-Missunderstood –

Hahaha… I just looovee my reviewers… -ahem- aside from the threats I got… I have decided that.. well yeah I'm going to finish the story –smiles- so.. umm… you can put away the sharp objects now… eh heh heh heh…

Thanks to :

sourmilk : Ah... haha like I said… you can umm.. put away the sharp objects now…

Shadowww15 : Yeah.. Kikyou… everyone has a problem with her… but without her this story would be missing a few points to it… so .. umm just try and deal with it for now? (You can do it! )

Teya Yashitoda : .. So many death threats… -sighs-

Kagome1015 : Yup! It actually does match up… I couldn't think of another name for the forest…

Chapter 14

It was her. There was no two ways about it, the girl that was always appearing in his brain.

"Hmm? You seem to know me… have we met somewhere before?"

Inuyasha was a little shocked, she didn't remember him! But… didn't they have a history together? Weren't they so close to going out or something? Inuyasha shook it off, maybe it was a different girl, maybe he was met this particular priestess while travelling to the different villages. Afterall all the mikos' (except Kagome ) wore the same red and white robes… he could have easily mistaken her for anyone of them.

"Uhh.. Yeah. I think … but it was a while ago. Hav..Have you ever been to the village called… I think it was something like Kanako .. or ..uh.."

Inuyasha was studdering, nothing came out in his usual pride and confident style, he was just melting in front of this woman. So maybe she was the one in his memories, they did have the same name…

" Actually yes, I have."

Kikyo was smiling, like she always does when she had company, she fake smile that hid the anger and darkness underneath. Her perfect smile also masked the ominous smirk that was always saved for Naraku… the fiend.

Once again Inuyasha was speechless, what should he say now? He was all out of questions. The hanyou only has been in contact with females for so long. Aside from his memory girl, Kagome was probably the only other female he had ever gotten 'close' to.

"Well…I-I must be on my way then."

Inuyasha gave a curt nod and watched as Kikyou walked into the village straight down the path. He couldn't figure out if she was the right person. The Kikyou he knew smelled almost exactly like the Kikyou flowers she was named after, but This priestess… there was just something different about her.

She did have the flowery scent on her but, along with the smell of dirt and soil. Like a little kid who had been playing in the mud all day. Inuyasha sneezed, he took in too much of the scent and dust that swirled in the air when the woman left. Quickly he jumped onto his feet and started for the village. And no. He wasn't going to tell anyone.

Kagura led Kohaku through the maze of halls and into the courtyard swiftly. She wasn't going to get caught, not this time. This was another opportunity that popped up to free her, she wasn't going to just stand there and watch it go away.

So what if she told Naraku she wouldn't try to escape. He was just a bundle of evil thoughts and lies himself. Kagura whipped out a feather and watched it grow, instantly she grabbed the boy's wrist and pulled him onto the feather. Just as the feather took off, she remembered something. Naraku still held her heart in his hands.

"It won't matter. At least if he were to kill me… I wouldn't have to live the rest of my life in that stupid dungeon of his."

Kagura smiled at the thought, so she wasn't going to live her whole life out. At least she would die in a kind of free way, depending how you look at it. Kohaku looked beside to watch Kagura, he saw a smile spread across her face. What was she so happy about? He didn't know. But it made him happier too, seeing someone else smile, something he hadn't seen in a long time.

They flown on, to where? None of them knew, even though Kagura was the one steering the feather. Just somewhere away from Naraku…far, far away. And the other thing was where they could find help, maybe start a little rebellion against the maniac. Kagura carried some jewel shards with her, she was hoping to bribe someone with them.

The farther away from the castle they flew the more events Kohaku remembered. Even all the ones he didn't want to. Kohaku watched the images in his mind, when his weapon was thrown out and planted the tip into his dad's neck, the way he de-capitated some of the crew and just plain slaughtered the rest. And there was one more, Sango. His own sister.

He was actually on the evil side, he killed his sister.

"And she's probably still buried there…In the gardens. I never did have the chance to give my prayers and apologies to father and the other men…"

Suddenly Kohaku felt all the guilt coming down on him. All his memories of the past have now all returned to him. All the ones Naraku had erased from his mind. Kagura winced as the wind suddenly became stronger. They have finally flown out of Naraku's barrier. It took a while but they made it.

"To be free…"

Kohaku looked at the woman beside him who just started speaking.

"To be free once again. Although this isn't true freedom…It does feel a lot better than that hellhole with the stupid vines."

Kagura took out her fan and snapped it open. Using all her power, she swiped the air and created a rather large windstorm. The wind was getting stronger and wilder, but Kagura seemed to be enjoying it. Kohaku tried to duck deeper into the white feather. He was afraid the winds would knock him right off the thing.

