Hey everyone! My name is Kristin. I hope you like the story! Granted I work on it at 12 midnight while listening to either my Inuyasha soundtrack, or my Good Charlotte/Simple Plan cds, so bear with me if it isn't always written great. Anyway, I would really love reviews, especially on how I can improve and if you guys want me to continue with this story, so please write me! Click either on 'Summit a review' at the end of this page, or email me!

Summary: Inuyasha never had friends when he was younger till he met Serenity and everything changed. But once Serenity is taken away from him, he loses the ability to love, and begins to grow deep with hate in his heart, wishing to become a full fledge demon for revenge. Now more than 50 years later, he still wishes that. Kagome's new friend, that may in fact be from Inuyasha's past, joins the group and brings back Inuyasha's suppressed memories. Together they try to help each other piece back their lost pasts, and heal from them too. Along the way they reveal their past's secrets. Hers possibly being the most shocking, from her identity to whatreally happened in thepresent.Secrets that change everything from the brewing relationship between Inuyasha and Kagome, to what they once thought to be the truth...

This chapter's summary: We learn a little more about Kayla's background...Inuyasha stumbles upon a girl who also seems to be able to travel through the well. But she does not gain his imediate trust. Her resemblance to someone lost in his past is uncany. Inuyasha brings her to Kaede's village and him, Miroku and Kaede examine the girl. Is it possible that this girl possesses some power? And if that is the case that she does, then is she really human? And is she telling them the whole story about her identity?

Kagome's secret life…and Kayla's surprising past

Back at Lady Kaede's hut, Kagome and Inuyasha talk with Shippo and Miroku about the jewel shard.

"I heard of a demon in ye neighboring village what has suddenly become extremely powerful. Ye heed my warning when ye face him. Ye hear me Inuyasha?" Kaede looked toward Inuyasha.

"Uh…yeah, dangerous demon powered by jewel shard. Got it." Inuyasha sniffed the air. There was a new smell and it seemed to trigger something he had suppressed in his memory for many years. It couldn't be, he thought.

"Inuyasha, is something wrong?" Kagome knew by now that whenever Inuyasha seemed to be concentrating, he normally was trying to pin point an enemy's exact location with his nose. God knows he never thinks through his actions of attack.

"Stay here." Kagome went to fight back. "NO! Stay here. Nothing is wrong. I just want to check something." Inuyasha walked out of the hut, and then took off for the forest.

Where am I? Kagome's well didn't have vines hanging inside it before. Kayla had found herself on the well's dirt floor, and vines cascading down the well's packed dirt walls. Kayla grabbed hold of the longest, thickest branch that seemed to be able to hold her weight. She then proceeded to creep up along the wall. Her feet kept slipping underneath her. She on a few occasions thought she would plummet right back to the bottom of the well and break her back.

Kayla reached the top of the well. Grabbing a hold of the well's lip, she hoisted her upper body into the light. Kayla looked around at the new scenery with a lot of grass, sky and trees. She knew she wasn't in her time period anymore. Suddenly that was the least of her worries as she felt her feet lose it's footing in the gap in the wall she had stuff her feet in to keep her up. She began to feel herself fall, and let go on reaction, to the well's lip. She closed her eyes and waited to feel the break in the wind her falling body would make. It never came.

Instead, her wrist was grabbed before she fell backwards, and she was hoisted up, dangling in mid-air. A tall boy with furry pointed dog-like ears, with silvery locks of hair, dressed in old style clothing in red held her outward in front of him. He stared at her, eyes widening. He seemed to be examining her. He even leaned in to sniff her. She began to kick and wiggle to get free.

"Let go!"

"O.K."

So he did. She screamed loud as she began to fall back into thedepts of the well.Again he grabbed her wrist. Propping his head against his hand upon the lip of the well, he looked down at her.

"Well, if you aren't going to let me die, at least pull me out."

The boy pulled her out with ease, but kept a firm grip on her wrist.

"O.K. Now you can let go now." She yanked her wrist back.

Inuyasha stepped back from the girl to look her over from afar. He was caught up in surprise. No, she couldn't possibly…no, it's impossible.

Kayla looked up from dusting herself off, and stared at the boy. "What? Why are you looking at me like I'm a ghost or something? HEY!"

Inuyasha grabbed the girl by both of her wrists from the back and push her forward.

"Let me go!' She yelled. But his grasp was too tight, and the more she squirmed, the more his claws dug into her skin, causing the blood to begin to flow freely. Well, I guess if he wanted to kill me he would have let go inside the well, or ripped me open with those claws. And I think he is the same boy I saw with Kagome. Just wish I knew where I was or where I am going.

Kagome, Miroku and Shippo stood outside Kaede's hut, waiting for the first sign of Inuyasha. They saw him coming up the road, and carrying something in front of him.

"Hey, could you loosen up on my wrists just a little."

Kagome's eyes widen as she realized who Inuyasha was with.

"KAYLA!" Kagome rushed to Kayla. "SIT BOY!" Down went Inuyasha.

"KAGOME! WHAT DID I TELL YOU!" Inuyasha yelled between spitting the dirt out of his mouth.

