@%@%@%@%@ Yay! You liked the story! My my! So many of you on the
same wavelength as I can't say why until you read the first bit (might ruin
the ...surprise?) I thank you all soooooo much for the lovely reviews! I was
very surprised to see so many people enjoying this. Well I'll stop here so
you can read the rest! So now on with the show!!@%@%@%@%@

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own Inuyasha *sigh* *evil grin* but maybe one day
my fur balls can get him for me...

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Revenge Is Sweet, If You Can Get It...
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"Come on wench! You've stayed for your three days and now we're on my
time!" Inuyasha growled at the wandering Kagome.

Kagome scowled at Inuyasha "I am not leaving! Mamma said that Buyo
never showed up for breakfast this morning and she hasn't seen him all
day! I want to know if my cat is all right!"

"Feh, as if that thing you call a cat would ever wander from such a cushy
place. He's so pampered he wouldn't even know how to catch a mouse if
you dangled it in his face!"

"Oh! Why you... Oh!" Kagome huffed.

Inuyasha then did something incredibly stupid, he smirked saying "feh!"

Giving a small scream of rage Kagome then shouted "OSUWARI!!"

From his place in the bushes Buyo chuckled "I always love seeing that, but
I had better let my mistress see me or things will never get on the road."

Making sure to rattle the leaves Buyo stepped out and gave a rumbling
meow.

"Buyo!" Kagome shouted in happy delight as she quickly scooped the cat
into her arms.

Pulling his head from the ground and resting it on one of his upraised arms
Inuyasha said "there, you found the miserable fur ball. Now can we go!?"

Kagome's back stiffened and Inuyasha could've sworn he saw the
despicable creature give a quick evil smile before Kagome spun around to
face him.

She gently put Buyo down before asking "What did you say?"

Realizing that a 'sit' was going to be said if he didn't tell her the right thing
Inuyasha replied "You found him can we go?"

Kagome glared at him for a moment more before nodding and reaching
over to pick up her bag. A brief look of puzzlement went across her face as
she thought "Is it me or did my bag get a little heavier?"

Shrugging she ignored the thought and jumped through the well.

On the other side of time Kagome was greeted by the rest of the group with
smiles, hugs, and *SLAP* wandering hands... -_-;

The shard hunting group went to Kaede's hut while laughing at the chatter
that Shippo thought was very important.

"And then Sango had Miroku doing a really good impression of a 'sat'
Inuyasha!" Shippo declared proudly just before he was snatched off
Kagome's shoulder by said irate dog demon.

Since he was the only one to be facing backwards at the time, Shippo
happened to be the only one to see a multi-colored blur disappear into the
trees on the sides. He would've said something if not for Inuyasha suddenly
being determined to see if he could retain fox shape while being pounded
on the head.

The blur escaped from his mind only to be replaced by one certain thought
"Kagome! Inuyasha's picking on me!"

Kagome walked by the two, plucked Shippo out of Inuyasha's grasp, and
said "osuwari!" over her shoulder as she continued on her way into the
village.

"Damn wench! Who does she think... What the!?"

Suddenly Inuyasha was no longer interested in cursing Kagome. A certain
scent had teasingly wafted by his nose as he lay there.

"Gah! That damn miserable piece of fur must be getting to me more than I
thought! Now I'm starting to smell him even here!"

Inuyasha pulled himself from the ground, dusted himself off, then headed
to the hut where the rest of the group awaited.

Inuyasha never noticed the shadows that seemed to shift contrary to the
sparkling sun, nor the two yellow eyes watching him from beneath a nearby
bush.

"Yes very soon little pup we will see if you are worthy of my mistress, and if
you are not, beware the tides of fate that will befall you" Buyo muttered as
he slipped to the side of the hut where Kagome and the others were.

Peering in he saw Kagome's face alight with laughter as Sango once again
had to 'sweetly' remind Miroku exactly what happened to hentai's who
grabbed armed women. Buyo nodded and leapt to the roof to settle in.

"She is happy and safe..." was the last thought of the cat as he fell asleep
listening to the chiming sound of his mistress' warm laughter.

"Oh my god! Inuyasha, are you all right!?" Kagome called out as she ran
across the newly torn up battlefield.

"Get back you idiot! It's not completely dead yet!" Inuyasha shouted as he
saw one of the creature's arms begin to twitch.

Kagome stopped to turn with confusion written on her face just in time to
see a bladed arm heading straight for her head.

"Kagome!!" Inuyasha shouted as he struggled to race across the field.

"Damn! Too slow! Too slow!" Inuyasha's mind shouted as he saw he was
going to be a few seconds too late.

"Why was he so slow when things really mattered!?" Inuyasha thought as
he gave one last cry "Kagome!!"

Earlier that day had been a wonderful morning to wake up to. Kagome's
Feudal alarm clock of Sango beating the crap out of Miroku woke her up
just in time to get dressed and have some breakfast before they headed
out for some shard hunting.

Kagome sighed in pleasure as she breathed in the barely chilled autumn
air. "I love this time of the year. It's not too cold, not too warm and the trees
display all sorts of wonderful colors!"

Hearing Kagome's interpretation of the autumn day everyone, including a
strange little shadow nodded in agreement with her insight. Well everyone
except a stubborn dog boy.

"Hey Inuyasha, what is your favorite season?" Kagome asked, caught up in
the feeling of the beautiful day.

"Feh, I don't have time to watch the seasons like some people. Every
season meant hardship of one kind or another so of course I hate them all."

Kagome's eyes widened at this "but isn't there some time of the year that
you like?"

"Feh! As I said before, I've never had time to look at the changes of the
weather. Are you finished with your silly questions now? We still have to
find the shards of the jewel you broke you know!"

This of course caused Kagome to retaliate and so it went back and forth
until the two were no longer speaking to each other.

That was when Kagome had enough time to shout "Inuyasha! Shard!"
before the ground exploded.

At first it had seemed like a normal centipede youkai until Sango had tried
to hit it with her boomerang. The metallic clang and her boomerang
returning to her a bit wobbly proved that there was more to this critter than
what there seemed to be.

Soon they found that Inuyasha's regular attacks had very little affect on it
and Sango's boomerang just caused a few dents in it's hide. Miroku could
not use his Kazzan or else they would loose the shard. The only thing they
could think of was to use the Wound of the Wind.

The only problem was that every time Inuyasha was about to strike for it,
the creature would head for Kagome. They came up with a quick plan in
that Miroku would pull at it with the Kazzan giving Inuyasha enough time to
pull off his finishing move.

Everything had been going great, Inuyasha managed to slice and dice the
thing, and Kagome had been running to him when he realized the shard
was still animating one piece.

Unfortunately that piece was all that was needed to put Kagome in death's
doorway.

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Ohhh... evil cliffie! Ack! No throwing blunt objects at the writer! *Eyes
widen as she screams and ducks* No throwing sharp ones either!!! Sorry
but in almost all my stories I have to have one truly evil cliffhanger... Don't
know when I came up with that rule but think of it this way, you got the
major evil cliffie over with! *mutters* now you just have to deal with the
minor ones -_~ I hope you all liked this and I hope to see you all in the next
chapter!