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"Kagome!" Shippo yelled, the first one to react. "What's wrong?!?!"

The girl looked up at the little dragon. "The poor thing. The poor little dragon's lost its way," and she started to sob again.

"He was so scared," she gasped through her tears. "And he was all alone. He kept crying out until no one came."

"It's okay, Kagome," the monk said, trying to comfort the weeping girl. "We'll help him."

She only looked up at the dragon, tear eyed. "Camoss uss essitassa," she told it.

The rest of them only starred at her. "That was Dragonesst," Miroku told them, startled. "Did you know Kagome could speak Dragonesst?" The rest of them only stared at her dumbfounded and shook their heads.

"What did you say?" asked Sango.

"I told him it would be alright," Kagome told the demon hunter. "I told him we would help him."

"Ho wa!" Inu-yasha said, taking a step back. "I agreed to find the mewing, not help dragons in distress."

Kagome glared tearful eyed up at the demon, who took another step back. "Nasse hissa fossatss."

"What?!?!" Inu-yasha glared at her. "In Japanese, Girl! Speak Japanese! Not all of us are fluent in Dragonesst!"

"She was swearing at you," Miroku told the demon.

"She was WHAT?!?!" He yelled, staring at the girl spirit. "She not only can speak Dragonesst, but she can swear in it?!?! God, things are changing so fast I can't keep track of them!"

"I think," Miroku told them thoughtfully, "that her contact with the dragon's mind has left extra information which she takes with her. She has some of the dragon's memories and can speak Dragonesst."

"Can I do that with anyone?" Kagome asked him thoughtfully.

"Well, if you want to be technical, anyone with a moderate amount of spirit energy can do it, but because you're a miko and you're currently a wondering soul, your spirit energy is significantly above the average human's. In your normal body, you could do it, but it would be difficult and would take a fair amount of time. Now, you can pop in and out of peoples minds like a person can hop from one stepping stone to another."

"Gee, that's real comforting," Shippo said, sarcastically. "I love being compared to a rock."

"A stone, Shippo," Miroku told the fox. "You're a stepping stone. You're not quiet down to the level of a rock."

"That could be useful," Inu-yasha said thoughtfully, still watching the young miko.

She glared at him. "Do you always think of me in terms of my use?"

"Always," he replied, completely unfazed. "Can she control the person when she's inside?"

"No," Kagome answered instead of Miroku, upset by Inu-yasha's lack of faith in her knowledge. "It's like being a co-pilot. I can watch but I can't control the plane."

They all stared at her. "Are you speaking Dragonesst, wench?"

She sighed. "Never mind."

"Anyway," Sango said, turning to look at the baby dragon, who was beginning to look a little less sad. "What are we going to do with this guy?"

"I'm going to show him the way out, of course," Kagome told her, with a determined look on her face.

"I already told you," Inu-yasha snapped at her. "We don't have time to help baby dragon's find their way home. Were on a time limit remember? We only have so long to put you back into your body."

"Inu-yasha!" Kagome said, startled by his seriousness. "Are you really doing all this for me?"

"Get real, wench," Inu-yasha completely insensitive. "All I need is my shard detector. I'd never save you 'cause I like you or nothing."

Once this phrase would have been rewarded with a series of 'sits' but Kagome was either becoming more used to his tough guy attitude or she was becoming extremely passive when becoming a wondering spirit.

"Besides," Kagome told the temperamental demon. "I thought you'd be a little more compassionate for a baby who's lost his mother."

Inu-yasha looked up at the sad dragon, who, as if sensing that the demon was making an important decision regarding him, seemed to look even more helpless and sad.

"Feh," Inu-yasha said, turning his head. "Okay, well help him."

"See, Inu-yasha!" Kagome cried in joy. "You can have a heart!"

"But only," Inu-yasha warned, "if he can find his own way once we get out of the caves."

Kagome, thinking this was a reasonable request, cocked her head side-wards at the dragon. "Imissa tashinoesss massso ala calaess shinso."

The dragon cocked its head back in the same direction. "Massso icia no shina."

"Translation?" Inu-yasha asked, still a little disturbed by her new ability.

"He can find his way once he gets outside. Dragons have some kind of compass in their heads like birds to tell them which direction they need to go."

He raised an eyebrow at her. "And he told you all that?"

"Well, no," she admitted. "He only told me he could find his way. The rest I know from memories. Actually, Dragonesst sounds really long and complicated, but it's pretty simple. The dragons just tend to slur things and draw them out. There mouths aren't really meant for talking, because dragons can also talk mind to mind."

"Can Kagome do that?" Inu-yasha asked Miroku, eyes wide and jaw open.

"Yes," he admitted with a shrug. "But it'd take a lot of energy that wouldn't be worth it to waste. Besides, dragons are born with the ability to speak Dragonesst, so the baby is completely fluent, which means Kagome now is also."

"Lets go then," Sango told the group, "before something really vicious comes along and wants to pick a fight."

"Comass ess taska," Kagome told the dragon as she started to head for the tunnel. Then suddenly, she stopped in her tracks.

"Uh, guys?" the young miko asked nervously, slowly turning around to face the rest of them. "Does anyone know which direction we came from?"

They all stared at her dumbfounded.

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Hey again!

Thank you everyone for reviewing!!! I had an awesome birthday and those reviews made it all the better! Actually, it's in the middle of my party as I'm writing this, but all my anime crazy friends are reading manga, playing on the computer, or drawing. Like I said, what a life I have, eh?

Nothing new to speak of. I take it that since no one was too thrilled about my story idea, that no one's interested? Ah, well. I might just write it anyway and see what people say. If you have no idea what I'm taking about, go check out my updates a couple chapters ago (chapter 4 or 5, I think?) and you'll see my story idea. PLEASE PLEASE  PLEASE tell me what you think!!! I really want to know if anyone would actually read it!

Actually, I got a laptop for my birthday! Yeah! Now I'll have even more time to write new chapters! But, unfortunately, it doesn't have internet access so I can't post it on this computer. Later, I'm going to have to put this chapter on a disc and transfer it to my other computer to post it, so it might still take a few days to post!

Since I'm posting this tomarrow (Sunday), I'll probably have a new chapter up on Tuesday. If not, one will defiantly be up on Thursday.

Thanks for the birthday wishes!

Dream Fox