A/N: Wow, I'm really, really proud of this chapter! And I can't believe I'm already on chapter ten::looks shocked: I better stop yakking so ya'll can get on with the story, am I right::readers: Right!

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Chapter Ten: Rescued

"Who are you?" Kagome asked the voice that had spoken to her from the darkness. She pushed herself up as the air finally re-entered her lungs, she waited for her eyes to adjust to the darkness. There was absolutely no light filtering into the small hole, so it took her cats eyes longer to adjust.

"Where are you?" The other girls voice came again with a question of her own.

"I'm in a hole," Kagome replied dryly and the other person laughed a little. "In the middle, I think," She replied honestly this time. Kagome didn't think that this other person would hurt her, she didn't since any evil intintions coming from her aura.

Kagom'e eyes finally adjusted to the darkness, but there still wasn't enough for her to see perfectly, but she could now see the outline of the other person and her ears picked up movement as the other person tried to find her in the darkness.

"How long have you been down here?" Kagome asked, hating the silence in the hole that only echoed the sounds of their breathing.

"I don't know, I haven't been able to tell how many days have past cause its so dark. But when I get outta here, I swear I'll make Hiten and Manten pay!" She replied, when she mentioned the Thunder Brothers names her voice got bitter.

"What'd you do to them to get down here?" Kagome questioned curiously.

She heared shifting noises as the other girl got into a more comfortable position. "They were attacking another village and I threw my Hirakotsu and conked him in the head, making him loose three of his hairs," she said and Kagome could hear a smile in her voice. "What about you? What did you do to them?"

Kagome looked up where the stone slab was blocking out any form of light. "For scratching out Maten's hair, for not respecting them and for making a bloody mess of Maten's nose," She replied and the other girl laughed.

Kagome stood up. "We have to get out of here," She said to herself, not realizing that she had spoken aloud until the other person replied.

"I've tried, the walls are to smooth to climb and this hole is too deep to jump out of, and even if it wasn't we would never be able to remove that stone slab," she pointed out.

"Maybe not," Kagome muttered, crouching down and jumping straight up. As she got closer to the top of the hole she could sense that the slab was right above her head, she reached her hands above her head, attempting to push the blockaid. But it didn't even budge and all she succeeded was giving her a sprained wrist.

She landed back on the ground, clutching her injured wrist to her chest.

The other girl sighed. "See?" she questioned.

Kagome nodded her head, but then remembered that the other girl couldn't see her. "Yeah, I do," She answered, backing up until her back touched the smooth stone wall and she slid down it into a sitting position with a sigh. "Don't worry, we'll be out of here soon. I have friends who'll be looking for me." She said. If they really are your friends, A little voice in the back of Kagome's head whispered in her ear.

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Outside of the cave Inuyasha, Miroku, Isamu and Shippo were trying to come up with a plan to rescue the neko hanyou. "What are we going to do?" Shippo asked, looking up at his father. Even though the little kitsune didn't know the neko, she had helped his father and he had an instant liking to her for just doing that.

"Feh, simple, runt. We go in there, kill those baka's and get that stupid cat out of there," He replied in typical Inuyasha style.

Miroku and Shippo rolled there eyes and Isamu didn't say anything, he was in deep thought. "Actually, that may be exactly what we need,"

"Huh?" Miroku asked, his eyes wide with surprise.

Isamu nodded his head. "The Thunder Brothers may not seem it, but they are very clever. They would probably spot a sneak attack, but a full out forward attack, I don't think they would expect that," he explained.

Miroku nodded in understanding and turned to Inuyasha. "For once, my friend, I believe that your stratagy will work,"

Inuyasha grunted and smirked.

Isamu turned to his son. "Shippo, we will need you to find the neko hanyou while we fight the Thunder Brothers, do you understand?" He questioned the little kitsune.

Shippo nodded his head eagerly, happy that he would be able to help this time in the battle. "I understand, Papa," he said with a serious look on his face, his green eyes bright with exitment.

Inuyasha rolled his amber eyes, tired of all the talking. "Feh. enough with this yakking, let's get this over with!" He said and took off towards the cave entrance without so much as a glance over his shoulder to see if the others were following him or not.

