Dancinginu: HI!

Alter Ego: 'sup?

Dancinginu: Out of the goodness of my heart I have decided to update now to give you a little snippet of my story.

Alter Ego: And we also planning on cutting down on da insanity so that ya'll can enjoy the story some mo'.

Dancinginu: NO we're not.

Alter Ego: Yes we are.

Dancinginu: NO we're not

Alter Ego: Yes, we are!

Inuyasha: Alright shut up! There's only one way to solve this and you guys know how.

Kagome: THE CIRCLE OF DEATH!

Inuyasha: Yes the circle of death.

Alter Ego: I like this idea.

Dancinginu: Alright while Alter Ego and I go head to head in the circle of death you guys enjoy the next chapter. And remember I DON"T OWN THEM!

Inuyasha: Silence and enter the Circle of Death

Dancinginu: Yes sir

Kagome: Inuyasha I love it when you take charge.

Inuyasha: Really?

Kagome: Yeah

Inuyasha: *grins evilly*

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Ch. 7 Painful Advice

'If I were Kagome,' thought Inuyasha as he peered into different rooms 'Where would I be? Well, duh, training in the gym, of course!' He ran to the gym to find Kagome doing a backhand spring then slamming her ninja-to into a dummy as she landed. She was breathing heavily as she wiped the sweat of her forehead and began to warm down.

"Uh, Kagome.." called Inuyasha.

"Nani?" She turned to him, here eyes shimmering in excitement. For some reason, Inuyasha's heart beat faster as he looked at the young ninja girl. "Do you need something Lord...I mean Inuyasha?"

"Yea, I need some advice." He said as he walked towards her. "Sango said your pretty good at this." He chuckled as he ran his fingers through his long black hair. His eyes darted from Kagome to the mirrors and back to her.

"Really, well what did you need to know?" She sat down in lotus position and began to warm down, ready to hear what Inuyasha had to say. Inuyasha took a seat next to her and began thinking of what to say.

"Well, you see, it's about..."

"Lady Kikyou?"

"How could you tell?'

"I can tell by the way you look at her. You do not love her and she does not love you. It is evident in the way she holds you, kisses you, and speaks to you. She makes you feel inferior and you cannot stand it. You would like to end it with her but you do not have the heart to do it. Am I correct?"

"Yes you got everything right! How could you tell?" he asked astonished at the way she could pinpoint the exact things he was thinking.

"Call it a gift," Kagome sighed as she began to get into plank, "What Lady Kikyou must understand is that she is not better than you and I. We are all equal, no matter what. It's like the sun and the stars, the sun shines brightly and is larger but at night it is a regular star just like all the other stars." Inuyasha was amazed at Kagome's wisdom. He turned to her, only to see a tear rolling down her cheek.

"What's the matter?" He asked, placing his hand on her shoulder. She quickly pulled away from his touch.

"It's nothing...well, it's just that...HE told me that once." She sniffed sadly.

"Who?" Inuyasha cocked his head to the side wondering who he was.

"Jin."

"Who's Jin?" Kagome stared at Inuyasha blankly. The only people who knew about Jin were Shippou and Sango.

"Jin is, well, was my fiancée." She explained to him who he was and how he had died at the hands of his own father. Inuyasha felt bad for the hanyou and wanted to comfort her.

"Is that why you never smile?" he asked. She nodded and wiped away the tears from her eyes. She then quickly composed herself and turned to Inuyasha.

"If you want to break up with Lady Kikyou you must not waste time. Get straight to the point and explain to her how you feel. She will feel the same way and agree with you if you approach her in a calm and respectful manner. Do not be a jerk and do it over the phone, you must do it in person." With that she looked forward again and closed her eyes for meditation. Inuyasha on the other hand knew that she was hurting inside and wanted to make her feel better. He slowly came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her shoulders and placed his legs on each of her sides. He hugged her tightly and said;

"You don't have to hide you pain" He nuzzled his face into her neck. Kagome's eyes shot open when she felt his lips touch her neck. She growled angrily and took the only action she knew. She flipped him over her shoulder, on his back and landed on his stomach. She growled and punched him in the face.

"Don't EVER do that again, you BAKA!" She screamed as she got off him and stormed out of the room, blushing furiously. Inuyasha lay on his back, staring at the ceiling.

'Why did I just do that?' he thought as he rubbed his eye gently. He looked at his hand and saw a ton of blood on it. 'Could it be that... it can't be we're just friends! It was a friendly hug. She just took it the wrong way.' He argued with himself as he got up and headed for the medical wing. He knew his eye needed to be checked by Sango and Miroku, there was too much blood.

