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Chapter Twenty-Two

Inuyasha couldn't control it. It came and just wouldn't stop. He had been laughing for about ten minutes straight, and was sitting on the ground holding his stomach (laughing cramps, you know?).

Ranma glared coldly at him. "Shut. Up."

Inuyasha continued to laugh.

Ranma twitched. "SHUT UP!"

Inuyasha continued to laugh.

Ranma jumped Inuyasha and tried to choke him. Somehow, Inuyasha still managed to keep laughing. "So what if I turned into a girl and Miroku asked me to bear his child and then tried to grope me! Stop laughing at me!" he, or rather she, wailed.

"Yeah, and for a girl you sure hit hard," Miroku rubbing his cheek where a big, red handprint resided.

Akane giggled, "C'mon Ranma, it is kinda funny."

Ranma stopped choking Inuyasha only to turn his icy glare on Akane. "Is everyone against me!"

Kagura walked down the abandoned hallway of Naraku's new castle. Dead guards littered the halls, leaving an awful bloody mess all over the place. Kagura shook his head and continued on to a room where Naraku was sitting in the corner.

"Don't you want me to go after them?" she asked.

Naraku rolled the Shikon jewel between his fingers. "No. I finished my experiment while the girl was unconscious. It will only be a matter of time until the results surface."

'Experiment? What does he mean by that?' Kagura thought as she turned to leave.

It was night and the group where all sitting by a small campfire. Kagome, Sango, and Akane had all tucked themselves into sleeping bags (provided by Kagome) and were already drifting off to sleep. Ranma spent most of his time glaring or fighting with Inuyasha and Miroku worked out the final kinks in his master plot against the girls.

Unbeknownst to them a change was occurring to Akane, one that would change everything.

Okay, so here's the deal. Since school started I won't be able to update as often as I have in the past. But I will try so very hard to make sure that I have at least (the very least) one chapter every month. It may be more, but never less, so stay with me folks.

Also, the next chapter should be up soon because I already have it written for the most part. I know that cliffies can be horrible especially if there is long waits in between chapters.

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