==============Chapter Thirteen==========

"Hmm, summer's long gone. It's fall and the days are getting a little bit colder" Kagome said as she rode her bicycle, with InuYasha sitting at the back of the bike. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo rode Kirara as they followed beside them.

"Yes, it is getting a little bit colder. I believe winter is going to come soon this year" Sango replied.

"Kagome-chan, are you really going to leave us?" Shippo asked.

InuYasha's face darkened.

Kagome sighed. And looked warmly at Shippo.

"I'm afraid so, even if I want to stay. You knew I would have to go back some day. And the day has come for me to leave anytime now. I'll just help you guys find one more Shikon Jewel...Ok? Hey, maybe we'll meet again...maybe I'll meet your reincarnation!" Kagome said.

"Yah! Maybe...Most likely!" Shippo said, gladdening up a bit.

~And how long would that be until our reincarnations meet?~ InuYasha thought bitterly. ~It's just hard to imagine that I'll never see you again....never~

Kagome suddenly stopped biking, causing InuYasha to fall of the bike.

"BAKA! What the hell was that for?!" InuYasha asked loudly in annoyance, at once losing all his warm thoughts.

"I sensed the Shikon jewels!" Kagome cried.

"And I smell human blood" InuYasha murmured.

They raced towards the area and found many people lying on the grass with blood covering them. Each dead body had body parts eaten away. Kagome gasped in horror.

InuYasha looked towards the forest to see something coming towards them at a fast speed.

"I smell Naraku" InuYasha said in disgust, "It's one of Naraku's Youkai....you guys beware. His Youkai's are dangerous...."

They realized that there was not only a youkai, but human followers.

"Eh?"InuYasha looked on in surprise.

"It seems that these humans have joined this demon...who eats human flesh, but spared theirs....since they helped him catch humans to devour...." Miroku said observantly.

"I'll fuckin devour him!" InuYasha growled.

"We can't hurt these humans!" Kagome cried.

"Course we can!" InuYasha replied, "they joined the Youkai's , so too bad for them!"

"Sango, stay with Kagome" Miroku asked as he and InuYasha headed towards the army.

"Yah, and you stay put, Kagome!" InuYasha called back.

"InuYasha!" Miroku called to InuYasha, "Do NOT kill these humans! They were probably scared into doing this!"

"Keh", InuYasha fought the humans that threw themselves onto him. ~So weak...~ InuYasha thought as he punched them away.

A little distance away InuYasha could see a huddle of ladies bounded up by a rope and being pulled by the Youkai.

~The Youkai looks human....but I could smell the Youkai blood..~InuYasha thought as he headed towards the group of frighten ladies before they were eaten up.

The Youkai looked at InuYasha, "So, you are here to save the ladies are you?"

~Why is it that I could smell more then one youkai?~ InuYasha thought.

He pushed through the crowd of scrawny humans.

~The scent is getting stronger....~

"INUYASHA!" Miroku yelled, as one of the human soldiers's body ripped apart and out came a Youkai. A few more Youkais appeared and headed towards InuYasha with long claws and long tongues hanging low, the tongues looked as sharp as a knife.

"Some of these humans are already dead, InuYasha! The youkai's are hiding IN the humans! But before you kill any, make sure that they're really a Youkai!" Miroku said as he fought a human off his back.

"Hai!" InuYasha replied in annoyance.

"InuYasha, behind you!" Kagome screamed. Too late, one of the youkai ripped out of the human corps and pierced its tongue through InuYasha. InuYasha gasped at the pain and stumbled back, holding his wound.

"Shit" he muttered.

"Mmmm....good" said the Youkai.

"My fellow warriors! Hold this InuYasha down while I show him how I eat the ladies...the most tasty of the genders" said the leader Youkai.

"Who are you?!" Miroku shouted. ~If I know who this demon is, I might know how to stop it...~

"I am the new creation of Naraku, Gogotsuma! The human devouring Youkai!" he said and gave an evil laugh.

