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Hey everyone! Here's the next chapter! It's REALLY long! It took me….five pages to write, so I really hope you like it! But I'm warning you now: There's Inu Yasha/ Kagome and Yusuke/ Keiko romance! So, if you don't like that part, too bad!

responses to reviewers:

purecelt: Sorry! Oh my god, I even knew that you spelled her name that way! I must have not realized it while I was editing it, because I had originally thought it was "Kigome" before my friend told me it was "Kagome". Sorry, for the chapter mistake too. I have  so many fics in progress right now, I get mixed up on the chapters sometimes. I even re-posted the last chapter to get everything correct. At least you liked the last chapter, right?

Jax: Give me some feedback sometime, okay?

Here's the story!

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The real folks blues

I only want to know what true sadness is

Sitting in muddy water

Isn't such a bad life

If it ends after the first time

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Session 9

   In a dark room two people were conversing in the most unpleasant conversation. One, a hunter, and the other, a protector. This may seem irrelevant to you at this moment, but different paths can somehow meet in the strangest ways. This is how the man and woman's conversation went.

   "Where is he?"

   "I…I don't know."

   "You will tell me now!"

   "I told you, I don't know."

   "I know he lives on this planet."

   "Not anymore. I haven't heard from him in months."

   "You worthless girl. I will find him."

   "Why?"

   "That is none of your concern."

   "Leave him alone."

   "You're not going to stop me. Goodbye for now, I'm sure we'll meet again."

~*~

   Gohan followed InuYasha through the streets of Venus. Everything had changed from when he was last in the city. Skyscrapers were reduced to nothing but piles of dust. The pavement was broken up and uneven, and the streets were deserted.  Gohan coughed as smoke slowly traveled up his nostrils and into his lungs.

   "Stop!" InuYasha said suddenly. Gohan slowly walked up next to him.

   "What is it?"

   "It's here."

   "What…what's here?"

   InuYasha did not have time to answer. A giant creature came crashing through the rubble. It's upper body was one of a human, and the lower one of a octopus. It's bluish- blackish tentacles waved around the air generating small amounts of electricity. After a short while, it spoke.

   "I am the great water demon Empectas. I am here to destroy Inu Yasha."

   Inu Yasha rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah. Whatever. I've heard this before. We'll fight, you'll think that you'll win, but in the end, you'll find yourself dead."

   Gohan looked at Kagome. "He's arrogant."

   Kagome laughed. "Yeah, that's him all right. He'll never change."

    A loud crash diverted their attention back to the octopus. "Silence!!" It's voice boomed, shaking the ground below. "A want to fight InuYasha!"

   "You want me, have me!" InuYasha screamed. He then went flying towards the human octopus, fists outstretched.

   InuYasha's fist connected with Empectas' body. When nothing happened, he backed away.

   "What the…" InuYasha said slowly. Suddenly, a tentacle came up and swatted InuYasha like a fly. InuYasha landed on all fours, and cursed at himself for being careless. Standing up, he grabbed onto the handle of Tetsaiga. Quickly, he ripped the sword out of its sheath, an prepared for battle.

   "Ha! A sword?" Empectas' voiced shook the ground.

   "This is no ordinary sword Empectas. It can kill 1000 enemies in one blow. Prepare to die." With that, InuYasha sped towards Empectas.

~*~

   "He has no chance" Gohan said. How could anyone be so arrogant? Wait—delete that question. We will always have Vegeta.

   "A little help here would be nice." Yusuke crawled out of the debris of a building, dragging a body behind him.

   Gohan turned to Yusuke. Seeing the condition he was in, Gohan rushed over to catch his fall. "Are you all right?" Gohan asked, giving Yusuke a shoulder to lean on.

   "I'll be fine…Keiko…" Yusuke said softly, almost collapsing. Gohan looked behind to find an unconscious girl. He looked over at Kagome.

   "Get the girl Kagome."

   "Okay!" Kagome ran over to Keiko quickly, and picked her up. She brought Keiko's body over near Gohan and Yusuke.

   "You think she's dead?"

   "No," Yusuke coughed. "She has a strong heart. She won't give in easily."

   "Here eat this." Gohan reached into his pocket and pulled out a pouch. Opening it, he took out two senzu beans. He left Earth prepared for a reason. He handed Yusuke one. "Chew it. You'll regain your strength. I'll give the other one to the girl." Gohan threw the bean to Yusuke, who tried hard to chew the bean. Gohan then walked over to Keiko and pushed one into her mouth. "Chew." He said softly. Slowly, Keiko's mouth started to move in a vertical motion. She breathed in deeply when she swallowed the bean. Slowly, she sat up, and looked around. "What happened?"

