Whew! Sorry for the rather late update people! But after writing about half of the chapter I ran into writer's block. AN AUTHOR'S WORST ENEMY! Anywho… A big thank you to my four darling reviewers who reviewed my last chapter! COOKIES FOR YOU! Also, a big thanks to all the people who have favorited and/or followed this story. YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING! Well, hope ya'all enjoy chapter 6!

BEFORE YOU READ: Now, as I said before, I WILL be following the basic Inuyasha plot. HOWEVER, that DOSEN'T mean I'm going to cover EVERY episode. I'll be writing out some of the episodes, but NOT all of them, and I'll also be keeping them in order. But don't expect them to be exactly as the anime goes, I mean we have Kaze now, after all; not to mention I might throw Sesshomaru in as well, even if he doesn't make an appearance in the anime. So, yeah… moving on!

Terms to know…
Daiyoukai – Great Demon
Youkai – Demon
Hanyou – Half Demon
Miko – Priestess
Taijiya – Demon Slayer
Inu – Dog

Chapter 6-Trouble Brews

Inuyasha's Pack/In the Woods…
The small pack watched in utter silence as the Daiyoukai lord vanished into the woods. "Five, four, three, two," Kaze counted down in her head, "One..."

"Kaze, what on earth happened here?!" Sango asked; a worried expression etched on her face.

"Well-"

"He didn't hurt you did he?" Kagome inquired, scanning her cousin for injuries.

"No, bu-"

"Keh! I'm surprised the bastard didn't kill you!" Inuyasha snarled, "Why didn't you call us for help?!"

"Cause I didn't ne-"

"Maybe Lord Sesshomaru sought out our dear Kaze for 'other' purposes besides that of what you are all thinking." A certain lecherous monk put in, perverted thoughts written all over his face.

A tick appeared on the young spiritualist's forehead as her eye twitched in irritation at the last comment. "Damnit! I can't even get a word in edgewise!" she silently fumed.

BONK!

"Don't you ever think of anything else, you lecher?!" the taijiya snapped after clobbering said lecher with her Hiraikotsu.

"Kagome, what did Miroku mean by that?" Shippo asked innocently, looking up at his mother-figure.

"Umm… don't worry about it. Okay, Shippo?" the miko replied, sweat-dropping a bit.

"WILL ALL OF YOU JUST SHUT THE HELL UP?!" the raven-haired female roared, finally losing patience with the group of idiots. Seeing that she finally had everyone's attention she ground out, "In answer to Sango's question, Lord Fluffy-Ass just wanted to ask me some VERY simple questions. THAT'S IT! In answer to Kags question, I – AM – FINE! And in answer to our royal 'I Have a Stick Shoved Up My Ass', I didn't call you because I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF! AND YOU!" the frightening young woman hissed, whirling around to pin Miroku with her seething glare, "If you EVER insinuate something like that about me again, I SWEAR on my LIFE I will CASTRATE you!"

By this time, the whole-entire little pack, minus Kagome, was sweating up a storm; little bead drops running like a small waterfall down the back of their heads.

"Any other questions?" Kaze dared; eyes narrowing, warning of the doom that would follow if anyone were to speak up. "No?" she asked, before falling back into her normal cheery self. "Good." The young woman chirped with a bright grin, "Now let's go get some breakfast cause, I don't know about you, but I'm starved!"

The stunned little shard-hunting party watched in shock as Kaze went from a red-eyed, angry rage monster back to her normal cheery self at the flip of a coin. Inuyasha still looked like he was trying to collect himself from the sudden mood change, "What… just…"

"You'll get used to it." Kagome chuckled with a shrug before taking off after her cousin, "Hey, Kaze, wait for me!"

With Naraku/Naraku's Castle…
"What is it, Kanna?" the dark spider hanyou asked the young white-clad child standing in his doorway, "I did not summon you."

"You have a new enemy, Lord Naraku." The young girl replied in her normal empty voice while holding up her mirror so that her master could peer into its depths.

Looking into the mirror, Naraku's crimson eyes narrowed to dangerous slits at what he saw. In the mirror was Kagome, but what bothered the evil hanyou was the strange young woman walking along side of her. Like the miko she was dressed in strange clothes, but instead had shoulder length raven-black hair and dark-red eyes. Suddenly, it seemed as if those dark-ruby eyes were staring right at him and, a moment later, the mirror went blank. The spider hanyou's blood-colored eyes widened with surprise. "What just happened?" he demanded, turning his accusing glare on Kanna.

"How strange." The soulless child murmured emotionlessly, looking at her now empty mirror, "It seems she has blocked the mirrors ability to see her."

