Me: Thank you to all my reviewers! I'm so happy! I never thought I would make it past 100… 6 important things:

:Kagome's dad is not Inuyasha's dad…

:SpoilerI hope most of you have watched the episode: The 50-year-old curse of the dark priestess (prays)

:VoteShould Kagome have pups near the end of this story? Tell me in your reviews without erm… killing me…

:Some of your reviews are so funny I start choking…

:–Eats muffin-

:Kills aflac duck

Inuyasha: MUST… RESIST… THE … ALLURE… OF… CHEESE… FILLED… ONION… RINGS!

Miroku: Must gain insurance… by intoxicating… self!

Me: O.o umm… Miroku what are you doing?

Miroku: (Takes out burrito) MmMm… Cheese…

Me: You know what that stuff does to you….

Miroku: Right-O (Runs to bathroom)

Me: (Sees angry eyes) Please don't kill me… I got a lot of videogames for Christmas… you can't blame me… Plus…. I had midterms…

Reviewers: (Attack)

Me: Noo Oooo- Hey! A cheese sandwich! I mean- Noo Oooo (dies)

Miroku: (In bathroom) NOT THE CHEESE… YESS SHE IS DEAD! YESS YES I MUST HARNESS THE POWER OF MIDTERMS! (Stuffs midterms down throat)

Random man: (Walks into bathroom) Hello

Miroku: AAAHHHHHHHH- GRIN - AHHHHHH –GRIN - AHHHH

Man: (Dies randomly for no reason)

Miroku: Noo Oooo! Why does the earth have to be so cruel! Whyyy? Whyyy? Whyyy?- Ok I'm over it- (walks away)

Me: (Resurrected) INU - TURKEY

Miroku: SHE HAS RABIES! (Everyone scatters)

Me: RABIES! WHERE? I MUST BE SAAAAAA-OoOo a nickel-AAAAAVVVVEDD

Dog: … Ok… I'm gonna go get a mocha chino…

Me: AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! TURKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYY

Inuyasha: So many deaths… so many lives taken…

Me: FIRE ZE MISSLES!

World: (Still targeting Miroku) Steady… aim… what the- (Dies)

Disclaimer: Do not own Inuyasha… How many times must I say this? How many? You know what? I'm not even going to say it anymore… Miroku: (Calls lawyers) Me: nothing happened! Yaay! Lawyers: We're going to have to confiscate this computer for evidence Me: THEY KNOW ALL! Miroku: TRY TO LIVE THROUGH THIS LIZ! (Evil music) Muahahahhahaa Aflac duck: (attacks) Miroku: NOT THE FACE! ANYTHING BUT THE FACE!

Thanks to everyone who e-mailed me (mostly Theebytch) and basically all my readers!

Listening to: Unbalanced Kisses (Which I don't own! Hahahahaaa Lawyers: disappear)

Xxxxxxx Confusion xxxxxxX

"Guess not…" Miroku stated as Sango gently bandaged the lump on his head. Miroku winced every once in a while when Sango tightened the bandage in order to keep it firmly wrapped.

After the initial shock of his two friends popping out of a bush while he was kissing Kagome, Inuyasha had done the first thing that had come into his mind.

Namely, attack and destroy. Luckily, Miroku was his friend and Inuyasha did not hurt him 'too' severely.

Still, Sango couldn't help feeling partly responsible for Miroku's injury but was still glad that he had gotten what he deserved.

'I hate moments like this,' Sango thought as the uncomfortable silence seemed to spread as everyone avoided each other's eyes. 'Why doesn't someone say something?'

As Sango grew more and more uncomfortable Shippo surveyed the scene around him noticing that Inuyasha looked half – angry and half – worried while Kagome stared into the winking fire wincing occasionally.

'Something bad must have happened…' Shippo thought as he pat Kilala's silky golden fur.

'Something is different with Kagome… There is a change in her aura… I don't know what it means but by the way Inuyasha keeps glancing at her I'm guessing he was responsible for it…' The little fox thought as he continued to stroke Kilala.

Kilala was also having a funny reaction to Kagome.

Normally, she would have curled up next to her in an attempt to cheer her up and get her mind off Inuyasha but instead she was keeping her distance with Shippo.

