Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and Co. I wish I did, but sigh, I do not. So once again, thanks Rumiko Takashi for the sweet torture we all love named Inuyasha. Enjoy my story and as always review!!!!

This is the sequel to my first story, In Your Arms Again" This first chapter is really just telling a little background information and filling you in on what's happened since the first story. Plus it's got a few plot clues, hope you like it!!!

Fighting For The Future

Chapter 1-Changing Winds

On a warm summer afternoon Kagome sat in a grove of trees, thinking about how much her life had changed since the day she...died. Even though it seemed like it was no chance for her to live, Inuyasha had risked everything to save her. Now, six months later, everyone was deliriously happy. Everything had been so peaceful, she traveled back and forth through time to go to school, and returned almost every evening to be with Inuyasha and the rest of her family. She really thought of Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kaede as her second family. Sango and Miroku were making progress in their relationship. Even Miroku was still a terrible lecher, he was getting better. He know only groped Sango once a day(what, I know you didn't think he was gonna stop immediately did you?). She and Inuyasha were happy as well.

Even though she had offered the remove the beads around his neck, he opted to keep it on. He said it reminded him of her, and Kaede had been kind to rework the spell so that the only time Inuyasha got sat was when Kagome really wanted him to slam into the earth, not just when she said the word. Kagome was also progressing rapidly as a priestess. Her archery skills had improved greatly and she was quite able to defend herself, which she had to prove several times to Inuyasha. Kaede had thought her even more about medicinal herbs, and along with Miroku, had taught her several spells. Miroku also was in the process of teaching her how to tap into her spiritual center. Even though Kagome was already quite strong, Miroku thought it was only the beginning. It also seemed as though Kikyo had disappeared completely. But occasionally, whether she was alone or with someone, she felt a chill in her bones and thought she felt Kikyo. And several times when she had got the sensation, she had looked at Inuyasha and noticed a strange look cross his face.

There also hadn't been any real attacks from Naruku. Sure there had been a few isolated incidents that reminded them of something Naruku would do, or smelt his stench, he never appeared. Yet, they knew he was still alive since Mirkou's Wind Tunnel hadn't disappeared. And the jewel still wasn't complete, they had found a few more shards, but still not the huge portion that Naruku had. Kouga, after a fully expected tirade, and accepted that Kagome and Inuyasha were together. It seemed he had moved on with Ayame and seemed very happy. He still came around an annoyed Inuyasha occasionally but it seemed as though the two, but would never admit it, were forming and a mutual respect and admiration for another. Maybe even a friendship. Kagome had to giggle at the thought of Inuyasha and Kouga being all chummy.

And Shippo, even though they never told him what happened, seemed to sense something had changed within the group. But he seemed happy that Kagome and Inuyasha were together. Inuyasha was teaching Shippo how to hunt and track, just like a father would. And Kagome relished playing the role as mother to Shippo. Shippo had matured a great deal in such a short period. She at first couldn't understand how one day Shippo was built and acted like a 5-year old, and in one day it felt to her, a 13-year old boy quickly becoming a man. Inuyasha filled her in on how fox demons, for one reason or the other, matured quite quickly. He had also heard that when a radical change happens or when they feel as though their family was being threatened, they were known to mature quite fast in order to protect their loved ones. And she could see a radical change as being the reason for the rapid maturity. She guessed to him it seemed one day they were always arguing, but now they rarely argued. But what was worried her was what if it was a little of both choices. What if Shippo knew or sensed something that they didn't see or better yet, didn't want to see. She had to admit, since she returned to the world of the living, they never brought up the subject of her death, they never mentioned Kikyo, and since it had been so long since they had dealt with him, they stopped mentioning Naruku. She got the feeling that they all wanted this peacefulness to last forever. Out loud she said, "Out of sight, out of mind, I guess."

Before she could think more on the subject, she heard Inuyasha call for her, telling her that Sango had finished dinner. Standing up and brushing herself off, she smiled at the thought of Sango's wonderful cooking. And the best part was since she was one a 2-week break from school, she could spend a lot of time with her family in the feudal era. As she began to walk, she felt the wind suddenly change and become bitterly cold for a warm summer day. "She thought to herself, the winds are changing, something evil is coming."