Oooh…I've been slacking I guess. Well I've had tons of family problems and I got my cast off and doing physical therapy…oh! And my boyfriend ran away from home after trying to kill his step dad. Sweatdrop! So yeah oh and if you want to know what's going on and why I'm not posting things…go to my website. If you go to that Xanga website thing…just search for Shel and Lai Site. It's my name and Lai's name so it's easier for YOU people to comprehemp.

Lai pokes Shel. "Actually it's spelled 'comprehend'."

…WHATEVER! I spell it how I pronounce it! Oh and by the way comprehemp means understand…

"No. Comprehemp means nothing. COMPREHEND means understand."

WHATEVER! Onto the chapter!

Ghost of You

Chapter 16

Ghost of You

InuYasha froze. His whole body went numb; his heart was beating loudly in his ears.

Kirara jumped in front of his. There…impossibly sat a very dirty and muddied Kagome. Her clothes were torn and her hair was messy and tangled. She looked up at the hanyou and neko with lifeless brown eyes, reminding the two of Kohaku.

"K—Kagome?"

The miko turned her head away. "No."

She shivered. "Not the real one anyway."

Sango through her Hiraikotsu at Ren. The dragon ducked under the bone weapon and lowered her right arm so her snake could slither off. "What would killing me accomplish?"

Sango caught her weapon as it swung back. Ren sneered. "I haven't even begun to explain things." Sango frowned. "You have no idea how tired we are of you."

Ren's sneer only grew. "Good. Because I'm about to leave. "I've avenged Naraku's death and I'll let InuYasha's shortage of sanity take care of him." Her eyes moved to Miroku's right hand. And she grinned. "So that's why the demon's slayer has been the only one attacking! You don't have your Kazanna anymore!"

Miroku turned his right hand into a threatening fist.

"Well now! I guess there are some disadvantages of killing Naraku, huh? You're pretty much useless now and you—." Ren turned her eyes over to Sango. "You're brother will soon be dead after you remove that pesky little shard. Ooh…" She looked around. "Speaking of Sacred Jewel shards…you haven't found Naraku's yet have you?"

"Kagura took them." Sango answered. She wished she hadn't a second later. Or…if Ren finds the shards, she would be easier to take down. After all…Ren wasn't exactly the strongest demon they had ever met. But she was smart.

"K—Kagome?"

The clone ((or as I'm going to call her; "The Empty Shell" or my personal favorite "Claypot"…wait…I've turned her into Kikyou! What a twist!)) looked up at the hanyou with cold lifeless eyes. "Not the real one." Her voice shook. "Happy now?"

InuYasha took a step back. Kirara's fur stood on end and she growled. Claypot Version 2.0 ((heheh…version 2.0…that's funny)) shivered. "I'm a body of clay now just like her!" she barked. A sickening crack sounded and blood oozed from her shoulder. She made no attempt to stop it. A black wind thing almost like a thousand feathers whirled around her and when they subsided…Kagome/Claypot 2.0 was gone.

InuYasha took another step back, stumbled and fell down still staring at the spot where the girl was. Kirara calmed a little. "What just—what just happened!" The cat looked at him strangely. I'm sorry, are you BLIND?-!

"That was scary." Shippo squeaked from his bedroll. Ren had gone a while ago and Kirara and InuYasha still weren't back yet. "She gave us some vital information." Sango said from her place by the fire. Miroku was on his back studying his right hand. "And now I'm useless." HE made a face. "I am NOT useless!" She bolted straight up. Sango sighed. "Don't let her get to you Houshi-sama; we know you're not useless."

"Yeah you're the one that can sorta cook." Shippo piped in. Miroku sweat dropped. "Thank you Shippo…"

The bushes rustled and a frazzled Kirara jumped out and shook. Sango got up. "Kirara?" Kirara blinked and scratched her chin all cute like with her back foot. "Where's InuYasha?" Miroku questioned. As if on queue, InuYasha came out next very silent and sat down far away from the others. Shippo jumped up. "Hey you're human."

"Hadn't noticed." He snapped. Shippo gulped and tried to think of a comeback. "Hey! Don't get all snippy with me InuYasha just because you ran off!"

"Did you find anything?" Sango asked stroking her cat. InuYasha shook his head. "No." Yes.

Shippo jumped on the hanyou's shoulder and sniffed him. InuYasha threw him off. "Quit it! That's annoying!" Shippo rolled forward into a sitting position. "You're the one that's annoying! You smell like dirt and death!" The kit then jumped up and ran behind Miroku. "Dirt and…death?" Miroku made a face. "You…went to find Kikyou?"

"Not intentionally." He…sorta lied. "She wanted…Kagome's soul." Sango looked up. "She waned what?-! Does she have it?" Then she realized that InuYasha probably didn't know a thing about that butterfly…thing. "She almost got it." He answered. "But…I wouldn't let her." He turned away.

"Good for you InuYasha." Shippo said softly. Yeah…it was a good thing. But he didn't feel good.

I'm so sorry guys this is such a short chapter! Please don't hate me but this whole broken arm thing has thrown me off track and I'm trying to get back on! You know what they say, once a train de-rails a track it's hard for it to get back on. OOH! I CAME UP WITH A METAPHOR! I better write that down…

Oh! Anyway's…later!