Last chapter was the half way point… I know…. Isn't it over yet!? We still have the war at the end, and we will try to update faster. We may bring in a lot of characters, not new ones, to make the story more fun. You just have to stay tuned and read. Oh! Happy Birthday Yuri!

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"Kagome?" Sango ran towards the loud crash she heard outside Kaede's hut. "Kagome! Are you okay!?" She yelled as she tried to figure out what happened.

"K- Kikyo? No. Stop. Help. Yumi?" She mumbled. Her forehead was burning up. It was the second time this has happened in that week.

"Kagome. Make sure Inuyasha doesn't hear you say her name." Sango helped her inside the hut. Just a few minutes after Inuyasha was at the hut.

"Again?" He said as he walked closer. Sango nodded and went to fetch water. "Kagome? Are you okay?"

"What? I don't know." She sighed once she gained control over her own words.

"I would let you go back to your time, but as we all know the well has closed."

"Right. It's been peaceful. Have you noticed the Sacred Jewel Shards haven't been causing trouble anymore?"

"I was discussing that with Miroku and Sango yesterday. Naraku is up to something, but he calmed down too. I haven't seen him since…"

"Since Yumi joined them?"

"She betrayed us. That's what it's called. She jumped and she might be…"

"I doubt it."

"Why?"

"If I never really died, then I think she didn't either."

"She had what was coming to her."

"Are you saying that because she killed Kikyo?"

"No. It's true."

"Who are you trying to kid?"

"What do you mean!? She was a traitor, and a murderer! Kikyo wasn't the first person she killed. She was eventually going to have to pay!"

"Inuyasha, just admit it…"

"There's nothing to admit!" Sango walked in and the room was silent once again. Inuyasha ran out and Sango stared at Kagome. They both managed a smile and Kagome lied down. The little argument made her head hurt even more.

"I hate to say it but… I told you." Sango smiled and she soaked a cloth and put it on Kagome's forehead.

"I guess…"

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"Good morning Tokyo!" The anchor woman cheered. "I am at the Tokyo airport, awaiting the arrival of the rock princesses of Tokyo. It seems like yesterday that the main singer, Yumi Higurashi, was breaking all the rules to show everyone what she was made of." A clip of the Tokyo High School showed on the screen. "Yes, it has been one year since they departed with Angelo and his new guitarist and drummer Kyrie, and the young man they called Mush, who were ex-members of Miss Yumi and Miss Ami's band. They split up once Yumi grew tired of them and made a duo group. Little did they know that these two girls were going to go big in America and top Angelo on the music charts! Here comes their jet! Now let's see if we can ask them a few questions." The jet landed and then stairs were added to bring the girls down. The first one to exit the aircraft was Ami, who looked pretty much the same. Then Yumi exited, she looked different. Her hair still had many layers, but she had them curled. She had a skirt on, which was her new clothing article of choice; it was black and in a way, resembled a tutu. She wore a tank top under her off-shoulder, pink sweater. She had black and white striped thigh-high socks and black leather boots that went to her knee. She took of her raybans sunglasses and waved to the camera. Once she made that gesture, the two were crowded with paparazzi.

"Nice going Yums."

"Shut up." She said through her hissed through her teeth.

"Miss Higurashi, what caused your new style?"

"I don't know."

"Ami! Is it true you and Yumi are staying in Tokyo now?"

"Most likely…."

"Tokyo! Here are the two princesses!" The anchorwoman smiled at the camera and put an arm around the girls. "Now what are your plans? Are you still going to play or was that pretty much it?" She waved the microphone to both girls. Yumi cocked her head and stared at the woman.

"Hey you're the chick that said I was least likely to succeed in life!"

"Oh yeah! The lady at THS!" Ami agreed.

"And that's it for today! I am pretty sure these two want to go home and rest!"

"That's what I thought lady!" Yumi yelled. She may have a wider variety of clothing, but her personality was still the same. The anchorwoman left, but the rest of the reporters got closer.

"Yumi what did you think of Angelo!?"

"No comment…" She replied as she struggled to walk. The man turned to Ami.

"What did Yumi think of Angelo?"

"She thought he was a freak, and a poser, and a really bad singer."

"Ami… what part of 'no comment' don't you understand?"

"Sorry." The airport security guards finally got the paparazzi to back away. They were escorted outside where they were greeted with fans. They managed to sign a few autographs as they made their way into their limo.

"Finally!" Yumi shouted inside the vehicle. I'm starting to hate this…"

"Why? Because you can't go out to buy your pizza without being mauled?"

"Yes! That's why. Do you know how long it's been since I went to buy some by myself in peace?"

"A long time."

"Yes! That, my friend, is torture. Hey hand me my jeans and some shoes I can actually walk in."

"Some style huh?"

