Chapter 3: Discovered

Hours later Saphira returned, cloaked in the darkness of the night. InuYasha leapt straight at her in attack and she dodged it as easily as she had earlier. He growled and her eyes glinted in the firelight. Her tail whipped sideways and smacked him in the side of the face. He turned and walked away, wishing there was some way to ambush her and take the shard. Remembering something, however, he paused and turned his head.

"How did ya know my name?" He asked, anger filling his voice.

"I've been sitting above you long enough to know your name," She replied with a smirk. He turned in silence and sat down by the fire.

The lycanthrope stalked her way over to the tree and pulled herself into it. Settling between two limbs, she watched Kagome and InuYasha. The firelight reflected in her eyes, giving them both the feeling of being watched by a wild animal. InuYasha turned and looked away in annoyance, but Kagome stared at her in amazement.

"Am I really that fascinating, human?" Saphira asked in amusement.

Kagome blinked at her, "Well, it's just… I've never seen anyone like that except InuYasha," He growled at these words, "And you look like you're from my era… But that can't b-"

"It's true. I'm from your era," Kagome gasped and she continued, "I… borrowed your well a while back. It was for protection. A lycanthrope can be running around the modern era only as much as a demon could. There was nowhere else to go. So I came back to live with our clan in the Feudal Era,"

By this time, InuYasha had turned and stared at her. There was an awkward silence in which Saphira readjusted herself and swung her tail back and forth in the air, waiting for the explosion. The air was heavy with anger and confusion. She could smell it.

"WHAT?" InuYasha finally roared. "You did WHAT!"

"But-but, how did you..?" Kagome asked, her eyes wide.

Saphira shrugged "Easy. We've got more psychics in the modern era. They just popped open the door and told me to go through,"

InuYasha leapt to his feet in fury, "How'd ya expect to find 'em? Huh?"

Saphira rolled her eyes, "Trust me, it's easy to find your clan. Instinct"

He grasped for something else, trying to prove she was hiding something, "Well where are they now?"

She stiffened, her eyes narrowing into slits, "I don't think that's any of your damn business!"

He smirked, finally finding an opening to her anger, "What? They throw you out when they found out you were from the modern era?"

Saphira turned her head away from him in silence. Kagome looked slightly worried "InuYasha…"

He ignored her, "Or did they kill eachother off?"

That did it. Saphira leapt at him, her eyes full of hatred. She plowed directly into him, knocking him to the ground. Before he could react, she was on her feet. The attacks seemed to come from every direction at once. And they did. Rocks and sticks had lifted off the ground and pelted themselves at him.

Saphira was upon him, throwing punches to his face and kicking him in the side. She was filled with uncontrollable fury. Kagome yelped, eyes wide. Finally, panting, Saphira stepped back. All of the objects previously attacking InuYasha dropped to the ground.

He rolled over and got to his knees, breathing heavily and staring at the ground. Finally, he looked up at Saphira. Her eyes were filled with fear and a hint of concern. There was something going on with her. Something he couldn't understand.

"InuYasha! Are you okay!" Kagome cried in worry. He nodded, still looking at the lycanthrope.

Saphira winced as he stood, ready for another verbal attack. But, for once, he was at a loss for words. At one point he opened his mouth, but closed it again. After several minutes, he finally spoke. "Be ready to leave first thing tomorrow"