Inuyasha was trying to think clearly as he was becoming more and more agitated . He could not seem to get the others to wake up, it did not occur to him that they could be for lack of a better term "drugged". He could not think of where kagome could have gone and he started to frantically sniff the ground to get a scent of her, when he stopped cold. Inuyasha definitely picked up a scent trail, but it wasn't Kagomes, he went back to the camp because he could not believe that in his desperate search for Kagome he could have missed something so obvious… just as he had expected kagome wasn't the only one missing, kikyo was gone as well. Inuyasha was becoming very upset the woman he loved was gone, kikyo was missing…wait… inuyasha was forming a disturbing thought in his head. A month ago he was so ecstatic to have kikyo back he had not questioned her sudden grasp for the life she once had, and now he didn't believe it was as innocent as it had seemed not so long ago, he began to think what if kikyo had only pretended to change to get to Kagome. What if kikyo was still trying to hurt him, but knew that the only way to truly cause him pain was by harming Kagome…how kikyo would know that he loved Kagome before, he himself knew, didn't matter, only that it was possible. Inuyasha with his golden eyes, stared almost forlornly at the others, but inuyasha had no clue that, that last glance, at the people whom he now claimed as friends , might very well be the last time he saw them…alive…and as inuyasha silently said goodbye, he was already on his way to find kikyo…to find out what she had done to Kagome…

Meanwhile……

Kagome was back in her own era, (unaware that her presence was sorely missed) it was the first day of summer and as unbelievable as it sounds she had managed to pass all of her classes that year…barely….but she had passed. She had just spent a wonderful day with her friends catching up on all the juicy rumours and stories that she had missed out on, and she was going to see hojo today… everything was finally back to normal, her life was virtually perfect so why did it not feel right, why could she not just put her past behind her? She sat there wondering,…and remembering on the sill of her window staring out at the setting sun, and at the smog of the crowded city…..she couldn't help it, even after how they'd treated her, she missed them dearly, and as she thought about it she could not keep the tears from streaming down her saddened face. Even as hojo rang the doorbell she knew she wasn't going to answer she was going back to the feudal era, to help her friends…whether they needed it or not….

Near Naroku's castle…

Sango opened her eyes, she immediately took in what had happened, sango didn't understand, until she saw the 2 empty bedrolls and then an empty indent in the ground where inuyasha had been sleeping…then she understood they all must have gotten in a fight. So sango patiently starting to clean up the camp, knowing they weren't going to be attacking Naroku any time soon. In awhile the others awoke, and Sango explained what she believed to have happened. So they gathered they're things and went to wait with kaede. As they approached the village Sango felt that something wasn't quite right, there wasn't any noise in the small town, she saw no people, there was no animals….but by then it was too late. Something slammed into the Back of Sangos head, the the rest of the gang was down for the count before they knew what had hit them. Naroku gave a silent chuckle of demented satisfaction. He thought it quite fitting that inuyasha was going to go and kill kikyo to get his precious Kagome back, while everything else that he cared about was being slaughtered. He thought about the victory that would soon be his, as he imagined the look on inuyasha's face when he came to realize what had happened. Naroku thought even deeper on what he was going to do to kikyo and kagome if they were left alive, but his thoughts were cut short as he heard the whiz of the arrow, and the anguished cry of rage, but did not move quick enough because he was shot, then another, and another,….they just kept coming. Then he saw the figure of Kagome standing over him and realized that it was over, that inuyasha had won. But he wickedly relished in the fact that the girls reaction had been much more satisfactory than he could have possibly imagined considering what had been done to her. He was thrilled that the girls rage had been so thoroughly tried, and with a last thought of twisted satisfaction he died.
Kagome looked around and collapsed in tears, she didn't move she didn't speak for quite awhile, and then without another thought, she got up, determined, but still blinded by her tears, and began to dig graves for the bodies of her friends. As she finished the holes where she was planning to put her friends to rest in, she heard a noise and quicker than ever before she whipped around with her notched arrow, and was stunned to see Sango struggling to get up, Kagome dropped her bow like a hot rock and ran to Sango's aide. In turn all the others were getting up. Kagome was so relieved and thrilled to find that her friends had not yet been killed, but only knocked out, that she had gotten there in time. Later that evening they found the rest of the village alive but in bonds. Naroku had been planning on enjoying these murders, unlike all the others he had slaughtered he wanted this to last, it wasn't about just getting the job done this time, it was about torture. But all were still well and safe and that was all that mattered now. Later that evening in the home of Kaede they all shared they're stories and peiced the puzzle together, and the others were so profoundly apologetic to Kagome that even Kagome herself had had about all she could take of the desperate "I'm soooooooo sorrie's ". But they did not yet understand what had happened to Inuyasha and kikyo.
But they would soon find out…
To be continued……

im very sorry for the short chapters, but I cant give everything away in one go…..can I?…. Any way thanks for reading, please review and tell me how im doing, im really new at this, so please don't be to harsh with me! Thanks again and stay tooned for the next episode of " you don't miss it til' its gone"