Chapter Notes: Ok! And I am back with more! I think I updated rather quickly. I wanted to give thanks to my WONDERFUL reviewers, Taeniaea and Renie LovesInuyasha Amore!!! You two rock! Much nicer reviews than expected!!! It makes me happy! Anyway on with the story.

Kagome stared in amazement, though her eyes gave nothing away

staying their solid black that showed no mercy. In the middle of her

small, pale hand held a sphere of water with some droplets splashing

out with energy, it seemed. As she thought in her head, the sphere

hovering above her hand slightly turned with a grace that could match

Kagomes. A small gasp escaped her red lips. Kagome thought harder

and it started sprouting like a fountain on its own free will. Kagome

sighed. 'It's the same color as sadness and the same touch of coldness.

Is this what Kagura was talking about? Can I still purify?' Wild thoughts

flashed her mind, making the water in her hand sprinkle higher, faster,

and harder.

'Inuyasha…' Kagome sadly thought. 'Is he still searching for Kikyo, not

even caring for me? Why should he even think of me. I left him. But

still, I love him and it burns me up inside.' Kagome depressingly hung

her head to the side eyes half closed in painful thoughts. Even in the

depressing mode, some say she looked prettier that way. The graceful

sphere formed the shape of a dog and Inuyasha, water splashing out

from both of them. Kagome glanced at the masterpiece, but knew it

was there out of sadness.

'I wanna be protected, again!' She mourned in her head. 'I miss him and

his promise. I want it back…' As she was thinking this, water from the

creek seemed to leap out and it formed a circle around her, hovering

protectively around her, always swirling every which way. It would

splash out droplets everywhere, but always to the outside keeping

Kagome amazingly dry, in a beautiful way. Kagome got up on the balls

of her feet and jumped off in the direction she believed she came

from. The blue water never lost its pattern, still hovering over her, but

with holes appearing every so often for her to see. When she touched

the ground, the cold water would be under her feet, leaving dampness

in its wake.

Kagome was tired, she was sad, she was angry. As she looked at the

water's dance and protectiveness, she felt like it was her friend, the

way it gathered the light and softened it. Their jumping was beautiful,

a dance that no ballerina could compare with. Kagome squeezed her

eyes shut tightly, memories rolling in, matching the cold feel of water.

She ran for a long time. Taking a swift peek, she saw it was dark out,

meaning it was night. As Kagome closed her eyes again, the sphere of

water surrounding her protected her from thorns as she ran blindly

through the woods, amazingly not hitting any trees.

'Is the water not letting me hit the trees? I don't know anymore. My life

is going upside down.' Kagome opened her coal black eyes upon

hearing voices. Her surprise took the water off, and it seemed to

disappear into thin air. She realized she was standing on a branch of a

tree with bright green leaves. She saw the trees clustered together

quite tightly, forming a dense forest, letting hardly any moonlight in.

Kagome unexpectedly heard voices. 'Huh? So someone else is here,

other than Kagura and me?' Peering in the direction of the voices, she

jumped from tree branch, to tree branch, with feline grace.

Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Inuyasha stopped to rest for the day in a

small clearing in the dense forest. 'I doubt we will ever find a way out

of here. We've been in here for days it seems.' Inuyasha angrily

thought, the same thought going through the others minds.

"Hey, Shippou," Miroku started, "how about you go fill up our water

bottles, I heard that there is a stream nearby. We passed it on our way

here. Inuyasha, Sango, and I can get this place set up. Inuyasha,

firewood please."

"Keh, yeah, yeah." Inuyasha muttered. It was night out already. After

getting the firewood for Miroku, they started a campfire and sat down

on logs next to it. Shippou came back tipping quite dangerously side to

side everywhere with the water bottles in hand, filled to the top,

stacked on one another like a pyramid. After getting them set down

with some help from the others, he told them his tale.

"Miroku! Sango! Inuyasha! You won't believe it! There was a girl near

the creek, but she was playing with water!"

"Haha! Looks like the twirp is getting revenge at me for freaking him

out with the ghost story. Try again, Shippou." Miroku replied, tisking

him.

"No, it's true! You got to believe me!" Shippou yelled back.

Pretty soon, Miroku and Shippou had an argument over it. In-between

it, Miroku had some slap marks for rubbing Sango's backside.

Inuyasha's sharp ears started twitching as he picked up sound coming

from up above in the trees.

"Everyone, shut up! Someone's here." Inuyasha whispered seriously.

The group froze. After a moment of stillness, they too heard the

rustling in the trees. Everyone started getting out weapons, or

transforming in Kirara's case. Shippou just ran and jumped onto

Miroku's back whimpering. Miroku, Inuyasha, Sango, and Kirara stood

back to back in battle stances.

"Put your weapons away."

Inuyasha and the gang froze into stillness once more. The speaker had

voices of small bells and was speaking in a whisper, but loud enough

for them to hear. It seemed airy almost. From the pitch of it, they could

tell it was a female speaking.