Sakura tried to remain inconspicuous about the whole event but was failing miserably.

'I knew this was going to happen sooner or later but I thought Kagome would know what was going on…' She thought to herself. She noticed by the emotions displayed on Kagome's face that was extremely confused.

'I should have told her… I thought she would have come to ask me by now though… I'm such an idiot… Bad Sakura! Bad!' Sakura thought mentally scolding herself.

Kagome, however, was not paying any attention to the strange behaviors coming from all her demon friends and was instead gazing into the crackling fire that lay below the star spotted sky.

'I don't understand what is happening… I'm getting so many mixed messages from Inuyasha… Not to mention that I now have a bite mark on my neck… I am so confused…' She thought sneaking a peek at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha sat facing the opposite direction from everyone else and occasionally Kagome could hear a slight growl coming out of his mouth when she used her extra sensitive hearing.

'What the hell have I done? I messed up her entire life by doing just one thing… I'm just a stupid life – destroyer… I should have been more careful… I knew it might happen one day …' Inuyasha thought as he grinded a thin blade of grass to a pulp.

'Kagome… I'm so sorry…' Inuyasha thought staring up into the branches of an old and withering tree.

Xxxxxxx Sleeping xxxxxxX

Kagome quietly unzipped her sleeping bag making certain to not disturb Shippo who was sleeping at the foot of her sleeping bag.

'Why is Shippo being so distant towards me?' Kagome wondered 'He usually sleeps right next to me… Come to think of it everyone has been acting distant lately… With the exception of Sango and Miroku…'

Kagome slowly tiptoed around Miroku, Sango, and Sakura glad that her hanyou abilities allowed her to sneak away.

Once out of camp she began to run towards the hot spring that she had been at earlier that same day.

After pushing through the surrounding foliage Kagome dropped to her hands and knees on the side of the spring.

She slowly moved her head so that she could see her reflection in the almost murky waters. Turning her head slightly she could make out a bite mark on the side of her neck. It was smaller than she had suspected but still hurt when she glided her fingers over it.

'Why did you do this Inuyasha?' Kagome asked herself as she continued to gaze at the mark. 'I wish I knew more about dog demon behaviors…'

Kagome shook herself out of her thoughts as she sensed a familiar demon energy coming her way. She quickly pulled her silver streaked hair over the bite mark to further conceal it from sight.

Sakura walked out of the bushes yawning loudly. "Kagome… why are you up so late?" she asked after rubbing her eyes.

"I just couldn't get to sleep." Kagome truthfully replied standing up.

"Kagome, you don't have to try to hide it… I can still see it…" Sakura said sitting on a nearby rock.

"You can?" Kagome asked her eyes widening.

"Ya, every demon can see it… even if you try to hide it…" Sakura said twirling a strand of her hair around her finger.

"Please tell me about it, Sakura… I'm so confused…" Kagome begged.

"Well… I can't just leave you in the dark… I don't know why Inuyasha didn't tell you about it… He marked you Kagome," Sakura said still playing with her hair.

"You mean that thing you were talking about?" Kagome asked gaping slightly.

"Yes, that mark tells other demons that you're taken and are his property… It tells everyone to keep away or else…" Sakura said beginning to get fidgety.

"His… Property?" Kagome asked in an almost disbelieving tone.

"I know it sounds weird but it's the first step in demon courtship… I'm sure that Inuyasha is a bit embarrassed about all this…" Sakura said.

Kagome could only look at Sakura since she had lost the function of talking shortly after Sakura's explanation of what the mark was for.

'I thought… he didn't like me… unless he was just marking me because he's jealous of everyone else…' Kagome thought blinking back to reality when Sakura waved her hand in front of her face.

"Hello… Anyone home?" Sakura asked slowly as though Kagome was a little child. "I know you must have a lot to think about now so I'm going back to bed… if you have any more questions… ask me… just not tonight… or should I say this morning… it's almost sunrise…" Sakura mumbled warily as she began to walk back to camp.

"Oh, yeah… I almost forgot… the reason I came here… stay close to camp okay? Your demon aura is ebbing… You know what that means." Sakura said as she continued to walk through the dense bushes.

"OW… DAMN BRANCH… FEEL MY WRATH! OOPS… NOOO… ANYONE BUT YOU!" "Mintos better, mintos fresher, let mintos freshen up your life! Mintos… the fresh maker!" "Die!"

