Disclaimer: Hey ya'll here's chapter 2. Hope you enjoy, I own none of these characters. Any questions, comments, etc. is to be left in a review thank you and come again

RAWR piss me off! sorry, break lines are just screwing with me...makes me mad...

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Recap:

A Twist of Fate- Chapter 2Beside the tree on the ground lay the Shikon no Tama. But that's not what drew the sound from her lips.

"Keh! If you're going to kill me take your best shot! I'm not afraid of you stupid humans!"

His eyes were as golden as molten lava.

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They were still unaware of her presence after his outburst as he stared defiantly at her and she continue her guarded stare which gradually became more softer until she lowered her weapon and walked up to him slowly. He stared at her, stunned, unsure of what she torture planned on exacting on him.

She walked until she was less than a foot from his chest, hair and robes billowing softly in the air and an unreadable expression in her gaze as she stared into his eyes. Caught in some sort of trace it seemed, he couldn't look away and she bent down retrieved the jewel before turning her back on him and walking away without a backwards glance.

"Hey…HEY! You can't just leave me here! Come back her with MY jewel! Bitch!" his screams were futile, her powers were imbedded within the arrows, and keeping a hold on his youkai so, needless to say...he wouldn't be getting down for a while.

Kagome stared at blankly at the scene before her, amazed as the boy still yelled and ranted about miko bitches, jewels, and getting down. The two completely oblivious of one another, as they dealt with their separate problems.

…What…on…earth…? She was completely thunderstruck. Her sister had NEVER bestowed mercy upon a demon before, it was just…not normal. She turned away from the sight and turned her back on the boy still making a ruckus as he hung from the tree.

Automatically, her feet took her back towards the village in the same direction her sister and walked off to. She had to confront her about this. That just…wasn't Kikyo. She always put duty before everything. A demon stole the jewel. She should kill it. She has to. She was supposed to. And yet…she just walked away. She shook her head, noticing she was already at the shrine steps before she had ever really thought about it, and climbed. She just didn't understand…what had gotten into Kikyo…?

Climbing the steps one at a time she looked out across the village, the villagers were scattered across, estimating the damage done to their property, fixing fences, rebuilding huts all caused by the irate demon Who's still pinned to the tree…Determined to find answers to all her confusing questions, she firmed her resolve to search out her sister.

When she reached the top she quickly made her way across to the double doors that would lead her into the inside of the shrine where she could sense her sister's aura. She pushed them open and located her sibling in front of the jewel's pedestal centered in the room in the semi dark room. She remained quiet, watching her sister purify the jewel and place it upon its mantle.

She slowly turned to face her and the silence stretched on. She looked upon her sister curiously and asked "…Wh-what happened…?" to her sister's carefully neutral face. She was met with no reply. Kikyo looked down and spoke the words directed to her to the floor. "I'm not…certain…it was very strange."

Losing her temper, she glared. "Yeah, strange, you can say that again. What were you thinking…why..?"

Looking lost in thought she replied in a soft tone "I didn't…sense true evil from him." She looked up into her eyes. She was speaking truthfully. Kagome looked on confused yet again, nodding for her to continue. Kikyo turned her back to her once again to fiddle with the Shikon no Tama, "Surely, his actions were selfish and greedy but…I didn't sense he was evil…he is after all, half human. Maybe he has a human heart…" she turned to look back at her, watching the expressions flicker across her face.

"He was a half demon?" She asked incredulously.

Smiling faintly, "Yes, or did you not take notice of the ears on the top of his head?"

"Oh…well he's still a demon Kikyo…he tore up the village to get to the jewel, we have to be careful…"

"I am fully aware Kagome, I am the priestess of the Shikon no Tama after all." She replied coolly.

She said nothing in return.

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The day afterwards had passed rather quickly. She had spent her time with her sister aiding the village, their whispers and underlining insults did not go unnoticed. She just merely chose to ignore them.

She lay on her futon, little Kaede lay in her own on the opposite side of the screen, sound asleep that night. There were three reasons why she couldn't follow her sister into dreamland.

One, she was afraid she would have the night mare again. She really rather not see her sister's blood for the fifth night in a row. Not to mention the dream was confusing as it was disturbingly scary.

Two, Kikyo herself, she couldn't understand her. She always understood what was going on in her twins mind they were always close. But today at the shrine she felt as if her sister was a million miles away from her. It scared her, she didn't like it and she had a feeling it had to do with the dream and the boy.

And him, the third thing that was giving her trouble, the hanyou. She couldn't get his face out of her mind. There was just something about him, she couldn't let go of the thought of his golden eyes. It made no sense she had never thought of a demon this much, much less any boy. Then again, in their village…

She fitfully rearranged herself, trying to find a comfortable position. She cleared her mind; she had to get some sleep, or try to anyway. Slowly she did fall asleep, tormenting her with the visions of the same dream she feared she'd see again.

Over the next couple weeks the half demon, whose name she still did not know, tried repeatedly to steal the jewel from her sister. Again and again she pinned him to the tree, silently refusing to kill him. It was truly starting to bother her.

