Coincidence? I Think Not…

(' 'Thinking) (" "Speaking) ('It is obvious in this chapter')

Kagome sat in the mud with her head in between her knees. Her black shoes had mud dripping off it. The rain had just started and was pouring down on her. The trees gave little protection. Her hair started to stick to her scalp. Overall she seemed miserable. She sat there crying silently to herself.

"Kagome!" A voice called to her.

Kagome looked up a little. Her eyes were puffy and her face was red.

"Tracey?" She asked.

Tracey ran over to her and squatted in front of her.

"Are you okay?" He asked her, worry showing on his face but Kagome saw through it. It was 100 fake.

"Yes." Kagome said as she tried to get a good look at Tracey.

He seemed the same, except for his eyes. His eyes were usually a soft blue color now they were black. In the darkness his eyes seemed to be red.

"Your not Tracey…" Kagome said as she shuffled backwards.

"Oh I am, and I wanted to tell you something," Tracey said as he hopped closer to Kagome.

He lunged for Kagome's hair and violently pulled her close, whispered into her ear. "I hate you."

He reeled his left arm and rammed it into Kagome's chest. His nails extended into claws and his hand punctured through her chest. Kagome's eyes grew big as she threw her head back and screamed into the air.

Tracey hair turned long and black. His eyes turned red but nothing else changed. He poked around inside Kagome's chest to find something.

"Hmmm…" He said as he hit a barrier. "How is it that you have a barrier for your heart also?"

He broke through the barrier and grabbed a small piece of her heart, as soon as he had the small piece in his clawed hand, the barrier started to purify his hand and quickly worked it's way up. He immediately took his arm out. In the middle of his sizzling hand was a small piece of Kagome's heart.

"Kukukukukukukuku" A slurred laugh was heard as Tracey jumped into a tree and jumped away.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha screamed as he flew headfirst in front of Kagome's body.

Inuyasha immediately turned to face the person who could not keep his whips to himself.

"Sesshomaru please, give me five minutes." Inuyasha begged.

Sesshomaru leaped over the trees and into the small clearing. The patter of the rain that had just started was starting to get on his sensitive nerves.

Sesshomaru knew for a fact that begging was as low as Inuyasha could get. He was disgusted that Inuyasha had the guts to beg. He was a worthless half-breed; Inuyasha did not deserve to live the life he was given. On the other hand….

"I will allow you the time only because I find watching your wench die amusing." Sesshomaru said as he sat on a nearby stump.

'Die?' Inuyasha thought.

He quickly turned around to see Kagome lying on her chest; a pool of blood directly beneath her. The murky red liquid was getting larger by the second. Inuyasha's eyes grew big as he turned Kagome over. A huge hole was grinning back at him, directly over her heart.

"Sesshomaru, brother, please, help me." Inuyasha whimpered.

Sesshomaru understood that this was even lower then before. His pathetic brother was stooping because of his wench. Pathetic was the perfect word indeed.

"Give me your sword and I will consider healing her." Sesshomaru said smugly as his self-conscious started to hiss at him.

'You are a nasty person Sesshomaru! That is you brother! What has your father said about being nice to your baby brother?' His self-conscious said to him.

'Do not divulge into my thoughts. I have heard too much from you lately. Be-gone.' Sesshomaru mentally said.

'I AM your thoughts you smart as-'

(Self-conscious here was just trying to make a come back…not so smart, eh?)

'LEAVE!' Sesshomaru demanded.

His self-conscious gave Sesshomaru one more hiss before leaving Sesshomaru in peace.

Inuyasha, without a second thought, pulled out his Tetseiga and put it in a small patch of grass directly in front of Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru did nothing to take the sword in front of him; instead he pulled out Tenseiga and walked over to Kagome. He lifted his sword up a little then swiped it down, only a mere inch away from Kagome's chest. Nothing happened. He put the tip of his sword in Kagome's gash. Nothing happened. He made the tip of his sword touch as far as the gash would take him. Nothing happened. Before Sesshomaru could pull out his sword an electric bolt looking thing shot up through his sword, from Kagome's chest, and into his arm. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at the body and focused for the little ugly demons that were always having a good time, dancing around on dead bodies. All he could see was a faint dark barrier covering Kagome's body.

"She is not dead nor is she alive." Sesshomaru said as he put his Tenseiga back.

Inuyasha picked Kagome up and held her close to chest as he started to cry without shame.

A clawed arm gently was placed on Inuyasha's shoulder.

"Hey kid, it's okay." Sesshomaru said with a genuine smile on his face. His eyes were warm and all his features showed friendliness.

Inuyasha sniffed and tried to move away from Sesshomaru, obviously freaked.

'What am I doing?' Sesshomaru demanded his self-conscious.

'We are not alone.' His self-conscious told him.

(So cliché!)

Sesshomaru looked around with all his senses slowly.

'No one is here.' Sesshomaru thought.

'Yes, there is. Whatever it is, it can control your body.' His self-conscious said to Sesshomaru.

'The only thing that can do that is my beast, and I would never lose control that easily.' Sesshomaru thought.