"Huh? My demon aura is ebbing?" Kagome wondered to no one in particular completely ignoring Sakura's nearby struggle with a TV announcer.

"VICTORY IS MINE!"

'I should listen to her though…' Kagome thought as she decided to walk a different way around Sakura, lest another mishap occurred. Her encounter with big bird was all too fresh in her mind. Apparently big bird had some 'issues' that he needed to sort out concerning him seeing Oscar in a bikini…

Not wanting to think about the gruesome details Kagome continued her walk at a leisurely pace until a running red blur crashed into her.

Xxxxxxx Inuyasha xxxxxxX (Ha! Now you can't yell at me for a cliff hanger… Muahahahhahaa… reviewer smacksOw… ok… just ignore me…)

Inuyasha opened his eyes when he heard the familiar zipping noise of Kagome's sleeping bag. He wearily looked over to see what she was doing and was surprised to see her tiptoe around the camp.

'I wonder where she's going… She's heading off in the direction of the hot spring…' Inuyasha thought settling himself back into a sleeping position on the tree that he was currently in. 'Oh well… maybe it's just a girl thing…'

Inuyasha closed his eyes and drifted off to a half-alert half-sleeping state for a few minutes until he heard yet another person leaving camp.

Inuyasha groggily looked down from his perch to see Sakura, not so gracefully, leave the camp tripping over Miroku's sleeping bag and plastering Kilala into the ground.

When he did not hear Sakura's signature arrival (which he had gotten used to) of tripping over Miroku and generally causing havoc when she accidentally unleashed a Sesame street character in the process, Inuyasha began to worry.

'I wonder what they are doing… I hope Kagome isn't in trouble…' Inuyasha thought trying to remain fully awake.

Inuyasha leapt down from the tree and stepped over a very unconscious monk, a smashed Kilala, and past a very oblivious but smiling Sango to reach the nearby woods.

'It won't hurt to just make sure they are all right…' Inuyasha thought sneaking around like a boy about to get into trouble.

As he crept silently through the trees his ears began to pick up traces of a conversation.

'What are they saying?' He asked himself trying to remain as silent as possible to eavesdrop some more.

"I know you must have a lot to think about now so I'm going back to bed… if you have any more questions… ask me… just not tonight… or should I say this morning… it's almost sunrise…"

'Did Sakura just do what I think she did?' Inuyasha frantically asked himself becoming more and more nervous with each passing minute. Inuyasha now was having a full-scale panic attack and was not listening to anymore of the conversation.

As he mumbled to himself Inuyasha became aware that Sakura was coming his way.

'Oh… damn,' He muttered as he attempted to get away as fast as possible knocking over a multitude of branches in the process, which Sakura promptly tripped over.

As Sakura attempted revenge on the branches Inuyasha slowly slid away in hopes she would not see him. Inuyasha almost wanted to help when she transformed the stick into a person who continuously talked about breath mints, but held himself back. Using her distraction as the person tried to stick a pack of 'mintos' down her throat and proceeded to explain the merits of potty training, Inuyasha sped away not caring what direction he was going in.

Of course, Inuyasha bumped into the last person that he wanted to talk to before he thought things over, namely Kagome. Both hanyous went crashing into the closest plant, which unfortunately for Inuyasha turned out to be a tree and luckily for Kagome a soft bush.

"Mfffff… Mfff…" Inuyasha grunted before sliding down the trunk of the tree and onto the ground. With no strength to get up, Inuyasha merely rolled over and looked up into the angry/confused/hurt face of Kagome.

"Hehehe…" Inuyasha muttered trying to make the situation a little less awkward.

"Hey Kagome…" He said still on the ground.

"Inuyasha… Can we talk?" Kagome asked not looking so scary anymore.

"About…?" Inuyasha asked trying to dodge the subject for as long as he could.

"About the mark… I know what it is… but I want to know why? Why did you do this?" Kagome asked practically pleading for an answer. "Was it because you were jealous… possessive… didn't think things through… or was it because you lo- love me?" she asked stuttering at the last part.

With these questions Inuyasha was instantly on his feet and already stammering for words. "Umm… I… uh… hmm…" he muttered making no sense at all.

