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InuYasha: What's your problem?

Shel: Oh be quiet…I just got me ears pierced and they did it wrong…it hurts like hell.

Shippo: Poor Shel. Are you in pain?

Shel: It just stings a little. I should be fine. I need to type this anyway…So I don't own em and InuYasha gets off easy this time.

Inu: YAY!….i mean um……….damn…..bitch!

Shel: O dear…. :sweatdrop: Oh yeah I know I said I would update only when I get so-so how many reviews but I caved and updated anyway so spare me!

Shippo: That's something InuYasha would say…

Shel: Yeah, I guess I've been stalking him for a little too long…

Kirara landed rather swiftly on the ground and immediately, Kagome jumped off of the fire cat her bow and arrow in her hands. "Sango! Need help?"

Sango smirked at Kagome as she fended off yet the same lizard demon that had attacked her. "Kagome I am glad you are alright! But this is no time for sarcasm so get your butt over here and help us!"

Kagome laughed at her friends choice of words and shot at the demon that was attacking her friend. The demon blocked her arrow with its bow but was left defenseless and Sango slashed it in half with her boomerang weapon.

Kagome sighed. "Not exactly what I had planned but alright…" Sango ran to embrace her friend after her being gone. "Don't ever leave us again like that Kagome-chan! You had me so worried." Kagome pulled away from Sango to look her in the eye smiling. "I promise I won't."

Miroku came up from behind her to place a firm hand on her shoulder. "Welcome back Kagome, hope you're feeling well." Kagome gave him a smile as well. "I'm fine, thank you Miro—." Unfortunately his hand couldn't stay on her shoulder and was now rubbing her bottom.

"HETAI!" (Sp? It's Japanese for pervert) Birds scattered form the forest trees after Kagome's earth shattering scream. Back down to ground level, Miroku was lying on his side with a red hand mark across his face. Kagome was huffing and fuming while InuYasha held onto her from under her arms to keep her from attacking the monk. Sango shook her head sadly at the sight but reminded herself that things were back to normal.

A lizard demon came up to them and shot an arrow at them barely missing Sango. Ok, almost normal.

Kagome felt something throb in her shoulder. (yeah I'm getting sick of that damned thing too) Something was pulling her to the woods. Something was wrong. Something was getting a hold of her instincts and telling her to run as fast as she could to the woods.

InuYasha sensed something was wrong with her. "What's up Kagome?"

Kagome squirmed out of his hold of her and Miroku crawled a few steps away from her.

Something only Kagome could hear was coming from the woods. A thousand whispering voices beckoning to the forest's core. Kagome took a step as if the whispering tones were manipulating her. "Kagome." InuYasha tried again. She ignored him and put up her hand to shush him.

They all listened for whatever she was hearing. Even the demons had stopped their snarling and attacks to wait for the miko's first move. Kagome gripped her bow in her hand and dashed for the woods. "I'll be right back!"

InuYasha growled, upset at the fact he was ignored. "Kagome!"

"Don't follow me!" Came the hollow reply.

"Feh. Have it your way." And he turned hastily back to the demons. "Are we going to defeat these things or not?"

Sango pulled (quite literally) Miroku to his feet and nodded. "We'll just have to do this without her." A big fire cat snarled at the demons from beside InuYasha. His ear left ear twitched, the way it always did when he got an idea. "Kirara, follow Kagome but don't let her know your with her, got it?"

Kirara turned her head to the side slightly to tell him she didn't understand. InuYasha continued. "Transform and follow her! Come back here if she gets into trouble…I don't like whatever she's following."

Kirara transformed into little Kirara and dashed after Kagome. "Maybe I should follow her…" InuYasha thought out loud.

Yumi plopped down in the clearing feeling very drained of her energy. Sesshomaru was out somewhere with Jaken and Rin had stayed back at camp.

"I give up…" She said quietly to herself. "Perhaps I was meant to come here for a reason…but traveling all over Japan knowing I betrayed my family is not it."

She fell on her back placing her hands behind her head. She sighed and stared up past the trees into the darkening sky. "I find her, tell her to explain things to me, and then she will explain this Naraku person to me." Yumi nodded to herself. "Yep, that's it."

In a hazy gray cloud, a dark shadowy figured appeared before her. Yumi sat up and rubbed her eyes preparing for the worst. When the haze disappeared, Naraku cloaked in his baboon pelt emerged from the haze. "It has been a while, agreed Yumi?"

Yumi replied with something that had Naraku smirking. "Feh."

"Picking up more of his traits…how annoying."

"You're annoying…" She countered. (Heh…I know someone who is going to kill me for the Naraku comment) "And I got rid of you only a few days ago. What do you want now?"

Naraku smirked. He took something from his pocket and held it out for Yumi to see perfectly it was the sacred jewel. Yumi panicked she turned to run but bumped into the last person she thought to see.

Kur0: AM I EVIL ORNWHAT? I know I know I updated and I didn't even get half as many reviews I wanted but I couldn't help it. Have fun thinking about this chapter because it may be a while before I update…hehehe