Breakaway

Chapter 7: Meeting for the First Time

Kagome entered Ichiro's dark and gloomy office. Her violet coloured contact eyes scanned the room around her which she had remembered so long ago. It was so different from what she remembered. There were cob webs in the corners of the room; the wooden furniture was dark as if the wood had aged. It didn't look as clean as it use to be and Kagome was curious about this. Weren't the Takahashi's rich? Didn't they have maids? She wiped her eyes clean from tears taking a seat across from the dark woodened desk with her cousin, Miroku, right by her side.

"Where should I start?" He began with his deep voice echoing in his office. Kagome looked at the man and nodded. There were so many questions on her mind, but she had no idea how to approach them, or where to start. She opened her mouth, and then thought for a moment closing it again as no sound had come out. Ichiro nodded, "I see that the shock is still upon you." he looked over to Miroku with a neutral look. "How shall I start this?" He asked him. Kagome looked up once again at Ichiro. He was so different now, his features were slightly older looking, and his skin was so pale like he'd been sick and the light that use to shine from him when he talked to her was gone. She wondered how this could happen, but with more questions adding onto her already confused mind just made her feel even worse. She too, then started to grow pale.

Ichiro could see Miroku wasn't going to answer his question. With a sigh he tried once again at Miroku with a question. "Has she seen the newspaper?" He asked the young man in a purple silk shit and dark blue shorts in front of him.

"Yes." He answered simply. His eyes traveled down to his cousin's traumatized face. He could see deep in her eyes the emotions stirring in her mind and then felt a pang of guilt in his heart. He too believed that Kagome had truly died, and then suddenly she shows up on his door step. He too, had almost forgotten completely about his own cousin, his flesh and blood related cousin.

"Then, I shall begin." Ichiro sat in his red expensive leather chair as he cleared his throat to begin his story. He folded his hands together putting his elbows on his dark wooden desk. "As you saw, there was an article saying you had died in a coma after the fact you got hit by a car." He paused and looked at the girl to make sure she was listening. Confirming it, he continued. "The boys, as you knew, cared for you very much and wished that they could see you everyday. You changed their lives so long ago, even when you, supposedly died." He paused for a moment allowing her to taking it in. Carefully forming the words in his mind, he continued. "When they heard about your death they could barely speak. They were completely in shock and doubt. Inuyasha went off on his own a lot more and Sesshomaru had stopped talking once again." He then opened his eyes leaning back closing them once again continuing with the tale with a neutral look on his face. "As time passed and they never heard from you, they had confirmed that you had truly died. As time passed, it appeared that they were beginning to return to their normal selves. I remember, after a year and a half since your 'death' Sesshomaru spoke again. Do you know why?" He asked showing no expression, no emotion on his face and Kagome couldn't help but notice a bit of Sesshomaru right there.

Kagome shook her head not saying a word. She had been listening to the whole story. Although many questions were being answered, so many more had popped up in her mind. She then opened her mind to take in the story fully; she would be quiet and listen to the full story before asking any questions. She guessed as well, with the professional profile that Ichiro was giving off she assumed he was asking for the same in return.

Ichiro cleared his throat before his deep voice overpowered the ticking of the clock and the whistle of the wind. "Because they had completely forgotten who Kagome Higurashi was." He could see Kagome's eyes shut tight as if holding back tears; she looked as if she had just been slapped. He figured he should continue to explain how this was. He turned his gaze over to Miroku who was also listening and knew he had questions of his own. "The mind of man is interesting and still has many mysteries to it. It is said that if one person were to try hard enough to forget something, or even someone, he or she is able to forget. Not totally mind you, it's more like, they put a lock on all the memories that had been made with that person or had something to do with that thing which they had forgotten; a lock, which is hard to break. But of course, it's no ordinary lock; it depends on the person as well. In our case, how hard Inuyasha and Sesshomaru had tried to forget you. The harder they tried, the harder it will be to get them to remember." He sighed seeing Kagome's eyes stir with pain and sorrow. He knew she was suffering, and no matter what, he couldn't bear to see her like that. He then continued. "Look Kagome…" He began his professional look gone and his soft smile coming through. "Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were in so much pain, they just felt that it was easier to forget completely so they wouldn't remember the pain of your death. They didn't know that it would hurt you, because they didn't know you were still alive." He took a deep breath. "Kagome, don't blame them, they didn't mean to hurt you, they care about you so much."

