Note: Good news!!! NO MORE VACATION! so there's NO MORE DISTRACTIONS! with NO

MORE WRITER'S BLOCK! and quite a few chappies ready to be typed! Of corse there is that

stupid thing called 'school'.. But who cares about that anyway...*shrugs* anyway, I'm sure i

probably sound like I'm on a sugar high or something, and u all probably wondered what

happened, but all is well again! but, there's 1 thing.. to make sure I don't have this kind of

breakdown again, at least 1 chappy will b posed every week...depending on how much of a

chance I'll get to type... but it should all work out now. BUNNY IS BACK AND ALIVE!

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And 1 last thing.. I was recently able to read up on some of the fics.. and I'm feeling kinda bad

that I've left out Shippou so much... had Inu go a bit soft... Myoga hasn't shown his face... and

Kouga pretty much doesn't exist along with Rin.........soooooo...the story can keep going where I

want it to go, i just need your input on the whole myoga/kouga issue.. I'm already set on having

Inu go back a bit.. an Shippou come into play more.....plus there is gonna b some more intraction

rather than just walking along an crap (like da earlier chapters... b4 da drama got all

intense)starting dis chappy... got it? review! (and please, no flames.. even if I do deserve them)

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~*Over the Edge - Chapter 34: Taken*~

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InuYaha came in the inn room to see Kagome sitting on a tatami mat petting Kirara, and the rest

of the room fairly empty. He sighed as he moved closer and sat beside her. "She said she'd

come." Kagome's eye's lit up as she looked over at him, then dimmed again.

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"InuYasha?"

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"Hmn?"

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"Where's Shippou?"

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The huntress finished grouping her weapons and hauled them over her shoulder to take to town

when she felt it again...something was there, she could feel it's nefarious ora drawing closer. She

focused her weak senses on it an didn't even realize that she had dropped the weaponry on the

floor. She only came back to reality when she felt the sharp pain of one of her swords cutting into

her foot as it fell with the weight of all the other weapons. But she didn't have time to bandage

her foot this time. She knew what it was that was coming was far too close for her to ignore now.

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Seiko gripped a dagger from her belt and cautiously headed outside. She was growing frustrated

with herself as her eyesight was not as good under the new moon, so she closed her eyes deciding

to used her other senses which were slightly more reliable.

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But apparently they weren't reliable enough, for she only felt the presence of the yokai as she felt

it's heavy, uneven, breaths on her neck. She quickly turned to guard herself against it, but in

opening her eyes it was nowhere in sight. It's ora trailed away from where she stood and she

followed it slowly, not knowing exactly what she was up against.

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As she followed the yokai's path, it's ora tantalized her, growing stronger as she neared it, then

moving farther away as she came within reach. The damp air clouded her senses, but she could

still somehow focus upon it, following it as it lured her into the woods. She tried to stay alert, but

her vision became hazy, and her grasp on the dagger loosened, dropping into the mud as she

moved on subconsciously. She was now staggering through the dense woods, barely aware of

where she was, let alone where she was going, she just...was.

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Miroku looked over at Sango, now wondering if he was dreaming. The demon exterminator

seemed more beautiful than ever, and her gentle lips came to his several times before she got up

and headed back into the room, leaving him to stare out at drizzling rain again. 'I'll never have to

get knocked upside the head again...I hope'

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"How should I know where the little brat is? He usually clings to you!"

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"InuYasha, how can you call him a brat, especially now?! We haven't been paying as much

attention to him lately if you bothered to notice, and now he's gone!"

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He watched as her eyes began to well up with tears. "Oi Wench, don't cry-.."

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"I'm NOT crying! And if you wont help me, then I'll find him myself! SIT BOY, SIT!" With that

Kagome stormed out of to room and into the mass of trees, InuYasha left crashing into the floor.

'It's been a while since she's done that....'

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"What did you do now?" Sango's voice came from the other side of the room as she slid the door

shut behind her.

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"Feh." The sittings wore off and he sat up in a cross-legged position, putting his arms in his

sleeves.

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She rolled her eyes and sat down by her things, getting ready to give her haritasku a much needed

waxing. "Fine, don't tell me, I'll get it from Shippou later." InuYasha snorted as she looked

around the room for the kit. "Where is Shippou anyway? What did you do to him?"

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"I didn't do anything to that brat!.. Well, this time.." InuYasha looked over to the door as Miroku

slid in the room and smirked. "But I think a more suitable question would be... what did YOU do

to HIM?"

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Naraku was pleased with himself as Seiko came into sight at the front of the cave. She walked

further in toward him as he beckoned her, only having to concentrate slightly with the scroll's

curse he placed upon her to influence her actions. The gypsy huntress halted before him at his

command and fell to her knees when he tore connection with the spell.

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Her eye's flared angrily, blue tinting the dark brown but not by much as she glared up at him.

Recoiling, she quickly found a stance before him with a dagger to his thought. "Why did you

bring me here?"

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Naraku remained calm, seeming almost arrogant in the way he ignored her question and the blade

pressing into his flesh, now even harder.

