A/N: No call-outs to the people who did review sorry. I'm not in the mood, sorry. To the rest of you 70 people who did read this story...you suck, come on. There is a little blue box down on the bottom left hand of the screen. Click it and review, after your done with the new chapter.

Dedication: XDareXDevilX, this goes out to you, you gave me the idea for her to journey on her own for awhile. Thanx, it going to make the story last longer.

Kikyou stood there looking down on the small child.

'This child has caused so much trouble, and for what? Only to get to Kagome, why the hell does he want to get to her? So many questions, yet I have none of the answers. He asks me to kidnap her now, because all of his other minions have failed. I do not want to do this, it means I have to betray…' she looked over at Inuyasha her actions finishing her own thoughts. Kikyou slowly picked up the small child, her gentle actions not waking the girl.

'I may hate my reincarnation for trying to take what is rightfully mine at times, but taking something that is dear to her is wrong. I will stay true to what I said; I will eventually kill her and Inuyasha. But using his plans, is not what I want, I am just another minion to him.' Kikyou got up and walked to the door, looking one last time at her "love". She left sliding the door open slowly so not to wake the others. Walking out onto the gravel road, the rocks crunched under her feet, awakening the small child. Hoshiko looked at Kikyou, not seeing her as the undead miko she was, but as Kagome. In her still dream like state, Kikyou's resemblance to Kagome was enough to convince her that she was the real thing. Hoshiko smiled and fell back into the land of magic and wonder, her dreams. Kikyou looked down at the small child, wondering why she had not screamed in fear at the sight of someone foreign carrying her. She continued until the coverage of trees surrounded her, cloaking her from sight, from normal humans.

--The Hut—

Inuyasha woke to the sound of gravel outside the hut crunching under someone's weight. He stood, his shadow falling upon Kagome, waking her from the restless night mare that haunted her unconscious state.

"Inuyasha what is it?" she asked grogginess in her voice.

"Nothing go back to sleep," he said leaving the hut to investigate. Kagome got up too, following him outside. He ran fast, but not fast enough to escape her. Inuyasha abruptly stopped, making Kagome to run into him. Peering around him she saw the reason for the sudden stop, Kikyou. She was standing still, staring at something small. Kagome passed Inuyasha, who was motionless, her curiosity getting the better of her. Walking up on Kikyou she saw that the small object was Hoshiko. Kagome looked at Kikyou, who looked as if something shocking had happened.

"Give her back," Kagome said. Kikyou looked at her, finally coming to her senses. She smirked coldly.

"I have a job to do. I will do it no matter what," Kikyou said. White soul-collectors appeared around her. Wrapping their bodies around hers, lifting her up and away from Kagome and Inuyasha. Kagome tried to run towards her, somehow trying to defy gravity.

"Kikyou, I will find you and get Hoshiko back!" she screamed. Kagome turned around and faced Inuyasha. His shocked feelings still showed upon his face. She walked up to him, and slapped his face.

"Look what your stupid excuse for love has done now. She has stolen the only person who still cares for me. Inuyasha look around in the hut over there, it's filled with people who love and care for you. All you have to do is look in front of you, and you'll see someone who loves you more than anything else in the world. You don't have to "love" someone who you know will never love you in return, when you have me!" she stood there looking at the ground, shocked at what she had said. He looked at her now, his attention finally focused.

"Kagome, I'm sorry that Hoshiko was taken. We'll begin the search for her tomorrow in the morning. I truly am sorry," he said apologizing.

"No, we won't, this is a journey that I have to take on my own. She is my responsibility, I will find her." Kagome started to walk away, but halted as she heard the words he whispered.

"Stubborn as you always have been Kagome. Will you ever change?" he asked. She turned around, to see him staring at the ground.

"Inuyasha, I will never change. For I know that if I do, you might not come back to me. I…no matter what, I will always wait for you Inuyasha. No matter how lost you are." She walked away into the surrounding forest. The trees around her started to darken, as she drew farther away from Inuyasha. She stopped, casting her senses out, she caught a half demon.

"How the hell is it possible that you're alive…Naraku." she asked.