Kagome had her face burred in her hands. She tried not to let the tears fall but she couldn't help it and had to let them out. Her hands became soaked with tears in no time. The first real friends she'd ever had, her first real friends who trusted her, who cared about her, who didn't care who she was or what her name was, forgot all about her. She couldn't bear it at all.

Miroku patted his cousin's back; he saw her hair fall to the side. He couldn't help but wonder what changes she was going to make with her appearance. If she was hiding from her mother, then she'd have to do something. So far her eye colour was different, but what bothered him the most was how Kagome was going to run away when her mother could just get the police out looking for her. That's when it hit him, it may not have occurred to Kagome yet, but he realized that if the whole world thinks she's dead, then her mother can't do a world wide search for her. He couldn't help but smile, just slightly. 'On the bright side, you can finally get away from your mother.' He thought.

Kagome took deep breaths in and out to try and calm down, and then she realized she couldn't take in a breath. She covered her mouth, her eyes clouded with tears as she collapsed to the ground. She felt weak; she couldn't take any more of this then all she could see were her cousin and Ichiro running over to her side, their faces hovering over her as she blacked out.

Miroku lifted Kagome's head; he could still see the clear tears slowly falling down her pale face. His head bent down, he knew she wouldn't be able to take this kind of news. He knew his cousin was strong, but to be able to handle this, especially with her past, he had no doubt she'd get weak. Miroku's head shot up towards Ichiro. "I have more questions, though I know I didn't ask them, I thought by asking them we would get worse answers and I knew at the moment, she couldn't take that." He paused for a brief moment then continued while picking Kagome up. "I didn't want to make her feel worse at this point. When she feels better we'll come back." He then turned around and walked out the door carrying her bridal style.

Ichiro's small smile slowly began fading. His head was down and he sighed as he weakly made his way towards his enormous chair. "This is my entire fault. I'm sorry Kagome, to cause you so much pain." He paused, "This is only the beginning of what happened so long ago. You'll find out soon enough, when you're ready."

Miroku made his way down the great entrance hall gripping on tightly to Kagome, afraid as if she'd disappear into a big giant void. Just as he made it to the door he could hear footsteps running towards him knowing exactly who they belonged to. Muffles of giggles and laughs came from the other halls and his head went down. Knowing his friends, and Kagome's friends, were coming, suddenly made him depressed but his legs wouldn't move. The steps and muffles became louder, until they were there right by his side. Miroku looked up into Sesshomaru's eyes, and then to Inuyasha's to see their confused faces and he couldn't help but look away. 'If you remembered… you wouldn't be acting like this. You'd be miserable and worried like no tomorrow. That's how you would have reacted before. Can the brain be that powerful, to completely forget one of the greatest friendships ever?'

"Yo, Miroku, what happened to your cousin?" Inuyasha asked with a confused face but Miroku couldn't help but maybe see a tiny bit of concern deep inside his eyes. So deep that he figured Inuyasha couldn't even tell it's there.

He then had a small smile seeing the same thing in Sesshomaru's eyes. He guessed it was his spiritual powers that were enabling him to see something so deep, but in any case, he realized something. 'Your brains may have forgotten her, but your feelings and heart haven't.' He looked down at his cousin as he finished his thought. 'Maybe there's hope for you, if you stay that is.'

"Hello? Miroku? Are you going to answer me or am I going to have to beat the shit out of you?"

Miroku calmly looked Inuyasha's way and shook his head. "No, that won't be necessary. She was just tired from the plane ride is all; some rest and she'll be fine."

"Guess that means you won't be joining us in a movie huh?" Sango asked while having Sesshomaru's arm draped around her shoulders.

Miroku shook his head. "No sorry, I promised her mother I'd take care of her." He lied. "I just want to be there for her. She's had a ruff day today and needs her rest. Sorry guys. But hey, you can go without me anyways." He smiled while opening the front door. "I'll see you guys tomorrow, oh and Sango, Kikyo! Don't be home late tonight!" He called out as he turned to walk out the door.

"You're not our mother damn it!" Sango called out with her fist in the air.

