Kag leaves when she realizes that Inu loves Kikyo. She goes off in search

of the shards alone - or so she thinks... And whats this about our Fluffy

wearing a rosery like his half brothers? I wonder what the magic word is...

Sesshy|Kag and Inu|Kikyo

Characters:

Naraku - Old....

Sesshoumaru - 19

Miroku - 18



Inu Yasha - 18

Shippo - 11

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Kaedi - 56



Kikyou - 18

Kagome - 17

Sango - 17

~Words~

Hanyou - Half demon

Youkai - Full Demon

Chapter 1:

'What a beautiful, sunny day! I hope it looks as good in

the Fudal Ara..' Kagome thought happily as she walked out

of her house. Suddenly, she was losing her balance as

something rammed into her legs.

"Kagome! Wont you reconsider? Just once!! Please?" her little

brother asked pleadingly. The last part was almost whispered.

'Aww! He must really miss me!' she thought to herself as she

bent down to her brothers eye level. "Look, bro. You can't come.

It's WAY too dangerous for you! There are demons and theives..

and Inu Yasha's there too!" Kagone said with exagerated hand

motions.

"So, you'll have to stay here with mom and protect her.

And remember. Once the shards are all collected, I'll bring

you and mom to see how cool it is there. ok?" she asked as

she ruffled his hair a little. Frowning, her little brother

nodded. 'But mom will make me do your chores as well as mine!'

he groaned mentally and walked away pouting.

"Kagome? Are you sure you just can't bring them here?"

"MOM! I told you already! I'm going to Inu Yasha's time because

the people here would SO freak out if they saw his nails. Not to

mention his EARS! Plus, the shards aren't IN this time. They're

in the Fudal Ara. But dont worry, I'll be back in a week. Or maybe

two..." Kagome yelled as she ran down the stairs of the Shrine

to the Bone Eaters Well.

Smiling happily, Kagome threw her back pack into the well,

then jumped in herself. Without much thought, Kagome's hand

inclosed around the small bottle hanging from her neck which

contained four or five shards of the Shikon Jewl. With her free

hand, she quickly grasped the straps of her back pack as the

well filled with a purple light, signaling her disapearance.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Inu Yasha? Are you listening to me, Inu Yahsa?" Kaedi asked

as she stared at the half breed demon that was siting before

her. He was so much differant from a normal demon. Slowly

turning his head to the side, Inu Yasha began to sniff the air.

"Finally." he muttered to himself as he stood and ran from the

hut, twards the enchanted, Bone Eaters Well. Lucky for him, he

arrived at the well just as Kagome climed out.

"Hey Inu Yasha! Sorry I'm late. My mom said she was worried

about me always jumping into that well and not knowing what

was on the other side. I think she's scared that one day, I

might not climb back out... Actually. I think she would just

like to meet you. She saw you that once and has nver stoped

talking about 'the cute boy I prance around with on the other

side of that silly well' She's really stuck on your looks!"

Inu Yasha grunted.

"Feh. I don't care why your late! Common! We only have three

shards to go! Lets get back to the village so we can have a

good nights sleep before we set out tomorrow morning. What are

you waiting for?!?! Lets go already!" and almost as an after

thought, Inu Yasha asked "So your mom thinks I'm cute?" Kagome

laughed a little. "Yeah. Although, I have no clue where she got

that idea from!" Inu Yasha growled.

'Hmm.. Inu Yasha seems to be grumpy today. Oh wait. Thats

right! He's ALWAYS grumpy!' Kagome sweat dropped.

"Ok Inu Yasha. Bend down so I can get on!" Inu Yasha did

as told and Kagome, true to her words, jumped on.

In only a matter of seconds, the two were at least three

miles from the well. Inu Yasha cleared his throat. "So Kagome,

Where will we start tomorrow?"

Kagome thought for a moment. "Well, we know that Naraku has two.

And I'm sure there are at least a few dozen left scattered around.

So, It's really up to you. Would you rater: a) Continue to search

for random shards and have a chance of letting Naraku gather even

more shards, or b) Go straight to Naraku and get his two shards

first?" Kagome sighed. both plans seemed to have holes in them.

Inu Yasha grunted.

After a moments pause, Kagome tried to start another conversation.

"So Inu Yasha, Whats been going on here while I was gone?"Kagome

asked curiously as Inu Yasha finally came to a stop, direstly infront

of Kaedi's hut. Inu Yasha gulped nervously as he began to play with

the hem of his sleeves. "Inu Yasha? Is ther something wrong-" "Inu

Yasha?! Is that you?" A feminin voiced asked from inside the hut.

A moment later, a raven haired Miko appeared in the doorway.

"Inu Yasha?" The woman asked. She looked as confused as Kagome did...

"What is she doing here?" both women asked at the same time.

Kagome had asked it softly. Like it hurt her heart. Kikyo was

just plain furious.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Kagome sighed. 'And I was really starting to like him' Kagome

thought sadly as she slowly closed her eyes and leaned backwards

against a tree. She sighed again. 'I'm really gunna miss this..'

Kagome thought to herself. 'Once we find the last three jewl

shards, I'll have to go home. No more watching Sango beat Miroko

over the head with her boomerang because he was being perverted.