=In the medical wing=

"Hey Miroku-kun, can you hand me that vial with Sesshomaru-sama's blood in it? He said that he's not feeling well so I decided to take some blood samples and see what's going on with him." Sango was sitting at a desk, looking into a microscope as she pointed towards the vial on the counter.

"Why sure Sango-chan, is there anything else you need, coffee, tea, me?" He smiled suavely as he handed Sango the vial.

"Is there just one day where you won't hit on me?" Sango asked.

"Only when I'm sleeping and even then I'm dreaming of you." He smiled as he brushed a hair out of his face. Sango blushed at Miroku's frankness.

'At least he's not afraid to admit it. Unlike Hwoarang who was too busy hustling the other ninja's to even say that kind of stuff to me." She looked at the blood sample quietly and studied Sesshomaru's blood intently.

"AH-HAH!" she exclaimed, "Just as I thought!"

"What is it Sango-chan?" Miroku walked over to Sango and looked over her shoulder. Sango turned to him only to be about 1 inch away from his nose. They looked into each other's eyes for a moment until Sango turned away bashfully.

"It's Sesshomaru-sama's blood." She whispered shyly, "He has a viral infection. It's more like a cold, but with the right medicine and rest he'll be fine in a few days." Miroku lifted Sango's chin so that she could look at him again. He firmly pressed his lips against hers making her tense up a bit. She finally relaxed when she felt his tongue brush her lips. She opened her mouth and allowed his tongue to enter. She wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. Right when Miroku was about to lift her shirt up, Inuyasha came in yelling something about his eye. Both were startled and quickly turned back to whatever it was they were doing.

"So, vitamins and rest you say?" Miroku stuttered nervously as he began to work on a Petri dish.

"Yes, I recommend he take them everyday for a week and a half." She was a bright red color and was panting heavily.

"Did I just walk in on something?" Inuyasha grinned as he walked in with a bloody eye. Sango and Miroku turned and glared at him until they realized that he was bleeding.

"Oh my Kami, Inu-kun what happened?!" Sango asked as she went to grab a towel to clean him off.

"Kagome-san punched me." He answered calmly as he took a seat on a stool.

"WHY!" Sango was surprised that Kagome, the calm one, would act that way.

"Well, she was telling me about Jin and she was crying a bit. Well I felt bad and I hugged her and...well...kissed her neck." The last part made Sango's eye twitch in shock.

"You did what?! And who's Jin?" Miroku asked.

"Her fiancée," Sighed Sango, "but he died about a year ago. YOU KISSED HER?!" She smacked him on the shoulder.

"OW, yeah, but it was only on the neck!" He cried. "When I did that, she flipped me on my back and punched me in the eye. Plus, she called me a baka!"

"You whiney baby, get over here and let's have a look." Miroku began to tease. He got out a small flashlight and shone it into Inuyasha's eye. "Hey, Inu-kun, did you know your eyes have flecks of amber in them?"

"Yea, Yea I know. Now can we please get on with it?" Inuyasha sounded a bit annoyed and he began feeling a bit woozy. "Say Sango, why do Kagome's eyes turn red when ever she gets angry?" Sango stiffened up and then sighed.

"I guess we should have told you from the beginning." She mumbled as she handed Miroku some gauze to clean up the blood.

"Told me what...OW THAT STINGS MIROKU!"

"Sorry, Inu-kun, but it looks like your going to need stitches. Sango- chan, can you hand me that case over there, please?" Miroku pointed to a small white case on the table that Sango gladly picked up and handed to him. As Miroku began stitching, Sango began;

"The thing about Kagome-san is that she's not like other hanyou. She has a certain gene in her that makes her act differently. When a hanyou is hurt or close to dying, their youkai blood takes over and they become full blooded for a short amount of time. Kagome-san has that feature but sort of modified. She's what you would call a berserker."

"A what? OW PAIN MIRO-KUN, PAIN!"

"Sorry."

"A berserker. That's when her anger takes complete control of her and she goes berserk. It's more common in males but Kagome is one of the few female berserkers. So whenever someone or something makes her extremely angry that gene kicks in and she becomes the red eyed woman you two have grown to know and love."

"Well then, I guess we won't be angering Kagome-san any time soon. Alright, I'm done Inu-kun. You got six stitches." Miroku lightly dabbed some Neosporin over Inuyasha's brow. "Man, she's got a mean right hook."

"Tell me about it." Inuyasha moaned as he jumped off the stool. "I better go apologize to her. I don't want her to hate me." Inuyasha walked out and began his search for Kagome.