Since he wasn't a demon, he would die on contact with the ground…where he would be with his fallen kin. It wasn't his fault he was possesed was it? It wasn't like he wanted to kill everyone. Knowing he was wrong to think that way, Kohaku sighed and once again tried to bury himself under the soft down of the feather. This was a going a long ride to… somewhere…

Inuyasha couldn't find his friends when he got back to Kaede's village. His first thought was they ditched them, preferrably under Kagome's orders. She was probably still mad at him for leaving unanounced, or maybe they went off searching for him?

"Nah, that's a lot to ask for.They couldn't possibly be worried about someone like…"

Inuyasha saw them, they were all staring up at the goshinboku, where he would normally be sleeping.

"But why?"

With a closer inspection, he saw that Kagome was crying, while Sango was holding back her tears and Miroku just rubbing their backs comfortingly. Shippo however was no where to be seen. Wanting an answer immediately, he followed their gaze upward and saw it. A deep cut was made in the wood, most likely by a sword. There was blood all over the branch and dripping to the ground.

Inuyasha wrinkled his nose up, it was human's blood…not…his? There floating around in the wind was just a plain piece of red fabric, not his authentic fire-rat's fur. And underneath the giant tree stood all of his friends…minus Shippo…crying or just trying not to…for him.

Inuyasha's heart softened, so there were people out there that cared for him. But that's not the main point… well at least it wasn't for Inuyasha. Someone had set this all up. They somehow found out he wasn't going to be there and killed a human for their blood. Inuyasha growled, this was more than just a prank. Someone actually died.

His growling ceased when his eyes focused on his friends again, he should tell them it's ok and everything was fine. Just a prank. It was really heart-breaking to watch Kagome cry over nothing. Seeing they shouldn't even be shedding any tears, he wasn't even dead.

Slowly he made his way over to his pals. Miroku looked up and was a little more than surprised to see Inuyasha walking towards them… Maybe he couldn't find peace?

"Stop crying Kagome…I-I'm still alive…"

The school- girl looked at the person who just called her name.

"KYAAAAA!"

Inuyasha jumped back almost a mile away, clamping his hands over his ears. He had really sensitive ears. Kagome stood there a little scared.

"A-Aren't y-you s-supposed to b-be d-dead?"

Her scream still ringing in his ears, Inuyasha kept his hands over them and answered her question calmly, even though he just wanted to scream back at her.

"You sound like you really wanted me to be dead or something."

"I-…I-I would never want you to die Inuyasha…not…like that at least."

Night time

They stayed in Inuyasha's forest that night, camping out there and eating, obviously, Inuyasha's favourite…Ramen.

"So Kagome…" The ringing in his ears had finally stopped. " Why did you scream so loudly when you saw me?"

"I uhh…I thought…I thought you were a ghost ok?"

Inuyasha snorted, there was a new one.

"Me? A ghost? I should be translucent then."

"Not all ghosts are like that you know!"

"Righht. And Miroku's not a pervert."

The monk looked up from his noodles, he heard his name in the argument, not always a good thing.

"I am not a pervert!"

"Then explain the mark on your face."

It was true, Miroku tried to grope Sango again. And ended up with the same results. A sound smack to his face, It was one that echoed each time. And as Kagome put it ' everytime you hit him there's always a different sound!' She was only trying to lighten things up…but it didn't exactly work.

That night the gang silently drifted off to sleep. Well, almost everyone. Kagome was still awake. She didn't want another of 'those' dreams again. She still couldn't figure out who the hooded person was. When she finally fell asleep though, her hopes didn't come true, Kagome had yet another nightmare.

It was all dark, and the sky just kept getting darker, not showing any signs of there ever being light again. Kagome was running, as fast as she could trying to escape from someone. Someone who wore a white baboon pelt. Faster and faster Kagome tried to sprint at her top pace weaving through the trees in the forest.

The mystery person's laughter could be heard. It was like he was getting closer and closer…and all the noises suddenly stopped. Like she went deaf. Up ahead Kagome saw bright globes of light, shining, illuminating the darkness around two people under a rather familiar looking Goshinboku tree.

It was a girl and a boy, a… priestess and a hanyou. It was someone and Inuyasha. Kagome looked on and tried to get closer without letting either of them notice her. The woman was…rather unique looking in Kagome's words. With a few features that were similar to herself. But then again there were also many things that was exactly opposite of her.

