My puter died. Sorry this is late. No cute notes I'm supposed to be asleep but my uncle JUST fixed the COM so . . . here ya go!

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Trailing along behind the tracking group, Kirara suddenly took off in to the right and sprinted away.

"Kirara!!" Sango called after her pet-giving chase.

"Sango we can't afford to chase her, we need to find Kagome's body, who knows what Kikyou has done it to." Miroku begged Sango.

"I can't just leave her! She's all I have left . . ."

"Whom do you think is in more danger? Kagome or your fire demon friend?"

"Let's go" Sango whispered, looking longingly behind her.

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//Where is that scent coming from? I'd know it anywhere! I've missed him so much. // Kirara thought as she raced through the forest bottom in her grown form.

Reaching the origin of the smell, Kirara was stopped dead in her tracks. // What is he doing to the old woman? //

Realizing that she smelt like fear, Kirara jumped in front of her child friend and reluctantly growled.

"Why you . . .!!!" 'Shippo' cried angrily, swiping at Kirara.

//Something's not right!! // Kirara thought.

"Kirara! That is not the Shippo ye know. That creature standing before ye is none other than the despicable Naraku!" Kiadae called.

//He smells like Shippo! // Kirara though as he dodged hands belonging to a wooden image

//but he has Naraku's magics. I have to tell Sango!! // Kirara realized wide-eyed. Scooping Kiadae up, Kirara ran back to her owner.

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KIRARA!!" Sango screamed as her friend leapt from the bushes in her small cute form.

"Aye Sango, ye pet has returned, and I owe her many thanks."

"Kiadae what are you doing here?"

"I shall explain as we venture forth to reclaim Kagome's body."

After hearing Kiadae's tale the group reached the desert where they had been directed to. Once by some peasants, and most recently by Sesshoumaru. The group then scattered in a desperate attempt to find some clues.

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"Where is that toad!! He was supposed to tell me of their progress!" 'Kagome' pouted. "I suppose I'll have to do it all myself." She decided.

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Scouting the immediate area seemed to be pointless, and Sesshoumaru felt he had more pressing matters to attend to. (A/N I just remembered his declaration to Inuyasha about the whole, get Jaken, punish him, leave thing, Oops!) Grabbing Rin, Sesshoumaru took to the air.

//Well he was a lot of help, leads us to the middle of nowhere and takes off! About as useful as his brother when there's ramen. // Kagome thought.

And so Inuyasha, Kagome in Kikyou's body, Sota, Kiadae, Miroku, Sango, and Kirara found themselves at the edge of an immense desert with no idea as to what they should do now. Luckily, or rather unluckily, they were not idle for very long. Emerging from the nearby vegetation, Kikyou arrived in all her borrowed splendor. Radiating with an evil aura, Kagome's body was unrecognizable as once belonging to the pure hearted teen and seemed as though it had always belonged to the undead miko.

"Kikyou," Inuyasha growled at the intruder.

"I see you're not as dense as I though Inuyasha. To bad you are to late to stop anything." Kikyou shot back.

"Too late to stop what?" he questioned.

"Me" Kikyou replied as she drew on Kagome's magic to create a blast of energy.

//Oh no she doesn't!! // Kagome thought, pulling on Kikyou's energy in an attempt to thwart the stronger miko's blast.

Both reincarnation and walking dead cast their spells at the same moment and by some miracle, Kagome's weaker blast was able to hit Kikyou's. To Kagome's surprise, the balls didn't simply dissipate, but rather hovered above the ground, darting back and forth from the still girls. As though they had finally come to a decision, the blast from Kikyou's body rushed to the Kagome's stolen body, and Kagome's blast reached Kikyou's body. The last thing anyone heard before the energy orbs reached their destinations was a resounding scream coming from Kagome's body. After that, silence and a bright light flooded all those in the region senseless.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha and Sota hollered in unison as they ran to Kikyou's limp body.

"Yeah," e weak voice answered from a few yards away. "My voice, Kagome croaked, touching her lips as though they were precious treasures.

"Bitch I was talking to her," Inuyasha growled angrily as he nodded his head to the unconscious woman, " not you!"

"Why you . . .you . . .SIT BOY!!" Kagome cried.

Hitting the ground hard, Inuyasha began to ponder the possibility that the two women had somehow switched back into their own bodies.

However he wasn't able to contemplate that for long, because while he was still under the spells control, Shippo came strolling out from the bushes.

And he wasn't alone.