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Seiko's brows furrowed in pure anger as she moved even closer to him, and in a much more

threatening voice swore at him lowly. "You chose the wrong bitch to kill." The huntress

motioned to force the dagger through her anger, but her arm locked and she doubled over in pain

as the youkai before her stood, giving off a demeaning laugh.

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"Silly girl... that bitch was only play." He smirked and began circling her, inwardly laughing at

her attempts at harming him when he had the curse at his whim. Seiko glowered as he walked

around, unable to beat his face in like she wanted to. "You see... there are bigger things that

worry me other than you, you..." He stopped for a moment as though searching for a word, then

drawled it out like poison. "..you humans."

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Naraku circled her once more, then crouched down beside her, whispering ominously in her ear.

"I'll admit, you're stronger than most of the pests... so I'll spare you..." The huntress turned her

head and snapped her teeth at him, but he avoided the bite. He took her chin in his claws to make

her face him, then moved even closer to her, so they were now practically nose to nose. "No need

to be feisty Pet." Leaning in the last inch, he brought Seiko into a kiss, making her kiss back,

with his tongue running over hers, then he nipped her lip lightly as he pulled away.

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Moving back, he forced her away from him roughly, his claws catching her face as she slammed

into the stone floor of the cave unable to recoil herself. Naraku Sat back on the stone where he

had been before she came and looked down at her, almost disappointed she wasn't able to resist

at all.

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Seiko felt control came back over her and pushed herself up, wincing as several cracks and pops

sounded through the cave as her back and arms straightened. Hatred built up as she sat facing the

yokai, for the first time almost afraid to fight back knowing he had some sort binding on her and

hating that even more.

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Casually bearing over her from the rock, he smirked and spoke with acid in every word. "I said

I'd spare you Pet, I'd thought you'd have appreciated my mercy." She glared back at him,

showing quite simply that she'd rather be killed than at his feet and orders. "Play time's over Pet.

You'll get me the jewel I seek..." He scowled at her as she turned away from him. "...and, you'll

kill that damn hanyou in my way..InuYasha."

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"Shippou!...Shippou!! I have candy Shippou!" Kagome kept yelling as she walked though the

trees nearly tripping on roots as she slipped in the thick mud. '..sheeze, why did it have to rain so

damn much...crap... bad Kagome, you've been hanging around InuYasha too much... now

concentrate, you have to find Shippou!'

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"Shippou-chan?! Come on, I'm sorry... Come already..!" Kagome sighed, stopping in her steps.

'What am I doing? I know Shippou wasn't at the inn, but he could've come back by now.. and

I'm out here. alone. In the dark woods. and probably lost by now... just great, this can't get any

worse...'

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InuYasha sat just outside the room looking at the sky, seeing te New Moon glow behind the

clouds, and sighed. If Kagome didn't come back soon, he'd be forced to go after her, but if

Shippou wasn't there for her when he'd bring her back, she'd just get mad again. Sighing again,

he looked out at the trees becoming coated in darkness, and this only made him worry about her

more. But his thought was interrupted as he noticed the rustling in some bushes nearby.

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Going over to see what it was, he lifted the fighting kit up by the scruff of his neck and glared at

him, setting his jaw in anger. "You little brat! Where have you been?!"

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Shippou snorted and crossed his arms as he dangled from InuYasha's grasp. "Wait.. didn't you

WANT me outta the way?..."

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"Feh." InuYasha slammed the kit into a nearby tree then went back to his seated position, setting

Shippou before him. "Don't fuckn go off again brat, u got it?"

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"Why not?" Shippou turned his head away from InuYasha whose eyebrow began to twitch. "I'd

have figured with you'd be happy with me not there, nothing left standing in your way from

fucking Kagome now..."

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The hanyou slammed his fist on the kitsune's head. "Yeah.. but when you're not there, she gets

mad at me cus of you!"

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Shippou leaned back, rubbing is head where he was hit and appearing to be in thought. "Ok, but

you were the one who wanted me back..." Then the kitsune bounced in through the room's

window a wide grin covering his face.

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Kagome took staggered steps trying to find her way back through the dark forrest, but it seemed

hopeless. 'Sheeze...why did Shippou go off anyway?..' But as she thought, making her way to

nowhere, her foot caught on a tree root and she slammed down into the thick mud as her feet

slipped. Pushing herself up, Kagome slumped back against the tree and began to doze off. 'I'd

have better luck in the daylight anyway... I've spend plenty of nights in the woods, what could

happen?...but, I was never exactly alone. InuYasha was always there...InuYasha...'

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End Note: Okay.. I really wanted to go further in this chapter since I have my train of thought

flowing... but I'm just gonna start on the next chapter RIGHT NOW... but I also know I needed

to post this one.. so, please review.. I know I can b evil (hhe heh) but I do these things in the story

for a reason....... and uh... I'll update again very soon.. prolly Friday or Saturday.. k? Hope u still

lov da story, an don't hate me!

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(n_n)' ~Bunny