"I only have one day," thought Inuyasha, "One day to finish this."

Things had been silent all night while they were traveling except for the random complaints Shippo would have.

"Can't we rest now? We've been traveling all night!"

"Fine. You stay here and rest. I'll go on alone."

Shippo would then become suddenly silent and follow Inuyasha closely. When the sun started coming back over the tops of the trees Inuyasha knew his time was running out.

"Why don't we all get on Kirara?" Sango suggested. "We've been walking all night. Besides Kirara can get us there faster."

Miroku nodded.

Inuyasha maintained his seriousness, a seriousness that these people had never seen in him before. A dedication, and a tiredness. Yet despite his exhaustion he has complete determination.

"I need to be able to smell him." Inuyasha said in a tone without emotion. "I can't take the chance that I'll lose his scent. I don't have much time."

Shippo looked up at Inuyasha. Was this the same hanyou he had met before? The one that was ignorant and rude? The one that only cared for himself? Shippo was confused. He had never seen this side of Inuyasha before. He was actually dedicated to a cause. And not a selfish cause, but a cause that was for someone else. Was it possible that Inuyasha was actually capable of... Shippo blinked, of love? He continued thinking until the little kitsune could no longer seem to keep himself awake.

Sango looked down at him and picked him up.

"It's alright Shippo, I'll carry you."

Miroku looked at Sango self-consciously, watching her every move. So kind... he thought to himself. The wind started to blow harder, and her hair blew in front of his face.

"Blossoms." Miroku whispered to himself. That was the smell of her hair.

"Huh?" Sango questioned.

Miroku blushed slightly and looked away.

Suddenly Inuyasha stopped.

"No." he whispered. "No!"

The wind blew in fast gusts now, bringing in smells from all over the land. He could no longer make out the one smell that meant so much. He could no longer smell Sesshomaru.

He ran the direction they had been going trying desperately to catch any hint of where his brother might have gone. He didn't care that he had left the others behind him. He rushed on alone.

He stopped suddenly at the edge of a cliff.

"A dead end? What else can go wrong!?!"

"Hello Inuyasha-sama."

Inuyasha looked down.

"Myouga-jiji?"

"Why have we stopped Inuyasha-sama? We should be after Sesshomaru."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. He was about to turn around, when he looked on the other side of the cliff. In the distance he swore he could see a village... no.... it was too small to be a village... but there was definitely smoke rising from whatever it was.

The wind suddenly died down and everything around Inuyasha was quiet. A smell rose to Inuyasha nose, no, it was several smells. The first, was human blood, the second, Sesshomaru.

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Kagome walked slowly through the forest not really paying any attention to where she was going. Just trying to stay upright kept all of her attention. In her mind she kept hoping that she was doing the right thing. But how could this be the wrong thing? She was, after all, trying to find her husband who must have been, after in terrible trouble.

Kagome kept walking not paying attention to where she stepped, and tripped over the root of a tree. She suddenly found herself on the ground faster than she could catch herself, and tears rolled down her cheeks. She tried to pull herself up from the ground, but could not move.

She cried out for help, but no one came. She must have been too far away from anywhere for anyone to hear her. Why hadn't she been paying attention? Why hadn't she seen that root? She closed her eyes, a cried out again desperately hoping anyone would be around to hear her. She heard a noise in front of her, and lifted her eyes just enough to see a dark figure towering above her.

She looked into the eyes of the youkai and tried to keep herself from panicking more than she already was. The youkai let out a high pitched sound and lifted it's giant claws to hit Kagome.

She covered her eyes and let out one more desperate plea for help, waiting for the youkai to strike her. There was silence for a moment and Kagome lifted her eyes. The youkai seemed to be laughing at her. Challenging her. It's eyes seemed to say that there was no hope for her, that it was useless to plea for help. Suddenly it lifted it's claws again, and struck downwards at Kagome. She let out a scream, and everything went black.

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"Mrs. Hirugashi?" a voice said over the telephone.

"Yes, this is her."

"Hello, I'm Nurse Chihiro at the Hospital."

"Oh. Yes, you're my daughter's nurse right?"

"Yes-"

"How is she? Is she alright?"

"Mrs. Hirugashi your daughter-"

"What's wrong? She isn't-"

"Your daughter is missing."

The line was silent. Missing? Had she heard the nurse right?

"We're sorry Mrs. Hirugashi, we are doing everything we can to find your daughter."

Mrs. Hirugashi finally regained her breath.

"Are... are you telling me that she just disappeared? That a patient can just up and walk out of the hospital without anyone noticing!?!"

She buried her face in her hands letting the phone dangle from the hook.

"Kagome.... where are you?" she cried, "Come home Kagome. Come home."

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Sesshomaru was sitting next to the fire laughing to himself. Jaken came over to him.

"Lord Sesshomaru, Inuyasha has reached the cliff side."

Sesshomaru smirked.

"Excellent Jaken. Everything is ready for him then?"

"The preparations are all complete. He'll fall right into your hands."

Sesshomaru said nothing, but his smirk widened, and he let out an evil chuckle that made even Jaken frightened.

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A/N: Well, that's all I have time for right now. But don't worry, I won't let everything hang for too long. (Evil grin) Thanks for all the reviews everybody! I love you guys! And I don't know if I spelled Myouga-jiji right, so you'll have to tell me how it's spelled. I only watch it in Japanese so I'm not sure how to spell it. 0.o