Kamy: Nihao everybody! Me so-so sorry no update in...FOREVER!. But TAKS testing came up, and then my computer died. But is all good now, because I have the next chapter right here!

Inu: Took you long enough. Am I gonna actually be IN this chapter!

Kamy: Only you would be so cruel. I had to sit in the same seat for 3 hours, for a continuos 4 days, and all you care about is if you're in the next chapter.

Kag: Hey, Kamy, am I in this chapter?

Kamy: Yep.

Inu: HEY! Why'd you tell HER and not ME!

Kag: Does she have to spell it out for you?

Kamy: It's because SHE has to take exams too so she KNOWS how I feel!

Kag: Now for the reveiwers!

xlittleRinx: Thank you, thank you! I hope you find this chapter just as enjoyable. 3>

And that's it...I feel so unloved! -hugs Rin-chan- You my only friend!

Kag/Inu: HEY!

Kamy: Besides ya'll. Inu give the disclaimer!

Inu: Don't want to!

Kamy: I'll put you and Kagome in this chapter...

Inu: -hugs Kag- Kamy doesn't own InuYasha, but she DOES own Mica, Kila, Fuwa, and Kizak.

Kag: -snuggles Inu- On with the story!

Chapter 5

Abandoned

Meetings

"Down there, Kizak!" Fuwa yelled above the sea of bamboo trees. The dragon she was riding gave a snort as a reply as it dove down to the appointed area, which was completely void of trees.

Her dragon looked much like a flying dinosaur, its scales were smooth so they looked like skin, even though blue wasn't a skin color. He had two horns coming from just above his eyes that were slicked back so that when he looked directly forward, they were parallel with his long neck. Instead of short T-rex arms, he had two long dragon wings, each the length of his elephant sized (but not shaped) body, minus his long thick tail.

Fuwa had found Kizak when he was just a baby. The poor thing was being tormented by some villagers, so she rescued him. He's concluded he's in her debt and has followed her ever since.

Fuwa smiled as he landed on the soft ground and giggled as she slid off his unsaddled back. Her long braid whipped her hips as it came to a rest to just below her butt. She looked much different from the cold little girl she once was. Her eyes and voice were still sharp, but held a light in them. Her hair was better kept, the pieces that once went to her chin now reached the collar bone and were held together each with bells that didn't jingle. Her smile got wider as Kizak went into his humanoid form.

He was a tall, lean man with black hair to mid-back. His face was longer than any Japanese man she'd seen, looking almost like he came from the north (A/N: Europe. America isn't founded yet). His eyes were slits and an icy blue, his lips pulled into a smirk as one fang popped over his bottom lip. He had on a pale yellow Chinese style shirt with a high collar and short sleeves. He had a black sash tied around his waist. The front and back of the shirt peaked out under the sash and went to his knees, though the sides had slits to his waist. His white pants tucked into a pair of boots that went to mid-calf.

As he reached over to pull the knapsack off of Fuwa's shoulder, he took a good look at his mistress. She wore a short sleeved white Chinese shirt that had the same high collar and her elbow length sleeves were slit to half way up her upper arm. She had a dark purple obi tied around her waist and the shirt did the same as Kizak's. The rim of the shirt and sleeves was black. She had armor (like Sango's) on each of her knee caps, covering a bit of her baggy black pants. Her outfit was completed with Chinese slippers and a yellow flower tied to her obi with a white ribbon.

"Wonder what happened here." Fuwa thought out loud. "It's like all the trees were taken out. Maybe it was a demon?" she asked questioningly to Kizak as he surveyed the area.

"Maybe, except I do not smell any demons. I do smell a spring nearby though." His voice was thick as he looked at the tree-less trail to the spring.

"Good. I REALLY need to bathe. Those villagers are so mean, not even giving us a place to bathe let alone sleep." Fuwa retaliated as she whipped sweat from her brow.

Kizak's face was somber as he looked away from her. "I am sorry, Fuwa-sama. It is because you travel with a dragon that you are put through such prejudice."

Without warning, she jumped on his back, locking her ankles around his waist and her arms around his neck. "You listen here. I don't give two shit what those villagers think. We're just gonna bathe in a spring today. And for the millionth time, No. Call. Me. Sama." She said, shaking her finger with each word.

Kizak smiled at her since she couldn't see. He wrapped his arms under her thighs and boosted her up a bit as he set off over the trail. "Better get moving then, eh, Fuwa-chan?"

Fuwa blushed at her new nickname, then giggled as she pointed over his shoulder. "Onward, Kizak-kun!"

There laughter was short lived once they reached the clearing.

