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A knock sounded through the small room I was given by North, "Kagome, are you in there?" Jack's voice echoed off of the walls and rang in my ears.

"Go away;" I growled out, "I don't want to deal with you right now." Okay, so I was brooding over the fact that I felt practically trapped in here, but it's not my fault. I didn't even want to be here.

"Aw, why so harsh Firecracker? I was just going to ask if you wanted to go for a walk… You know, outside."

Instantly, I felt giddy, overwhelmed with joy at the prospect of leaving my confined… "prison". "I'll be out in a moment!" Quickly I started to rush around the room, searching for a brush to untangle the unruly hair I had gained from not moving from where I was near the window except to sleep. On the ground.

As we exited North's HQ Jack turned to me, "We think we have an idea of what is going on."

I slowly turned my eyes towards his, silently telling him to continue.

"Since there have been an increase in children believing," he began, "we are suspecting that maybe someone else is causing the kids to believe in us guardians for their safety.

"No, really?" Sarcasm oozed from the two words I had slipped out. "I honestly think that maybe, we shouldn't be sitting here just waiting for the answer to come to us. We need to go out and investigate what is causing such an increase in the faith we have put into us by the children."


A/N: I'm sorry about this crappy chapter, it just all out sucks, but I have to get past this crappy part in order to get to the exciting stuff. Thank you to all who are new and old supporters. Look forward to the next installment on Tuesday!

Peace!

Miko-Stone