A/N: Sorry for not updating...I had no internet access since 2/11 but dont worry i typed another chapter ^_^...maybe by tonight i'll upload another chapter. Well Thanks for all those reviews from the last chapter!! Please review it gives me motivation for continuing the story and feel free to give suggestions. Well enjoy the chapter!

PS: This is a SLOW process story for Kagome and Sesshoumaru, ok well enjoy!

Let You Down

"I will let you down I'll let you down,

I'll...When you finally trust me Finally believe in me"

-Three Days Grace, "Let You Down"

(Hint: Kouga's situation)

"Hey Miroku, do you think Kagome is safe?" asked Sango. She and Miroku were walking towards Kaede's village. It has been three days since they left the group to visit the Demon Slayer village to pay respect to the people that had lost their lives.

"I'm certain that she is safe, Sango. I don't think Lady Kagome is that weak. She knows how to protect herself without our assistance." replied Miroku.

"Yeah, Kagome has gotten better in her archery too, so we know that she has a greater chance to hit an evil demon and kill it and not miss." added Shippou.

"I guess, but I get this eerie feeling that someone is going to attack her or us." said Sango, "As if it's hiding somewhere and waiting for the right moment to attack us."

"Yes, the village we left from this morning said that their priest has said that he had sense an evil aura outside the village. When I asked him myself about it, he had said that he wasn't sure where the aura is or who's it belong to." Miroku said in a serious tone.

"And to think we've defeated Naraku and now a stronger presence is going to attack villages and probably is going after the Shikon Jewel." said Sango

"Yes, but for now we must go back and get together with Lady Kagome and Inuyasha." Miroku stated.

"Ok."

"So, Rin looks like your ready to head back with Sesshoumaru." said Kagome, "All you have to do now is promise me you'll be careful and try not to get hurt."

"Don't worry Lady Kagome, I'll be careful." replied Rin, giving Kagome a wide, cute smile, "Thank you, again for giving me these beautiful flowers."

"No problem Rin." said Kagome, "Now where is that imp and Ah-Un?"

"I'm right here you filthy human." answered Jaken, "How dare you insult me! You will be punish for disrespecting me"

"Ah…Shut up already, ok. No one asked for you to open your big, annoying mouth." interrupted Kagome, "Just go and get back to Sesshoumaru already."

"Arrghhh…..Let's go Rin." the imp finally said.

"Ok, Master Jaken." Rin obeyed, "bye Lady Kagome!"

"Bye Rin."

It was sunset and Kagome was waiting for Inuyasha and the rest of the group to arrive. She looked to see if she saw them. She then spotted Inuyasha, she ran towards him.

"Inuyasha, welcome back." she greeted.

"Hey Kagome! Hope you were okay while I was gone." said Inuyasha

"Don't be such a worry wart, Inuyasha, you know I can defend myself. Besides I had my own errands to take care of, while all of you guys were gone." replied Kagome.

"Own errand?" questioned the half-demon, "Do tell Kagome."

"Well, promise me you won't get mad."

"What!? Kagome, do I ever get mad at you?" said Inuyasha. Kagome sweat dropped.

"Uh..Inuyasha…you always get mad. Even for the smallest things, you get pisst off."

"Feh. Just tell me already."

"I was taking care of Rin, because she was ill and I spoke to Sesshoumaru." Kagome said in one breath. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. After a while, she opened one eye and saw that Inuyasha had no expression in his face…Oh wait, Kagome saw Inuyasha twitching his left eye.

"Inu—Inuyasha?"

"You…spoke…to…Sesshoumaru?" Inuyasha was stuttering when he asked. Kagome knew that Inuyasha was holding his anger.

"Yeah, and I was taking care of Rin and I went out in the forest and found him. He also rescued me from this demon that was after the Jewel, it's all good, Inuyasha. Don't be angry now."

"HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU EXPECT ME NOT TO BE ANGRY?" yelled Inuyasha. 'Oh god I burst his bubble.' thought Kagome.

"YOU were attacked by a demon and you were saved by my half-brother and you actually went and talked to the bastard? What for Kagome?" demanded Inuyasha

"I have my reasons, Inuyasha!" at this time, Kagome got really irritated by Inuyasha's anger. "Don't you dare make me say the 's-word'." she warned.

"Go ahead Kagome! I still want to know why you went to look for Sesshouamru and"

"SIT!" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha went hard on the ground; the hole he made was big, even bigger than him."