"What the--?" they both said as they looked on at the site before them. In a block of white ice were two girls, each seemingly having some demon blood in them. Both girls were looking in their direction, though in different positions. The one with the bushy tail, a wolf demon probably, was looking over her right shoulder as her left hand rested on the cat-girls shoulder, the other clenched in a fist at her side. Her eyes were glazed and wide with surprise. The other girl was on both knees as one hand reached toward the wolf-girls chest, looking to push her out of the way. Her other hand was supporting her on the ground, for many wounds could be seen on her legs and throat. Though her eyes were glazed too, they seemed sad instead of surprised.

Fuwa was about to make her opinion on the site known when the sutra on the ice, looking to be right between the two captured girls, started to vibrate. At least it looked like it was vibrating. Soon, though, it erupted into blue flames and the whole ice block began to slowly melt…

---At Kikyo's (now known as Keade's) village in Japan---

'I can't outrun this thing! AHHH!' Kagome yelled out as the foliage gave way beneath her feet. She slid until she was lying on her stomach, arms splayed out in front of her. She quickly got up at the sound of the centipede demon getting closer.

"You're pathetic, Kikyo."

"Huh?" Kagome turned towards the voice to see the dog-boy whose ears she had rubbed just this morning. 'Wasn't he sleeping?'

"You look really stupid there, Kikyo. Why don't you just kill it like you did me?"

"Whoa, whoa, WHOA! Let's get something straight here! I'm not—"

"It's coming." He said calmly. Suddenly the demon crashed from the tree tops, almost crushing Kagome in the process. That is until the villagers stuck their arrows into the demons back.

"I'm saved." Kagome said with a sigh of relief.

"You're pathetic, Kikyo." The dog-boy repeated.

"Alright, that's IT! Listen, I'm NOT Kikyo!" Kagome yelled angrily.

"Of course you are! You smell like her, look like her, you even—" he stopped his ranting to sniff the air. "You're not her." He said, in almost a whisper.

She almost smiled. "Finally, we're getting somewhere. I'm Kagome. Ka-Go-Me."

"I'm a fool. After all, Kikyo looked pretty." 'And you're just beautiful…'

She made a face. "You—" Her sentence was stopped as a searing pain wracked her body, pin-pointing at her side. She looked down slowly to find Mistress Centipede with her jaws deep within her. Kagome's face scrunched up in pain as she almost cried out.

She plopped to her knees as she gasped for air when the demon released her. Near Kagome's right hand was a pink jewel splattered with her blood. 'That…was inside me?'

She actually did cry out in pain when the centipede demon wrapped its body around her and the Sacred Tree, crushing the school-girl into it.

"Now…it's mine!" the demon yelled out as she scooped up the jewel with her long tongue. Suddenly she shed her skin, revealing an ugly wrinkled face and bulging eyes. "Ahh...Such JOY!"

'She's…happy?' Kagome knew one thing, if she looked like THAT, she'd be anything BUT happy. She let out a moan as its body pushed her further into the bark of the tree and the body of the dog-boy.

"Hey." Wincing, Kagome looked up at him. "This arrow…can you pull it out?"

'Huh?' "YOU MUST NOT!" Both trapped teens turned to the old woman, Kaede. "You must NOT set him free!"

"And what about you, old witch! Do you want to become this centipede's dessert!" Looking down at the woman clinging to him, he spoke. "What about you? Do you want to die here with me?"

'Die? Here?' she reached out for the arrow. 'No! I won't die! Not in this stinkin' hell!' She pulled with all her might until the arrow dissinagrated. A bright light surrounded the clearing until all she could hear was InuYasha's laughter…and a creepy voice.

"This seal will make sure the block never chips nor melts until InuYasha has been set free of HIS seal…not that THAT will ever happen."

---Somewhere in the Bamboo forests of China---

Kizak took a leap back as the last bits of the ice melted away, leaving the two girls alone. They looked like they were still frozen. Kila closed and reopened her eyes, showing off their sparkle. Mica followed, the color coming back and the sadness replaced with surprise and confusion.

"What happened?" they both asked.

They looked at each other and then the two people staring open-mouthed at them.

"Who're you?"

Both abruptly closed their mouths. "Who are we? What the hell were you doing in an ice block!" Fuwa screamed at them, forcing the cat to cover both her ears.

"Aiyaa! Do you haveta screech so loud you stupid human!"

"Mica-neechan! That no is nice! They ones set we free!"

Kizak stepped in front of Fuwa. "Do not address my mistress in such a way. We have done nothing to harm you. So tell us who you are and why you were frozen in demon ice."

Fuwa looked at the two over Kizak's shoulder, obviously anxious to know their answer.

