"I guess I should stop reading it. Kagome can get here any moment; she'll get really mad if she sees me reading her Diary. But, since I can't hear anything, I'll read a different page. Maybe, I should flip to the last page and read it?" InuYasha questioned himself.

A sudden movement made a noise, InuYasha could tell someone has awoken or Kagome must have come back. "InuYasha, why are you still awake at this moment?" Shippo asked while he was rubbing his eyes. "Also, has Kagome arrived back, yet?"

"I haven't seen her so far, so it's a no."

"I wonder why she hasn't returned yet. It's late; Kagome shouldn't be out at this time." As Shippo said, it was late at night. No one should have been awake, and outside in the dark.

"Do you really care?"

"Yes; I don't want Kagome to get hurt. If she somehow gets hurt, I'm going to blame it all on you!" Shippo shouted at InuYasha.

"If you shut up, I'll go get her. But if you don't, she'll get hurt." InuYasha knew that Shippo would never want Kagome to get hurt, so InuYasha didn't need to worry about that choice that Shippo had to make.

"Go get Kagome, and I'll promise I'll shut up!" Shippo shouted as loud as he can. He made Sango move her body to the other side, but luckily, it didn't wake her up. Miroku just yawned a bit, but just like Sango, he didn't wake up.

"I'll get her then." InuYasha started to walk out of the hut. But, as soon as he got out, Shippo was there!

"Hey InuYasha, wait for me!" Shippo started to run fast to catch up with InuYasha. "I'm coming along, too," Shippo said, while he still ran to catch up with InuYasha.

"There's no way I'm letting you come along. You're staying here, so stay here!" InuYasha scolded at Shippo. "Besides, if Kagome was getting hurt by the demon or whatever is with her, you would be no help to us."

"Yes I would. If you get lost, I can make some mushrooms things that will help us remember where we are, and that way we won't be lost," Shippo proudly says to InuYasha. Shippo, well, he thought that would help them a lot, InuYasha on the other hand, let's just say… he didn't.

"Feh, like that'll help." InuYasha paused. He thought being sarcastic might bring out some humor for him, but InuYasha being sarcastic wasn't something that fits him.

"I don't care if I don't help much! Just let me help you a little bit!" Shippo still tried to catch up with InuYasha, because after all of their small talk they just had, InuYasha was still running while Shippo tried to catch.

InuYasha stopped running once the well appeared in his eyes. "Kagome's scent. It's near us, I can smell it," he whispered that quietly as he can.

"Why did you say InuYasha? Did you say something about scents?" Shippo asked. Shippo looked at InuYasha's face, it seemed a bit serious at the moment; InuYasha most have smelled Kagome's scent or knows she's in trouble.

"I said nothing you little brat. Now, I don't care if you follow me or not, just don't interrupted me, got it?" InuYasha started to run once again. And this time, Shippo actually caught up by being on InuYasha's shoulder the whole time.

Her scent is somewhere near here. I can tell; there's also another person's or demon's scent. I just hope that Kagome doesn't get hurt by it, InuYasha thought.

Slowly, InuYasha started running slower. Once he got the slowest running speed, he walked. As he walked, he got somewhere near the forest. He could hear voices. "Shippo, we'll stay here. I can hear voices; I want to see who's here at the moment."

InuYasha then looked in his hands. He still had Kagome's Diary in his hand. He looked down at it, and then opened to a page he hasn't noticed before. He started reading these words:

"Now, I know why he may not like me as much as Kikyou, I'm not the real thing. I'm just someone that looks like her and have some of her powers. If there was someone that was InuYasha's reincarnation, I wouldn't be in love with him as much as I would have been with the real InuYasha. Although, I know Kikyou still loves InuYasha, I truly love him like her, and I hate him like her, but I still love him no matter what, even if he hates me." Kagome's voice filled his ears when read that. His heart started to beat fast, and his face seemed like something you couldn't describe; it looked like he was not trying to show any of his emotions.

"InuYasha, what were you reading?" Shippo asked. He noticed how InuYasha's face seemed; he knew there was something wrong. "You seem sad about something."

