Hello everyone! I just figured I always start with something that looks like "Hello everyone' . . . Do you mind that? I'll try to find another quote to begin with, this gets a bit boring after 12 chapters, ne? Well, after the twelfth 'Hello everyone' here's the twelfth chapter of my largest fanfic ever! It might take longer to post chapters now, 'cause I have to make everything up now. After this chapter you know as much as I know about the story . . . Well, almost.

Final Breakdowns and Still Doubting

Chapter 12

They went of and as soon as it got night, Kagome fell asleep again. Thinking about everything Inuyasha had said. Did he really care that much about KOUGA?!!! Weirdo . . .

Inuyasha decided his feet hurt and stopped in an open spot in the forest. There was a large tree in the middle, so he put Kagome of his back, against the tree. He'd noticed that she was asleep, so he tried not to wake her. He got up in the same tree and made himself comfortable at a strong branch. He closed his eyes, but stayed awake and focussed his ears for anything unusual.

*Kagome, why does your mood change with every second? That's really annoying and it makes it harder to understand you. I still don't get why you wanted Kouga to stay alive. I really don't, but maybe some day you can explain it to me. I know too that it hurt me a lot to see Kikyo die for the second time, although I didn't see the first, but that's totally different from you and Kouga. I mean, can I believe you when you say you don't love him? It seems quite sure that you do. Why would you care for his life so much otherwise? To me he was such an asshole, commanding you to be his woman. What did you see in him? Did you really like him? Are you in love with him? Why would you when Kikyo is gone? I thought I always hurt you when I was with her. You were always so down after that. I thought you would at least care for me when Kikyo would be gone . . . apparently not, I see . . . *

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As the sun rose Inuyasha's hair shined in its light. He had fallen asleep after all . . . not such a great idea. He quickly checked if Kagome was still at the trunk of the tree. He almost fell out of it when he saw that she wasn't there. He quickly looked around and at his relief he saw that she was laying with against another tree.

"Kagome! You scared me to death!"

No response of Kagome. What's wrong with her NOW . . .

"Kagome?"

Still no response from her. This was getting weird and Inuyasha wasn't feeling good about it. There was something wrong with her, something bad must've happened.

*Kagome! What's happened to you?*

Inuyasha quickly jumped out of the tree and went to her. When he looked at her face, her eyes were blank. No sign of life to be found in them.

*Shit! I know what this means and what it is . . . But it's impossible! I thought we had . . . I thought she was gone for real! She said she would be gone forever, didn't she? Did you take her soul again . . . Kikyo?*

Kagome was just a doll in his hands. He had troubles getting her on his back, but finally succeeded and went as quickly as possible to the village. This was considered the best place to get her to, since there were people that could protect her, as Inuyasha would go and get her soul back.

Kaede came out of her hut together with Sango, Miroku and Shippo.

"Inuyasha, did you and Kagome get the shards from Kouga?"

"Of course we did! But there's something happened to Kagome and I fear that Kikyo wasn't put to rest when she faded. Kagome's soul is taken!"

"What? I thought she finally found her peace! What in the world makes you think she's still wandering around?" Sango said. You could hear the concern in her voice, which wasn't strange, as she and Kagome were the closest friends you could imagine.

"I thought she would rest too. But Kagome's soul is taken and I don't know of any youkai that could do that to her! It must be Kikyo!"

"I think I know what happened, Inuyasha." Kaede said," She has her soul snatchers, ne? I think she wandered around as a real ghost, as a spirit, and took her soul back."

"But if she is a real ghost, how can she contain a soul?" Miroku asked.

"I don't know, we shall see, as she probably will try to kill Inuyasha again . . . "

"If she comes she can get it!"

"But how can you defeat a ghost? The revived Kikyo was hard because she wasn't flesh and blood, but now she's a real ghost, we can't defeat her, I guess!" Sango said.

"I know. I thought about that too. But she said she was fading because I had rejected her. That she was dying. But now she's 'alive', I think I didn't reject her the way it should for her to rest. I thought in the first place that at the time it was weird what she said, because I didn't actually reject her. I think I'll go to the forest and wait 'till she shows up. It's late afternoon so I don't think that it will take much time for her to show up. You guys protect Kagome, okay?"

"We will sleep in the same house, so no one can do something to her. We will do anything we can."

