A/N: hey readers I'd just like to leave a quick heads up if I haven't uploaded any new chapters recently its because my internet had been cut but if you see I am making progress then everything is just fine (smiles) and thanks so much for the reviews!

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(kaede's village)

It had been sad times in the small village ever since the futuristic miko had disappeared. Miroku, sango , kaede, and shippo all sat near a small fire; sango and the old priestess sat on their knees. Everyone was depressed, its as if the very life of the village had been taken away making everything suddenly so dull.

To the inuyasha gang it felt like their group had fallen apart. Without kagome, there was nothing. She had brought the love into the group and made everyone of them feel special even if they thought different.

Kaede stood up taking everyone's attention. She slumped closer to the fire where the food was being made. She stirred it once more and opened her mouth to speak.

"supper has been finished"

"im not hungry" replied shippo, looking lifelessly at the ground.

Miroku and sango nodded stiffly in agreement. Kaede was beginning to get upset by their dead behavior and decided to put her foot down.

"ye must eat for ye will die of starvation." she stated seriously.

Sango sighed. "im sorry lady kaede, I just cant take it that kagome as been away from us for a long time now"

sango's eyes was about to water when she felt a strong hand came upon her shoulder. She turned at it's owner and found that it was miroku, smiling at her. She returned his smile but at a more sadder way.

"don't worry my dear sango, im sure kagomes fine. She will return to us. I am certain she will" he said with much confidence.

"ai I believe in young miroku's words as well" kaede said.

Shippo hopes went up. Maybe they were right, kagome would, no, kagome will come back to them and they will be blessed with her presence once again. And for the first time after kagome had left; shippo smiled.

"even if you don't come back to us immediately, ill wait for you until my death" thought the small kitsune.

Getting over their sadness and depression just a little; they ate the delicious prepared meal that kaede had made just for them.

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(with bankotsu and kagome)

Bankotsu leaned on the table of the shop keeper until he was finished with the ignorant miko. "serves her right". he thought to himself as his eyes scanned over the village. His gaze fell upon a certain young girl. She looked like she was the same age or younger than kagome. She wore a red kimono that showed a lot of her cleavage; it was short ending at her mid thigh with a long split at her right side.

She had her brown hair in a messy bun. She had a nice enough figure and was fairly attractive. She also wore make-up on her delicate face. But she was far from delicate; if anyone had looked close enough, her skin was dead as if her flesh was rotting away, and this bankotsu noticed.

Bankotsu saw a man around the age of 32 standing next to the young woman. He looked as if he was a royal with the kind of kimono he wore. Bankotsu saw the man take some money from, what looks like to be a costumer. After giving the man his money; the male costumer took hold of the young woman's arms and led her into a empty hut near by.

But as she was almost inside, she noticed bankotsu and just smiled weakly yet sadly at him. He felt pity towards her. She was so young and so used. He lowered his gaze to the floor as he breath was caught in his throat. "kagome.."

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The large man threw kagome into a near by table. She fell onto her back as the man made attempt to spread open her legs. She quickly kicked im in the shins and as he bent down holding his manhood, kagome got to her feet trying to get to the outside. The fat man saw this.

"OH NO YOU DON'T YOU BITCH!" he yelled as he took hold of a long whip and sent it at her.

It wrapped around her waiste and with one hard pull, he forced kagome roughly back to him. Kagome kneed him in the stomach only to be bounced back. The fat man only laughed horribly at kagome's failed attempt. She started throwing hard punches at his face making his head swing from left to right. She stopped as he glared evilly at her, its as if his body fat was protecting him from being badly hurt.

He punched kagome right in the nose making her feel a little suffocate and dizzy at the same time. Her vision became blurry as she out stretched her hand with her palms open as if trying to reach for something. But she was trying to reach for something. She was trying to reach him. he never came.

The huge man began to spread open her legs once more and this time he succeeded. He started running his hands up and down her body; feeling her breasts under his palms. He leaned down slobbering her neck with his disgusting mouth. Kagome placed her hands on his chest trying to push him away but he was way heavier than she thought. She soon found that see was losing strength. She gave up.

Tears started at the corners of her eyes as she felt the shop keeper run his teeth down her neck, scraping at her smooth skin leaving a scar. He was about to pull down her hakamas when he felt a hard fist connect with his jaw. The man stumbled back and fell to the ground making the hut shake a little by the sudden impact.

Kagome looked at bankotsu. She never thought she'd be so happy to see him. She smiled thankfully at him and then his gaze soften at her. He walked to her and picked her up in his strong arms bridal-style. They looked at each other for a moment. But their moment was destroyed by the man's deep enraged voice.

"IM NOT DONE WITH HER YET! WE HAD AN AGREEMENT!" he yelled making his voice sound like venom.

"yeah your right we had an agreement for you did say a couple of minutes and now your time is up fool" bankotsu replied trying to keep calm.

He headed towards the door when he saw a little money pouch on top of a small table. He took it and placed it in his kimono and walked away leaving the fat enraged man to himself.

When they got out of the store, bankotsu started his way back to the temple. Kagome looked up at him saying a very low 'thank-you'. but bankotsu had heard this and when he looked down at her; those caramel eyes were closed.