"INUYASHA! YOU WERE HURTING MY FRIEND!" She turned to Kayla, who was nursing her bloody wrists. "You better apply pressure to them before they…"

Kagome watched in a horror stricken state as the blood on her friend's wrist started to recede back into their wounds, until finally her wounds closed up. "H-o-w d-i-d y-o-u…?"

"I don't know exactly how…It just happens." Kayla looked at her friend, praying she wouldn't be freaked out.

Just then Kaede came out from her hut. "What are ye all yelling about?" Kaede's eyes lay upon Kayla and was rendered speechless.

So, Inuyasha thought, I'm not the only one going crazy…someone too noticed.

"Why does everyone keep looking at me that way today? I'm human, god!" Kayla watched Inuyasha and this lady Kaede, but she said this to Kagome.

"Oh, well…um…" Kagome, still shocked by what had just happened, knew not what to say.

"Kagome, why don't you help Kayla into some spare clothes? Those have blood and dirt all over them." Kaede was looking for a way to talk to the monk and the half dog demon about their new visitor.

"That's O.K. I have spare clothes in my bag, but let's see if we can try to get off the blood off my uniform." Kagomeand Kayla walked into Kaede's hut.

"Inuyasha, monk, come here." Kaede gathered the two beside her. "There is something not normal about that girl."

"I agree Kaede." Miroku kept his eye on the hut. "She seems human, but I can tell that there is something this girl is hiding.

"Inuyasha, you are awfully quiet."

"Didn't you say that only Kagome and I can go through the well?" Inuyasha watched the old priestess nod. "Then how did she get through?"

"Eh Inuyasha. This girl possesses powers that she is not aware of."

"Well, she sure was aware of her self healing power." Miroku and the rest of the threesome stopped talking as Kagome and Kayla appeared out of the hut.

Kayla was dressed in knee-high lace up combat boots, black ripped stockings, a frilly almost long tutu like skirt, and a laced tank top with different thicknesses and lengths of strings hanging from the shirt. Inuyasha and Miroku's mouths hung open.

"Will ye both close ye's mouth's before a bird makes a nest in them?" Kaede moved closer to the girl, who looked downward a little at the old lady with the utmost respect. "Child, my I see ye's necklace."

"No I'm sorry. I have never taken it off in my life. I've tried, once to. The rope is extremely strong. I went through about three scissors trying to cut the darn thing."

"Well then, where ye get it?"

"My grandmother, when I was eight, gave it to me. It was right before she died, actually. She told me to never take it off. It apparently had been in our family for many generations." Kayla looked away. "My grandmother was all I had left."

Kagome looked at her friend who seemed to be bringing up unwanted memories. "What happened to your parents?" Kagome didn't even realize what she had asked before it was too late.

"Um…my parents?" Kayla looked away. "They died. It was a car crash. I apparently was with them at the time, hit my head car on the glass as the car rolled over about 12 times. I was knocked out for a good three weeks." Kayla looked now at Kagome, but she was no where near where Kagome's mind was, in the present there with them. No, Kayla was trying hard to dig her head for those memories…but none came to her. "I don't remember them, who they were, what they looked like. It's like they never existed. My earliest memory is from when I was eight, waking up in my grandmother's home."

"Oh, Kayla. I hadn't known. I'm so sorry!"

"Kagome, feeling bad for me isn't going to bring them back. No worries." If only Kagome knew what goes on in my life. My parent's death would be the least she would feel bad about.

Kaede reached out to touch the crystal. Even before her skin touched the crystal, she felt the faint surge of energy it possessed. Kayla seemed extremely uncomfortable that the old lady was touching the crystal. She yanked it away.

"Um… Kagome and I are going down to the river to wash these up O.K.?" Kayla, began to walk with Kagome, and whispered, "Meanwhile, you better start explaining where I am, and what the heck is going on here!"

Although what Kayla didn't say was that she already knew where she might just be…

A/N: Oh I know, I know...another cliff hanger...Mar Mar and W, please don't kill me. holds left arm up in front as a shield, and the right hand waves a flag But I can't help the cliff hanger-ness. It's not like I plot out what is going to happen. At night, whilst I try to fall asleep (normally nearly impossible), I think about what I shall add to my story...Then what always ends up happening is the story begins to play in my mind like film, and I see my story being played out by the characters as though Rumiko Takahashi (aka the creater AND OWNER of Inuyasha for all of you that were not aware of this) had wrote it herself. So when the next day, as I am procrastinating from homework (normally ap, thank god mother switched my class, but stupid administration has me in limbo right now trying to figure out whether the switch shall even occur.) I write up what happened in my head, and then I end up finding a good place to cut off and end the chapter. Technically I am surrently writing chapter 7. But I think since 6 is pretty long and I'm trying to keep at least two chapters ahead of what I post, I MAY split them up.

Re-cap: So I hope you enjoy this chapter. Next chapter is sooooooooooo much better, believe me. But I had to re-write it twice since it was pretty difficult to word adn fit what was nessesary for you all to find out about Kayla, withuot completely giving away the 7th chapter. So look for Chapter 6 part 1: What Lies Behind The Crystal...see ya soon!