This is the next chapter. Sorry about the long wait, sorry. And for that couple question, you'll see soon enough. On with the story!

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Reunion, Seeing Him Again

After Kaname and Inuyasha saved Kouga and Kagome from the demon, they walked back to Kaede's Village with them arguing still and Kaname sighing behind. "I told you I didn't touch your bum!" he exclaimed angrily. "Yes, you did, I felt it!" she yelled back angry. 'They've been arguing for an hour.' Kaname thought while sweat dropping. "If it wasn't for Kaname and I, you would be the demon's lunch instead and I love to do that." he said while crossing his arms and smirked. Kagome turned red as Kaname heard this and scooted away from them. "Inuyasha, SIT!!!SIT!!!SIT!!!SIT!!!!SSSSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!" she screamed loudly as the following loud thumps followed.

She smirked while Inuyasha lay in his deep crater with Kaname looking at him concerned. "Come, Kaname, let's leave him." she said while walking away. Kaname looked at her and at him while he tried to move his arm, but can't. "H-help m-me." he said weakly. She sighed as she picked him up slowly and draped his arm over his shoulder. She dragged his body with her own towards the village. "Finally, we're here." Kagome said while inhaling the breeze. "Good." Inuyasha said while Kaname walked up next to her. "I bet everyone will be excited to see you again." Kagome said to Kaname as she nodded. They walked through the village and turned east to see Kaede's house. "There it is." she said excited.

Shippo was sitting on a stump outside of Kaede's house while eating a burnt lizard with a sad face. "What's wrong with Shippo?" Kaname asked sad. "He's sad when you were gone especially all of us. He was crying after you left and so did we. We thought we wouldn't see you again until today." she explained while Inuyasha groaned. She walked up leaving them behind as she said, "I'm back." "Hi, Kagome." he said while eating the lizard still. She asked, "How's everyone?" "The village is one piece, but everyone misses Kaname. Everywhere Sango goes with Kohaku; she cries and sobs with Kohaku comforting her. Miroku can't even go near another shrine because it reminds so much of her. Kaede tried to soothe them and help, but can't. I still suffer from the loss of Kaname." he explained as sadness took over. She said, "I have a surprise for all of you." He said, "What is it? More candy?" "No, better." she said watching him looking at her in question. She scooted over to show Kaname holding up a beaten Inuyasha. "K-Kaname." he said while looking at her more thoroughly. "Hey, Shippo, I miss you." she said while Inuyasha groaned in pain.

"Kaname!" he exclaimed as he jumped and hugged her tight. She held him as he hugged her neck. "Are you back for real?" he questioned while Kagome stood by. "I'm real and I can visit whenever I want." she said with a smile. "Ya!" he yelled as he jumped down. He looked to see Inuyasha and said, "Is he drunk or beaten easily?" He walked up close to examine him until a big fist came upon his head. SMACK! "Oww, why did you do that?" he cried in pain from his big mark. "Inuyasha, leave him alone." Kagome told him. "Stupid brat." Inuyasha said while lifting his head to glare at him. "Kagome, he's going to kill me!" he screamed in terror hiding behind Kagome. "Inuyasha…" she said with a drip of evil.

"Oh, no." he said in pure horror. "Wha? No wait!" Kaname started to say. "SIT!!!" a huge thump was heard through the village as Kaname and Inuyasha both landed on the ground hardly and harshly. Shippo freaked as Kaname tried to move underneath Inuyasha's heavy body, but can't. "Kaname, are you alright?!" he asked panicking while he tried to help her move. Kagome gasped and held her hands near her mouth as the kids gasped. "Inuyasha, you need to lose some weight." Shippo said while trying to pull his body off of hers. "Why is Shippo panicking?" Sango asked while walking with Kohaku and Miroku. "Beats me." he said while Kohaku shook his head.

"What happened?" Kaede said as she walked outside of her house. "Don't know." Miroku said while shaking his head. Kagome went over to them and helped pull Inuyasha off of Kaname. "Who's that?" Sango questioned while looking at the pressed body. "It couldn't be! Can it?" Miroku exclaimed in question as Kohaku walked over there. He helped Kagome and Shippo stand her up while she breathed heavily. "It's Kaname!" Sango exclaimed happily. "It is!" Miroku exclaimed, too. They ran over there and helped her inside the house with Kaede saying, "I'll get the herbs."