Miroku turned his head and laughed. "Alright, see you tonight!" With that said, he began the walk to his mother's shrine where they lived. Once he entered the house, he climbed up the wooden, aged, creaky stairs and down the hall to her room. He slid the door open and walked over to her bed. Placing her softly on the pink sheets, he watched her and could see her breathing was back to normal and there was more colour in her face. He brushed a strand of hair away from her face and quietly kissed her cheek. "Get better soon Kagome." Miroku then pulled the covers over her body and smoothed them out. He stood up and walked to the door. Once at the door, he looked back once more at her. He smiled, and then closed the door. 'Good to have you back'

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Kagome tossed around, beads of sweat forming on her face. Suddenly, she jerked right up breathing heavily. She gripped the fabric of her blanket to her chest and crunched her legs close to her. The memories of what Ichiro told her came crashing into her mind and then tears flew down her cheeks. She didn't make a sound, she was too afraid to. She just shut her eyes tight and hugged her body. At that very moment, the reasons for staying alive just vanished and she didn't see her point in this world.

The tears continued to fall as the door opened. Kagome heard the creaking but she didn't care. She stayed in her position and the tears continued to flow. Suddenly, she felt a hand on her cheek forcing her head to look at the person. She didn't open her eyes though. She guessed it was Miroku who came to check on her.

"Are you okay?"

Kagome's eyes shot open, the voice sounding familiar. Before she knew it, she was staring into these amber eyes. Her own eyes widened and suddenly the leftover tears just fell and she stopped. A small gasp left her lips from the sight of him, 'why is he here?' was the question that was going through her mind. 'He looks so much… older' she thought to herself.

"Can you even speak?"

Kagome's mouth opened but nothing came out. She didn't know what to say, the sight of him there was overwhelming enough. Another small gasp left her lips when he touched her cheek with a cloth to whip her extra tears which had fallen. "Kyoko wasn't it?" He asked politely.

Kagome didn't say anything, she just nodded her head. She wasn't use to him talking this much before. It had been so long since he talked to her.

He nodded his head standing up and taking a seat at the foot of her bed. Kagome noticed he'd gotten a lot taller. "I'm Sesshomaru Takahashi. Miroku told me about you and asked if I could watch over you while he works."

"Oh." Words finally began to form and she was able to talk. Her hand was clasped to her chest and she looked down. Tears were beginning to form at her eyes, the sight of him made her want to cry. His long flowing silver hair, his bright amber eyes, his pointy ears and clawed hands, he hadn't changed that much over the years. She remembered them being together like it was yesterday, so how could he have forgotten so easily. "Where's everyone else?" She managed to ask.

Sesshomaru didn't respond right away, he was too deep in thought as he looked out the window. This was how he always was. When a question was directed towards him, he usually never answered right away, some people who didn't know him usually got frustrated and thought he was ignoring them. Several minutes passed when he looked towards her and noticed she was still listening, even though he didn't say anything. He had to admit he was slightly surprised but didn't show any emotion. "Miroku's working in the shrine; Kikyo is at her shooting range, Sango's at practice and my idiot brothers at his lessons." He half smirked, "I guess you don't quite know that much about us yet huh? Is the why your confused?"

Kagome looked down, her hand falling to her lap. She couldn't exactly tell him that she did know all of them, even Kikyo and Sango, she just shook her head. "I guess I'm just too new here."

Sesshomaru kept the smirk on, "Don't worry, you'll make friends easily here. Now, onto important matters, why are you here?" He asked. He noticed Kagome's head jerked up and look at him with a confusing face. He turned his head slightly, once again, towards the window and continued to speak. "For some reason, when I first saw you I felt this… strange feeling. I can't explain what it was but, in any case. You're not some ordinary girl. You give off the feeling that you are here for a reason." He assumed with a small little jerk in his voice.

Kagome's eyes were wide open. She remembered Ichiro's words that it wasn't to late. In her mind, there was hope, but for now, she needed them to remember on their own. That was the only way for them to figure it out. "I ran from home, to find something that I lost here." She began explaining. "It seems I already lost it, and the thing that I lost, was the only reason I stay alive on this cursed plant."

Sesshomaru faced her, what was with this girl? She was so strange yet, familiar. He then nodded. "Everyone hates life. People wonder why they're here, what's their purpose? Everyone has a purpose; you'll leave once your purpose is fulfilled." He paused for a brief moment then continued with his normal, emotionless tone of voice. "You just have to be strong, no matter where life takes you."

