I finally update. He, he. Plot really takes off in this chapter, like 300 miles an hour. Kind of. I don't know. I don't own Inuyasha.

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Simple. Everything was simple, if you thought about it enough. You'd figure at out and feel stupid once you realized how simple it was.

Why, then, was this simple in no way, shape, or form?

Kashioki snarled at the vandalized room, especially at the "Go back where you came from, bitch!" spraypainted in bright red on one of the walls. He held his sobbing girlfriend in a protective grasp.

"I'll get this cleaned up for you, Lyn."

Lyn looked up at him, eyes red and puffy. "Kashi-kun, you don't…" she gave up her protest when she saw him smiling down from his position five inches above her.

"Why don't you go hang out at Inuyasha's house? I'll drive you there."

Lyn nodded and moved to go to Kashioki's (now fixed) car. He threw one last snarl at the wall before leaving.

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"Inuyasha! Stop it!" giggled Kagome.

Inuyasha laughed. "Never!"

Kagome tried to get away, but he continued his relentless tickling. She was unable to break his grip with the small amount of strength she could muster.

She began to cry from extended laughter. "I-Inuyasha, p-please!" she said between fits of giggles.

Inuyasha grinned. "Beg me."

"Inuyasha-a, please, please, please, please, p-please stop!"

Inuyasha let up on her. As she caught her breath, he leaned in and placed a soft kiss on her lips. After a moment, he tried to pull back, but Kagome held him at her face, and law growl emerging from her throat. Inuyasha was more than a little surprised at what happened. The door in the next room was heard to open, and Kagome hastily got Inuyasha off of her, deep crimson staining her face.

Not a split second afterwards, Kashioki and Lyn entered the room. The latter laughed, inferring as to why Kagome was blushing. This only made her blush more.

"Hey, Lyn is gonna hang out here while I…take care of something. Have you seen imouto-chan?"

Inuyasha blinked. "Uh, ok. She's up in her room, I think."

Kashioki jogged up the stairs.

Mika then emerged from the kitchen, a can of pop in her hands.

"Oh, Mika, Kash was just looking for you. He went up to your room."

Mika's eyes widened. Oh no! She set the pop down and bolted up the stairs, panicking while trying to get to her room first. She burst through her door to see Kashioki standing there.

Holding a can of red spraypaint.

"Mika," he said through gritted teeth. "What the hell possessed you to do that?!"

"Uh, do what? That's for a project."

"Project my ass!" he roared. "You don't have me in PE or choir, what kind of PROJECT would you be doing in those?!"

"I, uh, well, uh…crap…"

"ANSWER ME!"

"You stopped spending time with me! You spent ALL your time with her!"
"You had Kish, I figured you'd rather be with him!"

"You sure as hell didn't bother to ask, did you?!"

"Oh, right. 'Mika, do you want to hang out with me or your boyfriend?'"

"You still could've asked! I'm not like most girls, and you damn well know it!"

"Well I'm sorry for offending the Almighty Mika!"

"YOU'RE TURNING INTO DAD, ONII-CHAN!"

Kashioki instantly went quiet. His eyes held anger and unnoticed fear.

"You always say you hate it when people yell, but here you are right now, screaming your ass off!" Mika began to cry. "You called me Mika this entire conversation and didn't even notice!"

The can dropped from his hands as Kashioki ran out of the house, ignoring the yells from his friends to stop and the fact that his car was in the driveway. He didn't know where he was going, but by God, he was going there. And with any luck, he'd stay there too.

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After that, Mika and Lyn withdrew into themselves. They refused to talk to anyone, except for Mika, she would talk to Kish, but only when they were alone.

Kagome was irritated with the situation. She was in class, but this class had none of her friends in it because Sango was absent today. To make matters worse, she had this class with Kouga, Ayame, AND Kinky. Things just couldn't possibly get any worse.

Unfortunately, they did.

Kouga approached her with a smirk on his face.

"Kouga, I'm not in the mood. Go away before I drop kick your ass to the States."

"Aw, that's harsh. Why would you say that to me, Kags?"

"Don't EVER call me that again."

"Why not? After all, I'm going to be-"

"Say it and you lose your balls."

Kouga blinked. What's with Kags? She's usually so nice…I know! She's practicing for when she breaks up with Inuyasha to go out with me! She must really love me!"

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Inuyasha shivered.

"What's wrong?" Asked Miroku.

"I just felt a chill go through my very soul…"

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"So Kags, when are you ditching the mutt and coming with me?"

"I told you not to call me that."
"Aw, It's okay, Kags. You don't have to be shy."

"Kouga, you RETARD! I don't like you, I HATE you! Get away from me!"

Kouga blinked. "I don't understand, Kags…"
"OH MY GOD, KOUGA! LEAVE!" she screamed. Fortunately, the teacher was late.

Kouga backed off in fear.

