It's been such a long time. I have not written anything in a long time due to stress and depression and college and looking for a job and loss of inspiration. It was the death of my god sister who I dedicate everything too, that got me writing again. She was a lot like Mai in this story. She was young too, only 22 and life was hard for her. But she was like my sister, considering she called my mom and dad her parents. She was giggly and bubbly and although she went through hard times, she looked out for others first. Although I am going to miss her, I am happy she is not suffering anymore. Why am I telling you this? Because....I don't know, maybe because she was such a good person, I want to share her memory with everyone.

Well anyway! I'm gonna try to continue this story. I was going to stop but I'm not. Even if no one reads it, or if everyone hates it, I am a writer at heart and I plan to continue. So if you do read it and like it, worry not I will continue it.

I own only my made up characters: Taj, Kaosu, Mai, Lily, Lady Ai, I don't owe Inuyasha or any of the Inuyasha characters.

Without further delay, here is Chapter 4, Angel's Aura. I hope you like.

Chapter 4
Angel's Aura

"Lily-sama!" Rin cried out as she ran over and squeezed Lily in a death hug.

"Can't breath." Lily managed to get out as Sango laughed.

"Oops. Sorry." Rin said blushing a bit. "Where's Mai-kaasan?"

"She went walking with Kagome and Inuyasha." Shippou said jumping down to stand next to Rin. "Lily felt a bad presence coming from this way, so we came to check it out!"

"Ohh. Sesshoumaru-sama went to fight Naraku and Jaken-sama went to the river. He said something about an evil presence."

"Naraku?" Miroku asked. "Which way?"

"There!" Rin pointed towards the trees in the distance.

"Is that were the feeling is coming from?" Sango asked Lily.

"No. It's coming from the river....or the waterfall in that area." She began to glow a strange orange color. "Oh no!"

Just then the ground began to shake all over, the wind began to blow as the sky darkened. Laughter, with what sounded like breaking glass could be heard everywhere. A dark energy seemed to flow like a river covering everything around Lynx cave.

"What is going on?" Inuyasha asked as he held his sword out.

Naraku looked up and laughed. "YOU are too late, pathetic hanyou!" He began to fade away. His laughter could be heard in the air.

"What does he mean by that?" Inuyasha asked Sesshoumaru, who had arrived on the scene and was fighting Naraku as well.

Sesshoumaru looked over toward the cave. "It has something to do with that evil presence earlier. Did you not feel it?"

"No. Something happened to Mai, and then she ran towards the river. Kagome followed her but Naraku stopped me." He looked up and gasped when he saw the dark smoke. "Kagome!" He said and then ran towards the lake.

"Wait Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru was saying but he was already gone. 'What had happened to Mai?' He sniffed the air and frowned . "Rin." He took off towards the camp.

"What's wrong?" Rin asked Lily. "What is going on?"

"We have got to go now!" Sango said as the ground began to split in front of them.

"Hang on!" Lily said and she closed her eyes. They began to levitate off the ground and into the air. "I knew it." She said and opened her eyes to see all of them floating off the ground with her magic. "My powers are back."

"What does that mean Lily-sama?" Miroku asked.

"It is a bad thing. A very bad thing." She said frowning. "We must get to Lady Mai."

(Meanwhile)

"Mai?" Kagome called walking slowly up to her friend. "Are you okay? What is going on?" The light faded and the cave was still and the sound of laughter could not be heard there.

"Kagome-chan. These sais, have awaken something in me." Mai said frowning while looking down at the sais. "I've held them before." They heard footsteps and laughter.

Kagome looked up and gasped! A really handsome man with green hair, pale slit eyes and black wings coming out of his back was currently floating above them. "Is that him Jaken?"

Jaken peeked out from behind Kagome and then gulped. He was no match for that demon. They were in a lot of trouble. "Not sure."

"It's him!" Mai whispered afraid. She looked as if she had seen a dozen ghosts. "It's the man from my dreams!"

"Well, well, well. What have we here? A measly human, a half angel, a cat and a low-level youkai."

"Who are you calling low-level?" Jaken asked pointing the staff of heads at him.

"Don't anger him you baka?" Kagome said and popped Jaken. Taj mewed.

"Who are you?" Mai asked holding the sais defensively.

