A/N: -basking in reviews- -rolls around-
Rei: Great. She has a big head now.
Emi: I'm in such a good mood, that I've decided to ignore you. -roll-
Rei: You are insufferable!
Emi: -in Dutch accent- ...'cause that's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I LIKE IT.
Rei: ...what the fuck?...
Emi: Your fajjah. o-o; BUUURRRRN.
Rei: o-O! Umm..yeah...I think she means, thanks for all of the reviews! But..ehhh...what's with the Dutchness...?
Emi: Besides the fact that they are evil and pwn, it's from Austin Powers, you dolt. Anyways, review responses at the end of the chapter. :D Enjoy! (By the way, Rei is my alter ego.)Also, if you have problems dealing with shock, refrain from reading this chapter, and email me so I can slow it down for ya.

Kagome sat on Inuyasha's couch with her face in her palms. Suichi, after he had gotten home and asked her what was wrong, had stormed upstairs, his eyes flickering red. She could have sworn she saw three black jagged stripes forming on his face when he had flipped around and ran up the stairs. Inuyasha's fluffy white ears were pressed against his head, a telltale sign that he was worried about all of this. A few loud thumps and a crash above Kagome made her teary eyes flicker to the ceiling, where, above which, Suichi must be venting his anger. She sighed deeply and turned to Inuyasha, pulling on her coat. "I think I should go and search for her," she murmured. He shook his head and held up a finger as he ran upstairs.

The banging and crashing stopped, but was followed by a loud, pained howl. A loud gasp came from Kagome. It reminded her of a wolf or something wild, like when she went on that school field trip three years ago. Another thump, this one more muffled, and the sound of someone running back down the stairs.

A flash of white told the young miko that it was Inuyasha who had come downstairs. He had a jacket pulled on and he glanced over at her before facing the door and walking towards it. "Come on," a voice said from around Inuyasha. It was kind of gruff..but...wait...

Her eyes widened. "Inuyasha?" He turned around a faced her, raising an eyebrow. "You can ask why I'm talking later." Kagome nodded, and they walked outside into the cold, blinding fury of the blizzard.

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Emi paused at the top of the under-construction building. The storm wasn't really bothering her that much, since her aura was blocking out the wind. It was more of the fact that it was freezing cold that was annoying her. She sighed a frosty breath and looked down. Bleh, heights. She might be half demon, and cursed to look like a cat, no less, but heights...Emi didn't like heights. This time, however, it didn't matter. She knew what needed to be done.

About 15 minutes ago, she had run home and put an encrypted message on Kagome's screen. It told her what to do when she read it, everything she needed to do, what had happened, and...Just, in short, everything Kagome, Inuyasha, and all of her friends needed to know. She had also sent one to Suichi. This brought tears to her eyes, but she wiped them away. The message Emi had sent him said more about why she had to be like this to him, and why she had to do what she was doing. She had left him a promise in that message, though, and she intended to fulfill it. She also sent a message to Miroku and Sango, and even one to Sesshoumaru - she reckoned this guy was after him as well.

The frozen metal creaked under the pressure she put on it, and Emi closed her eyes. She felt jittery, excited and yet...not. Grimacing, she took a deep breath. She couldn't stop. This had to happen. He would kill them if she didn't.

What had he called himself again?

Naraku?

Hell. Or, at least, an old name for Hell.

How fitting for a bastard like him. She shuddered involuntarily and almost lost her balance.

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Suichi had calmed down a bit soon after Kagome and Inuyasha had left. Something inside him said go, look for her, find her. Make her safe. Make her...okay.

He sat down at his computer and put his head in his hands, breathing uneven. "Dammit, dammit, dammit, dammit..." he repeated over and over. An annoying sound came through the speakers on his computer and he glanced at it.

"New message from Emi, 'Read this NOW, Suichi!' "

A whimper came from him, and he hesitantly clicked on it. The window opened immediately.

Suichi-

I know that I've been acting like a fucking bitch lately. And you have absolutely NO idea how much it's been tearing me apart. But there's something going on.