"Hey you won the bet, I wasn't gonna back out! Plus, I'm starting to like the skirt things."

"I can see through your act…"

"This is torture!"

"Dork. Your hair looks good though."

"You really think so? I was going to put it up into a pony tail but-" Ami smiled at her friend, "You're one cruel person. I hang around you too much."

"Oh Yumi… I can't give your clothes back yet though…" She said stuffing all of Yumi's regular clothing in her suitcases and making sure she only had the girly clothing.

"Yums? Where'd you get this?" She said pointing at the necklace around Yumi's neck. It was just a silver chain with half of a pink jewel on the end.

"I, uh… it was gift."

"But it's broken."

"It has a story..." She said once she had her jeans on, she took it. She held it in her hand… half of the Sacred Jewel Shard she took from Naraku. She looked up, and Ami had a blank expression. "Ami?" No response. She tried talking to the chauffer but he didn't respond either. She looked out the window and they weren't moving, it was like time froze. The first thing she noticed when she looked out was the top of the Scared Tree from Higurashi Shrines. She blinked hard and everything was back to normal.

"Yums? You okay? You looked out of it."

"Uh… well it's been a year. Yeah. You think Ayumi still hates you?"

"Her and many people besides her." She smiled.

"Well, here's your time to find out." She pointed out the window once the limo stopped in front of Higurashi Shrines. Many students of TPHS skipped school to greet the now well-known stars. She spotted Ayumi from the crowd.

"I'll take your luggage into the house, Miss Yumi, and Miss Ami, you might want to escort her to her house, you go right ahead." The chauffer smiled brightly.

"No arguing with you there." Yumi slid out of the car and tried shoving her way through the crowd. Ayumi grabbed her and took her off to the sides.

"Where's Kagome!?"

"I… don't know?"

"She hasn't been to school since you two last left."

'I guess you can only pass if you have a Jewel Shard…' She thought. "Well, that's not my problem." She brushed past her and headed towards her home. The chauffer, once he was done unloading Yumi's luggage, shooed everyone off. Ami walked inside with Yumi and smiled. Nothing changed.

"I guess I'll go home now…" Ami hugged Yumi.

"Stay… c'mon."

"I would, but my parents are visiting today."

"Ah, okay then. I'll talk to you later then."

"It might be a while though, the rents want to stay for quite a while and 'spend time with me'"

"Eesh…"

"I know. So… bye Yumi."

"Bye." Ami exited and Yumi made her way into the living room. "Hey booger, where's mom?"

"Yumi! I never thought I'd say this but, I missed you!"

"So what's with Kagome not coming back?"

"We don't know, she just never did…"

"Mom?"

"Oh right… she's in her room reading."

"Oh okay." As Yumi walked into the room, she couldn't help but notice all the pictures she had of her and Yumi as they were babies, toddlers, little kids, tweens, and one from the year before Yumi left, which she didn't remember her taking, but from the looks of the picture, Yumi and Kagome were arguing so, that might have been why. Her mom turned towards Yumi.

"Welcome back…"

"Yeah… thanks. Ugh-"

"Don't worry, I did as you said, I never told Kagome, which was easy to do because she never returned."

Flashback

Yumi's cheeks were wet from crying as she approached her home. She ran in and held her mom tightly.

"It's over…"

"What is?" She hugged back.

"Mom? Promise me…" She looked up. Their eyes met and she was being hypnotized my Yumi. "Promise that when Kagome comes back, that you don't say anything about me, don't tell her where I left, nothing."

"Yes."

"Tell Souta to do the same."

"Yes." She nodded. Yumi blink hard and cried louder.

End

"Thanks. And I know she didn't come back."

"What are you going to do now?"

"I don't know, but one thing I do know is that I have to give this thing back." She held the jewel out.

"Be careful."

"Yeah."

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"She's back."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm alive now aren't I?"

"Do what you wish with her, she stole what was mine, so I have no use for her, I do have you. Get it back."

"Yes Naraku."

"Yumi?"

"What?"

"Don't overdue yourself."

"I can't promise you that. It's been a year since I last used my powers."

"Great. Why don't you take Hakudoshi and Dakudoji?"

"Whatever…" She walked out of Naraku's castle and into the fields where the two made sure Naraku's demons stayed at the castle.

"Look who's back Dakudoji." Hakudoshi sneered.

"Look who's not jealous anymore."

"What do you want?" His face was serious again.

"Naraku wants you guys to come with me."

"Where?" Dakudoji asked.

"Jewel time."

"What about the demons?" They both sighed.

"Kagura will do it."

"Should we tell her?" Dakudoji started following Yumi.

"No."

"How will she know that she needs to do this."

"She won't."

"I get it!"

"Oh, Mush, so slow…"

"Who's Mush?"

"What?"

"You called me Mush."

