Hey all, here's the next chapter.

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"It was nice to have one normal night," Kagome said to herself as she stretched, getting out of the car. They had gone to Sango's house after the movie and it was getting pretty late before they had all left. Inuyasha had just dropped Kagome off at the shrine. Kagome waved to him as he pulled away, and went upstairs to her room. Changing into her pajamas and lying down, she fell into a peaceful sleep.

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Chapter 11

"Stop acting like a fool," A shadowy figure told the youkai who stood in front of him. A pair of purple eyes glared into blue ones. "A week has passed and you still haven't discovered anything new about the jewel or the girl." The dark man looked in disgust at the demon he had defeated.

The youkai had been knocked unconscious during a fight with him, and awoke remembering nothing. All he knew was he had to fulfill his master's wishes.

"I'm sorry," the youkai replied, looking to the ground. "The girl though, she has some strange power surrounding her. Whenever I go near her I feel as though I have memories lingering just out of reach. Like I had a different life," he said looking up in confusion.

"Come here Koga," the man said. The wolf youkai walked up to the man's chair. Completely unlike his former bold, arrogant, and brave self, Koga hesitated. "Come." He had no choice but to finish the last few steps. As his master placed a hand on his head, Koga knew no more of the evanescent memories.

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Empty eyes stared at the girl through the trees. She wore the flowing, traditional garb of a priestess. It consisted of red pants, a long open sleeved white shirt, and sandals. Her long dark hair was loosely pulled back into a white tie and she was laughing at a joke her brother had just told her. It was Saturday night; the night of the annual spring festival. Kagome's entire town had congregated in the park for a night of fun, dancing, and tradition. The eyes continued to watch as the girl started a traditional dance with her family and a familiar looking, silver haired boy in a red haroi. The eyes continued to stare, waiting for the opportune moment.

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Kagome laughed as she and Inuyasha finished the dance with her family. She had always loved the spring festival and looked forward to this time every year. The best part was dressing up in traditional clothing. She had always thought it fun to pretend she was in Feudal Japan. That was one reason she always loved training in Kaede's village. It mimicked that of the villages five hundred years ago.

For this festival each year, families would gather in the park and celebrate long into the night. Everyone would then sleep under the stars and wake the next morning to begin the festivities all over again. Scents of the many fires and good cooking filled the air throughout the entire park and it hummed with the excitement of hundreds of people gathering together in celebration.

Becoming thirsty, Kagome walked over to get her drink from earlier. As she sat on the ground she watched, chuckling as Sota talked non-stop to his silver haired hero. Inuyasha didn't seem to be absorbing a word of the little boy's excited story as he waited for Kagome to come back. The girl stood up having finished her drink and started to move towards her family again when she heard a noise behind her. She turned her head to see who was there just as the blue eyed youkai appeared from behind the trees.

Kagome sighed, "Hi Koga," she said to him. She then noticed that his eyes were completely empty. The dark aura around him, that before now had been almost undetectable, had grown greatly. "K-Koga?" Kagome said again, now a little uncertain of his motives.

"I believe you have something I need, Higurashi Kagome," the youkai said. Kagome froze. She had heard almost those exact works coming from another mouth not to long ago.

"Kagome!" the familiar voice of Sango yelled from the direction of her family. The girl jumped and looked over her shoulder. As Kagome turned back to face Koga, she found that he was no longer there. She glanced around quickly and then ran towards her friends, picking up her bow and arrows first. Sango was waving as she stood next to Miroku. Kagome paused for a second thinking how great their traditional outfits were. Sango wore a green skirt with a two-toned pink top, black finger-less gloves and brown sandals. Slung over her shoulder was the biggest boomerang Kagome had ever seen. 'That must be Hirakotsu. It's been passed down throw her family for centuries from what she told me. Her family descended from demon slayers.' Kagome thought before shifted her eyes to look at Miroku's outfit.

The boy wore the traditional purple and black garb of a monk and Kagome remembered his heritage as well. In his hand was a staff that Kagome had seen in pictures from their history books. It was the Shakujou. Inuyasha stood beside their two friends in his red haroi, Tetsusaiga strapped to his waist.

The outfits seemed to suit them perfectly and Kagome chuckled as she imagined traveling with them in ancient Japan, some odd quest having brought the four unusual companions together. She shook her head as the thought brought a smile to her face. She reached her friends and had almost forgotten about the encounter with Koga until Sango asked.

"What were you doing over there when we got here?"

The four sat around a lone fire and Kagome told her friends what had happened. "That's odd," said Miroku thoughtfully.

"Yea, but what really unnerved me was what he said. The words he used were almost the exact words Naraku said to me at one point." The two humans looked at Kagome in shock.

"Is it possible that Naraku is still alive?" Sango asked.

"If he is, I would venture to say he is the one controlling Koga." Miroku stated.

"Feh, we killed him; blasted him to pieces." Inuyasha stated confidently, folding his arms with a smug look.

"Was there a body?" Kagome asked quietly.

"No; so what?" Inuyasha said.

"So, Naraku may very well still be alive," Miroku said seriously.

"Yea right! No one could survive the backlash wave." The hanyou stated indignantly.

"Unless that person wasn't really there when he was 'killed'," Sango said, voicing her thoughts again.

"Huh? You mean another puppet?" Inuyasha asked.

"Well, did you smell any of his blood?" Sango continued.

"No, but I couldn't smell much with the burning metal stench my car was giving off."

"Did you see any blood, Inuyasha?" Sango asked.

The hanyou paused. "No," he said.

"Sango has a point," Miroku agreed. "Naraku probably knew he was about to lose and created a puppet while you were distracted at some point."

"Feh, I had my eyes on him the whole time," stated Inuyasha. Then the memory flashed unbidden across his mind. "Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled, seeing what she was about to do. He quickly dodged another of Naraku's power orbs, and turned to his opponent. "I turned towards Kagome when I saw what she was going to do," said Inuyasha quietly, realizing that Naraku had deceived them again.

"What Inuyasha?" Sango asked having not heard him.

"I turned towards Kagome when she charged Kagura," he said looking up. "I only looked back at Naraku when I was almost hit again. It was enough time for him to switch; I was so caught up in it that I didn't even notice!" Inuyasha slammed his hand onto his knee, growling in frustration.

"It's okay Inuyasha, you didn't know." Kagome comforted him.

"Yea, and now you have even more help to finish him off. Heck, I was disappointed I'd missed out on all the action anyway!" Sango said lightly.

It seemed as though the four companions had some rough waters ahead still.

"Well, let's just enjoy the rest of the weekend at the festival and worry about everything later." Kagome suggested. "Koga's gone for now and Naraku has yet to attack again. Let's just have fun while we can."

The rest agreed and found it easy to forget their worries in the exciting atmosphere of the spring celebration.

Thanks if you reviewed!

KagomeMelfina: not sure about the lemon...i don't think this story will have one. Nah, Koga isn't a son, the master thing was refering to Naraku. Oh and i hope this chapter answered ur question about Naraku. :-)

kaginu=love: thanks! Kouga is a 'bad guy' in the story, but not of his own choice.

Mimi-chan: thanks about the oswari thing. I knew that but had a brian-slip when i first wrote it. I forgot to correct it before i posted that chapter and therefore it's remained that way.

Please review and let me know what you think about the chapter! I couldn't resist creating that setting for their conversation. How perfectly ironic that they're all dressed in the clothing of the Feudal Era and sitting around a campfire? Not to mention Kagome's creative imagination. Daydreaming about travels in Feudal Japan...haha like that'd ever happen! -)

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