A/N: Hiya, I am updating as fast as humanly possible right now. laughs(taking advantage of the time when I don't have every much homework) I am having quite a bit of fun at the moment from writing. I have not started on the storyline yet because I want to make this fan-fic long and meaningful. Please understand that it will be very long, but I am working very hard on a good organized storyline and I am making sure that all of my info is accurate. Thank you for reading my fan-fic and I promise that I will make this one very good!

Sesshomaru lovers: Like I said before, I have dragged out the intro to my story a bit. Sorry about that….but I will add Sesshomaru in very soon! He will be in the story either the 4th chapter or the 5th. I promise! So keep reading and keep your fingers crossed that I update soon. (don't worry I will)

Previous: Just then, Kagome looked up to see a helicopter flying right above them. And it had the local news label on it too. It took her a moment to realize what this really meant.

Oh crap, this is bad, had the helicopter really taped all of the battle?

"Um guys, we have a problem…"

"What is it Kagome?" Sango looked at her friend questionably.

"Um…you guys see that helicopter up there?"

"What's a helicopter?"

"It's a big flying contraption that carries people in it, but that isn't the problem. The thing is that it is from the local news station and I think that it recorded the battle!"

"Amazing! A contraption that actually let's you replay events? Kagome, your world is truly filled with wonders!" The houshi looked up at the helicopter which was now flying away.

"I don't see what the big deal is….I mean I remember the time when I was recorded in your world! There was nothing big about that!" Inuyasha scoffed and placed his arms in the noose of his sleeves.

Kagome flinched remembering the time that Inuyasha had been on television. He had saved a small girl from a burning building and gotten himself in the midst of a crowd in the process. She sighed at Inuyasha's naive attitude. It had been a gib deal! He was very lucky that he didn't have manical dog/deomon hunters at his heels ready to catch and disect his parts for expiments.

"That wasn't anything compared to this! I mean this was a battle! And how am I supposed to explain a giant porcupine shooting quills out of its mouth!"

"Feh, well it isn't my problem, you just figure out a way to deal with it yourself!"

"And how do I suppose I do that?"

"I said that it wasn't my problem so get off my back already you wench!" Inuyasha turned his back to Kagome which turned out to be a huge mistake.

"Rrrgh! Inuyasha SIT!" He went crashing into the ground as a pool of blood surrounded him.

"Opps….."

"Well that ended the argument, nicely put Lady Kagome."

"I think he passed out…"

"No problem, we can easily take him back to Lady Kaede so he can have his wounds dressed. Would you like to come back with us now?"

"No thank you, I have a lot to sort out at the moment."

The houshi nodded understandably at the young woman that stood before him.

"Mm, well you may come back when you are ready, we will be waiting for you."

Kagome noddedas Mirokuturned to go.

"Don't worry I won't be long."

"Take care Kagome!" Sango quickly gave her friend a tight hug and smiled.

"Mm, I will do my best. Good luck with Inuyasha!"

She turned in the direction of her home, bracing herself for the impact of the battle. This was not going to be good….

Kagome stood in the middle of town…in a state of complete shock. This was definitely not good. She stared at the destruction around her, taking everything in. The road had large craters in them and there was cement and derbies all around. There were multiple buildings that suffered from a fierce attack and several downed trees. It looked like a mini aftermath of World War II. She began heading towards her home, and fortunately encountered no one. She wasn't particularly surprised by this, considering everyone had probably fled the freak explosions.

As she walked home, Kagome began thinking up of excuses for the little "exploding quills" incident.

"Uh mom, I had a little incident with some exploding chemicals from school, it was no big deal really…I mean not like it made it on the news or anything…." Oh she would never buy that! And besides what kind of school chemical had the power of a nuclear weapon!

Kagome continued thinking up of excuses; some even involved Inuyasha having toxic exploding gases that spontaneously blew up when they touched water. But she knew that none of these would work. Her mother could always tell through Kagome's lies, even when they were very well thought up. After all, she was her mother. In the end, Kagome decided to tell her mother the truth about what had happened.

She arrived home sooner then she had thought to. Bracing herself for the impact, Kagome pushed open the front door. But before she could even say 'I had a freak accident in the middle of town and it kinda blew up everything in sight' (or something along those lines) her mother came flying out of the house and wrapped her arms around her precious daughter.

"Oh Kagome, we were all so worried! Sota has been hysterical since he saw what was on the news! Oh Kagome dear, are you alright?" Her mother held her back by her shoulders and inspected Kagome carefully.

"Mm, I'm alright. Sorry for making you guys worry so much…"

"Kagome, you're back! Oh thank goodness you're alright!" Her grandpa's voice could be heard from inside the kitchen. He quickly rushed out and gave Kagome a hug.

"Kagome, don't ever make us worry like that again!" her grandpa said sternly.

"Oh you shouldn't give up hope in our Kagome so easily dear, after all she has that dog demon with the cute fuzzy ears with her." Her mother's kind face glowed happily down at Kagome.

