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Anyway, because I now realize that you guys are enjoying this story and my author alert thing has more people in it (not that many but still), I will make this chapter longer than usual. Just cuz I like you guys. Also, accept it as a sincere apology for this late update and future late updates, because there will be future late updates. I know you probably don't care so I'll just shut up now and let you enjoy chapter six! I mean scroll three! I forgot this was my Inuyasha fic for a sec. And I really hope you get at least a smile near the end! I laughed an evil laugh as I wrote it! Enjoy!

Scroll Three

21 Questions

Hiroshi Kurabawa was sent to his uncle's castle a short time after Kaede had sent the message. But he just couldn't stay still. After sleeping in for a couple of hours in his room, he was awakened by some arguing voices coming from the main room. Hiroshi got up to see what all the commotion was about and decided not to make himself known, for it seemed that this conversation was supposed to be a private one.

"Wait! Tsubaki stop!"

"No master! I can never accept this! Why did you entrust the Sacred Jewel to Kikyou and not to me?!"

"Well..."

"Why couldn't you choose me instead?!"

"Tsubaki..."

"I refuse to take second place to Kikyou!"

Hiroshi heard a sliding door slam shut, and assumed the woman had left the building.

'The Sacred Jewel of Four Souls...Kikyou is its guardian!' Hiroshi thought, amazed that he had been so close to the jewel just a few hours ago. 'I guess I am too late. Taking it form the old man would've been a lot easier. If he entrusted Kikyou with a power like that, she must be something else.'

He walked back to his room, using the walls as stabilizers so that he wouldn't fall down. He had only let that rat demon attack him so that his guards would have died protecting him. And it would have worked if the villagers hadn't interfered. His guards had known he was only going to his uncle's to steal the jewel, and he had no doubt they would betray him as soon as they would have arrived at the castle. And for that reason only, Hiroshi killed them, right after Kikyou had left the hut.

'It's too bad, really,' He thought, closing the sliding door behind him and smiling a bit, 'I actually liked her...'

Tsubaki ran towards her hut, located deep within the woods, anger and envy consuming her mind when she thought of her master's decision and Kikyou.

'Kikyou! That bitch!' she thought, blind hatred filling up her heart.

She walked up the few stairs to her door, wanting to burst into tears as she walked in and closed the door behind her, but the thought of Kikyou and the hatred she felt was stronger than her desire to cry. Tsubaki sat down in front of the tiny alter she used to practice her black magic in, and stared into the tiny circular mirror she had to gaze at herself, at her beauty.

'Ah...this youth and beauty...someday I shall lose it! Is this the fate of all mortals?'

She looked at herself sadly, musing over her thoughts. Then she remembered her.

'No. If I can take possession of that sacred jewel that Kikyou guards, then my beauty shall become eternal!'

Only she had the solution to all her problems.

'I must find a way to take it from her...'

THE NEXT DAY

"Hey! I actually made it into the village!" Inuyasha said to himself excitedly. He had expected it to be more difficult to enter a village where such an important jewel dwelled, but it didn't even seem that any of the people who lived there knew just how important it actually was.

'I know this is where she lives. Her scent is all over the place. I just have to find--'

But that was all the time he had to think because he found himself, once again, flying backwards and being pinned down to a tree.

"What the hell did ya do that for? You stupid wench!" He yelled down at Kikyou, who was calmly looking up at him.

"I didn't even do anything yet!"

Kikyou continued looking up at him, a frown forming on her face. Some people just didn't know when to quit.

"But you were about to, or am I mistaken?"

Kaede was hiding behind her, holding up arrows with one hand and clutching Kikyou's pants tightly with the other.

Inuyasha noticed how much the little girl hiding behind the priestess was shaking in fear. It was nice to know that at least someone thought of him as a threat around here.

"What're you lookin' at you little brat?" he barked down at her.

At this, Kaede forgot all her fears. Her sister had already pinned him down securely to the tree anyway. She stopped shaking and stood up firmly on her two feet. She grabbed one of the arrows and held it up for Kikyou to take and finish off this stupid jerk.

