InuYasha: (Inu and the gang poof out of a puff of smoke) Where are we?

Inu Gang: (looks around Silv's lair…lair…teehee!)

Kagome: Dunno. But it's really messy. (notes the pizza boxes and Goldfish bags…everywhere)

Miroku: I agree. (watches Sango sachet up to computer desk with Kagome and Shippou) This is a very dirty room.

Shippou: Not to mention scary. (Sees Silv's school picture and a book called "How To Torture: the easy way!')

Silv: (appears behind the Inu gang) IS NOT!!!!!

Inu Gang: IIIIIIYYYYYEEEEEEEE!!!!!. O !!!

Kino: SHUT UP!!!!! And get off my GOLDFISH!!! (screams at Kirara who is sitting on a half-empty bag of fishes)

Taiyo: Why are you here?

Kagome: We don't know. But who are you? You look familiar…

Kino:Ø Ø Does the word "fan fic" mean anything to you?

Inu Gang: Huh?

Kino: Never mind.

Silv: I KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE!!!

Everyone: You do?

Silv: Yeah. It's every author/authoress' secret. If we want you here, all we have to do is this. (concentrates, and a box of pizza appears in hand) See!

Kino: It's not delivery, it's dimwit!

Silv: (oblivious to Kino's pun) But I can't tell you why I brought you here.

InuYasha: (comes up to Silv, cracking knuckles) You better if you want to live.

Silv: (stares at him) O.O ..…

Kino: (growls) You ain't gonna touch her if ya know what's good for you. That's my job to threaten.

InuYasha: Oh yeah? I wasn't talkin' to y--- HEY!!!!!

Silv: INU EARS!!!!!!!! (rubs InuYasha's ears) THIS IS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE!!!! I ACTUALLY GET TO HUG INU!!!! (InuYasha grabs a crowbar and tries to pry Silv off)

Kagome:® ¬ (clenches fists)

Taiyo: Alright cut it out!

Sango: What she sa---AAAAAHHHHH!!! (slap) HENTAI!!!!!

Silv: (lets go of Inu) Poor Miroku. Oh well, while I tell you guys about the fic and why you are here, I'll let my readers do what they do best!!!!! Thanks for the reviews! I love you all!
Readers: OO (run as if their very lives depend on it)

Kagome sat on the tatami floors of, what she had guessed, was a training room. Arashi sat across from her, deep in her musings.

The miko had her own thoughts going on. "I have some of Kino's two energies because of the accident and those energies are lighting and water…Arashi says that his power combinations are dangerous but one or the other has saved his life numerous times; including his past Kaishas.

'She also said he's a danger to himself. If he uses both his energies at the same time…it could kill him…Then that means…I'm dangerous as well?'

"No Kagome." interrupted Arashi. The miko looked up, shocked.

"What?"

"You cannot use both energies at one time. You aren't strong enough, and neither is you Spirit tetsu-eki…Besides that, both Kino and InuYasha won't allow you."

"Allow what?"

"To die." said Arashi, simply.

Kagome was silent, but she looked back up to the Saisho Spirit. "You…you can read my mind. Can't you?"

Arashi nodded and said. "As a superior, and a Saisho, I have the strongest energies. My power is any power of the Spirits imaginable. Many days I learn a new one. Each Hogosha learn their own unique abilities, and I teach how to use them."

"Unique? How are they unique if you already know them?"

"I am not only a Spirit, therefore I do not count. No full-blooded Spirit Hogosha is the same, unless one Hogosha becomes mates with another. Then, their offspring will have the parents' energies, and so on. But that is rare. In Kino's case both his parents were Spirits."

"Does Taiyo have Spirit parents?" asked Kagome, not meaning to be nosy.

"No. She has but one parent. You see, if a she-Spirit becomes of age and is willing to bare a Spirit-child, she will have it without the use of…a mate."

Kagome blanched. "Is that normal?"

Arashi smiled. "It is for Spirits."

"Who is her mother, if I can ask that?"

