Author's Note:

Chaos-Bringer: The newspaper title was Mother Slaughters Son and Grandfather because I thought of Ji-chan being Kagome's mom's husbands father. I guess I don't know which side he belongs on. The bruises are from when Kagome and the gang found Naraku. It was a hinted battle that happened seconds ago and the newspaper title will be explained too. I haven't seen Constantine yet, but now I'll have to! Thanks for your wonderful review!

I want to write a few more chapters before I put out chapter three so it might be a month.

Is the Day I Lived

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Flashbacks

Stressed Words

"Life is a tragedy for those who feel; and a comedy for those who think."
(Chinese Proverb)

The feeling of a hang over was never the best thing to wake up to, especially if the night before sucked. Moving onto her side the young woman smacked her hand against a small clay bowel that shattered. Everything was blurry, and looked like a blob from hell. When her vision finally cleared she could see through the boards of the hut that it was daylight. The night before rang freely in her head as she quickly sat up straight and covered her ears. She didn't know if the head pain or the memories were what she tried to block out.

"Hello," Kagome slowly whispered.

When no sound or movement was made she looked around and found the hut empty. Her eyes quickly scanned the hut and found what looked like a bow made from red wood. Before she could tell what was happening she found the bow in her hands with an identical spear. Kagome then ran outside and covered her eyes from the sunshine that hit her. Looking to her left she saw the forest and ran until she a river. Stopping for a second to breath she noticed a noise in the brushes.

Kagome took a step back and held the spear in her hands as she prepared for an attack. Her eyes softened immediately when she watched a two-tailed cat similar to Kirara fall from the bushes. The cat was pure black, except it had silver markings identical to Kirara and the eyes were dark purple. The silver had bloodstains on it and Kagome held her spear knowing it was a trap. When the cat realized that the deception wasn't working it rolled its eyes and transformed.

A man in a black kilt with two black striped tails stood in front of her. His dark purple eyes made it impossible for the pupils to be scene. He wore a silver chest plate and smirked at Kagome's defense. He bore a diamond on the forehead and had black hair that was too short to tell if it was just fur. His skin was a milky color. He kneeled in front of her and put his head to the ground.

"My mistress Anat," he happily said as if he was in bliss

"Who are you?" Kagome demanded to know.

"I am a Nekomata, known as Oken," he answered.

"Why are you here?" Kagome asked as she relaxed.

"I am here to guide you to your true potential Anat," Oken answered.

"Anat…I like it, but give me proof that you were sent to me," Kagome demanded.

"Here is a scroll from a friend," Oken said as he handed her what looked like burnt paper. Kagome quickly read it and crushed it so it flew to the wind. She then stared at Oken and smiled.

"You will reveal nothing about me or you to the others," Kagome ordered as she turned around and walked back to the hut.

"Yes, mistress," Oken responded.

"Call me Kagome," She said before ignoring him.

She looked around the hut and found that there were no traces of any others. She soon began to think that it wasn't Inuyasha or the others that brought her here. She growled before she punched the wall. When she pulled her hand away she noticed that her wrist had the scar from the slit, but the scar tissue was a sliver color. Kagome looked down at her nude body and scoffed. Her nudity didn't embarrass her anymore. She viewed her body as her a sacred piece of flesh.

"I can teach you to cloth yourself," Oken supplied from his corner in the shadows.

"I'm guessing you're more than a guide," Kagome responded.

"Just imagine yourself in what you want and you shall be covered," Oken supplied. Kagome smirked when she saw her outfit.

She wore black Miko pants that tied at her ankles. Her shirt was tighter than a Mikos'. Her shirt looked like it was fresh dragon skin that had every scale. It's purple was a beauty to rivals Oken's eyes. Oken saw the outfit and smiled at how quickly she took to her new powers. She looked over at Oken and grinned evilly.

"What else can I do?" She asked with hint of excitement.

"Inuyasha, this is useless!" An older woman with an eye patch scorned as she mixed a pot.

"Keh," he plainly responded.