"Here sister. Finish off this stupid jerk!" she yelled, directing it to Inuyasha.

"Who're you calling a 'stupid jerk', you little brat!?"

"I am not a brat!"

Kikyou looked down at her little sister, the arrow on her tiny hand mere inches from her reach as both she and Inuyasha continued to have their childish outbursts. On instinct, she slowly readied her bow, reached for the arrow and took it form her.

Inuyasha shut up when he saw Kikyou take the arrow from the little girl, looking like she didn't really know what she was doing.

'Fuck. Will she shoot me?'

He kept on looking down at her, when he saw her look back up at him with the face of a true priestess. An experienced priestess who was ready and willing to kill.

'I'm such a fool. Of course she's gonna shoot me!'

Kikyou looked up at him and saw a look of distrust and uncertainty on his face. Looking back down at the bow and arrow on her hands, she looked back up at him and thought, 'What am I doing...?' with a look of pure horror on her face.

She had thought long and hard about what to do with him when he came back and tried to take the jewel (she knew he would never give up) and she came up with a very simple plan. Whatever she did, killing was not an option. Yet, here she was, bow and arrow on her hands, with Inuyasha pinned to another tree, looking about ready to fight for his life. For his humanity.

Kikyou turned around and began to walk away towards the river, leaving a surprised little girl and a dumfounded hanyou behind. "Let's go Kaede!" she yelled calmly over her shoulder. Without another word, Kaede ran towards her older sister, a billion and one questions invading her little brain.

Inuyasha watched as Kikyou and that little brat called Kaede walked off into the distance, heading toward the river. He was now more confused than ever. What was this girl playing at? What was up with that strange look in her eyes? How does she always seem to figure out his exact location? As he tried to answer these questions himself, more questions popped up from them and it seemed the cycle would never end. But the one question the continued to bug him would not leave his mind. It had been there, burned in his brain since the day he met her.

Why didn't she just kill him?

"Why didn't ye just kill him?"

Inuyasha's ears turned to the voice that had just asked his question. It was the brat! They were pretty far away by now, but his ears did much more than just make him look adorable. He listened harder, trying to drown out the other noises that distracted his concentration. His heart beat faster with every passing minute, waiting anxiously for the answer to the question that had haunted him for the past four days. Then, he heard Kikyou give his long awaited response.

"I do not know."

".............................Whddaya mean 'I do not know'?!" screamed Inuyasha, imitating the miko's response and furious that she would give such a stupid answer to such an important question.

"What does ye mean by that sister?" asked the brat.

'What the hell is that brat, a mind reader?' thought Inuyasha, as she once again asked Kikyou his question.

There was a short pause before Kikyou finally said, "That is enough Kaede." And with that, Kaede didn't say anything for the rest of the trip.

Inuyasha hung there, thinking about the things the miko had said and the things he wanted to ask her.

Inuyasha reached for an arrow closest to him and yanked it off with his mouth. When one of his arms was free, he removed the rest of the arrows from his badly torn hakama. He had to sew his hakama every time she shot him. And, to be honest, he wasn't very good at it. He wanted to ask her so many things. He had so many WHY, WHAT and HOW questions, he wouldn't know where to start.

He sat on a tree branch, looking off into the distance where Kikyou had headed off to. To that river that separated the two villages. So many were the things he wished to ask her someday...someday he'd ask her...someday...

He jumped off the tree branch, landing softly on the ground, a plan molding itself on his brain and a smirk cutting into his face.

"Why wait?"

Kikyou waited until Kaede had finished bathing herself in the river. They had gone all the way down the river where the waterfall was, the place where all the women of the village went to bathe. It was surrounded by forest and such, making it hard for any peeping toms to.... peep without making extremely loud noises and giving away their positions.

All the women loved it when Kikyou went to bathe with them. She scared off all the perverts who tried to spy on them. For she is a priestess after all and could easily sense any unwanted presence that was nearby. Most of the time she could.

"Sister, I am done!"

"Let us go then."

"But, aren't ye going to bathe as well?"

