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bluediamond-hime: haha well I am so sorry about making you wait so long for an update... and I hope you still love this story as much as you did before. Well here is the long awaited next chapter. And you'll just have to wait and see what happens to Leigh... I don't like giving too many hints away!

icygirl2: Yah moving was hard but we are all done now... for the most part and now that I'm back into the school routine things are going to go back to the way they use to be... lots of updates haha! I'm glad you like the story and I hope you keep reading even though I've made you wait so long!

"Here's some fresh water to wash away the blood." Shippo said handing a bowl and cloth to Kagome.

"Thanks Shippo! Now go back to the guys ok?" Kagome said ruffling his hair.

"Kagome… is Leigh going to be alright?" Shippo asked earnestly.

"Well I can't say for sure but she looks like she'll live!" Kagome said smiling and joking with the young fox demon.

"Don't worry Shippo! I don't feel any pain so I think I'll be ok!" Leigh said smiling up at him.

"Ok…" Shippo said apprehensively.

"Go on now Shippo we need to take a look at her." Sango said smiling reassuringly.

"Right!" Shippo said running off.

"So… how does she seam?" Miroku asked when Shippo returned.

"Fine… a little pale and smeared in blood but she says the pain is gone."

"Interesting…" Miroku said rubbing his chin.

"What are you thinking Miroku?" Inuyasha asked not even looking over at the lecherous monk.

"Well… it could be possible that Leigh didn't even get hurt that the blood is from the demon."

"Yah I guess…" Inuyasha said.

"If the demon had bleed at all it would be a great theory." Koga said.

"What are you talking about flea bag?" Inuyasha asked heatedly.

"You incinerated her. There is no way that she bleed on Leigh."

"Ok this may sting a little Leigh." Kagome said as she mixed the water with anti-bacteria disinfectant.

"Oh please Kagome! I'm use to this!" Leigh said dropping her voice preparing for the sting.

"Yah ok… ready?"

"Mmmm"

"That's a lot of blood…" Sango said as Kagome whipped away the blood on Leigh's chest, "Be careful the wound could be more serious than we thought."

"Right… ok Leigh I'm going to open your shirt now, tell me if it hurts too much ok?"

"Yah…"

Kagome slowly pealed back Leigh's shirt and whipped off the excess blood that was around her chest. Moving carefully and slowly Kagome moved her way up to where the blood originated.

"What? There's no wound!" Kagome exclaimed.

"What do you mean?" Sango said bending over to get a good look.

"There's no open wound! Leigh are you sure that's your own blood?"

"How else would it have gotten on me?" Leigh said sitting up and looking at her chest.

"Well Kagura it appears that Tamako has succeeded in her task, but she has failed me otherwise. That half-demon Inuyasha has killed her." "So your plan will still work, my Lord?"

"Yes, I believe it will work most perfectly."

"But why waste the shard on that stupid human girl! Especially since she isn't Kagome!"

"Because Kagura, Kagome would fight the curse placed on the shard. That shard is cursed to drain all the energy and life out of the person that it is inside of to within inches of death."

"What is my task Naraku? You must have something for me otherwise you would never have asked me to come."

"You are very clever Kagura. I want you to go to them in three days and attack them, get the shards and bring the girl to me! I have special plans for her, so make sure she stays alive!"

"Yes Naraku."

"So there's no wound?" Miroku asked.

"There doesn't appear to be one. Not even a scratch!" Sango said sitting beside him and Inuyasha.

"Maybe I should take a look." Miroku suggested seductively.

"Yah right!" Sango said angrily.

"Actually…" Leigh said coming to the small group, "That might not be a bad idea. Maybe there's something that Kagome missed."

"What? Are you kidding me?" Sango said.

"No objections here." Miroku said eagerly.

"Leigh!" Kagome said shocked.

"Kagome I mean it. I still feel funny maybe there's something that he can sense."

"Alright but we're all staying here so no funny business Miroku."

"I wouldn't dream of it!"

"Yah right…" Koga said sceptically.

Leigh pulled her school uniform top up over her head so she was sitting by the fire in her skirt and bra. She shivered slightly in the night air. Suddenly Miroku was right in front of her, looking her over.

"Well?" Kagome asked.

"She's fine… very fine. OUCH! Sango!"

"Stop being such a lecher and check to make sure Leigh isn't hurt!"

"Alright, alright I'm sorry. Hmmm…" Miroku said running his hand over the upper left side of Leigh's chest, "That is very strange… you don't even have swelling."

"Do you sense anything?" Kagome asked over his shoulder.

"No… not at all."

"So… where'd the blood come from?" Koga asked.

"Does it really matter all that much? I mean if I'm not injured what's the fuss?" Leigh asked.

"She has a point. If she is fine we should keep going." Inuyasha said from his stance, leaning on a nearby tree.

"Inuyasha! Don't be such an ass hole!" Kagome said her temper flaring up.

"Kagome its fine… he does have a point." Leigh said smiling up at her cousin, "So… am I all clear Miroku?"

