Clueless97-Yep, bad Naraku, but he is evil so he is allowed his quirks. Yes, Usagi does because she is a child at heart and that responds well with children.

Metty-Thank You, it does my self-esteem well to hear things of that nature.

Krystyn- Hmm, it was Don't Fear the Reaper-Blue Oyster Cult, Linkin Park-Pushing Me Away, Creed-Weathered, Nickleback- Do This Anymore, SomeDay, and some instrumental music. I don't know where my System of A Down C.D.'S are, borrowed I suppose.

Jay FicLover-All in good time, all in good time.

Little Bunny Phoo Phoo-Promise, in fact I can give the name of it since I am working on it, it won't be posted for a while, but when you want to look for it. 'It's all Demon to Me.'

RenaMoon- Hmm, their first meeting and a couple after that will be one for the record books. Thanks, your story is coming along nicely too.

Pure-Sweet-Cute, all those updates, and then trying to throw me off balance by slipping your questions in between. Very sly, bravo, but not going to catch me that easy. All in good time.

Unspoiled Rini-Maybe, maybe not, depends on the story. No secret I tend to like Kikyo better then Kagome. (Shrugs.) Maybe it's a first love thing?

Oh, sorry for the wait, college is starting its Spring Semester and I had to do all my paperwork again. Once again they filed it under the wrong SS number. All I am is a number now, ugh, I am so glad I have a name!

For all Purposes, I do not claim ownership.

Dawn broke scorching the hanyou's face, waking him from his troubled sleep. Stretching, he leapt down from his perch, jarring his wounds and making them bleed. The broken arrow that was still clutched in his hand and cut his hand open with the arrowhead. Blood staining it, giving it an eerie, sorrowful glow. Limping back, with his wounds leaking heavily, he stumbled into Kaede's hut. Kagome sighed and helped him over to a mat, amiss his rants of not needing help. Leaving him laying on the straw mat, she noted the condition of his wounds, and the amount of need medical equipment to appease him were not in equal equation.

Kagome sighed, as she was prone to do when in accordance to the half-demon. Using the last of her medicinal items, she gazed begrudgingly at InuYasha. Kneeling beside him, she gently prodded an uninjured part to catch his attention. "Do you think you could make it to my well and cross into my time with me?" She quietly asked him. InuYasha growled at her, standing up with pain and marching to he doorway. Kagome sighed again, and stood beside him, incase he needed support. With mercy on their side they manage the walk to the well and the simple fall into the vortex that only opened for them. Struggling up the other side of the well and into the temple shrine the Higurashi family owned. Half dragging the demi-youkai into the Sunset Shrine, she called for her mother to bring down the first aid supplies.

Being it's a Saturday in Kagome's time, her younger brother answers he call instead. His short black hair falling into his amber eyes, as he rushed down the stairs with the supplies in hand. Seeing his idol's condition, he dashes quickly back upstairs to grab a couple of towels. These were to be place beneath the demi-youkai to stop the blood from staining the floor. Kagome then shoo's her younger brother off, so she could tend to InuYasha. Untying his red fire-rat haori, and slipping off his white undershirt, she quickly cleaned and bandaged his mid-section. This was including the amounts of cursing from the injured one. "InuYasha, you should rest here, I am sure the Feudal Era will be fine for a night or two." Kagome suggested. This might have been met with resistance, except for the fact that InuYasha had passed out from heavy blood lost.

Sighing she and Sota, her younger brother, managed to get the half demon upstairs and in Kagome's room. Making a soft bedding of blankets and towels on the floor the put the injured half-demon on it. Then quickly Kagome went to wash the stained white towels. Mutely wondering over her friends's conditions and Kaede's disappearance.

Meanwhile in the Feudal Era, Naraku pondered on his new plan.Telling Kanna to show him Kaede's hut to see the injured ones, pleasantly surprised when he could not find the annoying wench from the future or the troublesome hanyou. Still, the fact the least injured guarded the hut, crowing with glee, he summoned his detachment Kagura to his chambers. "Go, finish off the youkai exterminator, the monk, and the wolf youkai." He ordered. Kagura turn and left her pointed ears catching on the soft padding of feet, she turned to see the last of Usagi's hair disappearing around the corner.

Kagura smirked in satisfaction, knowing she was not alone in wanting to escape the dark demi-youkai's clutches. Her fan was waved lazily in her hand, and dark promises for the one that held her physical heart were echoed in her thoughts. "Soon, I will have my freedom." Kagura voiced and then disappeared out of the castle doors into the outer courtyard. Her feather pulled from her hair, grew and floated gently in front of her waiting her commands. "Away, to the priestess village."

Usagi sighed one she reached her castle room, she had felt refreshed from her bath. Feeling that Naraku was in the castle, and had his two detachments in his room with him, peaked her curiosity. Creeping quietly to his outer screen, she listened in, hearing his plans, she knew she had to do something. Grasping her crystal, she made a simple copy of herself and sent it back to her room. Then she focused on her own appearance, they would not trust Kikyo's form, and it would alert Naraku.

A villager, she thought, and thought back to the few villagers she had encountered. Her form shifted again to a simple villager and used her crystal to teleport herself to the village.Marking a thought to where the hut was, she quickly rushed over. "Mi'lord, Mi'lady." She cried out when she reached the hut. That gained the attention of the group.