Kagome was already looking teary and red when he didn't reply to her questions.

Not wanting her to cry Inuyasha began to tell Kagome why he really had marked her. "Kagome… if you want the honest truth I marked you because I… What I'm trying to say is that I… lo-" Inuyasha stopped when Kagome began to get a weird look on her face. (Oh my god… I know someone is going to kill me for not letting him finish his sentence… But I promise… It shall come really soon :P)

"What's wrong?" He asked as he rushed to her side.

"I… don't… know… I feel so weird… I feel a sharp tingling sensation all over… It hurts…" Kagome mumbled as she swayed in Inuyasha's arms.

Inuyasha held her up and immediately understood what was happening.

Kagome gasped when she saw that her claws were disappearing and out of the corner of her eye she could see that the silver streaks in her hair was melting into a black color. She could also feel her fangs retract into the roof of her mouth and be replaced by normal ones.

Inuyasha also watched as her dog-ears turned into human ones and returned to the sides of her face. When all of the visible transformations stopped Inuyasha let go of Kagome who immediately began asking questions.

"What happened? Why am I human? Am I sick?" Where among the multitude that she asked.

Inuyasha only shook his head 'no' at each question as he began to pout.

'So close to telling her… why now?' He asked himself as he finally began to answer Kagome's now frantic questions, which were beginning to get off the subject in her hysteria.

"Who invented muffins? Why is the sky blue? Why does Ronald McDonald wear makeup at home if he's a man?"

"Kagome… calm down…" Inuyasha said trying to pretend that he did not hear the last question, cross-dressing clowns was not a favorite subject of his.

"It's just like me… You know every month you turn human for a while… It's different for every hanyou…" Inuyasha said placing his face in 'I'm trying to be reassuring right now but I was trying to tell you something important' look.

Kagome didn't seem to notice the weird look on his face and finally began to calm down as she rubbed her head still surprised at not feeling the dog ears that she had grown accustomed to.

'I feel so weak… It's weird to be human after being a hanyou.' Kagome thought becoming alarmed. 'Does this mean that I want to stay hanyou? Am I becoming too accustomed to it? I thought that I wanted to find a way to become a full human again… or do I?' Kagome asked herself spacing out on Inuyasha again.

"Kagome…" Inuyasha said waving his hand in front of her face in a similar fashion to Sakura's.

"Huh?" Kagome asked as she snapped back to reality.

"We should get back to camp… I don't want any demons attacking you…" Inuyasha said blushing slightly.

Kagome smiled but as they began to walk back in the direction of the camp she began to frown. 'Nooooo… He was about to tell me why he marked me… Now I'll never get it out of him… He's had too much time to think…' Kagome thought mentally cursing herself as Inuyasha obliviously walked beside her.

Trying to don a fake look of happiness Kagome and Inuyasha entered the campsite to see exactly what Inuyasha had expected all along: the one the only big bird.

"And then… he put on a bikini… and it scarred me for the rest of my life…" Big bird said gathering Sango, Miroku, Sakura, Shippo, and Kilala into a huge hug. "At least I have my friends…"

"SAKURA WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO TRIP OVER ME?" Miroku yelled attempting to cut off the circulation in Sakura's hand as they all tried to escape big bird.

"Meow," Kilala mewed in agreement since she was affected in the process.

"Well… erm… YOU HAVE A BIG BUTT! HA TAKE THAT!" Sakura said yelling out the last part.

"Why you…" Miroku growled before being smashed into the yellow feathers of doom.

"I SHALL CONQUER!" Sakura yelled before she transmuted big bird into a pile of ashes. "Wow… I didn't know that I could do that…"

"At least you did something right…"Miroku mumbled.

But as always Miroku had spoken too soon as the pile of ashes changed into a life size Barbie doll.

"I want to be your friend…" It squeaked immediately gathering the five into a bone-crushing hug.

Inuyasha and Kagome just stood still watching the daily ritual that they did not want to get used to.

"Inuyasha… To the rescue… again…" Inuyasha said running to save his friends.

Xxxxxxx 1 hour and 18 bruises later xxxxxxX

"DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE!" Inuyasha screamed chopping the Barbie into little pieces as his friends watched, horrified.