   "Seems like the Empectas demon took out the city. I think I should help InuYasha…" Gohan said.

   "No, InuYasha can take care of it, no problem!" Kagome exclaimed, smiling at Gohan. "I wouldn't worry about him."

   "If you say so." Gohan said uneasily. He had a feeling. A bad feeling…

   Something was not right.

~*~

   Inu Yasha stared at Empectas. Taking the Tetsaiga in his hand, he unleashed an attack on the octopus. Leaping from tentacle to tentacle, he cut each one off. Blood spurted from each wound as Inu Yasha landed, content at what he had just done. Empectas winced in pain. Soon, he smiled though, as the tentacles started to slowly grow back. Inu Yasha gritted his teeth, and moved in for another round.

   The black clouds started to swirl as the wind kicked up. Lightning flashed through the sky, and the clapping sound of thunder answered the lightning's call. Inu Yasha screamed, and lunged towards Empectas's head. Empectas laughed as a black mist started to fill the area. Inu Yasha had to stop, and touch down on the earth.

   "Damn it," he said, "what the hell is this? I can't see!" His eyes darted around, trying to figure out which way to turn. A scream gave him the hint he needed.

   "Inu Yasha!"

   The mist somehow parted as Inu Yasha looked upwards. There was Empectas with droplets of water surrounding him. In one tentacle was the body of Kagome. She thrashed around trying to get free.

   "Inu Yasha!" She screamed again "Help me!"

   "This girl" Empectas said, "does she mean anything to you?"

   Inu Yasha gritted his teeth. "She means nothing to me."

   Kagome gasped. They had always fought, but he had never said that she meant nothing. She always thought he at least valued her as a friend—a good friend.

   "Good. She is a pretty one." His deep voice could be heard for miles. "I think I shall make her mine."

   Kagome thrashed her head around, her long black hair flying in all directions. "No! Let me go! Inu Yasha!"

   Empectas laughed and started to head towards the water, destroying the remaining buildings. Before reaching the water though, he turned around. The lightning lit up his ugly face. "Thank you Inu Yasha. The girl will make a lovely wife for my undersea empire. Just a few adjustments are needed on her body, and she will be perfect."

   Kagome looked at Inu Yasha. Terror flashed in her eyes as she listened to Empectas's words.

   "Inu Yasha," She whispered, "I thought we had something…"

   Inu Yasha gritted his fists. Putting the Tetsaiga back in its sheath, he stared at Empectas.

   "I will rip you limb to limb myself." He jumped at Empectas, kicking him in the head. Empectas shook his head, and swung a tentacle at Inu Yasha. Inu Yasha dodged, and head for Kagome. Outstretching his claws, he slashed through the tentacle, sending Kagome spiraling towards the hard ground. Jumping down, he caught Kagome, and gently put her on the ground. Unwrapping her, he shook her.

   "Kagome…Kagome wake up." Kagome's eyes shot open. Sitting up, she rubbed her head.

   "Inu Yasha…is it gone?" She slowly stood up.

   "Not yet. Here, put this on." He took off his red jacket, and put it around Kagome's shoulders. "It will protect you."

   "But, what about you?"

   "I'll be fine. He's nothing."

   Empectas looked at Inu Yasha with a strong hatred in his eyes. A flame of blue water surrounded him as he neared Inu Yasha. "You will not get away with that. I will kill you and the girl with one slice." Empectas's tentacles all turned into blades. At a high speed, a blade came towards Inu Yasha. He jumped out of the way, and blade narrowly missing him. Another one came towards him. As he readied himself to block it, the blade sliced the air, and headed towards another target.

   "Kagome! Move!" Inu Yasha yelled. Kagome stood, dazed. A panicked look came over Inu Yasha's face, and he ran towards Kagome. Grabbing her, he knocked her to the ground, protecting her body from being cut. The blade instead hit Inu Yasha's back. Inu Yasha screamed, the blade sinking deep into his skin. After the blade retreated, he slowly tried to stand up. He wobbled on his two feet. The energy he used just to stand up made the blood run faster. A trail led down his back, to his right leg and finally, to the ground. Inu Yasha breathed heavily while trying to take out Tetsaiga. He held onto the little energy he had left. It hung like a thread, and the smallest move would spent it. Coughing, he fell to the ground.

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   Gohan couldn't stand it anymore. Throwing his hands together, he started to power up.

   "Ka…me…ha…me…ha…me…"

   He heard someone next to him.

   "Spirit Gun!"

   "HA!"

   Both Gohan and Yusuke unleashed their attacks at Empectas. Empectas slowly turned towards them. A surprised look appeared on his face as the attack drew nearer. Soon, it engulfed his body, resulting in a huge explosion of blue light. As the smoke cleared, nothing could be seen. Empectas had been defeated.

