CHAPTER 2

(Author's Note: I've finally gotten time for this, so here goes! Sorry to keep ya'll waiting.)

As the girl looked in the water, clearly seeing who it was, she turned her head to face the boy. Her expression had not become joyful nor had it remained saddened despite the fact that it was someone who she had known very well. 'Inuyasha?' her mind spoke out to her. 'What are you doing here?'

She tried to speak, but as if someone muted her, the sound would not come out of her mouth. Perhaps she was scared you might say, or perhaps anxious. Her conscience would not clear; it was something that was left in the back of her mind.

This particular 'boy' had long silver white hair, beared golden amber eyes and had a pair of white dog ears atop of his head. He looked to be in his teen years and wore a somewhat red kimono which glowed in the moonlight more than it would have normally. His bare feet stood upon the soft grass and began to motion forth. As the boy drew closer, the girl did not move, not phased by a bit that the man she had great feelings for was approaching. Once he had gotten close to her, he couldn't touch her. His hand reached forward but stung as a layer of energy touched his flesh.

He couldn't believe it, 'A barrier.' he thought as it echoed through his head and angered him to have knowledge of this. His teeth clenched as he took his bare fist and punched the wall of energy, only to have the attempt backfire on him with a shocking jolt, flinging his fist back to its original position.

"DAMN!" he cursed to himself. "I've come so close to her, yet THIS is what's stopping me?" he said to himself. It wasn't normal for the boy to talk to himself, but he'd changed a bit. His spirit was much stronger than before, no longer dulled by silly doubts and such. He became a man.

Earlier that day...

A boy stood with a girl. He had long flowing hair; silver, golden amber eyes, and dog ears while the girl was an average Japanese school girl, still in middle school. The two held each other in a tight embrace; he seemingly, was unwilling to let her go. Even though he felt that he had never met this girl, he felt her warmth and gentle touch. It was a blurred vision, yet it felt so clear and soft as if it were beautifully drawn out to his mind's desire. It was as if in an instant, the girl let herself loose from the embrace and slowly faded away, a playful laugh remaining faint. The bare footed boy dressed in red quickly ran after the girl, yet could not catch up to the mysterious beauty. What had been a black environment that surrounded the two slowly engulfed the him.
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A blinding light reached through the small cracks of a man's eye lids. As the man opened his eyes he lay in bed, atop of the bed sheets he had been sleeping on. He, himself looked very similar to the boy in the strange, dark place, except the difference was that he was older. He yawned while still lying flat down and heaved his body, turning to the other side of the bed. He saw another man sitting next to him, looking about his age; a familiar figure. Seeing that his friend was sitting by him, he got up and sat his tush down on the bed, Indian style. It was a grayish-blue room with a few bits of furniture, not too fancy though.

The boy rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and chuckled at the sight of his friend. "Hey, Ryou. What are you doing here?" He said, his voice sounding weary, yet loud enough to get his message out to the boy.

"What do you mean, 'what are you doing here?', Kai." the older male said, his voice mocked the sleepy inu youkai who was wearing the attire meant for 'napping' or sleeping. "I LIVE here, REMEMBER? Dumb ass..." He said while adding the insult with a coy smile.

Ryou looked to be about 21 years old and had dark red hair up to his waist. It was thinned out and tied in a pony tail with a long, white piece of fabric while a few strands of silver white hair slightly covered his elf-like ears. His body was well built while his eyes were a dark crimson color; inhuman but with colors that coolly mixed together. He wore a gray t-shirt with a dark blue vest and slightly baggy pants on with a strong, tight, black leather belt wrapped around his hip. While the boy had sat down on the wooden chair beside the bed, his orange tiger-like tail waved about.

"I know that, but I thought you said you weren't coming back until a few days later." Kai answered. He was still annoyed at his friend. "So, where were you anyway?"

"I was just out. Buying some stuff, not that I had any money to buy it anyway." Ryou said, his still sounded like he was joking around.

Kai cocked a brow at his friend. "You mean you stole, little bastard..." he was bothered by the fact that he had kept stealing.

From hearing this, Ryou was taken back. "Eh, whatever." he said it casually, as if it didn't matter whether he was a thief or not. "I didn't steal though. I'm not THAT stupid or penniless. Anyway, what's with the calling out for that girl? Did you already fall in love with 'her', that girl?"

"It's nothing" Kai answered, slightly embarrassed that he had actually been heard, talking in his sleep. Before he could continue, the older male interrupted.

"I mean, COME ON! You goin' all like, 'Kagome! Kagome! Come back!'" Ryou mocked the boy, his friend. "Pathetic, you haven't even met her yet and you're calling out her name in your sleep. So, what did you do to get yourself in trouble this time anyway? You're in for some community service anyway."

Kai turned his head away and began getting out of bed to change. "Nothing." He choked out.

"What do you mean nothing? I heard you blew up a national park, dammit."

"Hey, I didn't do anything wrong, that squirrel was intimidating me, so was that raccoon."

The red headed man shrugged. "You've really got problems with animals don't you...?"

"No I don't!" Kai snapped back. "Shut up, leave me alone"

"Whatever, suit yerself..." The older demon added, knowing that he'd be able to tick the silver-haired demon off.

((Author's Note: Second chapter, finished!))