Isamu glanced over at Miroku. "Is he always so... forward?" He questioned curiously.

Miroku sighed and stood up. "I regret to say that yes, he always is," he relpied with a nod of his head.

Without another word spoken they followed the silvered haired inu hanyou.

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"Brother, when are we going to take that wench out to find us more Shikon shards?" Maten asked as he held up a small mirror to see the top of his nearly hairless head, carefully brushing the three strands that were remaining.

Hiten crossed his arms. "We'll take her out of the hole tomorrow, one night in the pit should be enough for her to learn a little respect. Once we gather all the Jewel shards we can do what ever we want and no one will be able to stop us!"

Maten laid his mirror down and agreed with his older brother. "Yes! We will be the most powerful youkai's ever! We will be able to get what ever we want once the Shikon no Tama is complete!" He picked up his mirror and looked into his reflection once again. And I will have a full head of thick black hair and then I will be just as attractive to the females as Hiten is. Maten thought to himself, already seeing himself with the full head of hair and surrounded by countless female youkai's as a stupid grin spread across his pointed face.

But Maten's daydream was interupted by a voice yelling from the entrance of the cave. "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" Energy came rushing at the two Thunder Brothers shaped like blades.

Hiten jumped into the air, avoiding the attack but Manten was blown off of his seat and into a stone wall.

Hiten looked towards the entrance and saw the three that he and his elder brother had been battling earlier that day.

He gave a confident smirk at the three, "I see you didn't get enough of a beating early," He said, still smirking at the ones standing at the cave entrance.

Inuyasha growled deep in his throat. "Shut up you baka and tell us where the neko is!" He growled while flexing his claws.

Maten pushed himself away from the wall and came to stand by his brother, a smirk also on his face. "She's in the pit," he stated and pointed to the boulder over his shoulder.

Isamu and Miroku made to walk over to the boulder, but Hiten stepped in there path. "What makes you think we're just gonna give you that neko wench back?" He questioned almost cockily as he sneered at the two.

"Because you'll have to deal with me!" Inuyasha yelled, jumping over the fox youkai and the moder-day monk, bringing his claws downward to slice Hiten in half.

Hiten quickly jumped out of the way as the inu hanyou's claws made deep gauges in the stone floor of the cave. "You won't be able to defeat me!" He yelled and grabbed a lightening staff from the wall and pointed its rounded end at Inuyasha, catching him in his stomache and throwing him over his head.

While Hiten's back was turned Isamu snuck up behind him. He bent down, swiping his leg and knocking Hiten off his feet. Before Isamu could continue his attack Manten came barreling at him and knocked him out of the way with his large, bald head.

Miroku pulled a youkai seal from his pocket, said a quick prayer and threw it at Maten and it stuck right between his beady little eyes.

Maten crossed his eyes, trying to get a look at what was sticking to his face. "A tiny peice of paper?" He muttered with a laugh, reach up to rip the sticky little peice of paper off his face. "You think that a puny peice of paper will defeat a Thunder Broth- AHHH!" He screamed as the 'puny peice of paper' began to to smoke and burn his skin.

While Maten was distracted by the sutra, Isamu jumped to his feet and ran at the bald youkai, ramming his shoulder into his gut and knocking him on his large rear.

Unbeknown to the Thunder Brother's, while they were fighting Inuyasha, Miroku, and Isamu, Shippo was slowly creeping towards the large stone, planning tp rescue the neko hanyou that had helped his father in his earlier battle with the Thunder Brothers.

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"Something's happening," Kagome muttered, her ears twitching as she stood, glancing up at the blocked hole.

The other person stood as well, keeping a hand on Kagome's shoulder so she wouldn't lose her in the darkness of the hole. "Do you hear something? Is it Hiten and Maten?" She questioned, wishing that she had the hearing of a youkai for once instead of weak human ears.

Kagome nodded her head, but before she could answer the boulder theat was keeping them trapped in the dark pit was suddenly pushed aside. The two females at the bottom of the hole flinched as there light deprived eyes were blinded by the light and they quickly covered their eyes from the light that was suddenly surrounding them.

