Ok, onto the next bit! I added a new bit that was s'posed to happen in the previous chapter, but I didn't think of it at the time. You'll recognize it when it comes. Anyways, enjoy!

Shippo blinked a few times, sunlight pouring onto his face. He stood up, finding himself on a steep slope, with rocks and trees littered carelessly on the way down. He looked behind him, expecting to see some sort of structure with a hole through it, but there was nothing, just a large rock. "How am I gonna remember where I was?" he thought, looking forward. He pulled out all the little tricks and toys out of his pocket, and spread them on the ground. "Ha, I know, I'll leave my mushrooms as a trail to the way back. Don't worry Kagome!"

He stuck all the rest of his trinkets back in his pocket, and taking a deep breath, started a furious scurry down the mountainside, dropping mushrooms along the way. He ran as fast as his little legs could carry him, surprised that nothing else was coming after him. That made him nervous, and he increased his speed. Suddenly an unexpected rock crossed his path, causing him to trip over it, sending him flying. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" yelled Shippo, flailing his arms helplessly as he came closer and closer to ground. He landed with a soft thud, tumbling over a few times before finally stopping at the foot of the mountain.

For a second he lay there, bruised and scratched, when he felt a shadow overcome him. He looked up, and suddenly saw a huge swarm of flying, serpent-like demons come towards him. "ACK!" he yelled and stood up, running like a frightened hare underneath them. They turned around, jaws snapping, and flew straight after Shippo, who was running with all that was good in him. "INUYASHA!" he cried, tears of fear falling down his cheeks. One of the serpents flew down in front of him, its mouth wide open, as if planning to eat him. Shippo turned around quickly, and started running back, but was blocked off by the other serpents. They began flying in a fast circle around him. Shippo froze, unsure of what to do. Suddenly, he saw a figure appear before him. His eyes grew wide as he saw Kanaye's narrowed eyes burn into his.

"You little nuisance, hiding with Kagome the entire time. I should kill you right now, but what is the point? I don't feel like wasting my energy on you, you pathetic little kitsune. You'll never find your way back here, not even with your idiotic little tricks."

Shippo felt anger build up in him. "I'm not pathetic, I will find my way back with InuYasha, and he'll kill you!" His words were juvenile, almost worthless, and only caused Kanaye to laugh.

"You're as pathetic as you look." he said, smirking with amusement. Suddenly his smirk turned to a scowl as he noticed something. He pointed his spear at Shippo, causing him to be suddenly levitated in the air, and turned upside down. "So Kagome thought she'd hide the jewel shards with you, did she?" he said, moving the spear slightly, and causing all of the contents of Shippo's pockets to be emptied. A small glass container fell out, with 3 glimmering shards in them. Shippo squirmed in the air, trying to break free of Kanaye's spell. "No," he thought, "He found them!" Shippo remembered Kagome slipping them secretly into his pocket before he left. Kanaye pointed his spear at them, and the container broke. As if by magnetism, the shards joined the rest of the Shikon no Tama.

Three pulses emitted from Kanaye's spear, as it incremented in power. Kanaye smiled, and gave his spear a quick flick, causing Shippo to fall on the ground. Kanayehit him once, making Shippo give a small whimper, and whispered, "There are only four shards left to be added. Once I have them all, I'll make sure that there aren't any more pesky kitsunes left in this world to annoy me further."

With that he disappeared, taking the serpent demons with him.

Shippo laid there, tears running down his face. He had failed Kagome by letting Kanaye take the shards that she had entrusted him with. He banged his little fists into the ground, telling himself that he would make Kanaye pay.

But he knew that he was wasting his time here. He needed to get moving again, and make up for his lost time. He stood up, and wiping away his tears, resumed his quest for InuYasha.

Kikyo watched all of this from her vantage point near the peak of the mountain. Kohaku stood behind her, his sickle at the ready to be used at any moment. Anger rushed through his blood. That monster had taken in 3 shards, and yet Kikyo had done nothing.

"Why did you just stand there and watch as he became more powerful! We should've stopped him!" he yelled at Kikyo.

Kikyo ignored Kohaku for a second, and without removing her eyes from the scene said, "I can't let him know that we're here. If not, he will go straight for your shard, Kohaku. You don't want to sacrifice that, at least not yet. Our mission now is to find Kagome before Kanaye adds her powers to his. We will have to wait."

Kohaku understood Kikyo's reasoning, but his demon-slaying instincts screamed at him to go head on and fight Kanaye. He tried to push them out of his mind, but his efforts were futile. So he stood with Kikyo, nervous and fidgety, itching to send his sickle straight into Kanaye's back. He knew that by that way, he'd kill Naraku, and then end his sister's suffering.

Kikyo watched until the little kitsune had disappeared, and turned towards Kohaku, saying "Let's go." Kohaku followed obediently, trailing after Kikyo as she went climbed down the mountain.

Suddenly she paused, before a large rock. He was about to ask why they had stopped, when Kikyo strung an arrow into her bow, and let it fly. It hit the rock directly in its center, and suddenly the whole mountainside seemed to disappear, showing a large castle in its place. "It was all an illusion…" thought Kohaku. The wind whistled through his hair, sending chills down to his bones. The castle was guarded by a magical barrier, but the area where Kikyo had hit with her arrow was open, yet closing slowly every second.

"We're almost there." said Kikyo, and stepped through the barrier.

Well, there was part 5, sorry if it was somewhat short, but believe me, longer parts are going to come. I also know there seems to be about 4 different scenes going on right now, but they'll all join up together soon as to not make it so confusing! Thanks for bearing with me --'.