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Inu-Yasha jumped down from the tree and landed next to Myuka.

"Oi! Kid! Get on! We gotta go now!"

"Why?"

"Ask questions later, kid! Get on and hold on tight!"

Inu-Yasha took off at top speed, heading straight for Kagome's house.

'But it's not Kagome's house anymore,' he thought. 'It never will be again.'

He shook his head, trying to clear his mind of such thoughts. Right now, he had to figure out what was going on. He could see the Goshinboku ahead of him. He was almost there. His breath caught in his throat when he finally came to a stop in front of the house. Several of the windows were broken and the roof was caved in in one place. A trail of blood led away from the house, as if the victims had been dragged away.

"What's going on?" Myuka asked, clinging to Inu-Yasha's haori.

Inu-Yasha could feel her trembling.

"I don't know," he replied.

He set the small girl down and knelt next to the trail of crimson. The blood belonged to Myuka's parents, he could tell from the scent. A glimmer of silver caught Inu-Yasha's eye. He reached down and picked up a bloodstained silver necklace.

"That's mommy's necklace." Myuka was sitting next to him on the ground now. Inu-Yasha could see the tears starting to form in the little girl's eyes. As young as she was, she understood. Her parents were gone. Inu-Yasha tried to focus on what could have done this. He sniffed the air, trying to pick up the scent of the culprit. A small growl escaped his lips. Demons did this. But demons didn't exist in Kagome's time, did they?

'Or at least didn't have a reason to show themselves,' Inu-Yasha thought. 'Until now.'

Inu-Yasha clutched the lump in his haori that was the Shikon jewel.

'Kagome's arrow must have been hiding the jewel's aura. And now that the spell is broken, the demons can sense the jewel. And they want it. Well they can't have it. In my era of Kagome's!'

Suddenly, Inu-Yasha's ears pricked up. There was an odd wailing sound coming closer. Inu-Yasha listened as the sound grew louder and louder.

'Curse it! It's coming here!'

Inu-Yasha grabbed Myuka and leapt into the safety of the forest. He stayed close enough to keep an eye on the house, though. Inu-Yasha watched as the source of the noise stopped in front of Kagome's -no- Myuka's house. He watched the police try to figure out what had happened. Fat chance there. An object in the pocket of one of the officers started beeping. He pulled the object out of his pocket and held it up to his ear. After listening for a couple of minutes, he replaced the object in his pocket.

"Hey," he said to one of his fellow officers," the same thing happened on the other side of town."

"The same thing?"

"Yeah. Weird, isn't it. Round everyone up. We're gonna go check it out."

Inu-Yasha waited until he was sure everyone was gone.

'Another attack. This demon is trying to lure me away. And it's working. I've gotta stop this thing before it kills more innocent people.'

He looked down at the girl sitting on the ground next to him. Small sobs shook her tiny body and tears were leaving wet trails on her face.

"Hey," he called softly to the girl.

There was no response.

"Come on. It's not the end of the world."

"Why not?"

"Because-" Inu-Yasha desperately tried to think of a response. "Because I'm here."

Myuka looked up at him. "What?"

"We've both lost our entire worlds in what seemed like a matter of seconds. We may think we're all alone, but we're not. Because we're together. And if we stay together, we won't be alone."

Myuka wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled up at him.

"Thank you, Inu-Yasha. You're right. And we will stay together, right?"

"Right." Inu-Yasha looked again at Myuka's house. "And we'd better stay together and defeat this demon before this happens to other people," he said, pointing at the house.

"A demon? Really? Are we gonna go on an adventure together? Like you and Kagome did?"

"That's right. But before we go on a journey, we've gotta be prepared for one. Come on."

Inu-Yasha picked Myuka up and leapt in to her room through her window. Myuka's room was a mess, too. The mattress on the bed was nearly torn to shreds as were many of the posters on the walls. The bookcase was broken and fallen over and the books were scattered all over the floor. Somewhere among the rubble, Inu-Yasha found a backpack. He tossed it to Myuka.

"Here. Put some clothes in it," he instructed her.

Myuka did as she was told, running over to her nearly destroyed dresser and managing to get a few pairs of clothes out. She hastily shoved the clothes into the backpack and started to gather other things she thought she would need. Trying to pass the time while Myuka got ready, Inu- Yasha tried to tidy up some of the mess. As he was gathering a scattered pile of paper, his hand hit something hard. He pulled it out from under the mountain of paper and books. It was the box Kagome had left him.

"I picked it up for you."

Inu-Yasha turned around. Myuka was standing there with her backpack.

"I'm ready," she stated.

"Good."

Inu-Yasha reluctantly started to put the box down, but Myuka grabbed it out of his hand and started to put it into her backpack.

"What are you doing?"

"We're taking this with us," she stated bluntly while trying to stuff the box in an already too full backpack.

Finally, she managed to fit it in and yanked the zipper shut.

"There!"

Inu-Yasha chuckled silently to himself. "You ready?"

"Yep!"

Inu-Yasha picked up the girl and jumped back out the window. The two started walking into the forest.

"So," Inu-Yasha said. "Looks like I'll have a lot of time to tell you about my adventures with Kagome."

Myuka giggled.

And so, one dog-eared hanyou and one ten-year-old girl with a backpack looking ironically like Kagome's began their own adventure. Together.

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Okay. Everyone all together now. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!! Kawaii! I even think my own chapter is cute! Anyway, I repeat, Inu will NOT fall in love with Myuka. And it's not the end of Kagome, either! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Spoiler!!!

IMPORTANT!!!! READ THIS!!!!!!! Okay I need to know this for ANOTHER fic I'm going to be writing. WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF KAGOME'S THREE FRIENDS?!!! You know, the ones from her era. Also, which one is which? If you can't tell me this, I at least need to know their names!!!!!!!

ALSO IMPORTANT!!!! READ THIS, TOO!!!!!!! I will be gone for Christmas break for two weeks and won't be able to update until sometime in early January. Just thought I'd let you know!!

Also, I will be accepting challenges and requests for new fics! If you want me to write something, tell me and I'll try my best.

That's all for now!!! Keep reviewing and stay tuned for the next chapter!!!