Hallo! It's the next chapter of Inuyasha and The Shamans! Yay! This is just something to write while people wait for Michiyuki! It's fun! Who knows, this might just go somewhere! Hmm...Any way, please review!

Love,

Victoria Faust

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Kagome glared at Inuyasha. Inuyasha just grumbled angrily, not even paying attention to her.

"Are you shamans?" Faust asked again.

"Well . . . no. Are you?" Kagome asked.

Faust nodded and smiled.

"I'm a necromancer!" Faust said, proudly.

A blank look washed over Kagome's face. Faust just smiled.

"A necromancer can animate corpses." Faust said.

"Really?" Kagome said, lightening up.

I'm drawn to him for some reason . . .

Kagome and Faust then went into a long conversation about necromancy and various things. Inuyasha found himself getting jealous.

God. When will she stop? She just keeps going "Blah, blah, blah . . . !"

Yoh looked at Inuyasha.

"Hey! You have ears! That's cool." Yoh said.

"Yes I do." Inuyasha said.

"But . . . why?" Yoh asked.

"Because . . . " Inuyasha stopped, wondering why he was telling a kid that he had only known for about ten minutes all of this stuff.

Inuyasha slumped in his chair.

"Nevermind." He mumbled.

"That is so interesting!" Kagome said, leaning closer to Faust.

"Yes. You could say that it is my profession. I used to be a doctor you know." Faust said, smiling.

"Really? That would explain the white coat!" Kagome laughed.

As Kagome thought more and more about Faust's name, something clicked.

"Wait! You're a descendant of THE Doctor Faustus, am I right?" Kagome suddenly cried, startling Inuyasha so that he fell out of his chair.

"Yes, that's where I learned all of my necromancy skills." Faust said, laughing at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha crawled back up into the chair, ready to leave.

Annoying, idiotic . . .

Suddenly, a beeping sound echoed in the restaurant. Yoh looked down at his wrist. On his wrist there was a long watch looking thing that covered his forearm. There was a screen in the middle and a name was flashing on it.

Wow, what a strange watch.

"Oh, hey, Kagome?" Faust asked.

Kagome looked at Faust, intently.

"We have to go back to the place that we're staying for the shaman fights. Do you want to come with us?" Faust asked, smiling.

Kagome nodded happily, Inuyasha moaned.

Why, why, why, why, WHY?

They all rose and Kagome followed Faust closely out the door. Inuyasha followed Kagome as he began to feel jealous again.

Why is she so attached to that . . . freak?

He shook his head. Why should he feel jealous? It's not like Kagome was his girlfriend or anything. But Inuyasha couldn't help but feel a strange feeling. It was like his stomach was doing cartwheels. He didn't know what it was. And so far, he didn't like it.

"So . . . where are we going?" Kagome asked.

"Well . . . " Faust started.

"So, Kagome . . . !" Inuyasha cut in.

"What, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, irritated.

Inuyasha opened his mouth. He actually didn't have anything to say at all. He just looked at her.

"Uh . . . Nevermind." Inuyasha said.

Kagome turned back and looked up at Faust. Faust looked down and smiled at her. Kagome felt her cheeks get red. She put her hand up to her cheek and felt that it was hot. Why was she blushing?

Kagome laughed and smiled innocently.

"I like your smile, Kagome." Faust said.

Instead of blushing, Kagome went pale. She felt like she was about to faint.

He likes my smile!

"Thank you! I like smiling!" Kagome said.

"I hope you never stop." Faust said.

Kagome held back an excited giggle. Suddenly, she stopped. What was happening to her? She had only known this guy for about an hour and already she was falling for him. She shook her head. That couldn't happen. He was probably already married anyway. She felt her heart sink at the thought.

"We're here Kagome." Faust said, putting his hand on her shoulder.

Kagome straightened up and looked ahead. They were standing in front of a building that looked a lot like a house.

"Is this it?" Kagome asked.

Faust nodded and gently pushed her toward the door. Kagome took off her shoes and walked in.

"Wow."

There was a window with no glass and an empty wooden chair sitting beside it. For some reason, looking at it made Kagome sad. She continued looking.There were many sleeping mats scattered all over the floor. This made her laugh.

Boys are definately messy!

"It's not the prettiest, but it will do, right?" Yoh asked.

"Oh yes!" Kagome said.

Faust walked over to the wooden chair and sat down. He looked out the window as the sun started to set. Kagome looked at Faust, concerned. Faust seemed to let out an air of sadness, but it was like he didn't want toshow it. Seeing him sitting by the window, staring out into the increasingly darkening sky, made Kagome want to cry.

"Hey Kagome." Yoh said, from behind her.

Kagome turned, the ghost of a tear lingering on her cheek. Yoh could tell that something was wrong, but he decided to let it go.

"I was hoping that we could all be friends!" Yoh said.

"Oh, Yes! Of course!" Kagome said, grinning.

"So how long will you stay?" Yoh asked.

"As long as I can . . . " Kagome said.

"Where is dog boy?" Faust asked.

Kagome looked around frantically.

"Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha was sitting in the darkest corner of the room, contemplating murder. Kagome looked at him and remembered that she was mad at him.

"I'm still mad at you, Inuyasha!" Kagome cried.

"That's nice . . . " Inuyasha said, standing up.

"SIT!" Kagome yelled.

Inuyasha hit the ground with a thud and Kagome laughed. She turned toward Faust. He was staring out at the newly risen stars, oblivious to the insanity around him. Kagome walked up and knelt next to him.

"Why are you not affected by all of this?" Kagome asked.

"My whole world is crashing down in chaos, Kagome. I'm used to it." Faust said, quietly.

Kagome wanted to hug him. To somehow make him feel better. But, she had to keep in mind that she had only known him for a few hours. Hugging him would just push him away. Instead, she held back her urges and stood up.

"If there's anything I can do . . . " Kagome whispered.

"You already have done something. You arrived here." Faust said.

Kagome ran outside and climbed up onto the roof. She sat looking at the stars and thinking about Faust. A tear rolled down her cheek as she thought about him and his hidden saddness.She hugged her knees and watched the stars glitter.

I don't know your story, . . . but I want to . . . Faust.

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