Kagome was about to apologize again when she heard Sota coming from the other room.

"Sis, you're ok!" He was wiping tears away from his face and running towards Kagome.

"Oh so you actually worried about me?" Kagome said this in a surprised voice that stopped Sota in his tracks.

"Huh, oh it wasn't you that I was worried about; it was…um…Inuyasha! Yea, where is he anyways?"

"He passed out from loss of blood and went back home. And what do you mean you weren't worried about me! You were crying, it is written all over your face!"

"I was not crying!" His hands bunched up into little fits as he spoke.

"Oh yea, well mama said that you were hysterical over me!" Kagome mimicked a crying baby which made Sota cough out another string of protests.

"Does anyone want any tea; I think that it would be a good idea! I'll make some now!" Kagome's mother quickly put a hand over Sota's mouth and turned towards the kitchen.

"Kagome dear, why don't you go up into your room and rest for a while, you must be absolutely exhausted! There's a bath waiting for you upstairs."

"Thanks mom." Kagome walked up the staircase into the bathtub. She took off her clothes and laid them near the sink. Then she carefully dipped herself inside the tub. She sat still for a while, and caught sight of the blood on her uniform. Kagome sighed inwardly, Inuyasha was bleeding heavily, and she was very worried about him. But she couldn't go back right now, no matter how much she wanted to. She needed to straighten things out at school before making another trip to the feudal era… Kagome slid even farther into the water out of pure exhaustion. Then without meaning to, she fell asleep, still engulfed with thoughts of Inuyasha.

Kagome woke up the next morning to find herself tucked neatly in her bed. She sat up and remembered falling asleep in the bathtub. She mentally struck herself for doing so; she could have easily drowned falling asleep like that! Her mother must have come to check on her and found her asleep and put her in bed. Kagome got out of bed slowly, putting on her school uniform; her mother must have taken the blood stains out of it as well because it was as good as new. Yawning, Kagome walked downstairs for breakfast. Passing a clock on the wall, she continued on, but then froze and backed up.

Did that clock just say 9:52am? She was already late! Kagome quickly grabbed a toast and stuffed it in her mouth. Then snatching up her lunch, she ran out the door towards school, barely acknowledging her mother shouting after her to be careful about crossing the street.

Kagome ran past three lights, under a bridge, and covered at least three blocks in very little time at all. She ran towards her school, not even considering what her teacher would say to her for leaving class so suddenly the other day and being late. Kagome hurried through the hallway, counting off the lockers. This had become quite a habit for her lately. She ran to the classroom labeled 1A and opened the door.

"So Miss Higurashi, you have finally decided to join us now haven't you?" Kagome warily looked up at her teacher, then the clock; it read 10:01am. She had made good time getting here, but apparently not good enough. She sat down in her seat as a wave of snickers surrounded her. The following three periods passed without much events. Kagome found herself falling asleep in class more and more often now. And the times that she was awake, she was staring blankly at the teacher, often daydreaming.

The bell rang for break and the students hurried outside. Kagome followed her friends, not really listening to what they were saying. Just then, a familiar voice sounded behind Kagome, snapping her back to reality.

"Hey Kagome, how are you doing? I heard of the Tuberculosis that you had. Man that must be the most serious case so far! Well here, I brought some nutrition drinks for you, they should get you up and going in no time at all!" Hojo gave Kagome a 6-pack case of what looked like to be, power drinks.

"Um…thanks." Kagome stared down uncertainly at the pack that was now in her hands. But she was really yelling at the grandpa inside her head. Tuberculosis? How on earth could he say that! That disease usually means that I am gonna die! Couldn't he just say I had a really bad cold like any other normal parent would say!

Kagome was once again snapped from her thoughts as she heard Hojo blab on about seeing a play on Sunday.

"So how about it Kagome, I know that you aren't feeling too well, but do you think that you could make it through a play without having your lungs getting congested?"

Kagome stared blankly at Hojo who was too absorbed in talking to notice Kagome's blank stare. She wasn't really paying much attention to Hojo, she was really thinking about Inuyasha. Why she was thinking about Inuyasha whlie someone was asking her on a date was beyond her. But just the other night, he had held her to him. He had wrapped his strong arms around her and embraced her for real. They had not said anything, but Kagome could almost hear Inuyasha's voice ringing in her mind. Kagome, I have been waiting for a long time to say this to you, and I could just never find the right mood. But now, I just know that I can't wait any longer. Kagome, please, would you be my mate? This thought nearly brought tears to Kagome's eyes. She knew that Inuyasha wanted to say this to her, but she wished that he would stop thinking and start acting. But just the pure pleasure of the thought brought a smile to Kagome's face.

"So how about it Kagome, do you think that you could sit through a play with me?"

Still engulfed in thoughts of Inuyasha, Kagome replied to Inuyasha's request aloud.

"Yes, yes I do." Kagome was still completely oblivious that she had just agreed to going out with Hojo.

