This isn't a long chapter, but enjoy.

Inuyasha's Desperation

Inuyasha sniffed the ground. He had to find Kagome. He knew it was Sesshoumaru who had taken her; the forest had reeked of him, when he had woken up.

His chest ached where Sesshoumaru had shoved the sword. He had just been lucky that the Shikon no Tama had stopped the sword. If it hadn't, he would no longer even be alive to search for Kagome.

After he had woken up, he had taken the shattered jewel back to Kaede. She made the jewel whole once again, and then Inuyasha had to explain the story to his friends.

At first Miroku had given Inuyasha his smug look when he suspected what they had been up to, but then he spotted the desolation in Inuyasha's eye. All of his friends were extremely worried about Kagome, but even more so, they were confused. Kagome had been kidnapped before, but never by Sesshoumaru.

The question that coursed through everyone's minds was, why?

That very morning, they set out in search of their kidnapped companion. Inuyasha had his nose to the ground nearly the whole time. "Damn him! I can smell Kagome's trail, but it's so erratic! It's like my filthy youkai brother ran all over the country, trying to lessen the scent!"

"Inuyasha, calm down," Sango tried to soothe him.

"She'll be okay," Shippo added, though there was sadness in the young kitsune's eyes.

"She will be when I find her," Inuyasha muttered, helplessly.

"Inuyasha, may I ask why you had the Shikon no Tama?" Miroku asked, trying to take Inuyasha's mind off the task at hand.

"It was Kagome's gift to me. She told me to use it as I would."

"Will you use it to become full-demon?" Sango asked quietly.

"I know the choice I will make, but I cannot make it yet. When I find Kagome, and defeat my brother, only then will I relinquish this power, and live a normal life with my love."

Never before had Inuyasha's friend ever hear him speak so unguardedly. They had known Inuyasha had changed, but never had suspected how much.

They set off again. Inuyasha running in front and Kirara, carrying Miroku, Sango, and Shippo, in back, struggling to keep up.

"Why is Inuyasha like this, Kagome has been kidnapped before?" Shippo ask confused.

"Yes, but never by his brother." Sango replied.

"And I believe that Sesshoumaru interrupted the pair, while they were…admitting there love for each other." Miroku added, with the first smile anyone had seen all day.

"Miroku, leave Shippo be! You'll rot his mind," Sango yelled, punching him playfully in the shoulder. She wasn't really mad, because she knew what he had said was true.

"Why is admitting your love for each other bad? I thought we wanted Kagome and Inuyasha together?" Shippo asked, even more confused than when he had began.

"I'll tell you when you're older." Miroku told Shippo.

"That's what you always tell me!" Shippo whined.

"When you're older Shippo," Sango said sternly.

"Oh, alright."

"Damn it!" They heard Inuyasha shout from up ahead.

"What is it Inuyasha?" They chorused.

"I lost her scent! Kami, curse my filthy, conniving, wicked…" Inuyasha trailed off into insults.

"We'll find her Inuyasha, I know it." Sango reassured him.

"Yes, I will find her, if I have to search the rest of my life. I promised her…"

Inuyasha stared off into the distance for a long time. His eyes didn't seem to focus on anything, but instead look inward, and replayed a moment of his past. "I promise Kagome, I will find you," he told himself again, and then started running again.