"Inuyasha… she's gone… she's been gone for a while now…" Kagome said patting him on the back.

"Oh," Inuyasha said attempting to wipe off the layers and layers of lipstick and mascara off his face, a result of the horrendous battle.

"Ok… Inuyasha… You just rest and I'm going to go home for a while… maybe go to school…" Kagome said slowly backing away from him. "I'll take Kilala…" Kagome said as she grabbed her backpack, which had surprisingly survived through Barbie's 'I'm cuter than Inuyasha' rampage. She quickly mounted Kilala and flew into the sky, which was turning blue signaling that school would soon start.

"WAIT KAGOME! WHY ARE YOU HUMAN?" A very puzzled Miroku asked.

"Ask Inuyasha… He'll tell you…" Kagome yelled back fading into the distance.

"Umm…" was Miroku's only reply seeing as Inuyasha was going through a mental breakdown at the moment.

"So… many… beauty products…"

"Oh brother…"

Xxxxxxx Kagome xxxxxxX

Kagome ran into her shrine home after saying goodbye to Kilala in the feudal era. Kagome quickly glanced at the clock on the wall in the living room and eeped.

'Only 30 minutes until school starts!' Kagome thought frantically running up the stairs and into her bedroom running over her bewildered brother in the process. Quickly she jumped into her school uniform, picked up her much smaller backpack, packed her lunch and ran out the door leaving her family to wonder what she was on, not to mention the fact that she was suddenly human.

Kagome ran to school dodging the numerous amounts of people who were beginning to appear from all sides of the street. Unfortunately, Kagome had to run over some of them saying a quick sorry in the process and was very relieved when she finally saw the school gates just half a block away.

Slowing to a fast paced jog Kagome entered her school and grabbed her geometry books dreading having to face her teacher after 2 weeks of not being in class. As soon as Kagome stepped into her geometry class and sat down her three friends Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka began to whisper.

"Kagome… are you alright?" Eri asked a worried tone spread across her voice.

"Yeah, why?" Kagome asked puzzled.

"Well, first of all you had cholera all this week and the week before Houjo told us that you had a very rare disease that comes from the pollitunaritary (cough) valleys…"

'Of all the lame excuses that my grandpa makes… Why did I have to make the stupidest one?" Kagome asked herself slapping her forehead as Houjo, her teacher, and an extremely large group of girls walked in through the door. Saying things like: "Oh, Houjo… I was so worried about you… Are you alright now?"

Houjo didn't answer them as eyes scanned the room and rested on Kagome. He immediately tensed up and you could almost see a flashing light going off in his head going off ALERT! ALERT! FLEE FOR YOUR LIFE-oh look cheese-FLEE! Houjo slid around the classroom and into his seat, which was not too far from Kagome's.

Kagome merely smiled her fakest smile and turned back to her friends who immediately began to talk at once.

"Oh my god Kagome… You will never believe what happened while you were gone…" Ayumi began, her voice going into gossip mode immediately.

"Yeah… The principal ordered Houjo to stay at home for a few days…" Eri whispered not wanting Houjo to hear her. "Apparently he started yelling about demons or something… in the lunchroom… The school nurse suggested that he should go somewhere to 'rest' when he didn't calm down and kept interrupting classes with rants about wolfs and dogs…"

Kagome massaged her forehead… 'This would happen only to me…' She thought as her friends continued to blabber on about Houjo.

"This could be your chance Kagome…" Yuka whispered interrupting Kagome's train of thought.

"Huh?" Kagome asked.

"Isn't it obvious? Talk with Houjo and then make your move…" Ayumi said.

"WHAT?" Kagome asked startling multitude of girls around Houjo's desk. "I mean… huh?" Kagome asked blushing and sitting down.

"Oh… I see… Your still hooked up on that two – timing boyfriend of yours… That Inuyasha…" Eri said frowning. "Why do you like him if all he does is hurt you?"

"Umm…" Kagome began as her teacher walked in.

"All right class, settle down," The teacher said slamming his suitcase onto his desk.

'Thank God…' Kagome thought as her friends glared suspiciously at her from their seats.

Xxxxxxx Lunch xxxxxxX

The chimes sounded on the intercom at about 12:30 p.m. signaling the students that it was time for lunch.

