LS:The next exciting chapter of my new story!!!!

Sess:Yeah, yeah, cut the commentary, woman, and get on with it!!!

Spit:And stop being so childish!

LS:FINE, I'll write! And I am not childish, you big poopoohead!!!!!

:::both roll eyes::::

LS:Anyways, I'm going to try something new. Every three chapters, it goes Kagome's POV, Third Person POV, InuYasha's POV. It might seem a little confuzzling, but hopefully everyone will get it. Hopefully, everyone reads the Author notes before and after each chapter, but, hey, your loss if you don't.

I know that I fell, but other than that, I remember nothing. For a long time, all I could see was black, no color, no light, no pictures. Nothing. And it terrified me.

I'm pretty sure the next thing that I could see was a dream. I'm still not sure if it was that or a premonition., but what I saw was so real, I could feel it. Literally.

###Dream###

I walked in an almost barren place, trying to remember where I was, trying to find some landmark to tell me where I was at. There wasn't any buildings, trees, flowers, people. Only me. Me and the hard, dry, cracked earth that could have been a sea at one point. And, for all I knew, it probably was.

I tripped on a crack and fell. But I didn't get up. I just laid there, not giving a rat's ass if I survived the ocean of earth. I had nothing, no food, no shelter from the breeze, no water, no family or friends, nothing. A piece of red flashed by my eye and a reached up, quick as lightening, and grabbed it. It was a piece of cloth. Tattered and worn, I sat up, holding the piece of cloth that looked just like I felt.

I looked towards the sun wondering if maybe, I wasn't alone.

###Dream End###

All of a sudden, the sun became unbearably bright, and I could hear soft voices. I blinked slowly adjusting to the light of the room. Room...wait, wasn't I just in a desert? Why is the room all white? Where the hell am I?!

A figure with white hair turned and looked at me, before kneeling down and taking my hand in his. I blinked again, and my vision cleared, letting me see who my white haired figure really was. InuYasha smiled softly at me, almost afraid that I would break or die.

"What happened?"I asked, my voice terribly dry and scratchy.

InuYasha shook his head and motioned for me to open my mouth. I complied and he poured a little water down my throat, clearing it up considerably. He brushed the hair out of my face with a shaking hand. I started to speak, but he held his hand to my lips and shook his head. I gave him a questioning look. I was horribly confused.

"You fell off the rail,"he said, his normally steady voice shaking,"and you fell thirty-two feet."

"It's a miracle that you are alive,"said a person I didn't know, "If you weren't a miko, you wouldv'e died on impact."

"A mi-" InuYasha's hand once again stopped me.

"Let her speak, her throat is not damaged,"said the person, who I assumed was a doctor.

"A miko?" I said, wondering what that was.

"A miko is a Shinto maiden graced with certain, um, gifts,"he said, " They have the ability to heal, curse, protecft, destroy, slaughter, and save. They are normally a virgin, but in some cases they are evil and retain their powers after theyv'e lost iunnocence."

"That's all wonderful and grand,"I said, "But what does any of this have to do with me?"

"You were saved by powers you didn't know you had,"said InuYasha, speaking my brainless lingo.

"Ah," I said, still somewhat confused," So, I was knocked cold, fell thirty-two stories, landed it without dying, and am awake?"

InuYasha looked thoughtful, then nodded, giving me a small "yup".

I looked skeptically at him. I don't know why, but I didn't trust a damn word he said. It seemed too unreal, too fantasy-based, too....strangely unnatural, to be real. But, with the look that he gave me, I could tell that neither of the men were lying. I believed him like I had NEVER believed anyone. Not my mom, my dead father, not Hiroku or Kyomi, not my little brother Sota. But I believed him.

"How long have I been out for?"

"About thirteen hours,"said InuYasha, his voice becoming shaky again.

The doctor made a crucifix sign on his chest before walking out, muttering about the dead souls of hell coming to haunt the bearer of the number. I looked at the door oddly, before giving InuYasha the same "what-the-fuck?!" look. He giggled slightly, before laughing outloud. I joined in about a moment later, laughing as if I hadn't for days.

When the laughing died down, he hugged me tightly. I hugged him back just as tight. That was how Kyomi, Kiroku, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and, unfortunately, Lieutenant James. InuYasha snapped to attention, glaring at the others, who were snickering slightly.