Kagome froze in her spot. The words hit her hard like a truck hitting a wall. She then suddenly remembered her father saying that, the last time she saw him before he died. That's when she couldn't hold it in. Tears flew down her cheeks as she collapsed into the young demons lap.

Sesshomaru was a little taken back from this. Here was a girl, he'd just met, and she already trusted him with things like, comforting her. That and, Sesshomaru never really comforted anyone, except this someone that was faintly in his mind. He couldn't even remember this person he comforted clearly, but, he did at the same time. He shut his eyes tight, for some reason, the thought of that one person pained him so much that the faded image was completely gone. He raised his hand up to his chest, Kagome crying as she rested her head on his lap. All these emotions were hitting Sesshomaru hard and he'd never felt this way before.

Suddenly, they vanished, and the only sounds he could here were the muffled cries from the girl on his lap. He shook his he slightly then rested a hand on her shoulder and lifted her up. "It's okay…" he began, "Your friends are here for you now."

"Friends?" Kagome was slightly surprised. She'd just come back and she was already being accepted as a friend. She thought about it for a moment then jumped back off of Sesshomaru with a blushed passed lightly over her cheeks. "I-I'm so sorry!" She stuttered. "We'd just met and I'm all over you like I know you and… I'm sorry." She apologized looking away.

Sesshomaru couldn't help but crack a small smile, "It's okay, just, think before you act, that's all." He then stood up and began to walk towards the door. "Just, trust the people around you, and don't give up." Those were his final words as he walked out the door.

Sesshomaru closed the door behind him, his silver bangs shielding his eyes as he walked down the hall. The thoughts on his mind were that girl. His plan was to go in there and find out the strange aura that she was giving off when he was around her. When he came out, he came out empty handed.

He walked down the stairs and out of the house into the warm fresh breeze outside. His long silver hair blew in the wind as he walked gradually back to his house next door. Once he entered the house, he walked into the entrance hall to the stairs. He began to climb them up to the main hall where he looked into his father's office with his cold stare. He waited there, watching his father work quietly at his desk until he got his attention. When his father looked up from his work Sesshomaru said coldly, "I know you know something about that girl, and I will find out." Once he said what was needed to be said, he walked away, down the hall, to his own room and lay quietly on his bed. He didn't move, didn't speak, didn't blink, and didn't think. He just laid there and stared blankly at the ceiling.

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Kagome blinked a few times clearing her mind as Sesshomaru closed the door behind him and the last little bit of him vanished. At the moment, she couldn't help but smile slightly. Maybe she was happy to finally talk to her old friends, whether or not they remembered her, it still felt good.

Kagome brought her hands up to her heart. She clenched the fabric of her old shirt and closed her eyes, solemnly making a promise to herself. 'I won't give up; I'll keep waking up with a fresh new start. This is my chance, to live a normal life. I'll rebuild my friendship with Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, and start a new with Kikyo and Sango. I'll keep trying to make Inuyasha and Sesshomaru remember there past with me, and if not, then I'm sure we'll be great friends now. Maybe it's not so bad if they don't remember. I'm starting a fresh new life; it might as well start over with them too.' Kagome opened her eyes with the goal and promise made. She smirked just a bit, "And plus, I already know what they like and what they don't. I won't have to learn them all over again the hard way, which gives me an advantage."

Suddenly, a figure appeared right in front of her, she didn't realize it until that moment, but someone was in her room. "You know, talking to yourself isn't such a good thing." Commented her cousin with a goofy grin pasted on hid face.

Kagome frowned, "What's up with you boys and sneaking in my room?"

Miroku grinned, but then suddenly became confused. "What are you talking about?"

Kagome blinked a few times and then sighed, "Sesshomaru was in here watching over me, like you told him."

Miroku took a seat at the foot of Kagome's bed as he thought. "I don't remember asking him that, but in any case… You had a chat with Sesshomaru? How did it go?" He asked. He watched Kagome carefully hoping not to trigger something off and suddenly make her cry. So far, what he gathered, she seemed better. His facts just weren't one hundred percent.

Kagome smiled and nodded, "Yeah, it went alright. It was nice to talk to Sesshomaru again. I haven't seen him so talkative in a while." She smiled even bigger. "As a matter a fact, I felt a lot better after talking to him." The expression on her face changed as she became serious. Her hands folded to her chest as a small warm smile came through. "They may not remember, but I do. I'd rather hold the memories of pain, rather then not remember at all. I've promised myself that I'll keep moving forward, start over. Might as well, seeing as my life will be starting over."

