A/N: hey peoples!!! I know, the last chapter was kinda weird and kinda clashed with my fic a bit but I hope it wasn't that bad!!! This chapter im gonna get back down to business!! Lol!! Ok, also, I would write up all the names of the people who reviewed my fic and leave cute little messages for them to read and reread to their little heart's desire, but that would take too long and confuse me! @_@ lol!! Ok, so all im gonna say is....THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR READING AND REVIEWING MY FIC!!! IM SORRY I CAN'T WRITE INDIVIDUAL MESSAGES TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'S REAL LIFE I HAD REFLECTED IN THE LAST CHAPTER, I JUST WANNA SAY, WOW! THAT'S SOOOO COOL! IM LIKE, A PSYCHIC!! LOL, OK, THAT'S ABOUT IT! THANKS FOR THE REVIEWS!! I LUV YA ALL!! LOL!! ::glomps readers and gives them inuyasha and the gang plushies!!:: (if I could, I would give all you guyz them, but, I don't got that much money!! -_-;)

Has anyone noticed (you'd only get this if you watch Cowboy Bebop) how much Rin and Edward are alike???? they're like twins!! Well, UNidentical twins. They have like the EXACT same personality!!! Weird.....lol!!!!!

Song of the day.....The Zephyr Song! by Red Hot Chili Peppers!!! ^_^

Also, I found the perfect song for the first chapter!! (maybe for most of this fic.....) its 'Goodbye To You' by Michelle Branch!! All her songs are awesome, seriously! Most of them fit inuyasha so well, I bet she watches the show and makes songs for it....that's just me though..hehe........

CHAPTER 8!!!

~KAGOME'S POV~

I continued to run through the forest. I mean, I didn't mean to upset her THAT much!! It was just an innocent, harmless, friendly joke! Eheheheh.....'Grrr, stupid Miroku, getting me in trouble with Sango! Hmph, well at least he's gonna get it too!' I mentally comforted myself. I turned to see if Sango was still following me and to my disappointment, she was still hot on my trail (A/N: has anyone noticed that in the last chapter I said 'hot on my tail' and now it's 'trail'?? lol!! I don't really know what that has to do with anything......) 'Yes! I know! I'll go into the forest! I mean, I know it pretty well, probably better than her!' I thought. I made a sharp turn and ran straight into the forest. (A/N: I've noticed that in my fic, everything interesting happens in the forest......)

Unfortunately for me, I was so caught up in my thoughts that I didn't pay attention to where I was going and before I knew it, I was lost. 'No! Why must this happen to me?!!?' I whined to myself.

"KAGOME!!!!! Where are we?!?" demanded Sango.

"Um, heheh, uh, in the forest?" I replied nervously. She shot me a death glare.

"Well, I guess we gotta find our way out," she sighed. I was about to say something when that oh so familiar feeling kicked in. It was a demon not too far from here. And it had two shards. There are only two shards missing from the jewel and only one youkai has two of the shards. Inuyasha. "Kagome? Are you all right? You look a little pale," asked Sango, concern evident in her voice.

"It's him. Inuyasha," I stated, trying to make sure my voice didn't quaver. I don't know why I felt so nervous now whenever he was near.

"Well what are you waiting for!? Let's go find him!" exclaimed Sango excitedly.

I shook my head slowly. "He's different. He's used the two shards to become more youkai."

"Are you serious? Maybe we should still see him. If he sees you, he might be able to regain some senses and change back," stated Sango hopefully yet firmly.

I looked up right away. She does have a point, but why would he change just by seeing me? "Why would that work? The only one he cares about is Kikyo," I said angrily. "Kikyo, she just has to ruin my life, doesn't she? When she's dead, I'm ALWAYS compared to her and I always come up short of her great accomplishments! Then, when things just begin to go my way, she comes back with a vengeance and takes everything! Everything I wanted and cared for! Inuyasha....." I angrily cried and trailed off at his name. By now I was in tears, having just let out the reason behind my pain and misery, one would think that a great weight would be lifted off and I would be happy. But no, I wasn't. It only made the truth more apparent to me. I would NEVER be anything near as good as Kikyo was in Inuyasha's eyes.

"Kagome," began Sango softly.

"No, I don't wanna hear it. I want some time alone," I stated firmly and I ran off.

Sango watched as the raven-haired girl ran off into the forest, a sad look in her eyes. 'If only she knew.' She thought to herself. (A/N: ok, this line was in the authors POV sorry I didn't write it at the top, it was only one line!)

~INUYASHA'S POV~ (heehee)

BOOM. I fell out of my tree where I was sleeping when I had heard a familiar voice cry out. Cursing under my breath, I stood up, dusting myself off. (A/N: he's not really changed that much has he? Hmmmm, should I do something about that?.....) I strained my ears to hear if there was something wrong. I don't quite know why, but I was drawn to that voice. I was the voice of that girl I had seen in the forest the other night. At first I couldn't believe my eyes. I could have sworn it was Kikyo with her bow and arrows, ready to pin me to the tree again, but permanently this time. I had flexed my claws, ready to tear her into shreds again, but the look in her eyes froze me in my place. There was sorrow, hope, and fear all mixed together in those blue-gray pools. She was painfully familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had met her. I could sense that she had the rest of the Shikon jewel. I needed it. The two I had granted me twice the power I already had possessed, but the whole jewel. That would allow me to reach my goal, to become a full demon. The fool girl had dropped her only weapons when I had come into the light. She had called out my name, as if fearing something and hoping for it at the same time. (A/N: I do that fear/hope thing a LOT don't I ??? its starting to annoy me, kinda......lol) When she called it out, something in me stirred. I felt some of my power drain, but instead of feeling anger, I felt a pang of guilt and pain of loss. But that was only for a few seconds. My power returned and I ran off. I could feel my two shards pulling my towards her as if it wanted to be part of the rest of the purified jewel shards. I couldn't risk losing them when I was so close to my goal!

I continued to strain my ears but my train of thought was cut off by another scream. "SANGO'S OUT FOR BLOOD!!!" was heard throughout the forest. I tripped and sweatdropped. (I mean like a major sweatdrop, the size of a watermelon!! Lol)

'Stupid humans and their homicidal ways.' I muttered as I climbed back into my tree. A few minutes later and I had begun to drift back to sleep. But footsteps and panting could be heard from a few yards away. It was that girl again. The one that I was pulled to but I couldn't remember. She was followed by another female. They spoke for a while and I lazily listened in. But wait! They began to talk about me! I was wide-awake now. The mysterious girl continued to perplex me; maybe she would be able to clear things up. I leaned towards the voices, trying not to miss a single word. When she had finished talking, everything I had heard almost made me fall out of my tree again!! How did she know about Kikyo? Who is she??





A/N: yay!! see! I promised to get at least one more chapter out before Christmas didn't I? And I delivered! Lol!! Heehee, yup, inu doesn't remember kagome, sorry if it disappoints any of you!! Lol!! I'm all excited about Christmas right now!! I only have to wait until tomorrow before I get to rip through everything!! Yay!! lol!!! ^_~

Ok, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! ^_^

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