"No I called you Dakudoji."

"No you didn't."

"Yes I did!"

"No!"

"Yes!

"No!

"Yes!"

"Both of you silence!" Hakudoshi pinched both of them.

"Well then! Oh and before I forget… I have a friend for you, Hakudoshi…"

"What now?" He rolled his eyes. Yumi whistled and the sound of clomping came from the sky. There was a whinny and a sudden heat wave. "Entei?"

"Yup! Skin and all! Well… you know what? You get it." Hakudoshi smiled. "Aww… you look so cute when you smile!" He aimed his weapon at Yumi's throat.

"This doesn't mean I won't kill you…" He sat on Entei's back and helped the other two up.

"So was the Afterlife?" Dakudoji asked after silence in the air.

"It wasn't bad. It was boring, but it wasn't that bad. I sat on a leather sofa, got yelled at by Isabella, threw bones everywhere, dug a few graves…the usual."

"You hated it…"

"Yes! Finally she came back!"

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Kagome sat up in her mat. For a second, she thought she felt the presence of a Sacred Jewel Shard.

"What wrong, Kagome?" Shippo leaned on her.
"Nothing… just… thought I was going to sneeze.

On the other side of the well was Yumi. She was walking back and forth thinking about what to do if she ran into Inuyasha. If they saw each other, she knew it would be worse than the first time they met. She sighed, stomped, and finally jumped in the well. 'Life was fun…' She thought as she warped through time.

Kagome walked outside and looked around… nothing. She was headed inside once again, but someone's hands went over her mouth and she was blindfolded. She tried screaming, but the sound wouldn't come out. "What do we do now?" Dakudoji whispered.

"We wait for the princess… Is Hakudoshi in place?"

"Yeah."

"Good."

"Okay. So what if I tell them I'm sorry, tell them what happened, and give them the jewel? No… wait… that doesn't sound too bad… well, here's hoping."

"Kagome! Oh Kagome, did you change?" Miroku asked as Yumi looked for Inuyasha in the village. An idea was created in her head…

"Uh yes! I got tired of my school uniform!" She played along, "Where's Inuyasha?"

"Probably still sitting in a tree close to the river or something like that."

"Great help…"

"What was that?"

"Thanks for the help."

"Any time!" She walked to the river and inspected every tree she could find… nothing. She went to the Forest of Inuyasha and started looking. The sun started setting, and still there was no sign of the hanyou. Maybe she's forgotten how he looked? Impossible, it was, after all, Inuyasha. She heard a shuffling noise and then she was being crushed by something or someone.

"Hey girlie, why don't you come with us, and we'll show you what being a woman's all about." Perverted bandits, and once again it was Yumi they were after. It wasn't much of a shock since she was used to it, especially since she spent most of her time in the feudal era…

"I… I'd have to say no to your offer."

"It wasn't a question!" He yelled and he and his buddies pointed some sort of weapon at her… another thing she was used to, and also very annoyed of.

"That's another mistake!" A voice came from nowhere. Finally, her worst nightmare arrived. Inuyasha landed and smiled as he was already enjoying what he was going to do.

"And who the hell are you!?" One of them yelled. Without answering, Inuyasha punched them, and destroyed their weapons. They all stared at him for a second before running off.

"Cowards… are you okay, Kagome?"

"Uh? Yeah, Sure, of course! Why do you ask? Doesn't it look like I'm okay? What's wrong?"

"Uh… nothing…what's this?" He held the jewel on Yumi's necklace and stared at her. "How'd you get it?"

"I found it! Cause, you know, that's what I do, find jewels and stuff. Yeah, cause I'm good at that, and I can do the finding of Sacred Jewel Shards."

"You shouldn't be out here alone… especially in your condition.

"Condition? What condition? I'm fine!"

"Uh… let's go back to the hut."

"Um, I actually wanted to go home."

"The well's closed."

"I doubt it, I mean the jewel is back so…"

"Do whatever you want to do." He smiled and walked towards the village. He heard a squeal and looked back. Yumi had her hand on her neck and was looking up. He smelled the scent of bird and took Tetsaiga out. "So you're not dead huh, Yumi?"

"Well I was, but now I'm back, and alive as ever! Hey, Yumi!" She smiled. And the real Yumi slapped her forehead.

"Yumi?" Inuyasha asked. Raven Yumi snapped and Hakudoshi and Dakudoji came out with Kagome.

"Kagome?" Yumi asked.

"Kagome!"

"Inuyasha!"

"Yumi…" He turned towards the raven.

"Inuyasha."

"…Oprah!" Yumi yelled feeling left out. Everyone stared at Yumi. "Eek!" Inuyasha had his sword at Yumi.

"You know, that shouldn't have scared me… I thought I was used to it by now…"

"What do you want?"

"Me?"

