Shadow Fox Revised:

So far its the same but I think further on, that its going to take a drasticly different course. I don't know. We'll all just have to wait and see.

Disclaimer: why do we need these? If I was the actual owner of Inuyasha and company, do you really think that I would be writing fanfiction about them? I do own Akiko though! So take that!

Chapter two:

Echoes everywhere, echoes of nothing, echoes of silence. Where was she? It was so…dark…and cold, yet it was like there was no temperature at all. Like it didn't even exist. Like nothing existed, there was no ground; no sky…there was just an absence of all existence.

'…Kagome…' Kagome looked to find the voice, but she could see nothing. The voice, it was such a beautiful feminine voice. It was alto and mature; not a hollow feeling like this place was giving her. She continued to look around for the source of this voice.

The 'scenery', if you could even call it that, began to shift and change. The 'ground' beneath her feet began to become firm, until a soft grass lay beneath her. The 'sky' began to twist and contort, until it was a beautiful day, with little white fluffy clouds.

If you turned to her left, there would be a beautiful blooming Sakura tree giving shade. Beside her, opposite of the tree, was a lake. It's waters so clean you could see the bottom, even far out into it.

The empty, cold feeling slowly left her body, as she began to feel the heat of the sun and warm wind blow on her skin.

'…Kagome…' this time, when she hears it, she can tell it's directly behind her.

Kagome turned, and there the woman stood, her hair was a hue of a golden sheen. Her eyes were a crystal blue that shone with her glory. Her body adorned with the finest white silk. Her breast covered in a blue chest plate. To say she was beautiful would do her an injustice.

After a time of a comfortable silence, Kagome finally found her voice. "Who are you?" It was all she could come up with. Her voice didn't sound as hollow and echo-y as it had before, yet it still lacked in real tangibility that seemed to all come with it. It sounded more of like a thought in her head, than words from her mouth.

'…Kagome…' her melodious voice seemed to flow all around Kagome in a stream of warmth and comfort.

'Kagome…my name is Akiko. I am the Goddess of Time.' The woman seemed to frown a bit. 'I was the one to open the well. I made it possible for you to go back to this time for a specific reason." She smiled softly. 'You will learn that reason when the time comes.' She paused. 'Now is not the time for you to die. I have still much need for you.'

" 'Now is not the time for you to die.'? What do you mean?" Kagome looked to be struggling with her thoughts. "You mean I'm dead?"

'No…nor will you be. Many things are about to occur, many things that you…will not necessarily understand. But that is alright.'

"…Wait…what do you mean 'a lot of stuff is about to happen'…and if you are the one making things happen and not happen, then why…why did you do this to me? Make me fall in love with Inuyasha, only to have him betray me in the end! How could you make this happen to me?", with those thoughts rushing to her head, Kagome became enraged. 'How could she do that? She had no right. Who does this woman think she is? I don't care if she's a god or whatever! She had no right!'

'No, Child, you misunderstand. I can not control what people do and whom they fall in love with. I opened the well to send you back here. But that is all. Everything else you did on your own.' Her voice was soft and filled with pity.

That made sense to her. She felt kind of bad for yelling at her and losing her temper. Of course it wasn't Akiko's fault. "Okay…I'm…sorry I lost my temper…I seem to be doing a lot of rash things lately. But you said many things were going to happen. Things…things like what?"

'When you wake up again, some things will be…different. You will have a design adorned upon you skin. Many things with your body and appearance will have changed.' She paused and looked like she didn't know if she should continue. " This is all to help you with my plan. Not long after you wake up, Inuyasha and the others will show up. But be warned...Kikyou will be with him. This must not bother you." Akiko gave Kagome an endearing look. 'Inuyasha is not the one for you. He is to go to hell with Kikyou as he promised. That is just the way it is supposed to be.'

"If he is not the one for me, then why do I have to love him so?" Kagome asked almost desperately. Her eyes glazing over. Kagome held back her unshed tears.

'That I can not explain. I can tell you though, it is not because you are 'part of her soul' like everyone tells you. Not in the
least bit is that correct. I have someone else for you…Inuyasha and you are not meant to be. But when Inuyasha comes, you must go with them. It will not be for long. I will have someone join you. They will be able to explain more to you. I'm sorry I cannot tell you more, but I am out of time. I will visit you again when I deem the time right….' And with that the voice and woman faded.

"WAIT! I don't understand!" Kagome cried out desperately, but the woman was already gone. The trees and grass around Kagome started to fade with her. Leaving her only in that dark emptiness from before. "…I don't understand…"

'…You will understand when the time comes…' Kagome looked around to find her, but she wasn't there.

Everything around her started getting fuzzy…and with that…she woke up.

With Inuyasha +

Everyone was at camp. Shippo was crying because Kagome left without saying bye.

Sango was beyond pissed, not to mention breathless from chasing after Kagome. Honestly, since when could Kagome run that fast?

Miroku just sat there and didn't know what to think.

Inuyasha sat there, with his 'beloved' Kikyou in his lap, pissed that his 'shard detector' left.

"Inuyasha" Sango said in a scarily calm voice. Inuyasha and every other male there winced. That tone of voice was the kind of tone Kagome used before she sat him all the way to hell. This couldn't be good.

"Feh! What do you want Sango. Don't tell me you want me to go look for that wench just cuz she ran off crying and probably got lost like the stupid idiot she is!" Bad move.

Sango looked up at Inuyasha. "You…BASTARD! SHE WOULDN'T HAVE RUN OFF IF YOU HADN'T BEEN SCREWING YOUR DAMN CLAY POT IN FRONT OF HER, RIGHT AFTER YOU TOLD HER THAT YOU LOVED HER AND ONLY HER! YOU HAVE SOME NERVE! NOT ONLY THAT BUT SHE'S NOT EVEN GONE FOR MERE SECONDS AND YOU BRING THAT DAMN BITCH IN HERE TO TAKE HER PLACE! NOW, GET OFF YOUR ASS AND GO FIND HER!"

Inuyasha only kehed and got up and let Kikyou climb onto his back like he had been doing for Kagome just a few hours earlier.

Everyone else got up as well. The fuming Sango picked up the wailing Shippo. As she bent down to pick him up though…she was interrupted by the feeling of something feeling her butt. She shot around and smacked Miroku in the face. "HENTAI! YOU PERVERT!"

You could see the birds from miles around, fly off in the opposite direction of the disturbance.

Not long after that, the group started out in search of Kagome. It was Inuyasha in the lead with Kikyou on his back, followed by a even more fuming Sango and a still crying Shippo in her arms. Then, taking up the rear was an annoyed transformed Kirara with an unconscious Miroku on her back. And that is how it went until Miroku woke up.

Not long after that, Inuyasha stopped and sniffed the air. Growling he put Kikyou down and while pushing her behind him protectively he drew his Tetsusaiga.

Not seconds later a large tiger youkai jumped down from the trees.

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Hmm…Wonder what she'll find when she wakes up? Don't you? ;P …maybe I'll tell you. But hey. I like to watch you squirm. :D ok. REVIEW! Thanx!

actually, I know what happens when she wakes up. I've already written it. ; How sad is that? So yeah, don't forget to review and give advise! I wonder how the whole thing is going to turn out this time around.