A/N: Cover image belongs to YokaiYume from devianart.

I don't own any of InuYasha manga or anime


Rena was lying in her room, Sesshomaru had left to find Himitsu. It had been almost two weeks since Rin had left, and no one would tell her where she had gone, and why she left. It made her mad, things were already bad enough with her past a mystery, with her Lord acting out and the strange dreams and headaches she'd been receiving lately. It was all to much for her to take in.

Rena rolled over on her side and stared out the window of her room, she could only see the gardens but, she didn't mind. She started rubbing her temples as another headache made itself known, she closed her eye and images of people she didn't recognize flashed in her mind, the name Kagome was on a never ending cycle but it was repeated in the same voices. The images were on a repetitive cycle as well, starting with an older woman with short hair, a young boy who could pass as her younger brother, a small fox child, a monk and a demon slayer, a cat, and a boy that resembled Sesshomaru but had dog ears and had no markings. Many other images were present as well but those were the ones that she could see better.

Rena opened her eyes once again, her vision slightly blurry, "I don't know you... Stay out of my head..." The images never stopped though, neither did the voices. It was hard for her not to cry, her heart hurt and she didn't know why. Her hands covered her face and tears started to fall down her cheeks, she wished it would all go away. The questions, the pain, the voices, the images and the feelings. She wished it would all just go away...

"You want everything to go away? That's a rather odd wish." A voice chuckled.

Rena jumped and looked around, and soon her eyes found a strange silhouette hiding in the corner. "Who are you?" Her voiced quivered, she knew the voice, and she was afraid of it.

"Come now, I know I never told you my name but surely you realize who I am, Kagome." The silhouette walked forward, and it's shape began to change. It was still wispy like a shadow but it was solid now. It had a strange mask covering it's face, and the only thing visible were it's strange glowing orange eyes. It's body was covered in a wispy like substance that moved and it's arms were coated in bone like armor. "I think you would be pleased to hear that I am not here to kill you." It laughed.

Rena glared at it suspiciously and push her back up so she was in a sitting position. "I'm not this Kagome person you keep talking about. I am not her, and she is not me."

"Of course you're Kagome, who else would you be?" The creature was suddenly gripping her face, it's breath smelled of decay, "Stop pushing the memories away."

"I don't know what you're talking about." She coughed and tried to pry its hands away but when she touched the creature, it felt like knives pierced her flesh. She jerked away from it and jumped off the bed.

"You can't run from me little one, it would be a foolish attempt on your life to do so right now." Rena ignored it and threw her door open only to find a pitch black abyss, "I would close that if I were you, I think the yokai have sensed your presence now." All of a sudden, claws and fangs made themselves known and they all started reaching for her. She slammed the door closed, her eyes wide and tears threatening to fall.

"Where have you taken me...?"She dropped to her knees and held onto the door, "Why won't you leave me alone...?"

"That is a difficult question to answer Kagome, but I will answer it anyways. We are in an in between world, it's where the dead cross over into the nether world. As for the second question, I can't not simply leave you be, I am apart of you, so leaving would be impossible."

Rena turned slightly, her azure eyes darkened and her voice became angry, "You are not apart of me."


Shippo was sitting in a tree over looking Himitsu, he had been tied up for two days now. The fox kit was surprised that the young lord hadn't tried to escape, the ropes he was in were easy enough to break, but Shippo couldn't understand why he was simply sitting there. He jumped down from the tree and looked over everyone, they were all asleep, except for InuYasha who wasn't present. The kit walked over to the golden eyed yokai and kicked his foot. "Mama is not dead, I can smell her on you." He said.

"I will not argue with you Shippo, nor will I lie. She is alive, but she is no longer the same." Himitsu lowered his eyes from the stern emerald orbs that were so filled with rage and sadness that it was difficult to look into them.

"What do you mean?" Shippo asked, he crossed his small arms and tilted his head.

"She remembers nothing, only the last two years. She goes by the name Rena now."

"Why will you not release her from the castle?" The kit growled.

"My brother's orders, I can not disobey him."

"You loved mama, why let her live a lie." Shippo was confused, and he hated Himitsu for letting this all happen.

"My loyalty lies with my lord, I am truly sorry." He bowed his head and met the kit's gaze once more.

"I will make you a deal." The kitsune child stated.

"What?" Himitsu shook his head and continued to look at Shippo.

"You will take me with you when you go back to the palace, I will release you if you allow me to travel with you." Shippo's eyes hardened, "I want to see her with my own eyes."

"Very well, but I cannot return right away, I have to save Rin." an emotion flashed across the kit's vision but Himitsu could not read it, the green eyed child untied the young taiyokai's ropes and hopped onto his shoulder. They escaped camp by Himitsu's cloud and rushed away quietly, leaving the two mortals still sleeping and unaware of their absence.


A/N: Short chapter I know, sorry.