Chp 7: Are you happy now?

Disclaimer: I don't own Fluffy and co. nor do I own any of the songs in this fic. (Damn);_;

"Well, I have to admit. You came crawling back a lot sooner than I thought you would." Kikiyou sneered. "I must have overestimated you." And there standing right alongside Kikiyou, was Inuyasha, staying silent. For a moment all she could do was look at him with contempt in her eyes. Inuyasha averted his eyes from her, Kikiyou just stared her down. Kagome despite the moment smiled, yes I kid you not, smiled.

"You know Kikiyou, I thought you were smarter than that. I guess all those souls didn't stop your brain from decaying a little. If you think that I've come here to go crawling back to Inuyasha, your skull is thicker than his is!" Kikiyou was fuming at being called stupid and Inuyasha just yelled at her.

"Fine WENCH!!!! Then why WERE you here?!?!" Kagome just looked at him coldly and he averted his eyes.

"For your information, HALF-BREED, I was saying goodbye to my friends. You coward," She said as she turned her back to them.

"You can't even look me in the eye."

She walked towards Ah-Uhn but stopped and turned around looking thoughtful. "You know, I left the others with gifts, I think I'll leave you with a little memento too."

She took her pack off her back and got her cd player and her speaker out. She took out a Michelle Branch cd and put it in the player. "Don't say anything just listen." The song started to play, and Kagome sang along with it. Inuyasha just stood there, looking shocked.(Or stupid as some might call it.)

"Now, don't just walk away, Pretending everything's okay, And you don't care about me, And I know it's just no use, When all your lies become your truths and I don't, Care.yeah, yeah, yeah.

Could you look me in the eye? And tell me that you're happy now. Oooh, Could you tell it to my face, or have I been erased. Are you happy now?

You took, all the was to take, And left me with an empty plate, And you don't care about it, yeah, And I, am giving up this game, And leaving you with all the blame, 'Cause I don't care.yeah, yeah, yeah

Could you look me in the eye? And tell me that you're happy now. Oooh, Could you tell it to my face, or have I been replaced. Are you happy now? Are you happy now? Are you happy now? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Do you really have everything you want? You could never give something you ain't got. You can't run away from yourself.

Could you look me in the eyes? And tell me that you're happy now, yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on, tell it to my face, or have I been replaced, Are you happy now, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Ohhh, whoa, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Ohhh, whoa,

Would you look me in the eye! Could you look me in the eye! I've had all that I can take, And I'm about to break, 'Cause I'm happy now."

Before she said the last line, she turned around and walked over to Ah- Uhn where Rin had already gone. She slightly turned her head and through over her shoulder, "Are you happy now?" She hopped on the dragon and it started to fly away. But Sesshoumaru stayed behind for a few moments.

"You stupid Hanyou. You had this right in front of your face and you threw it away for a corpse and a jewel. You really are stupid Inuyasha." He flew off after Ah-Uhn.

Inuyasha just stood there staring open mouthed at the spot where Sesshoumaru had been standing moments before. 'I really am stupid. What have I done?' He closed his mouth and turned to Kikiyou. 'Was Kikiyou really worth it? Of course she was you baka! Now all you have to do is find the rest of the shards and get Kikiyou's soul back, then Kagome won't be a problem anymore.' Said a voice in his head. He wondered how many times it would have to tell him that before he actually believed it.

When Kagome got back to the castle she went to her room and listened to music until dinner. After dinner she was going to go into her room and listen to music until she fell asleep, but her mother came and said, "Kagome, come to my room there is some thing I need to tell you." She took her headphones off and followed her mother.

"Kagome, before you go and look for the rest of the shards, you need to train your miko powers. If you don't then they will die out or become dangerous." Kagome looked at her mother. "How am I supposed to train them?" Her mother gave a smile. "With my help of course! Would you like to start now?" Kagome's eyes lit up. "I would love to!"

Her mother walked her over to the bed and they sat down on it. "Right now your power is dormant and comes out of its own accord. You need to find your power within yourself and channel it into your hands and weapons. You first need to find your power. You need to close your eyes and search within yourself for it." Kagome did as her mother instructed. She closed her eyes and searched.

With her minds eye she saw a dark void so to speak. She searched around the void until she came upon a something similar to the glow of a fish-tank light on a dark night. She went towards it and found a spot about 2 feet in diameter glowing with a steady light. (A/N: In this fic her power changes color with her form or mood. Thanx! ^-^) She approached it and felt little pinpricks throughout her body, but when she stepped into the light, she felt a rush of energy go through her veins and her eyes flew open. She looked at her hands and saw that they were glowing with a pale blue light. She looked at her mother and Aiko smiled. The blue light in her hands slowly died. "Did I do good?" Her mother's smile brightened. "You did wonderful Kagome. Now that you have found your powers you need to rest." Come to think of it, looking for and finding her powers had been draining.

"Before you go to bed though, there is something I need to give you." She went over to her trunk and took out an old box. She pulled from the box a pendant on a long gold chain. The pendant was a circular shape that had a red-gold crescent moon in the background. And there was a gold dragon with Gold-ish colored emeralds for eyes. "This pendant is very special. Never lose it." Kagome took the pendant and bid goodnight to her mother. She walked to her room and lay down on the bed studying the pendant she had been given. She slowly fell asleep holding the pendant in her hand. Nobody in the castle saw the light green light engulf the young miko, or notice its presence because it only lasted for a few seconds.

In the next room her mother sat thinking, 'Boy is she gonna be in for a surprise in the morning. She's probably going to kill me for not telling her but, this may just be a big help in her finding the Shikon no kakkerra.'

So Kagome lay in sleep blissfully unaware of the changes her body had undergone. Even Shippou who had fallen asleep beside her took no notice in what had happened.

Short chapter. Sowy. There be more soon. Now I must do the dreaded homework. *sniffles* I hate school. But if I am dumb I won't be able to write so I must continue with the dreaded teachers. Bye now. Oh and I'll be doing little intervals between chappys where I'll do review responses. Since most of what I'm posting has been written beforehand, it only takes longer when I do it at the beginning and end of chapters.

Inuyasha: I'm beginning to understand why Kagome is reluctant to go home and take 'tests'.

Kagome: Inuyasha I'm reluctant to take the tests. Not to go home. That's the only place that I can get away from you.

Inuyasha: Feh! Stupid wench.

Sesshoumaru: Watch your mouth hanyou. Rin is here! *covers Rin's ears while glaring at Inuyasha.*

Rin: Sesshoumaru-sama?

Sesshoumaru: Yes Rin?

Rin: What's a wench?

Sesshoumaru: *turns angry glare, along with Kagome, on Inuyasha before pouncing on him.*

Inuyasha: AHHHHHHHH!!!!! Get off me you f****** b******!

Rin: Huh?

Kagome: *gives Inu the sit glare* OSUWARI!! Osuwariosuwariosuwariosuwariosuwari!!!! Don't swear in front of Rin or you won't have a tongue!

Sesshoumaru: *stops mid swipe while staring at the form of Inuyasha embedded in the ground.* You actually shut him up without having to kill him?

Inuyasha: Screams obscenities into the dirt that are clearly heard by Sesshoumaru.*

Sesshoumaru: *Steps on Inuyasha's head putting a bounce in his step while walking to Rin.*

Amreld: *sweatdrop* I gotta go now. Ja!