"Wake up sleeping beauty!" Miroku chanted as he barged into Inuyasha's room and started jumping on the bed.

"Mmm, go away!" Inuyasha groaned. He lashed out with his arm and unknowingly caught Miroku behind the knees. Miroku fell down beside Inuyasha, their noses almost touching. Inuyasha opened his eyes slowly and screamed. "What the crap?" He scrambled backwards and fell off the bed. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

"Just getting you up, Honey!" Miroku batted his eyelashes and grinned innocently.

"Ugh have you been drinking or something?" Inuyasha got up and walked to the bathroom where he had left his shirt the night before. The two walked into the hallway and heard Kagome groan from her bedroom and then Sango telling her to get up. A few minutes later the two walked out of the room and greeted the men.

"Hellooooo!" Miroku said in a high pitched voice.

"You are never getting coffee again! You hear that?" Sango seethed.

"My dear Sango, Why ever would you say a thing like that?" He gave her a toothy grin.

His reward was a slap, and a red mark on his cheek. "I warned you not to call me that."

"Okay lovebirds, let's go get breakfast." Inuyasha ordered.

After another slap for Miroku they set off down the hall. Breakfast was uneventful; well for the most part.

"So Kagome, which store shall we go to first?" Sango was smiling with excitement.

"I have no-"

"She will not be going anywhere with you today, Sango." Kimi Stated coldly from the head of the table.

Both Sango and Miroku asked why.

"I am taking her to the adoption agency today."

"Curse my under-agedness." Kagome growled in her mind. "Must it be today?" she asked as politely as she could.

"Yes, it must."

"May I ask why?"

"No you may not."

The rest of the meal was spent in silence. Afterwards Kagome told the others she would see them later, and she and Kimi headed off.

"Do you think she'll be okay with Kimi?" Miroku asked.

"She better." Inuyasha growled.

"Why don't you follow them? You're fast enough to keep up." Sesshomaru suggested.

They stared at him, shocked that he would openly give Inuyasha advice that didn't even concern him.

"Can't believe I'm saying this to you," Inuyasha headed for the door, "But thanks!"

"I didn't know you had feelings for your brother other than hate!" Miroku smirked, when he went to give Sesshomaru a pat on the back his hand was smacked away mindlessly.

"I don't, but the cur-" Sesshomaru stopped abruptly when he realized what he almost let slip. "The girl is different." He lied. "You Ignorant fools, you don't even realize the true reason why we need both of them here." He left the room and the final two sniggered at what they thought was the beginning of new feelings.

Inuyasha made sure to keep the car in view, but didn't get close enough to be seen. When they entered the building he waited a few seconds and followed. If it weren't for his ability to pick up peoples' scent he would have gotten lost. He stood at the door but didn't go in; Aunt Kimi would have murdered him if he had.

Filling out all the papers seemed to take half the day, and when they finally finished Inuyasha bolted down hall as the door opened. Kagome was the first out the door and thought she saw silver hair and grey pants dart behind a corner.

"Was that; no he wouldn't be here, but what if it was?" Kagome's mind raced, she finally decided that it had been Inuyasha. As they walked out the front door Kagome hesitated at the top of the steps half expecting Inuyasha to jump out of a tree and take her somewhere, but nothing spectacular happened.

"Kagome, is something wrong?" Kimi stopped at the bottom and looked back when she realized Kagome wasn't following.

"Huh? Oh, no. I was just thinking." She hurried down the steps. "Kimi, why are you so set on having Inuyasha stay at your house?"

"Do you know about the house?" Kimi stepped into the car.

"If you mean the curse, then yes, I do."

"Well, I'm going to seal it again. Someone released Naraku and we must lock him away again."

"Who is Naraku?"

"So you don't know everything." She let out a loud sigh. "What do you know?"

"Well, the spirits, and how they can become jealous and harm you, Inuyasha's father and how he died sealing it. That's all."