The priestess' pale skin, long hair and cold eyes would never match her own tanned skin, shoulder-length hair and cheerful eyes. But for some reason Inuyasha seemed to have taken a liking to her features instead. A little crest-fallen, Kagome was about to turn back when she realised what she ran all the way here in the first place was. She was running away from –

Kagome woke up. Just like that, and right before she could find out who the person was too! But seeing him in a baboon pelt… was kind of like deja-vu…who else wears monkey pelts? The name was on the tip of her tongue, yet she couldn't manage to say his name. Maybe Sango would know. Trudging over to where she thought Sango was, all she found was an empty sleeping bag. Figures.

Kagome then made her way to the second place, the hot spring. And there was Sango, in all her glory. The taijiya was kneeling over the edge of the water spraying water on her face, she must of just woken up too then. Leaning against a tree a short ways away was none other than Miroku. Equiped with the " I'm just going to make sure no one attacks you if you bathe" excuse, he sat in the shade and watched her rinse any sign of sleepyness off her face.

The school-girl could tell Miroku was happy just being able to watch her and not be slapped. Almost like a priviliege. Kagome shrugged and continued on towards Sango. Tapping her lightly on the shoulder to get her attention, Sango looked up at her friend.

"Yeah?"

" Well I want to tell you about these weird dreams I've been having these past few weeks."

As Kagome dragged the other girl away, Miroku was fast asleep leaning against the tree. Guess he had a rough night and a few smacks to the head. Inuyasha was still sleeping while all this was happening, running from village to village took a lot out of him.

It was all silent untilhe heard the rustling in the bushes, growling he ran towards the sound.

"Reveal yourself! I'm not in a very good mood right now, so if you would come out quick I just might spare your life."

A wounded priestess tumbling out from behind the bushes, patches of blood was appearing all over her clothes. Inuyasha calmed down a litle. It was not what he expected. Walking over to her, he casually stuck out a hand to help her out. Accepting the help, the woman stood up, with a bit of difficulty and slowly Inuyasha got her to the nearest tree. She leaned against it and recovered her breath before looking at Inuyasha.

"Haven't seen you in a while."

"…You know me?"

The priestess looked a little sad at that comment, her emotions reflecting off her eyes.The hanyou immediately felt guilty. Maybe that wasn't the best thing to say. It was like she had known him pretty well.

"…So you don't remember me at all…?"

"I uhh…well, no…I just… Don't remember your…name! Yeah, what was your name again?"

The priestess raised an eyebrow, not beliving his story not for a second. He did forget, but then she would just have to make him remember again wouldn't she? Inuyasha took a good look at her face. Now that she said that she did kinda…look familiar…The he realised something.

"K-Kikyo?"

"You suddenly rememebered now?"

Inuyasha smiled, so he was right. But then… who was Kikyo again? Where did he meet her? As if on cue, memories they shared together flooded in filling in the gap in his brain about Kikyo. That's right…they were practically a couple. Without warning Inuyasha enveloped the girl in a warm hug.

"I-Inu Yasha?"

"I remember everything now. I know the things that happened then all the fun we had together… I remember about…us."

Kikyo smiled and just relaxed into his arms, when again, Inuyasha's sensitive hearing picked up some more rustling from the bushes. His grip in Kikyo tightend and his ears perked up. Sensing something was wrong, kikyo looked up at her "boyfriend's" face. So something was wrong.

Then making her appearance from behind the concealmant of the leaves, out came a panting, completely out of breath…Kagome. Something inside Inuyasha sparked. That's right, he had Kagome now…Letting go of the one in his arms, he made his way to Kagome. The one who currently held the ability to make his voice crack by doing the simple, most innocent deeds.

With a painful look in her eyes, Kikyo knew what had happened and slowly backed off. Inuyasha, now holding a trembling Kagome, tried to comfort her, calm her down. –

That's when he woke up, Inuyasha was really confused right now and all he wanted was to be alone and sort out some of his thoughts. So the one he met in Kaede's village was Kikyo. But somehow, her allure didn't attract him half as much as it used to. Maybe because he had moved on?

Inuyasha knew that he was never too smart on topics about love but then again, neither was Miroku. At least he had shown that much in his actions, groping. Jumping to another tree, Inuyasha sighed. His dreams were getting more and more complicated and he almost didn't get them anymore.

There were girls travelling with him…he looked down to see the girls chatting away at some unknown topic that appealed to them. Girl talk was not always that fascinating, well at least not to him. Miroku was always around to listen though, he could never understand why…

Sango looked curiously at Kagome, the dreams were really awkward. And – was that Naraku she was describing? White baboon pelt…? He was a really haunting figure, she wouldn't be surprised if she started having nightmares now. Kagome gave really vivid descriptions.

