" She reminds me of Kagura," Sango said when they were all sitting down again. Inuyasha and Hiei were now conscious again.

" Kagura?" Hiei asked, arching his eyebrow.

" You wouldn't know her," Inuyasha said hastily, " But yeah. I agree with Sango."

" Well we all know who she's working for," Kagome said heatedly.

" We know Kagome, we know," Sango assured her.

Kagome didn't say anything.

" We need to think of a plan to strike back with," Inuyasha said.

" How?" Hiei snapped, glaring at him. " We don't know when she'll strike back, or when she'll be back. Hell we don't even know if she'll come after us one by one."

Inuyasha mumbled something incoherent.

" Well anyway," Yukina said, getting into the conversation, " I think you should tell the others. They should know. That way, they can prepare for her next attack too."

" She has a point," Kagome said, " It would be foolish to keep this to ourselves."

" We'd better go and tell them then," Inuyasha said, getting up. " The sooner the better."

Kanzuka's Palace

" You failed Kisa," Kanzuka said in a displeased voice.

" I know sir…"

" Kisa, you are one of my best warriors."

" I know sir…"

" You are not allowed to fail. Even if you are against my Kagome."

" I know…sir…"

" Don't fail again. Better yet," he smiled, " Don't return again until you have carried out my order properly."

" Yes sir…" Kisa stood up from her bowing position, and backed out of the room.

" Ah Kagome…" he whispered, " You are powerful, but you won't succeed in what you're trying to pull."

Kurama's House

" Hmm…" Kurama said thoughtfully.

' I'm going to tell her,' he mind said to Yoko.

' No!'

' Why? You are constantly telling me tell her.'

' Because now I'm embarrassed.'

Kurama sighed. ' So what?'

' We can't tell her yet! This is not a good time…'

' Coward.'

' What did you call me?'

' You heard me.'

" Kurama?" Hiei's voice brought him back to reality, making him ignore Yoko. " Stop arguing with your Demon side and get with it."

" Uh…yea…sure…"

" So, what should we do?" Kagome wondered. " We can't predict the future, so we can't really be ready."

" No," Yusuke agreed. " No, we can't."

Sango played with her hair.

" We need to find a way to get to Kanzuka's palace and kill him," Inuyasha stated as though it was obvious.

" That so dangerous though!" Yukina countered, " You'd never come back alive. If anything, you'd come back half dead."

" But I'd be alive wouldn't I?" He smirked, " Half dead isn't fully dead."

Yukina blushed at her mistake and didn't answer.

Hiei looked at her, then Inuyasha, and then Yukina again. Sango snickered. He tried to ignore her.

" But still…" Kagome said, still in deep thought. " There has to be some way to get to his palace and defeat Kisa without dieing."

" There isn't," Kurama said regretfully.

Kagome's shoulders dropped.

" Maybe we should go home Kagome," Sango suggested, " I need to go back to the Sengoku anyway."

" Huh? Why so soon?"

" Umm…well you see…"

" Oh, I remember," Kagome replied, a horrified look on her face." Today is THAT day already?"

Sango nodded, looking very sad.

" Oh yes," Kagome said hastily, " We really must go. Remember Inuyasha? THE day?"

Inuyasha cocked his head to one side before saying, " Oh yeah! Sorry guys, but we have to go!"

" We'll see you tomorrow maybe," Kagome said, hastily making her way to the door. Sango was already out. Inuyasha was following her, shouting something like 'I'm going with you! I don't want you to do anything to yourself again!' with Sango answering 'yeah, yeah, whatever. And I won't! I promise I learned my lesson!'

Kagome, Inuyasha, and Sango ran the whole way back to the Sunset Shrine, Kagome's home. Hiei was with them, curious to what was happening. Kagome and Inuyasha glanced at each other, then at Sango, back at each other and nodded simultaneously. They thought Hiei liked Sango. Kagome was nearly positive she liked him, but now was not the time for those thoughts.

Sango threw the well door open. Without waiting for Kagome, she jumped into the Bone Eaters Well, letting the light swallow her up.

" She got through on her own!" Kagome cried, " Come on!"

Inuyasha and Hiei followed Kagome into the old well. They were unaware of eyes watching them, or the aura that accompanied them.

Kurama's House

' You should have let me tell them!' Kurama blazed at Yoko.

' Its too shameful though,' Yoko replied, now taking the argument Kurama had started with.

' Yes, I know,' Kurama replied furiously, ' But it will crush her. We have to tell her!'

' But what will she say?'

' Since when did you ever care? Do you like her or something?'

' No, but I know you do.'

' No, I don't…not love wise anyway…'

Sengoku Jidai

Sango sprinted away from the well. Kagome, despite all her travels even had a hard time keeping up with Sango when she was like this. Hiei had no trouble, and nor did Inuyasha. Inuyasha finally gave Kagome a ride on his back.

