Well, it's me again. I know, I know, it's been a while and I'm sorry. I just took a shit kicking in the school department and was overwhelmed by projects, tests, presentations, blah, blah, blah.

Anyway, Oh! I just wanted to clear something up. In the last chapter I did have some line separator things indicating that Kagome was remembering something but they didn't show up, so if you were a little confused at the part I'm going to show you now, that's why.

"You remember what happened yesterday?" she nodded. "What were you doing at that well?"

Akage had been taking a long time…

"The Bone Eater's well…

Also, I'd like to say thanks to my wonderful reviewers

THANKS!!!

I received one review that made me realize that I should have made a few things a bit more clear at the beginning of the story. Akage isn't a hanyou he's a full youkai. I needed to give him some attribute that Inuyasha and he could share and the ears are just so damn cute how could I resist. So, sorry about the mix up, I hope that Akage not being a hanyou isn't a disappointment to you or anything.

You know I haven't read a story about Kagome being fought over by two hanyou. Huh. If anyone knows of one can you send me the title? That would be pretty neat story to read.

Anywho, that was too long and I know now I have no excuses for when people make fun of me for blabbing on because I just proved their point.

So that's my que to shut up, (whispers) "enjoy!"

CHAPTER TWELVE

Kagome awoke sometime later to a knock on the door. Immediately thinking that it was Akage she was more than shocked to find Hitomi carrying food.

Hitomi set the load down and annoyed with the girl's stupid stare began to explain.

"I've been ordered by Lord Mitzubishi to act as your servant until Master Akage returns. I will bring your meals and other necessities to prepare you for the day.

"You will be escorted to any destination you please. In this vicinity of the woods of course." She added snidely. " Although you can go no further than the place in which you and Master Akage train." Kagome was sure she heard a low growl at these words.

'I sure am glad that the restrictions on where I am and am not allowed to be aren't that bad.' She mentally rolled her eyes. 'All she had to say is that I'm confined to the same area's as before.'

"You are not permitted to go anywhere without being accompanied by one of the females. And don't get it in your head to sneak off anywhere either, Master Akage doesn't want you in any kind of danger," her eyes glittered mischievously with an evil smirk to match.

"You're already in enough."

"Listen. I don't know what your problem with me is and I don't really care but lets put aside the snide remarks for now. Seeing as we'll be spending some time in each other's presence we can at least try to be civil to one another."

"Fine." She agreed snottily, her nose raised a bit higher in the air than was necessary.

"I'll be back to clear away the dishes and bring you your sleeping garments." And with the she left the room, her tail twitching.

Kagome sat down and ate absentmindedly while she went over the day's events. It didn't make any sense. 'First we were fine and then he freaked out. What was his problem?' She then went over what Hitomi had said.

"In danger? How am I in danger? I suppose I am without Akage here with me, the other youkai are free to come after me." She shuddered at the thought and looked around nervously.

She was still angry though that he acted so weird and then just left her.

"If anything I should have gone with him, it probably would have helped me remember." She pouted. "Still, it was good of him to make sure I was protected."

She was still confused about the way he had acted and the more she thought about it, the more concerned she grew. 'It was like something was hurting him. He was so tense and panicky, and when he looked at me I couldn't read his eyes they were so clouded. I just don't get it.'

She had been pacing the room then plunked down on the bed and sighed and rested her head in her hands. It was only a short time before she snapped it back up when the door slid open.

Her heart leapt into her throat, 'IT'S AN AMBUSH!' she thought wildly.

Hitomi stepped in a few seconds later extraordinarily pleased at the look on Kagome's face and tried to hide her smile. Kagome glared.

'BITCH!' she thought venomously. 'But maybe she knows what's wrong with Akage. She must have heard something.'

Hitomi strode over to the bed and handed Kagome the garments bowing as she did so.

"Hitomi."

Said girl glanced up then straightened herself. 'The girl looks serious.'

"Yes?" she questioned curiously.

"Do you know if there was anything wrong with Akage when he left? I mean, did you see him or hear about him, like maybe he got hurt or something?"

Hitomi was taken aback by the concern Kagome was showing for her master but more so by the question itself. 'Doesn't she know?' she thought incredulously.

"You don't know anything?" Kagome was becoming annoyed with the stupid little fox's stare. "Well?"

Hitomi snapped back into reality.

"You don't know? Geez, humans are pathetic," she said exasperated.

"What are you talking about. Is it something that only happens to youkai?" Kagome's voice was getting higher as she was becoming angrier by the second.

"WHAT IS IT!"

"You mean to tell me that you don't know when you're in heat? Has it never happened to you before? You look old enough." Kagome stood there with her jaw almost touching the floor.

"You never noticed? Can't the males around you tell? I knew demons had superior senses but this is ridiculous! How does your kind know when to reproduce?"

Kagome of course learned about sexual reproduction and the likes in school.

"Females are the most fertile the week before their monthly course." Kagome's Sexual Education teacher's voice rang in her ears, but of course she didn't remember when, where or who she heard this from. Memory loss has a funny way of making you forget things. But she was quite certain of this remembered fact.

