Disclaimer: *sings* 'this little dojo of mine, I'm gonna let it shine. This little dojo of.' *looks at faces of horrified reviewers* opps! I wasn't supposed to sing that was I? O well. I don't own Inu Yasha.

A/N: don't you just love my song? I started singing that version of 'this little light of mine' after the title of ch2 in 'A dark Shadow' named 'this dojo of mine.' Well since this has absolutely nothing to do with 'Kagome No More.' I won't make you keep reading this.

Oh one last note. Rin's age is going to be different in this story. She is going to be 2 years older than Kagome in this story so it ties in. Arigitou!

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Silvergoddess1: you like it? You really like it? Thank you very much! I love reviews like yours! They just add a ray of sunshine to my day!

Fire_kitsune_goddess: Yes Kagome is being very low in her comments, but just think about this: she was about to kill the demon that killed her mother and grandfather and kidnapped her brother, when she was yanked into the past by the person that broke her heart and was one of the causes to her changing. And thank you for loving the story!

These are actually quite fun to answer.please send me more reviews so I can answer them! I will be continuing this but I may not be able to update regularly because exams are right after Christmas and since I usually write my chapters in class (mostly math class) I may have to stop that in order not to fail them.

Ch4 Changes.

Sitting in his tree, Inu Yasha continued to glare down at Kagome, who was sitting down to supper with Miroku, Sango, and Shippo. 'Dirty hanyou.' Mimicked Inu Yasha haughtily. 'I'll show her dirty hanyou.' He jumped down from his tree, much to the amazement to every one except Kagome, who just yawned and looked away, uninterested.

'Here, Inu Yasha. Your stew is ready.' Said Sango, holding out a bowl. Without a word Inu Yasha flopped on the ground, grabbed the bowl and started to eat. Looking up from his bowl, Inu Yasha noticed Kagome staring at him. Inu Yasha glared at her and Kagome glared right back.

'So Kagome-sama. How has life been for you in the past year?' asked Miroku, the one person whom had not been let in on what happened to Kagome for fear that he would try to "comfort her in her time of need." Inu Yasha choked on his stew at the question and Sango tried to signal for her husband to stop talking (trying and failing)

Miroku, who was trying to make conversation, did not notice the signal to shut up and waited polity for Kagome to answer.

'Well let's see.' Said Kagome, sounding thoughtful. 'The only parents I ever knew were murdered with me powerless to stop it. My little brother was kidnapped and is at the mercy of a crazy youkai. I became an emotionless bitch just like Kikyo. I was about to kill the demon responsible for it, when I was yanked 500 years in the past, to a place crawling with youkai that I have already killed hundreds of years later. Other than that, just peachy.'

Kagome finished in a monotone, looking at the flat face group sitting in front of her.

'Kagome!' yelled Shippo, launching himself into Kagome's arms. A startled look crossed Kagome's face, before it resumed it normal, expressionless mask. 'It's all right Shippo. Don't cry. I survived didn't I?' Said Kagome, awkwardly patting the crying kit in her lap.

Inu Yasha regarded Kagome with wide eyes. She had just shown that she was startled. Emotion! Even thought her face was emotionless now, Inu Yasha could smell. Smell that she was very confused and embarrassed. 'Probably because she slipped up and showed emotion. She very much like Sesshomaru now.' (A/N: before you review and ask this won't be a sess/kag pairing. I can't stand those!)

Shippo eventually calmed down and Kagome's scent turned neutral. Inu Yasha couldn't smell anything off of her. Everyone soon began to fall asleep and after a while, the only ones left awake were Kagome and Inu Yasha. An awkward silence fell between the two and neither of them made a move to break it.

Kagome leaned back and looked up at the stars. 'First time in a long time.' Realized Kagome, with a bit of surprise. Usually she was fighting youkai, practicing with her powers or passed out. Looking at the stars seemed so insignificant a task that she never did look up once in the past few months to gaze.

On the other side of the camp, Inu Yasha was watching something totally different. He was watching Kagome across the camp. Though he was still angry about the comment 'dirty hanyou', he still loved Kagome deeply and Inu Yasha wanted to talk about what had happened to them a year ago.

(A/N: sorry for putting so many of these in here but I have to say this. Inu Yasha is going to be really OOC for this story for purposes later on in the story. And plus, he's in love. Can you blame him for being OOC?)

Inu Yasha continued to watch Kagome, when all of a sudden, Inu Yasha smelled 3 inuyoukai near their camp. Inu Yasha looked over at Kagome and Kagome nodded. She reached down and picked up the sleeping kit in her lap. She gently put Shippo down next to Sango and crawled over to Inu Yasha.

