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Hello to Everyone! Ok I promised you all chapter 9 so here it is... I hope you all enjoyed your review replies... : )

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Kagome lay on her bed gazing up at the ceiling. The jewel lay lightly on her chest. Her mind was full of questions yet she was in a complete state of calmness.

She mostly thought about Inuyasha.

Her father couldn't have been serious when he said that demons were dangerous. Inuyasha wasn't dangerous. He was... sweet... in his own personal way.

Yet, demons and merpeople... mortal enemies? It didn't seem logical. How could Inuyasha and her get along so well if their pasts hated each other?

But then, did Inuyasha know that? Was he trying to get on her good side, and then attack her one day and kill her?

Kagome shook her head, 'No it can't be! Inuyasha would never do that! Why am I even questioning myself?'

But... would he? He is a demon. And... demons can't be trusted... could they?

For the first time in her life, Kagome wished that she had never met Inuyasha. Then she wouldn't have this problem.

His rash character made him so hard to understand sometimes. Could he really have been lying to her this whole time?

Kagome sat up and looked at her refection in her looking glass that hung on the opposite wall.

The jewel glistened slightly in the low light.

Kagome grasped it with her hand and placed it against her heart.

'Sacred Jewel, if that is in fact what you are,' she wished to herself, 'Guide my thoughts, and tell me the truth about demons...'

She held her breath and waited.

Nothing happened.

She took a deep breath and concentrated harder. She tightened her shut eyelids.

Still nothing happened.

Kagome opened her eyes slowly, and looked down at the object in her clenched fist.

'Why don't you work?' she spoke to the lifeless jewel.

The jewel just stared back up at her.

Kagome began to shake with anger. She pulled her arm back, with the jewel clenched in her fist, and began to gain potential energy in her arm.

Her rage boiled as she flung her arm, and sent the jewel flying out of her hand, and into the air.

Just as the jewel left her finger tips, it began to glow.

Kagome caught the glow out of the corner of her eye. She reached out to try and catch the flung jewel, but it was too late. The jewel soared through the water, towards the solid rock wall.

It would certainly shatter against the wall.

'No! I'm such a fool!' Kagome thought to herself.

With an outstretched, empty hand Kagome shouted to the flying jewel, "Oh! Stop jewel! Stop!"

All at once, the jewel obeyed. It stopped in dead water, and hovered a few inches away from the wall it was about to collide into.

Kagome's couldn't believe it. The jewel did obey her, it recognized her.

"Return..." Kagome squeaked out.

The jewel glided through the water and into her awaiting hand. Kagome stared at the jewel in her palm, once again.

She tried again, this time she spoke clear and with all her heart to the jewel.

"Sacred Jewel, show me what really happened that night the lovers were killed." Kagome spoke.

The jewel listened and obeyed. It lit up and then rose a few inches off of her palm. The light reflected in Kagome's brown eyes. Kagome let out a soft coo to the lights beauty and brightness.

The light was warm and inviting, Kagome felt herself slip into the deep past of the jewels power. She was weightless, as the swirling jewel took over her mind and tore a portal into time.

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An aura of power reached the senses of a man dressed in an ape suit. He lifted his head, and stared in its direction.

"Ahh, yes I sense you now. My precious... (Author's note: Think about the Lord of the Rings... lol...) You're awake...yes you're alive now...wait for me... wait for Naraku."

With that remark he stood up and ran in the direction of the water. His ape suit flying behind him. His speed was astonishing. Within seconds he reached the glimmering water. He stopped and glanced at the shimmering water.

Then, with a sneer, he walked slowly into the waves, before fully disappearing under the dark water.

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Kagome hadn't realized that what had happened until she heard voices coming from in the same room she was present in.

Kagome looked for a place to hide, but the room was unfamiliar to her. It was furnished with items she had never seen before.

Kagome heard a woman's voice. And then she heard the creak of a door open.

Kagome froze, and dared not to breathe.

A woman entered the room through the door, looked in Kagome's direction, but did not acknowledge Kagome's presence. She hurried to a window that was behind Kagome.

Kagome watched as the woman pushed on the window and it opened. Kagome could see out of it, from where she was standing, it overlooked a magnificent garden, lit by a million stars and a great yellow crescent moon.

