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The italics in the story are the characters thoughts, just so you know.
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"Wow, that bike is really mangled," Sango commented, choking up slightly.

"Yeah," Miroku replied, his head bowed. Shippo watched the two silently from Kilala's back.

"You think they're dead, don't you," Shippo asked, a serious expression on his young face. Sango glanced on him, than looked away, tears slowly filling her browneyes.

"Shippo, there is no way they could have survived a fall from that high up," Miroku told him gently, his features softened by pity for the young kit.

"No, you're wrong, they're not dead," Shippo said calmly, shaking his head, "They can't be."

"Shippo," Sango began. Miroku put his hand on her arm to stop her, and shook his head.

"Let him be," he whispered, "We'll just make it worse for him if we try to MAKE him understand." Sango slowly nodded her head in agreement.

Shippo turned and walked away, followed by Kilala.

"They aren't dead, Kilala," he told her as they walked away, "if they were dead, their bodies would have been there, and there would have been blood."

They walked in silence for a few moments. A tear slowly rolled down Shippo's face.

InuYasha's eyes narrowed slightly as a pale blue light flared up and a woman stepped partly out of the shadows.

"My name is Akura," the woman informed him, bowing with a flourish, "and welcome to my… humble abode." InuYasha noticed with mild interest that her last couple of words were dripping with sarcasm.

"I still can't see your face," InuYasha said, taking a step towards the strange woman. She sighed impatiently and took another step into the blue light that was filling the cavern. She smiled at the look on InuYasha's face. His mouth was hanging open slightly, and he appeared momentarily stunned, for standing in front of him was a woman of incomparable beauty. Her hair was a pale silver color that cascaded down her back to mid-thigh. Her skin was also very pale, and would have given her a ghostly appearance, except that her eyes were a vivid blue that stood out in her pale features. InuYasha quickly shook his head and looked away from the stunning woman.

"You said you were sent to help us," InuYasha said gruffly, looking everywhere except Akura's face.

"Yes, I was," she replied, InuYasha noted that her voice sounded like little bells.

"Bring your friend and I will make sure her injuries are taken care of," she continued. InuYasha walked over to Kagome and carefully picked her up of the ground. Akura retreated out of the tunnel, and InuYasha followed quickly, for the light that had illuminated the cavern earlier had diminished to a faint glow.

"Who is she, and why is she down here? And how did she know we where here? Damn it all! This makes no sense!"