded her and unconsciousness enveoloped her.

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Okay i am very sincerly sorry to say that i will no longer be updating this story. I'M JUST KIDDING DON'T KILL MEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! i just needed a way to conjure up some kind of sadness in order to escape people being mad that i am really slow on my updates. although that might have just made the anger worse... i guess i should have thought of that sooner. but it doesn't matter. as long as you guys keep updating i don't care if you're ticked off at me just so long as you still tell me stuff about my story. like any ideas you have that you think i might like to use or if you have any suggestions to make my writing better. aren't you glad i only write like this when it's just me talking and not while i'm writing chapters? well i don't think anything really happened in this chapter so I LOVE YOU ALL.and i promise to update soon and especially quicker if i get more REVIEWS!!!!! BYE-BYE!!!!!!! oh and one more thing this is truely the last chapter for you to vote pairings on and whatever is announced in the next chapter is final! so that's one more reason for you to review! MUAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!