"No, I cannot. There is no one here to watch over you if I do. That is why I did not join you."

"Oh..."

"Lady Kikyou! Are you going to bathe now?"

Kikyou and Kaede turned around and saw a woman from their village walking towards them, two more women following closely behind.

"No. My sister was the one who has just finished. We are now on our way back to the village."

"My sister can't bathe because she can't bathe and watch over me at the same time." Kaede said, butting into the conversation.

"Kaede..." said Kikyou, giving her little sister a please-shut-up! look.

"Oh, well then let me take little Kaede back to the village with us. We just finished bathing as well. One of us can stay and wait for you, if you like."

Kikyou was about to protest, but Kaede had walked over to the other two women to go with them back to the village. And Kikyou knew the women only meant to help.

"Fine. I will stay and wash. But please, do not trouble yourselves by waiting for me. I'll be fine."

"Well, okay then. If that's what you wish." Said the woman, and all four left for the village and disappeared into the distance.

"Great. I do not have clean clothes to wear after." Said Kikyou to herself. She was so used to bathing with her clothes on, but now she had to do naked.

"I guess I have no choice. I cannot go back and tell them I did not bathe because I do not wish to do it in the nude..."

Hesitating a bit, Kikyou undid her clothes from her body, folding them neatly and placing them on a rock nearby so they wouldn't get dirtier. With her right hand, she reached for her hair tie and pulled it off, letting her ebony hair fall gracefully down her back and front. Her bow and arrows were left right next to the river, making them easy for her to reach in case of an attack. And the jewel, she decided, would remain safely around her neck.

Kikyou cautiously dipped her toes into the water, to get a feel of its temperature. "Ah! C-cold." She said as she quickly pulled her toes back out.

It was almost sundown, and the water was colder than it was in the afternoon. Those times were when Kikyou would prefer a bath, when the sun was high in the sky, warming the water enough for her to go in without shaking uncontrollably. But, because of all the recent events, she hadn't bathed in days, and she really was in need on one.

She slowly walked into the river, her body starting to shiver from the icy feeling of the falling waters splashing against her warm flesh. She stepped deeper into the water until it reached her waist. She had a piece of cloth that Kaede had left to clean herself with and held it in both hands, close to her chest, as she stood there trembling in the freezing waters of the river, her teeth chattering wildly in her mouth.

"M-maybe this w-w-wasn't.... Such a g-good idea..." she said to herself, watching as the water cascaded down near her from the waterfall. "W-well. N-now that I am here, I c-can not turn b-b-back."

And with that, she tightened her grip on the piece of cloth and dived deep into the river.

'She has to be somewhere around here. Her scent is still fresh...'

Inuyasha was on all fours, nose pasted to the ground, sniffing for any strong smell of the priestess' scent.

He had followed the scent all the way to the river and he was having a hard time choosing where to go next. She could have gone across, but he didn't see any boats on the other side. Her scent went straight down the path he was going, but he couldn't help thinking that she might've gone across or taken a different path into the forest. Her scent was every where and sometimes it was hard to distinguish which scent was the most recent. It all smelled the same. That feral forest-flower-fresh fragrance that only she owned. He couldn't really describe it. Her aroma was so...natural, sweet, wild, and...addictive.

Inuyasha stopped sniffing the air, realizing that for the past five minutes he was actually enjoying that bitch's scent.

"Tsh...it's not that great." He said, as if reassuring himself that he was still sane. He sniffed the air again, her scent telling him to keep on going straight.

"In fact, she could really use a fucking bath."

He kept on going straight, and just when he was about to stop to keep smelling and sniffing, he heard a splash down by the waterfall.

His level of interest perked up, he jumped up to a tree and headed for the waterfall, jumping from branch to branch so he wouldn't be noticed by whatever was down there. At least not yet.

Inuyasha stopped right where the waterfall was and noticed that the miko's scent was strongest here. He looked around, and noticed that her bow and arrows were there, right next to the river, while her clothes were sitting on top of a rock. And the miko was nowhere to be found.

Wait.

If all of her clothes were on that rock, then that could only mean...