"Hey, Kagome, you're alright!" A high pitched called from the top.

Kagome twitched her ears and removed her hands from her eyes, blinking as her cats eyes finally adjusted to the brightness. She saw a small kitsune child at the top of the hole with bushy red hair and bright green eyes filled with exitment. "Yes, I'm fine, but could you get us out of here?" She called up to the child as the sounds of a battle reached her ears.

Shippo nodded, "Sure, just hold on a second," he replied, jumped into the air and was engulfed by a small cloud of smoke. When the smoke cleared, there was no longer a kitsune child, but a rope was hanging into the hole.

Where did this come from? She wondered. "Climb on out!" The childs voice came from no where, causing Kagome and the other girl to jump slightly. Oh yea, that's right, kitsune's can change their form, She remembered with a sigh. "I'll go up first, amd then I'll pull you out," She said and without looking, she grabbed the the rope and climbed out of the hole. "Just hang on and I'll pull you out," She called out to the other female still at the bottom of the hole.

The girl grabbed hold of the rope with both hands, "Okay, pull!" She called and the neko hanyou gave one heave and she was out of the hole and Kagome got her first real look at the person she had been in the hole with.

The other girl had long, chockolate brown hair that she was letting fall freely to the middle of her back, she had pale skin and high cheek bones and she had deep dark brown eyes, she was a little taller than Kagome and she was wearing a black, skin tight outfit trimmed in pink armor.

The rope transformed back into a little kitsune and he jumped on Kagome's shoulder. "Now I can tell you my name! I'm Shippo," He said proudle and grinned at Kagome, his small fangs poking out over his lips. Kagome returned his smile then turned to the other female. "Now that we can properly see each other, I am Kagome, the neko hanyou," she introduced herself with a polite bow.

The other girl returned Kagome's bow. "I am Sango, a youkai exterminator,"

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Full Moons Rain

(AU) Kagome has been feeling weird ever since that strange dog had bitten her. And even worse is that she can't remember an entire night. She doesn't remember how she got in the forest, or why she woke up in that damp cave when the last thing she remembered was being in her room watching TV. And she didn't know why she had that strange taste in her mouth, a taste that was slightly matalic. Can the strange whate haired man help her understand what is happening to her? Can he help her with the changes she is going through? And can he deal with the way his feelings are changing for the girl?

The Princess & The Pauper

(AU) Kagome Higurashi and Kikyo Hakama are two totally different people who live in totally different worlds. Kagome lives in a cheap apartment with a low paying job, while Kikyo is a princess who has never had to work a single day in her life. Kagome longs for adventure and some excitment in her boring life. Kikyo longs for freedom and to go some place where she can make her own choices and not have to listen to any one. What would happen if the two met? What if the two decided to trade places temporarily? Just to see what it would be like?

A Singers Story

(AU) Kagome is a just started out singer. She has Sango as her back up singer, Miroku as the drummer, but no guitar player. Plenty of people have tried out for the spot in Kagome's band, and many of them had talent, some, not so much. But that white haired man, he caught Kagome's attention. He was arrogant, self centured, and it seemed that he couldn't say a nice word about anyone. But he could play his quitar.

Perfect Proposal

(AU) Kagome Higurashi is the host of the TLC show, Perfect Proposal. She loves helping the people set a surprise proposal for the ones they love. So when one of her best friends, Miroku Kazanna, asks for her help to set up a proposal for his girlfriend, Sango Mitsumaru, she eagerily accepts the job, loving the idea of having her friends on her show. But what she doesn't know is that there is a surprise for her and not just Sango. Will she catch wind of the surprise or will she remain clueless as she helps Miroku?

Radio Talk

(AU) Kagome goes on a radio talk show to 'Find Your Perfect Date' as FDJ called it. She meets quiet a few interesting guys, some freaky, and some just plain weird. But then, she goes on a date with the strange, white haired man, Inuyasha. At first the only thing that sparks between them is both of their stubborn attitudes and personalities. But soon, other kinds of sparks will fly between the two.

Please let me know which you like! Ja ne, mina-san! Nobody's Angel 196