Inside, Kaname was sitting against wall with a tired Inuyasha lying next to her. She was sipping herbal tea when they talked about how glad she came back and can visit again. She smiled as Shippo talked about showing his new tricks and let her ride up towards the sky. She looked up as Inuyasha twitched a little. "I got to do some exorcism for the folks." Miroku said while standing up. "Kohaku and I need to train." Sango said while they stood up. "I need to collect chestnuts." Shippo said standing up. "I think I'll go for a walk, want to come?" Kagome asked standing. "Sure." Kaname said standing leaving Inuyasha. "Here, Inuyasha." she said while putting his head on a soft pillow. "Thank you, Kaname. You're the only one who really cares unlike the rest." he thanked her as they left already. "You're welcome." she giggled with a smile. "Bye." she said while running outside.

"Wait up, Kagome." she called out as she ran to catch up with the walking Kagome. She slowed as she walked by each other. They walked all over the village as they talked about school and the Feudal Era. Kaname ran into the field of flowers twirling care-free as Kagome stood by and watched. 'So happy, so free.' she thought as Kaname lay on the grass staring up at the sky. "I never seen the sky like this." she said while her arms sprawled across. "Kaname?" Kagome said while sitting next to her. "Yes, Kagome?" she questioned while looking at her. "Do you have a crush on…you-know?" Kagome asked while blushing. "Who?" she asked confused. "Inuyasha." she told her straight out. "Inuyasha, I like as a brother or a good friend, but not a boyfriend the same with Miroku too." "Then, who do you like, then?" she asked curious. "…." Kaname said while blushing red. "So, there is someone!" Kagome exclaimed while her face became redder. "So, who is it?" she asked again. "Well…" she started to say.

"Kagome, Kaname!" Inuyasha called out interrupting. "What now?" she questioned. Inuyasha came running and said, "There you two are! Anyway, I smelled Sesshomaru not too far from here." "Sesshomaru?" they both questioned. "That's not all. It seems scent of Naraku is with him too." he told them. "Naraku?!" they both yelled. "Stop yelling!" he yelled while covering his ears. "Sorry." Kaname apologized embarrassed. "So, where are they?" Kagome asked curious. "They're near Akebi Village, but we need to go without them alone." he told them while they were shocked. "We're going to leave Shippo, Miroku, and Sango alone?" Kaname asked confused. "Yes, they're too happy to know that Naraku is here too. We need to go alone and see what happening. " He explained carefully. "Okay." they said while nodding and ran off with Inuyasha into the deep woods.

They ran to where he smelled him. "He was here a while ago, but we need to split up to track him." Inuyasha said as Kagome nodded. He ran off into one direction while Kagome ran towards another. Kaname ran to the other direction focusing on not getting lost. She got into the upper part of the forest and found a small river with clumps of rocks along it. She ran towards it and searched out for anyone that she can see, but can't. She sighed big as she sat down resting from the long, tiresome run. She listened to the rushing currents of the river and looked up at the sky. She watched the clouds go by while she laid herself down on the cooling grass. She smiled while she closed eyes listening to the river.

Inuyasha jumped from a tree branch to a branch and found Kagome looking around a barren area. "Still nothing?" he questioned. "Nothing." she answered while shaking her head. "Dammit, where did he go!?" he exclaimed angrily. He then noticed something wrong. "Hey, where's Kaname?" he asked while she looked at him. "I thought she's with you." she told him. "You mean she's lost?!" he exclaimed angrily at her. "Don't yell at me! I didn't lose her." she exclaimed back. "Forget it! Let's go find her before Naraku could possibly get his hands on her, and if he does, I'll slice those filthy hands off to pieces!" he said while jumping and running off of trees. She looked after him and said, "Wow, he's being overprotective like a good brother." She ran after him thinking about Kaname.

Kaname was lying under underneath the trees as she slept moving a little and breathing slowly. She woke up to hear no river running or anything, but dead silence. "Where am I?" she asked herself. She stood up and wiped the dust off of her. She looked around to see no road, but trees looming around. "Where's the river?" she asked again while looking around. She started to walk through the trees until she saw a bouquet of pretty colorful flowers lying in the middle of a circle of rocks. She picked it up and smelled them. 'Who left the bouquet here?' she thought as she looked for any clues. She noticed a letter stuck around the flowers and opened it. 'Roses are red, violets are blue, there's nothing prettier other than you.'

