Chapter 4:

By Kaguya's Chaos

Kagome looked about herself and tried not to panic. 'Ok, Kagome-girl, think of this like the time you first fell through the well. Only your in a very busy market place. And there's no- Wait!! That boy!! With the symbol on his forehead!!' Kagome smiled big and walked quickly through the crowds. Ignoring all the stares she received, since she was used to it from the Feudal Era, she began her search.

"Is she wearing boy's clothes?"

"Maybe she's not even a she? After all, the emperor is said to hold great feminine beauty…."

"Yes, but where did she get such bizarre clothes? I've never seen such."

Kagome frowned at the group of people obviously talking about her and they turned away. Kagome turned her glare to the group of middle aged men she was questioning. "So you have seen a boy like that?" She asked and one of them nodded. "Not with the marking on his forehead as you described, but he fit the rest pretty well." He answered and Kagome thanked him and breathed a sigh of relief. 'At least he's in the city.'

Kagome walked along the stalls and ignored the shots for buyers. 'Don't have any money anyway.' She thought grimly and continued her search. She stopped outside of a particularly large crowd and stood on tip toes to see over heads for a blue black haired one. She nearly jumped out of her skin when a hand landed on her shoulder.

Standing behind her was an ordinary looking guy with short blackish-brown hair. "Hey, I heard you were looking for someone." He started off and Kagome raised an eyebrow. She wasn't as naïve as she used to be and she knew what the slight smirk meant.

"Oh, really?" She asked using her innocent look to her advantage and played stupid.

"Yeah, and I can lead ya to him." he said in a voice that rankled her. Kagome put on a false smile, although the hope in her eyes was genuine. 'He may be a creepy guy, but he might actually know where this boy is.' Kagome told herself as she allowed the guy to lead her to a back alley. She wasn't completely surprised when a group of boys came out of nowhere and leered at her.

'Aw…great. Just what I want to deal with.' Kagome growled to herself as she stiffened when one of the boys poked at her. "Well, well, well. What have we here?" One of the particularly ugly boy started as he looked her over. The boy that had been leading her grinned. "Exotic looking isn't she?" he went saying stuff but Kagome didn't pay attention. Her eyes skirted over her surroundings and took in her options. It wasn't until one of the males grabbed her arm that she jerked away from her thoughts and away from the hand.

The boys were now circled around her and staring at her. "Ugh. Hey, I thought you said you'd take me to my….friend." She said glaring at the ring leader, playing stupid. The guy smiled greasily and stepped forward. "Aww. But we want to play with you a bit…." he trailed off and never finished as Kagome growled out.

She charged at the boy and punched him in the gut. He flew back and lay sprawled on the ground. Kagome turned to the others. "Who else wants a piece of me?!" She demanded and was rewarded with one of them running at her, yelling out, "Wench!!" Kagome saw red at this and crouched low. Just as the guy was about to grab at her she bent low and flung him over her shoulder.

He landed with a groan of pain but Kagome was preoccupied with her next assailant. She swung her leg up and hit him upside the head. He too was flung away and the last one advanced on her. Kagome glared at him and delivered a punch directly into his abdomen. He bent over and a muffled 'Oof.' escaped him. Kagome straightened breathing a sigh of relief and relaxing.

It was due to this that she didn't realize the first thug was right behind her till she was thrown to the ground with him on top. "H-" Kagome's scream was cut off as the guy smashed his hand on her mouth. "You little bitch!" He ground out as he leaned closer to her face and passed to her neck. The minute his lips hit her neck, he was wrenched off of her.

Kagome drew in a deep breath and watched as the now awake thugs ran away. Kagome stood and turned to thank her savior and froze. It was the boy from before. The one she had been searching for.

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Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kirara sat around the fire and stared at Kaede as the old miko examined the book. Her eyes were scrunched as she felt out the strange aura surrounding the object. Unlike any other demonic feeling object, the aura didn't recoil at her probing aura and instead challenged it. Truly a puzzling thing it was.

Kaede again set the book down and looked to the others with a bewildered expression. "I have no idea what this thing is." She stated simply and the others fell over, sweat dropping. Inuyasha sat back up and glared at the old lady. "What the hell do you mean?!?!" he demanded and Sango and Miroku each took hold of him and sat him back down.

"Quiet, Inuyasha! I'm sure Kaede-sama can explain why." Miroku reasoned and looked to the miko in question. Kaede nodded and Inuyasha calmed down.

"The demonic aura surrounding the book is not at all threatening but more of a warning, or a protection placed on the book. While feeling it out, it didn't recoil as a normal object with such an aura would. It instead seemed to…." Kaede trailed of as she tried to find the right word. (Or rather I don't know how to explain it! .;) " It seemed to meet my energy? To….challenge it, you could say." She finally finished and looked to Miroku as if confirming the strangeness of it all. The houshi nodded and looked at the floor in thought.

