Hey, I'm back, with chapter 4 (again), so any way, in this chapter Shippo- wait, you already read this. You know what's happening already. So here it is again.

Chapter 4: The Darker Side Revealed

"Shippo?" Kagome asked, beside herself.

Shippo puts the shard in his neck, turns his head, and puts on a sneer, "Oh, it's me all right."

Shippo then sticks his fist out, confusing everyone, and when he opens it, a huge blast of Fox Fire gets blasted at Kagome.

"Kagome!"

InuYasha pushes Kagome, knocking them both down, out of the way just in time for the blast to barely scrape his back.

"Kagome, are you alright?" InuYasha asks her.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Kagome responded.

"How touching," Shippo said sarcastically, "To see 2 lovers together."

InuYasha and Kagome both get up and face Shippo with glares.

"You're just a brat, you know that?"

Everyone looks at Koga, who's been silent up to now.

"It's true you know. Every time I've seen you, you never acted serious. You're just an annoying brat!"

Shippo gave him a cold stare, then pulls one of his small statues out, and flicks it at Koga. The statue grows to at least 3 times its size before hitting Koga square in the chest, knocking him down.

"Anyone else?" Shppo asks. InuYasha then steps forward, his bangs covering his eyes.

"InuYasha?" Kagome asks. Then a look of shock appears on her face. 'wait, are you going to use that on Shippo?'

"What's… that mutt… planning to do… now?" Koga asked, recovering.

"I think-" Kagome began.

"That InuYasha is planning to kill Shippo." Miroku finished.

"Why would he do that?" Sango asked.

"To get rid… of an annoyance." Koga adds.

"He wouldn't do that, would he?" Kagome asked. Looking back to the scene at hand.

Shippo and InuYasha are standing across from each other, a strong wind blowing. InuYasha still has his head down, whereas Shippo is starting to lose patience.

"Why are you just standing there? Do you give up? Fine," Shippo creates a ball of Fox Fire in his hand, "Have it your way." This forces InuYasha to speak.

"I'm sorry…" InuYasha says, confusing Shippo, "Backlash Wa-"

Just then another Shippo appears behind InuYasha, snaps his fingers, and envelops InuYasha in a Fox Fire tornado before vanishing.

"Really now InuYasha," Shippo said, making the fireball burnout. "You weren't about to use the Backlash Wave, were you?"

InuYasha starts laughing under his breath. This forces Shippo to glare at him.

"What the hell do you find so funny?" InuYasha looks up at him and smiles. "The fact that even with your new power, you're still gullible."

Shippo glares at him stronger, "What are you-" Shippo's eyes then widen a bit, "Wait a minute,"

Shippo turns around just as one of Kagome's arrows zips past him, scraping his shoulder.

"Stay out of this Kagome," Shippo said, "Or I'll have to kill you."

"Wind Scar!"

Shippo turns around again, only to face the full wrath of the Wind Scar. When it dissipates, there is no trace of Shippo left, only a lone acorn, barely visible.

"It… completely vaporized him!" Kagome said with shock.

Miroku then steps forward and gets into a prayer stance, "He was a true friend, and someone to remember."

"We should make a memorial for him." Sango said.

While they were getting a memorial set up, Kagome couldn't help but keep a look of worry on her face, which is noticed by InuYasha and Koga.

"Something wrong Kaogme?" they asked, then shot death glares at each other.

"Yeah." Kagome said. "Shippo is supposed to be dead, but I still sense a Jewel Shard. And it's tainted." After she said that. They heard a very familiar voice.

"You all are truly idiots."

Everyone's shock grows instantly and they look around.

"That was Shippo's voice." Sango said.

"Yeah, but how'd the little twerp live?" Koga asked.

"A simple Fox trick, really."

Shippo then appears behind them, with no scratches on him except for the one on his shoulder.

"I should've known he'd pull something like that." InuYasha said with a sigh.

"To late now InuYasha." Shippo said. "And I've been holding back, too."

Everyone looks at him with looks of confusion, except for InuYasha.

"You've been holding back? YOU'VE been holding back? As far as I'm concerned I'VE been holding back on YOU!"

"Think what you want, but it won't help you. At all."

End chapter. Chapter Inspiration song: (I can't remember, sorry.)
Well, here it is again. But I wsh I remebered that song! nevermind, as long as you like the story. Review!