"I am Lord Kaosu, Master of Death. You and your pathetic friends are going to serve me." He said and laughed. "Tell me, human. How is it that you freed me? Who are you?"

"None of your business." Mai said frowning. "And we're never going to serve you." Mai said and stood in offense. She seemed to be glowing.

"You are crazy." Kagome agreed and notched an arrow. Her miko powers were rising higher and higher.

He laughed. "Aren't you a spirited bunch. What are you going to do with that? You can't kill me. None of your kind could. I rule over all death and you don't have the power to stop me." He said as someone appeared from the shadows behind him. They whispered something to him and he turned his eyes to Mai.

Kagome used his distraction to shoot an arrow at him. He easily caught it and raised his eyebrows at her. "Useless." He said as he started approaching them. "So you are the princess." He said to Mai. "My, my you have grown."

"Stay away from me." Mai said walking backwards. Kagome touched her back and she began to glow as well.

Taj jumped at him as Jaken shot fired from his staff at them as Mai and Kagome stepped behind him. "Run!" He said turning back to them.

Kaosu batted Taj away and appeared in front of Jaken and back handed him into the wall. Jaken collapsed onto the ground dizzily. "Futile efforts." He said, then waved his hand in front of him. A large energy source shot out of his hand and blocked the entrance to the cavern they were in, just before they escaped and Inuyasha entered.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome and Mai called. They turned and stood against the wall as Kaosu approached them.

"You cannot escape me now princess." He said as he stopped in front of them. "So stop your futile efforts or you will end up a stupid squirrel like your grandmother."

"I will never give in to you!"

He laughed and gestured behind him. A lady, who looked human, walked from the darkness. "Maybe I should give you a demonstration on who rules here. Lady Ai, demonstrate to them just what they are dealing with."

Kagome gasped as she stared at the lady. 'She looks like Mai.'

"My pleasure, my lord." She said and waved her hand as a green light came from her hand. "She, who was foretold that would come, can harm nothing when she is no bigger than a thumb." She had aimed at Kagome, who was standing on side of Mai was looking at the woman stunned, but Mai jumped in the way and took the blast for her.

"Mai-chan!" Kagome said in horror as her friend begin to get small. "What is happening to you." She frowned as Mai ended up the size of a fairy. She fell and Jaken caught her.

Kaosu smirked. "Foolish girl, protecting a pathetic human. Too bad you got in the way." He shook his head. "Take care of the human now. Leave the little toad and cat for me, I hunger (eat Jaken. Ewwww :P).

Lady Ai, started to glow green when light burst through the darkness. It hit several of the things that had been released from there prison and turned them to dust. Kaosu gasped and turned to see who had barged in on him. He saw a hanyou in red and began to laugh.

"This just gets better and better." He said once the smoke cleared. "You must be Inuyasha?"

"And who the hell are you?"

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled and ran behind him, with Jaken following.
"Such language." He smirked. "I believe Naraku has insulted me. I thought he was going to send me worthy opponents."

"F.... you! Who are you?"

"I am Kaosu, I bring you death." He laughed again. (He was really in a happy mood, since he was released. It's been a 100 years.) "Well, it's been interesting." He said and swung what looked like a huge sickle. "Be the first to awaken Kaishi (his sickle), my faithful friend here. Kyuushi!" (Sudden death) He doesn't play around. --) A gust of black wind came out of Kaishi as Taj jumped in front of Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed.

"NOOOOO!" Mai screamed from Taj's back. The black wind hit them and knocked them backwards, knocking them out. It had been a really powerful attack that had blew out part of the cave.

"Mai-chan!" Kagome screamed. Her miko powers shot out of her body and protected them from falling crystals and rocks.

The cave started collapse as Inuyasha gave Kagome Taj and Mai before he picked her and Jaken up and ran out of the cave. Outside at the base of the cave he jumped through the waterfall and landed onto Ah-Un, who flew them away from the cave and towards the camp spot. 'What was he doing there?' He looked around and saw Rin.

"Rin, Sesshoumaru-sama told you to stay back at the camp spot, what are you doing here?" Jaken asked.

Lily peeked around her back. "It was not safe there so I brought her with me." She said. "I had a really bad feeling; something was going to happen to Mai." She looked worried. "Where is she anyways?"