"You may. I am her mother."

Kagome blushed "I'm sorry! I didn't know."

Arashi laughed. "You're surprised! I knew you would be."

Kagome smiled a bit, still blushing. "So, Taiyo has you powers?"

"No. Hers is fire. She is still learning her art, but she is very good at it."

"How is she a Superior if she's still learning?"

"Ah, Kino told you she was his superior as well. He's smitten with her, did you notice?"

Kagome smiled. "Yes. He does seem to like her. Or else he wouldn't have blushed like that when he caught her."

"Ah well." Arashi sighed. "Taiyo is a superior in training. She will take over my position when I am too old. But that will be a while."

"You look young to have had Taiyo…you know?"

"I was at the right age back then. That was three hundred years ago."

"Three hundred years!?" Kagome cried. "But she looks my age!"

"How old are you?"

"I turned sixteen just this August." said Kagome proudly.

Arashi smiled. "You are young. Oh, Taiyo was a toddle at that age."

"A toddler?" repeated Kagome. "If you don't mind my asking, how old are you?"

"Two thousand years. Give or take a few."

"Huh!?"

"You look surprised." Arashi was grinning as she watched the young girl.

"You look like you in you twenties!"

"And I will. For a long time."

"Wow. And I though ji-chan was old---Oh!" Kagome looked up and blushed, "Gomen! I didn't mean it like that!"

"Clam down, Kaisha. You'll give yourself a heart attack." She stopped abruptly, and looked up at the ceiling, then back to Kagome. "InuYasha is looking for you. Just landed on the roof."

"He did?" Kagome looked up and blushed; her ear twitched and she smiled. "He is."

"Arashi stood, and motioned for the miko to follow. "Come. You may explore the Temple, and then tomorrow morning you will be leaving to head back to priestess Kaede's village."

The giddy expression on Kagome's face fell. "Oh. I wanted to get to know everyone a bit more before we left."

"And you will." said Arashi, as she slipped on her shoes. "Kino, Taiyo, and Nami I am sending with you."

"Really!?"

"Yes. I have plenty of healers. And Taiyo could use the experience. Kino, of course, is a given. As your Spirit Hogosha, he will be staying with you until I see fit that you are mature enough to get along without him."

"Why did I need him to begin with? Why not before?"

Arashi didn't answer her question. Instead what was said was, "You'd best hurry. InuYasha has moved on."

Kagome recognized the way the Saisho said her words. She was purposely blocking. Obviously, she did not want the miko to know.

But Kagome nodded and forced an easy-to-come smile. "Arigato Arashi-sama!" and she sped out of the room, leaving Arashi behind.

The miko found Sango standing with Kirara by the front doors. She had her Spirit-made coat on and held out another to her friend. "Here you go. It's even colder out than I remembered."

Kagome thanked her and asked, "Where's Taiyo and Kino?"

They said something came up and they left. Together." Sango added.

The miko smiled knowingly and said, "You know? I think you and Miroku should get together."

Sango blanched. "N-not that hentai of a lecher!" she shouted.

"Sure." Kagome pulled her coat on, as she rolled her eyes.

"Kagome…" the taijiya growled.

"You don't mind if I find InuYasha, do you?" The miko shrugged off the un-said threat and pulled her hood up casually.

"That's right. You haven't seen him since breakfast. And it's almost sunset, well this is, if you could see the sun. The blizzard is still going."

"Sunset! Already?"

"You mean finally. Actually it wasn't that bad. Taiyo kept me company for a while, then Kino came and took her with him…Have you noticed how they…"

"Sorta click?" offered Kagome.

"I suppose that is a good word for it. Anyway, I need to find Shippou so you'll have enough time to find InuYasha."

Kagome gasped. "I forgot all about Shippou! Is he alright?"

"Last I heard he's fine. Taiyo introduced me to another Spirit and he told me Shippou was reeking havoc on the cook at Nami's ie."

Kagome laughed and said, "Well, that's Shippou for you. Anyway, thanks."

