A/N: Another Chapter. Not like you care.

No review response this time..Maybe the next? If not, the story will be
furtherly be put on hiatus for wasting my time on it. So review please.

-Hirari the 9th

(The Turmoil Twins)

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Freedom, she asks

Chapter 6: Whirling Winds

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"Kag...ura?"

The piercing winds from the north of the dark forest drew closer to Naraku's castle. Kanna's eyes widened in realization as she realized, it
truly was, her youkai sister was coming back to her lair.

'So...early? This deal needs to be made quick before she comes. Then my freedom won't even be claimed..' she thought sadly. If Kagura found out
what she was trying to accomplish, then she'd want it all to herself. Kanna's ghostly features slowly resided ito one of mere rage and defeat.

This didn't go unnoticed by the young kitsune.

Shippou faced out of the window and saw that the slicing winds had stopped
thier rampage as if the controller had sensed something. "Hey.." The
kitsune tugged on Kanna's cold kimono-like outfit. "Hey..Don't feel too
bad..she's gone for now. See? There ar--"

"Quiet brat, she's closer then you think." InuYasha huffed, he scented the wind youkai getting closer. Of course, something along the lines of what he
said before is his own way of saying 'she's here'.

Shippou was silenced by the up-tempered hanyou and pouted on his perch apon Kagome's shoulder. Sango and Miroku took the time to chat with Myouga about the slave laws in Senjoku Jidai, while InuYasha was having a glaring match
with Shippou, and Kagome just took in the surroundings.

How long had they been there? Kagome glanced at her digital watch and looked up to be expecting to see Kanna at the window, but to her dissmay, she was gone. She paced over to InuYasha to see if he even knew that she
was missing. They were all so wrapped up with what they were doing to
notice the girl was gone.

"Hey InuYasha?" Kagome asked sugarcoated.

"What is it wench?" InuYasha said a bit harshly, as Shippou paraded around screaming 'I won!' over and over. Obviously he was angered that he lost the
game, he'd get that runt yet!

Kagome's expression changed into one of dire curiousity from her current one of happiness. "Did you realize that Kanna has been missing for atleast
7 minutes now?"

InuYasha huffed and looked away in his own usual style of rudeness. "Feh. So?" Kagome raised an eyebrow at him. "Ooh, so you didn't know? Well did
you remember that we are just standing around in Naraku's castle doing
nothing important while the shikon shard is STILL with Kanna, and that
Kagura is around the castle somewhere, or are you just being a dough-
head?!!" She was now up in his face screaming at him.

"Oi!! Stop yelling wench I heard you loud and clear! And DON'T just blame me for standing around! What in hell were you doing in the past 7 min-ettes
while she just stalked away!! NOW who's the dough head?!"

"You're the baka for not sensing her leave!"

"NO! You're the baka for not knowing the shikon shard had gotten away from
us!"

"Smelling is faster then detecting you know!!"

"WELL if the SHARD DETECTOR was snapped to it, maybe then, SHE, would have KNOWN that the damn thing just gotten away!!! AND WE WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED THE FOOL!!" InuYasha barked out loud enough to hear his last few words echo
through the darkened evil halls... And sorrowingly regret it.

By this time Kagome and everyone else had thier attention focused on the hanyou in surprise. Kagome was just stunned, but not by too much. She knew from the start that he didn't really care about her. She was just a stupid
reincarnated shard detector, after all. Nothing more, nothing less.

She shifted the pack-back strap from one shoulder to the other. She lowered her head glowering at the floor in what had seemed concentration. But they
didn't notice her edge away from the half-demon.

"Listen, Ka-" InuYasha turned to her but she was already striding down the way whispering carefully Kanna's name. "OI, I WAS TALKIN HERE!!" But she
was already out of sight.

Miroku strode past InuYasha wordlessly, Sango following suite but with an evil look that showed anger over all, the shady mix of dissappointment was visible. Shippou gave InuYasha a kick in the ankle, since that was the only part of him he could reach without jumping, and a hurt look. Leaving him alone near the window laced in black linen, drenched in pools of darkness.

For he had once again hurt girl that was more a prize then the Shikon no
Tama itself.

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Kagome had found Kanna on the step of the cold-skulled steps outside, talking to what she presumed was her younger sister, Kagura. Kanna was just standing there nodding while Kagura kept ranting about her shard and how it
was now in good hands. 'Good hands, my face!' Kagome thought bitterly.

The ebony-haired girl leaned in forward to listen more closly when she felt herself starting to fall. She jerked at the door handle and looked at her shoe to curse it mentally. Stupid things! And at a time like this, too! She
peered outside again to discover that the two siblings have long-gone dissappeared. Raising an eyebrow she thought about the worst things that
could be behind her when she felt a shard just a few feet from her
backside.

Could it be Kanna telling her it was safe to come out from the dark...

Or was it the wind youkai out for a round of play?...

There was only one way to find out.....And to say the least, Kagome wasn't
thrilled with the results.

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Cliffhanger! You deserve it!

'Nother A/N: This will be posted on the internet soon when the file is properly saved to a floppy. There will be no more chapters unless I get 3
more reviews. Can you all spare me 3 freggin' reviews?

We're talking 90 seconds people. A sentence wouldn't kill you would it?

Thought so.

So this story is discontinued until then. I am starting another story on Summer break, so look out for that. Fanfiction.net is being a bother, and I'm writing this at school. I have to 'watch my language' sorry about the
less cussing OOC thing with InuYasha's scene back there.

Who cares, ya know? Of course you do.

So HAVE A GREAT SUMMER BASH EVERYONE!
Summer of - '03! ^_^ Woooooo!!

Much bewilderment and pure chaos,

-Hirari the 9th GOMS