"She is here." Kagome said, opening her hands to reveal an unconscious Mai. "She took an attack that was meant for Inuyasha." She said frowning. "Will she be okay?"

Lily examined Mai. "What happened? Why is she unconscious? Why is she so small?"

"Mai-kaasan." Rin said holding her hands out to Kagome, who let her hold Mai. "She is so small and she has wings!" She was saying.

"Kaosu, tried to kill Inuyasha but she jumped in front of him. Will she be okay?"

"I don't know. I think so. Kaosu can't kill her, so she probably saved your life." Lily said and Mai started groaning. "I knew it. Kaosu has awakened?"

"Yes, Mai pulled out some sais and the seal was broken." Kagome looked troubled as they landed at the campsite. Sesshoumaru was looking at them none too happy.

"Sesshoumaru-sama." Jaken called and jumped off of Ah-Un. "The legend of Lynx is real. The cave of Lynx was just melted by the angel of death himself."

"What!" Sesshoumaru asked in his bored-but-not-bored voice.

"Kaosu is real." Jaken begin to tell him what happened.

"Are you saying that this Kaosu is trying to make you worship him?" He smirked.

"That's all we need is another nutcase trying to rule the world." Inuyasha mumbled.

"Where is that troublesome girl?" Sesshoumaru asked looking for the only person he did not see.

Inuyasha thought a moment about Mai and how she seemed be in pain before the wings burst from her back. Whatever that was going on, he wondered if she was the key to it all.

"Answer me Inuyasha. Where is she and what happened to her, before?"

"Sesshoumaru-sama." Rin called and walked up to him cupping her hands.

"Not now Rin." Jaken said.

"But I have something to show him." Rin frowned and kept walking to Sesshoumaru as Kagome held a struggling Jaken back.

Sesshoumaru looked down at Rin, but said nothing.

"Can you hold out your hand?" Rin said and tiptoed to reach him, but it didn't work so he had to bend down. "Look." She said and carefully, placed Mai into his hand.

Sesshoumaru looked down at the ball of iridescent white sparkly wings with an arched eyebrow. His breath caught in his throat as the wings unfolded slowly revealing a shy, bruised looking Mai. She stood up and looked at him and smiled.

"What happened?" He whispered, shocked. This time it was showing well.

"There was a woman, who was trying to attack me, but Mai protected me from the blast." Kagome said still holding a struggling Jaken.

"A woman?" Lily asked.

"Yes. She was called Lady Ai." Jaken, finally free after bopping Kagome upside the head with his staff and getting hit from Inuyasha, said this and turned to look at Lily when she gasped.

Mai looked away from Sesshoumaru, who was still looking at her and looked at Lily. "You know who that is, don't you." She said and tested her wings, so she could fly closer to Lily. "She looked like me, a little."

Sesshoumaru watched in silence as Mai few up into the air and fell onto on Inuyasha's head. He hid a smirk, with a frown as Mai leaned against Inuyasha's ear.

"Yes, unfortunately I do." Lily said frowning.

"Then who is she?" Inuyasha asked, grabbing at Mai. He held her in his hand away from tickling his ear with her feathers.

"Lady Ai is...." Lily started then looked at Mai, who was watching her in concern and curiousness. "Lady Ai is....." She sighed; there was no turning back now. "Lady Ai is your mother."

Collective gasp all around, except Jaken, who knew.

"What?" Mai flew towards Lily and stopped in front of her but fell and Inuyasha caught her. "How? I am just an ordinary girl!" She glanced back over her shoulders. "Well I used to be an ordinary girl."

"You were never an ordinary girl. You truly are a princess. You were just raised like a normal girl."

"I was raised an orphan! I had a horrible life growing up. Yet you say I'm a true princess. How is that? Where are my parents? What land am I a princess of and why do I have wings?" Inuyasha put Mai onto Kagome shoulder.

Lily sighed. "It's a long story."

"I have nowhere to go at the moment." She said and everyone sat down wanting to hear the truth. "Start by telling me about my parents."

"Your parents are Lord Kazuo and Lady Ai Mitsu. You are half angel and half human. Your mother was from a village not far from here towards the mountains. That child Rin, is a direct descendant from your mom's sister. Your mom was a shrine priestess. She was able to heal and draw on the power of light to dispel darkness. Your father met her when he was traveling.

