So sorry it's taken so long to post this chapter! (….what, 3 months? That's an eternity!) Also, I don't own Rumiko Takahashi's characters from Inuyasha. This is just a fanfic….Actually, I've been busy with:

a. School

b. Anime

c. Manga

d. Other website accounts

e. Soccer

f. Seriously everything else in the world…and of course,

g. The great and lovely….LAZINESS! (that's the biggest one)

h. Wait…..this is a long list! It's kind of…a writer's block, I guess. I don't have the motivation right now.

Kanna:

She watched quietly as a relatively fast exchange of words was passed between the miko and the inu youkai. She saw the girl's love for her "family" waver for this mysteriously gentle animal.

Wait. Gentle? Sesshomaru, gentle? That couldn't be right, and yet…he wasn't acting harsh in any way. What was going on?

She saw Kagome turn her head away from Sesshomaru, obviously embarrassed to be seen so helpless.

A flash of his reddish-amber eyes met Kanna's, warning her not to interfere or make any noise.

She almost rolled her eyes at the warning. Why would she have any reason to mess up Sesshomaru's plans? She wanted him to succeed.

She saw Kagome get up, clinging to the inu youkai, and go towards the safety of the forest, away from her friends.

Kanna began to run, as silent as mist, and as swift as a bird. She reached

the cover of trees that the two others were hiding in, unnoticed by the girl.

Sesshomaru said something to keep the miko there without following him. Kanna came out from behind the tree she was behind, and sat down next to the girl, saying nothing.

Kagome lied down on a soft patch of grass, more at ease than she was with the group. She knew that Sesshomaru would be gone until the dawn or so, when the others would realize that she wasn't there with them.

Kanna made eye contact with the miko. They nodded at each other, letting the other know that Kanna would go closer to Sesshomaru, but would be near enough to protect the girl. She would keep her promise to the youkai that she would guard her while he was gone to tell whatever story he had to the group.

She drifted over to the edge of the forest, with the little village in sight. She could pick out the exact huts where Inuyasha's friends were. All the while, she held onto her kagami, which showed where the older brother was.

Time passed.

Birds began to make their early morning ruckus as the sky lightened, little by little. The hoshi began to disappear one by one as the opposing light became stronger and stronger.

The kagami switched views, showing first the girl –was her name Sango?- with the hiraikotsu wake up. Then, next to her, the tiny kitsune yawned and turned over, not wanting to rouse himself from sleep. The one who liked this Sango, Miroku, was also beginning to wake up, murmuring "May I have your babies?" to his blanket as he did so. The woman hit him, and the two began to bicker half-heartedly, still not fully awake.

Inuyasha woke with a start, as he usually did. The miko's presence was faded a bit, but her sense of smell still lingered and dominated the hut. As he glanced around, however, he noticed she wasn't there.

He didn't think much of it, since Kagome often took little walks in the dawn. These walks were short, though, so it would be another few minutes or so until they became uneasy.

More time passed.

Kagome still didn't show up.

The group of 4 became tense, and all was deathly silent and still.

A soft thud was heard on the roof over their heads, below the lightening sky, and they repositioned themselves, bracing themselves for whatever was to come...

haha, hopefully this isn't so disappointing....i wrote it yesterday. it's a bit short, but i've overcome (sort of) that laziness disease i've seem to have catched. i tried to leave it in suspense at the end there...it probably didn't work though. XD

AAAAND! inuyasha episodes are being released again!!! the new season, which has to be a bit rushed (they're finishing off the series), is by another company so the animation is a bit different. you can only tell if you've watched the whole thing and are vvverrryyy familiar with how they were animated. it's still casted by the same people, though, which is great!!! It's called Kanketsu-hen, or The Final Act.