"Cadet,"said James in his warm, rustic voice,"will you be able to march our cadets to victory tomorrow?"

"Sir, Yes, SIR!"I said, before breaking down into laughter.

"Good,"he said, before walking out.

"Stiff,"I muttered, earning a snicker from everyone.

"SHHHH!!!"said Shippo jokingly,"he might hear us from down the elevator and come back up to do push-ups."

That was the last straw. Everyone broke down into hysterics, unable to contain their glee that I was okey and that everyone would still be together. Kyomi hugged me, almost to tears, as did Hiroku. Sango and Miroku hugged me at the same time, squeezing the life out of me, as did Shippo. They left together, saying that I would be out of the hospital by tomorrow. Leaving me and InuYasha alone.

InuYasha hugged me again, this time much more gently. I pulled away.

"What's wrong,"I asked quietly," you seem so scared."

"I was,"he said softly, "The moment you landed, I thought you were dead."

I stopped and looked at his point of view in retrospective. I know that if it was him landing like I did, I wouldn't have waited a heartbeat before jumping after him. Looking at him in silent shock, I wondered if he felt the same way I did when I merely thought about it. From the look in his eyes and the shaking of his hands, he did.

I stood up, wobbly at first and with InuYasha's help, and walked to where he had been sitting. When he sat back down, seeing that I was unharmed, I kissed him lightly on the cheek. He wrapped his arm around my neck and pulled me into a very passionate kiss that made my knees go weak. He wrapped his other arm around my waist and pulled me on top of his lap, never breaking the kiss. When he did pull away, I leaned my head against his chest, listening to his quickened heartbeat, slowly falling asleep to the rhythm.

I woke up, dressed in my favorite pajama's, in my hotel room, late the next morning. I was refreshed, ready to do, pretty much, anything. Slowly sitting up, I looked around the room, seeing Sango asleep in the bed next to me. I grabbed my cell phone off of the bedside table and checked the time. It was around ten'thirty back in Cali, so it is...7 in the morning here. I got up and walked into the kitchen, grabbing the cereal and milk, making a bowl. Kyomi, waking up moments late, walked in and made a bowl for herself.

While we were eating, she stared at me. Hard. At first, I was fine with it, but, after a while, it started creeping me out. I edged away slowly, but every inch I moved, she moved closer. Finally, creeped to the point of breaking, I asked her what was wrong.

"I'm glad your okey," she said in a whispery, quiet voice that held a slight mystique to it.

"I'm glad I am too," I said, slightly yawning," I'm sorry I scared everyone so much."

"I wasn't too scared," she said softly," You have the light inside you, and it protects you."

"The light....isn't that the same light you said I had when we first met?"

"Then, it was small. Now, it's so big, you can see it leaking out of you."

I nodded, remembering the day we first met, on the playground of our little elementary school. I was siting all alone on a swing, and her, skipping towards me, held out her hand, offering to play a game of soccer with the others. When I accepted, she told me, very clearly, that I had a special light. I looked at her, then smiled, and we became fast friends.

Sango woke up, walking in the room rubbing her eyes, and grabbed the cereal and milk, making a bowl as well. She smiled at Kyomi, who smiled cheerfully back, then smiled at me, which I smiled back gratefully. She then shoved a spoonful in her mouth, almost choking on it when there was a resounding crash next door.

All three of us rushed over, wrenching open the door. We walked in, and everything was completely silent. I walked towards the bedroom, Kyomi behind me, Sango next to her, and opened the door. The room was a mess, the beds shoved against a wall, the closet doors ripped off the hinged. Miroku sat, frigged and staring, horror stricken, at the wall where the closet doors once stood. InuYasha was backed up against the wall, Shippo beside him, staring at the same wall, scared stiff.

When I turned, I gasped and closed my eyes, trying to will the image away. But, nomatter how hard I tried, it wouldn't disappear from my mind. On the wall, I dried, bloody imprint of a body, a woman's body, remained, from what looked like a gruesome murder.

LS:Yeah, I know, short. Big whoop-dee-doo!!! Leave me alone, I'm tired and stupefied.

Sess:::wraps arms around:: It's okey. Most people understand that marching band sucks major ass, so just relax.

Spit:Yeah, smile for now, tomorrow will be worse.

LS:::glare:::Gee, aren't you a bright little ray of sunshine?

Sess:o.O;;;

Spit:--;;;

LS: .