Mica sighed. "I simply came here to find my sister. I didn't expect to run into an old 'friend' while I was here." Her fists clenched at her sides. "He attacked me, and the next thing I know, the wolf here was saving my sorry ass." Mica slowly turned to Kila. "I am very grateful to you." She blushes slightly and looked at the ground.

Kila smiled and put a hand on Mica's shoulder. "That okay. Me want revenge on spider-man. After all…" she trailed off. "After all, he one who kill Kila brother." She fingered her necklace, the cool metal almost burning her fingers. "Kila come here for looking warriors who want battle Kila. Kila want get strong enough beat Sesshomaru-niisan!"

"Sesshomaru-niisan? As in Sesshomaru-sama, Lord of the Western Lands?" Fuwa spoke out in wonder.

"Aiyaa! You is of know him?" Kila said excitedly. 'Kila no see him in whole year! Now maybe get see again!'

"Kizak…" Fuwa began, turning to her companion. "Perhaps we should let them come with us?"

Kizak looked surprised as he looked back in forth between her and the girls. As he looked closer at Mica, he came to a realization. 'She's a hanyou. She's discriminated against, like me.' "Yes. We should allow them to join us."

Mica and Kila looked at them. "Huh?"

Fuwa let out a giggle. "Then it's settled! From now on, you stay with us!"

Kila squealed in delight. "Yay! Kila is of getting more family!" She ran over and kissed Kizak on the nose, then Fuwa on the forehead. "From now on you is Kizak-niisan and…uh, Kila no know you name."

Fuwa smiled and bowed slightly. "My name is Fuwa of the demon slayers tribe. It would be my honor to be your oneesan."

Kila clapped her hands together and turned to Mica. "You is coming too, yes Mica-neechan?"

'Neechan…' Mica snorted before turning to the group and smirked. "Well, I guess somebody's gonna haveta protect you weirdo's."

Fuwa smiled as Kila jumped in the air. "How we going get off continent?"

Kizak smiled as well. "Leave it to me." He closed his eyes and transformed into his dragon form. Fuwa turned to them. "Well, hop on." She slung her leg over his back as he stooped low to the ground so she could reach.

Mica followed soon after, but Kila looked apprehensive. "Kila can swim back to island. No have put extra weight on Kizak-niisan."

Fuwa looked ready to protest but Mica, for the first time, put a hand on her shoulder and shook her head to silence her before turning to Kila. "We'll meet ya there, okay Ki-chan?"

Kila brightened at the new name Mica had given her. "Yes, Mica-neechan! Kila meet at old village where tree and well are! You no of place?"

Mica winced a little, but replied, "Yes. See ya then, Ki-chan."

Kila raced off in a whirl-wind smiling as Kizak flew off into the sky.

X-x-At Kaede's village a few days later x-X

Kagome and InuYasha watched as Sesshomaru and Jaken stepped into the swirling darkness that came from the jewel that had once been in InuYasha's eye. InuYasha scowled to himself as Myouga continued to bounce up and down on his shoulder, never ceasing his noncomprehensible babbling.

"Sesshomaru." He spat out venomously. "You are going to die!" As an after thought he proceeded to yell over his shoulder, "Kagome, it's too dangerous, so you stay…"

He was a little too late as she had already stuck one foot and arm in the black vortex. "What are you waiting for, an invitation! Sesshomaru's in there you know!"

Before he could give a snappy come-back, a slightly high pitched childlike voice cut through. "Sesshomaru-niisan is there!"

He turned to face the new-comer, only to find they had leapt over him and had landed next to Kagome, who gave a light 'eep!' The wolf-girl smiled up at the slightly taller school girl. "Is Sesshomaru-niisan for real there?"

Kagome blinked twice. "Nii-san?" She looked up at InuYasha. "InuYasha, do you---"

"I don't know her!" He snapped causing her to flinch. "She ain't related, she's a WOLF youkai."

Kila's smile turned into a frown when Kagome flinched back. She pointed at InuYasha and glared. "You no be so-so rude to pretty girl. She only ask question." Kila turned back to the school girl. "Sesshomaru no is real nii-san, but is call that by Kila anyway." She smiled at the end of her sentence.

"Master InuYasha, I hate to rush this, but Sesshomaru-sama is---"

"Shit!" he cursed as he bounded over to the two girls. "As I said, Kagome, it's too dangerous, so---"

Kila and Kagome had already entered the vortex, leaving InuYasha to curse at the two.

End Chapter 5

Kamy: OKAY! For the next chapter I'll need...some time.

Inu: And four more reviews. Make it to 10. (something happened to all my reviews! WHERE'D THEY GO!)

Kag: Review please! -snuggles Inu-