"O, and Inuyasha, if you can get her soul back, do it quick. I don't know how long a body can live without a soul, but if I may guess I don't think it'll be that much time…"

"Understood, Kaede-baba. I'll do my best. And I really hope Kikyo will REALLY rest in peace for this time. Although I still don't know how I can handle this . . . I guess if I insult her real hard she might let the soul escape . . . I'll see what I'll do. I'm off now."

And so he went to the forest. The others all carried Kagome inside. She still had that lifeless expression in her eyes. It was really scary and Shippo was for once not hyper.

"Kaede . . . Do you think she'll be okay?"

"Shippo . . . I don't know for sure, but I don't think she'll make it. I knew my sister when she was alive. She wouldn't let go of any target. Never show any mercy. But that was before Inuyasha. They build up some kind of friendship, maybe even some sort of relationship, but then they both sort of died and that was the end. She is full of hatred and I think she'll be even merciless than she was in those days. It'll be hard to even find her, get Kagome's soul back would be almost impossible . . . I don't have a lot of faith in this, Shippo . . . "

"You don't? But just a while ago you said that . . . "

"I know I said nothing this concerned just then. But I didn't want to discourage Inuyasha, you know. He'll act without thinking."

"But isn't that what he always does . . .?"

"I mean really without thinking. He might get youkai or something and then we're nowhere, 'cause Kagome is the only one that can 'sit' him. He'll go killing everything that comes in his way."

"But the more important thing is: How can you retrieve a soul from a ghost, I mean, a ghost isn't supposed to have one in the first place!" Miroku said.

"Yeah, and the rejecting-stuff sounded not very hopeful to me!" Sango added.

"I don't know what Inuyasha meant by that, but we can't do anything for now, if we don't know what Kikyo-oneesama is up to." Kaede said.

"That is quite a point. Did you know your sister well, Kaede?" Sango asked.

"I didn't. She passed away when I was just a little kid, and she never showed any of her emotions. Also I don't remember anything before the time she died. I don't know what she's up to. We'll unfortunately have to wait. Maybe it'll all be okay, but I doubt that . . . "

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Kagome tried to open her eyes, but couldn't. She was in a strange world, if you can call it a world. It was all black. It was a whole nothingness that surrounded her. What had happened? She didn't know, didn't remember. She only remembered falling asleep at Inuyasha's back. It was quite sure that something was missing inside her. She had been in this kinda place before . . . When the old woman that had revived Kikyo took her soul! Shit . . . Had she lost her soul again? But how could that possibly happen? What kind of youkai could take souls? The soul-snatchers of Kikyo could only take the souls of dead people, and Kikyo was gone, so why would they collect them in the first place? More and more questions popped up in her mind. Not one of those questions could be answered.

Kikyo was really gone, wasn't she? She vanished. She vanished and said she couldn't take Inuyasha with her anymore. Why is my soul missing? But wait . . . Didn't Kikyo say that she couldn't rest in peace?

Flashback

"Kikyo . . . Please rest in peace, okay?"

"Inuyasha . . . INUYASHA! You expect me to rest in peace after this? I'll always be mad at you, I'll always try to revive once again, to let you suffer like I did! You should've come with me, Inuyasha . . . You should have! But now it's too late, my soul will hate you forever. Forever! Inuyasha!" and . . . with that she was gone . . . vanished in the depths of the sky.

End Flashback

Could it be Kikyo had found a way to revive again? Could it? But she was gone, how could she possible revive again? Could it be that . . . That she had someone that took my soul for her? But her soul-snatchers . . . I don't think they would stick with her when she was gone, those youkai only served her when she needed them. They wouldn't serve her if she was gone. But who else could possible take her soul? Maybe it was a soul-snatcher . . . But they need someone to command them . . . Who would remember Kikyo and . . . No . . . it can't be . . . INUYASHA???

When Inuyasha popped up in her mind, she suddenly saw something in the darkness. It looked like a person . . . But who was it?

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Wow, the second half of this chapter is new, I just thought of it. That can be fun, guys . . . Oww yeah, by the way, I don't know if people without a soul can think, but in my fic they can, okay? And who would the person in Kagome's mind be? I don't know for sure myself . . . Anyway, please review . . . and I finally found a way to make Italic/Coloured/Underlined lyrics: Make the chapters HTM files! If I had just read the lines that pop up when you have logged in I would know from the beginning . . . -_-' . . . Smarty-ass me . . . ^.^