Well well well, Kito is back and very sorry for the wait. I've had so much stuff to do, but I promise to post more often! I'm also trying to make a poem for FF, so bear with me. INUYASHA! Quit taking my candy! Sorry 'bout that. Kagome never actually finished that ramen. Ya know, I think the kidnapper stole it...

Chapter 4

InuYasha stared at the tiny piece of paper in shock. Where had Kagome gone? Why was Naraku's scent there if they'd already destroyed him?

"Wait a minute..." InuYasha said. He knew that Kagome was a smart girl, so he decided to look over the note again.

"'Stop this incarnation?' And the way it's ordered...The first letter of every sentence maybe? Let's see...

H.

A.

K.

U.

D.

O.

S.

H.

I.

Oh Kami! Not Hakudoshi! (Did anyone get that before this chapter?) If Kagome's been taken...Maybe it was out of jealousy by Kikyo, but how? She went to Hell already!

...Oh Kami! I need to get to Kaede quickly!" He quickly bolted away, carrying Kagome's belongings.

As he was running for Kaede's house, a million thoughts raced through his mind.

*Why did I let her away from me? How did I not smell Kikyo and Hakudoshi? What if we can never start a family like Kagome always dreamed about? What if they're torturing her, or worse...*

Within a matter of minutes, InuYasha was in the village and he burst into Kaede's house, huffing and coughing from running faster than he ever had before. The old priestess looked up from her cooking fire into the hanyou's golden eyes and asked "What's the matter InuYasha? Where is Kagome?" His worry stricken face was as solid as stone while he began rummaging through Kagome's little bag to find the letter, and he remembered how she treasured it so much she wouldn't leave anywhere without it. He worriedly thought

*They must have caught her by surprise if the bag was left behind*

He found the note and handed it to Kaede. Her emotionless face studied the note for a while, and she handed it back and said to him:

"I have a number of reasons that prove that Kagome is most likely going to, or already is, dead."

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"Ka-Kaede...But why? Why would Kagome be dead?"

"Ye are truly stupid, InuYasha. My sister Kikyo was insanely jealous on your wedding day. Did ye not see her glares from hell? She wanted to spend time with you. Foolishly she believed that. It was of course Kagome's day. But could ye have not spared two minutes for Kikyo?"

InuYasha sighed heavily and realized how much he had scarred Kikyo. She never truly loved the hanyo, she just wanted something to dismiss her of her duty as protecter of the Shikon Jewel, and a hot boy. Not a silver haired guy with dog ears. She had lashed out when Naraku tricked her, only because she never loved Inu at all. Then, when she was resurrected and first saw Kagome, she grew insanely jealous, even trying to kill her one time. It fit that it was Kikyo trying to kill off Kagome.

"InuYasha," Kaede brought him back from his thoughts, "Kagome has left her aura on this note. Take it to where you said goodbye and met someone new. Go, InuYasha!" InuYasha nodded and ripped the note from Kaede's old hands as her sprang out of her old hut in search of his Kagome. Kaede watched him until he was a dot in the distance and she walked inside, praying, as she knew the relentless horror Kagome would go through.

That's about it. I can only write in small batches per chapter, but that extends the suspense factor, don't it? I work on my iPod for these, so I've got to go through a whole set up process and I sometimes just don't have the time. Oh well, we've all got lives. And to my Shadow Cities buddies, Kiwi-Kun says hi! Peace out Fanfic readers!