You are from a place called Lynx, the land of light and life. It was a beautiful land with power in its soil. The neighboring country Onyx is its twin only it's a land of darkness and death. Kaosu is lord over the land and desired to rule both, because if you could rule over Lynx and Onyx you ruled over the power of life and death. So he tried to gain the trust of the people and become Lord through marriage but I would not marry him. He then waged war. We fought and won. Life was normal for awhile. Afterwards, I married your grandfather and had your father. Everything was peaceful and prosperous for years, only small skirmishes here and there, between our lands but nothing serious. I had met Lord Sesshoumaru's father during one of the battles. He truly was a great youkai."

Sesshoumaru looked at Lily curiously. He remembered that his father had mentioned to him about the land of Lynx, but it had been long ago. He had told him about a beautiful land beyond a waterfall that breathed with life and happiness. It had been one of his many stories he had told to him.

Lily smiled at the youkai lord and spoke again, but to Mai. "Life began to turn sour when a mysterious stranger showed up to train Lady Ai. She soon began to argue with Kazuo and soon the Mitsu house became restless until she found out she was with child. After you were born, Kaosu came back. He waged a war and destroyed many of our kind. Your father was killed. We hid you when your mother disappeared. We didn't know that she decided to follow the man that killed your father." "All of this time, you knew me. All of the times you had a chance to tell me my true past. How could you not tell me all of this?"

"Lady Mai." Lily started.

"No...you should have told me. Your silence has led me to release the one who killed my father!"

"You weren't supposed to come back here!"

"Come back here? What does that mean?" Mai asked angrily.

"You were not born in the future time were Kagome is from. You reached there through a well. The same well that brought you back here."

Mai looked over at Lily and then at Kagome, "My life has been a huge lie hasn't it? I've spent time struggling all for nothing. I've went through all that horror because I had no idea of who or what I was. I can't believe you." She said and sniffed.

"Mai-kaasan." Rin called. Sesshoumaru put a hand on her shoulder to stop her from moving. He didn't look at her, but continued to watch the exchange, that had silenced everyone.

"We took you away from here in order to protect you. People died to save you."

"Yet it was for nothing. In the end, I am here and Kaosu is alive." Mai sniffed. "And again, people will die, because of me."

"It is not your fault." Kagome said, remembering when she first met Mai.

"It is always my fault." Mai said with a haunted voice. "Each time, someone died, it was always my fault someway or another."

"No Mai." Lily said again. "You were never supposed to see him again."

"Don't you get it yet? You couldn't stop something that was meant to happen long ago, when you tried. It was bound to happen again until it was dealt with. Tell me, why didn't you kill him a long time ago. Why allow him to live?"

"We sealed him in the cave of diamond, because we could not kill him, nor could he kill us? There was a supposed to be a miko of light and a person who can control life, and the one of death to kill him. It was not someone in either land. I tried to kill him. I even summoned for help but it was too late. Our only hope was to seal him forever in that cave. "

"Then how is it that people died?"

"He has minions." Lily said.

″Why didn't you tell me?″

″I couldn't tell you. My memory and powers were sealed away until you found that cave. I still can't recall everything. Your mom put a spell on me and tried to curse me, but no human can curse an angel. All she did was turn me into a squirrel.″

″Is there anything else that you are not telling me?″

'Might as well show here everything.' Lily said to herself as she pulled the ring off her finger. There was a bright light that surrounded her and once it settled instead of a bushy tailed squirrel standing there, there was a beautiful angel with six iridescent white wings bursting out of her back. She had long deep red hair and huge green eyes. "But why, didn't you stay like that?" Kagome asked, she felt Mai slump against her shoulder. Every one was stunned. No one could believe what they were seeing or feeling. The magic coming off her made everyone feel warm. Everywhere her power touched looked vibrant and new. It seemed to flourish. The grass that had been only barely growing flourished in her light. The trees around them that had been affected by the earthquake that Kaosu caused came back to life and blossoms instantly grew on them. Sesshoumaru gasped as Tensaiga began to pulsate. It flew out of its sheath and circled around Lily. "I can only stay this way for a short time." She said while holding her hands out to touch Tensaiga. It began to glow brightly as she touched it. It shot up in air and energy dispersed from it, falling on the whole group. Everyone was healed, including Sesshoumaru's missing arm. Lily put the ring back on after Tensaiga came back down. She turned back into the squirrel. "My powers were part of the seal that bound Kaosu to his prison. When the sais were released, my powers came back. But I am rusty, I tire out easily."

