I want to talk to my loyal readers at the bottom.

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The next school day flew by. Kagome seemed to zone out every few minutes, either thinking about this strange jewel inside her or the rosery in her bag. Even Inuyasha couldn't make her snap out of it. Kagome counted the seconds until the last bell rang.

When it did she shot out of her seet and raced to the office. Kaede seemed to be as excited as Kagome since she was ready to go as soon as the teen got there, but of course her excitement was more subdued and dignified.

"Are ye read, child?" Kagome nodded with excessive enthusiasm. They walked out into the parking lot and climbed into Kaede's modest little car. The drive took about ten minutes to reach the edge of town, in front of a hut-looking home. "Make yeself at home, dear. It's modest, but it's home." Kaede hustledd about, grabbing various objects off shelves and out of drawers. She finally ushered Kagome out back where ball field chalk had been used to make an intricate design in a large patch of earth. Kaede placed candles at the spots where the inner design toucher the outer circle. She mixed some herbs and lit the candles. She instructed Kagome to lay in the middle of the circle. "Child, I'll give ye one last chance, do ye realy want to do this?"

"Yes." Kagome's voice was so strong and confident that Kaede realy couldn't argue.

"If ye are sure..." Kaede prceded to sit cross legged on the ground, chanting something Kagome couldn't hear. She released some of the herbs she had ground and they danced in the wind, circling and taunting Kagome. The more Kaede chanted the more clouded the sky became. As the sun faded, so did Kagome's concious mind. Her vision and hearing dimmed as she entered a sleeping state. When she was under, Kagome began to glow pink. Kaede changed the chanting slightly and the light surrounding the teen turned white. The white light pulsed and traveled from her limbs up her limbs to become focused on her chest, leaving pink light to surround Kagome. The white light shot a beam into the heavens from Kagome's heart. It dimmed and dwindled, leaving a small pink ball floating slightly above Kagome. Kaede kept chanting and held a chain with claw-looking beads up and it dissapeared from her hand only to appear seconds later around Kagome's neck with the jewel attached.

Kaede could finally stop chanting. The candles bew out, the lines disappeared, and Kagome slowly came from her slumber feeling weak and drained. The older woman explained that with out the jewel Kagome was used to, she had considerable less energy.

Kaede soon drove Kagome home using the back dreveway. Kagome politely thanked her and made a bee-line for her bed, skipping supper and sleeping all night.

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I know, short enough to kill me for, but still. I have over half of the next chapter done and it'll be as long as the other chapters. I have hit a writing block with this one and would love advice. No threats this time, just a plea. Help! tear

I have started work on another inu story and I have fallen in love with it. Inuyasha has a hanyou sister he didn't know about, Naraku plays a big part, and I've thrown in half a dozen other hanyous of my own creation. I wrote out the first chapter on my composition notebook and its like 18 pages, so it'll be a long story. Wait'll you guys see the plot. I LOVE THIS STORY SO ALL OF YOU MUST READ IT! I'll tell yall what I decide to call it in the next chapter. Bye!