No more listening to Inu Yasha complain becasue I'm too slow and

not very strong. No more holding Shippo close when he has a bad

dream. And no more fighting off nasty demons.' A tear fell from

her eye. Another followed. Kagome didn't even bother to wipe them

away. 'No one is here to tease me. Might as well cry my eyes out.'

she thought gloomly to herself.

"Kagome?" Inu Yasha called out as he looked around for her. She

had left the hut in a hurry after Kikyo yelled at her. "Kagome...

Where are you?" He called out louder this time. But she never

answered him. Little did he know, he wouldn't be seeing Kagome

for a long time...

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Kaedi! Where did she go?? Can't you trace her or something?"

Inu Yasha yelled as he paced back and forth in Kaedis hut. The

old woman didn't know what to do. Kagome had put a distortion

feild around her. Probably because she didn't want to be found.

But she wasn't going to tell the angry hanyou that... "Please calm

yourself, Inu Yasha." Kikyo was quite calm about the situation.

Everyone knew that she didn't like Kagome, but was she actually

glad that a helpless girl was in the woods by herself? 'Kagome

could be killed without some one to protect her!' Inu Yasha thought

angrily.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Hmm.. So what should I do first?" Kagome asked herself as she

gathered her back pack and stood from the spot she had slept the

night at. For the second time in two days, Kagome was knocked off

balance as something crashed into her legs. "Kagome! We were all

so worried about you! Why did you leave like that? Was it Inu Yasha

again? Don't take him seriously! Whatever he said, I'm sure he

didn't mean it! Please come back with me!!!" Kagome looked confused.

How had Shippo found her? 'I thought that my distortion feild would

have kept them all away...' she thought to herself, trying to figure

out what went wrong.

Kagome bent down and firmly grabbed shippos arms. "Shippo. How

did you. How did you FIND me?" she asked quietly as she looked

around behond the small fox demon. "Are 'they' with you?" she

asked tentavily. Shippo shook his head. "No, Kagome. Its just me.

They had gone search the the near the big hot spring. But something

told me that you weren't there, so I came this way instead!" He

stated excitedly.

Kagome couldn't help but smile. "Shippo. I can't go back. And now,

you cant either. You have my scent on you. Inu Yasha will deffinatly

smell it on you. Then, Kami knows what torture he'll put you

through..." she stated thoughtfully. "I guess you'll just have to

stay with me." Shippo jumped up and down. He was obviously happy

about this..

"So Shippo. What should we do first?" Kagome asked after they

began to walk down an eiry path in the woods. "Well, I think we

should go straight to Naraku!" he said, balling his fists. Kagome

started to laugh, but stopped suddenly.

"Uh, Shippo? I think we'll have to face him even sooner that

you thought. I can feel the shards! He's so close...Lets hurry

before he destroys any innocent people.."

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Hmph. What a worthless little village. No use for it at all.

I guess I should destroy it..." Naraku said with an evil smirk.

As he lifted his hand, many screams af terror were heard from

huts and houses. Wemon were looking out of windows, Children were

standing in doorways, and the men were harvesting the feilds.

There was no one to protect them.

A dark black light shot from Narakus hand, destroying everything

in its way. Blood was everywhere. Pain filled screams filled the

air. Laughing, he turned in another direction and shot another

blast of energy. Laughing again, he prepared a final shot, but

was stopped short when an arrow peirced his shoulder.

He was as surprised as Kagome was. Turning to face the one

who dared shoot him, he came face to face with Kagome. 'How

did I not sence her?' he thought incredously to himeself. 'How

the hell did I actually hit him?!' Kagome was frantic. 'Now

hes gunna hurt me!' Kagome cringed. Naraku was getting over

the inital shock of the matter at hand. And quickly too.

Raising his hand to Kagome, the black light appeared again.

'Oh Kami. I'm gunna die...' she thought to herself. But her

thoughts were interrupted by a booning voice. "Let her be, Naraku!

She is mine." Kagome gulped. 'That voice sounded awfully like...'

slowly turning, she saw the face of the man that she didn't ever

want to see again.

"Keep out of this, Sesshoumaru! She will pay for her actions

twards me! If she were brave enough to shoot me in the first place,

I say she should carry out her plans to try and 'kill' me. I will

gladly fight back!" Naraku said with venium. Sesshoumaru's eyes

narrowed as he looked at Kagome. "We have things to talk about,

Dear Kagome." He stated through gritted, pointy teeth. "Leave here

now, Naraku. Or I will rid this place of your presence myself."

Naraku growled a bit, but did as commanded. Slowly, Sesshoumaru

turned to Kagome, only to find an arrow pointed at his face. "What

do you think you're doing, Sesshoumaru? I am not yours!" Then,

the unthinkable happened. Sesshoumaru laughed. Kagome sweat dropped.

"And What is so funny?!" Sesshoumaru began to calm down. "Well,

I'm only laughing because of how you looked when you saw me! It was

hilarious! Don't you know who I am?"

Kagome looked confused. "Uh. Yeah. You're Sesshoumaru. Inu Yasha's

half brother! the Lord Demon himself!" she stated angrily. 'What

is he trying to do? This is rediculas!' she thought as she notched

the arrow and pulled the string back. Sesshoumaru sighed. "No. I'm

not Sesshoumaru! It's me, Shippo!!" Suddenly, Shippo was no longer

Sesshoumaru and he was lying on the ground, unconscious. 'Little brat!'

Kagome thought as she lowered her fist.