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OK guys an gals! this is the sequal to "Unexpected Changes"!!! i know y'all been waitin' for this for a while so here it is!!!

HIDDEN LIGHT

Chapter 1: The New Beginning

Inuyasha was just walking along with Kakiya one day. It had been almost a month since Naraku had been defeated, and life was getting a little boring. Kakiya's seventeenth birthday was coming up, and she was getting really excited. She was walking alongside Inuyasha, and she was humming a tune that she was making up as she went along.

Shippo came up behind them, running and out of breath. "Hey guys! Wait up!" When he caught up to them, he was gasping for air.

"What is it Shippo?" Kakiya asked, a little concerned from the look on Shippo's face.

"Kaede...needs...to...talk...to...you...It's...really...important!" Shippo wheezed.

"Oh, I hope it's not bad news!" Kakiya said, as she and Inuyasha ran for the village.

When they got there, Inuyasha was a little winded, but Kakiya was just fine. Wolf Demons in her clan can run for days without tiring, and she, for one, loved to run more than Kouga, her half brother. Kaede greeted them, and Miroku and Sango were with her. They waited for Shippo, and about five minutes later, the tired young kitsune appeared on the distant horizon, and was soon at the village, barely able to breath. He collapsed from lack of air, and Kakiya walked over to him and gently picked him up. "Inuyasha, we shudda helped him out a little bit back there and at least carried him with us."

"Yeah, well, you coulda told me sooner, ya know," he snapped back at her. She was used to his sarcasm and "toughness" by now, so she just shook her head a little and walked into Kaede's hut, the small kitsune in her arms, dead tired.

"I have important information for ye," was the first sentence to escape Kaede's mouth. She was silent for a short time while she made a small fire in the middle of the hut to cook supper with. When she finally spoke, she didn't sound too happy. "There are thirty smaller versions of the Shikon no Tama that have been made, and already they are spread throughout Shinjoku Jidai. Kagura is in search of them so to gain back her heart."

"You have gotta be kiddin' me!" yelled our han-you friend Inuyasha. "That wench?!? Like she could even get three of the thirty!! She absolutely sucks at any type of fightin'! She always flees from us!! How can she do anything?!?"

"I'll tell ye how. She is determined, and she has the help of others." Kaede was now poking a small fire with a stick to get it going a little more.

"Like who?" snapped the han-you.

"Like Kikyo."

Inuyasha looked surprised. How can that wench betray us?! he asked himself. I'll kill her...again!!!! he now looked angry. He stormed out of the hut, not caring to hear the rest of it. He went to his tree, and sat to think about whether what he just heard was true or not.

Kakiya grew a little concerned. She went out to look for him, and soon began to worry about what he was doing. She knew about his past love, Kikyo, Kaede's older sister, and the resurrected priestess of the village. She had looked everywhere by this time, everywhere but the tree on the other side of the river. It was spring, and the red and white blossoms would have made his red outfit and silver hair hard to see, even for her excellent vision. She crossed the small bridge, and went over towards the tree. "Inuyasha?" she called, gently.

"What?!" he snapped back. She knew he was really angry, but she still tried to goad him into coming down from the tree.

"Why are you so angry? She's been wanting to kill you since she was resurrected. Why don't you just give her up, kill her again, and live you're own life?" Kakiya thought about what she said, and realized she probably just made him more angry. Whoops, shouldn't have said that! Why did I say that anyways?

Inuyasha started to fume, but soon realized that what Kakiya said actually made sense. She's right. Kikyo has been out to get me. I should give her up. She's just a memory now.

"Inuyasha?" Kakiya called again, not sure if he had been listening. Suddenly, Inuyasha jumped down from the tree right in front of her. He walked up to her quickly.

Kakiya was nervous thinking he was going to punch her or something, but she was wrong. He wrapped his arms around her, and whispered in her ear, "You're right....I should give her up...I have someone better now..."

YEA!!! i finally got the first chappie up!! sry it took soo long!! i've been caught up with volleyball and school!!! i'll update soon tho !!! and i promise to make the chapters longer too!!!