KNY: I'm baaack! Sorry the first chapter was so short. Here's Chapter 2 and it's much longer.

BB: FLAME HER, FLAME HER, FLAME HER!!!!!!!!

KNY:: To my two reviewers, THANK YOU!!!1 ^______^  I'm glad you liked it! Kudos to Nunoko for coming up with a name for my character!

Disclaimer: Do I look like I own Inu-Yasha? The only thing I own in this FANfic is my OC. Please ask for permission if you wish to use her.

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(*… *) thoughts

(…) me annoying the heck out of all of you ^___^

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"Need any help, Pretzel-Boy?" Kagome asked sweetly, not even bothering to conceal the smirk on her face. (Mmmmmmm, pretzels)

"Shaddup, woman," was the muffled response.

"Want some butter or salt?" (sorry. inside joke if you don't get it)

Just then, a weasel demon smelling the mantis's blood came into the clearing. Then it noticed a helpless Inu-Yasha and Kagome.

"Aw, crap!" Inu-Yasha cursed as he tried to get out of the pretzel shape, and only succeeded in getting his body locked even tighter in its position.

"Mmmmmmm, Pretzel-Demon!" the weasel hissed.

" WILL YOU CUT IT OUT WITH THE PRETZEL ALREADY?!!!!!!" Inu-Yasha demanded with more than a touch of annoyance.

The cat-girl just sighed and muttered, "If you want something done right…"

Then, the weasel (who was a few bricks short of a full load if you ask me) pulled out some butter and salt. (^___^U)

Kagome blinked. "That was… random."

The cat-girl sweatdroped. "Yes it was…"

Then she just groaned, stalked over to the weasel demon who was attempting to butter Inu-Yasha, and promptly sent it into LEO. (Low Earth Orbit)

She sighed, exasperated and turned to the twisted hanyou. "Now will you admit that you need help, baka?"

"No!" said hanyou replied, exactly like a spoiled child.

The cat-girl sighed again and picked him up, still in the pretzel-shape, and walked to her campsite.

"I'm Kagome, by the way, and he's Inu-Yasha."

"I'm Kiara. Nice to meet you Kagome. Can't say the same for him though."

Kagome just laughed.

"Okay, okay. I need some help. HAPPY?!" *I'm getting a leg cramp.*Apparently Inu-Yasha had had enough of being suck in the same position.

"Yes," Kiara replied and she proceeded to get him out of the pretzel shape. Kagome winced at every pop and snap of his bones.

"Why don't you stick with us for a while," Kagome offered, "You'd be a welcome change from Inu-Baka to talk to."

"Gee, thanks," remarked said 'baka' sarcastically and was completely ignored.

"I guess I could," was the reply.

"Great!"

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The new moon had come and gone so Kiara knew about Inu-Yasha's transformation, and she and Kagome had become fast friends.

One late afternoon, they were sitting around the campfire resting after a demon hunt.

"So, you want to use the jewel to become a full demon, huh?" Kiara asked Inu-Yasha.

"Yep," he replied, "What about you? Why do you want the Shikon no Tama?"

"To find answers," she said softly.

"Wha?"

"I, like you, am a half-breed."

"So you're part human too?"

"No. I'm part demon, but I have no clue what my other half is."

"What else is there, besides human and demon and how do you know your other half ain't human?"

"Well…"

At that moment, darkness fell and a full moon climbed into the sky. Kiara seemed to stiffen involuntarily. Her pupils narrowed into slits, and an almost feral growl escaped her throat. Her body shuddered as if suddenly racked with an immense pain.

"Kiara?" Kagome asked worried and reached out to touch the convulsing cat-demon.

"D-Don't get near me when I'm like this," Kiara cried desperately, "I might hurt you accidentally."

Her hair turned a shining sliver-blue and her eyes turned a cold sapphire blue. The very air around her began to crackle and glitter with power. Her cat-ears then turned snow-white covered in black spots as well as her tail.

"That definantly isn't human!" Inu-Yasha whispered in shock and more than just a tinge of fear.

After the shuddering had stopped, the magic in the air dropped as Kiara got it under control and Inu-Yasha finally let out the breath he had not been aware he was holding.

He turned to Kagome to make sure she was all right.

"You okay?" he asked shakily.

"T-That was… SO COOL!!!!!!" Kagome exclaimed.

Inu-Yasha facefaulted.

"YOU IDIOT!!!!!" he shouted.

"What?!"

"Do you have ANY idea how much power she just released?!!!!!!!"

"No. Why?"

"Grrrrr…"

"It's okay. I'll turn back in the morning." Kiara said.

A shiver went up a certain sliver-haired demon lord's back.

"Is something wrong, Lord Sesshomaru?" Jaken (a.k.a. my favorite green football ^____^) asked.

"No," said demon lord replied, but his senses were telling him otherwise.

*That was no mere power I felt* he thought *That kind of power has not been felt in this land for centuries*

He cautiously sniffed the air and felt the hair on the back of his neck rise. *I must investigate tomorrow* he thought.

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Well there you are! Hope you liked it! ^______^

 Tune in for the next chapter: A Kidnapping, A Wolf, And Fluffy In Munchkin Land?