Miroku stayed frozen for a moment as he thought. "Wow…" he managed to say. "That's very admirable thing to say Kag."

Kagome smiled, "Thanks… so!" She began as she pushed the covers off herself and jumped out of her bed with her right hand into a fist in the air. "Today's my first day as Kyoko Otanashi."

Miroku had a fist in the air as well cheering her on. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him. His cheeks became puffed as he tried not to laugh. Kagome could hear the muffles behind her and she turned her head around. "What?"

"S-S-So far y-y-your not off t-to a g-good s-s-s-start." He tried saying without bursting out laughing.

Kagome's blinked her eyes a few times trying to discover what exactly her cousin was talking about. Looking down, she discovered her answer. Her face turned red as she realized she had no pants on, only her bright yellow panties.

Miroku couldn't take it anymore. He pointed to her butt a burst out countless laughs. Kagome frowned slightly then an idea hit her. She smirked slightly her idea forming in her head. She swiftly spun herself around as she slowly walked towards her cousin. He stopped, and she walked right up close to him. He leaned back slightly and she followed. She put two fingers up his chest as they walked up towards his collar. "You know Miroku." She began sexually. "I never realized it but, you've gotten sexier over the years." She licked her lips. "Seeing me in this, doesn't that maybe suggest something?"

Miroku began sweat as he watched his cousin hit on him. "Uh-um K-K-K…"

"Yes?" She asked moving closer.

"J-Just g-get dressed a-and I'll m-m-meet you down s-s-s-s-stairs." He stuttered. Once he finally said that he gently pushed Kagome off him on the bed and ran out of her room.

Kagome giggled hearing Miroku's footsteps run down the stairs, followed by a few crashes. She pushed herself off her bed and walked towards the piles of bags all up against the wall. She groaned slightly as she dug through her bag for something to wear. "Everything HAS to be bright pink or bright yellow?" She went through bag after bag for the closest thing she could get to non-girly. By the time she admitted defeat at trying her hardest to find something, she noticed that there were clothes everywhere. She shrugged, "Here for one day and I already have to clean my room." She slipped her dark blue jeans over her yellow panties and then took a long white tang top that could go as long as bellow her butt. "Well, this is the best I could do." She told herself. "Only one problem, jeans and shirt are to long." She started to sweat. "I really am guy-ish." She sighed looking at herself in the mirror. "Well, time to go downstairs." She turned around beginning to walk to the door. She put her hand on the door knob and stopped there. Her head dropped and she then began having second thoughts. How was this supposed to work? How could they just suddenly accept her? It was all too strange to her, and that's when the feeling of breaking down came over her. But then Sesshomaru popped into her mind. He said "friends." She told herself confidently. She raised her head up and took a deep breath and turned the gold door knob opening the door. She closed it behind her and leaned on the door. She could hear the muffles of people chatting downstairs. Were they all waiting for her? She began walking down the hard wooden floor; it creaked for each nervous step she took. She gripped onto the hand rail and walked down the steps and could see everyone huddled around in a circle by the door. She stood half way down the stairs staring at her old friends. They didn't notice that she was there for a bit until Inuyasha looked at her. "Hey, there you are, took you long enough."

She was taken back from Inuyasha's somewhat kindness. His attitude wasn't as big as it once was when they were younger. Then again, she'd only seen them for about five minutes. She finished walking down the steps and landed at the bottom with all eight eyes staring at her. "Uh, hi?" She mumbled. She looked at Miroku to try and explain she was uncomfortable but he was too busy staring at Sango to even notice she was looking at him. Her mouth went down into a frown. This was just perfect; she had her cousin ignoring her for a bitchy girl. She huffed, it was silent and everyone was staring at her. She felt very uncomfortable. "Um, so where're we going?" She asked deciding to break the silence with a question so there was only a fifty percent chance she'd sound stupid.

"THE PARK!" Miroku cried with his hand up in the air. It was folded up into a fist. "LET'S GO!" He ran to the door, and the minute he opened the door there was a flash of white light that shown through the door and then BOOM there was rain pouring down. Miroku sweat dropped, "Um, I guess no park?"