She flung open the doors and they were meet with a strong wind, then they both closed the doors and parted ways. Kagome headed down a different path, one which led away from Nami's ie. She stopped and smelled the air. 'It smells great.' she thought.

She caught a familiar scent; one which smelled of the forest and other scent, which someone would call, a male's smell. 'That's InuYasha!' she thought to herself, 'I remember it from last night and this morning…' she sniffed into the air again 'It's still fresh as far as I an tell.'

She smiled, and pulled the hood over her face more, then ran through the snow with some difficulty. 'I wish I had my snowboard.' she thought. After awhile of chasing InuYasha's scent, she stopped to take a breather.

'I 'm not as tired as I would be, but I'm still not feeling healed all the way. Maybe I should turn back?' she looked back and realized her path was turned. 'I'm heading back to Nami's?'

Her brows furrowed in thought, and she said to herself. "Maybe I can jump like InuYasha? If Kino can jump like that as a Spirit-wolf, can't he jump like that in his normal Spirit form?" She shrugged her shoulders, and decided it was worth a shot.

She crouched down, like she had seen InuYasha do, and leapt towards the dark sky. When she opened her eyes, she was basically floating in the snowy air. "Awesome!" she shouted. She brought herself back to the ground quickly, and leapt up again. This time, she landed in a nearby pine. 'This is so cool!'

She continued leaping through the trees and following InuYasha's scent. She followed the trail around, until finally, as she was jumping from the giant Bonsai tree beside Nami's ie, she collided right into someone jumping up. "Ahh!"

The two fell and her "attacker" set them both safely onto a lower tree branch. She held her eyes tightly shut, but as she caught her savior's scent she opened them and looked into InuYasha's Golden irises.

"Kagome?" He said incredulously. "For a second I thought you were a demon or another Spirit." Then he smiled and added, "You're really good at jumping as far as I can see. But you aren't very good at dodging." he added, with a smirk.

She made a pout and crossed her arms. "Thanks." she said dully. "If I recall, you didn't dodge either."

He laughed then held her close. He buried his face in her hair, which was free of the hood, and after breathing deeply, he said shyly, "I-I missed you."

Kagome sighed and held him tighter. "Me too."

They sat like that for a while, until the miko noticed how dark it was, and how bright the light of the ie was. "We should probably get going. Nami isn't going to be happy about that us being late."

InuYasha sighed and nodded. He stood and pulled Kagome up with him, then held her waist, and jumped down into the deep snow. Unfortunately, he didn't realize how deep, and fell over. "Ah!"

Kagome laughed and pulled InuYasha and herself out of the snow. "Rough landing?" she asked. The hanyou growled and picked her up bridal style. In one, huge leap, he jumped over the snow, and onto the sheltered porch outside of the mudroom.

As InuYasha set her down and was making to open the door, Kagome got a sudden urge to kiss him. She listened to it, and grabbed the front of his haori, then kissed him full on the lips. She let him go and said, "Thanks, InuYasha." With that, she opened the mudroom door, and walked in, leaving a dumbstruck hanyou behind.

InuYasha grinned widely and followed after her.

Silv:…And that is why you are here and how the fic is going.

Inu Gang: …..O.O

Kagome: Seriously?

Silv: Yep.

Kagome: This isn't just some sick joke?

Silv: Never -

Kagome: Have you considered therapy?

Silv: Didn't work.

Kino: But she was at StonyBrooks until just recently. (laughs menacingly)

Silv: WAAAAAAAAAHH!!!!!! YOU'RE MEAN!!!!!

Reader: Here we go… Ø Ø

Kikyo: (appear in puff of smoke) MY RENCARNATION! HERE? DIE!!!!! (loads bow)

Kagome: WHATEVER, YOU CRAZY SCANCK!!! (ditto, then begin a fight.)

Rabid Kikyo Haters: THE CHAIR!!! GIVE HER THE CHAIR!!!

Taiyo: See you guys later. Please review for our sakes! (chair being broken is heard in background)