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Inuyasha shook his head and looked at the wooden walls that surrounded him. He was sitting back in the hut at Kaede's village, simmering in anger at not being able to get through the well to Kagome. 'I just don't understand.' he thought. 'Kagome wasn't supposed to be back for another week or so. But Kouga's carrying her scent all over him as if she had spent the night with him. Now, all of a sudden, I can't get through the well.' He stood up and walked to the front of the hut, opening the door and taking a breath of fresh air. 'What's going on?'

"Something's not right." he said solemnly. "I've got to get to Kagome." He walked out of the door and ran into Kaede. She had a basket of herbs on her arm and a sad look on her face. She noticed the pensive look on the hanyou's face and stopped him.

"Is something the matter, child?" she asked. Inuyasha looked at the old woman and glared.

"It's nothing to do with you, old woman." he said. Kaede held her head up and looked at the hanyou carefully. He'd been hiding, and she had found out why only days before. He made to walk away, but he froze when he heard Kaede's icy words.

"Aye, it has nothing to do with me. But it has everything to do with my sister." she said. Inuyasha turned around to face the old woman. He couldn't hide the shock on his face, and Kaede knew that she had hit a nerve. She set the heavy basket down on the ground and dusted her hands on her pants. Kouga had come to her a few days ago, asking questions that she hadn't known how to answer. However, after he had left, she had put the obvious facts together and understood what had troubled the wolf demon so much. She faced the hanyou with a determined look in her eyes.

"Shut up, old woman! You don't know what you're talking about!" he ordered. Kaede looked at the young demon and frowned.

"I will tell you nothing, child." she said slowly. "Except that you've made a very grave mistake when you chose Kikyou over Kagome."

"I haven't done such a thing!" he shouted. Kaede gave a wry grin and nodded in the direction of the well. "And how can you chose Kagome over your own family?!"

"My sister died many years ago, child." she said. "That shell that walks the earth now is not my sister. And if you haven't made your choice, then why can't you get through the well to Kagome?" she asked. Inuyasha stared at the woman in disbelief. 'How did she know?' he thought to himself. When the aged miko got no answers, she picked up her basket and continued on towards her hut. Inuyasha watched her in silence.

"What have I done?" he asked out loud. He walked back to the well and looked down at the murkiness that enveloped the whole thing. "Kagome, what have I done….."

As the week ended, and the next began, Inuyasha began to loose hope of seeing Kagome again. Any time he was not with Kikyou, he was brooding by the well in the hopes of hearing Kagome come out. His double life was not overlooked, though. Miroku and Sango had come to visit a few days before Kagome was due back, and they had brought Shippou with them also. What they found was not something that anyone would have wanted to meet.

As soon as the exterminator, monk, and kitsune entered into the village, they sensed that something was astir. They had made their way to Kaede's only to find it tore into pieces. Kaede's herbs were all over the floor, the hearth was cold, and the blankets they had used to sleep on were flung in heaps all over the place.

As soon as Shippou went into the house, the hairs on the back of his neck stood up. He started to snarl and Sango looked down at the little kitsune with a smile on her face.

"Shippou?" she asked, alarmed at the change in the boy. "What's going on?"

"Inuyasha is in the back of the hut with Kaede." he said. "And he's in demon form." Miroku looked at the two of them and quickly ran to the farthest room. He pushed aside the entrance and stared at the sight before him.

There was blood all over the place. Inuyasha was standing over Kaede's still body, the life liquid spilling off of his claws. His eyes were blood red and his feral gaze settled on the three newcomers. He snarled and hunched back on his feet, taking a defensive posture in front of the still form of the old miko. Sango pushed her way into the room and stood beside Miroku, her eyes wide with shock.

"Inuyasha." she said violently. "What are you doing?" She made to go by the fallen form of the old woman, but Inuyasha jumped at her and snarled. "What's happened to Kaede?"

"The old woman got in my way." he stated, eyeing to two humans. "I wanted to know how to get to Kagome, and she wouldn't tell me how. Said something about Kagome having her reasons for not wanting to see me. So I beat it out of her." Miroku shook his head in confusion.

"Inuyasha, what's wrong with you?" he asked. "You've never done this before?"