"Damn…you, Kagome" Inuyasha said while on the ground.

"Humph. Hurry up and get ready for Miroku and Sango to arrive, Inuyasha." Kagome was now walking away, leaving poor Inuyasha behind on the ground.

"Hey Kouga, what's wrong with you? You've been acting weird." asked Ginta, "And not the good weird, either."

"Yeah, Kouga, you have been talking in your sleep and just talking to yourself. Do you need to rest?" added Hakkaku.

"Uh…what?…O yeah, I'm fine you guys, don't worry about it. Besides, I don't even know what's happening. All I know is that I have the urge to se Kagome. Ever since I saw mutt-face without her, I was getting worried." explained Kouga.

"Well, how about you go see her, Kouga, me and Hakkaku can wait here." suggested Ginta

"Are you sure, guys? It can take a while."

"Don't worry, Kouga. Just go!" they both said.

"Alright, then I'm off. C'ya "with that said he left in a fast speed.

'What's really wrong with me? Ever since that "thing" went in me, I've never felt the same.' Kouga thought

"Maybe is time to tell you the truth, Kouga. Hahaha." a voice inside his mind responded.

"What? Who are you? Get out of my head!" Kouga demanded.

"Oh, don't be so mean Kouga. I mean no harm to you; I just need someone's body to take over, in order to get the shards of the Shikon jewel and kill Inuyasha and his group."

"What? You're not going to kill or injure Kagome! I won't allow it!" shouted Kouga.

"I don't need your permission to take your body. You're weak enough for me to control you anytime I want."

"Na…NARAKU! I thought that everyone had killed you. How in the hell are you still alive!?" Kouga said

"I lost my body, thanks to Kikyo and everybody else's attacks, but not enough to finish me off! Hahahaha. I will get my revenge on all of you. Now that Kikyo is dead…no one is able to stop me!"

"I can stop you Naraku! All I have to do is kill myself and you're done."

'You think that's going to stop me? Please, I can control you before you can think of ending your life. Now, we can move on by you going to visit your precious Kagome. Heheh'

"Hmph..I won't go now! I will get far away from them as possible, so you won't see them or attack them!''

'Really? Well I don't care…for now. I need time to make a devious plan to break them. So Kouga you can be calm for now but rest assure I will take over your body and kill Kagome and Inuyasha and get possession of the shards.'

After that Naraku just faded away from Kouga's thoughts. Kouga was mad and disappointed that his hated enemy is now within him and can possibly kill anyone when Naraku takes over. He could possibly kill his remaining comrades and not know about it.

'I have to warn Ginta and Hakkaku, before its to late. Also, request them to warn Kagome and her group.' Kouga ran back to find his group and try his best to prevent Naraku's plan from succeeding.

"Welcome back you guys! I missed you" Kagome shouted as she saw Miroku, Sango, and Shippou climbing down from Kirara.

"We've missed you too Kagome. Sorry for being gone for three days and leaving you all alone." said Sango.

"Its alright, you guys. Please don't go through the trouble of explaining me how bad you guys felt, leaving me. Inuyasha had already done that before you guys came." Kagome said. "Right Inuyasha?"

"Whatever, I only said those things as a favor for the Sango and Miroku." answered Inuyasha.

"Ahem…Inuyasha just shut it, ok." asked Sango, "obviously, you still get worried over Kagome."

"Sango! Don't tell me to shut it or else."

"Or else what?"

"Arghh…You asked for it!"

"Inuyasha, SIT!" Kagome shouted. With that Inuyasha plummeted to the dirt once again.

"Tsk, tsk when will you learn my dear friend." Miroku said as he was bent down next to Inuyasha.

"Shut up, Miroku." replied Inuyasha. Kagome shrugged and told everybody to come inside the hut and eat some dinner that she made for them. After they ate Kagome and everyone else was seated in a circle and were talking casually until Inuyasha made the choice to talk about a different and serious topic.

"Hey, you guys when I was with Totosai, he told me that he has a feeling that Naraku isn't completely dead. He told me to keep my eyes open for Naraku's presence."

"Naraku? Back? But how? If everybody had tried every ounce of our strength to kill him." Sango asked. "Hell I had to go through Kohaku's death to finish the bastard off!"

"Sango, please be calm." Kagome said as she was consoling her "sister". "To tell all of you the awful truth, when I was taking care of Rin, she had told that Sesshoumaru had sense an evil presence that can be Naraku."