"PIG FEET!" Kagome groggily shouted as Eri shook her awake.

"Kagome… You fell asleep again… That's the third time today," Eri said in an almost motherly like tone "You should get some more rest."

"Right… Right…" Kagome muttered as she and her friends exited her third period class that had been chemistry.

Still groggy, Kagome deposited her book bag onto the lunch table when they reached the lunch table and fished out her lunch.

As Kagome ate her salad she did not notice the somewhat evil looks that her friends where giving her.

"So… Kagome…" Yuka began with an all too innocent look on her face as she twirled a strand of hair around her finger.

"Hmm?" Kagome asked still munching on her food.

"You didn't think we'd let you off the hook did you? Tell us about Inuyasha…" Yuka said her intention out in the open.

"Urgggg!" Kagome coughed as the shock caused the food half way down her throat to stop.

When Kagome regained her composure Yuka continued to drill her. "You never tell us much about what he looks like or why you love him so much…"

"Umm…" Kagome said beginning to blush furiously.

Her friends smiled expectantly back at her knowing that they had caught her.

"Well… You see… umm… What I'm trying to say is…" Kagome muttered making no sense at all. "He's such a jerk… um… sometimes… but other times he can be really sweet and caring…" She continued wanting to run away and hide.

Suddenly Kagome felt a strong pulse come from the Sacred Jewel shards, which was currently hidden under her shirt.

"Wha-" Kagome asked as she felt as though she couldn't breathe. 'I've felt this before… But where?' Kagome asked herself, as the cafeteria became a mess of colors and sounds. 'I know when I felt this! It was when Tsubaki placed a curse on me!'

"Kagome are you okay?" Ayumi asked as Kagome's eyes seemed to turn a dark black.

'The Sacred Jewels!' Kagome thought as she felt the fragile glass containing them shatter. 'They're going into my skin.' Kagome thought beginning to black out. 'The jewels are black again…'

"Kagome?" Ayumi asked again this time a little louder.

'Help me… Inuyasha…' Kagome begged as she gave in to the darkness.

Xxxxxxx Author's notes xxxxxxX

Me: What will happen next? Who will save Kagome? What happens when you mix people with too much caffeine? All next tim- (Reviewers crack knuckles)

Reviewers: We hate cliffhangers…

Me: NoOoOO don't roast me alive! I mean… This chapter was longer than the others… Spare my life… I know it's a cliffhanger… but… um… I'll work really hard on the next chapter…

Reviewers: Well… we were just going to make you watch Miroku dance in a skimpy skirt… but that sounds better…

Me: NoOOoOoOOoOooOoO

Inuyasha: BWAHAHHAHAH! LET THE CHICKEN DIE IN VAIN! BWAHHAHAHAH

Me: … Inuyasha…. What are you talking about?

Miroku: Okay Reviewers! I'm here to torture Liizziioo! (Takes off bathrobe)

Me: AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Inuyasha: WHO KNEW HOW MUCH CLEAVAGE HE HAD? WHY MUST I DIE SO YOUNG AND HANDSOME? WHY? WHY?

Me: Shut up and die…

Inuyasha: (Dies) (Then randomly comes back to life and eats a hot dog)

Dog: MmMm LATTE!

Reviewers: Muahahahahhahahahahah!

Me: Who knew they could be so evil?

Miroku: … Must harness energy…

Reviewers: Huh?

Miroku: TIME FOR A LITTLE BACKGROUND MUSIC! (Turns on CD player)

CD player: Oops I did it again! I wore a silk dress! Got lost in the game! You drive me crazy! I just can't see! I'm so excited I'm-

Me: Miroku… Did you edit those lyrics?

Miroku: um… PREPARE TO DIE! (Throws tear gas)

Thoughts of those affected by tear gas (Wow I think I had too much sugar… prepare to be randomized – is that a word?) Owned by family guy

Doctor: Well Rudolph, we finally figured out what makes your nose red

Rudolph the red nosed reindeer: Is it pixie dust or… or leprechaun tails?

Doctor: No it's a tumor

Rudolph: You mean like a magical Christmas tumor?

Doctor: No a malignant tumor… The base of which is lodged deep within your brain.

Rudolph: Oh… Like a happy, special-

Doctor: You're going to die.