"That's great. I'll come by and pick you up at 7:00!"

Kagome's two friends gathered in around her.

"Oh Kagome, you'll have so much fun with him!"

"Huh? What did I say? Who's him?"

Kagome's friend gave her a strange look, but before she could reply, Kagome's other friend Yumi came running to her.

"Kagome, you were on the news the other day! I couldn't believe it! And what was that thing that the dog guy was fighting? It looked like a porcupine, except in a giant, demented form. What were you doing in the battle? Who's the monk, and the girl with the giant boomerang? And is that dog-guy really with you? He was kinda cute for a guy with ears… Oh my gosh! That dog guy, he's your boyfriend isn't he? Now it all makes sense! No wonder why we couldn't figure out who your mystery boyfriend was! He's a dog!"

Kagome quickly changed from taken aback by the bombard of questions to angry.

"Inuyasha is not my boyfriend and I don't love him!" But even as Kagome said this, she gritted her teeth because she knew that the second part was not true.

"Oh, you're lying! And don't even try to say that it isn't true, because it is written all over your face!"

Kagome gave an embarrassed look. She hadn't ever thought that her friends would ever see Inuyasha…

"Look, I don't love him okay? Maybe I like him a bit, but definitely not love!" She walked off, cursing at herself for being so harsh at her friends.

It was the last period of the day, and thank the lord for that! The day had been so long for Kagome because she was anxious to see Inuyasha's condition, and now she had to work very hard to avoid the subject of Inuyasha with her friends. It didn't wok too well, whenever her friends saw her, they would bombard her with a load of questions about the strange people on the news the other day, and then other students would notice her and start asking her questions as well. The only way she could avoid being surrounded by people was to avoid her friends, something that she hated to do. And by the end of the day, Kagome was absolutely exhausted.

Kagome tried listening to the teacher talk about grammar, adverbs, and linking verbs, but she soon found herself doing what she always did in class: sleeping. Kagome had a wonderful dream that she was sitting in a tree with beautiful sakura blooming in them. Then there was Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango and Kirara at the base of the tree. Shippo was happily playing with the sakura all around them. Then the sakura slowly turned into apple blossoms, and then bloomed. The apples were as sweet as ever and Kagome loved every bite of it. Kagome was just about to put another one in her mouth when a shout awakened her. Annoyed at whoever had awoken her from her dream, Kagome looked around to find the source of the noise. She also found out that she had been drooling on the text book while she was dreaming. Those apples really had tasted good. Just then another voice snapped her back to her senses.

"Oh my gosh, there really is a fire, and it's Higurashi shrine!"

"Kagome really snapped this time. She looked out the open window to see her home being burnt down by flames. Well she couldn't exactly make out the flames, but she saw smoke coming from the area and that was all she needed to get going. Quickly disregarding the teacher's command to stay calm, Kagome ran out the door of the classroom. She ran down the stairs, took two rights and turned one more corner to find herself at the front door. Kagome had not even counted the lockers this time, all she was focused on was getting home.

Kagome ran on home as fast as possible. She flashed back to the last time that the shrine had caught on fire. It had thankfully only been the storehouse, and really had not caused too much damage. But this one was different, for her to see it so far away at her school; it must mean that this fire was big.

Kagome arrived at the shrine almost without knowing it. She ran towards the blazing flames without thinking. Yanking at the door, which really was not necessary considering it fell off its hinges when Kagome touched it, she ran inside. Inside Kagome started searching for any sign of her family.

"Mom, Grandpa? Sota Buyo!" Kagome then started into a flurry of coughing, she had better save the little air around her and just look for them. Kagome entered the kitchen, well at least what used to be the kitchen, now it was ablaze with flames and completely unrecognizable. She looked for anyone that might be in there, but nothing came up. Kagome was about to try the stairs, but found them completely cut off at the third step. Flames licked at the ends of the stairs and began slowly crawling up to the top of the room. The stairs were out of question. Dropping to her knees, Kagome crawled around the living room and the remains of the sofa. She didn't even know what she was doing anymore. Kagome crawled towards the front door, about to try looking in the mud room, but then a piece of wood fell on her. It burned her skin and made Kagome scream. She tried to pull it off, but the air was getting thin. Slowly Kagome found herself flitting in and out of conscience. Finally she gave into the beckoning darkness that surrounded her.

A/N: Well I hope you enjoyed that chapter. Wow it was really long… but worth it. Please review! Thanks!

Friend's thoughts:

Me: Inuyasha is the hottest ever! He is so cute; do you like him in his demon form of his human form? I personally love him in his human form!

M: I think that Soka is sooooo much better then Inuyasha! He is so much cuter! And he hangs around Ang, AN AIRNENDER!

Teacher: A demon? Airbender?

Both: Yea! They're both so hot! Which one do you like better You had better pick Soka/Inuyasha!

Teacher: Ok, I think that it is about time that we called in the psychologists and mental facilities…

Me: twitch twitch