Miss Mysterious: I wasn't going to update for another day but when I saw the number of reviews was 18, and read all you reviewer's comments, I felt flattered and decided to resume writing quickly. And now I give to you my best chapter yet.

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The hanyou suddenly felt a terrible urge to vomit, even though Kagome was clutching him tightly.

God life sucked, the girl of his dreams was finally holding him but he was about to be made a total fool of. How ironic.

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Child's Play

"I'm not going to answer any damn question, you whore of a hag!" a certain dog-demon hissed defensively, as he unconsciously tightened his hold on his Kagome.

The witch smirked at the display of affection, or weakness as she saw it, "Don't be foolish now, half-breed, we wouldn't want anyone to get hurt." At this remark, the very one he wanted to protect suddenly began to cough up blood violently, and gasp for air.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO HER!?" Inuyasha roared, lunging at the ugly hag with all his might. His fist connected with the old woman's jaw, and she fell backwards, hitting the ground with a dull thud.

"You, idiot…" Hitomi laughed merrily, looking better than ever. "Turn around, dear."

The hanyou for some reason obeyed wordlessly, his mouth opening in shock when he took in the sight before him. There on the ground laid Kagome, who was now silently crying in pain clutching her jaw as if she had just been punched…

"I'll answer your question, just…don't hurt her anymore…please.." Inuyasha choked, clenching his fists tightly together. The sinister witch clicked her tongue "But, pretty one, I wasn't the one that hurt her, you're the one that threw the punch, I just rerouted the blow."

"I said I'll answer your fucking question, just stop it!" he snarled, his eye's flashing red for a moment. "No need to get in a huff, dear, look done." Hitomi replied smoothly, pointing her finger at Kagome, who deceased in coughing blood and choking immediately.

"Are you okay?" Inuyasha asked, helping her up gently. "I'll be fine…" was the soft reply. "I'm sorry…for hurting you…" his voice trembled now. "Don't blame yoursel-"

The 'lovey dovey scene' was abruptly ended by an impatient elderly hag. "Sorry to interrupt but time for your question, dear…unless you desire some more pain, that is?"

"No ask away, oh hideous one." Inuyasha replied maliciously. Hitomi walked towards him, and Kagome stiffened at her bold approach.

The witch stopped, and gave them a gross toothless grin, "Half-breed, tell me how did you feel when you ripped apart that little girl, so long ago when you too were just a child?"

Inuyasha back suddenly went rigid, as Kagome released him out of shock. Then Sango looked at him with something akin to horror, Shippou scurried away from him, hiding behind Kiara and Miroku gave the most surprising reaction of all, he did nothing. His face remained as stoic as ever, never leaving the ground, he didn't appear to care.

"She's lying isn't she?" the miko asked, her voice thick with emotion. "Surely...this…this isn't true, Inuyasha?" Her lovely sapphire-blue eyes focused solely on the hanyou in front of her.

"Inuyasha…you would never murder an innocent little kid-" the words were mumbled, than cut off instantaneously by the one spoken to.

"It's true…but it was an accident…I swear!" he cried, his golden eyes watering with unshed tears.

Hitomi huffed again, what did a witch have to do nowadays to get answers. "Kami! I believe I am the one asking the inquiries right now. So answer my question!"

The dog-demon stared at the witch with dead eyes, "I felt terrible, as if I was going to collapse from the pain of all of it. The little girl, Miaka was her name…." he replied in a monotone voice, then continuing "She was my first friend, she wasn't afraid of me, I had never been so happy but one day we were playing tag, and I was chasing her, I caught her arm, but she kept running, and my claws….they…they…cut her arm, they sliced right through a major artery..."

"And?" the witch probed excitedly.

"She died an hour later, even though I got help. Miaka had just lost too much blood. I was blamed for her death, so my mother and I were thrown out of the village. I was five years old at the time…and that's it…" Inuyasha concluded, looking strangely as corpse-like as the monk, Miroku.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome wailed piteously, launching herself at him, hugging him close, and sobbing the whole time. He stayed emotionless, however, almost oblivious to her pain for him and affection.

Hitomi stretched and sighed with content, "Thing's are finally getting interesting here! Thank you, gorgeous, for the wonderful story!"

The disgusting, despicable, old woman then turned to face Sango, ready to move on with her entertainment, "Well, that's two down, two to go, let's just hope you're as honest as these two lovely boys over here, though."

The demon slayer didn't know whether she was crying for her friends or for fear for herself anymore.

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Miss Mysterious: I hope you liked this chapter, and I'll be updating very soon if I get to 30 reviews, of course. Much love to all. Sayanora!

P.S. Don't worry the plot will lighten up eventually, right now you just have to deal with the angst part of it, but soon it will be all romantic humor!