Inuyasha, feeling like this didn't explain anything, shouted, "What the fuck has that to do with anything? Who cares what the damn book does!! It took Kagome away!! That's all that matters!!" He completely contradicted himself but no one paid attention to this as they again turned glares to the book. (Yeah!! Stupid book! Uh…sorry, spur of the moment?)

Kaede frowned and picked it up. As she opened it the others in the room gasped and threw themselves away as if it would explode. When nothing happened they sheepishly dusted themselves off and walked back to where they were before. Kaede took no note of this as she started to read the first page. Her frown grew as she tried to make out all the markings.

Miroku came up behind her and read it as well. A frown also broke over his face as he took in the information. "Well?? What the hell does it say??" Inuyasha demanded. Kaede looked up at him as Miroku took the book and continued to decipher the small paragraph. "It states that those who read the book will receive a wish at the end." Kaede said summarizing what she could glean from it all.

Miroku turned the page and read about a "young lady" who was sucked into the book. Miroku realized this was indeed talking of Kagome. His head shot up as he looked over to the others. "We may not know where Kagome-sama is, but we can read about it." He said in a whisper.

"What??" They all shouted as their attention was drawn to him by that simple statement. "This book, is about Kagome-sama! About what she is doing where ever the book took her." He said calmly as if announcing that dinner was served. He looked down at the book and grinned as a part stuck out. "The young lady blushed as she looked up into the eyes of the handsome man that had saved her." 'Oh dear. It appears that Inuyasha has more competition.' He thought with a smirk and started to read out loud as everyone demanded.

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"Um, thank you for saving me, again." Kagome stated as she turned another shade of red and looked down at the ground. She saw the his hand held out and looked up at him again. He smiled as he stared into her crystalline eyes. "I'm Tamahome." He said as Kagome shook his hand. (I do not remember their real names, I know!! I am such a horrible person! I'm already doomed for hell anyway! . )

"Kagome." She answered with a smile of her own. Her face became serious as her situation came back to her. With a serious and intense stare she asked the question that had been in her mind for the longest time. "Where the hell am I?"

Her question obviously baffled Tamahome because his eyes widened and he dropped her hand. "You….you don't know where you are?" he asked and his eyes narrowed in suspicion. Kagome smiled and scratched the back of her head. "Um, you see, I…uh…lost my….(mind?) memory." (Oh…. I was close!)

Tamahome stared at her for a moment and shrugged. (can anyone tell me what the country is called? I know! I have a horrible memory!!) He told her she was in China. (I know….baaaaad KC!!) Kagome paled and sat down. 'At least with the shikon thing I was still in Japan!!' She thought dismally and took it all in. She looked back up at Tamahome with hopeful eyes.

"I-is it alright if stay with you?" She asked and Tamahome's eyes widened further. "W-what?!"

"I promise not to be any trouble!! Please? I- I don't have anywhere else to go! I-I don't even know wh-where I am!" She put tears in her voice and allowed the panic she had held back to surface. Tamahome stood in shock as the strange girl began to cry.

"A-alright already! Don't cry! Sheesh!" Kagome wiped her tears away and hugged him. "Oh, thank you!!" She said and let go of him. Tamahome banished the blush from his face before the oblivious Kagome could see it and frowned. "Keh. I have a feeling you're going to be expensive." He said taking in her clothes again. Though weird they were, they still appeared to be of good quality.

Kagome glared at Tamahome and put her hands on her hips. "I will not! Once I find out how to get home I will be gone so there!" She huffed and the two started to walk back into the center of town. As they neared the end of the alley, Kagome was stunned to see a type of parade going on. She watched as a golden carriage came closer. Tamahome said something to her but she didn't hear what exactly he said. Instead her focus was on a little girl who had been pushed out into the street and at the feet of one of the guards walking in front of the carriage. He raised his lance and, before he could strike the girl, Kagome was there in front of the girl gripping the lance with both of her hands. "Hey! It wasn't her fault you pig-headed baka!!" Kagome yelled at the armored guard and helped the girl up. The girl ran away without looking back and Kagome was grabbed by the arm. "How dare you interfere, you stupid girl!" he yelled in her face and Kagome saw red.

A yelling match ensued and neither noticed when the carriage came up behind them. They didn't notice until another guard came up to yell at Kagome as well. They grabbed her hands and Kagome cried out in pain as they wrenched it up. Tamahome, heard her pained cry and rushed toward her. "Take your hands off her!!" he yelled and was unaware that a symbol appeared on his forehead like last time.

Just as Tamahome had reached Kagome and swung her up in his arms, a pink light engulfed the two and the people around them shouted in fear and backed away. Meanwhile, the guards standing beside the carriage screamed out "Demon!" The emperor riding in the carriage looked out the window, discreetly and watched as the pink glow faded.

Kagome watched as her body began to vanish and she panicked. She grabbed a hold of Tamahome and screamed out. "NO!" As her scream faded so did the glow. Kagome looked up at Tamahome and saw his bewildered expression. "What are you?" He asked as the guards surrounded them.