Ayame then approached her. "Oh, I see. You take him, and when you don't need him anymore, you throw him away like an old doll."

Kagome sighed. She had nothing against Ayame. "Ayame, I never liked him like that."

"You liar," she sneered. "You think I didn't see you two making out?"

"We were NOT making out! He was drunk, and forced himself on me!"

"I don't care!" she said hysterically. "If you had never come, this never would have happened! Kouga and I would still be going out! Why can't you just go and DIE?!"

Kagome sighed again. If Ayame wouldn't listen… "Ayame, leave me the hell alone."

"Gladly, you little bitch! Whore!"

Kagome sighed yet again. This was going to be a long day…

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Kagome, Mika, and Lyn were all walking back to Kagome's house to do their homework in peace. Of course, not one of them was aware enough of their surroundings to realize when three shadows dropped behind them and knocked them unconscious…

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Kagome was the last to wake up. She was in an abandoned old building, and from the dim light coming in from the window, it was night time. But Lyn wasn't in the room. Instead, the third person stood in the shadows.

"Finally, you're up!" whispered Mika. "Listen, you NEED to figure your miko powers out! I can't-"

"Shut up," said the person. "The Master and Mistress told me that I could shut you up if I needed to, and I wouldn't like to see two beautiful ladies as you damaged…" he chuckled.

"Who are-"

"SILENCE, BITCH!" Mika was kicked for speaking. "You will not speak unless spoken to!"

Mika grunted in pain. This man was a youkai, that's for sure.

"I assume you wish to know the identities of the Master and Mistress?" chuckled the youkai.

"Yeah," said Kagome.

"The master is none other than Naraku-sama."

Kagome scowled. Of course, everyone preys on them as soon as Kashioki leaves.

But then, no one else was as radical about protecting their family as him, so it made sense.

"And the mistress is-" he was cut off by the sound of a man singing through the roof.

"Wasting away, I see you, when the Top of the World, falls on you,

Finding a day, don't wanna be you, when the Top of the World, Falls on you!"

A loud THUMP resounded through the ceiling before it collapsed on the youkai, crushing him. A shadowy figure lithely jumped through the opening he made, for indeed it was a man, admiring his work. Two twitching triangles adorned his head and two long black tails hung idly from his waist. His hair was black as pitch.

"Onii-chan!" said Mika, running up to hug him.

"Mika, that isn't-"

"Yes, it is. I am Kashioki."

"Kashioki-nii doesn't have tails or ears!" she challenged.

"I am Kashioki na Saka na Hoi Usho. Seeker of the Truth of the Forest Tribe. I'll explain later, let's go." Kashioki pulled a colt .45 from his pants, cocked it, and edged out of the door, the girls following closely behind.

He saw the silhouette of someone coming to investigate the noise.

BANG.

In that instant, Kagome was afraid. She had never seen Kashioki keep a blank, emotionless face when causing pain. He just killed someone and didn't even blink.

"Come on."

Kashioki rounded the corner only to spin back around it. "There's five of them, and two have guns. Stay here." With a mighty roar, he dashed into the hallway, pistol bucking with each shot. Three of them were dead before they could react, and the other two snatched the guns from their fallen friends and were able to let off a few rounds of automatic fire before being plugged. Kashioki didn't slow.

"COME ON!"
The girls chased after him. Three more gunshots rang out. Kashioki cursed before three more responded. A loud WHACK accompanied by long strings of profanity were heard. The girls rounded the corner to see a staircase with a low ceiling. Kashioki had ran down it too fast to slow down and had done a backwards flip down the rest of the stairs when his head hit the boards. A large gash went across his forehead. He turned completely black before going back to normal, and the wound was gone, not even a scar.

Kashioki staggered back up. "Ugh, let's go."

As soon as he turned into the next room, Kashioki stopped dead in his tracks. Lyn stood across the room, hand on her blade's hilt.

"Run. Now."

"But it's-"

"She's been tampered with, RUN!"

The girls ran out of the building. When they were about 200 meters away, they stopped and turned around. As soon as they did, they heard a familiar voice behind them.

"Hello, bitches. Time to kill you for stealing my Inu-kun."

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Kashioki stared at Lyn.

"You know who I am, Lyn. You know. Don't let whoever tampered with you control you."

"Silence, murderer. I know no Lyn. I am Lossiara, and I am here to avenge my family. The family that you killed in cold blood."

"I killed no one related to you. You know this. You know this is not you."

"Silence! It is only because of Onorora that I lived! She WILL destroy you should I fail!"

Kashioki's eyes narrowed. "Onorora lives? The bitch, I thought the Defense Forces killed her."

"The Defense Forces? Ha! They were after you, not your sister!"

"That bitch is not my older sister. She is an evil mockery of her wearing her skin. She was corrupted by power, and-"

Lossiara unsheathed her blade. "Enough of your lies. I will end your life, right now."

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Dun dun dun. Didn't see that coming, didja? Review please.