"No the sky… why is there two of you?"

"Funny story you see…"

"Kill her." Raven Yumi smiled, and Hakudoshi was about to slit her throat. "Stop!" the raven ordered. She looked at Inuyasha who chased Yumi. "Dakudoji, make sure she doesn't get killed."

"Sure…."

"C'mon! That's not fair! You have a giant sword and I don't even have powers that's unfair!"

"We've been through this before…"

"But it wasn't my fault!"

"Killing Kikyo wasn't your fault?"

"Okay that was… but other than that it wasn't!"

"You sealed your fate…" He made a swing, but Yumi moved out of the way, but Tetsaiga still made a deep gash on her arm. She ran further.

"Truce!"

"Not this time."

"I… I thought we were friends! C'mon!"

"Funny, that's what I thought…" He made another swing but she fell so he missed. Once he said that, tears automatically started falling. "Wrong time to be crying…"

"You really don't care… if I die or get killed?"

"No. not really…" That made Yumi angry, she tried giving him the Jewel Shard! She wiped her tears away; her mind was made up, for real this time… He used the Wind Scar, but Yumi finally used her powers to make a barrier. Once she used her powers, the raven Yumi turned into a whirlpool of dust and disappeared. Hakudoshi and Dakudoji stared at Kagome and figured the best thing to do was let her go. They climbed upon Entei and searched for Yumi.

"Well then, if that's your choice!"

"It is!" He yelled back at her and swung harder.

"You should have seen the look on Kikyo's face when I killed her. She's never looked so pathetic… well, I can't really say that, it's more of an understatement, but you get the idea…" She dodged the rest on Inuyasha's attacks and she was about to advance on her attack when Entei flew up over the cliff.

"Time to go." Dakudoji sighed.

"Maybe next time, Inuyasha. Tell Kagome… that I'll be back…" She grinned smugly, but it was just an act, she didn't want to worry her sister, and she hoped Inuyasha understood what she really meant.

"We'll be waiting… to kill you!" He retorted. All hope was lost. Yumi shook her heard and trapped Inuyasha in a cage of vines.

"Might as well make a leash, Yumi." Dakudoji smirked. She smiled, but it quickly faded away. Inuyasha struggled to get out, but when he did, the three were already out of sight. He sighed and ran towards Kagome's direction. He saw her on the ground and hurried over to her.

"Kagome! Kagome, are you okay? Did those bastards hurt you?"

"No, they ran off when Yumi turned into dust."

"Dust?"

"Yeah. At the same time, I heard loud crackling noises. Was Yumi-?"

"Yeah."

"What's happening?"

"That's what I want to know. Let's get back to the others, I have a feeling Naraku is up to his dirty tricks again."

"Right." She frowned and followed Inuyasha, she didn't know what to do… should she tell him why Yumi killed Kikyo or-

"Is everything okay?"

"Huh? Oh yeah, I guess I'm just really tired."

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The black velvet sky was clear and peaceful, but for how long will this be? How long will it be until it is stained red from destruction, or struck with despair? Yumi thought of this as she stared at Hakudoshi guide Entei. She will fight, fight, fight, and then what? There may be a battle between her and her former friends, but that was nothing in comparison with the war raging inside her heart. Suddenly her attention snapped to a white figure in the distance. Entei landed near a giant mound of rocks, decay, and stained ground.

"Kanna. Why have you told us to meet us here?" Hakudoshi sighed.

"The girl." She pointed.

"Can we kill her yet?"

"Naraku's orders." She pointed to the giant hill of…rubbish.

"What is she talking about?" Dakudoji whispered. Yumi hopped off of the horse's back and examined the hill.

"I all mistakes can't be fixed with talk…" she thought out loud.

"What?"

"Uh… I mean, there are bones in between the boulders, there's blood on the ground, and graveyard soil everywhere."

"…Okay?"

"Stupid. Naraku wants me to bring someone back from the dead, but I need to get more bones and I need more soil to do it."

"Who do you think he wants us to bring back?"

"Us? No, me, and I don't know… what do you think, Hakudoshi?"

"Why are you asking me?"

"Because you're the one that's been 'involved' the longest."

"Well, this seems to be some of what used to be Mt. Hakurei, but I don't know who that is…"

"Oh well, we have work to do…" Yumi whistled and they all stared. She whistled again, but nothing happened. Not a single feather filled the sky.

"Looks like someone got exiled…" Hakudoshi smirked. Yumi glared but soon started looking for the remaining bones.

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Happy Birthday to me! My nickname's Yumi! This is the second time I sing this song, but I must say so long! I improved my rhyming! Another year… wow how the year passed… honestly, Mayura hasn't told me ANYTHING about the story so I don't know what Yumi's up to… it's kinda scaring me… Well R&R! Mucho lovo guys! Yuri out 333