"Just shut up."

Kagome's heart beated as fast as it could. She was just standing there, while Kagura told her everything. That Yukina girl was just a little trick. Naraku just made so random person pretend they were friends and start talking to her while Kagura would take the shards and lead Kagome in the forest. How Kagura used her voice for Yukina. How the whole thing was a trick!

"Aren't you scared, human?" Kagura voice said. Kagome knew that it was Kagura; she had told Kagome it was her when it explaining everything to her. "By you not answering, I guess you are. How pathetic you are."

Suddenly, Kagome felt something. It felt like a bump just hit her face.The words she said to herself after school and after she wrote in her Diary were filling noises in her head. She felt like someone must have read it, but she didn't write it down, so she did not have to worry about.

"I should write one more thing in my Diary. I know I just wrote in it, and I already wrote the entry for the day, but writing on more time wouldn't hurt right?" Kagome said. She began writing some words she had said before to herself.

I'll just write this if anything happens, and it'll help me remember my love towards InuYasha, Kagome thought.

Kagome had her flash back. She just remembered that she did write that in her Diary! She now felt that InuYasha read it. Did he read it? If he didn't, why would I get this feeling? But, if InuYasha read it, I bet he'll come laughing… and he isn't looking for me and I'm not hearing any laughter… so, he probably didn't read it.

"Hm… Human, since I don't need you anymore, killing you sounds good. And since dog-boy isn't here, it will be simple as a piece of cake." Kagura looked like she was going to do one of those evil little laughs - that Kagome had watch when she was little - bad guys do when they think they're going to win, but aren't.

"You aren't going to kill me," Kagome whispered. She remembered all the times that InuYasha saved her, and this time, she's going to save herself. She got her bow and arrows out. She got her bow and arrows in the way their always like when she was going shot something. She let the arrow go. "Please arrow, don't miss."

"You think that your arrow is going to hit me? Remember, I control the wind. It's on my side. The only your bow will hit me if the wind was on your side, which it isn't." Kagura replied, she may not have heard what Kagome said, but she knew she said to something to her.

"It's night time. There's usually no wind at this time; it would not matter if my arrow hits you or not." Kagome had changed the tone of her voice. Normally, Kagome was a happy girl. But now, she grew a bit serious. She knew she looked like she depended on InuYasha a lot, but she wanted to defend herself this time, even it means killing.

"It's suppose to matter if you hit me or not. If you hit me, the good guys win, if not, I win and kill you."

"If you tried to kill me, you would have done it a long time ago. You don't plan to kill me; you plan to get InuYasha here." Kagome's voice tone changed again. She was getting out of her character. There's was one reason why, and that reason was unknown to her; all she thought of was getting away.

"How smart you are."

"InuYasha, are we going to listen to them talk the whole time or are we going to help them?" Shippo asked.

InuYasha didn't say a word. He just looked at Shippo and turned around.

"InuYasha, you didn't even say a word since you said some weird words that involve Kagome." Shippo looked at InuYasha. "What were you saying, anyway?"

InuYasha, of course, didn't want to answer Shippo's question. So, he mumbled, "None of your business, brat." He then, just listened to what Kagome's and Kagura's 'talk'.

"If you're not doing anything help her, I will." Shippo jumped in front of both Kagome and Kagura.

Kagome didn't see that comming, so she had a bit of a shock face. "Shippo, what are you doing here, aren't you suppose to be sleeping now?"

"I woke up and saw InuYasha have some book in his ha-" Shippo stopped because Kagome had to say something that was in this topic.

"Did he read anything in it?" Kagome asked.

"I don't think so, but he has that book in his hands right now, I think." Shippo then realized the he shouldn't have said since Kagome's face has gone happy to angry.

"INUYASHA! SIT!"

InuYasha was still shocked by what he read. So, he didn't say anything to Kagome. Kagome, of course, could have noticed the way he just acted. Usually, InuYasha would be like, 'Why the hell did you do that, wench! I didn't do anything!' But he didn't do anything like that, he just stayed like the way he was right now.