Sango would not stop. She ran. Ran quickly, deep into the Forest. Past the spot where she had cut herself. Far past that. She ran on and on, never losing her way, never faltering. Something was driving her on.

" Where is she going?" Hiei asked impatiently dodging a tree.

" She's going to the spot that her younger brother was murdered at," Inuyasha replied, " She goes there every month, on the date that Kohaku was murdered by Naraku. She prays to him, to her whole, slaughtered family and friends."

Hiei didn't answer. ' She'd better not cut herself again,' he thought angrily.

Finally, the trees began to thin out. They came to where the remnants of an old castle had once been. It was far from the village and the well, so Hiei was surprised with all speed Sango had used to get here. Especially for a mere human.

She skidded to a stop, and walked to the centre of the desolated area. There stood a small, wooden pole. At its base were flowers. Sango stopped in front of it, and fell to her knees, praying. With her shuddering, it was clear that she was crying.

Kagome slid off of Inuyasha's back. Slowly, she walked up to her friend, and knelt down to pray with her. Inuyasha followed her lead. What surprised Kagome the most was that, Hiei also did. He didn't even know Kohaku, and he to was praying--she was sure he wasn't faking it. She didn't know why she thought that, she just did.

Inuyasha finished first, followed by Kagome. Hiei continued for another minute before joining them. Sango stayed like that for another two minutes.

" Are you ready to go back now Sango?" Kagome asked quietly.

She nodded, unable to speak, and barely able to walk. She wobbled as Kagome climbed onto Inuyasha's back. Then Hiei, the great fire apparition, did something that stunned them all. He picked Sango up, bridal style, and got ready to carry her back. She said nothing. Just cried, burying her face in his chest. They left Kohaku's grave site.

There was no talking on the way back to the well. It was not the time for talking. Not with Sango's terrible memories reawakened. It was too painful to talk about. Her crying had subsided, but she could still not speak.

The Well came into sight. And so did a strong aura.

" Is that who I think it is?" Inuyasha said aloud.

" Probably," Kagome said, her eyes narrowing.

Sango looked toward the well. " Kisa…" she whispered.

" You've finally made it back," Kisa said, as they stopped a few feet away from her. " About time."

" What the hell do you want now?" Inuyasha barked at her.

Kisa laughed. " What do you think? I want Kagome, her Jewel, and Kanzuka's…brother."

" Brother?" Kagome raised an eyebrow, " He has a brother?"

" You didn't know little Priestess?" Kisa said, stunned. " Oh this will be fun? Who could it be?" Her eyes gleamed evilly.

Kagome rolled her eyes. " Whatever," she said crossly, " Lets get this started. You are going down Kisa."

" That's what you think," Kisa said, drawing out a rose. She raised it high and its strangely coloured petal's floated around her, then flew at…Sango.

Being the weakest of the group, and the one who was right now too full of grief to fight, she was a perfect target for Kisa.

But the petal's never reached her. Hiei took the hit, and Inuyasha cut through the Wind Scar at Kisa. Kisa took a blow, and so did Hiei. But they were not going down so easily.

Hiei drew his own katana, and went in for another attack alongside Inuyasha. Kagome ran to the other undefended side and ran in for her own attack.

She aimed a kick at Kisa, but she dodged that, and the two swords coming at her. She landed in front of Sango.

Hiei went in for the first attack, Inuyasha following.

Before their attacks even fell, Kisa fell. She fell to the ground face first, as though Kagome had 'sat' her the way she did to Inuyasha. But Kagome had done no such thing. It had been Sango. She had tripped Kisa with her foot. When Kisa was about to escape, she tripped over Sango's foot, which she had failed to notice. Therefore both Hiei and Inuyasha's swords hit. Sadly, before Kagome could finish her off, she vanished again and they were left alone.

" You all right?" Sango asked weakly to Hiei. " You took that attack for me."

" Hn…" he tried to act all cocky and cool, but was failing miserably. Kagome and Inuyasha had to balance on each other to keep from falling over in laughter.

So how was that? Sort of sad, and sort of funny and fluffy at the same time.

Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha or YuYu Hakusho, would I be here writing this for you? No. So no, I own neither one, only Kisa and Kanzuka since they are my creations! Muwahaha!

Reviewer Responses

Americanpuppy842: Thanks! I sort of left it another cliffie though!

BakaKitsuneBri: Yeah, I know. But I wanted her to stay back so Kisa would 'get to know' Kagome. That's not really specific but…and I wanted Sango to be there in case Kisa came after Yukina, who wasn't fighting. I guess I wanted to shine the light on Kagome and her new powers.

Kagome514: Yay! Thank you! I hope you like this chapter too!

KagomeMiko: Thanks! I'm so happy