/AN: Whoa! Chapter Six was a big knocker 170 hits, now that was cool and I typed half of it at school. Anyway recap of what's happened so far, Kara finally joined the Inu Gang! Yes! So now the big problems are going to come in. So this chapter I'm going to write In Kara's POV then it's going to be in third person. Oh and this is for my friend Rhys, who put me on his favorites list (coughs) he asked me on March 2nd what did youkai and hanyou mean so for the people who don't know this here's the translations.

Youkai- demon

Hanyou- half demon half -human

Miko- Priestess

Those are just the simple ones I use often. So Rhys is that good enough for you? Okay I'm getting bored with this on with Chapter Seven: Jealousy.

KARA'S POV

It was a cool breezy night, the wind blew my long hair to into my face. I was smiling, I've been doing this for the past three days. Since there weren't any trees around I would sit far away from the others and just look up at the sky. It's pleasant to see it, if life was like this than I would have waken up from this nightmare already. Each day I would wake up to fight another battle, another youkai another Dragon Hunter. If this was to ever end, I would spend the rest of my life looking up at the stars. I guess it's because it's peaceful like this is your last time to see the sky before you die the next day. I live my life, like it's my last since the day my parents were killed. Hard to believe youkai, humans, and hanyou envy me. Just because I have this special power, just because I don't turn human how would they be so envious of that. I was placed with a burden, to some they say that it's the most greatest thing in the world, but to me it's the worst thing in the world. How would you feel if you don't know who you really are? That some crazed lunatic is after you because of something you have and don't know what it is? That is my burden and my life.

My thoughts were getting better me and I just looked up at my new friends, they were sleeping well five of them were. InuYasha was staring at me with his rare golden eyes. They shone like gold in the darkness, I walked over to my now assigned spot. Kagome slept to the right of InuYasha with Shippo to her left, Sango and Miroku slept next to each other and Kirara slept right in Shippo's lap. Where Sango and Miroku were I was a foot away from them. I sat there happily getting my tattered and torn blanket from my bag. Kagome was completley healed by now,though she had to ride on Kirara's back for a day or two. InuYasha took a sniff and started to have some curiosity. "You actually sleep on that rag?" he whispered so lowly not even humans can hear. "Well it's better than nothing" I said coolly as I started to curl up. My naginata was right next to my bag, I polished each time I get a chance too. Takeya told me it belonged to my ancestors, it's rightfully mine. "You've been here for three days already why do run off like that?" he whispered again. "I do that because I like to feel at peace, you should try it sometime" I said now my attention at the stubborn hanyou. "Wench! There's no such thing as peace when your hanyou" he spat, still at a low whisper.

"Maybe you should stop living like that, there are other things other than saying oh I'm InuYasha I'm a hanyou boo hoo" I said back "Face it InuYasha your not the only one with problems" he looked at me like he was ready to burst but he didn't want to wake everyone up. I could hear his thoughts...cursing me. 'Just keep doing that puppy boy...I'll make sure Kagome sits you more than your face can handle!' I thought furiously. But I let out a low sigh and went to sleep. It was my third night actually sleeping for more then two hours. I laughed to myself, when Kagome and Shippo kept on poking me with sticks trying to wake me. Sango and Miroku burst out laughing when all of sudden InuYasha was face first into the ground. It wasn't my fault it was a natural reflex I picked up.Tomorrow I was going to let InuYasha get some sleep, he's always awake whenever I sleep. Is this how it feels tofeel safe,out of harms way? I felt like that the two years I spent training with Takeya.

I owe it to him, he asked me...personaly to join his group he personaly told me everything about Kagome, Shippo, Miroku and Sango. Kagome's a girl from the future, Shippo is an orphaned kitsune, Miroku is a perverted monk, so he says and Sango is a demon slayer. All of them have one major thing in common they are after...Naraku.He told me about what happened with all of them that Kagome fell through a well into this time and somehow brought back the Shikon no Tama, Miroku got thathole in his hand because Naraku has cursed his family with it, Naraku attackedSango's village and put her brother under a spellnow he can't remember her. Shippo'sfather was killed by theThunder Brothers and ended up joining them. That' s the basic overview of the odd group.InuYasha didn't say much about his life story, I could tell he's notopen with his life.