"I want the girl." he said. " I want her back." Sango looked over at him and frowned.

"Then go through the well to her, Inuyasha." she said. "You didn't have to beat Kaede to a bloody pulp to find out how to get to her." Shippou looked up at the half demon and gave a little smirk.

"He can't go through the well." Shippou said with an evil glint. "Can you, Inuyasha? You can't get through to the other side now." Sango and Miroku looked at the little kitsune in complete confusion. Inuyasha stared at the little youkai and snarled.

"You know how to get through, don't you brat?" he asked, lunging at the little kitsune. He tried to grab Shippou's tail, but only grasp thin air. The little fox demon used his speed to avoid the mad hanyou. "Come here, you little brat!" Miroku and Sango ran to Kaede's aide while Shippou kept the angry hanyou busy.

"Kaede? Kaede? Can you hear me?" Sango asked, kneeling down beside the old woman.

"She's out cold." Miroku said, blotting some of the blood with the hem of his robes. He glanced up right about the time Inuyasha cornered Shippou on the other side of the room.

"YOU STUPID BAKA!!!" Shippou screamed. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO KAGOME? DO YOU KNOW WHAT SEEING YOU WITH THAT MIKO BITCH HAS DONE TO HER?"

"Shut up!!" the hanyou screamed, lunging once again at the kitsune. "You don't know what you're talking about."

"I KNOW THAT YOU BETRAYED KAGOME TO BE WITH THAT WENCH KIKYOU!!!! NOW YOU'VE ALMOST KILLED YOUR LOVER'S SISTER BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH THE WELL TO THE ONE GOOD THING YOU HAD IN YOUR LIFE!!! KAGOME'S SEALED YOU FROM THE WELL BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO HER!!!!"

"You knew about this." the demon snarled, slashing at the nearly helpless kitsune. "You knew she was going to do this!!" Inuyasha's eyes were like the brimstone in Hell. "YOU TOLD HER EVEN AFTER I THREATENED TO KILL YOU!!!!" He swiped at the kitsune, catching Shippou on the side of the face and down his chest.

"What's going on here?" Sango yelled. "What are you talking about, Shippou?"

Miroku stared at Inuyasha in disgust as he attacked the little demon. This was not the same hanyou they had traveled with.

"Miroku!" Sango said. "We've got to do something! He's going to kill Shippou!" Miroku stood up and pulled some wards out of his pockets.

"I am glad I did not get rid of these." he said with a frown. "I just never thought I'd be using them on Inuyasha."

"Paper wards are not going to hold him!" Sango said fervently. "You're crazy Miroku! He's going to kill all of us!!" Miroku shook his head and ran over to the demonic hanyou, throwing the wards on his body.

Inuyasha froze in place. His eyes were burning with Hell's fire. He glared at the monk and tried to strike out, only to find that the wards were holding. Inuyasha growled and glared at the human who dared to contain him. Miroku glared at the hanyou and picked up the kitsune from the floor. He looked over at Inuyasha with loathing in his eyes.

"Look, I don't know what's going on here," Miroku said with a steely look towards the hanyou. "But whatever it is, you need to get a hold of yourself." Sango agreed with him and began to look at the wounds more closely.

"How bad is it?"

"We need to get these wounds taken care of." Miroku said calmly. "Even with Shippou's healing factor, these needed to be taken care of, and quickly." Sango nodded and turned back to the still form of Kaede. She put her hand at the throat of the old woman and sighed.

There was a pulse. It was weak, but it was there none the less. She looked up at Miroku and frowned.

"We need Kagome here." she said frantically. "She's a better healer than I am. I don't know how to treat some of these gashes. They're too deep." Miroku nodded and helped the girl to pull Kaede's unresponsive body onto a futon near by.

"You can't get to her." Inuyasha laughed evilly. The wards had only stopped his body from moving, but he could still talk "Only I can go through the well. The old miko will die, and so will that brat kitsune!" Sango looked at the hanyou and shook her head. Something was definitely wrong with this. She glanced up at Miroku and frowned.

"He is right." she said. "If something is preventing Inuyasha from getting through the well, there is nothing we can do. The rest of us can not get through."

"Get…Kouga…." Shippou said weakly. Miroku looked down at the little kitsune and frowned.


