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Chapter 3

Kag POV:

(AN: Kind of sounds like she's telling a story of what happened to her…I'm trying to fix that…not working very well) :

It was so dark. I couldn't see anything. My vision was blurred by the sleep in my eyes. I was vaguely aware that I was wet and that my head hurt. My lungs felt like they had been compressed. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't seem to get enough air.

'Wonder where I am…Last thing I remember was falling off that cliff…Am I dead?…no…that lady…what was her name…Akiko? Yea that was it. She said it wasn't time. Was that just a dream? Did I really talk to her? Well I guess I'll find out.'

I started blinking the sleep out of my eyes as they slowly began to adjust to the lack of lighting. I started to see of a pair of green eyes.

There I was staring into a pair of beautiful green eyes. I have no idea where I am or who the eyes belong too…with that thought entering my mind I decided to look at the owner of the eyes.

From what I could tell it was a he. He had long red hair. Oddest colour hair I had ever seen, yet so magnificent at the same time. He was really quite beautiful actually. I've never used that word to describe a man before…except for Sesshomaru. But Sesshomaru has a cold feel to him; this guy has a nice, warm, comfortable feeling about him. I almost feel safe around him…actually…I do feel safe, and towards a stranger no less!

The 'man' before me began to shift slightly, still looking me in the eyes. Thinking he was about to leave I blurted out "Wait!…um…Who...what are you and what happened…and where am I?"

He just kept staring at me…it was kind of creepy. "My name is of no consequence to you as of yet, I am a shadow fox…I was the last of my kind."

'Was? What does he mean was?' I continued to just stare at him, but my gaze shifted to more of a curious inquiry rather than the bland stare that it was before.

"You drowned, I saved you."

'Well, doesn't he like to beat around the bush.' I mentally rolled my eyes, resisting the urge to do it outwardly, as I quietly waited for him to continue.

"You are in a cave in the cliff in which you fell off of." With that he smirked and vanished.

I couldn't believe it. How can someone just vanished into thin air?

I sat up to look for him…but he was nowhere to be seen…only a beautiful red rose lay where he had been.

The beautiful creature was gone. But on the breeze passing through the cave…he left me one last message.

'Welcome to my world Ronina'

"Ronina? What the hell is that? It sounds almost like a feminine version of Ronin. But why would he call me a 'Samurai without a master'?…and what did he mean welcome to his world…what's a shadow fox?…I'm hungry"…then I passed out from pure exhaustion.

Meanwhile-elsewhere +

"AAAAIIIIIIII!" The tiger youkai attacked at Kikyou but her arrows were of no use at close range. "Inuyasha!"

"Kikyou! Get the hell away from her! I'll make you pay for that!" Inuyasha went and attacked the demon, but it was just too fast. It kept evading every attack he threw its way.

Inuyasha was running out of energy and blood…fast…everyone else (a/n: meaning Kirara, Shippo, Sango, and Miroku) had already been knocked out by the demon.

It was all up to him now. ' Damn! If Kagome had been here then I could've found out if this guy has a jewel shard or not. I'll give her a piece of my mind when I find her. Run off without my permission; get me in trouble with Sango! Troublesome little wench! Should get rid of her once I find her, don't need her now, Kikyou can find shards too. Stupid wench isn't needed anymore.'

(an: ironic, ne, that he's blaming Kagome for not being here so she could point out the jewel shards, and then says he doesn't need her around because Kikyou, who is there and conscious, can do it…hmm)

Inuyasha just narrowly avoided another swipe of the demon…

Then out of nowhere…the tiger youkai just stopped…it looked to a nearby tree… a pair of green eyes and red hair could be seen.

"Taro! That is enough. We are done with our mission. Let us go." And with that the tiger youkai and the creepy eyes were gone.

"What the hell! Hey! Get back here! Coward!" Inuyasha screamed to the air. After using up the last bit of his strength in the scream, he quickly joined his friends in the land of unconsciousness.

Kikyou just sat there, not caring about taking care of anyone. If they died, it would be of no consequence to her. They would be waking up soon anyway.

Kikyou mentally laughed at the fool Inuyasha was. Did he not know that she was doing this to get him to go to hell with her, and get the shards to Naraku? What a fool he was. Her laugh coming aloud now.

She abruptly stopped though when she sensed a strong power drawing closer.

Sesshomaru appeared out of the trees. Her looked at Kikyou, who glared up at him. "Dead miko. What happened here? And where is the woman that my half brother travels with? Is she not here?"

Kikyou just glared and then answered dryly. "The fools got attacked and could not take care of themselves. My reincarnation has gone and gotten herself lost."

"Lost?…hmm…how interesting" and with that he left and walked back to where ever he had come from.

"Urgh! What was that all about! And GAWD why does he always have to say, 'hmm…how interesting'! What was so interesting!…argh!" Kikyou 'asked' in disdain.

Ok! Here's Chappie 3! Hope you all like it! I already have chap 4 but I ain't puttin it up until I get some more reviews ;p

Aw…looks at old comment. I guess that was kind of mean of me wasn't it? Oh well. You can't complain now because the chapters up. Gawd…I've been reading my story since I haven't updated in so long…and its really messed up. You can't tell if this is as far as you've gotten so far. But you'll understand what I mean if you keep reading…I'm gonna have to fix that.