Kagome gaped behind Inu Yasha and grabbed on to his shirt. "Kagome... it's outside, it can't do anything to us and if it tries to, I'll stop it, I'm half demon, I can take him on." Inu Yasha said, taking a step forward. He began to take another step forward when suddenly an arrow flew by his head, missing it by inches; the arrow had been going so fast that it had gone through the dark creature and the window but had stopped in the wall, missing both of the children.

"Father of time, pause in your eternal journey and take a rest while I eliminate what there isn't supposed to be!" A feminine voice called. Inu Yasha and Kagome immediately froze, sank to their knees and fell to the ground in a sleep like state. Since Inu Yasha had been directly in front of Kagome show was now lying on his back.

"If you want a fight, deal with us." The man called to the shadow monster; the man revealed himself, with silver locks covering his back and bangs unruly and hitting his eyebrows, bringing out his golden eyes. "You should pick on someone your own size and not small children. Especially when you aren't even from this time." The woman said, grabbing the man's hand and glaring at the creature with her blue gray eyes.

With a quick breeze, her black hair swayed in the wind, mixing with her partners silver hair, it was then that she continued, "Leave those kids alone Naraku. We're watching. We won't let you kill us that easily." Kagome attached to her earlier statement. The monster chuckled as he jumped down in front of Inu Yasha and Kagome.

He pulled back his ebony hood, "Kagome, if it wasn't for you and that jewel, none of this would be happening, all you would have to do is give yourself and the jewel to me. But, you're too stubborn but you are right, I can't exactly kill you now that you are here to save your past beings... so, until we meet again." Naraku said, his brown eyes gleaming as he vanished, leaving behind a single thread of pure white.

Kagome picked it off the ground, "Every time... every single time we're always so close... but no, he won't let us get him that easily. My memories, my self, you and everything is changing because of him, because he's changing our pasts... why does he want to do this?" Kagome whispered, trying to contain her tears as she turned to Inu Yasha who wrapped his arms around her and pulled her to his chest and ran a hand through her hair.

"Kagome, he wants you and that jewel that's why he's doing this... but we can't give up? Do you even remember how this all started?" Inu Yasha asked into her hair. She quietly shook her head no and dropped the time freezing spell. Inu Yasha jumped and carried her into a tree and placed her in his lap.

"Well... It began when you were sixteen... I was 19 then. Anyhow, it was after we had discovered we had fallen in love and we were going out seriously at the time. But, Naraku had liked you for countless years before we had said anything to each other about our feelings and one day, he had found us together, in each other's arms and happy.

He came up to us and asked what we were doing, I said we were just doing what lovers always did and he said we shouldn't do that because we weren't lovers. You told him gently that we were... he became enraged and demanded that you left me otherwise he'd kill me. You said no and if he laid a hand on me, you would hurt if not kill him.

He backed away and swore that he would make it so he would have you or no one would. You said that was impossible unless he changed the past. A month later after no contact from him, he showed up and he had found out about the jewel and how it was in your possession. You were shocked and denied it but he had known.

He demanded you give it to him and he threatened you to the point of putting a gun to your head. I had just gotten over there and made him back off before he pulled the trigger... then he swore he would also get the jewel and make it his along with you... ever since then we've been getting ready for this, following him into the past but this was our first time... I'm surprised he waited to long to do this.

I mean we were training for months." Inu Yasha said, taking breaths occasionally and he whispered the words into her hair. The words and his actions had seemed to comfort her a great deal for she giggled. Kagome pulled back slightly and looked into his eyes, "Let's go back to our time before we mess up anything else." Kagome spoke quietly.

Inu Yasha silently nodded. "Creator of time, open your gates and let us walk through the endless path of life and death. Let us return to where we're supposed to be!" Kagome chanted a blue light released itself from the well house. Quickly Inu Yasha and Kagome jumped down from the tree and ran into the well house, pushing the door open and jumping down the well.

Kagome awoke on the floor on top of a silky silver pillow. She quickly rose after se realized it was Inu Yasha. She began to panic as she kneeled beside him and shacked his body, trying to wake him up. He groaned in response as he turned over on to his back and say up, flipping his un-tamed silver locks. "What happened? When did we fall asleep?" Kagome asked worriedly.

"I don't know... But that monster is gone..." Inu Yasha said looking at the window and then back to Kagome, "Are you ok?" "Yeah, I'm fine Inu Yasha... what about you?" Kagome asked the boy in return. He nodded as he stood up and gestured for Kagome to do the same. She followed his actions and they began downstairs.

Once they set foot off of the stairs, they heard the door bell chime through the house. Kagome's mother quickly answered the door to find Inu Yasha's mother waiting there with a kind smile decorating her face. She had long, ebony locks with braids peaking out of the hair that remained down.

She had kind brown eyes and beautiful features; she was wearing a breathtaking blue and silver kimono with a white and silver obi tying it. "Hello, my name is Mai, I'm Inu Yasha's mother." Mai spoke delicately. "Hello, nice to meet you, I'm Sakura." Kagome's mother introduced herself, making a hand gesture to Kagome and Inu Yasha to come closer to the two adults. Mai looked upon the children and smiled, "You two are very special. Kagome, you have great Miko powers correct?" She asked Kagome, bending down onto her knees. Kagome nodded, her eyes wide from being worried and shocked at the same time.

Mai smiled, "So am I, its not easy being different but in the long run, you'll be glad you are." Mai said kneeling before the two and smiling at Kagome. Kagome was amazed by Mai's beauty and was shocked she was a miko. She stood up again at her full height, proving to be very tall, obviously taller than Kagome's mom by about a head. "I have no trouble with Inu Yasha staying over here and Kagome is welcome to our house any time needed." She said, smiling kindly to Sakura.

"Thank you very much. That'll be very helpful considering Kagome's soon to be little brother or sister is coming along and her grandfather isn't always the most willing to baby-sit." Sakura said smiling back. "Well why don't you kids go play? Mai and I are going to have a little chat." She continued, Turing towards the children who nodded and left upstairs.

It all began by two friends meeting
Each sunned, each different, each strong
Years past and they grew closer
Even with obstacles tearing them apart.

It's the strong will that keeps them together
It's their faith and loves for each other that Keeps this universe together.
They are the Yin and Yang.
Dark and light,
But will they win this fight?

"Kagome! Hurry it up! We're gonna be late!" The hanyou boy called up to the window from outside of the shrine. The door flew open to reveal a much older Kagome, pulling on her shoes with one hand and pulling on her backpack with the other. "I'm coming!" Kagome called as she closed the door behind her. "Kagome, you still act like your 12, you're 14 now start acting like it." Inu Yasha grumbled. "Well, if I act like a 12 year old you act like a 3 year old." She said polling her eyes. The looked at each other, smiled and broke into laughter.