'She must've taken off the jewel as well!' he thought, thrilled at the amazing luck he was having at the moment, forgetting completely about why he had followed the priestess and not even wondering why her clothes were on that rock.

Inuyasha jumped down from the tree, landing a few feet from the rock where the miko's clothes were. He walked up to the rock where the garments were, and started to feel them, expecting to find a tiny pink sphere.

"Dammit! I can't find it!" he growled to himself after a minute, grabbing the clothes and shaking them, waiting for the jewel to fall out. When nothing happened, he carelessly threw them to the side, leaving them torn and filthier then they already were.

"Shit...what a waste."

Kikyou burst out of the water, head and spine arching backwards as she sprung up from the water, making her long, wet hair fly down to her back.

' I thought I'd drown!' she thought, remembering how this unsuccessful attempt to swim in freezing water made it hard to hold in one's breath and impossible to concentrate. With shaking hands, she rubbed her arms to warm them up, shuddering as she did.

'If anyone was to see me like this, they might figure out I am human...' she thought, running a hand through her hair. 'They'd see the "Great Priestess Kikyou" tremble.'

Unfortunately for her, someone was watching her, very closely examining her exposed back under the now sunless sky and thoughts about the jewel dissolving from his brain. At first, he had been startled at her sudden, almost majestic, appearance, as she shot out of the water and her hair flew back, making it seem like it was playing in slow motion. Then she stood there, rubbing her arms with shaking hands, apparently not used to the extreme temperatures of the river, the rest of her body shaking as well. It was then that he remembered he had teenage hormones, as he watched her shaking body from the back and thought of it shaking for other and more intimate reasons under very different circumstances.

He tried to lower his gaze, he really did. Tried so hard to make his eyes shift from the miko's shaking, wet body, to the roaring waterfalls or to the stony ground, even to his dirty feet, but no matter where his head turned, his eyes would not budge from the miko's back. She made it so hard for him to resist, unconsciously hypnotizing him, as she took that piece of cloth of hers to clean herself, roaming it all over her body. He knew it would have been a good idea to get out of there, to escape and save himself, but he couldn't and unconsciously agreed with himself what good eye candy she was. He bit down on his lip, his fang digging into it, making it bleed, as he unsuccessfully tried to suppress a growl that wanted to come out from excitement, his hands forming into fists and staying safely next to his thighs.

Of course, the miko had no idea what she was causing the hanyou to feel, and continued to douse herself in water, trying hard to enjoy the clean feeling she was experiencing in the icy waters of the river. But it was too much.

'I am clean enough!'

Kikyou turned around and started to walk out of the water, looking down at her reflection as it started to get smaller and blurrier with every step she took, when she heard someone say "Whoa..."

Kikyou's head shot up, horror and disturbance in her face as she looked at the guy who was freely staring at her. All of her.

"Give me the jewel!" Inuyasha managed to say after realizing it was on her neck, trying hard not to look any further down from it, both blushing like there was no tomorrow.

Kikyou had never felt so embarrassed before in her life. Never before had she been in this kind of situation. No man had ever seen her so...exposed. So she did the first thing her feminine instincts told her to do, walked up to Inuyasha and slapped him so hard in the face the impact made him take two huge steps backwards before falling down hard on his ass.

"OWWWW! STUPID BITCH! WHAT THE HELL!?" was all he said as he sat there, a hand on the now swollen cheek Kikyou had socked. She hurriedly walked toward her tattered clothes, put on her torn shirt, which was long enough to cover her down past her butt, and took her bow and an arrow.

"Get...out...of...here..." she said, anger taking over her embarrassment, the arrow stretching out the string as it made little creaking noises.

Inuyasha stood up and dusted the dirt from his clothes. He looked up at her, determined not to go anywhere until he got the jewel. "Give me the fucking jewel and—"

Kikyou let go of the arrow and it flew right past Inuyasha's face, grazing his left cheek and crimson drops of blood oozing from the cut. He looked at her, somewhat surprised she had let go of that arrow. Then again, he knew he couldn't trust her...