Kagome gradually walked towards InuYasha. "InuYasha, I know that there's something up with you. Now tell me what it is or I'll be force to use that word on you." Kagome smiled a bit after she said that.

"It's nothing; can't someone who's not like this be like this?" InuYasha asked, he stopped acting like the way he was, if he was like that the whole time, Kagome would know. But if InuYasha didn't act like that, Kagome would find out, so he quickly changed his personality for the moment, and he'll think more about it when Kagome leaves him alone.

Kagome ignored what InuYasha had said. "Now, let me ask you if you read my Diary?"

"Nope, I didn't read your book of whatever is filled in it," InuYasha lied to Kagome. "Why would I read such a thing?"

"Because you didn't give it to until I got here, for one. Two, Shippo said you had it in your hands." InuYasha quickly glared a Shippo. Shippo just stuck out his tongue at InuYasha. "And you do have the book in your hands." Kagome was right; InuYasha did have it in his hands.

"Ask the little brat if I read it." InuYasha got closer to Kagome to whisper something in her ear. "Don't worry, he won't lie to you. He wouldn't lie to his 'mommy'."

Kagome smirked a little. She just remembered what Shippo did this morning. "Shippo, did he read it?"

"I didn't see him open it at all; I don't think he read. But, you can never tell if he read your Diary thing." Kagome turned around to look at InuYasha, while she did that, Shippo stuck out his tongue again.

"I promise, I didn't read your stupid Diary that is filled with stupid stuff because its owner is stupid," InuYasha said. "And looking at your Diary, I don't even have a comment on it!"

"Sit, InuYasha. Well, I hoped you didn't read my Diary. But if you did, I'll 'sit-'" Kagome stopped because InuYasha fell down. "Opps! Sorry, InuYasha!" Kagome started to blush, for partly no reason. "That's what will happen!"

"Wench," he said when he first go up from the 'sit' word. "Now, let us just defeat Kagura while we have the chance." He turned around to beat her with his sword, but she left. "Great, with all the talk Kagome made us do, she stole all our jewel shards and we do we get in return? Nothing!"

Kagome looked carefully at the place that Kagura was standing on; at least from what she thought was where Kagura was standing. She didn't see much when she was there; the light was too dim for her. "She left something. There's something on that rock, InuYasha." Kagome pointed to the rock; there was a shiny spark of light on it.

"What's that thing that shining?" InuYasha asked as his eyes were staring at it. InuYasha thought and looked closely at the rock. He did not want to go too close to it because it might have been a trap. "I think she left the jewels behind, Kagome."

Kagome looked closer at the rock; she then, started to walk on towards. As closer she got to rock, the clearer she saw the object. "It does." Kagome walked towards it more, and then, she lifts it up. "She did leave the jewels behind, but why? She must have done it on purpose; she wouldn't dare lose them on accident."

"Oh well, it doesn't matter." InuYasha looked at the rock once more. "And it looks like she forgot Naraku's jewel shards, too," InuYasha said.

I know the Naraku is going to be mad at me and should try to kill me for doing this, but doesn't matter. They almost have all shards; they will kill him with its strength. I'll just tell him that I lost them. But what if Kanna uses her mirror and turns against me? She wouldn't… But if Naraku does find out on his own… I'm dead. But, InuYasha's going to beat him with the help of the jewel shards he has now, Kagura thought as she walked to Naraku's castle.

"Now, let's go back before they get a worried that we aren't there." InuYasha then, started to walk there, and Kagome and Shippo started to follow.

Once they got close to there, Shippo started to run fast into the hut, and jumped on the floor - loudly. And, he woke up Miroku and Sango, but they thought that only Kagome and InuYasha were outside - alone.

"What's all the noise?" Miroku asked as he yawned. He looked at Shippo. "Oh, it was just Shippo being all crazy like. Y'know Shippo, you might give someone a heart attack if you keep on doing the same thing forever and ever," Miroku said randomly.

Deep Within's Note: Meh, I know, this was late. I was thinking making this the last chapter, but I'll make the last one later. (I just noticed how many side plots thingys I had...) Anyways, enjoy!