My eyes felt all heavy and I started to go into a deep sleep as I put my head on my blanket. I felt something cover me, something nice and warm I opened my eyes a little to see a new blanket there. I guess he also wants peace.

NO MORE POV

Kara yawned as they walked north into the mountains, thanks to Kara's sources they had some hope that Naraku would be waiting for them. Either that or save them the trouble of the long journey he could just come and fight. But everyone knew that it will never happen, Kara stayed in the back as usualher purple cloak blowing behind her. Her naginata placed behind her back and her bag swung over shoulders. "Kara? Are you sure Naraku would head toward the mountains?" Sango asked turning her head towards her. "That's what the villagers told me, they say that a dark aura has been forming in the mountains" Kara said. "What if their lying?" Kagome asked. "I can tell if there lying or not, it sort of a gift" she said smiling. Kagome smiled back she then walked along side InuYasha.

" How long will it be to get there?" Shippo asked looking at InuYasha. "How would I know? We're moving a lot slower thanks to the extra wieght" InuYasha answered. Kara knew that he meant her, 'That jackass!' Kara thought infuriated. Kagome, Shippo, Miroku and Sango also knew what he meant too, Kara took out a needle from the pouch on her leg. She walked up next to InuYasha, he snorted and kept on walking. Kara looked at Shippo and showed him the needle, he smiled mischieviously "InuYasha!" Shippo said.

"What!"

At that moment Kara placed the needle at the base of his neck. He froze, unable to move Kara had paralized him. Everyone had stopped, Shippo burst out in laughter at the sight. InuYasha was paralyzed thanks to Kara's special needles. "Kara what did you do to him?" Miroku asked poking InuYasha's head with his staff. "Where do I begin to explain this" Kara said happily seeing InuYasha's reactions. "You see at the base of his neck there's a special place where all special signals are made to make his body move" Kara said pointing at his neck. InuYasha was pissed off 'That WENCH! She actually paralyzed me!' InuYasha thought with a lot of anger and humiliation.

"InuYasha do you promise not to say stuff like that about me?" Kara said in an inoccent tone. By the way his eyes looked, it seemed like a yes. "Good boy InuYasha" Kara said ready pull out the needle. As she did "How dare you do that to me!" InuYasha yelled. "Uh-oh knew that was coming" Kara said smiling getting ready to run. Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Kagome sat down as the two hanyou began chasing each other. "This is great Kara is the coolest!" Shippo said eating some candy watching the show.

"It seems that Kara has a lot of tricks in that mind of hers" Miroku said looking at Kara and InuYasha dodging each other. "I think she just wanted to have some fun after what happened her" Sango said placing her boomerang down. "Yeah, but I have to admit Kara has a lot of spirit she doesn't even mind that she's hanyou" Kagome said looking at her friends. "I know what you mean, InuYasha never feels that way about being hanyou the ones that we met from time to time are ashamed or angry because there part human or part youkai" Sango said sadly. "Kara is different even when she's been attacked or mistreated she's still happy" Miroku said rubbing his chin.

"I guess that's what gets her through that, always smiling and laughing" Kagome said. Kara appeared laughing and rolling onto her back as InuYasha came back panting and but his anger toward her vanished, he actually had fun. "This was a great, I needed some fun" Kara said wiping away a tear. "Kara do you think you can teach me how to use those needles?" Shippo asked. Kara smiled, "Sure if you want to memorize 1500 needle points" she said rubbing his head. His jaw dropped, "Never mind I rather watch you" he said shaking his head.

Kara brought fun back into there journey, they headed on feeling happier than when they started. After five hours of walking InuYasha called for a rest. Kara sat down and layed on her back, "Time is like the water, never stopping, never ending. Life is like theearth never breaking, never endingAs we live our lives we walk the long paths of destiny" Kara sang quietly. Kagome heard her what she was singing, and walked on over. "Hey Kagome having fun?" Kara asked happily. "Yeah, what you did to InuYasha that was a moment I will always remember well" Kagome said smiling. "So what were you singing? It sounded really good" Kagome said. "Oh that? It was a song my mother used to sing to me when I was little apparantly it's the only thing that wouuld soothe me out of a nightmare" Kara said sitting up right.