Someone's been threatening to kill you, Kagome, Inuyasha, and a bunch of other people I care about. I have no doubt that he will. His name is Naraku. The only way I can get him to not do this is by staying away from you and Inuyasha, and staying partially away from Kagome; it'd be rather stupid to say her, too, since I live with her, y'know? I'm doing the only thing I can do, even though it's rather weak of me...

Suichi-kun, you have to promise to get Sesshoumaru so you can get this guy before he gets you guys. A last request of sorts. Sesshoumaru will know what to do when he gets there.

I sent some other people messages too. Don't worry about Naraku getting them, I know some nifty tricks...

I'll be at the construction site in the southeast corner of town. I promise I'll be back.

-Emi

Suichi fell out of his chair, a howl erupting from his throat.

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Kagome gripped onto Inuyasha's shoulders as tightly as she could without choking him. It was fucking cold. At least she had remembered to put on gloves and a hat before Inuyasha had flung her onto his back and took off towards town. If she hadn't been so worried about her cousin, she would have called Inuyasha a pervert for the way he was holding her onto his back.

Every once in a while, she'd rub his ears to make sure they weren't going to freeze off of his head. She sighed and rested her head on his shoulder, looking over it to see if she saw Emi anywhere. Who was she kidding? She couldn't see a damn thing.

Inuyasha was having a pretty hard time, too. He was getting tired, and his vision was blurred by the tears forming in his eyes from the cold air blowing into them at such high speeds. Taking a deep breath of air, he almost had a heart attack with relief. He caught her scent. But...he could smell something was wrong with her. 'Got her scent, I'm tracking her now.' Feeling a slight squeeze from Kagome in response, he kept a hold on the scent.

Emi shivered. 'Last chance. Gotta do it. I hope they'll forgive me...Sesshoumaru better do what I told him to...Goddammit! I don't want to do this...but I have to...' The metal was slippery.

Her last conscious thought was at how fast the ground was coming towards her.

A/N: ...

Rei: You just basically killed yourself. Your character killed themself.
Emi: Yeah..I know...
Rei: There is something wrong with you.
Emi: Knew that, too...

Review Response:

Krysie: Blowing things up is fun, duh. But no. She's not. As you can now tell. XD

inugurlume: No can do for the happy thing! This is an angsty story. Humor was only for the first few chapters. Now we're in the really gritty deathdeathdoomdoomDIIIEEEE part of the story. Fluff? Haha, from here til about chapter 13 or 14, maybe 15, it's going to be almost fluffless. I'd also like to ask you to refrain from telling me what I "need to do." I have the plot for here til about chapter 15, afterwards there will probably be fluff and all of that...umm...fluffy...goodness.

LovelyAngel620: Next chapter, you'll see why Inuyasha's talking to Kagome now...And it's rated M because of people commiting suicide/cutting (I don't want to provoke thoughts of people who might hurt themselves), cussing being thrown around like bullets in a L.A. alley, and because I don't want to have this thing deleted - I never saved chapter 8 on my computer, completely wrote that in QuickEdit (which I hate like you wouldn't imagine).

Sango-Hiei: ...in my mail, I swear to the Gods, it said your name was "Sango-Miroku..." Anyways, um, this story is..out of all the original I-don't-own-them characters, Inu/Kag. Next chapter will have a little bit of Miroku and Sango, but nothing big. If anyone expects to have a big Miroku/Sango thing, not gonna happen. I write mostly Inu/Kag, since I mostly READ Inu/Kag.

animidiot: This is one of the nicest, if not THE nicest, review I have ever gotten! I wish they'd let us put special characters, I'd have a big flipped "v-v" going on right now. Thank you for the kind words!

Anyways, I think I'll have my other story on hold for a little while. I'm caught up in this. If I'm in a good mood, I might have another chapter tomorrow. Completely random, but has anyone heard the "I Ran Over the Taco Bell Dog" song? If you haven't, poor you...It's hysterical. :D

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