"NO DUH!" replied Inuyasha, which was his normal attitude.

Kagome looked at each one of them, one by one, they were all smiling, but what bothered Kagome was the fact that it wasn't Inuyasha and Sesshomaru smiling. It wasn't their true smile. Her head went down, she stayed quite. To her, this felt awkward, she felt out of place, left out and she didn't know what she was going to do or say. Rambling through her mind, was a voice saying over and over again, 'your going to blow your cover, shut up don't say anything…' It was almost impossible for her to say anything.

"Kyoko? What do you want to play?" Sango asked her politely.

Kagome turned her head towards Sango. It seemed to Kagome that Sango had these major mood swings. She recalled first coming in the house, Sango called her a tramp. She opened her mouth, the suddenly felt uncomfortable, and closed it once again, the voices becoming louder.

"Any suggestions?"

Miroku smirked, "Yes, I have a suggestion." He began. He lifted his hand up to his cheek and rubbed it, the smirk still there. "How about…" he paused to case some suspension. "TRUTH OR DARE!" he called with a laugh and a finger in the air.

Sesshomaru shook his head in silence with Sango clinked to his arm tightly. Inuyasha sighed and rolled his eyes. "I don't even want to know what's going on in that head of yours." He turned heading into his living room taking a seat on the floor, Kikyo following taking the seat next to him. Soon, the other couple went in joining the circle followed by Miroku.

Kagome took a step into the room, but didn't join the circle just yet. She watched her friends as they were chatting, arguing, laughing and in Miroku's case, getting killed. She was to afraid to walk in on that, she felt out of place there, like there was no more room for her. Ever since she heard of the memory problem with the brothers, she'd been wondering to herself how everything would have turned out if she stayed, or even, if they never forgot about her.

"Come on! What are you? Shy?" Inuyasha called with a laugh using his hand to indicate for her to join them.

Kagome couldn't help but smile and nod. She nervously took a step and sat between Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, the only empty spot left. She sighed then nodded. "So? Who asks first?" She questioned with her hands folded on her knee. Today, that first game began the new chapter of her life. A new chapter; beginning with a group of somewhat-new friends.


A/N: Hey guys! Yes I know another late chapter! I'm so sorry, I've been meagerly busy! I'm failing French class and I need my mark back up if I want to keep this computer, thus, the reason why I'm late again. I'm sorry! I say sorry a lot don't I? UGH! Well, at least I got it up right? I'm updating as fast as I can! School sucks badly! Lol. So how did you like this chapter? Some questions answered but still so many more questions appear. Well, hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you everyone who reviewed! .

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OniyuriGaaruYou've reviewed… again! KOOLY! . There's a reason why Kikyo and Sango are with Sesshomaru and Inuyasha. Well, there's a reason for Kikyo. Sango's just with Sesshomaru because I think it's a cute couple. Only for this kind of story though, not in the actual story though. Lol. Maybe I'll keep them together… or maybe I won't. Hum… hard to decide. Well, thanks for a great review! Looking forward to your next one!

Fan Girl 1111Hey! Thanks for reviewing! Well, first off, knowing that my story made you change your outlook on a character is so cool! That was my goal, well; actually, my goal was to give everyone a different outlook on Kikyo. Stories like these, writers make Kikyo look like the bitch, but really she's not a complete bitch. Really, she's someone who's a lot like Sesshomaru. Calm and wise, although, Kikyo does get angrier a little easier, but you know what I mean. I'm glad my stories affected you that much! It's awesome! I know my stories kind of sad, and it's not getting any happier, lol. Well… maybe. You'll just have to read and find out. So welcome to my review bored and I'm pleased to know I have a brand knew awesome reviewer! Looking forward to another review!

KOalaPaNdaYOU'RE WELCOME! I always reply to EVERY review. Unless something big happens and I don't so I end up apologizing again, but so far I've done pretty well! Wow, you gave me a long review, awesome man! I'm actually really flattered that you think I should be an author! Lately I've been thinking about becoming an author, the only thing stopping me is how hard it if to be an author for a living. It's pretty hard, but then again, I love writing! So maybe, It'll work, I've just seen a lot of kids my age way better then me. But from what I've seen, it's the idea's that sell, not the writing style. (cough cough) J. K. Rolling. It's her ideas that sell, I've read many other books that write WAY better then her, In any case, I'm happy you'd read all my books! Maybe I will be a writer one day! Wow, I can't believe my story's got you this happy. I'm happy to know you were excited to know I updated. I know how that feels and to know that someone else had that feeling about MY story rocks SO MUCH! Yes, my boyfriend just doesn't appreciate the things I do! Stupid boy! Lol. But I still love him! We've been together for 13 months now! WEEE! Okay, I should shut up about myself. I really hope you enjoyed this story! You know, your review made me want to update faster! OH! I should finish this up, I got a French test tomorrow and I already failed all my tests and I'm already failing the course! . !

