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A/N: Thanx for all the lovely reviews. I absolutely hate this chapter, this came out when I was suffering from a very severe case of writer's block. It doesn't have the flow that I like. Hopefully, next chapter will be better. For all you people who are worried, this is an Inu/Kag. No way it's gonna be otherwise So don't worry just enjoy the ride. However, I never said they'll just go I Love You to each other and hug and kiss and make up. They're gonna have to pass all the crazy obstacles that I create to get there. MWAHAHAHAHA

Ahem...

The story is as follows....

Chapter 12: A New Addition

"Why were you looking for me?" Inuyasha asked the ice demon once they were in the dark forest. He looked seriously pissed. The day had not been good for him and he had planned not to see Kagome for another year or so, instead Rei comes along and insists that she wants to see Inuyasha or she will kill Sango and Kagome.

Rei shrugged and started giggling. It was all Inuyasha could do to not go there and throttle her.

"But first things first..." She sang, "Why did you hold my hand?" She looked absolutely delighted about the concept and she clearly couldn't stop grinning.

They were in a clearing. The trees had parted to provide a small opening in the forest. Normally, it would be bright with moonlight however tonight it was just as dark. Rei was seated on the trunk of a fallen tree while Inuyasha was pacing in front of her.

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at the question. Why did he hold her hand? He barely knew her. True, he owed his life to her but still...to hold her hand in front of everyone else. He pondered over it for a bit. He stopped pacing and started to stare at her, trying to guess her intent.

She stared back shamelessly. She was pretty, mesmerizing actually. Inuyasha had to tear his eyes away from her. He had too much on his mind to get seduced by an ice demon.

"You like me don't you?" She asked him when she saw him look away. She was curious about this certain demon, very curious indeed. He was the first man who had looked straight into her eyes and then managed to look away.

Inuyasha turned to face her again, trying not to look into her eyes since they seemed to do the most damage, "What makes you think that?"

"You are trying not to look at me. You held my hand." She shrugged again, "You are standing so far away." She added with a grin.

Inuyasha noticed just how far he was standing from her. He was practically on the other side of the clearing. Trying not to look too obvious he scooted closer.

"Why did you want to see me?" He questioned her again.

"Just wanted to see you I guess." Her emerald green eyes darted from one side of the clearing to the other as if expecting an intrusion.

"Not a good enough answer. We barely know each other."

"Exactly. I risked my neck to make sure you escaped and the least you can do is answer some questions."

"What do you want to know?"

"How come you were human the night you were revived and how did u disappear into the well?"

Inuyasha sighed and debated himself if he should tell her. He decided against it. The knowledge of the new moon could kill Inuyasha if it got into the wrong hands. And Rei exactly didn't qualify as a good person since she is Naraku's incarnation.

He decided to go with the half-truth.

"My human side was revived that night, so I was human. When I met with my demon side..." He let the sentence trail on leaving the rest to Rei to figure out.

"Ah..."

"The well is a portal to 500 years into the future."

"Ah..."

Inuyasha waited for her to say something. Ask a few more questions maybe. If not, then he could go back to sulking.

"You really like me don't you?"

Inuyasha sweat-dropped. She seemed to revert back to that question again and again. What is up with this girl anyway?

"Is there something specific you want to ask me or are you just wasting my time?"

"Ooh...touchy are we?" She grinned again. She almost looked like she was enjoying the way this conversation was going.

This was pointless. The conversation was anything but productive and Inuyasha was not in the best of moods.

"Do you really like Kagome?"

The question was sudden yet it seemed that Rei had been trying to ask that question since the start. Almost immediately after asking the question Rei looked away, for the first time that night. She looked anything but comfortable with the topic. Did she look ...jealous?

"She doesn't care for me." Inuyasha watched her face closely. She didn't look affected by his answer. She was still looking away.

"How do you know?" Her voice sounded tiny, like she was talking to herself. Inuyasha decided it was wishful thinking. She couldn't like him. No way, not possible.