"Oh sorry" Kagome said. "Don't worry about it, it's such a beautiful day out I just decided to sing it" Kara said looking up into the sky. Her black hair blew in the breeze so did Kagome's hair.

"It's been a long time since I sang it, I'm surprised that I even remember it" Kara said getting up. She stretched outher arms and legs and looked over at Kagome. 'Must behard forher' Kagome thought sadly. Kara heard it instantly."C'mon, I'm starving and I love that food fromyour era!" Kara said changing the subject. The wind flew by them anda stream ofblossoms was in the air. Kara walked over theothers,smiling gorging down her portion of ramen.

'Why am I so jealous? So what! She's happy it's not like she's been through everything I went through!'InuYasha thought stubbornly. 'Why is she so happy about being hanyou...it's a dishonor, it's a disgrace to life itself!' InuYasha thought again. Kara heard his thoughts and instantly felt ashamed. 'Is that how he really feels about being a hanyou that it's a disgrace?' Kara thought. 'Am I really that different from other hanyou, I guess not' she thought again her mind flowing with more questions.

They were attacked by some youkai, they sensed the jewel that was around Kagome's neck. Kagome felt thefamiliar crawling sensation of jewelshards. "InuYasha! They have jewel shards!" Kagome yelled as she got out an arrow andher bow. "Excellent Naraku is just giving the jewel away, making my job more easier!" InuYasha saidslashing the neck of another. a shard fell and he grabbed putting it in a small pouch.Kagomeshot out anarrow that went straight for one of the flying ones. Miroku was sucking them up with his wind tunnel and Sango was using her boomerang cutting them up into small peices. Shippo shapeshifted into one of the bigger youkai started to fight head on.

Kara sliced them up with her naginata, with excellent ease more were coming and more and more. "Miroku you can't keep this up any longer" Sango said knowingly. "What else am I suppised to do?" Miroku said. "Just keep on dodging them" Sango said sending her boomerang back at one of the stronger ones. Kara backflipped into the air anf brought her naginata down onto the head of one of the bigger youkai. As she did, two little shards came onto the forest ground. "Yes" Kara said landing with a soft thud.

She looked around and saw everyone fighting even Shippo and Kagome, 'Damn, if there this powerful than Naraku must be ten times as strong' Kara thought in amazement. InuYasha looked like he needed help, since most of the youkai were after him because Kagome had the jewel...well half of it anyway. Kara lunged in, and helped InuYasha with most of youkai. Helping Kara thought she was doing, but to InuYasha it was just another way to tick him off. As Kara sliced the head of another youkai Shippo gave her some praise, "Thanks" Kara said smiling. InuYasha didn't know why he started to feel a lot of anger towards her, "What the hell is your problem?" InuYasha said pushing her to the ground.

Kara looked up at him startled, "My problem what the hell is yours?' Kara said getting up. "My problem is you! Ever since you joined us you've been showing off and getting me even more ticked off!" InuYasha yelled. "If I remember correctly InuYasha, you wanted my help, I came in on my own free will!" Kara yelled back. "InuYasha please, she's just trying to help" Kagome said trying to calm him down. It was his pride, he couldn't swallow it so he kept on yelling at her. "You know what InuYasha, your problem is that you want to bethe one with the problems, well guess what you're not, you just everyone to feel sorry for you!" Kara yelled trying to make her point. "Your problem is that you don't give a shit on what happens to everyone around you, your always in your own little world.Well it comes down to reality, no one is like you!" InuYasha said pointing a finger at her. "You don't even know me! You don't know what I know, you don't know what I can do" Karaargued "Your judging me just because I don't mind being hanyou?That's being pathetic!" Kara said almot bursting out in tears.

