Please enjoy

Disclaimer if I owned Inuyasha I wouldnt have to keep typing these stupid disclaimer thingamabobies-[nice vocabulary huh?]

After Naraku was defeated it looked like the end of hard times for Inuyasha and the others. Sango and Miroku were married and built their home close to Kaede's village. Kagome went home but visited on a daily basis-that is, until she went missing. One year later:

Shippo was busy starting a fire so that Kaede could begin preparing dinner when he heard the familliar sound of Kirara transforming into her neko form [neko is cat/kitten right??] The little kitsune ran out of the hut to greet Sango and Miroku.

"Konichiwa!! Are you two staying for dinner?"

Sango gave him a confused look"Huh? The two of us?turns to Miroku where did Inuyasha go?"

Miroku shrugged"Shippo, ask Kaede-sama to make three extra portions ok?"

Shippo didnt believe his ears" Inuyasha's here?!"

Sango gave a weary sigh and went on Kirara's back"He was right behind us earilier....I'm going to back-track and see if I can find him"

"Find who?"

Everyone jumped, finaly taking notice to the hanyou who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"Didnt any of you notice when I passed you earlier?" Seeing that his question was answered with stunned silence he decided to clear things up a little and held out two freshly caught fish. Miroku blinked, and Shippo was just surprised that Inuyasha was back.

Sango decided to break the dumb silence,"Arigatou. We should probably come back inside now, its almost sundown-wait, why did you only get two fish?"

Inuyasha shrugged" I had sushi...."

"EWWWW!!-ITA!"Shippo's squeal of disgust was cut short by a hard bop on the head.

The group entered the hut to find a slightly suprised Kaede recieve Inuyasha's catch and add it to the fish that she had frying for herself and Shippo.

"It's good to see you back again Inuyasha."

"I'm only here for tonight. I was working on a lead before I met up with Sango and Miroku."

"Any sucess?"

Inuyasha exchanged uncertain glances with Miroku and Sango."Hai, but she shot me....."

Kaede blinked, but that didnt fool the hanyou who could sense the extreme sruprise and shock that overtook her normally calm emotions.

" I have a salve for that......." Kaede disappeared to the back of the hut where she kept various medicines and remidies.

"Wait, she SHOT you?!?"Shippo once again could hardly believe his little ears.

Inuyasha brought his gaze to the wooden floor, sighing heavily."Its more than that"

Silence filled the room like falling snow until Kaede returned.

"Here you go-I'll get some bandages" the new moon forced Inuyasha into his human form. Inuyasha noded, showing that he also aknowleged the sudden vunerability he had obtained. Outside, the wind steadily grew stronger.

"Kagome was acting like she was....."Inuyasha sighed again, still staring at the floor."Forget it-its just impossible that kagome could be like her."

"Who?" Shippo asked the question that was written on everyones faces.

Inuyasha merely looked up at Sango and Miroku. The three locked eyes for a moment and realization dawned on the humans. Inuyasha averted his gaze back to the floor.

"No....there's just no way-"

Miroku put his hand over Sango's."You saw her Sango, we all did. the clothes, how she tied her hair back, even how she looked at us. Its as if........" Miroku stopped, not wanting to worsen the atmosphere of impending doom that had been growing since the conversation began.

"It's as if she had turned into Kikyo." Everyone looked over to Inuyasha. Shippo, with a worried 'do you still have all your marbles left?' expression on his face went over to check the hanyou's forehead. The little kit stopped dead when he saw Inuyasha's face. It was blank for the most part, but his eyes held the same pain and confusion that he had seen Kagome carry before she had gone.

"Inuyasha, you're not serious are you? I mean, you said it yourself- there's no way that Kagome could be like Kikyo. Is there?"Shippo looked over to the rest with pleading eyes 'please tell me its not possible............'

Sango looked away, not wanting to give him the amswer that everyone already knew. Miroku squeezed her hand reasuringly and looked into her face.' Its ok. I'll do it' Sango smiled softly and noded.'Arigatou'

"People do have the ability to change, shippo. Mostly after something bad happens but after a while they go back to normal."

"So what happend to Kagome? She doesnt get that upset after a fight with inuyasha and she normally comes back after a day or two........"

The wind outside had grown strong, anyone who dared to go outside of their home was blown off their feet and flew until they hit a tree or some other object. Inside, the fire was blown out. But the wind carried a familiar scent on it.

Inuyasha jolted up to his feet and growled."Kagura......"

Konichiwa!! It's me again, hopefully I did a better job than before-hopefully. In case anyone is wondering why Shippo's so suprised that Inuyasha's back, it's because Shippo was forced to stay with Kaede while the other three looked for Kagome. Inuyasha wanted to use the ever famous "let's split up to cover more ground" technique, hence the " I met up with Sango and Miroku while working on a lead"