To my readers- I apologized for the extremely long wait for this chapter if you've been waiting. I started this story when I was in 7th grade, and as I've looked through this story and as I re-read it, I was to put this simply- horrified.

At one point in time, I had a specific reason for this story- and where it was supposed to lead to and it had a nice plot. At least, that's what my 12 year old mind had determined.

But im no longer 12 and I no longer have the original plans to this story, but I've decided to continue it, and I hope that my readers can see the difference in my writing style and understand that I simply lost interest in writing this before because I didn't believe that anyone truly enjoyed reading what I was writing because I know that I didn't.

Love always, Kitsune Hime.

I need to know, should this be in kagomes pov or in a simple, "kagome fought the demons" pov. This chapter will be what I prefer though.

Chapter 10.

Battle after Dawn

It was official.

By the rate of speed which Rinneh and I were headed, we were likely to get there and there would be nothing left for us to do. We were both taking turns holding my large yellow bag as we headed along. Rinneh was stronger then I was, and whenever my shoulders began to hurt, she seemed to know right off the bat and take my backpack from me.

The Soul Servant was calmly walking next to me, and I glanced at the other part of my soul. How had they gotten here? What spell had been used on me? No matter how long I puzzled over it, I couldn't seem to think of a plausible answer. Naraku wouldn't care if I had them. If anything, it could be a mistake on his part.

Or maybe there was a secret to it that Rinneh and Kagurra didn't want to tell me.

That spell he'd cast on me, maybe he missed up an incantation? Or maybe this is exactly what he wanted- to make me wonder over these things and confuse my mind and stifle my senses.

Ugh, I seriously need a break.

I glanced over to my side, at Rinneh, who had her brow furrowed in concentration. I took a deep breath, asking, " How much longer do we have to go?"

Her hazel eyes flickered in my general direction, and back towards the path we were walking on. " Im guessing were about less then a mile away from the jewel shards– if you try to, you should be able to feel the shard."

Puzzled, I paused mid-step, and let my arms fall to my sides. Feel the shards? I knew what she meant, but Rinneh wasn't the one who had to actually DO it! Taking a deep breath, I let my eyes close and I reached out with my mind, trying to locate the next shard.

There!

I opened my eyes, grinning at Rinneh who was smiling at me. " I found it!" I said happily, twirling and almost falling flat on my face. The girl laughed, shaking her dark purple hair and her eyes narrowed.

" Get an arrow ready. I think you might need it."

Together, we ran towards the direction that the jewel shard was. The adrenaline pumped in my ears and m y face felt hot and my hands were shaking in excitement. A glance at Rinneh confirmed the other girl was also excited about the coming battle.

We were in a small village, with people running and screaming everywhere as flames climbed over the buildings high into the air. Smoke got stuck into my throat and I coughed, holding onto my neck, as I stumbled through the fog.

I lost sight of Rinneh, who had shouted something at me and went running into the flames. I tripped over something as I stumbled around, and a scream tore out of my throat as I stared down into the dead, glazed eyes of a small child.

" Kagome!" I was yanked away form the dead body, and pulled against a hard chest. I was shaking, and I couldn't stop coughing. I looked up into the gold eyes of Inuyasha, before the smoke was too much on them and I had to close them.

My eyes were watering as Inuyasha carried me over the top of a building, and I could feel the heat of the flames and the cold of the wind striking against my skin.

There was a laughing.

Inuyasha sat me on the ground, and I heard several cries of, " Kagome!" and "Mistress!" but over all of that, I mostly heard the laughter. I opened my watering eyes, and looked at the demon. He was tall, and appeared to be a pyro demon of sorts. Flames were crawling up his arms, and his eyes burned red with the intensity of a flame.

A cruel smile filtered across his lips. " Ah...the miko has arrived to watch her terrifying end." he lifted up his arms, and laughed again. I shivered, and Rinneh stood in front of my protectively.

" Leave my mistress alone!" she shouted, and I heard Sango shout the same from her position of helping a drained Miroku stand from several feet away.

The demon smiled the smile again, tilting his head. " Mistress..? You are but a servant of Naraku- nothing more. You know nothing of feelings and of who your true master is. You're weak, pathetic. Useless."

Rinneh screamed, sounding desperate, " No we're not! Kagome is our mistress, and you are scum!"

" Ah...but even scum can hit it wealthy." he lifted up one of his flaming arms, and through the fire I could see the glitter of the jewel shard beneath his skin.

" Inuyasha!" I choked out. " His right arm...shard..."

"Right!" Inuyasha lunged at the demon with the Tetsaiga, but the demon set out a jet of flames at him, and I leaned forward, grouping for an arrow tied to my back. With trembling fingers, I notched the arrow, and let it fly pass my finger, pass the bow, and it struck the fire demon in the chest.

With a mighty scream, the demon said, " It doesn't matter if I die...I warned you that your so called servants weren't yours, but Naraku's!"

He split into a shower of blue purifying light, and the ground came to meet me as I tottered slightly and fainted as a ear splitting pain tore across my shaking and hurt form.

It was dark.

The darkness was overwhelming.

Where was I? Did anyone know where I was? Did anybody care what was happening to me. I tried to scream, but my throat wasn't working. Tears dripped down my face, and I realized I couldn't see anything. At all.

Not even my hands that I was holding an inch in front of my eyes.

Panic. Pain.

DON'T LEAVE ME!

"Wake up, Kagome-sama."

My eyes shot open, and I sat up, gasping for breath. My body was trembling, and I ran a hand through my dark hair. I blinked the light out of my light blue eyes, and I turned my head and met face to face with two Kagurra's.

I instantly recognized the real Kagurra. She was holding herself in a gentle sort of way, her lavender eyes watching my face calmly with a small pout on her face, as if she had been waiting for me for awhile.

The other girl was similar to Kagurra– but yet extremely different.

Unlike Kagurra, a set of black dog ears were atop her brown hair; while Kagurra had grey wolf ears. The new girl had a cool disposition to her, and dark stormy violet eyes watched me uncertainly.

I gave them a shaky smile, and Kagurra beamed while the other girl simply had the same stony look on her face. Seeing this, Kagurra shrugged at me, smiling apologetically. " Kagome-sama, this is my twin sister, Katsuya. Remember? I believe that Rinneh or myself had informed you that she would be arriving sometime after I did."

I nodded, remembering this. " Yeah..."

Katsuya tilted her head to the side slightly, eyes still watching directly into mine. " I freed you. You were being trapped in a nightmare- so I brought you back from it."

I looked at her, startled, " That was you?"

She nodded, and I smiled. " Thank you..."

Perhaps soon, I would get the answers I needed. Who were these Souls that were being torn out of mine? Where did they come form, and what was Naraku's purpose in all of this?

yeah thats all I have for now...if you want to feel free to review it. Remember, I haven't written this in over a year and people mature in the course of almost 2 years. Ja ne.