Intro: Here is the 6th chapter, FINALLY! I'm sooo sorry about all these delays of getting new chapters up! I cannot work on this while I am grounded. The only reason this chapter has been able to be put up is because my mom let me have a day on the computer. Please forgive me for not updating, I feel really bad about it….


Chapter 6: Inuyasha's Return

Kagome and the others ran the opposite way of the crowds in search for the demon that was frightening the villagers.

"Can you see it anywhere?" Sango asked, trying to talk over the screaming people.

"No," Kagome said, "I can't see anything through all these people," she coughed from the dust people were kicking up.

Miroku squinted through the clouds of dust and people, "Over there!" he pointed in front of them.

There, they could see Inuyasha. He was furiously clawing at innocent villagers and growling continuously. Kagome whimpered and tried to catch her breath. She felt a slight stinging in her eyes, but she held back the tears.

"Kagome?" Miroku said.

"Yeah?" Kagome answered.

"You'd better go hide or Inuyasha will try to take you again. He must have followed your scent here and is looking for you. Shippo, go with her and don't let Inuyasha near her," Miroku instructed.

Shippo nodded and lead Kagome through the crowds to an old, empty hut.

"We'll hide in here," Shippo said.

Kagome nodded and followed Shippo into the hut.

Outside, Sango, Miroku and Kilala ran towards Inuyasha.

"What do we do? Are we really going to fight him?" Sango asked.

Miroku and Sango stopped running and began to think, even though they didn't have much time to do so.

"We'd better hurry and find Kaede so that we can see if she has found anything out yet. If not, we'll have to fight him…otherwise we'll be running from him forever," Mrioku said.

"But where is she?" Sango began to look around. She doubted Kaede would run away, but there was still a chance. "What is she doing there?" Sango said.

"What? Do you see her?" Miroku asked.

"Over there…on that roof," Sango pointed up on the roof of the largest hut. There stood Kaede, staring at Inuyasha, unmoving.

"Kaede!" Miroku called.

Sango and Miroku began running towards the hut she was standing on. Kaede looked down to see them and climbed down from the ladder onto the porch.

"What were you doing up there?" Sango asked.

"I thought I was seeing things…but it's true, Inuyasha is the demon who is attacking my village," Kaede said.

"Have you found out how to reverse the transformation?" Miroku asked anxiously.

"No, but I have a feeling that I'm getting close. Where's Kagome?" Kaede said.

"Shippo is hiding with her in the hut over there," Miroku replied.

"We need to hurry! Kaede! Read that book and find out how to get Inuyasha back to a half-demon, we'll stall him until then," Sango said.

Kaede nodded, "Aye."

Miroku and Sango began running towards Inuyasha. When the reached him, he dropped the villager he was attempting to choke to death and she frantically tried to crawl away from him. Inuyasha looked at Sango and Miroku with a sad expression. This expression soon turned to anger and he began running towards the two of them. Sango quickly put her Hiraikotsu in front of her and Miroku to block his attack. She then pushed him back and swung the boomerang at him, still holding it. He jumped up onto the boomerang, run up it, and scratched her across the face. He then jumped away, kicking off of Sango's chest, sending her flying backwards.

"Sango!" Miroku yelled.

Sango landed on the ground in pain. She stayed there, motionless. She was still conscious but Inuyasha had knocked the wind out of her. Miroku ran over to Sango.

"Sango! Are you alright?" Miroku helped her up.

Sango gripped the side of her face in pain. Miroku winced at the sight of Sango's wound.

"It's okay," Miroku tried to help her.

Inuyasha was watching the two of them, then looking down at his hands which had Sango's blood on them.

"What is he doing? Why has he stopped attacking?" Sango said, opening one eye.

Miroku looked up to see Inuyasha, Why is he standing there?

Inuyasha then slowly began walking past Miroku and Sango. He didn't look at them as he passed, but he had that same sad expression on his face as he walked further into the village.

"What's going on?" Sango asked, confused.

"I…I don't know…Maybe Kaede would," Miroku said.

They hurried over to the hut Kaede had gone into. Miroku helped Sango on the way, she was still a bit weak from the fight. When the walked in, they seen Kaede reading the book.

"Have you found anything out yet?" Miroku asked.

Kaede sighed and shook her head.

"Well, do you know why Inuyasha is acting sad now? He's really going through some mood swings…we were battling him and I got hurt-" Sango was cut off.

"Oh! Ye poor dear! Let me fix that," Kaede ran over to a shelf and go some medical supplies. She then began treating Sango's injured face.

"Thank you," Sango said, "As I was saying, he just stood there and stared at us sadly…then he just…walked past us," she continued.

"Aye. He still possesses a human heart even though he is a full-fledged-demon. He cannot change his insides. He was born with that heart and he will die with it unless his demon blood tears it apart," Kaede replied, "So where is Inuyasha now?"

Miroku and Sango's eyes got big, "Oh no! Kagome!" They said at the same time.

The two hurried out of the hut and headed towards the hut Kagome and Shippo were hiding in. As soon as the hut was in sight, they could hear Kagome scream.

"Aaah! SIT!"

A loud bang followed. Miroku and Sango ran as fast as they could and stopped at the open door. There they seen Inuyasha, face down on the ground and Kagome hugging Shippo, frightened in the corner.

"Kagome! Are you alright?" Sango asked.

Kagome looked over at the door to see Sango and Miroku standing there and she nodded.

"Hurry, run around him while he's down," Miroku motioned for her to hurry.

Kagome got up and made a run for it and Shippo was right on her shoulder.

"What's going on? Where's Kaede?" Kagome said.

"She's still searching for a way to get Inuyasha back to normal," Sango said sadly.

Kagome's eyes then widened after she looked up at the sky.

"What is it?" Sango asked Kagome.

"Look," Kagome pointed up at the sky. The sun was already went down and the stars were beginning to appear.

Shippo squinted out at the sky, "I don't see anything."

"Me neither," Miroku and Sango said.

"That's just it! You can't see anything. The moon isn't there. Tonight is the night of the new moon!" Kagome said excitedly.

"But he's not a half-demon anymore, therefore he shouldn't change back into a mortal on the night of the new moon," Sango said.

"Yes, that is true…but Kaede said he still had a human heart, so there's still hope," Miroku said, looking back at the hut.

They heard a small grunt from inside the old hut. Everyone looked over. Through the door they could see Inuyasha's shadow rise and begin to walk towards the door slowly. Kagome and the others stared to see if he had transformed into his human state. They waited…and waited…then the shadow walked out into the open.

"What the h is going on here?" Inuyasha asked, rubbing his eyes.

Author's Note: There it was, the 6th chapter. I really hope to get the next chapter up soon. I don't know when I am going to be getting ungrounded so I'm not entirely sure when the next chapter will be up. Don't worry, I won't forget about the fanfics. Please review and tell me what you thought of it. And to those of you who have been reviewing, Thanx Bunches! . Oh, and also, I forgot to mention this earlier, but I have an Inuyasha site of my own if any of you want to check it out. It's at: http:inuyasha. Buh Bye for now!