"Damn! This Youkai is not known of to me" he muttered.

Six youkai's ripped out of the human corpse and jumped onto InuYasha holding him to the ground.

"Now, InuYasha, watch this" said Gogotsuma, as he ordered a human to bring over a woman. The man got a lady, not much older looking than Kagome and threw her into Gogotsuma's arms.

Kagome cried in shock as she tried to run to help, but Sango held her back.

"You can't help Kagome. If you go, you'll be causing more trouble" Sango said seriously.

They watched in horror as the Gogotsuma stuck his nail into the frightened girls neck. His nail turned red from the blood and a bit of light could be seen shining from him. The girl's body turned into a thin wrinkled dead corpse.

"The blood of the girl is giving him power.." Miroku said, "you're disgusting!" Miroku pulled off the rosary that sealed his black hole. "Eat this you piece of shit!!!"

Gogotsuma merely laughed, "remember foolish monk, that I work for Naraku who is the one who gave you the black whole in the first place...?" A swarm of Naraku's poisonous bees swarmed towards Miroku's black whole.

"MIOKU! DON'T!!!" InuYasha yelled.

"I..have to" Miroku said as he saucked up the bees, trying to suck up Gogotsuma who was slightly moving towards the whole, "I almost...have him.....". Another swarm of bees were sucked into the whole. Miroku cried out in pain as he quickly sealed up his black whole and collapsed to the ground.

"BAKA!" InuYasha yelled running towards him.

"Miroku!" Sango cried out in worry as she also ran to him.

Kagome was about to also run to Miroku, but one of the humans struck Shippo to the ground.

"Owe my head, owe my head!" Shippo cried.

"Shippo!" Kagome cried as she picked him up and placed him up on Kirara. "You alright Shippo-chan?"

"Owe, owe, owe. My head hurts!!!" Shippo whined.

"Hm" Kagome said with a smile and patted his head and tried to ease Shippo from his wound.

"What the hell are you doing here, Sango?! I told you to go protect Kagome!!!" InuYasha yelled.

"InuYasha, you go protect her. I'll stay here with Miroku" Sango said desperately, trying to wake Miroku up.

"Hai"

"Miroku-sama...wake up please. Come on, we need you!" Sango cried as her eyes teared up. ~Don't die..not to the person I.... care for so much....~

InuYasha headed towards Kagome who was caring for Shippo. A few humans were running towards Miroku and Sango, but Sango got rid of them. A youkai was headed for Kagome, but she shot it down with an arrow.

~We have to hurry~ InuYasha said, as more humans were being devoured by Gogotsuma.

As he was walking towards Kagome he saw a figure not that far away from the opposite direction of Kagome. He turned from Kagome and stared at the figure which seemed to be calling at him.

"K...Kikyo!" InuYasha cried. ~She came back!~

InuYasha started to run towards Kikyo. "KIKYO! Get out of here! You might get killed! Kikyo!!!!"

"InuYasha...." Kagome whispered sadly.

"Dammit, we're all out of girls......hey, but that one looks tasty .." Gogotsume said looking at Kagome.

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Kagome watched as InuYasha was racing towards Kikyo, slightly limping from his wounds.

"Kikyo!" InuYasha cried as he came up to her. "You came back...."

"Of course I did InuYasha" she replied warmly. "Why would I leave you, my dear InuYasha....You are hurt!" Kikyo said.

"I'm fine" he replied, staring at Kikyo.

"I must go now. I just came to check up on you. I shall not have you dead. I want you, InuYasha. I want you with me alive" Kikyo said, as she touched InuYasha' s cheek and disappeared.

Kagome slowly turned around, feeling something speeding up towards her. All she could see was a claw flashing towards her.

Kagome screamed.

InuYasha snapped out of his thoughts of Kikyo to see....that he had left Kagome in danger. And now....she was in a very big danger. Just because he had chosen to go protect Kikyo who had been in no danger at all....

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