A/n Hey I just noticed a big mistake I made and sorry if it confused anyone! When ever I put 'Last Time' and then the end of the last chapter as a follow up, I had a line to separate the old and the new but for some reason when I brought the document up on the website, the line went away! So I'll separate them differently this time and sry if anyone got confused!

Last Time:

"Hey Mai! Do you want a tour of the village?" Kagome asked. Mai thought about this.

"Sure, sounds fun!" she said through a smile. Mai ran over to Kagome and they hooked their arms together.

"Shippo, stay here and play with Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled throwing the ball to him.

"Lets go!" Mai and Kagome said together and began the tour.

Kagome led her all around the village showing her all the sacred places and introducing her to many villagers. Mai was delighted to meet people without having them scared of her. By that afternoon, they were both tired, so Kagome decided to take Mai to her favorite spot by the river. Once there, Mai had some questions…

"So Kagome?"

"Yeah"

"Why were you and Inuyasha out in the forest in the middle of the night, if you don't mind me asking." She asked

Kagome's face turned bright pink.

"Because you never told me. You just said he was gonna kiss you. But surely he didn't take you out in the middle of the forest, in the middle of the night to kiss you!" she continued.

"Well…uh…he kinda…we had something important to discuss, it's a long story!" she replied scratching the back of her head in embarrassment.

"Well technically I'm not lying." She thought

"Oh…okay." Mai said, clearly happy with the answer. She threw her head back to enjoy the sun's rays. There was a long silence between the two.

"So…do you have any family?" Kagome asked hoping to break the silence and start a conversation.

"Um…not any alive…you?"

"Uh, I have my grandpa, my mom, my little brother Souta, and our cat Buyo!"

"You have a cat?" Mai asked excitedly, cocking her head to the side.

"Uh huh." Kagome smiled.

A light breeze blew between them, swirling their hair.

"Does your family live in this village?" Mai asked.

Kagome paused.

"No…they…uh…" And Kagome went on to tell Mai about the well and how she ended up in this era.

"That's amazing!" Mai exclaimed as Kagome finished her tale.

They both fell silent again, each lost in their own thoughts. Mai seemed to have spotted something in the river and was watching it. Kagome was thinking about her first day in the feudal era. Suddenly Kagome felt a pulse. She quickly looked around.

"A sacred jewel shard is close by." She whispered.

"Really?" Mai asked looking up from whatever was holding her attention.

Kagome nodded and stood up.

"This won't be good. The shard is tainted so it must be in a demon's possession."

They both ran a fast as they could across the village to Kaede's hut. They ran into Inuyasha first.

"Inuyasha! I sense…a sacred jewel…shard…and it's tainted!" Kagome said, very out of breath.

"Oh yeah? Well I'll get Sango and Miroku." Inuyasha said dashing in the hut.

"Sango, Miroku! Come on, Kagome senses a jewel shard!" he yelled.

They both sprang up and ran out side."

"I sense a demonic aura." Miroku said. Everyone nodded.

"Okay, it's over there!" Kagome pointed to the forest.

"Should I come?" Mai asked. Inuyasha shook his head.

"Wait Kagome! Ye mustn't forget!" Kagome turned around to see Kaede with her bow and arrows.

"Oh yeah! I'm not much good without those!" she said quickly taking them from her and proceeding to the forest. Right there in the clearing before the forest stood one of the ugliest demons any of them had ever seen. Its body was big and fat and blob like. From it's mouth dangled nasty looking fangs perfect for snarling. It had three buff arms and two blood shot eyes. Its body seemed to be melting because a kind of goo was falling off its body.

"What is that?" Sango asked disgusted.

"A demon but I can't tell what kind." Miroku said.

"It's like it mutated." Kagome exclaimed.

"It probably did. But I do know that the goo falling from its body is made of some kind of acid." Miroku said pointing to the nasty creature. Kagome noticed that when some goo fell off it's body and onto the grass, the grass would sizzle and dissolve. She heard Sango gulp.

"Enough talk! I want that jewel shard!" Inuyasha yelled jumping forward.

The beast thrust its hands forward at him, slinging goo all over the place.

"Inuyasha! Don't let him touch you!" Miroku yelled.

"I know!" Inuyasha yelled back, evading the demon's hands. He quickly pulled out his tesusaiga and held it front of him.

"Just try and hit me!" He yelled at the monster. The demon threw its head up and roared, accepting Inuyasha's challenge to 'try and hit him'. It began to sling its arms at Inuyasha, in wild punches.

"Is that the best you can do?" Inuyasha taunted it; expertly avoiding it's fists.

"Kagome! Where's its jewel shard?" Inuyasha asked.

Kagome concentrated.

"It's in its head!" she replied. Inuyasha nodded, still dodging wild punches. The more the demon missed Inuyasha, the madder and more desperate to hit him it became.

"I'll distract him so you'll have a better shot!" Sango said adding "Hirakotsu!" and throwing her big boomerang at the demon. Her weapon struck the demon in the back and fumbled to the ground. You could hear a light sizzling sound.

" Why didn't it come back?" Sango wondered out loud a bit panicked.

The demon spun around at Sango and flung its goo straight at her.

"Sango, look out!" Miroku yelled pushing her down. The demon beat it's chest and and flung it's self at Sango and Miroku. Kagome quickly pulled out an arrow and and shot it. The arrow went straight through its stomach, knocking it back slightly. The nasty blob of a demon extended all fifteen of its claws and shot them, right out of its body at Kagome.

"Windscar!" yelled Inuyasha flinging his razor wind straight at the demon's head.

It hit! The demon stumbled on to the ground, dead. Dust was flying everywhere; Inuyasha couldn't see the others. The dust settled somewhat and revealed to jewel shard levitating in the air. He quickly grabbed it. Then the wind picked up and blew most of the rest of the dust away. Just in time for Inuyasha to see Kagome drop to the ground.

Ah! I finally finished this chapter! 'gasp' Okay, so sorry it took me so long to update! I was terribly busy! So…for once I don't have anything to say but please review!