'Hello Boys. Sorry but I really needed to comfort Inuyasha. Sorry about that.' A giggle was heard in his mind.

He could sense his self-conscious reel and hit something. He didn't need to know what his self-conscious had hit because for a slight moment he could not breath.

'What are you?' His self-conscious asked.

'Names Kagome.' The voice said cheerfully.

'You're my brothers wench?' Sesshomaru demanded coldly.

'My name is KA-GO-ME, get it right!' Kagome mentally shouted in Sesshomaru's mind.

'Why do these kinds of things always have to happen to me?' Sesshomaru thought with a mental sigh.

'HEY! I HEARD THAT!' Kagome yelled in his mind.

(Yes Kagome...Heard...Cough, Cough)

'…'

Sesshomaru soon heard a rustling in the bushes. He paid no heed to it and walked over to a tree stump, sat down and closed his eyes.

"Where is Kagome?" Tracey demanded.

It was actually rather funny. This well-groomed man had little pieces of leaves stuck in his now fuzzy hair. His clean clothes were now tattered and mostly in shreds. He had one shoe missing and had blood dripping from all over the place. Sesshomaru was overall rather surprised by his loyalty and that he wasn't dead yet.

Inuyasha turned to face Tracey with a red face from crying so hard. He didn't do anything more. He turned back around and continued to shed his tears. Tracey ran over to where Inuyasha was and sat beside him. After seeing Kagome's condition he started to get teary in the eye.

Sesshomaru found their show of emotion unnaturally disgusting. He was going to leave from their pathetic show of affection but he felt himself lose control to Kagome's will. Sesshomaru's arm raised and came smack against his right cheek. A handprint was left on his face, throbbing, as extra blood rushed to the abused part of his face. Everyone turned to look at the extremely mad dog.

'Dare do that again and I will tear your body to shreds.' Sesshomaru coldly advised.

'I pity you.' Was all Kagome said as she watched through Sesshomaru's eyes.

Tracey picked up Kagome's body and lay her down on the grass so that he could examine the body. Inuyasha sat in a position that made him look like a dog. Everything in his posture would make you want to laugh but his face was so sorrowful that would make you think twice about laughing.

Tracey kneeled down beside Kagome and moved the tattered and bloodied shirt off Kagome so he could inspect her large gash. Sesshomaru's face immediately turned extremely red but, fortunately for Sesshomaru, no one saw.

'Stop what you are doing immediately.' Sesshomaru demanded.

'Sorry but that was embarrassing..' Kagome said with a little giggle.

Sesshomaru glared daggers at Kagome's body.

Kagome stopped controlling Sesshomaru's body. His face immediately turned his normal color except for the slap mark on his face. Sesshomaru was starting to get very pissed off by Kagome's choice in her new residence.

"I am not sure what this is but all I can tell you is that… there is no chance of her living. I have no idea why her body is still warm. She is not breathing." Tracey said with a sad look to his eyes.

'Tell him to see if I have any necklaces on me.'

"Is she wearing any jewelry?" Sesshomaru asked.

It surprised him that he would actually listen to what the wench was saying.

Tracey and Inuyasha turned to face Sesshomaru.

"Sorry but she is off limits for any kind of raids your sadistic mind can think up of." Tracey said with a deep frown.

'Check for yourself'

'I am not going anywhere near your pathetic excuse for a body.'

'Be that way.'

Once again Sesshomaru lost control but not before he told her the consequences. Kagome paid no heed to Sesshomaru's useless words as she stood up. She walked over to her own body as gracefully as she could. She picked Tracey up by the collar and tossed him at Inuyasha. Inuyasha was too startled to move and Tracey was lucky enough to get a soft landing. Sesshomaru looked closely at Kagome's neck. The necklace was there but have the shards were missing. He looked very close at the gash. Blue sparkling dust was all over the gash, inside and around.

"The blue sparkling is…?" Sesshomaru asked Tracey.

Tracey winced at the pain coming from his back. Kagome seeing this felt very mad at herself for not resolving the problem in another way. Kagome did not dare press her concerns though. Tracey made his way over to Kagome with his head up high. He did not wince once. Sesshomaru was wondering if his very own pathetic brother could show as much. Tracey bent down to examine Kagome's chest. At the same time Kagome allowed Sesshomaru access to himself since she knew that she was going to start blushing madly. Sesshomaru continued to glare daggers at Kagome. Tracey slowly looked up to meet Inuyasha's eyes.

"Have you ever noticed that necklace Kagome was always wearing?" Tracey asked.

"Y-yes." Inuyasha said, blushing ever so slightly

Tracey smiled mischievously, "Me too…"

Inuyasha turned even more red, Kagome glared at Tracey and mentally giggled at Inuyasha,while Sesshomaru wished that he was not related to a person with a pea sized brain.

"Well, what ever was on the necklace, sapphire, emerald, whatever it was, is now in her wound. This might turn out pretty bad. Especially if she were to get an infection when she is half dead."

Inuyasha's eyes widened as realization hit him at full force. An infection would be your least of worries; mutation would be your worst.