AN: Updated 9/27 to fix some really ugly errors I didn't catch last time!

What was this? Danny struggled to move but couldn't. Under ordinary circumstances, an arrow, no matter where it was shot, wouldn't stop him, it would just phase through him. But this arrow was different. This arrow held him steadfast to a tree. He tried to speak, but the only thing that could come out of his throat was misplaced ghost energy. Kikyo noted Danny's gaping mouth and walked towards him.

"Just as I thought," Kikyo said. She clasped her hand around the arrow and pulled it from Danny's neck. Instinctively Danny's hands flew to his neck to make sure everything was alright. He looked up at Kikyo, bewildered, and waited for her to explain herself. "The victims of Garasu, meet their fate because of a tiny glass jewel that she places within their neck." She said. "This jewel slowly drains one half of their being until finally it gains enough power to transport one half directly to Garasu. If you had one of those beads, this arrow would have purified it and removed it from your body." Kikyo looked at Danny. "But you didn't." The group sat in silence for a moment before Danny spoke.

"I think I might have come in contact with it, when I went through Inuyasha's body…" Danny looked around. "Maybe it only needed a second or two of contact to separate my body?" He thought for a moment. Garasu had said something about this hadn't she?

"Now you," Garasu said, looking at Danny. "You are an anomaly. It seems you were not born a half breed. You were so easy to separate, almost as if your two sides didn't even want each other."

"Garasu said I was easy to separate, maybe that's why I only needed brief contact with the jewel for my two sides to detach." Danny had a triumphant thought. It was all coming together now! Now that they knew the how the problem was caused, they could solve it. "Yeah, probably because I wasn't born a half-breed, that's why it was so easy!"

"Or because your spirit is so weak" Inuyasha said. "You've forgotten what Garasu said about your sides not wanting each other. Maybe it was inevitable."

Danny thought about this. Did he really hate his ghost that much? Yes. He did. He hated this cursed body, hated everything about it. "Maybe," Danny said "But how can we fix it now?" His triumphant thoughts had faded. If his two sides didn't mesh well enough as it was, how could he ever hope to reunite them?

"We must go to defeat Garasu" Kikyo said. "Garasu has much power, but until now, I had not yet heard of her power being able to cross time. Her being able to bring your form back to this time shows that she is a force to be reckoned with. However we must proceed swiftly, because with that amount of power, it is only a matter of time before she is able to call your human body to her and feast from it"

Inuyasha stood. "Alright! Let's go!" He was joined by Sango, Miroku, and Shippo. Danny rose slowly. The thought of His human form, lying helpless somewhere made his stomach retch. He didn't want to loose his humanity, he didn't know if he could ever survive if he had to remain ghost. Would he have to go and live in the ghost zone? Would he ever see his parent again? He couldn't face them as a ghost, he just couldn't. And what about Sam? Would he ever see her again? Would she accept him as a ghost, even when he couldn't accept himself?

Kikyo lead the group west, towards the setting sun. Hopefully, Danny thought, it's not too late even now.

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Tucker listened in disbelief as Sam recounted the events that had befallen Danny in the past few hours. When she finished her tale, he just looked at the body of his friend. "So what can we do now?" was all he could say at length.

Kagome saw her opportunity and took it. "I'm going to go back into the past, where Danny is, and see what I can do to help."

Sam looked up at Kagome with large eyes. She didn't want her to leave, it seemed to Sam that Kagome was the only one in this situation who was not incredibly panicked, or at least, not since she had seen Inuyasha. " Please," She said simply. "don't go…"

Kagome gave her most hopeful expression to Sam "It's for Danny, I know you can handle things here Sam" She put her hand on her shoulder reassuringly. "I think in this situation we all have to do the very most that we can to help, and right now, I can help Danny the most by being in the past. You can help Danny the most right here, Sam, I know you can do it! We'll help him together." Sam nodded. She wasn't sure what she could do, but apparently Kagome knew what she was doing. She said a few parting words, and then Tucker walked her to the door.

Sam heard the door close, and she wondered for the first time if everything was going to be alright. She had always taken for granted that Danny would pull though, fighting ghosts and all. She had never once feared for his life. The feeling had come upon her swiftly, and it made her heart tremble and her mind race. She saw Tucker come up to her.

"Hey, Sam…I can't imagine what you're feeling right now, so I'm gonna leave you alone for awhile." Sam nodded. "But before I go, Kagome gave this to me, and I thought you should have it." He produced a small glass bead. "She said it might have something to do with Danny being separated and all, and she said to make sure it stays safe." Sam gently picked up the bead. She remembered how it had produced itself out of Inuyasha's neck after Kagome had pricked it with her arrow. She looked at Tucker with a appreciative expression. As he turned to leave the room, Sam couldn't help but ask Tucker one question.

"Do you think I'll ever see Danny again?" She held her breath.

Tucker turned one eye to in her direction, but kept his gaze to the floor, "Only Danny knows that." Sam turned her gaze to the floor as well. She clasped the bead tightly and held it to her chest. She finally took a breath, and let out a sob. There was nothing else she could do.

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Kagome ran all the way home, the whole way thinking of that expression in Sam's eyes. She knew what Sam was feeling, and she knew that she had to help her. Sam was afraid for the life of the boy she loved. Kagome knew the feeling all too well. Looking at the sky, she noted that it was just past nightfall. Hopefully she had made good time, and there was still hope for Danny. When she finally got back to her shrine she jumped directly down the well. But when she climbed out on the other side however, she was very much dismayed to see that she was all alone!

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Fanty sits alone in a dark corner

"What has happened to my readers? Did they all just stop reviewing? Where did I go wrong? Do they not like the story anymore? If they do, I really wish they would tell me…then maybe I could fix it! But this not knowing…"

All of a sudden a mysterious man clouded in shadow appears

"I cannot tell you my name, but if you put this Sesshoumaru in your story, they are bound to review."

Fanty looks up puzzled, "But how do you know this?"

"I just know…"

"Thanks for your help Sesshomaru…"

"How did you know my name?" The voice was suddenly very aggrivated. "Didn't this Sesshomaru tell you …" There was a pause. The shadowed figure regained it's composure. "Forget we ever had this conversation"

"…"

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