"What Kaede means is 'why did you bring Kikyo into the picture?'" Sango all but yelled at the hanyou.

Inuyasha had returned that night from the battle with a minor youkai and had Kikyo in toll with him. Sango and Miroku were shocked at the by the dead Miko's sudden appearance. When Inuyasha arrived he immediately spotted that Kagome wasn't around and her stuff was still there. He ran to the well and could smell the blood on it. When he tried to go through it denied him all access. He jumped back out tried to smell her out. His nose caught the scent of demon mixed with Kagome's blood.

He had searched all night and found that Kagome had disappeared. He arrived at the village to find Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kaede waiting for him by the fire. Thus he knew that Kikyo had made her presence known to them and their intention. Shippo's eyes were reddening, but he held what looked like resentment toward the hanyou. Sango held her emotions behind a stoic mask that he had seen on Miroku. Kaede looked tried and confused on what she knew.

"Did you send her back?" Miroku calmly asked from his seating position. His Shakujou leaning against his right shoulder.

"What?" Inuyasha asked confused.

"Kagome didn't come back after she left to find you last night," Sango stated as she held her anger.

"I tried the well and it was sealed," Inuyasha quickly said as he watched the group's reaction.

"Why did you have to bring that…that soul eater here?" Shippo screamed as she ran out of the hut.

"Yes, why is Kikyo here?" Kaede challenged.

"We have a way to beat Naraku," Inuyasha growled.

"Congratulations, but where is our friend…our Miko?" Sango growled.

"I haven't seen her! I've searched all night!" Inuyasha broke. The hut turned to silence.

"Inuyasha, I hope Kagome is well because I sense a far greater evil," Kaede warned.

"Yes, she better be alive," Miroku, warned, as he glared at Inuyasha on his way out.

"Or else it's your blood," Sango warned as she followed. Kirara quickly hissed and went out.

"I didn't mean to cause this much problems. I saw a way to defeat Naraku," Inuyasha mumbled in anger.

"The way Kikyo set might be tainted," Kaede said as she went to make tea.

Dusk was always the best part of the day, because she could look forward to the guaranteed darkness. She had managed to master a number of skills that she loved to practice because of their assurance. She could form arrows and her staff's tip was dipped in the devil's blood. Guaranteed to kill anything that was stabbed by it. She also learned that Oken had a larger form exactly the same as Kirara's. Now she rode the night sky upon fake wings with evil poring from her pores. She was aching to do bad in any possible way. She also learned more about her demon side.

Her demon side was more of a goddess that was also known for her wanton acts. Kagome wanted to laugh out loud when Oken told this to her. She was a mighty war goddess that couldn't resist a good roll in the sack. It didn't seem like that bad of a deal. The only set back was that she had to perform her wanton acts once a month or else she would go crazy on night of the new moon. The devil had made her so that her first new moon would be the worst, because that would be twenty years back up! She sighed and let the wind blow her hair as they sailed through the sky.

'I sense a hanyou,' Oken sent to her since he was in his larger neko form.

"Lets go greet them," Kagome said with a wicked grin as she changed to their directions.

'I take it you are enjoying this new freedom?' Oken asked.

"More than ever," Kagome sincerely answered.

It had been an hour since the sun had gone done and left her shivering in the dark. Kagome slowly made her way through the forest of Inuyasha. She had nothing but her barely trained Miko powers with her. No demonic aura was around and Sango wasn't able to come with her because she was cooking dinner. Kagome looked up at the moon and growled in annoyance. With a smile she continued her search for Inuyasha, so he wouldn't miss dinner and be grumpy.

Kikyo had been gone for months now. After she fell from the cliff into the miasma, everyone thought she was dead. She contacted Kagome and without hesitation she helped her. Kikyo hid her scent and changed her identity, since she could no longer purify the jewel. Kagome had been a fool in thinking she would just leave and let them be. Kagome had dedicated five long years of her life, and now she was finally beginning to see the truth. She stood upwind and behind a tree. Kagome used my Miko ki to hide from both of them. It began to rain as she listened to each word.

