A/n: Hey peoples! Ok, I've brainstormed, talked to my well of inspiration, and rammed my head against the wall a good few times and I've finally got it! I found out who the voice is! Ok. disclaimer. see the last few chapters, cause I ain't tellin' ya that I don't own Inuyasha anymore! Get it.. Got it. GOOD! On to the fic! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~

FROM THE LAST CHAPTER. "Yes, you've grown nicely yourself. I remember you as a small child with a short temper, but you were well behaved."

"Ah, but good girls are bad girls who don't get caught."

"I couldn't agree more." Came a voice.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~

I turned around slowly. There stood a young woman, about my age, in a jumper that one would hunt in and with a large boomerang strapped to her back. She had demon huntress written all over her. I fought back the urge to attack her, but only because I didn't have just cause.

"I've heard that there's a demon lurking around these parts. More specifically, a half-wolf demon named Laquisha." The huntress said, eying my ears and claws.

I shot Kadae a sideways glance and said,

"I don't know a demon by that name, but I could check with my sources. What business might you have with her?"

"I seek revenge over my father's death. Her mother killed him when he led an attack on her."

"Yes, but wouldn't that be considered self defense? I mean. he did attack her, did he not?"

"I don't care, my father will be avenged. Not to mention, she deserved what she got. killing all those innocent people."

With a growl of rage I jumped to my feet.

"I knew it was you." she said, pulling her sword.

I drew my sword as well.

"You think YOU got problems? My mother was the only one who cared. the only one who understood me. Your FATHER took that all away that day his attack killed my mom! So YOU tell ME who deserves revenge."

"Children, please! This is no place to fight! Put your weapons away." Kadae said.

I gave the huntress a piercing look and put my weapon away.

"Bad call!" she yelled as she lunged at me.

Before I could do anything about it, Inuyasha lunged forward, blocking the attack.

"Perfect timing, as usual." I said.

"Feh, how do you manage getting into a fight within fifteen minutes of me being asleep?" he asked.

"Just lucky, I guess."

"Yah, if that's the best luck you have, I."

"Are you two done wasting my time?" the huntress said.

"I haven't even gotten started." I replied, drawing my sword and lunging at her.

I fought her back, out of the hut. Inuyasha tried to join the fight, but I called for him to get back. This was my fight, not his. Of course, he wouldn't see it that way. He would say it was his duty as my mate to protect me. Well. fuck that. This girl's father killed my mom, and I was not going to get help with bringing her down.

To my surprise, Kedae stopped Inuyasha, explaining my reasons for wanting to fight alone. He growled and put his sword away, but he had it ready. just in case it looked like I was going to loose. Well, I wasn't going to loose. Even if it was the last thing I did, I would kill this bitch and send her to hell where she belonged.

After awhile, I began to see panic and desperation in her eyes. Good, this was the beginning stage of her getting sloppy with her attacks. But, to my frustration, when she got too tired with hand-to-hand combat, she grabbed her boomerang and threw it at me. I dodged it just in time.

"You coward! You can't go on much longer with hand-to-hand, so you give up fighting honorably and throw that over-sized stick at me!" I yelled as I blocked the next attack with my sword.

"Hey, if it works. it works!" she yelled back.

"Fine, have it your way. You play your advantage. and I'll play mine." I muttered.

As I bounded out of the way of her next attack, I turned my weapon into a staff.

"Lightning of the sky, I summon thee!" I yelled as the energy began to build up in the orb that was on top of the staff, "Strike!"

I pointed the orb at the huntress and lightning shot out of it, striking her. For a glorious moment, I thought she was dead, but she got back up. Fortunately, she fell back down a few moments after that. I went over to see if she was all right. I mean. I did have a human side after all. She tried to get back up again, but she failed.

"You killed my village! You won't get away with it!" she said weakly.

"That's some pretty big talk for someone who just got hit by lightning. And what's this about your village?"

"It was a demon exterminator's village. The best of the best, until you led an attack on it."

"And just who told you that?"

"Some guy who called himself Naraku."