"In heat?" she said shakily.

"Do all male youkai act the same way when the females are in heat?" She was becoming a bit frightened remembering the way Akage acted. 'He must have been trying to control himself. How will the other males react!" Now she was quite alarmed and ran over to the door taking a quick peek outside before she closed it. She noticed there was an armed female youkai standing not too far from the room.

Suddenly she had a mental image of crazy cartoon fox youkai running this way and that with the males chasing the females.

She giggled, though she wasn't all too sure if this was a laughing matter. She was just so overwhelmed by all the information and realizations she just didn't know exactly what to do; laugh, cry, be afraid?

"Well I've got no idea how Akage acted around you but judging from your reaction it must have been pretty extreme. Maybe youkai react differently to humans because the males don't act that weird.

"I guess it's a good thing that master Akage left. If he got mixed up with a human like that I don't know what the Lord would do." She shuddered," I don't want to think of what he might do."

She said this last bit as more of an after thought out loud than something aimed toward Kagome.

Kagome narrowed her eyes. 'She's so reassuring.'

Hitomi shook her head as if to clear the thoughts away.

"Anyway. You're being guarded by some of the best female warriors of the tribe. They'll protect you but I suggest you don't make too many out trips, you never know what might happen."

She smiled at Kagome genuinely thinking that this bit of advice to be comforting; little did she know.

She cheerily went about clearing off the table, bid Kagome good night and left the poor girl to her thoughts.

'I guess that's the extent of the girls kindness.' She thought bitterly and glanced around the room. She grabbed her PJ's and changed in the corner then carefully slid into bed. Leaving one candle lit she then went about the task of trying to fall asleep.

'Fat chance,' she snorted to herself and pulled the covers up to her nose. She didn't know how strong her 'scent' was or anything about it so she figured she would cover up as much of herself as she could without suffocating.

She lay there watching the shadows and listening to all the strange noises she had never noticed before. It was the worst night sleep she had had so far. 'I'm sure if I could remember this would top my 'Worst Night Ever' list.'

When she finally did get to sleep she was plagued with bad dreams and past memories that would elude her when she awoke.

She had the pleasure of waking to the sound of the door opening, which in turn scared her shitless.

"I've brought your breakfast. How did you sleep?" she asked not looking at the sleep deprived Kagome who was glaring at her with all the resentment she could muster.

Her bloodshot eyes were accentuated by a set of lovely bluish bags under them. If that wasn't bad enough her hair resembled something close to a nest. She was not a happy camper, not to mention a very scary looking unhappy camper.

Hitomi carried on taking no notice of Kagome's silence. She felt she had made some kind of connection with the human and was quite pleased about the progress.

"It's going to be a beautiful day, but you should probably stay in due to your precarious condition." She rambled on, which didn't really do anything to help Kagome's foul mood. She finally finished doing what needed to be done promising to be back with fresh water for her to wash up with.

"You'll want to stay as clean as possible so the males don't smell you."

"Oh I can't wait." She grumbled after Hitomi left.

She sat down and began to eat keeping an ever-watchful eye on the door so when Hitomi came back she wouldn't scare the living day lights out of her. Unfortunately when Hitomi did come back Kagome was making the bed. Jumpy to begin with when the servant abruptly entered, having to kick the door open due to her lack of hands, alarmed Kagome to say the least.

A startled Kagome flung the pillow she was about to set back in place up in surprise. Hitomi tried to protect herself from the flying object and ended up dumping the basin full of water all over herself, and to top it all off she was hit by the pillow making her fall over which caused her to drop the basin.

At the sound, one of the female guards came in to investigate. At the sight she found before her she joined Kagome in laughing hysterically.

Hitomi, who had recovered from the initial shock turned her death glare on Kagome and growled menacingly, her eyes turning red as her ire began to rise.

The guard, though still laughing recognized the warning signs and went to the fox girl to help her up but didn't let go once she was standing.

Kagome was trying her hardest to hold in her laughter but at the more than vicious look on the fox girls face she had to cover her mouth and turn around. Her shoulders heaved and she periodically snorted with mirth.

Hitomi was becoming so furious that the poor guard, who was holding in her own laughter, had to practically drag Hitomi from the room.

The moment they left Kagome let it all out and if she hadn't been laughing so hard she would have been able to hear some extremely colorful words leaving the furious Hitomi's mouth.

Finally calming down she realized she still needed to clean so she was accompanied to the lake she usually bathed in.

When she was finished she went behind a rock to dress. As she was doing up the last button of her shirt a thump came from behind her. Startled she spun around to find a man, well a fox youkai. Her eyes grew as wide as saucers and she began to back up, utterly afraid.

The youkai stared at her, looked her up and down and inhaled deeply.

Well I hope that you liked it, and hopefully you won't have to wait like a month for the next chapter. I promise I will try my hardest but exams, prom, graduation and the likes are coming up, which do take precedence over my story I'm afraid.

Anyway, I'm going to ask nicely this time for reviews. I was just a bit frustrated with my last chapter and took it out on you wonderful reviewers.

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Please forgive me…