Disclaimer: I don't own the Inu crew, or Yusuke and the gang, I don't got anything for you to sue, so if you come up short there's only you to blame.

"I summon the Fairy of the second wind goddess, I need your advice." When she opened her eyes, a tiny tornado of silver and gold began to spin before her. A moment later said tornado was replaced by a very ticked looking fairy. Her short red hair pulled into a spiky ponytail and in what appeared to be a mini belly-shirt and sparkly shorts.

"What do you need? I WAS in the middle of dinner, you know!" Kagome ignored her.

"Why didn't I follow Youko into the next world!?" When SilverStar merely looked confused she added, "Did I do something wrong?" :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::
Silver star seemed to realize what she was talking about and grinned.

"All is as need be, 'Gome! It will all be explained in time! Follow the road you would usually take and soon you'll find the destination meant to be found!" SilverStar stated happily, clearly proud of herself for what she considered an explanation. Kagome growled.

"You know, when the gods gave you to me they said nothing about you talking in riddles!" SilverStar looked thoughtful but wasted no time before replying.

"All the world is a riddle with no answer to be found," Kagome sighed angrily. SilverStar glared at her, "Well sor-ry if miss 'I'm the best!' doesn't like my answer!"

"You didn't give me an answer, Tinkerbell!" She growled, angry at the mini diva.

"That is a stereotype and you know it! That one little fairy went prancing off after a mortal and now they think all of us..." Kagome, having forced herself to be calm, interrupted.

"Please, SilverStar... Just tell me... I will get to see him again... won't I?" The snotty fairy gave her a look that contained something to pity in it. Sighing in resolve, she flew to face Kagome eye to eye.

"Listen, hun. I can't tell you what's going to happen. Merely lead you to the path meant for you. I can tell you that the gods are giving you what you asked for, just with a little twist." She leaned in and kissed Kagome on the nose. Leaning back, she raised her hand if farewell, "Chow!" The little tornado returned for her spectacular exit, and then Kagome and Scorch were left alone.

~*~*~*~* Hours later, at a Makai bar *~*~*~*~

Kagome sipped the spirit rum, welcoming the burning sensation in her throat. She absently pulled her fingers through the black fur of the sleeping Scorch in her lap. She had been paying more attention to holding her human aura at bay. They wouldn't be pleased with a human freeing herself to the comforts of spirit world so openly (AN Sound familiar?... Chihiro (sp?) had the same EXACT problem).

She was watching the television-machine in the corner, which currently gave her view of the dark tournament. That Uremeshi's (AN: somebody give me the spelling!... If you already have... sorry! I have memory problems!) team seemed to be doing the best. The orange haired didn't seem to be doing... er... well, though.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the bartender staring at her. Not that it mattered. Unlike his publicly displayed, titanic-size nose and the horns in his greasy ocean green hair, her profile, and the rest of her body (minus her hands of course) were covered in a black cloak. Kagome wondered if that in itself was why they guy was intimidated by her.

'Do you have a staring problem?' Kagome sent him the telepathic message, for some reason extremely proud of herself when the man/demon jumped out of his stuper and shook his head. He couldn't even tell if she was male or female. She had made her voice an exact replica of those new computer voices and WOULD have masked her scent had the bartender been capable of finding it. And as it was it was only the two of them in the bar.

Turning back to the screen she watched the short, greasy haired boy with a fishing pole open a box. She felt an eyebrow jump behind the shadows of the hood and watched as the entire arena began to fill with smoke, covering both the trickster and the red haired elemental. She heard a harsh chuckle vibrate in her throat as she realized why it looked so familiar. She had been to an American concert once. They had filled the stage with smoke so that you couldn't see as the singer came out of some door in the back.

She couldn't help but feel sorry for the kind-hearted elemental. She could feel his potential even through the TV/demon video screen and saw the familiar sheen in the two's eyes, suggesting a mental conversation. She had guessed that this Kurama (she cringed inwardly, he had or was using her loves name) had taken pity on some unspoken plea from the boy, only to have that pity betrayed.

Kagome watched as the smoke began to clear. Slowly shadows began to form. At first, they didn't make any sense. A tall figure that rose higher then Kurama and the trickster combined and shadows on the ground ranging from two to three feet up. Each slowly became more detailed until she could make out a bulge that appeared to be a tail on the taller figure and gaps and breaks between most of the grounds shadow. The only solid ground shadow left was slowly being wrapped around what appeared to be a second figure, small and timid against whatever it was around him.

A shrill scream pierced the air and she wondered briefly who it belonged to. She had seen a sword fly into the arena last second and assumed it was the cause of the death. She knew that the taller figure hadn't fallen, but that still didn't explain anything. She wasn't sure who he was. Kagome did know, though, that she hoped the kind elemental had survived. All these thoughts left her mind, however, when the fog became even thinner.

Kagome stood up so swiftly that she threw the chair she'd been sitting on across the room. Mouth agape, she could only watch as the form of her love came threw the smoke.

Youko?

She watched for a moment before his form began to shimmer. It shrunk and warped until it formed the different, yet still beautiful, elemental she had seen in the ring before.
But how?
Why didn't he come to me before?
Where has he been?
Does he remember?
What changed?
Will he know me?
Does this mean that it all worked out after all?
How come I haven't seen him before?

But of all these thoughts, only one made it out of her lips.

"I am going to KILL SilverStar!"

AN: I MAY! Big may. have the next chappie ready already. but I need to know first if you want Kagome to (be totally occ but also to her new personality) make Kikyo look a little featherbrained and set up the scene for a rather quick and clean final battle with Naraku, or if you want her to finish all her stuff in the future first (with Youko) and then come back for the battle.

Also, few things I'd like you to vote on;

1) Do you want her to go against Naraku and everyone? 2) Do you want her to have a kinda mysterious look (like Youko when he
first comes out)? 3) Should I drag Kouga into this??? (hehehe) 4) Would you like for me to put a vengeful Inu in the future? Could make a
nice little problem. 5) Do you want Youko to recognize her when she first comes? Or should his
memories be clouded? (I'm sorta leaning toward the first right now. I
think I could have some fun with that.) 6) Would you like me to pair Hiei with an origanal, yyh, or iy character?

Tha's bout it. but I would like you to put all your votes in this chapters review so they're easier to find. thanks! Ja!