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Disclaimer: Wow, chapter 7 and you still want this? I do not own Inuyasha or any of its characters. They belong to Rumiko Takahashi. I'm only borrowing them for a while.

"Miroku…" Sango said, trailing off as she saw him with a dozen girls, who were eagerly watching his every move. "STUPID PERVERTED MONK!" she screamed, shaking dust from the ceiling. Miroku got up and walked towards her without batting an eyelash as she went on raving. He put a hand on her shoulder and looked into her eyes. She shut up immediately. He turned to the young girls and excusing himself for a while, causing most of them to swoon, took Sango by hand and led her out.

"Now Sango, what did you want to say?" he asked her, letting go of her hand. Sango found her voice now. "Inuyasha and Kagome aren't back yet. I'm very worried, Miroku, do you think something happened to them? I mean, Ginengi's village isn't that far, right? And Inuyasha's really fast!" Miroku tightened the hold on his staff "You think we should look for them?" Sango nodded faintly, "But Kirara's sick. How are we supposed to go there, walk?" Miroku got up "No, I'll try and contact Hajji" (A/N: Is that his name? The racoon guy who can change form?)

A few minutes later, both of them set off, leaving Shippou to tend to Kirara. They'd sent Myoga to hunt Hajji. They'd walked about a mile when Hajji appeared along with Myoga, and after explaining everything, they set off again, this time on top off Hajji. "Let me get this straight" Myoga inquired, "Kagome's been acting really weird since she came back from her time?" Sango nodded. "We, or rather, Lady Kaede thought that she might be possessed" Miroku put in "And she has been staring off into space, and acting pretty distracted lately" Sango continued. Myoga said nothing, just looked worriedly at the ground.

"KIKYOU! KIKYOU! WHERE ARE YOU?" Inuyasha yelled as he skidded to a stop. 'Damn' he thought to herself, 'I can't smell her at all' He wondered what he should do. Night was falling; the others would get worried if he didn't return. Reluctantly, he turned around and made his way back. 'I hope Kagome is OK' he decided to make a little detour and head to Ginengi's place to make sure he got back safely. Ginengi's old mother was outside as he approached the hut. She looked worriedly at him. "Where's Ginengi?" he asked her, "He's not back yet?" She looked even more worried now. "I don't know; he's not back, it's been hours" Inuyasha left again, promising her that he'd be back with Ginengi. She refused, and asked him to take her with him. Inuyasha 'feh'd, but took her on his back anyway. 'Did something happen?' he pondered, 'did they get attacked or something?'

"Master Miroku" Hajji said "I see something ahead" Miroku and Sango looked down; there was something on the ground that looked frightfully like a body. "Go down Hajji!" said Miroku, "We'll see what it is" They landed, and Hajji transformed into his original form. It was Ginengi. There was no sign of a struggle. "Oh my god" breathed Miroku "Isn't that Ginengi? What's he doing here?" But before any of them could say anything, Inuyasha appeared out of the woods, carrying Ginengi's mother.

The next few minutes were a nightmare. They watched dumbstruck, as the old woman screamed and ran to her son, sobbing uncontrollably. Inuyasha fell to his knees, unable to speak as Miroku and Sango rushed to him. "He was with Kagome" Inuyasha muttered in a raspy voice, "Where's Kagome?" Miroku frowned "Why was Ginengi with Kagome? Where were you?" Inuyasha hesitated, and then muttered his story about going after Kikyou. Sango was looking around, and grabbed a few stray herb pieces. "What are these?" she asked Inuyasha, showing them under the Hanyou's nose.

But before Inuyasha could reply, the old woman shrieked "Look at this! Someone shot him down! Oh my Ginengi!" Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango froze. Myoga hopped on top of Ginengi's body and examined the arrow shot through his heart. "Hmm" he muttered, and finally making up his mind, said "It seems that Kagome was the one who killed Ginengi" Inuyasha snapped out of trance and retorted angrily "Are you insane Myoga? Why would she do that? And for your information, I don't smell her at all" Myoga didn't reply soon. "You can't smell her, Master Inuyasha? This is bad…." Ginengi's mother looked up- "Are you saying, that- that my Ginengi was killed by that girl?" she stuttered, shaking in disbelief. "But she was always so nice! Why would she do that?" Her question rattled them, but not one of them could think of an answer. 'Why would she do that?'

Only after they had cremated Ginengi, and his heart-broken mother had fallen asleep out of sheer tiredness, could Miroku and Sango tell Inuyasha their theory of Kagome being possessed. As they expected, Inuyasha went into a thunderous temper, raving insanely. Finally, after he had calmed down a little, he declared that he was going to look for her, but forbade Miroku and Sango to come with him. They protested, but he waved it aside and set off into the night, and all the while one thought tortured him- 'Why? Why Kagome? Why did you do that?'

Kagome had walked away from Ginengi in a trance, spurred on by the disembodied voice. She had to find Kikyou, Inuyasha was with her. Soon enough, she spotted the dead priestess, who stared at her curiously when Kagome called out her name. "Why are you here alone?" Kikyou asked her. Kagome laughed, and a strangely cold laugh escaped her. "You hide him away, and ask me where he is? You're an awful liar, Kikyou" Saying that, she pointed an arrow at Kikyou. The undead miko looked only mildly startled. "So, you wish to kill me? I know this is not you, you're possessed. So, who is my real opponent?" Kagome's expression remained passive. She kept her arrow at Kikyou's heart and said "Shut up, I'm going to kill you. If you're out of the way, Inuyasha will be mine forever" Kikyou didn't respond. She just looked away, eyes narrowed, and whispered "They're coming"

A horde of demons approached them from all sides, trapping them. "I thought so" said Kikyou, "I knew that this was a trap. Nice move, Naraku" In the confusion of the battle, the two priestesses were separated. The shadow left Kagome, leaving her with an odd sense of confusion and a clear head. 'What was I doing back there? Was I threatening Kikyou? And Naraku, what was she saying about him?' The demons closed in on her, cutting off all means of escape. Her father was back, though. "Fight, my darling. I know you're strong" But despite her best efforts, she couldn't kill all of them.

The stars winked down at her, as she fell to her knees, sobbing. They knew it was not to be.

"I promise you, Kagome"

There was no way she could beat all of them.

"I won't betray you"

Was this how it was going to end?

"Until Naraku is destroyed-"

Where was he?

"I'll stay by your side"

He was not…he was not coming for her. The warmth in his arms was false, the look in his eyes was a lie, and it was all just an illusion.

The same thought pounded again and again 'Why Inuyasha, why did you abandon me? Why did you break your promise?' She drifted away, exhausted and drained. Not knowing that at that very moment, the hanyou was tearing through the forest screaming her name. She was not destined to die, though. The ever lurking shadow stopped their attack and caught her in his arms. Tearing off a part of her bloody sleeve, he threw it into the breeze for the hanyou to find. To mourn over that he was too late, too late to save the woman he loved, too late yet again. "Now" he whispered softly, his red eyes glimmering in the pale moonlight, "Now everything will go according to plan" And with a small sigh of satisfaction, he left with the unconscious girl in his arms, the girl who would soon rid him of all his problems, if he played his part well.

I know, I know, the whole Ginengi part was pretty poorly written, but I was kind of in a hurry to get to the end of the chapter. Ta da! Naraku makes his appearance at last! Kagome thinks that Inuyasha betrayed her, that can't be good! I think you guys can guess what happens next, but for all its worth, read and review and another chapter will magically appear next week! I can't update sooner than that, for more details, go to my homepage link on my bio-page. Cheerio!