"What has Kouga got to do with this?" the monk asked.

"He knows how to get Kagome back here." Shippou said. Inuyasha growled and struggled against the wards.

"That bastard wolf won't put his claws on her!" he snarled. "I'll kill him if he does!!" Shippou looked over to the contained hanyou and smirked.

"You should have thought about that before running to Kikyou." he said. Inuyasha growled and Shippou only shook his head before passing out from the progressive blood loss. Miroku laid the little boy's body next to Kaede's and looked over at Sango.

"Sango, take Kirara and go to Kouga's cave." he said. "We need Kagome back here, now." Sango nodded and stood up. Miroku walked out to the outside of the hut with her and she turned to him with tears in her eyes.

"Miroku, what happened?" she asked. "I've never seen Inuyasha like this. And why would Kagome seal the well?"

"I have a feeling Kikyou has a large part to play in this, love." he said sadly. Sango shook her head and called Kirara to her. The neko youkai transformed and Sango climbed onto her back.

"I'll be back as soon as possible." she said, leaning over to give Miroku a quick kiss on the cheek before taking off. Miroku watched as the exterminator flew off into the sky and towards the lair of the wolf prince.

"What's happened here?" he asked, looking around the place. "Inuyasha, what have you done?"

****Later on that evening****

Kouga sat on the floor of the hut, glaring at the still warded from of Inuyasha. They had kept the hanyou locked down, even after he had calmed down and changed back into his normal self. When Sango had come to him and explained what had happened, he had automatically brought Keiko with him. The old demoness had accepted the charge of helping the miko and now had her awake and in less pain. Shippou was already awake and yelling at the bound form of Inuyasha.

"YOU STUPID BAKA!!! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS???" Shippou yelled at the incapacitated form of Inuyasha. Sango picked the kitsune up and took him to another room. Miroku looked over at Kouga and shook his head. The monk went to sit across from the wolf prince as Keiko went to care for Kaede.

"Kouga?" Miroku asked. "What's happened since we left?" The wolf prince looked over at Inuyasha and frowned.

"It's a long story." he said. " But I am afraid I am not at liberty to explain. However, I'm sure Lady Kagome will explain as soon as she gets here."

"How long will it be before Kagome will be back?" Sango asked as she shut the door to the room she had just put Shippou in. The small kitsune started pounding on the door and Sango reached to where there were some lollipops on a counter before opening the door and giving them to the kitsune. The difference was immediate, as Shippou gave up his tirade and began eating the candy.

"It shouldn't be long." Kouga said. "I sent the letter as soon as I got here." Inuyasha, who had went back to normal, well as normal as he could get when being tied down by magical wards, only sat on the floor, glaring at whatever would pass in front of him.

"Kagome doesn't need to be here." he said, wiggling to try and get out of the wards. "Let her stay with her family." Kouga growled and picked the hanyou up by his collar.

"I think you need to sit down and shut up, hanyou." he growled. "You've done enough damage since you've made this wish. Personally, if I was Kagome, I wouldn't want to see you after what you've done to her." Inuyasha growled and struggled some more.

" She's not going to be back anytime soon." he said. "Only I can get through that well. There's no way some stupid letter you dropped down a well going to bring her back. So you might as well let me go."

"You are not going anywhere until we find out what all of this is about, Inuyasha." Miroku said stiffly. "I know not what's gotten into you, old friend, but I do not like it."


"I've got nothing to say to any of you." Inuyasha said flatly.

"On the contrary, I believe you do." came another voice from the front of the hut. Everyone turned around and looked at the very angry Kagome that had entered the room. "I believe you have a lot of explaining to do, Inuyasha."

A/N - Anyways, here's the latest installment of this wonderful saga. I hope you guys are enjoying. Special thanks to all of my reviewers. I love all of you people, you just don't realize how much!!! Okay, later peeps. Leave me a review telling me what you think so far.

Oh, and I realize that the time frame between the last chapter and this one is a little skewed. Just over look my mistake, please.

And just for those of you who have been waiting for the wonderful confrontation between a pissed off Kagome and a guilty Inuyasha, it's in the next chapter. Bet you can't wait, huh, huh, huh? Okay, I'm leaving now. Bye.