~*~

   Kagome ran over to Inu Yasha. Kneeling besides him, she took of the jacket. Folding it up, she placed it under his head  She bent down, and put her ear to his heart to listen for a heartbeat. His heart beat was faint, but it was there. She stared at Inu Yasha's face. It looked so helpless, and she could not do anything to help. She looked up when she heard someone kneel besides her.

   "He's in bad shape."

   "I can see that Gohan."

   "Give him this." Gohan handed her a senzu bean. "Make him swallow it, and he'll be better. I promise." With that, Gohan stood up and walked away. Kagome fed Inu Yasha the bean. She titled his head back a little to help him swallow it. After he swallowed it, his bruises disappeared. Slowly, he sat up, feeling no pain. He looked over at Kagome, who now had tears in her eyes.

   "Why are you crying?"

   "Because of everything"

   "Don't cry." Inu Yasha said quietly.

   Kagome said nothing. She was shocked. He was being…nice to her. Inu Yasha propped himself onto his knees and brought Kagome into his arms. Kagome buried her head into his shoulder.

   "Am I really nothing to you?" She said, sobbing.

   Inu Yasha stroked her hair. "No, I lied."

   Kagome pulled herself away from Inu Yasha and looked at him. His eyes looked softer to her. She was not too sure if he meant it or not. She suddenly felt a hand cradle her cheek, and Inu Yasha pulled in closer until they were touching noses.

   "You mean everything to me" He whispered. Kagome gasped as he kissed her. She then closed her eyes and kissed him back. Deep down she secretly hoped that this would happen someday. She threw her hands around his neck to deepen the kiss. She never wanted it to end. Inu Yasha pulled her in closer to him.

   "I'd hate to ruin you're make out session, but we need to go!" Yusuke said, walking up with Keiko under his arm. Kagome quickly pulled away from Inu Yasha and immediately started to turn a dark shade of red. Yusuke laughed.

   "We were wondering when you two would get together. I mean, it's so obvious!"

   "Shut up Yurameshi." Inu Yasha said, standing up. "I'm leaving. Anyone who wants to follow me can." He then started to walk off. Suddenly he turned around and looked at Gohan. "If you ever need anything Gohan, don't hesitate to find me."

   "I'll do that."

   "See ya around." Inu Yasha then turned around and started to walk off again. Kagome quickly ran up and caught up with him.

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   "So Inu Yasha, where are you going?"

   "I don't know. Somewhere to get away…from everything."

   "Oh."

   Inu Yasha stopped walking. He sighed and turned to Kagome. "All right, you can come. Just…don't get in the way!"

   "Me? Get in the way?" Kagome smiled. "What do you mean? I never get in the way!"

   Inu Yasha rolled his eyes. "Shut up."

   And the walked off…together…

~*~

   Yusuke shook his head. "Those two…I think we better leave them alone for a while. What do you think?" He looked down at Keiko.

   "I think you're right. Where are we going to go now?"

   Yusuke kissed Keiko lightly on the lips. "We'll find a place." Keiko giggled and rested her head on Yusuke's shoulder. Yusuke waved at Gohan.

   "We're leaving, see ya sometime."

   "Yeah, bye" Gohan then watched Yusuke and Keiko walk off.

   Gohan looked around the empty city. He sighed. He missed Videl a lot. He just realized it. But again, he realized that he could never go back to Earth, and that she was lost forever.

  "There you are. We were looking for you. We figured you'd be over here when we saw the explosion." Gohan turned around to see Spike and Jet.

   "Yeah, that would be me." Gohan said sadly. It started to drizzle a little as Gohan walked past Jet and Spike.

   "Hey is something wrong?" Jet said, coming up besides Gohan.

   "It's nothing, forget it." Gohan paused. "Are we leaving soon?"

   "As soon as we get onto the Bebop."

   "Good."

~*~

   "Do you know where he is?"

   "Yes sir, he's on Venus. Should we send troops to get him?"

   "No, we'll corner him first. Attack the ones he loves. He'll come if they're in distress."

   "Yes sir"

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WOW! Did the ending suck or what? LOL! I don't know if Inu Yasha and Yusuke will come back…maybe, maybe not. I don't want to load this fic with too many characters from other animes. And I hope you didn't mind the romance. I HAD to do it. I couldn't resist! I LOVE Inu Yasha, and Kagome and Inu Yasha should definitely be together! Um…Anyway…

Next chapter, we go into the future 10 years. I'm warning you know about the personality change in Gohan. Don't hate me for it, because I need him to be different for the next couple of chapters.

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