Chapter 8

Kagome fell; her eyes still shut falling through the air. She couldn't tell what was going on. She waited to hit the ground but someone didn't want her to.

She opened her eyes.

To her surprise she was cradled in Sesshomaru's arm. She looked at his face witch seemed to gleaming like a demon angel. She looked away quickly, feeling her face turning red. She looked at the ground then back up at him. His face was not moving netter was any other part of him. Kagome looked back at the ground. Figuring there was about two meters between her and it. She fell to the ground 'Stupid gravity'. She stood up and found herself face to face with Naraku. She cringed and tossed herself to the ground covering her head.

"You, my dear, are very frustrating." Naraku pulled her up by the hair.

"Kagome! Look out!" Momo alerted.

Kagome screamed.

"Naraku. Put her down." Sesshomaru stepped forward.

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"Inuyasha! There it is!" Shippou yelled at the speeding hanyou.

"That's were they are…" Inuyasha looked up at the dark castle. Surrounding it, a cloud of miasma. "We need a plan."

Shippou stared at Inuyasha. Five years ago he would have barged into the castle without a plan and kill anyone who got in his way… No, he had changed, without Kagome; he had become cold once again. His kindness was gone. The only person he wasn't cold to was Shippou. Shippou raised a hand. "I have one."

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"I don't think I will. Kagome's power will be mine." Naraku chuckled.

"Nande yo ne? WHAT POWER? The only power I have is the power of a miko! Why would you want that?"

"Wrong miko! You have another power. It just hasn't been awakened." Naraku laughed hard. "The power to stop time!"

Kagome gasped. 'Wha-? How did he…?' She struggled.

"Aha! So you do know what I'm talking abou-"

"Naraku! LET HER GO!"

Sesshomaru (A/N: I didn't forget about Fluffy!) turned around. Kagome's eyes widened.

Naraku was surprised, so surprised that he did let go of the miko's hair.

Inuyasha stood in the opening of the wall that Sesshomaru had created earlier. His eye widened as well. He stared at the woman he hadn't seen for five years…

"Inu-Inu…yasha?" She took a step towards him, and then ran to him.

When I'm Gone,

Will you remember me?

Inuyasha held her in his arms; a million questions ran through his mind, why did he leave in the first place? Where were Miroku, Sango, and Kirara?

Kagome let him hold her for a moment, taking in his scent. Suddenly she pulled back.

SMACK

Inuyasha fell back wards, holding his cheek.

"Five years, Inuyasha! FIVE YEARS! Nande yo ne? All I did was worry and pray to Kami that you were all right! Then, out of no where, you show up to come to my rescue!" She saw Inuyasha's ears droop, and kneeled in front of him.

"I'm sorry Kagome," he stared at the ground. "But I knew what he was going to try to do, I left to fight him on my own, to protect you."

"You wretched hanyou!" Someone suddenly shouted. Both heads turned to Sesshomaru. "Instead protecting her, you left her unprotected! She was defenceless, demons came after her, and even bandits-" He heard Kagome's take a sharp breath and stopped, he didn't mean to bring back those memories, it had slipped out.

Inuyasha looked back to Kagome. Her bangs covered her eyes. "Kagome…where were Sango and Miroku."

She looked up with watery eyes. "They…they were killed…"

Flashback (Another Flashback… Hee hee I'm so evil)

Kagome looked around the field; Naraku had attacked. Not even a day after Inuyasha left too. It's as if Naraku had known that Inuyasha was gone.

Sango and Miroku lay on opposite sides of the field it was just Kirara and Kagome now. Except for the fact that Kagome only had a small dagger, no bow, and no arrows. What was to become of them?

What's this? Naraku was leaving… why?

Kirara walked over to Sango. The nekoyoukai's wounds were deep. Sango and Miroku had lost too much blood. Their breaths laboured. Kagome knew that none of them would survive. She ran. She didn't want to leave them there; she didn't want them to die. Though, at the same time she didn't want to see them die.

End Flashback

Inuyasha stared in shock. The day after he left, Naraku had slaughtered his friends. There was no way he could've known.

Sesshomaru stepped towards Kagome. One question remained in his mind. What power? Now was not the time for questions.

The ground shook, the ground cracked. The castle was going to fall apart. Inuyasha grabbed Kagome as Sesshomaru, and Momo made their exit. Inuyasha followed.

Back at the Castle

"Just drop it! I don't want to talk about it!"

"Lay off Sesshomaru! She's been through to much right now!"

It seemed that everyone was against him, especially Kagome, who had done nothing but praise him, until last night. Yes, it seemed Inuyasha was back.

Kagome had run off. Most likely, she had gone to the gardens. She always went there to get away. The gardens had always helped her relax. Why? Sesshomaru did not know.

"Jeez, Sesshomaru. Why do you always have to know everything?"

"Inuyasha, you know of her miko abilities. Would you know why she would not be using them?"

"Huh? Her miko abilities?"

"She used to fight with a bow and arrow, correct? Not once has she practised, trained, or fought with one. Why?"

"How the heck should I know? It's not like her though. I don't know."

"You should go talk to her. You two need sometime to catch up with each other."

Gardens

She sat under the oak. It was one of her favourite spots. The tree was next to a small stream that ran across the castle grounds.

No, she would not be questioned about this. It wasn't something to talk about. Why should she? If she wanted to keep it from them, then she would. A shadow fell over her, but she didn't bother looking up.

"Hey Kagome, mind if I sit next to you?" (A/N: You have to realize. It's been five years and he's changed. Don't flame cause you don't like it, but hey, if you didn't like it you wouldn't be reading this, would you?)

"Go ahead Inuyasha. I don't mind, sit." Of course she had forgotten about the beads. Inuyasha had crashed down to the ground, for the first time in five years. "Inuyasha! Gomen nasai! I didn't mean to!"

And, for once, he didn't yell in her face. He didn't do anything; he just lay there, not moving.

"Um, Inuyasha." Kagome moved towards him, and put a hand on his shoulder. He stirred.

"Well, at least I know that your alive and the beads still work." She said. 'Maybe I should try to start a fight with him, see if he'll fight back. She sat up straight and yelled, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING! Why the heck are you just lying there? It's not like this has never happened before. All I did was say SIT (crash) because I had forgotten what simple word SIT (crash) could do!"

After going deeper into the earths crust, he sat up. Kagome was shocked at the expression on his face. It was a dead serious face that was shown. But it quickly changed to a playful smirk. "Just trying to figure out how to get back at you, Kagome. Temper, temper, maybe I should cool you off." He swung his hand through the stream behind him, throwing the water at the miko.

She jumped to her feet, and shrieked. Then, once again stepping towards the hanyou, she got in close to his face. He gulped. What to do now? She put a hand on his shoulder, and pushed.

Inuyasha fell backwards into the stream.

Moonlit: HAHA! That's it! But not really, there's still more to come!

Eri-chan: Poor Inu-kun. He got what he asked for!

Ja ne!