any questions you have about this chapter feel free to review me about them! from here on in it will get a little confusing! Im serious! i will gladly explain and i will include a short explanation at the bottom of this chapter!...-crying- ive already messed myself up! -sniff- kurama isnt supposed to see in color! ok will ill have to go back and edit so everyone will have to go back to chapter 4 please as it has changed! it is a very small change but one that is imparitive!

Chapter 7

Kurama stood in front of a bush with a single rose on it. His school bag clenched in his fist and he stared at that single rose. Colors swirled in front of his eyes for the first time in just over a thousand years. He could see the red of the petals and the green of the bush. For over a century he had seen in nothing but black and white. At the same time he started to feel emotions... more than just the honor that had been the only thing that had kept him from turning into the dark beast that had grown in power over the ceturies of his existence constantly nawing at him to choose an evil existense and eternal life. There could be only one reason for the change that was so close to the end of his existence. His lifemate was close. The anchor for his soul. The pure light that kept his darkness under control. The rush of emotions was overwhelming and Kurama gripped a nearby bench for support. He breathed deeply trying to slow down his heart rate.

"I have to find her!"

"Yusuke! Hurry up and fix the roof!" Kagome yelled at her cousin.

"Bite me Kagome! Why did I have to do this anyway!"

"because your the one who ditch's every time we meet!"

Kagome smiled and went into the kitchen and poured him a glass of lemonaide. She walked back through the door and handed him up the glass.

she laughed at the way his hair was sticking up of his head " Yusuke your hair looks rediculous!"

"It's not my fault! stop laughing at me!" Yusuke glowered at her.

She laughed harder." Come on Yusuke lets go get some ice cream!" She grinned at him."I'm buying!"

Naraku studied his reflection in the mirror thoughtfully. This body really was usefull. He could walk among the humans and they would never know! It had taken him five hundred years to find her again but he had finally done it, and now she would be his! He could do whatever he wanted with her. All he had to do was lure, bait, and trap the girl named Kagome. So much trouble that this little slip of a girl had caused him but it would all be worth it in the end! He smiled ruthlessly into tthe mirror while surveying the short brown hair and eyes that he was sporting.

"Hojo dinner is ready" a voice called from down the hall.

He cast himself one more look before sauntering down the hall in the direction the voice had come from. This was going to be fantastic!

Kagome cheered Yusuke on as she watched him kill another demon on the video game he was playing. They had decided to stop at the arcade they had gone to when they were little. She clutched the prize he had won for her in her arms while jumping up and down. It had been so long since she had just been able to have fun like this! Carefree and wonderfull! She was so gratefull for the small moments like this! this was what she wanted her Shippo to have a completly happy existence! As they walked down the street she resolved herself to doing anything she had to to give Shippo exactly the type of life he deserved.

ok i know it wasnt a long chapter i did try though i swear i did! im having a lot of trouble with this story! sigh i based kuramas reactions on a carpathians because i just love it so much! carpathians the longer they live with out ther lifemate they see in only black and white and they loose the ability to feel emotions except for honor! if a carpathian does not find his life mate in time he will either have to kill himself or he will turn into the darkbeast that his kind becomes without there lifemate! the honorable kill themselves... the others become evil and become hunted by the carpathians(what they once were) that kinda sorta explainsit! eh heh i so didnt do well! any way read review!

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