A/N: I finally have enough time on my hands and no more writers block to finally update.  YAY! ^_^  I would like to thank you, the readers, for inspiring me to keep this going…I was actually thinking about disbanding it…but thanks to my friend (her pen name here is GooFooFighter…please check out her stories) I kept it going.  Now on to the fan fic.

Disclaimer: …should I even bother with this anymore??? You all know I will never own Inu Yasha and even if I did I wouldn't be writing this…do any of you even read this?!

Chapter 5: The Shikon Jewel is Discovered

            Miroku made Inu Yasha sniff for Kagome and were soon following her trail.  Inu Yasha stopped when he saw Kagome talking to Yume-kami and whispered to Miroku, "Who the hell is that?"

            "He looks as if to be a dragon…let's hope Lady Kagome will be alright."

            As they watched, Kagome tried not to scream that it wasn't true and she was nothing important and this was all a dream.  The dragon soon left and Kagome stood up, but fell back down.

            Miroku quickly rushed over to Kagome to see if she was alright.  Inu Yasha just walked out of hiding slowly taking his dear sweet time.

            Kagome looked at Miroku with a sigh of relief and hugged him tightly when he kneeled down by her.

            "Are you alright Lady Kagome?"

            Kagome only tightened her hug and Miroku asked, "Did that person harm you and what did he want?"

            Kagome sat in front of him and said, "I am just fine, but Yume-kami, the guy who was talking to me, told me some things that just can't be true."

            "What things Kagome?"

            Kagome then told Miroku everything that Yume-kami had told her, but left out the part of the Shikon jewel being embedded within her.  Inu Yasha's ear's twitched and faced Kagome as she mentioned the part about her being the reincarnation of the former protector of the Shikon no Tama.

            When she finished Inu Yasha said, "So you are in a way Kikyo."

            "How many times do I have to tell you?!  I'm not Kikyo."

            "Didn't you just say you are the reincarnation of the protector of the Shikon no Tama?"

            "Well, yeah, but what does that have to do with it?"

            "Kikyo was the protector of the Shikon no Tama…now where is it wench?"

            Miroku stood up glaring at Inu Yasha and Kagome stood behind him with one hand on her left side and the other against a tree to help her keep her balance.

            "I…I don't know where it is"

            "You lie.  Now give it to me."

            Kagome clutched her shirt where the Shikon no Tama lay embedded in her skin.  Miroku whacked Inu Yasha over the head with his staff and said, "She doesn't have it, now let her be."

            Inu Yasha let out a low growl and all of a sudden Kagome's eyes went wide with pain as she fell to the ground.  Her left side was all slashed up and a huge chunk of her side was missing.  Miroku quickly ran to her and said, "Kagome! Are you alright?"

            She closed her eyes in immense pain and held her side with a terribly slashed right hand.  She was losing blood fast and when she didn't answer Miroku, he asked again worried, "Kagome! Are you…"

            That was all she heard as he asked a second time.  Her vision clouded over and everything went black and silent for her, except for her own ragged breathing.

A/N: dundundun…a cliff hanger again…heeheehee…*people throw tomatoes* HEY! You deserve to have a cliffhanger!  And anyways…they're fun to write.  Well…anyways…I'll have the next chapter up tomorrow hopefully if I don't get dragged out of the house kicking and screaming.  Well, please R&R!  *voice in head* 'now why did you do that?  You could have just killed her in this chapter…but NO!'  *talks to voice in head* Well it isn't up to you whether I kill her or NOT!  *looks at readers* by the way…the voice in my head's name is Tasha…she is annoying as hell and never shuts the hell up.

Tasha: OH! SURE! Make me out to be the bad guy!  *glares from corner of mind*

Me: just shut up already!! I can't kill her yet because then that would just ruin the whole plot!! *which I don't really know yet*

Tasha: why don't you stop rambling and acting crazy…we all know I'm the reason you came up with this…and that's that…you just go on and type while I give you ideas…

Me: o_o…she's right…I am rambling…well…R&R please and JA! *runs to get hole puncher of doom to kill Tasha*

Tasha: O_O *runs for dear life*