The woman pushed her head out the open window and looked out at the emptiness. She removed a piece of cloth that was tied around her neck and then tied it to the window pane. A slight wind blew and the cloth whipped in the wind, but it was tied firmly to the window pane. Then the woman turned and pulled her head back inside the window. Kagome gasped when she saw the woman's features.

She was dressed in a simple, yet elegant dress which draped over her shoulders and was tied with a red tassel, around the waist. Her entire body was covered was a very pale white color. It almost looked like a white layer of soft fur.

She had two light blue eyes, which were accented with black streaks around her eyes. As well as two dark purple colored lines on the side of her chin.

The woman did not look human. She looked allot like Inuyasha. Kagome continued to watch as the woman sat down, and looked at her reflection in a looking glass. She reached up behind her head, and undid her hair, which had been tied up in a fancy knot. Her hair, when released from the knot, fell down almost to the floor.

Kagome jealously glared at the woman's hair, it was a deep silver color, yet it had sections that seemed to be pure spun gold. As her hair fell, a pair of ears appeared from within the precious locks. Kagome watched as the woman ran her clawed fingers through her hair. Then the woman stopped fussing with her hair and just stared at her reflection in the looking glass. She looked nervous.

Kagome took the time, to stare around the room. It was so strange. The walls were colored and were adorned with paintings, and many looking glasses. Everything seemed to be bright, shinny, and clean.

Kagome guessed that the woman could not see her. So she began to move around the room. Glaring at the objects in it. Some of the objects she recognized. She had seen them, that one brief time, which her father had showed her his secret grotto.

Kagome didn't understand, if the objects were here... then wouldn't Kagome have to be... on land?

Kagome looked down at her body, and she screamed at what she saw. Kagome covered her mouth as she screamed, maybe the woman heard her? With a quick glance Kagome saw that the woman was still staring at herself in the looking glass.

The woman couldn't hear her either.

Kagome brought her eyes to look back down at her own body. Kagome had changed. She no longer had a fish-tail, instead, two smooth legs held the rest of Kagome's body up.

Kagome reached down to touch the legs she now had. Her fingers struck them, but the image did not hold. Her fingers slipped through the skin like it was a hologram.

They were just images. Her whole body was just an image. A ghost image, which held no weight or mass. Kagome was about to cry. But a noise captured her attention. She turned her gaze to the open window. Kagome's eyes widened as a man stood, clutching the window's edge. His chest was bare, and he had shoulder-length brown hair. His bare chest was covered with scars. But his eyes were kind; they were so deep brown, that they almost looked black.

His striking beauty caught Kagome by surprise. She stared, wide eyed, as the man entered through the window and approached the seated woman.

Kagome's mind shot into reality, she remembered what she had asked the jewel to show her. This was the night the lovers were to be murdered! Kagome could only guess that this woman was the demon princess and that the man approaching her was her assassin.

Kagome wanted to scream out and warn the woman. But it would prove nothing, her voice could not be heard, she was only a ghost.

To Kagome's surprise, the man, gently placed his hands on the shoulders of the woman, and began to rub them, lovingly. With a sweep of his hand, he pushed her hair away from around her neck, leaned in, and began to lightly kiss her along her long white neck.

Kagome understood now, this was the pair, the pair of forbidden lovers. The man was the MerPrince, taken on a human form for the night. Kagome smiled at the lovers.

The woman turned stood up and faced the merprince. The merprince took her in his arms, and they both stood together for a long time.

Then the woman spoke, her voice quiet and dreamy, "I can't go on anymore... I can't keep hiding this... I can't..."

The man turned her chin up and kissed her on the lips. Kagome blushed, and turned away. What had she gotten herself into? But she looked up when she heard a deep, passionate, male voice speak.

"Shh, hush now my love... just rest. I'll hold you here forever."

The woman leaned back against the man's bare chest. Her lip quivered, as she tried to fight back tears.

"...he's dead..." she spoke sadly.

The merprince's breath caught in his throat. Then he sighed and drew the demoness closer to him. His eyes shut tight and he grasped her body.

Tears fell hot, out of Kagome's eyes. She couldn't watch this anymore. She had never seen something so impossible. She never expected this was how it ended.