It wasn't just that she wouldn't kill the demon; sometimes she had a problem with it when a cute small one came in her path. It was the distance that was slowly coming between her sister and herself. It was increasingly harder to talk to her sister and be as open with her as she usually was; Kikyo was starting to put distance between them. And she had a feeling it was because of him.

It hurt much more than she let on. She had been used to Kikyo leaving her in order to help the villagers, which was alright, they needed her. But it seemed she used them or anything else as an excuse to get away from her. She had always been used to her sister's presence; she had always been there when she really needed her. She rarely saw Kikyo anymore, and it all started with the arrival of one half demon. She usually would cry her self to sleep most nights because of this.

Speaking of sleep, it was becoming steadily worse. The nightmare had become more real, she could actually feel the blood on her hands, taste the water in the air while running in the mist. Combined that with her problems with Kikyo and Kagome was a wreck.

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A week later and another night of insomnia. She was starting to get used to this.

She missed her sister fiercely, just today she had walked by her in the village and she had only nodded to her when she had wished Kikyo a good morning. Her twin. The girl she had been with ever since birth hadn't said a word to her today. She sighed miserably.

She threw the covers off her and quietly grabbed a cloak and her arrows. She made her way outside trying not to disturb her sister. She had an idea.

She heard the snapping of twigs while she walked in the forest as she kept repeating the questions over and over in her head. Why? Why was she doing this? Was she stupid? Did she have a death wish? She wasn't even sure where he was. All she knew was she had to find him.

What was even stranger was her what was it…anticipation of seeing him? She didn't even know him; he was a demon who had tried to steal the jewel day after day. He would kill her without second thought she knew this, then why was she going?

Easy, her sister of course.

He had captured her sister's attention, he was the reason her sister wouldn't talk to her and she knew it without a doubt. She had to see for herself, see what her sister saw in him. She had to talk to him. She didn't even know what she was going to say, she knew she was being very foolish but something told her she had to talk to him.

Relying on her almost nonexistent miko powers, she followed the invisible trail where she sensed his aura. It lead her to the clearing she had first crossed paths with the hanyou. Nearly growling in frustration when she didn't find him and finding his aura had disappeared, she took in her surroundings to see if there were any trails she could follow. She could've sworn he was here.

No of course not. She was Kagome, she couldn't do anything right.

She was about to turn around and head back to her hut where her younger sister slept peacefully when all of a sudden she was slammed against the very tree the hanyou had been pinned to the first time she saw him. Winded, she looked up at her attacker to find it was none other than the very boy she had been looking for, snarling down at her.

Oh…there he was.

"Heh, come to finish me off wench?" he snatched her bow away, her arrows falling out of her hand when he had surprised her, and snapped it like a twig; "You've made the biggest mistake of your short life."

(A/N: I was gonna leave off here, then I realized it would have just drawn it out too much and besides that's just mean nn)

"W-wait! Please, I only wish to talk to yo-", he cut her off by grabbing her by the throat roughly.

"Talk! As if! Why bring the arrows if you only want to 'talk'?" He tightened his grip.

"For protection…so you…wouldn't try…and hurt me…like now." It was getting very difficult to breathe, he hadn't loosened his grip.

He removed his hand and replaced it with his nose, delicately sniffing her throat. His abrupt switch in demeanor from rough to gentle confusing her. She tried desperately to fight off the blush staining her cheeks; no one had even invaded her personal space so much before. Grunting he backed away from her, keeping his predator like eyes on her at all times and folding his arms.

"What do you want from me bitch?" he questioned haughtily.

Getting angry she yelled, "My name is KAGOME, Ka-go-me!"

"Whatever wench just get to the point."

"I want to know what's wrong with my sister, she not acting normal…ever since you came here she's been different."

"How is that MY fault!" he cried indignantly. "Idiot girl, talk to your damn sister about it not me!"

"I know, but since she won't talk to me I wanted to ask you what has been going on with you two."

He looked at her incredulously, "Are you crazy wench! Have you lost your mind? There's no way in hell anything would be going on between the two of us! We hate each other, just like I hate every other damn person on this planet."

"But Kikyo has never acted this way," she looked down at the dirt, "she absolutely refuses to kill you…and I've seen you around the village sometimes…"

She was right, he had been watching the cold wench, from time to time, but how had she known though?

"Feh! You're insane."

She glared at him, "Well if you won't help me fine just say so! Stop wasting my time."

"I waste your time! You're the one sneaking out in the middle of the night to find me!" he yelled in retaliation, "Psychotic bitch."

She slapped him hard across the cheek, "How many times do I have to tell you its KAGOME!" her earlier fear entirely forgotten. And with that she stomped away muttering and fuming about half demons jerks under her breath the whole way back to her hut.

He watched her quietly as she went, damn fiery wench…

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A/N: sigh wow that took alotta out of me. Ok I know you all wanted ACI (a child's innocence) BUT i wanted to update this one…and crimson moon so it might be a while for ch 4 of ACI. Hope you like this one, review please. shankies.