InuYasha could tell she had something to hide, she was keeping a secret andhe wanted to know why. "You've been keeping a secret, is that why you'vebeen running out into the night. And don't give me that bullshit that you want to find peace, tell me right here right now!" InuYasha accused. Kagome, Shippo, Miroku and Sango were rendered speechless. If they got into thisfight who knows what will happen. Kara's head was downher hands turned into fists and InuYasha saw something he never saw before,goldentears.He then knew he gone to far, everyone knew he'd gone to far. Kara wasn't a normal hanyou, she was special.

"I wanted to keep this a secret from all of you...because I knew you wouldn't want me here" Kara looked up at InuYasha her tears gleaming down her face. "I really wanted to keep it from you, the reason why I go there at night is because I countdown the days before I change" Kara said even more tears running. "Up north I'm considered a legend, every Dragon Hunter in the world probably wants me, to get a hold of my blood, even youkai and hanyou are trying to track me down" she said taking out a dagger from her pouch. "The reason why they want my blood? It's considered rare to be what I am...a dragon hanyou" she said "Dragon han- I don't turn...human"

InuYasha too a step back 'That's impossible, all hanyous have to turn human...but the way she sounded, she sounded afraid of me" He thoguht. "Isn't this what you wanted InuYasha, to wish on the jewel so you can become a full youkai? So I'm to give you a little taste of it!" Kara said, with the dagger she had in her hand she cut her arm, and blood started to come from it. "Now you don't have to travel for that jewel anymore! C'mon InuYasha is this what you wanted, all you need to do is taste it you don't have to have that burden anymore!" Kara said now the blood coming down to her hands. She started to cry again, hot tears trailing down again.

With out a word, she left crying. InuYasha stood there in awe she wasn't the one causing the problems he was. Ever since he could remember he wanted to wish on the jewel to become a youkai, but this girl showed a different side to it. She wants to remain a hanyou, then she has the burden of turning into what a youkai the plain opposite? Kagome looked at InuYasha painfully, so did everyone else. Miroku, Sango and Shippo left Kagome was the only one who could talk to InuYasha when he was like this.

"InuYasha?"

He didn't answer those words were still fresh in his head, there are other things bigger then him Kara was one of them, Naraku was another. "You deserve at least 50 sits for waht you did to her, InuYasha. She just wanted to help" Kagome said walking toward him. " But I'm not going to do that. Kara's not here to replace you, she never will replace you, this isjust jealousy but what you did made her cry. Now she revealed something that always haunted her since the day her parents were killed"

She took his hand and grasped it, "InuYasha I know you'll never do this, but you have to apologize to her, she deserves your respect" Kagome said. He still didn't say anything, but hetightened his grip a little as a sign he will apologize.Kagome smiled at him, 'Kara is changing people, she just doesn't seeit' Kagomethought as InuYasha flew into the directionwhere Kara left.The sun was setting the cool breezecoming down to where Kagome was standing. Her jetlack hair blowingbehind her. Kagome walked back to the others, smiling knowing that InuYasha would return having apologized to Kara.

He tracked her scent down to a forest, just a few miles where he left the others. InuYasha's ears were at it's highest degree so he could hear Kara. InuYasha didn't dare call out her name, with his expierences with Kagome when she got mad. It's better not to call out her name. He caught the scent of blood, not strong but it was her blood, her scent. InuYasha quickly headed in that direction.

KARA'S POV

I sat on the limb of a tree, thinking, crying and more crying. My arm, where I cut myself was completley healed but I didn't give a fuck. 'Is that what all hanyous think of me, that I'm just another hanyou wanting to become youkai' I thought as the breeze swept over, if my parents didn't die if all of this was a dream, would I be happy? Would I have friends? Would I be loved? I shook my head and looked up into the sky. I should of declined there offer, actually InuYasha's offer on joining them. I think my main purpose in life is to bring pain in life...oh what a special power that is.