Kagome turned away from the couple, and stared at the floor. Her tears blurred her vision. Kagome looked up and glanced at the open window, which she now faced.

A hand grasped the window sill...

Kagome jumped, and wiped her eyes, to make sure she was seeing what she thought she saw.

It was real.

Another hand appeared and grasped the window sill as well. Then their grip tightened as an arm and elbow came into view.

Kagome turned to the lovers, "Quick! Your assassin's they come! Please look!" she shouted at them. Kagome rushed at them, and placed her hand on the man's shoulder. Her hand disappeared into his skin. He couldn't feel her!

Kagome whipped her head back around and gasped at the figure that had now pulled himself through the window. He was dreadfully thin, and had stringy long black hair and dead eyes. His body was only slightly hidden behind an animal pelt.

Kagome jumped back, as the stranger drew a blade from within the pelt. With an evil scream, he launched himself at the merprince's exposed back.

The merprince turned around at the sound of the war scream. He caught the evil man's arm, as the blade was centimeters around from his throat. The two were caught in a moment of battling strength.

The demoness had been flung to the ground, and now she stared up at the two men held in a strength battle.

She jumped to her feet, drew her claws and attacked the evil man. She scratched his across the back shoulder blade. Black blood spilled out from the scratch. The evil man screamed in pain. Suddenly, another arm shot out from under the animal pelt and struck the demoness.

Meanwhile, the merprince's strength was failing. When he saw his love get struck, he cried out, "YOUKAI!!" and pushed the assassin with all his strength. The man staggered back a few steps, but caught himself and attacked again, with impossible speed.

The blade held out to skewer the merprince where he stood. The merprince, pulled his hands together in a prayer position, and began to chant a song.

Kagome recognized the song; it was the Song of Bondmen, a powerful spell that bound the person to a solid object for a period of time, but it was not permanent.

An invisible force, stuck the assassin, and he was flung against the far wall. His blade fell from his grip. His body stood bound to the wall.

With a quick movement the merprince grabbed the demoness' hand and dragged her to the open window. She obeyed and followed him.

Kagome suddenly felt her body move. She lifted off the ground and through the wall. She now hovered in the air, and saw the couple at the window.

She watched as the couple exchanged a passionate, yet quick kiss.

The demoness instantly jumped from the window, she flew lightly through the air, and landed gracefully on her feet. It was her demon powers that gave her the ability to fall from three hundred feet to the ground.

She looked back up at her bedroom window. Her merprince had not followed her.

Kagome could see from where she hovered outside that the assassin struck the merprince. The spell had worn off. The assassin must have been extremely strong to be able to fend off that kind of a spell so quickly.

Kagome screamed in horror, as a black sword was thrusted through the merprince's stomach. He gasped briefly, before the assassin pulled the black blade out the merprince's stomach.

The assassin held the blade out and held it beside his body. With a blink of an eye, the assassin struck and the merprince's head separated from his body.

Kagome screamed in horror and pulled her eyes away. Tears filled her eyes, as she continued to scream. She felt her ghost body move again, and as she opened her scared eyes she was standing a few feet away from the demoness that stood on the ground below, looking up at the window.

The demoness cried out as she saw the assassin jump from her window, down to her. His dark sword held directly out in front of him. The demoness made no attempt to move. She knew her fate.

Kagome couldn't see anymore. She couldn't stand it anymore. "ENOUGH!! ENOUGH NO MORE PLEASE NO MORE!! I WANT TO GO HOME... TAKE ME HOME... NO MORE!!!!"

Kagome felt something hit her in the stomach. Her stomach did a flip and shot pain all through Kagome's body.

Kagome felt her body strike something soft. She opened her eyes, and noticed that she lay on her bed... in her own room... in her own time. Kagome pounded her fists against her bed. She cried out and tears splashed out of her eyes. She struck her bed over and over again; she tried to pound out all the violence she had seen.

Attendants rushed into her room; followed by her father... they all ran to her side to comfort her screams.

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No hate mail please... I promise I'll write more!! I promise!! Don't worry, I won't leave you hanging... and next chapter you will find out what happened to Inuyasha as well...