"Blocked Kanna's mirror?!" Naraku repeated in shock, "Just who the hell was that woman?"

With Kaze and Kagome/In the Woods…
Kaze's head snapped up as she felt unfamiliar and unfriendly eyes upon her. Her own dark red orbs narrowing dangerously, the raven-haired spiritualist flared out her own energy in hopes of finding the spy. She found none. However, she did find a strange demonic aura, almost like a thread connecting the space around her and Kagome to some unknown location. "Hmm… Better safe than sorry." The young woman decided, and with that, she re-focused her own spiritual energy and quickly severed the connection.

"Kaze?" Kagome inquired worriedly, having backtracked a few feet in order to face her now stilled cousin.

The raven-haired girl snapped out of her concentration and gave the miko an odd look, "Huh? What?"

The midnight-haired miko gazed at Kaze with concern well written on her face. "Are you okay?" she asked softly pausing before continuing, "You're sure Sesshomaru didn't hurt you?"

Blinking in surprise, Kaze hurried to assure her best friend. "No, Kags!" she insisted, "I'm totally unharmed! I just…" the spiritualist paused, "I thought I felt someone watching us is all."

Now it was Kagome's turn to be surprised. "You thought someone was watching us?" the brown-eyed teenager repeated.

"Yeah, but they weren't actually here." The red-eyed female explained, "It was kinda like a demonic thread connecting the space here around us to somewhere else."

Chocolate orbs widened in shock, "Could it have been Kanna using her mirror? Or even worse, Naraku himself?! What if they now already know about Kaze?!"

"Don't worry though," the raven-haired teenager continued, snapping her cousin out of her thoughts, "I severed the connection."

Kagome looked taken aback, "She severed it?!"

"HEY, KAGOME!"

The cousin's spun around to see Inuyasha stomping up towards them, "Damnit wen-" the golden-eyed youth paused upon being the receiver of another one of Kaze's death glares, "I mean Kagome… How many times have I told you not to run off like that?!"

The miko sighed softly, "Inuyasha, Kaze is with me so I'm fine."

The hanyou was about to retort when Kaze decided to put her two bits sense in. "She's right, Inuyasha. With my senses, it's not possible for someone to sneak up on me. However," she paused, "a couple of minutes ago, I sensed someone watching us and when I spread out my spirit energy I found what could be described as almost a demonic thread of energy."

Inuyasha froze in his tracks. "That sounds like Kanna's mirror!" he gasped.

"Kanna?" the raven-haired spiritualist inquired.

"Yes." Miroku suddenly cut in as he, Sango, and Shippo approached, "Kanna is one of Naraku's incarnations."

"I see." The red-eyed young woman replied thoughtfully, "More trouble…"

With Sesshomaru/In the Woods…
Sesshomaru marched irritably back through the woods. If one didn't know better, they might think he was stomping along on his way. Why had his beast acted up the way it did?! The Daiyoukai lord could not even begin to fathom what possible interest his inner self could have seen in the mortal. Okay, maybe he could, sort of, but he sure as hell wasn't about to admit it! He'd just have to stay away from her, that's all. Yes, the best plan of action would be to simply just avoid the strange and infuriating female all together.

By the time the western lord arrived back in camp, he'd finally put a lid on his beast and shut it back up, although he still felt restless on the inside.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" Jaken squealed upon seeing his master walk into camp, "You've returned!"

Not bothering to grace the Kappa's annoying outburst with an answer, the white-haired Inu turned to see that his ward was still engrossed in her morning nap. He would wake her soon, Sesshomaru decided. And then, they would be on their way.

Later That Evening
With Naraku/Naraku's Castle…
"So, Tsubaki, do we have a deal?" the spider hanyou inquired, holding out a fragment of the Shikon Jewel to the dark miko, "All you have to do, on top of dealing with Inuyasha's miko, is make sure that that strange raven-haired woman is destroyed."

Kagura, who was standing silently in the doorway, watched the exchange with interest, "So, Inuyasha has acquired a new ally?"

"Indeed." Tsubaki cackled evilly as she took the Jewel into her hands, "I shall make sure all three of the wretches meet their end."

Uh Oh! Naraku is sending out the dark priestess to go after you know who! Not to mention Sesshomaru's gettin' a bit antsy. LOL! Now, don't go thinkin' that Sesshy's gonna take a 'romantic' interest in Kaze any time soon. First thing he's gotta do is figure it out himself. XD Well, hope you enjoyed chapter 6! Now please, please, PLEASE review! I really need reviews to be inspired to write! Also, please follow and favorite as well. :) See you in the next chapter!

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