The order was given that they were to be captured and put in the dungeon. With swift movements they were both knocked out and taken away.

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KC: Ok folks from this point on, the story line will most likely be really different then the actual story. What with other characters coming and going, the Inuyasha story line going on, and of course the mayhem!!

On another note, I will NOT make Sango like Yui! I don't think I could handle it!! I like Sango!! So the one who will become the miko of Seiryuu will remain a mystery for a while!! . Also, I would like to thank all the reviewers, and would like to encourage you all to vote on pairings!! So far its….well, I'll tell you at the end of the chapter!!

You….you didn't think this was the end, did you? ::shocked::

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Miroku paused in his reading as they came to the part where Kagome was knocked unconscious and taken to the dungeons. "That BAKA!!" Inuyasha growled out, still seething over the fact that this Tamahome character had touched HIS Kagome. Shippo frowned and stifled the tears rising to his eyes. Sango frowned as she thought over this all and allowed a small smile. "Well, it certainly does sound like our Kagome-sama!" She said and allowed the laugh to bubble up. Miroku and Kaede joined in and then Shippo. Inuyasha's glare softened and he ordered Miroku to continue.

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Kagome woke up from a vivid dream including the Shikon and Inuyasha. She shouted out Inuyasha's name and sat up. She heard a huff and turned around to glare at Tamahome. "Jeez. Have troubles with this Inuyasha character?" He asked as he looked away from her, as if he didn't care. Kagome frowned and sat up against the wall.

"Yeah." She answered in a tone that clearly said it wasn't up for discussion. Tamahome glanced to her and then away. Kagome then took in her surroundings and frowned. Her question was answered however by Tamahome. "I can't believe you can sleep in this dungeon!" He scoffed as Kagome frowned at him.

She stuck her tongue out at him and put her hands in her pocket. 'Gah!! So hungry!' She thought and was surprised when she felt a pack of gum she had hastily shoved in her pocket earlier. (I know…but I couldn't think of anything original!! ) She put it in her mouth and relished the juices that immediately chased away the dryness. She jumped as a ruff voice demanded what she had put in her mouth.

"Just some gum. Gosh! Don't have a cow!" She said as she nonchalantly blew a bubble. She was unaware of the fear coming from both males and when her bubble popped, the guard fell to the ground in a dead faint. Kagome cleaned the gum off of her face and knelt down to retrieve the keys at the guards belt. Tamahome was going on about how awesome that was and Kagome gave him a couple pieces to shut him up. "Yeah, yeah! Here! Have some!" Kagome said and was aware of the reverent way he held the stuff.

She shook her head and both headed up the stone steps and out of the dungeons. "So, which way?" They both asked at the same time. Kagome sighed and allowed Tamahome to lead her down the hall and out into a sort of courtyard. He then lead the way passed a temple of some sort and Kagome felt the need to see what was inside.

She was unaware of the fact that a disgruntled Tamahome followed. She stood in front of a large sculpture of a huge bird that looked vaguely familiar. "What is this?" She whispered and nearly jumped when Tamahome answered her.

"That is Suzaku." He went on with an elaborate explanation, but Kagome had stopped listening. The most delicious smell hit her nose and, walking as if in a trance, she followed it. She had no idea where she was going, only that she was hungry and that something smelled really good.

Tamahome stopped his long talk and looked over t see Kagome gone. He blinked for a few moments and let out a frustrated sigh. 'Grr. It's not my problem anymore.' He growled to himself as he went in search for the girl.

Kagome snuck up to the tray placed beside the door and smiled like a predator. She grabbed the nearest plate and gobbled it down so fast she didn't even taste it. 'Hah!! Take that!! You put me in the dungeon and I eat all your food!!' She joked to herself as she left the kitchens and realized that she didn't know where she was or where Tamahome was.

'Oh….oops.' She smiled sheepishly as she began to wander around. She hadn't gone far when a voice interrupted her. "Are you lost?"

Kagome froze and turned to stare into smiling goldish-brown eyes. 'Uh oh. I'm caught!!'

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KC: Now this really is the ending!! . Now, things are gonna get hard, cause I have to tie in two different stories in one. So, if I have a ton of mistakes and it looks really stupid it is your job to tell me I am horrible and I need to fix it!!!

Inuyasha: Don't be surprised if they throw things at you.

KC: I won't be!!

Everyone: Did she just?

Inuyasha: Did you just agree with me?

KC: …. Thank you to all my reviewers!! I would like to thank;

Damn-u-all, Sesshie da bastard, nunofyorbiz, kirei kitty, Angle Of Life 01, bee bee, Lady sakura, chinadoll27, moonpriestess5986, Mistress Koishii, o0 DaRkNeSsEz PuRiTy 0o, BloodRoseOTDemon.

Thank you all soooooo much!!!

Ja ne!!

KC