Shinigami Clara: Hay hay^^ how are you all?? I TOLD you I would updat soon^^ anyways, I hope that you would like this chapter^^ I hope it wasn¡¦t too confusing in the last chapter^^ but I get asked this question all the time: Who/What is Kagome really? Well, I said it before, and I will say this again! You will find out later^^ Kagome is not really human is she? Well, I can say that she IS human in a sense, but at the same time she is NOT human. You confused yet?

Inuyasha: What ever! Just get on with it will ya? Why do you have to do this every chapter anyways!? Stupin Ningen things!

Hiei: Though as much as I hate it, I have to agree with you. Just get on with it wench.

Clara: They are all so mean!!! Fine then, Inuyahsha! Hiei! You watch out! I WILL take revenge.....as a matter of fact, I think revenge is here^^

Hiei/Inuyahsa: Huh? *Looks over and turns pale *

Kagome: INUYASH! Are you being mean to Clara again!? *Takes a deep breath* OSUWARI~~~!!! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI!

Inuyahsa: .......... *twitch twitch*

Clara: *Smirks * Hiei, you are next *evil grin*

Crazy fangirls: *Screams and runs over to Hiei who looks for the first time in his life......scared *

Clara: Mwahahahahahaha!! Alright then^^ the disclaimer!

Disclaimer: I do not!! Own Inuyasha or YYH, if I did, I would probably die because of the two bakas.............though now that I think of it, I did wish I did, so then, I can torture them!! Mwahahahahahaha!! And Kurama will me MINE!! *Cough cough * right.....

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"To die, to sleep, to sleep but not to dream

Aye, there's the rub,

For in the sleep of death, what dreams may come

When we shuffle off this mortal coil, must take our place."

William Shakespeare, Hamlet

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Chapter 3 Death

Kagome watched the youkai's hand went to the sword, and Inuyahsa's hand tightened on the Tetsuiaga, some how, she realized that the people there were not here to hurt them nor were they sent by Naraku and being a miko (of sorts) she knew that it was always important to trust your instincts, miko's instincts were rarely wrong about who is friend and who is foe. Not to mention Kagome saw that all four people standing in front of her were very powerful, and it's always better to have powerful allies instead of powerful enemies.

Kagome walked over to where Inuyasha is standing, the tandems backed up a bit as she moved, clearly they were afraid of Kagome, or they were just sizing her up and didn't want to attack till they got a good measure of her power. "Inuyasha," Kagome said in a soft voice, here normally blue eyes now carried a trace of lilac, like the power that came forth and it will always be there, a mark of her sorrow, "Stay back, lets just hear what they need to say first before we go into battle."

The hanyou looked at Kagome, her voice was unusually soft, and he was reminded of her loss just moments ago, he quickly put Tetsuiaga back into it's sheath and followed Kagome back into the house. When Kagome turned back to see that the Tanteis were not following, and sighed, "You are coming or not? I thought you wanted to ask me something." Yuusuke looked at his companions and soon, they followed Kagome into the house.

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The tanteis entered the house, by now, every one was inside and were seated with solemn faces, in the middle was Kagome, her head bent, she was kneeling on the floor, her shoulders shook with wreaking sobs, tears fell unbidden from her eyes. Inuyasha stood to a corner, his ears cast down and his expression ranged from sadness to anger to grief. In the middle of the living room, where Kagome now knelt was two bodies, from what the tantei can see, it seems as if they were in a peaceful sleep, one that they would never wake up from.

Kagome started glowing bluish-lilac again, but this time, the energy was not out of control, it was directed at the two bodies that lay in front of her, as the colour washed over the people in the room, they felt rather than heard a whisper of voices, ethereal voices, singing something like a hymn and warmth also entered them, not so much as their physical bodies, but their souls. As Kagome's light grew brighter, the hymn grew louder, and without warning, the light flashed and disappeared, the bodies were gone as well.

The room was silent for a while, until Kagome finally stood up from where she was and started walking up the stairs to her room, Hiei tried to stop her, but was interjected by Inuyasha's growl and Kurama's hand on his arm. He glared up at the kitsune, but stood his ground.

There was a loud cry from above the stairs and all of them immediately rushed up, worried about Kagome, (Hiei was pulled along by Kurama who forgot about his grip on Hiei's arm). Inuyasha was first to rush into Kagome's room, he saw her by the bed where Souta was lying and he slowly walked over. Kagome was leaning over Souta, she was crying and laughing at the same time, when Inuyasha looked closer, he could see that Souta was breathing, though he was injured severely, he didn't seem to be in any danger now.

