Disclaimer: La: Shel is pretty sick right now so she writ down her chapter on an e-mail, sent it to me, and I just copied/pasted so I get to do TWO disclaimers. One for Rumiko and one for Shel. Okay, Shel and I don't own anything that is Rumiko Takahashi-InuYasha related, except all of her manga for that and Rama ½ (I think that' show u spell it). Okay, and I don't anything that Shel ahs typed, or written, and drawn. (She's an EXCELLENT artist…. waaaaaaaaay better than all I evr be ' the truth hurts.) SO anyway, here's her chapter, she hopes u like it.


Kagome doubled over and felt like she was ready to throw up. InuYasha got up instantly and Kuro ran outside for water. "Kagome, you okay?"

Kagome shook her head. It wasn't her stomach, it was he shoulder and the sickening thought of whatever inside her was making her feel so terrible. "Naraku." Kagome growled under her breath.

Kuro ran in with a bucket of water and sat down next to Kagome. "Kagome, here." Kuro squeezed out a drenched rag over the bucket. "You should lie down; you probably getting sick because of this—." Kuro stopped when she saw Kagome give her an angry glare from beneath her hair. "Thanks, Kuro, but I can figure it out." The pain from her stomach faded away and she was able to sit up with InuYasha's help. "We're running out of time. We need to find him."

Kuro dropped the cloth into the water from the bucket. "You mean—there's like a deadline?"

Kagome and InuYasha both looked up at the girl who was really close to tears. "Uhm…" They haven't thought of that. This thing inside Kagome, it could burst out any second and kill her. This made Kagome even sicker and she leaned against InuYasha. "This thing couldn't be worse."

InuYasha's ears twitched. "Something's outside." Kagome straightened up a little and Kuro stood up by her sword. A light tap on the doorframe outside and the wind sorceress, Kagura, entered. "I see you're still alive, Kagome. That's good."

Kagome only looked Kagura straight in the eye for she didn't have the strength to get up. "She gave you a shard, what more do you want?" InuYasha snapped at her.

"To give it back." Kagura held out her hand and a jewel shard glowed a bright pink. Kagura threw it up and down in her hand a few times then flipped it over in Kuro's direction and it bounced off her forehead. "Hey!"

"Trust me, you'll need it more than me, although I'm not sure what you'll do with it." Kagura flipped her silk fan out and waved it in front of her.

"W-What do you mean you're not sure what I'll do with it?" Kagome asked, pulling out her bottle of jewel shards.

Kagura sighed. "If you want me to tell you, I will. Naraku explained it to me, and it's not what you'll want to hear, not now, not ever."

The very thought of hearing of Kagura was going to tell them made Kagome dizzy. "There is a way out right?"

Kagura stopped waving her fan in front of her and set it down at her side. "I'm under watch, I can't stay here long."

A loud buzzing was heard outside making InuYasha's ears twitch even more. "Then you better make it quick." It didn't matter to him if Kagura was one their side or not, he didn't like her and he wasn't going to act nice to her.

"Careful. I'm helping Kagome, not you." Kagura warned, her eyes a dark blazing red.

"Yeah, same to you." InuYasha replied as if that comment didn't bother him.

Kagura ignored that and continued. "Look, Kagome, I found out as much as I could. Even if, you kill Naraku, you will still die. There's just no way around it, you're going to die, no matter what." Kagura said this soft and harsh.

Kagome nodded. She knew it. This was something she couldn't get out of and InuYasha knew that too. Kuro sat there staring at the floor as Kagura's words echoed in her head. "Nothing? So there's no hope?"

"Oh Kuro." Kagome desperately wanted to tell her that there was, but she couldn't lie to that girl, she would see right through it anyhow.

"Think of something before Naraku's thing kills you." A gust of wind hid Kagura and when it died down as quickly as it appeared, Kagura was gone. Kuro didn't wait for anyone to say any more. She got up and walked out not saying a word herself.

"Kuro, wait a second!" Kagome tried getting up to go after her but she didn't have the strength to pull herself up. "InuYasha!" Kagome turned and InuYasha, without saying anything, hugged her. "Why aren't don't you guys say something! Anything." Kagome was fed up with everything. But no one saying anything about it angered her more than anything.

Here I am on the phone again and...

Awkward silence is on the other end

I used to know the sound of a smile in your voice

But right now (right now) all I feel (all I feel)

is the pain of the fighting starting up again

All the things we talk about you know they stay on my mind, on my mind

All the things we laugh about will bring us through it every time,

after time, after time

Some say that time changes, best friends can become strangers

But I don't want that, no not for you

If you just stay with me we can make it through

Now I'm wondering if they ever change

When will you laugh again, laugh like you did back when

We'd make noise til 3:00 AM

And the neighbors would complain

All the things we talk about you know they stay on my mind, on my mind

All the things we laugh about will bring us through it every time,

after time, after time

I'm falling, I'm falling, I'm falling down

I'm falling, I'm falling, I'm falling down

Down...down...down

Don't say a word, I know you feel the same

Just give me a sign, say anything, say anything

Please don't walk away, I know you wanna stay

If you just give me a sign, say anything, say anything

(Please don't leave)

Don't say a word, I know you feel the same

Just give me a sign, say anything, say anything

(Please don't leave)

Please don't walk away, I know you wanna stay

If you just give me a sign, say anything, say anything

Kur0: I guess if you're reading this, La did her job. Sorry guys, I'm kinda sick and haven't had the strenth to do anything. Wait for a new chapter. BYE!