Disclaimer: I do NOT own Inuyasha, I tire of saying this but I am forced glares at lawyers in

corner Anyway, I know it's been a long time and thanks to some "inspiration" from our beloved

StarLightKagome I have finally updated and now you can happily read this chapter of my story.

I'm sorry if it is short but I need to space it properly.... Any hadoodle, Animegurl, I'll get right on

to e-mailing you, feel free to e-mail whenever you have a question. Enjoy....

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Tears and Blood

Chapter Nine: Blood!

By: Moonlight Jade

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Kagome woke with a start. Why had her world slipped from her control? It was

supposed to be anything she wanted it to be. She soon realized that it was dark outside

and her companions had fallen asleep in the small hut. Inuyasha was sleeping, sitting up

against the wall next to her. Apparently he had been watching over her as she slept. As

Kagome sat there watching Inuyasha in his slumber, she realized what the dream meant.

The villagers hadn't been able to hide from reality and they tried to tell her that she

shouldn't try to hide from the life she was accustomed to. She couldn't run away forever.

She would soon have to face her father, for one day she may actually be fighting for her

life.

Sitting in the dark thinking like she had, Kagome had exhausted her already tired

mind. She leaned back against the padding of her red sleeping bag and drifted, slowly

into a dreamless sleep.

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When Kagome awoke the next morning, she noticed a bowl of ramen sitting next

to her. She also noticed that her companions were no longer where they had resided the

previous night. She was near panicking when the elderly Kaede walked into the hut. She

easily recognized the worry in the young miko's eyes and kneeled next to her.

"Ye are worried about your friends, no?" Kaede said knowledgeably. Kagome

only nodded. "Do not worry, child, Inuyasha left saying he 'had something to tend to',

Shippo accompanied him." She paused as if wondering what they were up to, "Sango

went off to bathe and I can only assume that Miroku followed..." Kagome sweatdropped

as Kaede finished her sentence.

"Foolish lecher..." Kagome said with a sign as she picked up the bowl of ramen

and began to eat it. A few moments later they heard a cry of "HENTAI!" and the sound

of Sango's hand making contact with his face. When Sango returned, she looked furious

as she sat down against the wall next to Kagome. Miroku soon followed, a grin set on his

red swollen face. Kilala sat in the corner eating a freshly caught fish from a nearby

riverbed.

Daylight soon waned into darkness and Kagome's worry for Inuyasha and Shippo

had multiplied tenfold. She was relieved when she saw Inuyasha come into the room,

Shippo on his shoulder. She failed to hold back a gasp as she realized they were both

covered in blood.

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So? Did you like it okay? Or was it kinda sucky? I've decided to expand the plot farther

than just the abuse of Kagome, there will be some interesting Fuedal-type adventuring soon

enough, be patient, I have it all worked out on my head... (mind you, I had to write it on my

notebook paper to make sure I remembered what that idea was...) anyway, Pizza's hear, gotta

eat.