"Naraku," I growled, "He's still alive?"

"Why? Did you know him?"

"He's the one who tricked your village into attacking my home and then standing by where it was safe to watch."

"He did what?!"

"Come on, Lady Kadae will tell you all about it."

I offered her my hand. She took it, reluctantly, and she limped on over to the hut.

(After much discussion.)

"So you see, child, Naraku is the one to blame for your father's death. Laquisha's mother really was innocent, and was protecting herself from an unprovoked attack." Kadae finished.

"And I'm willing to bet anything, that he was behind the attack on your village, as well." I said.

"Yes, but why?" Sango asked. (The huntress had finally introduced herself as Sango).

"He probably wants me dead." I replied.

"Why?" Inuyasha asked.

"The same reason he wanted my mother dead." I replied.

"And. that is?" Kagome asked.

"Hell if I know! Stop with the questions, my head is pounding." I replied.

"It's your own fault for getting into a fight like that after barely recuperating." Inuyasha said.

"You know, Inuyasha, I would really appreciate it if, you know, IF YOU WOULD SHOW A LITTLE SYMPATHY FOR ONCE!" I yelled.

He inched away from me a bit.

"You two act like an old married couple." Kagome teased.

I gave her a sharp look.

"Yah, what's up with that?" Sango agreed.

I sighed and said, "Inuyasha and I are mates. Kagome is teasing me about it, because we haven't been together that long and we're already acting like we've been together for years."

"Oh. ok. Wait a minute, Inuyasha. THE Inuyasha? I thought you had sworn never to take a mate."

I let out a sigh, buried my face in my hands, and shook my head.

"I'm going to KILL the next person who says anything like that ever again." I said through my hands.

"Why?" Sango asked, looking confused.

"She's gotten that same reaction every time she's told someone she's my mate." Inuyasha explained, taking my head and placing it in his lap.

He began to stroke my hair. I didn't like people messing with my hair, but he was just trying to help, so I didn't do anything about it. Besides, I had a major headache and it was soothing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~

This hanyou was unbelievable. I mean, an hour ago, I was trying to kill her, and now she's acting like nothing happened. True, she did kind of win, but that's only because I didn't know what I was up against. She had moves and abilities no hanyou I had ever come up against ever had. Now that I knew that she had nothing to do with the attack on my village, it all seemed pointless. I knew I should apologize, but I had never apologized to a hanyou before. I didn't know what to say..

Anyway, if you got past the youkai features, she was actually a pretty cool gal. She had a good sense of humor, (for a youkai), and a great laugh. Although, when she smiled, it always caused me to do a double take, due to her fangs.

Now, you couldn't say that she was totally agreeable. In fact. if you did, you would have told one of the biggest lies of the century. She was short fused and had a whole lot of attitude. You could tell she had youkai blood in her. Even without the ears, of course.

Right now, though, she was being, well, acceptable. When I spoke, she listened. No interruptions or anything. It was odd for a hanyou to have manners, but, maybe, she was raised differently. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~

I guess this "demon exterminator" wasn't so bad. She kept looking at me strange, though. As if she were trying to determine my worth. I didn't really like that, but I didn't say anything about it. Whatever the reason, I understood why she attacked me. I would have done the same thing, given the chance. But now we were practically on the same team. And, who knows? Maybe she could be useful in helping bring down Naraku. From what I've heard about him, we'll need all the help we can get.

After we were done chatting, I pulled out the jewel and gave it to Kedae.

"Here you give it to her." I said gesturing towards Kagome.

"Is that what I think it is?!" Sango and Inuyasha asked at the same time.

"The Shikon - no - tama? Yup, it sure is. And I'll kill anyone who tries to take it." I replied.

"Give it to me!" Inuyasha exclaimed, lunging at Kadae.

"SIT!!!!!" Kagome and I screamed at the same time. causing Inuyasha to go a foot into the floor. yet again.

"Inuyasha, honey, this jewel is under mine and Kagome's protection. IT IS NOT A TOY! Any questions?" I asked.

He grumbled something that sounded like, 'no'.

