Liger003 ~ thanks to all who reviewed. And I am home sick, so you get this chapter done faster than I thought that it would be, enjoy! Oh, I wonder where the name Kugua came from *scratches head* hmmmm sounds kinda like Kouga . . . well, that's what happens. I was in a hurry and didn't think about the name so I wrote something down. So, Kouga is not Kugua! Remember that! ^_^

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Huntress Chapter six ~ Friends

Kagome sat down at her kitchen table. She had her chin in her hands and she was deep in thought. 'Where in the world is he?' She looked at the clock again and saw that it read that it was only 10:00. She had been up since the time she came home. She hadn't slept at all she couldn't. All she could do was look at the phone praying that someone would call with some good news. She was angry at the phone, for not ringing, or the people who were supposed to call. Why hadn't they called yet?

Her mom was sleeping upstairs, she wanted to go wake her up and tell her that they have to hurry and go find Inu-Yasha, but she knew that her mother had worked very hard the day before and that she needed her rest. Kagome sighed again and continued to stare at the phone.

'May be I should go to the Feudal Era and bring the others over here, then they could help me search.' She thought, but then scratched that idea. 'They are just as likely to get lost over here as Inu-Yasha, more so. Inu- Yasha at least has his demon senses back by now; Miroku and Sango would be powerless to find me again.' So Kagome just sighed and stared down at the phone, this time, though, her look was more pleading than angry.

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Sango threw her weapon as it sliced the demon in half. She watched as it came back and braced herself to catch it. Just then Miroku came up and sucked it up with his hellhole.

"That's it. The demon has been exterminated." Sango told the village people.

"Please tell us if you see our friend." Miroku waved and then added to the women, "And let me know if you change your minds about bearing my child!" and with those words Miroku got hit over the head with a giant boomerang and fell unconscious.

"I apologize for him; tell us if you need us again, and if you see our friend!" She called back as she drug the unconscious Miroku toward the next town. Kirara jumped to her shoulder and meowed. Sango knew that she was offering to carry Miroku until she woke up, but Sango saw that he was already waking up and she didn't want to make his ride easier. She shook her head at the little demon. It definitely hurt more to be dragged against the hard ground than to be carried.

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Meanwhile back at Kaede's village . . .

"What? They left? Without me?" Tears formed in Shippo's eyes, "How could they leave me here? I'm all alone! *sniff*" Shippo kicked at some rocks as he walked along. He wasn't looking where he was going; he still to busy thinking about why they could have all left him. Just then he bumped into someone and both of them fell back. "Ow . . ." Shippo rubbed his head.

"That hurt." He heard a voice above him. "Are you okay?"

Shippo looked up into the eyes of a young girl. She seemed to be only five or six. She was obviously from the village. "Yeah, I'm fine."

"Good, my name's Stuka, who are you?"

"My name's Shippo." He told her as he stood up and then pushed his chest out to look tough. "I am on a quest to find my lost friend. He can't do anything right."

"Oh! That sounds like fun! Can I come?"

"Uh, sure. You haven't seen him though, have you? He looks like this." In a poof Shippo transformed into a little Inu-Yasha, and in a poof de-transformed.

The little girl clapped her hands and he blushed. "Nope, I haven't seen him, but I'll help you look."

"Okay! Let's go!" Shippo cried as he pulled her along.

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Inu-Yasha was starting to get sick. He hated cars; they went to fast and made his stomach do flip-flops. At least the one time when he went with Kagome she let him stick his head out the window for fresh air, but this time he was in the back of a car, in a cage, no less, he was surrounded by weapons, and at the moment, he thought that he was going to puke. Inu-Yasha was doing his best to hold it back, though. He would be ashamed of it.

Inu-Yasha leaned against the bars and closed his eyes; his hands were clasped on the Tetsusiaga that was in his lap. He needed to get his mind off of the moving machine underneath him. His mind then strayed to Kagome, was she alright? He wasn't there to protect her and he hated that, but he couldn't figure out a way to get out. Was she worried about him at all? Was she going to be stacked by a demon while he wasn't there? Was she looking for him? He had a thousand other questions that were left unanswered as he fell into an uneasy sleep.

Inu-Yasha was awakened by the sound of the van stopping. He was at first scared, he didn't recognize the place he was in, but it all sank in quickly. He was still in Midori's van. He didn't know how long he had been asleep, but he was sure it was at least an hour. He seemed to be over his car sickness, the sleep must have helped him a lot.

Inu-Yasha growled as he saw the light from outside as she opened the door. He instantly could tell that it was artificial, sunlight was warm, but this light somehow seemed cold. It wasn't just the light, though, it was the whole place. Inu-Yasha's dog senses kicked in and he felt that danger was everywhere, not just from the woman who captured him, everywhere; he already knew that this place was evil.

Midori came into view and noticed that he was growling. "Aw, are you still scared of me? Good, you should be."

"I am not afraid of you." Inu-Yasha growled.

"Right, if it makes you feel better, keep saying it." She grabbed the cage and lifted it up and carried him and the cage out of the car. He was glad to be out of that car, but he also didn't like what he saw outside of the car.

He was in a place with steel walls and lights hanging from the ceiling. The whole place had no color, it was all a grayish. There were people and demons going up and down the halls. What terrified him most was that the humans seemed to be in charge. They were forcing the demons to do what they wanted them to do. What was going on? It was supposed to be the other way around! Demons were supposed to be in charge; humans were weak! But could they all be as strong as Midori then? He couldn't win, so maybe these demons couldn't either. A shiver went up his spine.

Midori seemed to be having a great time. She seemed to know everyone. She was waving and telling people hi as she passed. Her voice was lighter than it was with him, but he eyes kept the same cold look and chill to them.

"Hey, Midori! Haven't seen you for a while! Finally found yourself a demon, eh?" One man asked her.

"Yeah, and he's ten times as strong as the ones I had before." She grinned. "You better watch out, he's powerful. He's even got his own sword already, so I don't have to give him one."

"Heh! You're just going to find yourself down one more demon." He boasted. "My demon has gotten stronger than last time."

"He's still no match for Inu-Yasha." Her eyes went hard; she glared at Inu-Yasha. He had better win.

"Hey, where did he get those clothes? He looks like he's from the Feudal Era! And gotta love those ears!" The man joked.

Inu-Yasha growled, he WAS from the Feudal Era! What made him angrier was the fact that they were talking about him as if he wasn't there or as if he was an object.

"Well, the boss wants to see him. I have to go." Midori waved as he left and continued to carry him and the cage toward a large door.

End of chapter six

Liger003 ~ I hope that you liked it, and please review if you have read it, tell me if you like it, and if you didn't tell me what you think I need to change to make it better. Well, I'll write the next chapter as soon as possible! But you know what makes me feel better and write faster, REIVIEWS!