"Kikyo."

"I am still wandering this realm Inuyasha. Naraku was a fool to try and be rid of me," Kikyo said with malice.

"Why have you just come to me?" Inuyasha uncertainly asked.

"I need your help," Kikyo truthfully said.

"Anything," Inuyasha forlornly whispered.

"I have found a spell to get rid of Naraku and I need only one more item," Kikyo explained.

"What?" He excitedly asked.

"I need to be at full power," Kikyo finished as her eyes turned dark.

"I...don't understand," Inuyasha stuttered.

"Do not be coy!" Kikyo hissed.

"I will do anything…to be rid of Naraku."

Kagome glared at the scene, as the rain seemed to miss them but not her. She turned around and walked back to the well. Before she could jump in a hand grabbed her by the arm and punched her in the face. Kagome cried out as went flying to the ground. Opening her eyes she looked at the demon that eyed her jewel shards hungrily. Kagome stood up already feeling the bruises forming on her arms and legs.

The demon charged her again; she rolled out of the way allowing her purifying powers to rise to the surface. When the youkai grabbed her by the throat she pressed her hands to the youkai and took delight in the screams that she purified it to dust. She fell to the ground and picked up the tainted jewel shard that she couldn't sense. She purified and put it in her vile without noticing the tint of red. She jumped into the well as the pain began to overtake her body and reality smacked her.

Sango and Miroku were sitting outside the Kaede's because they couldn't stand to see Inuyasha at this point. Shippo was curled up next to Kirara next to the fire. Sango dropped her head into her hands and silently sobbed as she kept her tears in the dark. She looked up and noticed that the moon was losing inches. Miroku pulled Sango towards him and she rested her head on his shoulder, secretly enjoying the warmth. Miroku sighed and Sango slightly smiled, which turned to a frown when she thought about Kagome.

"Do you think she's safe?" Sango whispered to Miroku. His violet eyes stared at fire before he looked into Sango's brown eyes. It was then that he noticed she was vulnerable.

"Honestly?" He asked back.

"Yes," Sango whispered as much as it hurt to. She wanted to be pampered and told that everything was fine. She knew that reality was cruel and wouldn't do that. So why set herself up for false hope?

"I truly don't know," Miroku whispered.

"I know how she is," a confident and seductive voice said. Kirara hissed and glared at the shadows.

"Who's there?" Miroku calmly called out.

"She's alive," the voice whispered as the gray-blue eyes vanished.

"What's that smell?" Inuyasha asked as he came outside with Kikyo.

"Maybe it's the dead one," the silky voice said as she moved the shadows off her form.

"Who the hell are you wench?" Inuyasha growled as he unsheathed the Tetsusaiga. She smirked when she saw that it did not transform.

"Has the little Inu lost the person he promised to protect?" The woman taunted as her Nekomata stepped out from the shadows.

"Wow! It's another Kirara!" Shippo shouted as he ran for Oken. Unfortunately Inuyasha had already aimed his blades of blood at Oken and his mistress.

"Shippo move!" She called out as she grabbed the two and rolled into the shadows.

The group stared at gaping hole where Shippo once was. Inuyasha stared at his own hands in horror of what he had just done. The watched as Shippo ran out of the darkness with Oken in his arms. They heard growling and watched as a black dragon with a purple belly emerged from the shadows. Kikyo shot an arrow that easily bounced of her hide. Kirara transformed and took Sango and Miroku from the area. The dragon used its clawed hand to hit Kikyo away.

Using its other clawed hand it pinned Inuyasha down to the ground. They went to attack but halted when it began to shrink. A woman with long black hair and black Miko pants that tied at the ankles stood with her left foot on Inuyasha's chest. Her shirt was skin tight, it looked similar to dragon scales. She stared into his amber eyes and glared with her blue eyes. His eyes widened in shock as he realized that something wasn't right. Sango and Miroku looked at the girl as Shippo let go of the Nekomata. He hugged her.

The only word out of Inuyasha's mouth was, "Kagome."

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