"Do NOT mess with me, Inuyasha." She said through gritted teeth. He watched her eyes emitting a dark glow and could have sworn he saw flames of anger dance wildly in them. She really was mad.

He hesitated to leave, but decided it was for the best, unless he wanted his unharmed cheek to get a cut as well.

"I'll be back..." he warned, and ran off into that deep dark forest.

Kikyou watched him run off, her body as tense as ever, an angry face replaced by a sad one. She put on her remaining clothes and walked up to the arrow she had scarred Inuyasha with. Kikyou pulled it out and saw a trace of his blood was still there. She sighed sadly as she looked at it.

"I should not have let my anger take control over me."

And with that, she left for her village.

Elsewhere, Tsubaki watched from a safe distance as Kikyou removed the arrow from the tree and walked away towards her village.

'Hmm...interesting. Very interesting."

She sneered when she saw the whole scene. Tsubaki was so sure Kikyou would kill that demon, or half-demon as she figured out by his appearance, when Kikyou caught him spying on her, and even more after he demanded the jewel. But she didn't. She let him off with a warning; something Tsubaki knew Kikyou would never do to anyone who had attempted to take the jewel from her more than once before. They seemed to know each other. She guessed that much when Kikyou said the hanyou's name, Inuyasha.

'It doesn't make sense that she would hesitate to kill him. Half or not, he's still a demon and he tried to take the jewel."

Tsubaki continued to think the situation over and came up with a very interesting conclusion.

'Ha! Don't tell me Kikyou is falling in love! This is too rich!'

Tsubaki laughed as she stood behind the tree she used to hide herself while spying on the stupid miko and her worthless hanyou.

'Wait. I can use this as an advantage! If my assumption is true, Kikyou will weaken the deeper she falls in love. Her powers will evanesce completely! All I have to do is wait until that happens...'

Tsubaki continued to laugh evilly, rejoicing in the thought of soon having the jewel for herself, to keep her youth and beauty forever, not to mention the powers she would gain once she obtained it. It was all too perfect. All she had to do was wait. Wait for the right moment to steal the jewel from Kikyou, which should have been hers to begin with. Her master had been an imbecile and given it to Kikyou instead of her, and now she had to go through all of this unnecessary effort to take it back.

"But, no matter..."

Tsubaki walked off toward her hut, that perfect plan fresh in her mind, anxious for the day she would take the jewel from that wench.

"In the end, that jewel will be mine! Just you wait Kikyou."

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'Tis the end of this chapter. If you're wondering why this chapter is called 21 Questions well, I'm not going to tell you. You can guess all you want, and I'll tell you if it's right or wrong, but I will not give out clues. Well, I'll give you ONE: the A/Ns don't count. I don't know if much of a clue or if it'll even help at all, but I don't really care. Guess to your heart's content! And I guess Kikyou got outta character here and I apoligize. Don't be like my mother and say that "sorry" doesn't fix anything. And review por favor!

Adios!

I just read my reviews! You are all very kind people. I just wanted to add this cuz DFGH asked why this story is called From Love to Hate. Well, I'm TRYING to make this story to go with the show. Since no one really knows anything that happened during the time Kikyou and Inuyasha where together, I just thought it'd be fun for me to make up their lives before Kikyou's reincarnation came along. I mean, Kagome. She's cool. I like her. But I like Kikyou a bit more. Anyway, that's not the point. Point is that since this is going with the show, it has to end how it started. And how did the anime/manga start? Inuyasha was killed by Kikyou, cuz they thought they were back-stabbed and all that stuff. Yes, they'll fall madly in love with one another in this story. No, I apoligize, it will not end happily ever after. So much for the happy ending, huh? Don't hate me! I didn't make them kill eachother! If you must put the blame on someone, blame that dumbass Onigumo. Then blame that bastard Naraku. Then blame that genius Ms. Takahashi. Just don't kill her cuz I wanna know how the story ends! Well, that's pretty much it, DFGH. Oh, and Kusaki Hayashi, I'd love to read your story, as soon as I finish this sentence and upload this. Thanks for reviewing guys! Adios!