Disclaimer: Well, I am glad to inform you all that my Inu Yasha doll is now doing just fine! His youkai blood helped him heal!! I am so happy! He is alive and are well again! * I know the lingo is kinda funny, but, hey, that's the way I am * Down to the point: I don't own the real Inu Yasha cast or anything. *sigh *

Makinglifeabetterplace: You have a cat? I do, but I like dogs better. . . stupid cat. . . grr. . . Sorry, that was kind of a bad place to leave off, but that's ok. *evil smile * At least I am updating within the same day ^_^ ! Well, it hardly ever snows here in Kansas, but when it does, it usually gets us out of school for at least half a day. . . if that much. . . YOU ARE IN THAT CHAIR AND WILL BE TILL I DECIDE YOU CAN LEAVE!! MUHAHAHA!! *cough * sorry, I kinda lost myself there for a minute. . .

HieiKitty -or- PhibbiKitty: Yes, gay siblings!! I hope they die! So, are the chapters any different in your chapters? Yes, a self-insertion!! You got a problem with that?? YAY!! MORE REVIEWS!! No, I am NOT eating yellow snow. That is your brother's job.

And now, Chapter 9! I decided to bring in some characters early, so be happy!!

~*~Chapter Nine: Awakening in Strange Surroundings~*~

With one last breath, she gave into the darkness.

"Is this the one?" a gruff, male voice brought Sara back to consciousness, but she kept her eyes shut.

"Hai, this is the girl," an almost emotionless feminine voice answered.

"But she had yellow hair last night, not dark brown. And look!" the sound paused here a minute. "Ears! On the top of her head! The one who killed the youkai was human, Kikyo."

Sara cautiously opened her eyes, and she looked at her accommodations. She was laying on a futon, covered by a wool blanket. There were two other's in the small hut with her: a man with long silver hair and dog-ears to match dressed in a red haori; and a woman in a red and white priestess outfit. The man and woman were sitting around a fireplace with a pot hanging over it. The small hut could comfortably fit the three of them, but any more would probably push the hut to its living capacity. Sara listened, as the two talked.

"Inu Yasha, can you not see what she is? While you were out in the clearing, I watched her change as dawn approached." Kikyo spoke with the same calm, emotionless voice.

"Ch-changed?" Inu Yasha stuttered; Kikyo merely nodded. "That means. . ."

"Hai, Inu Yasha. She is a half-breed like yourself. May I ask you a question, Inu Yasha?"

"Of coarse, Kikyo. Why?" Inu Yasha looked at her as his ears twitched (A/N: AWW!! How cute ^_^) and turned to face Sara. He knew she was awake.

"Why is it you were not in here as I dressed her wounds? It has never seemed to bother you, male or female. Why change your habit of watching?" Kikyo watched him. He muttered something under his breath, but all Kikyo got out of his mumbles was a single word: 'heat'.

"Are you enjoying our conversation, woman?" Inu Yasha said, resituating himself so that he was facing her. Sara sat up, not noticing that she didn't have any thing covering her chest except bandages. When she moved, the blanket fell to reveal herself to the two that accompanied her in the hut.

"Not, really," she yawned, not noticing the lack of cover on her. Sara looked at Inu Yasha's face, to see his eyes grow wide, then quickly change their gaze to the fire; a light blush creeping across his cheeks. She cocked her head.

"Cover yourself," Kikyo said, standing. "I am going to collect herbs for your wounds." And with that, she was gone, leaving two hanyous in her wake.

Sara was about to stand when she realized that if she wasn't covered above the blanket, there wasn't much hope for below, so she stayed where she was. Inu Yasha was growing uncomfortable, being in the same room with a female hanyou in heat. Instead of him taking the move to leave, she sensed he wasn't comfortable, so she gathered the blanket around her and followed Kikyo's footsteps out the door.

"Why did she leave?" he thought aloud. 'Wow! Why would I care? Damn, she's in heat, that's why!' He 'feh-ed' his way out the door, like the two before him and he walked towards the clearing, only to find he was beaten there by Sara.

~*~ End Chapter~*~

Inu Face: Yes, I know that it is short, but HieiKitty was bugging me to finish. Damn, HieiKitty.

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