Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and company but I do own my shadow fox dude (can't tell you his name yet) and The goddess Akiko. A/n Ok if this kinda sounds like someone's story (something happens to Kagome, she sees a goddess and she tells her things, like Inuyasha coming with Kikyou, and then Kagome changes) then it would probably be cuz I have that stuck in my head from some story I read. I don't remember what story it is or who the author is, so if you're the author PLZ tell me so I can give you credit for inspiring me. This is the only thing that is going to sound like the story (and if not then its definitely not on purpose) and I'd like to point out this was not done on purpose in the first place. It just happened and I started noticing it and thought I should point it out. I'm not 'copywriting' or anything. So I'd like to give the author credit for the idea. :D sorry for taking your time. On with the story! I'll try to make this one longer…I've noticed they are kinda short. ;

Chapter 4

still with Inuyasha and the gang

"Urgh…" Inuyasha blinked his eyes open…they were still in the clearing, everyone was awake and had set up camp. Kikyou was boredly tending to a fire for everyone while they were treating their wounds. He noticed his wounds were already taken care of. '…Kagome…no…Kikyou…Kagome's not here….besides! Why would I want the wench to take care of me anyway! She ran off! Again! Well who needs her…..argh….I need her to find the jewel shards! That bastard probably had a jewel shard! That's the ONLY reason why I wouldn't be able to kill him! I couldn't even TOUCH him! Urgh…When I find that wench she'll regret ever running off…and how the hell did she think she was going? The well is days away! And before he were attacked I could smell her sent and it was going in the opposite direction of the well! That idiot! She probably had no idea where she was going and is probably sitting somewhere crying cuz she's lost.'

With that last thought Inuyasha tried to get up. Everyone turned when they heard him grunt in pain from the movement.

"Inuyasha" it was Miroku. " You really shouldn't be moving. You took it worse than all of us."

"Feh…whatever. I-" Inuyasha was seemingly cut of by nothing. Everyone noticed that he started sniffing the air and start growling. "grrrrr….Kouga!" Inuyasha whipped out the Tetsusaiga ready to fight.

Everyone watched as a tornado came whirling in (a/n what'd you think it was gonna do? Skip in like little red riding hood:-p ) "Kagome!Yo Mutt face! Where's Kagome! You didn't lose her did you!I knew I couldn't trust her with you! I should have kept her with me!I wouldn't have let this happen!"

Inuyasha was infuriated. How dare he! Like normal, he decided to speak with out thinking. "Lose her! Lose her? She ran off!"

It was Kouga's turn to be infruiated. "She ran off?" That was when Inuyasha realized his error in his words. "What the hell did you do to her this time! You crazy bastard! Where is she! I should riip you limb from limb! Why aren't you looking for her? Which why did she go? I find her my self! Hang on Kagome! I'm coming!" And with that he took off……in the wrong direction of which she went though.

Feh! I have to find that idiot before that moron does. She'll probably be eaten by the time that retard reaches her anyway. She had to go and run off and now I have to go rescue that wenches sorry ass. I'll make sure-"

"Inuyasha" Sango interupted inuyasha . " stop with the I's, Anywhere you plan to go, we're going with you. Especially if it has to do with Kagome. I will ignore the comments and names you were just throwing her way….for now…but You are right though. She doesn't any means of protection out there. And you know it was all your fault that she ran off so that means it's YOUR responsibilty to go and save her." With that statement she threw a glare at him. "oh and by the way. Why is she here? Hasn't she tried to kill us? Didn't she take our jewel shards and give them to Naraku? No, nevermind. I don't care. What I care about right now is Kagome. And no matter what you say, we ARE going with you. I know you're worried about her Inuyasha, I'm worried too."

"Worried? Worried about that WENCH! I'm not worried! I want to give her what she has coming to her! That guy probably had a jewel shard on him! If she was here she could have told me where and I could have killed the bastard! But nnooooo! She had to go run off and get lost!"

Miroku stood up and stretched his back. "Now Inuyasha. You can't put all this blame on Kagome. Plus, before we got attacked, you said her scent was going the opposite way of the well. She didn't even take her bag. She was in…what did she call them…pagamers?…anyway something like that. And you know she doesn't like going around in those. So her leaving obviously wasn't like her normal storm off."

