A/N: Hello everyone, here it is, my second post! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha. (Unfortunately )

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It was over. InuYasha couldn't believe it. Naraku was dead. Even now, two days after his defeat, it seemed unreal.

InuYasha looked at his friends, fast asleep around the dying campfire. The glowing orange embers illuminated their figures. No one but InuYasha was awake.

Miroku lay on InuYasha's left. His once cursed hand was twitching, and he was mumbling something about "bearing my child". InuYasha snorted. No doubt the lecherous monk was having a good dream. InuYasha envied Miroku's peaceful sleep. With his thoughts so much in turmoil, InuYasha found that sleep would not take him.

Beside the monk lay Kohaku, separating his sister and the perverted holy man. Sango had a small frown on her face. It looked out of place amongst her otherwise lovely features. Even in sleep the Demon slayer looked tired and worn. Out of all of his friends, InuYasha knew that Sango had suffered the most. It had been Hell for her, often being forced to fight her own brother. Finally the siblings were united again, but much of Kohaku's memory had still not returned to him. Sango assured them that this was a good thing. She didn't want her brother to remember all of the horrors he had been through, much of which he had helped cause, however unwillingly. Faithfully on Sango's other side laid the demon cat Kirara.

Next InuYasha looked at Shippo. The little kitsune, usually found sleeping at Kagome's side, was sleeping all alone. He was, after all, a big boy now. He had defeated Naraku, all on his own! Or so he insisted in telling everyone. The truth was that Shippo had played a large part in Naraku's demise. If his foxfire hadn't distracted Naraku at the time that it did, InuYasha may not have lived through that final battle. As much as he hated to admit it, InuYasha admired the tiny fox's bravery.

Finally, InuYasha's eyes fell on the girl sleeping on his right. His heart skipped a beat. Oh Kagome. Sweet Kagome. His Kagome. The light of the embers danced over her sweetly smiling face. Her raven-black hair, her long dark lashes, her delicate nose, and full lips, InuYasha knew them well. He had memorized her face. If he reached out now, he could touch her. She was only an arm's length away. But he didn't dare touch her. Something as dirty as him, a lowly hanyou, didn't deserve touch the skin of someone as pure as Kagome.

She was the reason he couldn't sleep. He had been thinking all night. HE wanted to be with Kagome always, but certainly she would return home to her era, now that the jewel was completed. That damned well! InuYasha had tried to stop Kagome from passing through it many a time, to no avail. All he wanted was for her to stay with him!

InuYasha had considered going through he well with Kagome to live with her in her time. He quickly rejected this idea, realizing that in all his travels through modern day Japan, he had never seen another hanyou, or even youkai for that matter. Plus, if he did go with her he'd probably have to wear that degrading hat all his life, and he did not want that. If only they hadn't completed the jewel!

Suddenly, a thought struck InuYasha. The jewel! It was the answer. After they had completed the jewel, Kagome had purified it, but it had not disappeared as they had expected. The exhausted group had not wanted to think about what to do with such a dangerous item, so Kagome had put it in her pack. Since then InuYasha had not had a second thought about it. InuYasha grabbed Kagome's yellow school bag, fishing around for his prize. Once he could fell the cool sphere between his fingers, he drew it out. He admired its sparkle, relishing the powerful feeling it gave him to hold it.

He made his decision at that moment. Long ago, Kagome had told him that she liked him just the way he was. That he was strong enough as a half demon. But Kikyo had wanted it, so why wouldn't Kagome? He held the jewel tighter.

"Make me human so that I can be with Kagome." He whispered. If he was human, he could be with Kagome, wherever she chose to live.

With his decision made, and his mind finally able to rest, InuYasha felt the exhaustion creep up on him. Three sleepless nights in a row could do that to a person (or a hanyou, as the case was). InuYasha fell asleep with the jewel in his hands.

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Kagome blinked her eyes open. The morning sunlight was filtering through the trees. She wondered if InuYasha had gotten any sleep at all the previous night. She knew he was having difficulties falling asleep for the past few days. Oh, Kagome! She scolded herself, stop worrying about him! You're going to be leaving soon for good, if you keep worrying you'll never be able to leave. But Kagome did worry. She worried about him every day. Was he eating enough? Was he sleeping enough? Was he pushing himself too hard? She had to admit, in her mind she sounded like the doting mother of a newborn, but she couldn't help it. She didn't want him to get hurt.