"I just know. I have all the proof I need." He took a step closer when she started fidgeting. Her actions didn't suit her. She looked like a person who could never be fazed; who was always confident of herself and nothing could make it seem otherwise. Such a person was sitting in front of a half- demon fidgeting.

"Oh."

She started studying her feet and then looking around again. Still trying to avoid Inuyasha's honey golden eyes.

"Are you responsible for Miroku's attack?" Inuyasha had figured that a change of topic was necessary. This had been nagging him for a long time. There was no particular reason why he thought she would be responsible but he asked anyway.

"The monk?" Inuyasha nodded. "Naraku's orders. He was by far the easiest man to seduce. I just looked at him and he was off to lala land." She made wide gestures with her hands to emphasize her point.

"What did you do to him?" Inuyasha's eyes narrowed dangerously but Rei still refused to make eye contact and hence didn't see the threat.

"I lead him into the forest where he was hypnotized by me and then Kanna took a peace of his soul," She explained like it was the most natural thing in the world.

"You stole his soul?" Inuyasha all but screamed at her.

"Didn't you hear me? I said 'took a piece of his soul'. It was the same night you escaped so it was a last resort, kinda."

Huh? "What do you mean?"

"Naraku wants you dead. What better way to do it than have an surprise attack by one's comrades?" She started fidgeting again. Something was bothering her.

Inuyasha grunted. She had a point.

"Naraku can control Miroku?" He inquired further. He was getting answers right now, best to keep probing for answers before she realizes just how much information she had disclosed.

"No...I can." WHAT???

This time Inuyasha couldn't stop his jaw from dropping. Why would Rei save him from Naraku only to have him killed by his best friend?

"Wha...? What?"

"It doesn't make sense does it? I guess you can say that if I hadn't made Miroku attack you, then I would be dead now. I also made sure that he attacked you when there were others around in case things got out of hand. I made sure that you'd survive."

"So he's like a zombie right now?"

"No...he doesn't remember anything when he's in control but I have access to his memories. Just like I have access to yours."

Wha...?

"What...? What do you mean? You can control me?" Inuyasha shook his head to clear his thoughts. Too much information never did anyone any good.

"No, no silly" She said grinning again. She was back to looking into his eyes and she didn't seem to think it was a bit too early to start calling Inuyasha 'silly'. "I just have access to your memories because I revived you. I was the one who guided your soul back to your new body. My what a feisty soul you have. It kept running to this village..." Realization dawned on her face, "Kagome?"

Inuyasha slumped down onto the grass-covered ground, leaning against a tree. He pulled his knees up and rested his elbows on them while watching Rei continuously.

He shrugged, could've been anything.

"Maybe...or maybe it was my other half. I can't say." Rei stood up and landed softly next to him. She was facing him but her eyes were fixed solely on his.

"You wanted to make her jealous didn't you?" She added suddenly with a smile.

He raised an eyebrow so high that it disappeared from view.

"That's why you took my hand. You wanted to get back at her." She kept grinning like there was no tomorrow.

"Release Miroku's soul."

"Why?"

"Because."

"Good enough." Inuyasha thought his eyebrow would fall out. 'Because' never worked on Kagome. And here Rei thought it was a good enough reason?

"I can read your mind, remember? I think you have a very good reason."

"And what might that be?"

"You care for him."

"Keh..." He looked away. He watched the clouds as they gave a low growl and then he heard a distinctive crash. It was going to pour tonight.

She watched him for a few more minutes, "You know Naraku will have my head if he found out I released Miroku's soul."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Can I join your group? Pretty Please." She grabbed his hand for emphasis. Inuyasha flushed, glad for the dark blanket of the night.

"Why would I want one of Naraku's incarnations in such close proximity?"

"Because." She grinned again, her hold tightening on his hand. She realized that Inuyasha can't exactly read her mind though so she proceeded to continue, "Well, I could tell you where he's going to attack next. I know all of his plans so I could tell you about them. You only have to protect me."

"Uh..." He couldn't make up his mind. There was no way he could let her into the gang. The others will have his head for it, not to mention that Kagome would go absolutely furious with him bringing a demon who is clearly infatuated with him...hey, wait a minute.

