I have had some extra time recently to edit previous chapters, and work on new ones…(which means formulating plans…). I have also decided that I am not going to post these new chapters until they reach at least three pages in Word, because when I finally went back and read some of them, I was shocked at how short they were! This unfortunately means that I will not be updating as often, but hopefully, when I do, you guys will be more satisfied with the new chapters!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha in any way…yet (jk, jk)

Previously:

Kagome's fear faded as quickly as Inuyasha's anger, but her eyes stung with the heat of his words.

Why does this hurt me so much? I don't even know him, why should I care what he thinks?

She sat on the floor in the dark room that was lit only by the fast sinking twilight, and held in her tears.

All she tried to do was help me, and I bit the hand that fed me, YET again…I tend to have a way for doing that, don't I?

Inuyasha gave a humorless laugh, and decided that he would thank her in the morning, and leave as soon as he could get his ship fixed. He wouldn't involve her, even if she seemed to have powers that would come in handy in finding the missing sacred jewel….

Chapter 4

Kagome's sadness and hurt eventually faded into anger, and she planned to ignore the hanyou completely the next day.

But what will that fix? Oh, who am I kidding? I will probably forget all about it tomorrow…

She wearily trudged up the stairs to her room, and looked out at the window one last time before falling into a restless sleep.

Dream Sequence:

She was walking slowly at first, through a dark space that seemed to be filled with nothingness. There were small glimmering lights everywhere, which she mistook at first to be millions of stars. Upon closer inspection however, Kagome saw that they were tiny fragments of light, quite similar to what she would picture as fragments of a jewel.

She looked up and saw a blinding light in the shape of a circle, that suddenly started radiating a deep shade of rose, and a familiar looking dog-demon started falling, towards her from the light source. She closed her eyes tightly, and waited for the impact, but it never came.

KAGOME! KAGOME! KAGOME! He yelled, but oddly, his voice wasn't filled with anger or terror, but worry.

Instantly, the dream faded, and Kagome woke with a start to find Inuyasha standing over her. His eyes were worried, and questioning. "Are you alright?" he said, she nodded numbly, the fear of the dream long gone. Inuyasha noticed their current situation,(he was holding her tightly by the shoulders,) and blushed as red as his battered haori. He sighed with relief when he noticed that Kagome was still too sleepy to put a coherent thought together.

"Erm, would you like to tell me about your dream?" he said when the still silence became too much for him to handle. Now, Kagome was fully awake, and shrieked a humiliated "OUT!"

Inuyasha was quick to comply as he scrambled out onto her roof and sat there with a scowl, until Kagome stuck her head out of the window and said, "I will have to explain you to my family somehow… so wait here until I come and get you, ok?"

"Feh." Was his reply.

She stuck her tongue out at him, and went downstairs to face suspicious glares from her family. "Do you have something you would like to tell us?" Said her Grandpa.

"Eheh…well, umm, I sorta saw this huge "star" crash into our yard last night so I was curious and…"

CRASH!

In came Inuyasha, ripping a hole in the door as he sprinted in to hide behind Kagome. "What in the world?" she said, exasperated. "Please don't let her get me!" said Inuyasha.

"AHAH! I FOUND YOU, YOU FILTHY THEIF!"

"Good morning Mrs. Saeki, I'm terribly sorry to have bothered you, but Inuyasha is my friend, and he just has a weird affinity with our roof…eheh…" Kagome said lamely.

"Oh, well, good morning then, Ms. Higurashi." And she left.

"I have been expecting this for some time now…" said her grandfather gravely, "Here Inuyasha dear, have some breakfast." Mrs. Higurashi said kindly. Both Inuyasha and Kagome sat down to the table. Souta stared open-mouthed at the whole scene, and watched avidly, his head swiveling back and forth between the two separate conversations.

"Did you happen to have a dream last night Kagome?" said her grandfather. "Yea, I did; it was all dark and then there was this pink light and Inuyasha started falling towards me, and then I woke up." She rushed to explain what she remembered. "Hmm, It is time..." said her Grandfather.

"Time for what?" said everyone in unison. "TIME FOR YOU TO FULFILL YOUR DESTINY!" said her grandfather dramatically, now that he knew he had everyone's attention. Kagome sighed… "Some things never change." She muttered.

"No Kagome, it's true." Said her mother. "I have read a legend about our family line, and many of our ancestors were very powerful priests and priestesses. We have also been the protectors of the legendary Shikon Jewel for centuries." She looked pointedly at Inuyasha. "The legend also said something about a visitor out of time that would guide the next young priestess in the Higurashi family line…"

As Mrs. Higurashi continued her story about the Jewel, Inuyasha's eyes widened in shock.

"Supposedly, the girls in the discover their spiritual powers by the age of 15, and after they have their first vision, demons and greedy people of all sorts will attempt to take the jewel."

"But I don't even know where this sacred jewel is!" Kagome cried in anguish. "You will find it when the time comes." Said her grandfather. "As for now, why don't you tell us about our visitor out of time."

Kagome then told her interested audience how Inuyasha ended up in a smoking pile of rubble in their back yard. "So what are you going to do Kagome?" asked Souta.

"She will be helping me find the Ancient jewel, of course!" interjected Inuyasha. Kagome gave him an indignant look. "Who are you to butt into my life and tell me what to do?" she put acid into her tone. "It is your responsibility, Kagome." Said her grandfather.

Blushing as he said it, but somehow still managing to hold his head high, Inuyasha said "Someone will have to protect you now that you're of age to inherit your powers…" "Oh…" said Kagome, and seeing she was beat, she sighed and replied. "What do I have to do?"

I am sorry, I know that the ending to this chapter was a little lackluster, but I am exhausting myself trying to write this, and I am under a little emotional strain right now.

Push the button please, and make my evening!