"So, Sango-chan," cooed Miroku as he placed his hand over Sango's shoulder, "How's about we finish what we started before neck-kisser comes back?" Sango felt a grope on her chest and growled. Out of nowhere she, again, pulled out her boomerang and smacked him on the head.

"Hentai." She growled as she grabbed Sesshomaru's pills and headed out the door. Miroku, on the other hand, lay on the floor babbling, "Pretty neko, come here girl. Mew Mew mew."

=In the computer room=

Shippou sat there, staring at the screen blankly, eating his ramen and sipping some soda. He was playing DJ Ivy (a/n local DJ over here in DALLAS! Hottie all the way) in the background and typing in a ton of stuff into the computer that brought up different images. His eyes darted back and forth at each image until he came upon a picture of Naraku.

"Whoa Nelly, wait a second!" He said as he began typing in 'Naraku' into the youkai database he had compiled. "Shit, 1 million matches!"

"Such foul language for a child." A rough voice called, making Shippou jump out of his chair. It was Inuyasha.

"Oh, Inu-kun, you scared me." Said a startled Shippou, "And what do you mean, foul language? You use it all the time and we don't complain!" Inuyasha chuckled lightly as he stared at the extremely large screen in front of him.

"What are you doing?" he asked wondering why Naraku's name was on the screen 1 million times.

"Oh well, Kagome asked me to do some research on this Naraku character. She sensed that he was a demon so she wanted to do a check on him. She doesn't trust him. She says that he gave off a foul scent when we first met him." Shippou explained as he began looking at links and filtering out the useless ones.

"That's his cologne. I always said it smelled bad, but Kikyou says she loves it." Inuyasha rolled his eyes at the thought of Kikyou.

"No, baka, not his cologne. His scent! Demons give off a certain scent that identifies who they are. Naraku's scent was an awful one! It was like 1 million youkai combined into one." Shippou finally chose a link and clicked it to reveal an INS report on Naraku. "Wow, it seems that the INS knew about him too. Looks like he is a troublesome demon, I mean look at his record. It consists of murder, theft, conspiracy, fraud, rape, laundering, assault, vandalism, illegal use of a...cow? I don't even want to know. Wow, he's dangerous."

"So, Kikyou's manager is a bad guy?" Inuyasha asked.

"Damn, Skippy."

"O...Kay. Well that's comforting to know. It explains Kikyou's behavior though. Anyway, do you know where Kagome is? I wanted to...talk....to her. About...cows." Inuyasha's eyes darted around the room and he smiled once he was happy with his excuse.

"No, you want to talk to her about the kiss, neh?" Shippou giggled evilly.

"How did you know?" Inuyasha began to blush from embarrassment. Shippou pushed a button revealed images on the screen. Each was of a certain part of the mansion and one in particular was of the gym. Inuyasha was mortified to the point where his face was pale white and his eye began to twitch.

"I set up cameras around the mansion so that we could monitor you guys at certain hours. Nice move, Casanova." Shippou shook his head as he typed in Kagome's code name to search for her. Within seconds, the word 'SHIKON FOUND' flashed on the screen in big red letters and sure enough there was Kagome...taking a shower.

"OK maybe we shouldn't be seeing this. Let's check on Sango-san and Miro- kun." Shippou blurted as he tried to reach for another key. Unfortunately, Inuyasha had stopped him.

"No, wait. I need to see which bathroom that is. Just give me a minute." Inuyasha stared at the screen in awe. 'She's beautiful' he thought. Shippou rolled his eyes and left the computer room so Inuyasha could have some privacy.

"Kagome..." Inuyasha whispered as he gently touched the screen. "What is it about you that make me feel this way?"

'Stop right there, Inu.' Scolded the voice in his head, 'She's your friend. Besides, she's still hung up on her dead fiancée.'

"Jin." He groaned. "Well, I better go apologize." With that, he turned the screen off and ran out of the room.

=Shippou's room=

"Man, I'm tired." Shippou yawned. He stretched out a bit before jumping into his bed. "I better take a nap before my training." Shippou felt a chill and went to close his window. "That's strange, my window wasn't open before." Immediately he sensed someone lurking in his room. He pulled out his kusari-fundo and prepared to fight until he got a familiar whiff of demon smell.

"You know, you really shouldn't have your window unlocked like that. Some very dangerous people can pop in at any second." Said a rough voice from behind.

"What are you doing here?"

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Dancinginu: *covered in blood breathing heavily* I AM VICTORIOUS! THE ONE YOU CALL ALTER EGO HAS BEEN SLAIN!

Alter Ego: *runs up behind Dancinginu and tackles her* GRAAAAAAAA!

Dancinginu: @.@

Alter Ego: Who's victorious now?! OK, homies, review and we can get on with the story!