She blush a little as she read it again. She stuck the note in her pocket and ran off looking for Inuyasha and Kagome. She walked straight until she saw a purple cloud hovering above the clouds. "What is this?" she asked herself looking at it confused. "I see you're back in this time, girl." the voice spoke from the clouds. She got startled as two yellow eyes appeared from the cloud. "You're alone with no friends and no Inuyasha. I'm going to steal your body and use it on my own." the voice spoke with evil in it. "N-Naraku." she whispered with a little fear and anger. "Once I take over this stupid world, I'll take yours and kill Inuyasha and Sesshomaru with my bare hands." he exclaimed while laughing.

"That won't happen!" she exclaimed proudly. She stopped and looked down to see she was stuck with roots tying her wrists and her ankles. She tried to move, but wouldn't. He chuckled as she struggled more and more. "You're too late. I'll let one of my incarnations take care of you and then, I'm taking over your soul and body. There's nothing you can do." he said as he summoned a red ogre about six feet tall with a horn sticking from its forehead. It glared down to see her tied up and smiled evilly. It walked towards slowly as Naraku chuckled at the scene. 'What should I do?' she thought in her head quick. 'Help.' she thought last as it moved closer and closer. A figure ran and closed in between her and the demon. "Ah, Sesshomaru, just in time for my incarnation to eat you up for dinner." he chuckled as there stood Sesshomaru standing in front of her.

"I see you're still not dead, Naraku." Sesshomaru said calmly. "You shouldn't interrupt one's plans or they would simply kill you." Naraku snarled angrily as he smirked. "Really, then I'm glad I did." he replied as he sheathed his sword and chopped the demon at a fast speed. He cried as he crumbled down and disappeared in a light. Naraku backed up as he said, "Just you watch, I'll get a body and rule the world in my control." He dispersed without a trace in thin air. He turned towards her and used his sword to cut the roots off. When they were chopped off and Kaname released, she smiled as she looked at her wrists and hands. She looked at him and said, "Thank you, Sesshomaru." "Hmmm." he said while he was not moving.

"Kaname!" she heard Inuyasha yelled. She turned to see Inuyasha with Kagome trailing behind him. "Are you okay?" Kagome asked worried. "I'm fine." she answered smiling. "What are you doing here, Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha questioned while growling. "None of your business." he replied back. "Argg!" he exclaimed silently. Sesshomaru ran away quicker than a wolf demon as Inuyasha was about to stop him. "Damn it, he's gone." he said as they looked at him. "Was Naraku here?" Kagome asked curious. "Yes, he was here, but not in human form. Good thing, Sesshomaru saved me or I would have been demon food." she explained as Kagome nodded.

"Kaname, don't leave without us or you'll be turned to Naraku's slave." Inuyasha warned her calmly. "Sorry." she said while smiling. "Come on; let's go to Kaede's Village." Kagome said while they nodded. Inuyasha and Kagome started walking ahead as Kaname started too. She walked a few steps before she heard a sound behind her. She looked behind to see something shiny on the ground. She walked over and saw a cat bell on the floor. She picked it up and looked at it. It was a shiny bell with a red ribbon tied through the hole on the top. She shook it and it ringed sweetly. A note fell as she picked it up and read it. 'Use this bell to call me and I'll come to help, Shikigami Master. Another thing, use it whenever you please and I'll come.'

She smiled as she folded it up and stuck the note in with the other note. She found a red lace in her shirt pocket and put the lace through the hole and tied it behind her neck. She let it go as the bell ringed when it fell on her neck. She turned around and started to run after them smiling. Somewhere near by on the plains, Rin and Jaken were waiting around patiently as Rin played with the flowers. Sesshomaru came walking up to them as Rin exclaimed, "Lord Sesshomaru." She ran up to them as Jaken came walking. "What were you doing, Lord Sesshomaru?" Jaken asked curiously. "Nothing, let's go." he replied calmly. "Okay." he said while walking ahead to find a road. "Lord Sesshomaru, did you give the flowers to Big Sister?" Rin asked while smiling. "…" he walked away while she smiled big. "That means a yes." she said as she ran after him.

TBC

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