"He doesn't want her involved. It's too bad that I have to disappoint him, the poor boy." "Naraku is a man who used to work in the mansion; when he became old and frail he struck a deal with mindless demons. He wanted immortality, in return they would be able to roam the earth freely, unnoticed. As he slowly recovered the souls of some of the demons broke free and took the form of people who have left some of the other inhabitants of the house, what very few know about the spirits is that they are not truly the spirits of the ones we have lost; simply the reflection of what we want the people to be. Though, after weeks of containing the form of the loved one, the soul of that real loved one slowly starts to piece itself together inside the demon spirit. That is why at first they seem friendly and later are harmful. We lost one person because of Naraku and his demons; that is how we know they can not only harm but also kill us." The car pulled up to the gates and proceeded to the front door where Kimi told Kagome to go to the library and wait for her to explain the rest.

Kimi went to fetch Sesshomaru and soon they were all gathered in the library.

"What are we here for?" Sesshomaru asked glanced at Kagome.

"We're telling her." Kimi said, he noticed her hand resting on the spot she normally kept the box Inuyasha and Kagome had attempted to steal.

"So, if I'm right, you didn't re-open or unlock or whatever Naraku?"

Both Kimi and Sesshomaru gave her a look as if she were insane. "Of course not." Sesshomaru barked.

"No, I didn't, what gave you that idea?"

"Well, Inuyasha thought you wanted him here so you could open it." Kagome answered feebly.

"The mongrel jumps to conclusions, you should know that."

"Stop it. The only way to seal him is with the bond of demon and human, and someone with much spiritual powers like a priestess or monk. Inuyasha's and Sesshomaru's father wasn't the only one who was used to seal Naraku away; the other was Inuyasha's mother. She was a priestess, and the love between them for Inuyasha was enough for the bond. This time Inuyasha alone is the bond, he is human and demon by blood, so we need him for the first part."

"But he is dead and she isn't; why is that? It doesn't make any sense."

"One must die, he gave himself up for Inuyasha's sake; he knew she could be a better mother than he could a father."

"Who is the other person, the one who will be with Inuyasha?" Kagome was slowly beginning to realize what they were forcing Inuyasha into.

Sesshomaru stood up and walked out of the room, leaving Kimi to finish. "You are the priestess." Kimi stood up and walked over to Kagome. She put a hand on her shoulder and looked strait into her face. "Do not tell any of this to Inuyasha."

Kagome sat there in shock, unblinking and unmoving, the realization of what they had just said finally sinking in. Either she or Inuyasha were going to die, and they had no choice but to go along with it. A tear slid down her cheek before she ran out of the room. She barely noticed as she ran past Sango and Miroku, and then them following after her. When she finally stopped running she found herself on the balcony that allowed her to reach the roof. As she entered the tunnel she saw the balcony doors open and Sango and Miroku standing there confused. She sat with her chin resting on her knees, tears soaking them.

After going back inside Sango and Miroku went to find Inuyasha. The found him in out on his balcony staring off into space. As a breeze went by Inuyasha could smell salt water.

"Inuyasha, there you are!" Miroku panted as they walked outside.

"Waddya want?"

"Well, we were in the hall and Kagome ran past us and she was crying, we chased her out onto one of the balconies on the top floor but she wasn't on the balcony, we don't know where she could be. You have to find her; she was really upset."

After a few seconds he realized what the scent had been from. "I know where she is." He walked out back into and then out of his room, headed for the roof.

When he saw Kagome he was shocked, he had never seen her like this before. Miroku and Sango hadn't been kidding when they said she was upset. At first he couldn't think of what he should do. He went over to her and sat right behind her. He wrapped his arms around her and leaned her up against him. She didn't even notice what he was doing.

"Hey Kagome, what's up?" he softly asked.

"Why am I only allowed pain?" Kagome noticed that she was leaning against someone, Inuyasha. "No, I was allowed him; I was given some help, that of which became even bigger through him. I can't let them control us; I have to figure out how it could be done differently."

"Kagome, hey say something." He felt her move to get up, and released her.

She stood up and turned to face him, this time he was sure that she was getting through whatever was bothering her. She had a small smile, the last of her tears were wiped away and she held a hand out to help him up.

"Thank you," she said, her voice was strong and even. "I'm going to find a loop hole that doesn't end with either of us dieing. I'm going to try and help Inuyasha myself." "I just hope I can in time." She added aloud.

"What?"

"Nothing. Let's get off this roof."