Author's Note: Hey all! Welcome back to my fic! I hate to do this… but Its hard to continue writing without support… so I will not post another chapter until I get at least 4 reviews per chapter. I don't want to be pushy or anything but… I really want to know your opinion. Criticisms are welcome!

Disclaimer's Note: I do not own InuYasha and co. I only love the series so much that I write a story based on the characters and how I wish that my 'dream' would become reality…

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He stopped to catch his breath. Even with two shards inside his legs, he was not fast enough to get to the village in InuYasha's forest. It would take him at least a day to get there, considering he got lost during his excitement!

'I cannot believe that she's real… all those times I talked myself out of thinking that I had a sister!' Then he remembered how his father reacted.

Kouga rushed into his father's study to see him staring at a young youkai's picture. At first he thought it was Lady Ayame's only to find a smaller version of her. A kawaii little youkai with the family crest on her forehead. Two small lavender colored stripes on both of her cheeks. Her blue gray eyes illuminated the picture and her smile was priceless. Her black hair cascaded down to her shoulders.

"Komashiro-san?"

Kouga hated to call his otousan with such… formality, but ever since his Okasan's death… he hadn't called him otherwise.

" Kouga. I thought I had sent you to fetch Lady Yumemaru. You know how she gets after visiting her husband's grave," the taiyoukai said with a voice that commanded respect.

Kouga nodded. "Hai… Wakarimasen… demo… um…"

Lord Komashiro stopped what he was doing to stare at his stammering son. He had never seen him so nervous. 'What could have… aha!' Misunderstanding his gestures… a twinkle glinted in his eyes.

"Found her have you?" he asked.

Kouga's eyes went wide. "H-how did you know?"

"Father's intuition… you didn't think only mother's had them did you?" he said lightly. "Now come… you should bring her here!"

Kouga smiled. "Hai!"

"After all, its only right for the woman to meet her to be mate's parents!"

Kouga face-faulted and stared at his father.

"Mou! Otousan! Not that! I found my imouto!"

Lord Komashiro was slightly fazed, then took out a scroll from his study and read its contents. He smiled widely and laughed.

"I cannot believe I had almost forgotten Kagome's birthday! She will be of age soon!" he said happily. " I have lots to tell you, Kouga, my son… many to tell Kagome as well!"

'Father has never been so happy…' Kouga then quickened his pace even more.

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Kagome muttered under her breath and tried not to gag when she pulled out her arrows from the dead carcass. She hated killing anything for any reason. Whether to protect herself or to feed herself. She hated it. 'But I need this to nourish myself and Shippou…'

She dragged the dead deer to a nearby stream and cleaned it. As she came into the campsite, she saw Shippou who was now lighting the campfire. It had been almost three days since she and Shippou had left InuYasha's group to search the Shikkon no Kakera on their own.

Although Kagome had been very weary of the fact that she had not fully completed in perfecting her miko skills, she had, however made progress with her bow.

" Okasan, is the deer ready yet?" Shippou asked.

Kagome nodded and took out her dagger and cut the meat as they roasted it on a stick. Kagome laughed inwardly at the sight. If someone had told her two weeks ago that she would be stuck in Shengoku Jirai without anything from the future but her toothbrush, some textbooks, cloth, and a dagger, she would have called them insane.

" Here, this one's done" Kagome said sweetly and watched as Shippou ate it slowly letting it cool slightly. She had called him her son before and had liked the sound of him calling her mother. "I'll be back in a moment, yell if something happens okay?"

Shippou nodded and yawned as his mother went to wash herself. He took a good look at her and smiled. She looked more like a youkai than a human for some reason. She wore a comfortably loose black kimono that resembled SesshouMaru's, only she wasn't wearing an armor. Her hair was a little longer than before and had streaks of light brown in them. Her quiver was always on her back, unless she was asleep. She had a dagger that was easy to hide underneath her kimono, strapped in the middle of her lower leg. But her clothes and hair wasn't the only thing that surprised Shippou, it was her ears that did. They seemed to have become much like his, pointed and sensitive to sound.

'Maybe… her miko powers are affecting her?' he wondered as he fell into a deep sleep.

Kagome cursed as she washed her face. In less than 3 months, it would be her 18th birthday, and she was not going to be with her family. A wave of depression crashed through her, and she instinctively grasped her neck only to find nothing hanging there.

'oh… right… I lost the necklace… damn chain!' she thought. 'If only I had it fixed like mama told me to…'

She sighed and looked back at her reflection. She liked what she saw, but it disturbed her as well. Not only did she have pointed ears, they were sensitive! And she was beginning to see pink stripes on her cheeks. That was not a good sign.

" At least I know that whatever I'm turning into, I'm a full one…" she said bitterly.

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Kouga reached the village and sniffed around. He was disturbed by the scent. That hag that reeked of dirt and bones was still there and worry and fear had overpowered Kagome's scent. He went into Kaede's hut and found InuYasha and the dead miko as well as the youkai hunter and the houshi still sitting there.

"What's going on? Where's Kagome?" he asked.

This got their attention. The group looked at him with confusion in their eyes.

"What? That wench isn't with you?" InuYasha asked. " Dammit! We thought she went with you to search the Shikkon…"

"What?! You let her wander off alone?!"

"No… she took Shippou…"Sango started. "But then again, he's her pup now…"

"How could you do that?!" Kouga growled.

"Hey, if you cared enough about her you should've looked after her!" InuYasha snarled

"I would have if I could have!"Kouga yelled. "I had to go back to my father's land to tell him of the news!"

" What news?" Miroku asked.

"You're finally going to become her mate?!" InuYasha asked.

"How can I mate with my own SISTER?"

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SesshouMaru needed to stretch his legs. Not to mention, he wanted some time to just see his lands and not fight to control it. The banquet being held in the North Western lands would create a few months of peace. Hopefully, some prince would take her and the peace last for more than mere months.

" Jaken, make the camp fire. I will be back shortly" he said, more for Rin's sake than Jakens.

The little toad youkai nodded and went off to find firewood with Rin staying obediently by the large oak tree.

He sighed as he was out of anyone's sight. His brother's wench had gotten to him and had somehow affected him more than he thought. He felt calm around her and wanted to be with her. But his status prevented it, as well as his pride.

As he slowed his pace, his noticed the pendant of his mother's necklace had started to glow and for some reason, he felt something tug at him. Making his legs more faster towards a small camp. It was HERS. Her scent overwhelmed him. Something had changed though… her scent was still of lilacs and lavender…but there was a hint of… what? Cinnamon? Some sort of spice that enticed him more so than her original scent.

He was careful to stay upwind, as to why, he had no idea. Afterall, she was a ningen and ningens did not have the same keen sense of smell. But his instincts drove him to stay upwind. As he neared, he saw something that shocked him. And his being SesshouMaru… that was a truly impossible feat! And to think… she surprised him even while she was asleep!

'The girl… she's… youkai?'

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Author's Note: I know what you are all thinking! Do not worry! The next chapter, Kouga finds Kagome and brings her HOME. Not to mention, she meets a certain someone that was missing for almost half a century… hint: someone's MOTHER