Chappie three!!!!

OMG I ACTUALLY GOT OFF MY FAT ASS AND WROTE THIS CHAPPIE!!!!

YEA GO ME!!!

I'd like to make a shout out to my demented/loyal fans!!!!'

ermm there's Ukyo Forever, wouldn't_u_like_2_no, Lady Night, ~Lasako~ (don't worry see here it is! ^-^;;), AnimeHuntress, Heather Carpenter, Kagome45765, and last but not least (she was the first to sign!) LAURA- CHAN!!!

NOW ONTO THE 3RD CHAPTER OF STRONGER AND I GOT A DICLAIMER PPLZ!:

Me no own Inu-Yasha, Takahashi-sama does (Starts to cry) This is a disclaimer so you no sue me! R/R!!^__^ There will be NO WHAT SO EVER Brittany spears "Stronger" song in this fan- fic okay Ukyo!

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Chapter Three, The young Girl seeking strength.
A young girl sat on a rock at the base of a pond. She had mid back black wavy hair and blue-gray eyes. This of course is our heroine KAGOME!!! She looked up into the clear blue sky as her eyes closed slightly.

'I'm so very lonely' she thought as a bird flew overhead.

Kagome had been on the road for two days now and she found it very different then with her companions. She had rarely gotten any sleep in fear of youkai wandering around and spotting her while asleep.

And she was very lonely while traveling from town to town. And frankly she was questioning the thought of returning.

Kagome clenched her eyes in pain, "I CAN'T RETURN NOW!" she said loudly clenching her fist

"I WILL BECOME STRONGER!!"

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"Young girl you can stay here as long as you wish," the old village head told Kagome as she nodded silently.

"Thank you very much. Jii-chan" Kagome said kindly.

"Do not worry young lady, it is no bother for us." the village head said, "But may I ask what a young beautiful girl such as you are doing traveling around alone?"

Kagome looked up at the Village head with kind eyes, "I am training," she said simply as the village head nodded.

"Well I'll show you to your room, eh may ask what is your name?" the village head asked

"It's Higurashi Kagome," she said as the elderly man walked her out of the door on their right.

"You may call me Ajibana," the village head said as they began to walk through a lovely garden. "You told me you are traveling to train, ne?"

"Yes," Kagome said looking at the lovely blooming flowers.

"There is a mountain not to far from here, where a very strong and skilled family dwells in the mountain side." Ajibana-san said as a house soon appeared in Kagome's viewpoint at the far-end of the garden.

"Is that so?" Kagome asked as they slowly walked lightly talking, even though to Kagome this was not light talk. She might have found help.

"May I ask do they train people?" Kagome asked as they walked up the steps to the house.

"Yes but there is a condition, those seeking training must make it to their dojo on their own." Ajibana-san said.

"Where is this dojo?" Kagome asked waiting for his response.

"No one knows." Ajibana said with a laugh as Kagome face-faulted behind him.

'Man just when I had found a lead!' she thought whining a bit in her mind.

"But they say that those who are worthy for the training will be guided by a friendly spirit." Ajibana continued as they reached they finally reached the house.

Kagome made her way for the house just to pause by the doorway, "Ajibana- jii-chan I would like to thank you once more for your hospitality and to say that I will depart for the mountain in the dawn. Thank you very much for your lead."

Ajibana smiled kindly his face wrinkling slightly as his kind eyes shone at the polite young girl, "You need not that me young Kagome, but I do wish you luck!" he said waving goodbye as he walk back to the main house.

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Kagome sat on a boulder as she began to take her shoes off. She was ecstatic to find out that behind the house she was staying in was a small hot spring! She put her shoes and socks to the side and began to take her skirt and shirt off. She had on her bathing suit since she had left Keade's village, just in case.

She slowly waded into the water her leg muscles slowly relaxing from the warm water. She then dove into the water and swam a few laps around the small spring.

Oh the joy she hadn't took a bath in three days and shower-to-shower was nothing compared the joy of actual water!

Kagome swam back to the boulder with her stuff there and took out a pair of scissors. She wanted a new look to fit the change she was about to go through and carefully cut her mid-back hair to a length that rested upon her shoulders

'Just perfect!' she thought as she viewed herself in her pocket-sized mirror, 'Not to long and short enough to still do something with it!'

Kagome cleaned herself and then exited the spring drying herself with a blue and white towel.

"I better get some sleep!" she told herself while entering the house, "Tomorrow is going to be a long day!"

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The morning sun lazily rose turning the sky a lovely shade of pink, purple and orange as Kagome walked away from the village heads house, she had on tight black jeans and a pink tank-top that showed off her slim midriff.

"Excuse me sir," Kagome said talking to an old man at a hut selling goods.

"Yes young girl?" He said as Kagome showed him her bag along with some items, "Would you consider trading these items for some of your things?"

The man's eyes widened and he took in Kagome's items, an extra hairbrush, a large sleeping bag, her school uniform, a hat, some sweaters, two jeans, and her school shoes.

'This girl must be from a foreign land, she would be able to trade for all my goods with only half of her stuff.' he thought

"Why yes young lady you can take anything you please from here." He said as Kagome gave him the items.

"Thank you" she said, as she looked at all the items he had.

There was a lovely kimono with sukura blossoms, a few straw hats, lots of various foods, different sizes and pairs of slippers, socks, ribbons for ladies, and sword, containers for water (and even more items that I don't feel like thinking up.)

"I'll take this, and this, uhh and a few of those! Oh my I'm gonna need a sword!" Kagome said as she picked things from the old man's stand.

"Thank you!!" Kagome said as she walked off down a trail that lead into the forest.

"NO THANK YOU!!!" The old man said waving good-bye to Kagome, 'What a foolish young girl!' He thought as Kagome disappeared into the forest.

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A/n: lol I finished this chappy Go me!!!! *Pats self on back* I'm sorry about the time it took me to update it, but he he it's better then other peeps! ^^; * Sees readers getting anger cause there isn't any chapter 4 yet* umm err I'm just gonna go to my room and write more okay!? *Runs off before readers kill her*