"Should we do as she says?" Sango asked quietly.

"Let's question her first. Or whatever she is." Miroku suggested. Sango

nodded in agreement.

"Why are we standing here? I don't recognize the scent. It seems close

to Kagome's, but not quite. Let's just blast the trees apart. It'll be dead

in no time." Inuyasha retorted, smirking.

Miroku decisively ignored him. "Tell us, who are you?"

The group only heard silence for a second, but the unfamiliar chimes

replied softly.

"Who are you, then?"

Sango replied, "I'm Sango. The pervert next to me is Miroku, and this is

Kirara and Shippou. Oh yeah, the hot headed guy behind me is

Inuyasha."

"Sango, you shouldn't be giving out our information like that! What the

hell are you thinking?" Inuyasha scolded baring his fangs.

"Oh, shush. Just watch. Maybe she will come down now." Sango said

right back.

"Keh, I doubt it."

Kagome saw and heard everything that was said and done. They

wanted her to come down? She couldn't decide what to do. Kagome

looked at Inuyasha and closed her eyes slightly and tilted her head to

the side sadly. Her sadness overwhelmed her and she saw little lines of

water rushing around her body, sprinkling like always. She felt its cold

touch like ice as it splashed around her. She felt it tweak her hair with a

small splash. It seemed to be encouraging her to go talk to Inuyasha.

She wanted to badly. It made her chest hurt to think about it. Kagome

made up her mind to. As she glided smoothly down toward the

clearing, she saw the water still swirling around her body in lines that

splashed. It swirled with no direction in particular around her. Kagome

was thankful. It covered up her tears.

Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, and the others waited for a while. They

thought they heard the sound of water, but quickly dismissed it. They

saw the figure of a woman coming near them, with something circling

around her. She landed, but did not approach the firelight. The female

stayed in the shadows, where they could not see her clearly.

"Come and join us." Sango said carefully, wondering the girl's reaction.

Inuyasha stared at Sango, wide eyed. "Join us? You just asked her to

join us?!"

"Hush, Inuyasha. She has an air of sadness around her. Let's welcome

her in. She seems around my age. You can come!" Sango reproached

Inuyasha. She gestured for Kagome to join them, unknown that it was

Kagome. The group saw her hesitate, but start walking over. As she

entered the firelight, they gasped. The girl somehow had water flowing

around her! They looked her over, taking in every detail. (If you forgot

what she looks like, it's in chapter 8, I think. Oh, oops! I interrupted our

story! Tehee!)

"Well now, young lady, you may come sit by me." Miroku said gesturing

next to him, his fingers twitching. Sango slapped him bringing a faint

smile across Kagome's mouth.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha, happiness filling her up. She started

walking towards him, wanting to touch him, sit by him, talk to him. Five

words from his mouth broke her heart.

"Don't sit by me, wench."

Her head throbbed with ache. She saw more water flow around her,

covering her, comforting her it almost seemed. Kagome sobbed silently

behind her wall of water, tears disguising themselves as water. Kagome

felt wind rushing against her through the barrier of water. As she was

feeling the wind rush against her body, she heard gasps.

Inuyasha didn't want someone looking so much like Kikyo and Kagome

sitting by him. He didn't realize what he said hurt the strange girl so

much for some weird reason. Before he saw her get enclosed by

rushing water from nowhere, he saw a tear leak down her face.

Inuyasha saw the water shield the girl it seemed. 'Huh, this isn't any

ordinary girl we got here.' He saw his friends gaping in awe at it.

Realizing his mouth was open too, Inuyasha quickly closed it with a

snap. But, right after done so, he saw something that made it fall down

again, just as quick. A dog demon made of water ran in the air around

the female, cutting wind at her as it moved. The water dog demon

glared one eye at Inuyasha before putting the female gently on his

back. With one final glare the beast of water took off with an openly

sobbing girl lying on its back. The gang stared until it was gone.

"What just happened?" A dazed Sango asked uncertainly.

"I'm not sure myself." Miroku responded.

"Who was she anyway? She looked sort of like Kagome." Shippou

stated. Kirara mewed in agreement.

'I don't get it. What did I do?' Inuyasha wondered.

Kagome didn't mean to start crying and leave like a little girl. She was

just overcome by emotion and found herself gone. Kagome met up

with a ticked Kagura.

"Where were you girl? This was supposed to be a few minutes trip, but

it took you hours!"

"This." Kagome promptly replied holding out the sphere of water in her

hand. Kagura gasped.

"You're a water dreamer! Amazing…We must start your training then,

immediately." Kagura said in awe. Indeed they trained and trained, all

through the night.

"We'll get some sleep then go to Naraku's castle later." Kagura said.

"Alright." Was Kagome's reply. She snuggled up to herself, trying to

preserve her heat and immediately fell asleep. A surprisingly peaceful

sleep.

Chapter End Notes: Ok, sorry if it sucks. I'll try to do better! I'd love any reviews! See you ppl later!