"You took care of Rin?" Why?" asked Miroku

"Because she was sick. Now can we move on about Naraku being alive?"

"Yeah, go ahead my apologies." Miroku said

"Anyways, we have to get ready for this, if Naraku is indeed alive."

"But Kagome, how do we know where he is? Or how he looks like?" Sango asked.

"Wait. Now that I think about it, I remember that a local town's priest told me that he too sensed a demonic aura not too long ago. It could be Naraku or a new enemy whose after the shards of the Shikon jewel." Miroku added.

"Well, let's just rest and sleep for we're all headed traveling and hope to find the bastard or whoever it is soon. So we can finish him or her off." said Inuyasha "I'm going to sleep and keep watch on my usual spot. (the tree). Good night."

"Inuyasha's right, we must go to sleep and be ready to travel tomorrow." Miroku said.

"Your not getting any argument with me and for once I agree with Inuyasha, Good night." said Shippou. Kirara and Sango went to bed and Miroku laid next to Shippou. Kagome laid down by herself and felt asleep, thinking how they are going to defeat Naraku or who ever it is.

Sesshoumaru was sitting down and watching his group asleep. He did not go far from Kaede's village. He thought that he now had to protect Kagome, since he agreed to befriend her. He then felt the urge to see and talk to her. He was getting suspicious that Naraku was close but not close enough. He stood up and headed towards Jaken. He kicked Jaken to wake up.

"Wh..What?…O mi lord what is that you request from me?"

"Jaken…watch Rin, I will be back."

"Yes my lord." Jaken replied.

Kagome was having a pleasant sleep until something within her told her to wake up.

Great now I'm awake. Oh well I'll go for a walk to the stream and freshen up my face again before going back to sleep.' She walked out of the hut and was headed towards the forest. Before she can go she looked up and saw Inuyasha fast asleep on the top of the tree. 'It would suck if Naraku is still alive, knowing Inuyasha he would feel upset that Kikyo sacrificed herself for nothing.' She quietly passed Inuyasha so that she wouldn't wake him up. She was near the stream until she saw two figures standing near the stream. Kagome was cautious and approached to them slowly. Then thanks to the moon's light, she was able to identify them. The shadows were Ginta and Hakkaku, Kouga's comrades, 'Why are they here?' wondered Kagome.

"Hey you guys. Didn't expect seeing you here, what's been going on?" asked Kagome.

"Well Kagome, we've came here cause me and Ginta are worried." Hakkaku replied.

"Worried?" What are you guys worrying about? Have you told Kouga yet?"

"That's the problem, sis" said Ginta, "We're worried about Kouga. He's been acting weird ever since he saw Inuyasha."

"Since he saw Inuyasha? Sorry I'm not following, can you guys explain it more?" asked Kagome.

"Well, he was talking in his sleep, which he never does and talks to no one in particular. As if there something or someone inside his head." explained Ginta.

"Yeah, and to make matters worse he told us to get back home, where the rest of the wolf-demon tribe lives. He told us that we aren't safe around him anymore." said Hakkaku

"Really? That's not the Kouga we all know, that's for sure." Kagome added, "All this happen after he saw Inuyasha?"

"Yeah, he told us he had a talk with Inuyasha and how Inuyasha had warned him that Naraku might still live and after Inuyasha left, Kouga hasn't been the same." replied Ginta, "we even requested him to come visit you, to see if he gets better, but he came back and told us to leave him."

"Okay, thanks for telling me this. Let's just hope nothing bad is happening to Kouga." said Kagome.

"Well we have to go back to our homes, we wouldn't want disobey Kouga's orders, well Kagome we'll see each other one day. Bye" Hakkaku said

"Bye, sis" Ginta shouted.

"Bye" Kagome shouted back. Then she went straight to the stream and splash water in her face. She was going to head back until a voice stopped her from moving.

"Do you plan to leave quickly, priestess? Without having a word with this Sesshoumaru?" She turned around and was staring at Sesshoumaru.

"Oh…Hey Sesshoumaru. I didn't know you were here. How have you been?"

"Skip the nonsense, priestess, we need to talk. Leave ad you'll might face your wrath." demanded Sesshoumaru

'Oh crap, he means it.' thought Kagome, 'Guess I have no choice' She stood there waiting for Sesshoumaru to talk. This was going to be a long night for Kagome.