But all this 'dream' talk was giving the demon-slayer a head-sche she'd figure this out after breakfast, the traditional, ramen. Not that Inuyasha complained about it though.

"What are we going to do? We are here for a mission. Not to ogle at some…boys!" Sango was really absorbed into the subject, Kagome's dreams making it that much worst. "And her dreams! Does this mean that Naraku is still out there!"

Naraku was smiling, his plans were all coming together. He had temporaily stopped chasing Kagura and that other little kid. They were just the little people that he stepped on the gain his notorious image. Kagome and Sango however… To wreck their lives and get a good laugh out of it was way more important.

He was evil and not afraid to admit it. But if he should hear anyone call him insane, or anything like it…they would not see to live another minute. Kagura he put up with. She was useful, but some weakling like the humans who used to be alive and well that served at the castle… he could care less.

"To kill the ones they love with their own hands…to have the ones that love them get killed by the ones they would give anything for…how much for evil could you ask for?"

But Naraku was getting impatient now. It has already been about 2 months they've been together and there was nothing to show for it. So Naraku went ahead and gave them a little push, by entering the dreams of the weaker one…Kagome. He showed her what it was like to kill Inuyasha, and he showed her that he liked another, Kikyo.

Naraku turned to look into Kanna's mirror, he could see what his 2 favourite girls were up to right at the very moment. Sango for the first part looked stressed out. She always took her assignments very seriously. Kagome however, was laughing. Naraku frowned and continued watching the girl with interest.

While Sango was obvoiusly getting a head-ache over the problem, kagome was busy laughing at the hanyou who sat beside her, she was having a good time. That wasn't good news for Naraku. She was supposed to be as stressed out as Sango was. It was as if she pushed all her work load into Sango's brain. She was enjoying herself. Maybe he should try contaminating Sango's dreams from now on.

"She's probably the weaker target now…"

Kagura seached for him she searched hard. It was a life or death matter here and she very much preferred to live. She looked behind her at the boy who was sound asleep. Figures…well he was a kid afterall, maybe she could go a little easier on him. Kagura owed him one for setting her free.

Then she saw him, right there walking oh-so-calmly. But then again, he had nothing to worry about. His life was practically perfect. Kagura landed neatly in front of Sesshoumaru, making sure that she didn't wake up the one sleeping in the feather.

"I came to ask a favour…"

The shard hunters were searching for another place to stay again, the process just keeps repeating itself. Not to mention the few slaps Miroku receives every so often. On the way though the gang was attacked by a hoard of demons, presumably sent by Naraku.

Inuyasha came out alright, a few minor cuts. Miroku on the other hand…

Kagome was cleaning his cuts again and all that could be heard miles around was the pained yelling of a certain monk. Inuyasha was annoyed, you could tell just by looking at the colour of his face. He was trying to hold his anger in…just to be nice.

The weird thing was that it wasn't him that snapped first but rather…Shippo. That's right the little kit who almost always has a clear head.

"MIROKU WOULD YOU PLEASE QUIET DOWN!"

All heads were turned to his direction at the sudden outburst, no one expected it and apparently neither did Shippo himself. Decideing it was one of those 'moments' The kitsune took the chance to dive into the bushes and stay there. Right away the pained screams started up again. It was like nothing had happened.

Inuyasha was talking, discussing some of the more important topics with Sango at the moment. Things were getting pretty dangerous and they certainly don't want a death on their hands. Deciding that the best choice was to let some caring family adopt Shippo, they did just that. And they had their reasons too.

1) The kitsune was just always in the way.
2) It wasn't like he could fight or anything

3) Some of the scenes that they saw on their journey was not meant for younger audiences.
4) They don't have the time to keep saving him all the time
5) Inuyasha was threatening to kill him if he got any more annoying.

Even though it was mainly the last reason that the kit had agreed to leave, the group had showered him with the 'it's only best for you' comment. Like he hadn't heard that one before. But nonetheless they found a suitable family for the fox-demon to join and Miroku was even as so nice to give the family a little extra spending cash.

After a few tears and many goodbyes and promises to visit, they finially left, knowing that it would be that much harder to say goodbye if they stayed any longer.

The sun was setting quickly and they couldn't help but talk about what had just happened.

"Do you think that was the right thing to do?"

"Yeah! That's why I did it!"

Kagome rolled her eyes, she should of seen that one coming.

End

Hey people! I'm really sorry about the lateness of this chapter…and basically how almost every chapter is late…eh heheheh… Actually this chapter was done some time ago…I kinda thought it was already posted and so left it like that until I –found- it in my story folder thing…oops?