Kagome's tears were flowing freely now, but they were tears of happiness, even though they still consist of pain and loss, she was happy that at least Souta made it from the brick of death. Kagome now stood up and turned to the others and smiled, even if it was a bit sadly.

Then she turned to the Reikai Tanteis and said, "I suppose you would want to talk, or are you planning to just stare at me?"

Indeed they were staring, she had touched Yuusuke and he respected her, she was strong through out the ordeal, from what he saw, he could gather that it was her family or people she held dear that had died, yet she was able to smile.

Hiei was looking at her because he could not feel any energy coming form this girl despite the fact that she had just release a large amount of spirit energy and purifying energy, not to mention that there was another energy in there that seems different. *Just like what the fox said, I cannot feel anything radiating off her. *

Kurama was staring at the girl in front of him in awe, she was beautiful, and the Kitsune in him seemed to agree with that as well. Not only that, the kistsune seemed to be in awe, somewhat with her power, but like Hiei, he could not feel anything from her. He remembered her when she was glowing with the power, her hair flying out like wind, invisible to anyone but her, was tossing her hair about, her eyes glowed with the power of her energy and she was like a goddess.

Kuwabara was staring at her for the sake of staring at her, but of course, he was Kuwabara, so he couldn't skip the chance to say stupid things, "I think I'm in love!!!" he cried out suddenly, surprising not only Kagome, but everyone else.

Kagome raised an eyebrow, and said, "I think we found another Miroku, though not as extreme."

"HAY!" Miroku shouted in dismay, "I shall take that as an excuse!" he shouted before his hands started creeping towards Sango.

There was a shout of "HENTAI" and a smack was followed by it.

With Kuwabara's shout, the rest of the tanei was shocked out of their reviver (I think was the word..), Kurama was the first to speak, "I am sorry for earlier, we are not here to cause trouble, but to give our service to helping you destroy Naraku and to collect the Shinkon shards in his grasp.

This time, it was Inuyasha's group to gasp, how had they known about the Shinkon shards? What are their REAL intentions? Are they here to take it by force? Questions were swirling in their minds, but Kagome was calm and collected when she finialy said, "And I suppose you want my service? I will grant it to you, I do not feel that you are a danger to us, but firstly, tell me all you know about the Shinkon and anything that is liked to it."

"BUT KAGOME!" shouted Inuyasha, "HOW COULD YOU!? We do not even know who the hell they are and you are willing to help THEM with the Shinkon shards?!"

Kagome sighed, "Calm down Inuyasha, they are helping us, my miko instincts tell me that they mean no harm, and the more allies the better, especially against Naraku." Kagome turned back to the tanteis, "Well?" she asked.

Hiei grunted, "Hn, I guess we bring her to Koenma."

The others nodded agreement, and in a flash, the whole group, including Souta were transported to Rei Kai.

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Sorri!! I have to leave it here . I will update again in like....erm... four days time......now, lets see the schedule, hum.....interesting, very interesting, I wonder...... Sessy coming out later? We'll see... oh yah, and sorri, I was supposed to put some fluff in, but I thought since Kagome's family had literally died not long ago, I don't think it was a good idea..... but I'll see about some later on.....

I'm still puzzling over the relationship between Kagome and Inuyasha ^^ though I guess it'll turn out later on^^

I know this chapter was a bit morbid.... But I guess I can't just say they died and that's the end of it right? Anyways, the next chapter, they arrives and Rei Kai and meets Koenma, and we find out who Koenma's father really is...... An old acquaintance? Also, we find out a bit more to Kagome's secret from Genkai..... And how did she know? We'll just have to wait and see^^

Erm.. questions:

Qu. Why did her family had to die?

An. Well, I know it's very sad. But I needed something to make her power escape, (cold blooded yah? ) not only that, but I want a different side of Kagome to show as well, her courage, her strength. I didn't intend to kill her family though, I wanted to resurrect them with her power, since she seems to have the power to restore lost time....(remember the weird song at the beginning of chapter 2....i plan to change that later.......I know it's weird.....) but to resurrect her family just doesn't seem real, maybe I'll do it later when she has a grasp of her own power. But there is always a price to pay.

Sesshoumaru (this isn't exactly a question, but I've got 2 reviews saying that, and I am assuming that it means an alternate ending with Sess-chan)

Well, for this fic, that would be a bit impossible because I have a role for our Sessy-kun, but that will come later, but if you like I WILL write another fic staring him and Kag as a pair.

That's it^^ PLEASE REVIEW!!! I'm looking forward to reading it^^

Shinigami Clara