"INUYASHA THIS IS ALL YOU'RE FAULT!KAGOME COULD BE DEAD AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!I KNOW IT IS!" Shippo ran and jumped up on Inuyasha's head and put a death grip on the inu's ear with his teeth.

"AARGGH! Get off me you little brat!" Inuyasha threw Shippo into the nearest tree.

Kikyou just continues to watch this 'odd' display through the group. Lost in her own little world.

In the distance you hear a clap of thunder and the sky becomes darker.

"Inuyasha…its going to start raining again soon. I suggest we start looking for Kagome now…and hurry about it…it looks like its going to be really bad…Lets go…now…I fear if we don't…then Kagome might not…"

Sometime into their journey

They came to the cliff.

"Her scent…it stops here…dear God…Kagome…" Inuyasha stood staring over the cliff into the water. Sango stood there silently. Her eyes hidden behind her bangs. Shippo sat there crying over the loss of his foster mother. Miroku stood there in disbelief…almost waiting for it all to be wrong.

"There must be a mistake…" Miroku looks at Inuyasha "Maybe she came here and then turned around…"
"No…" Sango cut him off. "Can't you see the skid marks. She didn't stop in time." She looked to him with sorrowful tear filled eyes.

"Stop all your mourning for this girl. It's a waste of your time" Everyone turned to look at Kikyou. Sango looked at her in rage.

"How can you be so heartless! She just DIED! Why should we NOT mourn for her? Just because you despise her?" her anger showed through her voice.

"No… I say that because the girl is not dead." Kikyou's cold voice stilled even Shippo's crying.

"how do you know that Lady Kikyou?" Miroku asked the question on everyone's mind.

"If she was dead I would have the other half of my soul. And I do not. So therefore she is not dead. You all waste your tears."

"Then where is she?"

Kikyou looked at the new talker, Shippo, this was the first time he had done something besides crying since they started looking for Kagome.

"It is not possible to live that fall Kikyou." (a/n Inuyasha is so optimistic ;)

"I can feel her. The other half of my soul. It seems to be coming from somewhere….over there…almost like its inside the cliff itself. ….?"

"hmm…maybe there's a cave" Shippo asked anxiously.

Sango had started wondering towards the edge while they talked. Then she saw something on the other side of the cliff. 'Is that a walk way?…a cave? Could Kagome be there? "Hey Inuyasha!" Everyone came to gather around her and look where she was pointing. "Could Kagome…"

"Already on it. Lets go!"

So they began their journey again as they made their way around to the other side of the cliff. Inuyasha in the lead with Kikyou by his side.

in the cave

Kagome just sat there for what seemed like hours. Nothing happening. The guy never coming back. That lady had come back but all she had said was to stay in the cave and wait.

"Well that doesn't help me very much. Sit hear till what?" Kagome had been yelling at the walls for some time now. She couldn't sleep. She already tried. And she obviously couldn't leave either.

Kagome sighed as the only response she got was her echo off the cave walls, just like every other time. Odd though. Her echo went on for a lot longer than any other echo before. On a school field trip once, not that long ago, they went to a cave. None of the echoes that anyone ever made lasted this long. And speaking of odd sounds, she could hear everything. Even despite the heavy rain outside the cave, she could still here even the smallest bug crawling…She could even see everything. Kagome had always had troubles seeing anything in dark places, and now she could see everything.

"….weird…"

"…Kagome…Kagome…Kagome…Kagome!"

"What the hell?" Kagome looked around frantically for the where that was coming from. Each time it almost sounded like a different person…each time…"…hello?" Kagome called out timidly to the dark cave.

"…Kagome…Kagome…Kagome…Kagome!" whatever it was it was getting closer…and the voices were sounding familiar…one sounded like a violent type male…the other was like a distressed woman, maybe her age…the third was like another man, this one more cool and collected…the last was what really caught her attention. It was like a small child wailing out desperately. Almost like a child that was lost and looking for his mother…'Shippo!'

They were here. She knew that now. That would almost make the woman, Akiko, right. But that could just be coincidence…what wouldn't be coincidence would be Inuyasha coming in with Kikyou. She couldn't stop thinking about that. What if Akiko wasn't just a dream, and this was all real? "well…I guess I'll find out when I see Inuyasha…" and with that Kagome headed towards the entrance of the cave calling to her friends.

Hmmm….wonder what will happen next? Don't you too? ;P