A/N Hey everyone! I'm back. It's so nice to come back to this story. I feel so bad for leaving it for so long but things were really super hectic with school and work. Now I actually have time to work on it and I will hopefully update at least once a week. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 13: Attack

Inuyame walked slowly and quietly behind the two boys, wondering what they were so frightened of. No human murderers could be as scary as demons, or so she thought. But she let them walk in front of her, though she was the one carrying the sword and the bow. As they continued along she heard something behind her with her sensitive hearing. As she spun around, bow already in her hands and arrow already nocked, she heard Edwin shout behind her.

"Inuyame duck!" He yelled. She did just in time as a…was that a jet of water?...whizzed past her. "Come on!" Edwin called to her as he held out his hand. She quickly took it and he pulled her to her feet and ran down the alley. Suddenly he spun around to face the attackers and dropped to his knees, clapping his hands together then putting them both on the ground. Right in front of where his hands were, a stone wall rose to protect them.

"Woah. How did you…?" Inuyame began to ask but was cut off.

"No time to explain. Let's go. That won't hold them long." Edwin grabbed her hand again, this time holding on tight as he and William led the way down the twisting and winding path of intersecting alleys that never seemed to end.

She could hear their pursuers close behind. It would seem that Edwin was correct and his magical wall hadn't stopped them for very long. She still wanted to know how he had done it, but perhaps when they weren't on the verge of being killed by crazy people. She was jolted out of her thoughts as Edwin and William came to an abrupt halt and she collided into them.

"What gives?" She snapped then gulped as she saw a dead end ahead of them. "Oh no." She slowly pulled her sword from its sheath.

Edwin released her hand and instead put in on her shoulder. "Hang on tight." He said and crouched low to the ground again. She had no idea what he was about to do but William seemed to know because he pulled her down into a crouch as well and braced himself. She mimicked his posture, putting her sword away in the process. Edwin clapped his hands together again and put them to the ground just as she saw their pursuers round the corner they had just passed. Suddenly she felt the ground shaking beneath them and they shot up on a column of stone.

"Come on!" The boys grabbed her hands again and tore off across the rooftops. She thought they would be safe up here but the other guys soon were behind them once again.

"Will they ever give up?" She asked, exasperated.

"Don't worry, we're almost there." Edwin called back. "I can see their house. It's straight ahead." He pointed in front of them where the rooftops ended and about two blocks after that was a small house.

"But how are we going to…?" Inuyame's question was cut off as Edwin kneeled on the ground once again and stone stairs shot out from the wall of the building they were on.

"Quickly!" William dragged her past his brother and down the stairs. She was tripping while trying to keep up and was worried about Edwin until she heard his footfalls behind her. They reached the bottom and sped up quickly. Edwin raced past her to get to the door first and try to open it. She could see the door, they were home free, but she could hear them close behind her. They were safe, they were so close she could feel it, and then she felt her knee hit the ground as she fell. William lost his grip on her hand and she collided with the pavement hard.

"Oww…" She groaned as she felt warmth trickling down her leg. She looked up and saw William's look of horror as she was snatched into the air. "What? Edwin?" She mumbled, already confused from hitting her head. But no, that wasn't right, Edwin was running towards her. Then who…? Realization shone on her face and all the color drained from it as she figured out who had picked her up, the killers.

Inuyasha was standing in the bottom of the well and digging the Tetsusaiga into the dirt. Kagome called from the top.

"Inuyasha? Are you there?" She called. His ears twitched and he could detect the worry in her voice.

"Yeah I'm here. But Inuyame isn't. I don't know how she got through, but you and I both know how we're going to get through. I'm coming back up." He said and kicked hard off of the ground, coming out and landing lightly on the edge of the well. "We need the Shikon Jewel."

Kagome sighed. "I know. I was hoping it was gone forever. Although now I must admit that I'm glad it's here again."

Inuyasha nodded. "The question is, how do we get it? We can't just barge into the school and hunt it down."

Kovu cleared his throat behind them. "You two may not be able to, but I can. That's actually already what I was doing. That's why Inuyame ran away from me…" He trailed off, looking at his shoes.

Kagome looked at him seriously. "Look. I don't know why you wanted the jewel, or why you were after my daughter, but if you can do this for us, you need to." She said, her tone grave.

Kovu looked up at her and nodded. "I swear I will do everything I can to get your daughter back. We have school tomorrow, and I will begin my search then." He looked at Koya for confirmation of help and she nodded.

"Alright, I'm counting on you." Kagome said and looked at Inuyasha.

"We'll stay here and see if she comes out." Inuyasha said gruffly and sat down in front of the well facing towards it. Kagome sat down beside him and leaned her head on his shoulder and slid her hand into his. They had stuck together through a lot, and they would get through this.