a/n: o_o hey everyone....I haven't updated in a while XD just to tell you this is the second to last chapter o.o; yes it is gonna end the next time I update ._.; wellllllll.....read the chappie and review..

CHAPTER TWENTY: Metagross, the metal beast

Kagome took one step back, and then she fell down. "OW!" Kagome yelped, standing back up. She realized something. She was full human. "Oh sh-shit…" Kagome managed to say. "I won't make it this time…" She added. Kagome winced as the beast roared again, shaking the entire place.

Inuyasha leapt across a tree branch, and then he sat Kagome inside the small house. He sat beside her, and then he fell backwards, unconscious.

Inuyasha opened his eyes just as Kagome got slung across the rocky ground. "KAGOME!!!" Inuyasha yelled, jolting over to her. He was still half demon, though he didn't have his sword. "Inu…INUYASHA?!?!?!" Kagome shouted, watching as Inuyasha kneeled down beside her. "Inuyasha, did you die?!" Kagome asked, looking at the metal beast as it slowly advanced on them.

"No, all I did was put your body into a small house, then as I stood up, I fell unconscious!" Inuyasha said, reaching for his sword. "I…forgot my sword… it's still in the forest…" Inuyasha said aloud, looking up at the huge steel creature. "Look…leave Kagome alone, then I'll let you live, whatever the hell you are." Inuyasha said, growling.

"My name is Metagross…I am the steel fire creation of After World…too many evil souls gathered…then they became me…" The creature spoke, though it had no mouth. Kagome and Inuyasha both stood up straight, then Inuyasha got in front of Kagome. Inuyasha growled as the creature took one more step towards them. A hole opened in the X on the creature's 'face.'

A huge fire blast shot out, and then it was only a few feet from hitting Inuyasha when Kagome knocked him to the side. The fire engulfed her, making her disappear in the fire. "KAGOME!!!!" Inuyasha yelled, his eyes wide with shock as he stood up. Metagross stopped spitting fire, then when the fire cleared up, no one stood where Kagome was standing.

Instead, Kagome was knocked out, and she was laying a few feet from where she was standing, her clothes a little burnt. Then the whole room started swirling, and Inuyasha and Kagome both appeared outside the door. "AH!!!" Hito yelled, jolting behind Keakea. "What? That WAS the test. She knocks him out of the way to save him." Keakea said, whacking Hito upside the head with a clipboard.

"Kagome? WAKE UP." Keakea said, poking Kagome with the clipboard. Kagome opened her eyes, and then smiled. "WHEW…didn't think a ghost could die again." Kagome said, laughing nervously. "Haha. They CAN die again." Keakea said, walking to another room. Kagome blinked, then watched as Inuyasha picked her up and followed Keakea.

"What's my next test, Keakea?" Kagome asked as she was laid down on a bed. "I don't know. But DAMN! You got past your first one no problem… Metagross?! WHO THE HELL PUT HIM AS THE FIRST TEST!?!?!?" Keakea said, frustrated. "I don't know." Hito said, shrugging. "Alright… like Hito said before… we can't tell you what or how to pass your second test…" Keakea said.

"Let's go then!" Kagome said, jolting up and heading for the second door. "ACK NO WAIT KAGOME!!!" Inuyasha said, grabbing her arm, stopping her mid track. "But I wanna go back to my body…" Kagome said, sighing. "No-no-no… you're going to rest, then we'll go do your next test." Inuyasha said, picking her up and putting her back on the bed. Kagome growled softly, then jolted up, and went out the door.

Keakea smiled, then went to a specific door, and then opened it. "Here it is Kagome!" Keakea said, watching as Kagome jolted through the door. Inuyasha jolted in after her. The room swirled up around them, and then the room began to clear. Kagome looked around, then she recognized the pictures swirling around as her memories. Inuyasha was looking at them as well.