A/N : wow! Thanks a lot .. I'm overwhelmed by your responses .. and ldychaos, I'll keep that in mind .. another chapter coming up .. yes! yes! hahax .. I have Miroku on my mobile now .. by the time you read this I'll be in a hotel .. so sad .. I'll not be able to update for the next 3 days .. sob sob .. ok, don't wanna bore you with my loooong, loooong notes .. for the past chappies, I made quite a number of grammar mistakes so I'll just edit, edit and EDIT! I'm such a perfectionist .. --" so here it is and enjoy !

p.s. currently heavily addicted to Mirai's "Open Up Your Mind" … GO SAIYUKI!

"Miroku! Wake up!" Sango said as she shook the monk awake.

As the monk lay on the ground, Sango felt a hand rubbing her butt.

"MIIRROOKKUU!!" she shrieked as she slapped him. The impact was so hard that he went flying a few feet and dropped to the ground.

"You didn't need to hit me so hard!" he said as he rubbed his cheek.

Suddenly, they heard rustling from the bushes. Sango was about to reach for her weapon when Inuyasha and Kikyo emerged. As they walked towards the group, everything was quiet. No one spoke a word to each other. Till Miroku broke the silence.

"Where's Kagome?"

It seemed like a harmless question but everyone was tense. Waiting for the answer. Inuyasha mumbled something under his breath.

"We can't hear you, Inuyasha," Sango said sternly as she approached him.

"I said she ran away," he said as he turned his head away from the slayer.

Sango stood there, unable to move. She looked down to cover the sheen of unshed tears in her eyes. And suddenly, she exploded.

"She saw you both, didn't she?" she screamed at the shocked couple. Inuyasha recovered first and shot back at her.

"So? We don't need her 'cause we can use Kikyo! Right?" Inuyasha looked at his friends. The monk shook his head and Shippo was shaking, unable to accept the fact that his mother was gone.

Out of the blue, Sango closed the gap between her and Inuyasha. Suddenly, she slapped him and turned to the girl. She screamed and jumped onto her. Sango sent punches down her face and stomach causing Kikyo to scream and cry in pain. Inuyasha tried to push Sango away but she was so angry that she shoved him onto the ground.

Miroku then swept her off the crying and bruised miko. Sango kicked and struggled in his arms but he managed to calm her down. She hugged him and cried her heart out. Everyone was shocked by her behavior and all was quiet. No one spoke a word and the only thing they heard was the girls' crying.

Kagome looked out of her window and out to the forest. A cool breeze lifted her hair into the air and tickled her face. Sesshoumaru had given her fresh new kimonos and prepared a bath for her.

"Is this THE Sesshoumaru I know?" she thought.

Their first meeting was rather, unpleasant, with him wanting to kill her. But Everytime they crossed paths, she felt weird. He made her shrink. He was standing there like an untouchable god. Her thoughts were interrupted with a knock from the door.

"Lord Sesshoumaru wishes to see you," Jaken said.

She followed the frog towards the library. This was only the second day she was here and she still didn't know her way around. Jaken looked sideways at her. He thought at first, she would be a hindrance to him but soon she was helping him with the troublesome little girl, Rin.

As she stepped into the library, her eyes laid on thousands of books neatly shelved. She took a seat opposite the demon lord's massive desk.

"Why did you call me here?" she said in a small voice.

"You are a temporary resident here. You will go back when you are recovered," he said in a stoic voice.

"What will you do after you find all the jewel shards shards?" he said suddenly.

"I don't know," she said as she brought back memories.

"Do you not have a family back in your time?" he said looking at her.

Kagome suddenly was shaking and stood up.

"I have to go now," she whimpered.

She ran out of the library and into her room. She landed on her bed and cried. She cried like there was no end. She thought to when she came home after a weeklong shard hunt. Expecting to see her family waiting for her, she stepped into an empty house. She shrugged it off and went to the front door. She came upon newspapers that were meant for the family.

Her eyes were brought straight to the front picture of the paper. There was her family photo and below them were the headlines.

"Higurashi Family Dies In House Burglary"

She stood there, reading and reading the headlines, hoping it was a prank. She hugged herself and dropped to her knees. She cried as harsh wind swept beside her. After she came back to the feudal area, she had been quiet but no one had asked her if anything was wrong. She didn't want anything to go wrong again.

She slept after crying and was dreaming of her family.

She stepped into the house garden and looked around. Suddenly, she felt something coming from the living room. She ran into the house finding her family struggling against the burglars. She couldn't hear what they were talking and screaming. She reached out, only to find she passed through them.

She could only watch in horror as her mother, little brother and grandfather opened their mouths to scream. She reached fro her little brother but he was being kicked and punched by an angry man.

He looked at Kagome though he didn't know she was there. She turned to her grandfather. He was on the floor, coughing up blood when suddenly he went limp. She screamed to him but it was already too late. Her mother lay in a pool of her own blood and was reaching out to her son.

Soon, one of the men stabbed her from behind. Her little brother watched his mother die as he too was nearing death. She ran to him but suddenly, a light came from behind her, pulling her back. No, she wanted to save her brother.

She reached out to him as he fell. He lay there, unmoving. Tears ran down her face. She whispered one word

"Sota," as she opened her eyes to the night.

A/N: oh my gosh .. that was good .. now i gotta rush off .. hahax .. me staying over at a hotel .. Singaporeans will know Orchard AHH !! i love ya guyz .. hope you guyz liked my story .. i'll only be able to log in on sunday .. sob sob .. so sad .. NO COMPUTER !!! agony seeping through my veins .. you guyz happy huh ? kikyo got beaten up .. always wanted that to happen .. now my dream has come true ! WHEE !! gonna go to an anime convention later .. gonna shop like mad .. guess what ? i got a "How To Draw Manga" kit for XMAS !! my mum's friend gave it to me .. SO HAPPY !! muackzzz .. love ya guyz .. and please review !