Chapter Two:

Kagome made her way across the village to the hot springs hoping to god that InuYasha didn't sense her; she had done as her father had said and created a human disguise, so he shouldn't sense her as a demon.

Kagome looked around for a moment and realized she had left her bag at the well. "Great, just great." She sighed. "Guess I'll just have to do without my bag for once." Kagome slipped into the warm water and relaxed for a while. 'I wonder,' she thought. 'Why no one has come after me, I do have about ¾ of the shikon jewel with me.'

Kagome finished her bath and decided to put on some of her clothing her father had given her. "I think I'll wear this one." She pulled out a white kimono that nearly exactly the same as SesshouMaru's, except it was embroidered with pink and blue roses and had a light blue sash for a belt.

(I'm not exactly sure what the sash is really called so I'm improvising with a belt)

"Wow, this is really nice!" Kagome said excitedly. "It fits so well. And it soft and roomy too." She opened the long box that held her swords and slipped them in to her belt. "I wonder what I look like when I'm not in this disguise." She thought for a moment and focused all of her energy on changing back to her real form; her hair grew two feet and once again changed ice powder blue. Her eyes had also changed back to the silvery gray color they were once before. etc

She walked back over to the hot spring and looked at her reflection, and then she noticed it; a silver crescent with on her forehead and barely noticeable golden stripes on either side of her face. 'Wow, I've only seen marks like this on SesshouMaru and my father.' She thought. "I guess the moon on my forehead is the crest." She said; she looked at her reflection again. 'I wonder what I would look like with armor.' She walked back over to the box of kimonos and opened it. 'He wouldn't give me swords without armor would he,' she stopped. "I sense a jewel shard and it seems like its right. here." She reached in to the box and pulled out all of the kimonos; underneath she found a somewhat large piece of armor and 3 shards in a small leather bag.

She put the armor on and put all the jewels in the leather bag; "I'm tired." She sighed and jumped into the nearest tree as she had seen InuYasha do many times before. She stretched out on a branch and fell in to a deep sleep dreaming about that day's event.

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"Shippo will you make sure that Miroku doesn't follow me, I'm going to take a bath." Songo asked.
"Ok Songo." Shippo said and gave Miroku an evil look. "Don't even think about it Miroku. I'm not letting you out of my sight."
Miroku stuck up his nose and walked into the hut.
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She walked into the clearing where the hot springs were; she stopped abruptly, "There's a demonic presents in the area," She looked around then yelled. "Show yourself you demonic scumbag!!!"

Kagome jumped from her tree and landed behind Songo. "Do you have to be so loud Songo, I was trying to sleep." Kagome yawned. "So how's Shippo?" She looked at Songo just as she pulled out her demon slaying boomerang.

(I think that's what they're called if not tell me.)

"Who are you and how do you know me and Shippo!?!" Songo yelled as Kagome covered her ears. "Well tell me how you know us!!!" She yelled again. Kagome gave her a strange look. "What are you looking at!?!" Songo glared at her.

"Songo, it's me Kagome." She said. "And why on earth are you glaring at me? Do I have horns or something?!" She stared for a moment; it was just then she realized why Songo was glaring at her, she was still in her demon form. "Oops."

"You've done something with Kagome haven't you, what have you done with Kagome!?!" Songo yelled even more loudly than she had before. "Tell me now!!!"

"Songo?" for the first time sense Songo had seen her supposedly dead brother she had never seen that look of hate in her eyes. "I'm sorry Songo; I should have come back last night and told everyone what happened while we were at the well." One tear made its well down Kagomes Cheek and crystallized as it hit the ground; Songo stared in amazement as Kagome change back into her human disguise.

"K-k-Kagome what happened to you?" Songo asked as though she was ashamed then her normal attitude came back. "How do I know you didn't kill Kagome then take her form?!" she started yelling again.

"Because," Kagome yelled back. "Why would I want to lie to my best friend; besides if I wasn't Kagome then I couldn't purify the jewel shards let alone touch them?" she said taking the jewel and 3 shards out of the small leather bag that she had around her neck.

"Kagome," She looked up from the jewel to see tears streaming down Kagome's face. "Kagome, oh Kagome I'm so sorry." Songo dropped to her knees and also begin to cry.

"Songo you shouldn't be crying, you did nothing wrong." Kagome said. "But I did Kagome; I made my best friend cry. I'm so sorry." Songo sobbed. "It's ok Songo; but please just don't anyone ok, I'll tell them in my time." "Only if you forgive me." Kagome smiled for a moment. "Then it's a deal." She laughed.

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After the both bathed Kagome told Songo the whole story from start to finish. "So that's why you were a demon a little while ago." She said. "Amazing the father of my best friend the great demon lord of the Northern Lands."

"He said I could come when ever I feel like it and that he lives on the coast and its just a bit west." Kagome sighed. "I'd really like to get to know him a little more and find some stuff out about my birth mother."

"What kind of stuff?" Songo asked. "You know the regular stuff that people know about their mothers, like her name, how my father and she met; It would be nice to no other things than she was a kitsune healer and died giving child birth."
"Kagome lets go back to the village I'm getting a bit hungry." Her stomach growled. "ok Songo I'm getting a bit hungry myself." "Uh Kagome, you'd better take off the armor." Kagome looked down. "Oh crap hey Songo could you do me a favor; Will you go to the well and get my bag? If I'm seen caring around huge boxes people will talk." "No problem Kagome I'll get Kilala to help." Songo said "Cool; oh and thanks Songo."

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Just a bit later Songo and Kilala returned with Kagome's enormous bag. She packed every thing that was it the boxes into it. "You ready Kagome?" she asked. "Yep all ready." Kagome said and climbed onto Kilala's back. In what seconds they were already at the edge of the village.

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"How long can it take for one girl to take a bath?" InuYasha complained. "InuYasha she's a woman, she can have all the time she needs." Miroku said. "Obviously you two bone heads didn't know that she already came back and left again with Kilala." Shippo yawn and rubbed his eyes; he looked out to the far end of the village. "Songo's back!!!" Shippo yelled. "And she has Kagome with her!!!"

Shippo was already jumping into Kagome's arms when InuYasha and Miroku had finally comprehended with what Shippo had yelled.

"Oh Kagome I missed you so much," Shippo said hugging Kagome. "And InuYasha try to hurt me for asking what happened to you."
"I missed you to Shippo." Kagome hugged him back. "So InuYasha tried to hurt you did he? Where is he?" Shippo pointed over to where he was standing. "InuYasha," Kagome yelled. "SIT." "What was that for wench!!!?" He yelled back.
"That was for trying to hurt Shippo!!!"

"Kagome," Miroku asked. "Where did you get those swords and those clothes?" "Yea Kagome, where did you get them?" InuYasha yelled.

"I told you yesterday was my birthday, or at least I tried to but you never listen!!!" Kagome yelled at him. "I turned seventeen, that's why I have these!!!" she pulled the swords out of her belt.

"Feh, I could care less." InuYasha mumbled; he saw Kagome give him an evil glare. 'Why is she glaring at me like that; I know she can't hear me, maybe Shippo ratted me out because Kikyo came by last night.' He thought. 'No I would have heard it; oh well. She can't do anything about it.'

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