'Youkai. 3 of them. All inuyoukai.' Said Kagome, nodding her head in the direction of the youkai. 'I know. I can smell them. One of them smells familiar but I cant put my finger on it.'

Kagome stood up and motioned for Inu Yasha to follow. She picked up the bow and Arrows that Keade had insisted upon, and walked over to the edge of the forest. Inu Yasha picked up Tetsusiga and walked in front of Kagome, where he crouched down, apparently waiting for something.

Inu Yasha waited for a minute before turning around to look at Kagome's face. 'What are you waiting for? Get on.' He said, turning around again. 'Why?' asked Kagome, her voice sounding a little confused. 'So we can run towards the youkai.' Inu Yasha said, sounding sarcastic.

A small sweat drop appeared on the side of Kagome's face. 'Your not serious, right?' She asked. 'What? Your saying you don't need a fast way of getting there?' ' I am actually.' Said Kagome. 'I can run for myself.' And, as if to demonstrate, took off running into the forest at and extremely fast pace.

Looking Startled, Inu Yasha just stared after Kagome before he realized what he was doing. Cursing loudly, Inu Yasha ran after Kagome. He caught up to her with some difficulty because he couldn't smell what way she had ran. He found her eventually and kept pace with her.

They Kept on running and finally ran into a clearing where Inu Yasha and Kagome's eyes were greeted by a strange sight. It was Sesshomaru with a female youkai and a small, female version of Sesshomaru with him.

Sesshomaru looked up at the intrusion and growled for the female youkai to get the child and get out of the way. 'Konnichiwa, Sesshomaru. Fancy seeing you here.' Inu Yasha said, instinctively getting in front of Kagome protectively.

'Inu Yasha.' Said Sesshomaru. 'What are you doing here?' 'I could ask you the very same thing. And where is that little human girl, Rin? I couldn't smell her and I can now, but just faintly.' 'Why do you want to know hanyou? Its not like it's any of your business.' Said Sesshomaru, drawing Tensusiga from its scabbard on his side.

'Put it down.' Said Kagome, lazily stepping out from behind Inu Yasha, no emotion what so ever detectable on her face or scent. 'And how do you intend to make me obey?' asked Sesshomaru, getting in a fighting stance.

Without answering, Kagome pulled the bow and an arrow off of her back and pointed it straight at Sesshomaru. 'Me.' said an airy voice from behind Sesshomaru. 'Nani?' asked Sesshomaru, looking behind him. 'She intends to stop you by using me. Now out down the sword, Sess-chan.'

'Step back, Rin.' Commanded Sesshomaru, not taking his eyes off of Inu Yasha for a moment. 'No I will not.' Said Rin. 'Did you know that your daughter is watching you get ready to slay her uncle?' She said this while pointing to the child behind them all.

Sesshomaru turned around and looked at the child behind him and put Tensusiga back in its scabbard. Sesshomaru put his arms out and Inu Yasha and Kagome watched the girl run into his arms.

Rin walked over to Inu Yasha and Kagome, a smile on her face. 'Gomen Nasai.' Said Rin with a slight bow of her head. 'He likes to pick fights and doesn't seem to think about the people around him when doing so.' 'Feh. Like I care.' Said Inu Yasha turning his head away from Rin.

'Osawari.' Said Kagome, with a sigh. 'What the hell was that for, wench?' demanded Inu Yasha when the spell had worn off. 'You were rude. I'm out of practice and I wanted a laugh. Good enough for you?' asked Kagome, her tone saying that she didn't care what his answer was.

'Gomen. Please excuse me for also being rude, but how did this happen? Last time I saw you, you were human.' 'Long story.' Said Rin with yet another one of her famous smiles. 'I have a lot of time.' Said Kagome. She looked back at Inu Yasha and Sesshomaru. 'You two behave your selves or you will both regret it.' She warned with a glare.

The little girl, watching Kagome, wiggled out of her father's hold and looked at him. 'Be good Daddy or Auntie 'Kagome will get you!' she giggled and ran over to her mother. 'Auntie Kagome? She doesn't think that I'm.I'm Inu Yasha's mate, does she?'

Kagome felt a tug on her hakama. She looked down to see the girl tugging at her pants. 'Hello! I'm Ami. You have a pretty name, Auntie Kagome.' Said Ami, still giggling. 'Thank you Ami. Can I talk to Mommy now?' Asked Kagome, crouching down to eye level with Ami.