"Yup, I'd have to say you are…" Miroku said lifting his hand off her chest.

"Thanks… now if it's alright with all of you I'm going to go wash my shirt. I really don't want to walk around with my shirt soaked in blood… especially if it isn't even mine!"

"Good point…" Sango said still eyeing Miroku.

Standing up in just a skirt and bra, Leigh grabbed her bloodied shirt and walked away from the fire. Her pale skin shimmered in the moonlight and her long hair cascaded down her back as she disappeared through the woods.

"Did you really not see anything?" Sango asked once Leigh was gone.

"Honestly, no." Miroku whispered in her ear. "Want me to check you over, in case it's your blood?"

"Yah right! Keep dreaming monk!" Sango said as she stood up and moved to the other side of the fire.

She picked her way through the trees in the dark night. Normally it was hard to see in such little light but somehow it wasn't so hard anymore. She stepped quickly and lightly on the grass, her footsteps were as light as air and quiet as the night itself. Her ears picked up the sound of a babbling brook and she moved in that direction. And sure enough just around the next tree appeared a stream. Slowly and gracefully she knelt by the stream and dipped her shirt into the cold water. As she scrubbed the water around the shirt slowly turned red.

"Hey…" came a voice behind her, "want some company?"

She lifted her head to see Koga standing there by the stream, "Sure…" she said in a sultry voice nothing like her own.

"Are you sure you feel alright?" Koga asked as he approached her.

"Yah… why do you ask?" Leigh said standing up holding her wet but clean shirt in her hands.

"No reason… just checking…"

"So, you have a thing for Kagome?" Leigh asked as she closed the gap between them.

"Uh… what… well… um you see now…" Koga began to stumble over his words as Leigh was running her finger up his chest.

"Shame really… I could make you so much happier than she ever could." Leigh said moving her hand from his chest to his arm.

"Leigh, I, what are you doing?" Koga asked in shock as she moved even closer to him if it was possible.

"What, don't you think I'm pretty like Kagome?"

"Well… I … yes, I guess you are… but seriously Leigh my heart belongs to Kagome…" Koga said his heart pounding in his chest at Leigh's touch. He was beginning to wonder just how long he could wait for Kagome. It was then he sensed a change in Leigh. She stopped touching him and become rigid.

"So, that's the way it's going to be now?" She said her voice low and harsh.

"What? Leigh, your confusing me. What's the matter with you?" He stepped away from her and pulled her face up so he could see her eyes. They were no longer her stunning blue, instead they were red. He realized that somehow she had changed, more or less, into her demon form.

"FINE, if I can't have you NEITHER WILL KAGOME!" Leigh cried as she moved to attack. Koga only barely missed the attack as he darted off into the woods.

"Well Kana, it seems my curse is working even faster than I had expected. It appears this young girl is nowhere near as powerful as Kagome is. Luckily that is exactly what I was hopping for. She is such an exquisite young girl though. Don't you think, Kana?"

The white haired girl holding the mirror, while her master watched only the picture and no sound of the events surrounding his obsession, simply nodded.

"Hmm, I will rather enjoy this. Only a few more days Kana, and then she will be mine. Ha ha ha! HA HA HA!"

With her shirt still wet in her arms Leigh made her way back to the fire. Most of them were already asleep, except for Miroku, who sat by the fire keeping an ever vigilant watch. Quietly, as though walking on air she came up behind him and placed a feather light hand on his shoulder. She could feel his body stiffen in response to the touch and quickly knelt to whisper in his ear.

"Shhhh! It's alright Miroku, it's just me."

"Good lord, Leigh, you scared me. Since when did you learn to walk so stealthily?"

"Hmmm I guess I just picked it up along the way." Leigh said as she sat down beside him, letting her hand move from his shoulder down his arm.

"So, did you get your shirt clean?" Miroku asked still staring at the fire.

"Mhmmm…"

"Well you better leave it by the fire so it can dry out I guess. You might as well go crawl into bed, I don't think there's any point of both of us staying awake. Besides Inuyasha's shift starts soon." Miroku said finally looking at her, "Oh by the way… have you seen Koga? He disappeared shortly after you left."

"No… I haven't. Do you think he's ok?" Leigh asked her eyes filled with concern.

"Yah I'm sure he'll be fine. He's probably off planning new ways to woo Kagome." Miroku said with a hint of laughter in his voice. He looked up at Leigh's eyes and furrowed his brows. Her eyes became dark and glazed over. Her hands shot to her heart and she began to scream.

"LEIGH! LEIGH WHAT'S WRONG! LEIGH!" Miroku shouted but his words were lost in the deafening noise of her screams. Then just as suddenly as she had started she stopped and her body slumped onto the grass beside him.

A/N: Ok so I appologize for the long wait but I hope you enjoyed this chapter! It's a bit longer than some of the other ones I think but I had a lot to write and I felt so bad for making you wait so long! I'll be updating a lot more hopefully now that I've gotten back into my routine! So don't forget to read and review!