"Good." I said and helped him out of his crater.

(Sango looked like she was about to laugh, but kept a strait face better than anyone I knew.)

For the next hour, I explained about the curse placed on my mother, and how Kagome is Kikyo's reincarnation. Both of which, Kedae filled in the spots I forgot or just plain didn't know. Inuyasha looked very solemn through the whole discussion and every time I mentioned Kikyo's name, he tensed a bit. I was very confused by this, so I decided to ask him about it when we went to bed that night.

After I was done explaining things to everyone, I asked Sango what she was going to do now that she knew the truth. She thought for a long time and then said,

"If it's alright with everyone else, I'd like to stay and help you hunt down Naraku. I want revenge just as badly as you."

I considered this. She was a very able fighter. She had stamina, determination, skill, and a thirst for revenge. Four very important things she'll need to bring down Naraku.

"Yes, you can stay. But on one condition, you get in the way or put us in any danger whatsoever. I'll slit your throat. Got it?" I replied.

She nodded.

"Good" I said, "Welcome to our little group."

Inuyasha grumbled something I couldn't make out. I could tell it wasn't a positive thing, so I gave him a look. He shrugged his shoulders and went back outside. I looked after him and shook my head. This boy was impossible.

"Kagome." I said.

"Yes?" She asked, coming out of her daze.

"You need to learn to shoot a bow 'n' arrow." I replied.

"Oh. why?" She asked.

"Why?! Because you're the new protector of the jewel! Do you have any experience with any kind of weapon?" I asked.

"No, I'm a girl!" She replied.

"What am I? A duck?" I asked.

Sango burst out laughing and I raised an eyebrow. Eventually, we were all on our backs howling with laughter. I didn't mean to laugh, but laughter is contagious, I guess.

"Ok, ok, we need to get you some training." I told Kagome, wiping a tear from my eye.

"I agree." Sango said.

"Ok, when do I start?" Kagome asked.

"Right now. Since I'm too tired to show you some basic means of self defense, we'll start with the bow and arrow." I replied, leading her outside.

I took out my sword and turned it into a bow. A quiver full of arrows magically appeared on my back. I showed Kagome how to stand and hold the bow before I gave her an arrow. She needed to know to hold the bow so she didn't snap her arm with the string when she released the arrow. I set up a slightly large target for her, and then gave her an arrow. She shot just above it. If she had aimed a little lower, it would have been dead center.

"Where are you aiming?" I asked.

"Directly in the middle." She replied.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. always aim a little lower than your direct target." I told her.

"Ok." She said, taking another arrow and taking aim again.

This time she hit it perfectly. It wasn't dead center, but, if it had been a bit lower, it would have.

"Damn, girl. We need to get you your own bow 'n' arrow." I said, exchanging a shocked look with Sango.

"You try now. I want to see how it's done." Kagome said, handing me the bow.

"No, I don't want to discourage or embarrass you." I replied.

"You won't. I want to see what I'm doing wrong." She said.

"You're not doing anything wrong. You just need practice. Ok, I'll do it, but just because you asked me to. Now, remember, I've been trained with many weapons, bow 'n' arrow being one of them. Don't get discouraged if I hit better than you. Ok?" I asked.

"Ok." She replied.

I took the bow from her; took an arrow of my back; got in a correct stance; took aim, and fired. It hit just centimeters left of the center.

"Wow, I thought you were bluffing. You really got a bit of talent." Sango said.

"Oh, thanks. I appreciate that snide comment that was supposedly a complement." I replied, taking aim again.

Just as I released the arrow, there was a loud crack and someone landed right in front of the target. It took me a split second to realize who it was. The arrow was careening towards Inuyasha, strait for his heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~

Dum, dum, dum. What is going to happen to poor Inuyasha? Don't worry, people, Inuyasha can't die. I'll have to figure out a way to keep him from dying from an arrow again. Ok, let me tell you this right now. If you want to see what happens, I have to get at least two reviews, or else I'm dumping this fanfic and starting a new one. Get it? Got it? GOOD!

Till next time, Destiny

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