'Mommy, before you talk, can you tuck me in? I'm sleepy.' Said Ami, rubbing her yes. 'Of Course, sweetie. I'll be right back Kagome.' Said Rin, taking her daughters hand.

While Rin was tucking Ami in, Kagome took the opportunity to study Rin and Sesshomaru. Rin looked a lot like she did when Kagome first met her, only now her hair was silver and two strands from her bangs were pulled behind her head and braided.

Her clothes her the same as Sesshomaru's except the color. Where Sesshomaru's were white, Rin's was deep navy blue. And where Sesshomaru's was red hers was gold. The bow that tied below her was a magnificent, deep red and her armor was the same as Sesshomaru's. Her weapons on her hip were a sword and a staff that resembled that of a Christian devil.

The markings were the same but on Rin's fore head was a star instead of a moon.

Sesshomaru, on the other hand, was exactly the same except for the fact that his face, no matter how much he denied it or tried to hide it, showed emotion and he now had his arm back.

'Kagome-chan?' asked Rin, lightly touching her arm. 'Are you ok? You don't seem well.' Said Rin, a frown etching it's self upon her graceful features. 'I'm fine. But I'm anxious to hear about how you became youkai.' Said Kagome, pulling Rin down next to her.

Rin smile and a far away look came into her eyes. 'It was two years ago. The day started off normally. The normal argument with Jaken, being ignored by Sesshomaru-chan, but there was something in the air, like someone was watching us. It was so strong that even myself, a human, could feel it. It was like a constant itch on the back of your neck.

But we ignored it. We started walking when, about an hour later, Sesshomaru just stopped. He commanded for me to stop so I had no choice and I stopped. He calmly turned off the road that we had been walking on and went into the forest. After about 15 minutes of waiting and listening to Jaken complain about being left to baby-sit, Sesshomaru came out and grabbed my wrist.

He was pulling me along and was starting to hurt me so I stopped. Before even a word had come out of my mouth, he turned around and slapped me! I fell to the ground and hit my head, so I cant clearly remember what happened. The last thing I remember was him standing over me before he just crumpled then he disappeared.'

Rin looked over at Kagome, waiting for a signal that she was to continue. Kagome nodded and Rin took a deep breath before continuing.

'I kept telling myself I was delusional at that point. Sesshomaru had just slapped me and then disappeared. Unlikely. I sat up and burst into tears. I was holding a bloody, crying face when Sesshomaru walked out, bleeding from the chest. He saw me and came over. She kneeled down and hugged me, my blood mixing with his.

I spent a very long, painful week in Sesshomaru's castle waiting for the changes to complete. It took 2 months for Sesshomaru to finally ask me to become his mate and within another 3 months I was pregnant.' Rin finished her story with out any hint of embarrassment

Kagome looked over at Inu Yasha and Sesshomaru, still glaring at each other from opposite ends of the camp and thought. 'How I longed for Inu Yasha to ask me that question. But he never did. Just when I thought he would, I found him in the woods with Kikyo.

Kagome turned back to Rin to see her staring at her with a look of bewilderment on her face. 'Now I have a question for you Kagome.' Said Rin. 'What happened? You used to be such a happy, full of life person and now it looks like your wearing a mask.'

Kagome looked down at the grass before answering. She then proceeded to paint a very broad picture of what happened to her for Rin. She looked up, hoping that Rin would not press her for information. Kagome knew that if she had to relive that in full detail in front of Inu Yasha, cracks in her polished exterior would begin to show.

Rin didn't press her for more and Kagome was glad yet mad at herself for feeling so weak and helpless because of the emotions she had let go of.

Rin reached over and gave Kagome a hug before saying. 'If you ever feel the need to talk girl-on-girl, come to the Western lands. We are usually there. Right now Sesshomaru need to get some thing cleared and took us with him when he left.'

Kagome nodded and got up with out a word. She walked over to Inu Yasha and looked at him for a few moments before saying any thing. 'Osawari.' Said Kagome in a monotone voice. 'There you baka. I hope that causes you just a fraction of the pain that you caused me.' She thought before turning to run back to camp, the cursing Inu Yasha in close pursuit.

A/N: finished! Finally. Sorry that this chapter took so long to post. I've had the chapter hand written for ages I just haven't had the time to type it. But who cares now? It's done and posted! Yay!

Update of 'A World of Waiting' is coming soon considering that the chapter is written but not typed.

I have no clue what so ever about other fics.

That's all. Ja Ne.

Andi~