"Okay." He said nodding. If he was going to get back at her, he might as well have a temptress around. He grinned. And it wasn't an empty deal. She could tell them all about Naraku's plans. He fisted his hands as he started to plot Naraku's demise, unknowingly strengthening his hold on Rei's hand.

Rei squealed, with happiness or shock he wasn't sure. But what she did next almost had him running home. She grabbed his face with both hands and planted a kiss right on his nose. He wondered for a moment if she had really aimed for the nose or was it just a fluke. He felt his cheeks burn and then he started seeing red. Damn, he wasn't used to displays of affection.

He got up suddenly; he had to get back to the village. He had to protect it even if they still thought of him as a no good half-breed. He had to do a lot of explaining to the group when they get there. He wasn't looking forward to it, specially since its going to be extra hard with Rei's hand glued to his.

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"So I see I've been betrayed again." Naraku said calmly. He watched his most powerful incarnation trot off behind his most despised enemy...holding his hand. There was just so much a master could take. Kanna broke the connection, her mirror going blank again, "Kagura was not the traitor, Rei was."

"Kagura has betrayed me more than once before. However, her betrayal came after a long time of servitude. Rei is my newest incarnation and she is the most fickle."

"What do you wish me to do?" Kanna asked in a dead monotone voice.

"Find me the leader of the snake-demons, it seems there is another favour I ask of them." Kanna nodded and disappeared, "Meanwhile, there has been a slight change of plans." He said to himself as he smiled a cold smile and proceeded to enchant one of his puppets to look like him, "We have to take care of the miko."

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"Sis, did you and Inuyasha have a fight?" Souta inquired when his sister finally showed her face in the morning. Talk about sleeping in.

Kagome winced like he had hit a sore spot, "Kind of, I don't want to talk about it."

"Kagome? Are you all right dear?" Kagome's mother asked, feeling her daughter's forehead. Kagome looked pale and tired, even after sleeping till one in the afternoon.

"I'm fine, just hungry."

"It's the demons I tell you. I have to exorcise them." Kagome's Grandfather stormed into the kitchen babbling about something, "Demons did that. Those are no ghosts. Demons, I tell you, demons."

"What are you talking about Grandpa?" Kagome asked. The word 'demon' always grabbed her attention.

"Oh its nothing, dear." Kagome's mom shot Grandpa a look that said something really suspicious like 'told you not to talk about it' or 'Shut up now or there's no lunch for you'.

"Oh its nothing sis. Its just this house up on the hill..." Mama shot the same look at Souta who either missed it or chose to ignore it.

"The Mansion of Dark Destiny?" Wonder who thought of that name.

"...Yeah that one, is haunted by ghosts..." The look was more pronounced this time.

"I know that, I've been hearing stories about that place since I was a little kid."

"...LISTEN!!! There was a fear factor challenge last night about spending a night in that mansion..." The look turned into a glare. "They probably planted some tricks in."

"...Of course they did, but that's not the point. The contestants disappeared." The glare turned into a snarl and Mama bared her teeth at Souta, who completely missed it.

"WHAT????"

"Grandpa thinks its demons..." Mama placed a dish so hard on the table that the table creaked and the contents of the dish threatened to spill themselves.

"...And wants to exorcise them..." Kagome was staring at Mama now, she was gripping the dish like a lifeline and Souta was starting to snicker giving away the alibi that he had not noticed her threatening glares.

"It could be demons..." Kagome said in a small voice, "...and I'm a miko, so..."

"You are NOT going there, dear." She shifted her glare onto Kagome, "Is that clear?"

Kagome gulped and nodded timidly. Mama immediately regained her composure, "So, whose up for some casserole?"

Told ya...I hate it. Don't even try to say its good coz it simply isn't. If you tell me its good then I just won't believe you...so nyah.

And just so you know, I hate this chapter so much that I don't even expect reviews...they'll still make my day though :) I will have Chapter 13 (ooooooooooohhhhh thirteen...bad omen...bad!!) lets see who gets unlucky BWAHAHAHAHAHA