The schoolgirl groaned. Her back was stiff from yet another night of sleeping on the hard ground. It seemed like years since the last time she had slept in a real bed. She rolled over and found herself face-to-face with someone else. She cried out in surprise and quickly jumped up.

Miroku and Sango were up and at her side in an instant.

"What is it?" Miroku asked.

"Kagome, what's wrong?" Sango asked at the same moment.

Kagome just pointed, to startled to speak. Beside where Kagome had lain sleeping there was a strange woman in a haori and hakama pants of crimson red. Her ebony-black her was tousled from sleep. She had naturally pouting lips and a tiny nose. Though her clothes were not very flattering, it was easy to see that the girl had a magnificent figure.

Slowly the girl began to arouse. She yawned while blinking her large black eyes open. She was a beauty to be sure. She sat up.

"What the heck are you guys looking at?" she said in a haughty voice.

Miroku was at her side in an instant.

"Excuse me, miss, but would you do me the honour of bearing my child?"

Sango kicked him in the back of his head.

"You don't miss an opportunity, do you, you lecher!"

"What the hell was that for, Monk!" The girl shouted, jumping up. The girl's hakama sat carelessly across her hips. Her haori was much too big for her, and when she stretched it fell open to reveal much of her full breasts. Miroku was practically drooling.

"Sango, why can't you dress like that?" he mumbled, in astonishment. Sango smacked him hard over the head with her Hiraikotsu.

"Pervert!" she hissed.

"Forgiving me, Lady Sango, Milady," he apologized, inclining his head towards Sango, and then the newcomer. "Sometimes I can't help myself…"

"You better learn, Monk!" Sango threatened dangerously.

"What the hell!" the strange girl shouted, backing away, "Why are you guys looking at me like that?"

"Forgive Miroku," Kagome said, finally finding her voice, "he asked every woman that same question."

"No, just the beautiful ones!" Miroku said with a cheery smile. Sango lightly hit Miroku lightly over the head with Hiraikotsu again.

"That's Sango, she's a demon slayer," Kagome continued, "And the boy sleeping is her brother Kohaku. The sleeping kitsune is Shippo. And I'm Kagome Higurashi."

"I know who you are!" the girl said, annoyed.

"So you've heard of us? Is that why you sought us out?" Sango asked, with curiosity.

The girl looked confused.

"What are you guys trying to pull!" she demanded. "You all know me!"

"Sorry, I don't believe we have met. I'm sure I would have remembered a woman as beautiful as you!" Sango let Miroku's latest perverted comment slide. It was pointless to punish him, his lecherous nature was a family trait.

"What the HELL are you talking about! I'm not a woman!" The woman crossed her arms under her breasts and a look of confusion crossed her face.

"What the hell are these!" she demanded looking down at her full chest.

Something finally clicked in Kagome's mind.

"Where's InuYasha?" she asked quietly. Usually if Kagome screamed, he was the first to her side. This morning he was nowhere to be found.

"Yes where is he? I haven't seen him since last night." Sango realized.

"Stop it, you idiots!" the girl cried out in frustration. "I can't take it anymore! Whatever I've done, it can't be bad enough to deserve this!" she wailed, motioning at her breasts. "Tell Shippo to stop his illusion. This isn't funny anymore!"

Finally things began to add up in Kagome's head. InuYasha disappears, and a strange new girl shows up, wearing a red haori and hakama pants that looks suspiciously like the robe of the fire rat. Kagome could even see the beads of subjugation peaking out from under her shirt, where it hung open. The girl claims to know them, but they have never seen her before. The girl is shocked when she discovers she has breasts, and unless she suddenly hit puberty overnight, the girl would have known they were there. Most suspiciously of all, the girl claims that she isn't a girl. Just to be sure, Kagome grabbed her backpack. The contents inside were askew, and the jewel was missing.

Kagome began to laugh. She couldn't stop. Soon she was curled over, in a fit of violent laughter. Sango, Miroku, and the girl looked at her as though she was insane. She felt that insane, too. But she couldn't stop laughing. It was so ironic. InuYasha had always been so tough, so arrogantly unafraid of anything he had to face. Now he was scared. Finally, Kagome was able to quell the bitter laughter she felt deep inside herself. She wiped the tears from her eyes.

"The jewel is gone," she stated simply. Sango and Miroku gasped. Kagome continued.

"And I think this girl is InuYasha."

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A/N: Yay! Chapter 1 is done! Thank you very much for reading it, I hope you liked it. Stay tuned for chapter 2, I've already begun working on it! Just a little hint: Koga's coming into the story soon! How will that turn out? You'll have to wait and see!