Miroku, being his charming self, kneeled before Usagi, yet, before he could complete his tirade Sango pushed past him. "There is a strong demoness heading this way, she rides a feather." Usagi explained hoping they would escape some where else. Rather then follow Usagi's thoughts, they nodded and stood shakily. Sango steading her bone boomerang against her uninjured side.

Usagi eyed the rising the wolf youkai warily, unsure of his abilities. He limped over, both Kagome and Miroku had set his bones back in place, but he was still sore. His eyes fell on Usagi, and he studied her closely. "What of you, how did you come across this information?" Kouga questioned. Usagi kneeled before him, exposing her neck as a sign of trust.

"I was working in the hills searching for medicinal plants when my eyes caught on a shadow on the hillside." Usagi began. "Following the shadow up, I saw the demoness." She explained her head still bowed.

Kouga nodded, and offered his uninjured hand to Usagi's kneeling form. She grabbed it, and was lifted up with ease, but something must of set him on edge. Usagi looked down to their clenched hands, her true form may be hidden, but she still had her claws. They must of nicked him, and made him wonder.

Screaming saved her an explanation, as he let go as a shadow darkened their doorway. Kagura leaned there grinning fearlessly at the last of the Inu-tachi. Usagi slipped out the hole in the wall of the hut and escaped to the forest. Feeling safe she let the glamor drop, and shook out her long golden mane in agitation. She kept a close eye on the incoming battle, and she worried for both sides. Before, her heart could urge her to do something, a clawed hand clamped around her mouth and dragged her backwards.

Usagi panicked, until her nose picked up a familiar scent. The older Taiyoukai, she had forgotten about him. However, kind thoughts where not in his mind, because his claw tightened.

Sango breathed uneasily leaping out the hole in the wall, followed closely by Miroku and Kouga. Kirara had already exited through the holeto give them a wider battleground. Kagura followed letting the poisonous wasp go to starve off Miroku and his main attack. Kagura quickly took down Sango with a well aimed Dance of Blades, leaving Miroku to tend to her and out of the battle.

Leaving the lastline of defense as Kouga and Kirara, for Shippo had escaped to hide. Kagura grinned at Kouga, reminding him of his slain pack by her fan. He leapt wildly at her, his rage blinding him. Fortunately, Kirara had grabbed his armor in his leap bring him back and snapping him back to reality. Unfortunately, it also restated the gravity forces making his legs buckle under him and the pain made him black out. Kirara was the only one that could truly fight and it left the bleakness of the situation blinding to our heroes.

Kirara stood to her full height and her fire spread wildly surrounding her in a fifty foot radius. Her twin tails swishing angrily at the demoness who dared attack her and harm the ones she watches over.

Seeing Kagura attackingshe leapt gracefully into the air and twisted out of the way of a Dance of Blades attack. She flew higher over a Dance of the Dragon attack, until her shadow could not be seen. Kirara flew in the path of the sunlight, making Kagura fire blindly at her. When the dust of Kagura's attacks became to numerous for Kagura to see through Kirara dived down.

Kirara aimed her mouth and a stream of fire hit Kagura's left side burning her greatly. Kagura cursed at her and pulled back, leaping upon a feather of escape. Though, Kirara had escaped most of Kagura's attacks, a few had managed to hit her, her energy spent she landed.

Kirara then shrunk to her kitten form to recuperate mewing pitifully at Sango. Kouga had awoken to seen the end of the battle and gratefully scooped up the little Kirara. Miroku help Sango up and together they managed to enter Kaede's healing hut. Balefully, the injured group wondered where Kaede, Kagome, and InuYasha were.

They sent Shippo to the villagers, hunting for bandages. He return laden with cloth, and medicinal herbs. Shippo set straight to healing up the group, his nimble fingers making tight, secureknots that held their bandages secure around them.

Usagi could of screamed in frustration, she had seen Kagura leave the battle field, but had no idea how the battle had ended. Sesshomaru growled in warning at her when she twitched in agitation. So far, all he had done was question Usagi of her purpose of being in the forest.

Her back was to his chest, and he could not see her hand movements which she lifted to her brooch that held her ginzuishou. She had refuse to answer his question until he would let her breath by dropping his claw from her throat. He had moved his claw there when he began questioning her.

Though unmoved by her pleas, he loosened his one claw and waited for his answer. Drawing tokijin, he placed the point into her back, udaltaing his impatience. Usagi quickly turned offering him a quick wave of apology before grabbing the ginzuishou and escaping his vision.

She appeared exhausted on the outskirts of the castle, quickly she entered and collapsed onto her pallet with Rin and Shiori cuddling closely. Usagi had arrived none to soon as Naraku, had entered her bamboo screen, his visage twisted with slighted anger.

"Why was your power spiking, Bioijin-ko?" Naraku questioned.

"Clothing for the children." Usagi answered pointing to a pile of clothing next to them. Usagi had done that as soon as they had gotten back from their bath, but he didn't need to know that.

"Good, Bioijin-ko, you won't have to go a village then." Naraku said sweeping off. Usagi sighed tiredly and curled up with the children.

Using the crystal was draining, but she was building up a small resistance to it. Sleep pulled her eyelids down, and her thoughts were swept away. Her last vocal thought was of the full-moon tomorrow eve.

Please Review. Sorry if I make it seem she is stronger then the others. Actually, its just that she has abilities different from what they are accustomed to. As you see she could fight with the angry Taiyoukai Lord, she would lose badly, but transporting out of his range is still open. Please review.

The next chapter should be fun. Yay, for Kirara, finally got to do something other then be a taxi.

Much Care,

WolfchildBlazer