Ending of the Last Chapter

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Kaede-baba, Sango, Miruko, and Shippou sat around Kaede's hut waiting for the return of, hopefully, both Inuyasha and Kagome. Suddenly the covering to the little hut was thrown aside as an angry hanyou entered with a never before seen rage sketched into his face.

Sango and Miruko were the first to jump to their feet and raced above to the fuming inu-hanyou.

"Inuyasha? What's wrong? Where is Kagome-sama? Is she okay?" asked Miruko hurriedly.

"Yes, there is something wrong. Kagome has been taken… And it seems she was taken by an artic kitsune demon"
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Chapter Two: Return...

A black void. That was all there was.. No matter where you looked, no matter where you turned, it was emptiness and darkness.

And within in this realm of loneliness sat a young girl with silky raven hair pulled back into a bun with hair flowing over it and bangs covering her eyes and her clothing was tattered and torn leaving hardly anything. She was curled up tightly, her arms wrapped around her legs drawing them closer to her. Not a sound was heard from her, but her body shook with powerful sobs and tears fell to her legs and the ground.

Suddenly she looked up to see something approaching her eyes widened in horror and she let out a piercing scream….

Kagome sat up right screaming loudly, sweat and tears pouring out. The sheets around her were soaked and she tossed them off in a moments notice and scrambled to her feet. Wrapping her arms around herself, she padded silently out of her room, and outside and sat on a huge porch that over looked a huge valley and forest. She sat there in silence breathing heavily as she tried to settle herself.

'It was just a dream. It didn't happen. You have nothing to worry about…' she thought to herself over and over again. But she didn't believe it. She felt the reality of her dream- or nightmare- all too well.

So lost in her thoughts, she did not hear someone join her. As she turned to stand up and return to her room she gasped in surprise before taking a deep breath and settling herself. She rested a hand of her heart and looked to the one who joined her.

"You startled me! Why are you awake at such a late hour?"

"I could ask you the same," came her reply.

"I just had a bad dream. That's all."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I am sure."

"Well…. I don't believe you for one second. I think you are out here because something of truth confronted you, am I correct?"

Kagome sighed and looked away, back to the view she sat watching moments before. "You know me to well, Grandmother."

Suddenly, an old woman stepped out of the shadows and into the pearly moon light. Her face wrinkled and well aged, her hair grey and pulled back and a hat covering it. She wore a simple Chinese martial artist uniform and had her hands folded behind her.

"How many times must I tell you, Kagome, to stop calling me Grandmother? Here, you are to call me Master Genki."

"Gomen ne. I forget in times like these."

"Forget it, now tell me of your dream."

Kagome went silent and pursed her lips together and appeared to be deep in thought. She stood there for a few minutes like this before facing the old woman again with a small smile upon her lips.

"It has been two months since I was brought here and put under your guidance, and Inuyasha has yet to find me. I bet he is furious that his little jewel detector isn't there to work for him. And yet, I have enjoyed this time away. I have been able to think and discover things I needed to find for the longest time. I have been able to act as myself. It feels so good…."

She then rested a hand on her grandmother's shoulder then left her to head to her room.

Minutes after her granddaughters exit, Genki stood there in silent thoughts.

'Kagome… How long will you try and hide from this darkness?'

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Inuyasha sat perched in the branches of the God Tree as he had done everyday for the last four months. Everyday he would go to Kagome's time searching for her, asking her family if he had heard from her, even going as far as talking to that Hobo fellow -that loved to hang around Kagome- in order to find her. But his searches always ended up empty. So he would return to Feudal Japan and sulk in his favorite spot until the next day, when the cycle would start all over again.

Suddenly, Inuyasha was hit upside the head with something that startled him so he tumbled out of the branches of the tree and landed on the ground below.

"What in all the hells?"

"Inuyasha, I know you are concerned about Kagome, as am I, but we need to continue our search for the jewel shards. The longer we wait, the more likely Naraku will gather them. Kagome would want us to."

Inuyasha looked up at the monk with his eyes full of rage and pain. He wanted to latch out and strangle the houshi, but he knew he was right.

"Keh…"

Miroku then turned and headed back to the village with Inuyasha following behind him.

Once in the village, the headed straight to Keade's only to see that Sango, Kirara, Shippou, and Keade were outside her hut waiting for him.

"Keade has heard rumor of a shard being to the north of here. If we hurry, we may reach it before Naraku or his henchmen get there first."

Miroku nodded at the taijiya and jumped onto Kirara's back along with her and Shippou. Inuyasha gave a weak acknowledgement before racing off towards the rumored area.

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Sango ran ahead charging the demon Naraku had sent after this time and tried her best to dodge the creatures attacks, but to no avail. Miroku tried his hardest to trap the beast in his wind tunnel but it was resistant to the attack, even Tetsaiga's attacks were useless. In fact, their attacks seemed to be empowering the youkai.

"It's no use! Our attacks are doing nothing! We need to get out of here until we can devise an attack to… Aahhhh!" Sango was cut off as the youkai swung an arm at her and sent her crashing into the nearby mountainside along with Kirara.

"Sango!" Miroku called out and rushed over to her side only to be attacked from behind and being flung into the dense forest.

"Damn!" Inuyasha cursed and stood his ground, though he knew there was probably no chance of him winning this battle.

Next thing he knew a blinding light filled the area and the youkai dissolved within it. Inuyasha looked about while the others slowly and carefully got up and looked around for the source of the light. Then the others looked to Inuyasha and saw the shocked looked on his face and they followed his gaze to only mirror his expression on their own faces.
Chuckling was heard as the figure walked forward and then stopped ten feet in front of Inuyasha. "So tell me, Inuyasha, am I 'completely useless' now?"

Inuyasha stared for eternity at the figure until one word escaped his mouth.

"…Kagome…"

To Be Coninued…..

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