doggygirl42: Sorry it took me so long to update! I've had so much work to do, but hey! I FINALLY got it up! Awesome! I'm REALLY happy that you're enjoying the story so far! Did you enjoy this chapter? Some questions were answered but still many more left that haven't been answered. Oh well… lol. Please review again! Thanks for the review too!

Random: Ah, we meet again! You realize your helping me by reviewing, twice none the less. Too bad I took long eh? Oh well, you lived right? If I don't get a review I'll assume you died from waiting. Lol. Well, until another review!

Person with no name: Hello person who doesn't have a name yet. Lol. Wow, I'm sorry it took so long to update! I hope you didn't die . Sorry for taking so log to update, I hope it was worth the wait! Until next review!

A-little-kagome-girlJEN JEN! I love my Jen Jen! Lol, I know I heard that name before! Kyoko Otanashi. I picked it because of Tohru's mom in fruits basket and I wanted something that would make a nice ring to the name, so I pinked Otanashi. Then I realized it sounded like Higurashi and Takahashi. Then I realized I heard the name Takahashi before. That was when I realized the creator of Inuyasha was Takahashi, and I used another characters last name, Otanashi. Then I realized that Kagome's last name and Kyoko's last name both rhymed with Takahashi the creator of those two FEMALE characters. Lol. I realized a lot of things from your review. Lol. Nice eh? . I'm sorry it took me so long to update. You know how I'm failing French class . . So! I FINALLY updated it. Happy? Oh and about Kikyo, I put her with Inuyasha for a reason, to make the Kikyo/Inuyasha fans happy while at the same time giving the Inuyasha/Kagome fans happy. As well, it creates some drama. Same goes with Sango and Sesshomaru. Plus, Sango and Sesshomaru I think is an awesome match! Lol! I think it rocks! As well, I hate when people put Kikyo in these stories and make her the 'bitch' in the story. That's not who her character is. She's not the bitch; Kikyo is a lot like Sesshomaru, just gets angrier a little easier. Anyways… lol. Thanks for the review! Hope you liked this chapter! CHOW MY LOVE! (P.S. Mel: I LOVE YOU JEN!)

Firkin: Thanks for the review! I like getting a lot of reviews, because then more people think it's a better story and more people will read it! So thanks SO MUCH for the review! I hope you liked this chapter and hope you'll review again! Sorry it took so long for me to update! CHOW

butterflywindsWow, me better then some professional writers? That's kind of hard to believe. Lol, but thanks for the compliment! Sorry it took so long to update! But I did in the end eh? I think chapter eight will probably take a long time and probably be shorter but hopefully I'll get it up! Your write about the writers block, but they haven't been that bad because when I started this story I thought out the major points. Now my problems are making the chapters long and not too short. That's where I get my writers block, but I'm getting there. I'm working on chapter nine right now. Anyways, hope you liked this chapter and hoping for another review!

D-E-V-L-41: Awww! You went back and reviewed all the chapters you didn't review! That's SOO sweet! Thanks so much! I though you were beginning to dislike my story! Well, I'm glad you're still enjoying it! I'm glad you think my writings descriptive! I've been trying to improve on that a lot! Thanks SO MUCH for reviewing! I missed your reviews. Lol! I hope this chapter was just as good and thanks for waiting for it! WEEEEE Awesome! Talk to you soon! .

Wow! There were a lot of awesome reviews from chapter six! I had SO MANY long comments to give back, thank you so much you guys! This was my favorite chapter to read reviews! YES AWESOME THANKS!

Rae-orri

Disclaimer: I do not own the Inuyasha characters as well as Kagome's 'name' Kyoko Otanashi as I just realized that it's from another anime by Rimiko Takahashi. Though I do take credit for some of the characters in this story.

HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED HOLLOWEEN!