As I leaned my head against the tree trunk, I wanted to sleep what if they're worried, what if they're not and they left already? I shook my head again, I felt dizzy Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kagome care about me they treated me not asa hanyou but as a person. InuYasha is the one that treats me like dirt, why would he treat me like that, like I was nothing or meant nothing. I should of known better, but hey that's what you get for trusting a hanyou. Especially one like InuYasha, night came by quickly the stars gleamed as if jealous of me. Who would be jealous of a hanyou? I guess I should of known by now that a lot of people will always be jealous of me because...I don't turn human.

'What's the goddamn point of all of this!'Ithought crossing myarms.'I hate turning full dragon, I alwayshated it...but I have to live with that burden...and livewith the fact thatI'm not like other hanyou' I calmed down and closed my eyes the night's cool breeze felt relaxing when it touched my skin. 'I have to admit, I'm jealous of InuYasha he's the luckiest hanyou in the world...no doubt' I thought as sleep was getting a lot more heavier. 'I mean he has friends, a lot of hanyou don't travel with anyone, we're basically loners were opposed from both sides human and youkai'

A familiar scent reached my senses, of all people who would follow me it was the least person I would have expected...InuYasha. I looked at him with wide eyes.

"What do you want? It's too late to change anything as much as I want too" I said looking away from him. He didn't say anything...for once. He just sat on the limb I was on. His face looking ashamed and pititful. "You know why, I hate turning full dragon?" I said my arms crossing them selves. I was looking straight at him now. "Since you always have everything figured out, I'll tell you" I said "I turn dragon on the night of the crescent moon, and you know that it's only in a few days" I added.

He looked at me, "Almost all the Dragon Hunters up north know my changing day, because some of the pure dragons wanted revenge against me so he fucking told every Dragon Hunter he could find my changing day" I said closing my eyes. " I never knew it was that hard, I always thought being youkai gives you respect...honor" InuYasha spoke up. I opened my eyes "One time they could of killed me, slain me to exact I got angry and I sort of killed half of them" I said brusing the strand of hair out of my face. "You really believe that InuYasha? That being a full youkai gives you any respect any honor? It just brings fear InuYasha and honor what about it you have more honor than most hanyou I've met" I said uncrossing my arms. "What do you mean? Hanyou is just another way to say disgusting, filthy, dishonorable thing that is a disgrace to the world" InuYasha said flatly.

"This is what I have been believing for the past eight years I've been living with the fact that youkai, human even other hanyou have been trying to killme including Naraku" I said. "Than you got that all wrong InuYasha, I believe honor is living with that, living a life that nobody wants and despises"

InuYasha looked at me I heard his thought 'What is it about this girl? She has more knowledge most people in the era' I took that thought as a compliment. I wastrying to getthose three words outta his mouth, I put my hand overone of my little ears to hear what he was going tosay. "I-I-I a-am s-s-sorry" he saidjust below a whisper.

"Now was that so hard?" I said laughing. He laughed too and he grabbed my head, he began rubbingit. "Stop it! Icried out. "Do the othersthink..." My voice trailed off, "Nah,they understand" he said and he leapt off outta sight.

They understand, they willalways understand as I leapt toward camp the were laughing and talking. As I came it all stopped "What ever seen a hanyou before?" I said placing my hands on my hips. They all smiled, "You sure you're okay?' Kagome said. "Positive, oh an one more thing that I've been meaning to tell you guys" I began rolling my eyes. "What?" Sango asked. "I can sort of hear thoughts" I said flatly.

"You can WHAT?" InuYasha shouted.

"That is so cool!" Shippo said.

"Oh boy this is going to be fun" Sango said.

The last thing Iknew I was being chased my InuYasha again. "It's not my fault it's my dragon abilities!" I said trying to outrun him.I heard the familiar laughter of Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Shippo 'All they needed was some fun' I thought as I leapt up intothe air.

For the first time in my life, I was happy, truley happy.

They trusted me and I trusted them.

/AN: This is the longest one I wrote 4306...HOLY CUBUMBAS. Anywho! Chapter 8 is coming up soon. PLEASE REVIEW GUYS I NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK! I love writing this fic! It's fun to write and imagine it. Thanks again ReviewerWriter and Silversnapdragon for taking the time to write a review. Woot!

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