″How?″ Kagome asked. She was staring intently at Sesshoumaru's new arm. ″What just happened?″

″I am the queen of the land of light and life. When I am in my angel form, nothing impure can last around me. It will either be purified or healed.″

″How is it that youkai's stood near you and was only healed and not purified?″ Miroku asked. ″Most youkai's are evil.″

"Yes that is true, but for some reason my powers accepted them. Maybe their hearts are pure."

Mai frowned and flew off of Kagome's shoulder. She looked at Lily and shook her head. She had so many questions, and didn't know what to ask first. Actually at the moment, she couldn't speak. She looked at everyone who was watching her waiting on her response. She wanted to leave. She wanted a moment of peace and she didn't know where she could get it. She looked at Inuyasha and flew over to him.

″Can you take me somewhere?" She asked so quietly only he could hear her. "I have to get out of here."

He frowned. "Please?" She asked quietly. He nodded and she landed on his shoulder as he jumped towards the trees.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome called, looking worriedly at her friends.

"Let her go." Lily said. "Beside I have some questions for you."

Kagome watched as Inuyasha disappeared with her best friend. She worried for her, because she had been through so much. Her life had not been easy, but she bore it on her shoulders and surpassed the trouble and began to live again. Kagome glanced at everyone, "Maybe we should go to Kaede's and tell her what's has happened. I will answer your questions there Lily- sama."

"But what about Mai-kaasan?" Rin asked, wringing her hands worriedly.

"Inuyasha will protect her." Kagome said, not missing the amused look from Sesshoumaru. "If he loses her, I'll sit him to the next year."

Rin smiled then turned to Sesshoumaru. "Are we going to go to Kaede's too, Sesshoumaru-sama?"

Sesshoumaru looked into the distance. He was being pulled into the situation, regardless of how he felt. He was curious about the Legend of Lynx and the troublesome angel-fairy-princess and he also wanted to know how much power that squirrel possessed. He wondered did Mai have the same power. 'It looks like I'm gonna have to go and sit with these humans again.' He thought. 'D.... that girl for crashing into me. I won't rest now until I know for sure what is going on.' He motioned for Ah-Un and put Rin on him. "Lead the way, girl."

'Sesshoumaru's coming again. This is not good.' Kagome thought to herself, biting her lip. 'I hope that doesn't mean he is concerned about Mai. He couldn't be attracted to her could he?' She glanced at him as he was brooding. 'Naah, he is probably just curious. His arm did just get healed. But Mai is really pretty, what if she liked him as well? Wouldn't she go to him? Maybe she likes Inuyasha.' She looked alarmed. 'She did go to Inuyasha. What if they like each other? They couldn't could they? They did get along well. Oh man...why am I even thinking like this?'

"Is Kagome-chan okay?" Rin asked from on side of her. "She looks depressed."

Jaken looked at Kagome, eyes raised. She did look depressed. 'What is wrong with her?' "She is fine, she always looks miserable." Jaken stated, uninterested. He grimaced when Kagome gave him a glare.

"I'm fine Rin-chan. I'm just thinking about Mai." She said and smiled.

"Is Mai-kaasan really an angel princess?" Rin asked in awe.

"Yes." Lily said from in front of Rin. "She is an angel princess."

"Wow."

"Human children." Jaken stated as they landed.

Gailibop: Get back here Jaken!

Bunnihop: I'm gonna chop you up an feed you to my pet bird.

Jaken: It was a mistake, honest. (He was running down the hall at a surprisingly fast paste.)

Gailibop: Come back here and undo this spell!

Jaken: I can't! That binding spell was forever!

Bunnihop & Gailibop: What!

Kagome stopped and shook her head. She felt sorry for Jaken, it wasn't entirely his fault. Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru shouldn't have put a spell on them anyways. Oh well she thought and looked out at the studio.

Kagome: Please review and let us know what you think of it. Sorry about any occ, or any mistakes. It's 4 am and stupid gailibop won't wait until a decent hour to do this. Thanks. Bye for now.