Tari here, again. It took me a while to write this chapter. I had so many ideas spinning around in my head that I couldn't decide what to do. Alright, so I explain some things about Becca's past in this so we don't just have an unexplained character in here. I hope you enjoy it.

"Why is everyone staring at me?" Becca finally burst out, spinning around. They had all been walking towards the village for a couple of hours and Becca just couldn't take it anymore.

Kagome quickly looked away, not saying anything.

Inuyasha narrowed his gaze.

Shippou laughed nervously.

Songo tensed.

Kirara meowed.

Miroku sighed and asked, "Becca can I talk to you for a moment?"

Her eyes widened slightly and her skin crawled. A little voice in the back of her head whispered to her. She remembered her demon. The demon living inside her. It had told her they would betray her. They would never trust her the way she wanted them to.

She nodded reluctantly and followed him out of earshot.

He turned so they weren't facing the group and he asked, "Are you alright?"

Becca licked her lips and nodded. When he asked a second time she growled, "I'm fine now tell me what this is about. If you guys no longer trust me then I need to know now so I can leave now before…"

"Before what?" Miroku gazed at her.

She swallowed. Shaking her head she said, "Just tell me what's happening?"

Taking a deep breath, Miroku spoke, "There's some speculation as to who you are. You have attacked us and a few of us, I won't say who, wonder if you can be trusted."

Becca flinched. This was what she had been waiting for. She turned slightly away, waiting for him to continue.

"Well, as we were talking, something came up. Something strange. While you were sleeping, we saw something on the back of your neck."

Becca turned back to him angrily and hissed, "That's none of your business."

"Becca please tell me. If you don't then we won't be able to trust you fully."

A tear escaped Becca's composure at that. She quickly wiped it off her face and looked at the sky. She mumbled something under her breath. It sounded like, "Forgive me, Jack."

Before Miroku could say or do anything, Becca had shoved him hard enough he flew into a tree and she was running away.

Inuyasha had seen what happened and quickly started the pursuit.

Kagome went to Miroku and asked, "Are you okay?"

Miroku nodded, shrugging his shoulder. He stared after Becca sadly, wondering what exactly she had done that she couldn't say anything about it.

Inuyasha was suddenly standing there growling, "I lost her. She might as well have never existed."

Kagome glanced at Shippou, he was holding something and waving at them.

The group padded over to him.

"She left this behind. She has to come back for it. Right?" He looked so innocent. He seemed sad that she had left.

"Wait a moment," Inuyasha gasped. He reached out, snatching it from Shippou's hand. "That's…"

Kagome looked closer at it, not recognizing it. "What is it?"

Miroku glanced over and breathed, "No way. It's been lost for hundreds of years. No one has been able to find it. Has she had it all this time since that old man died?"

Songo looked over their shoulders and snapped, "That's demon of a girl was hiding this? She doesn't deserve to keep it."

"What is it?" Kagome screeched, angry that they were ignoring her.

Inuyasha turned to her, holding the small, red jewel up. "This stone is called Katsumi. This is the stone of self-control. Hundreds of years ago an old man created this and said he would give it to his heir when he died. No one knew who the heir was though. He then died alone several years later and when they searched his home the stone was nowhere to be seen. It's been lost for all this while."

Songo now said, "I bet that stupid girl stole the stone from the true heir."

"What does the stone do?" Kagome asked, looking at her own jewel.

"What do you think?" Miroku asked. "It's called the jewel of self-control."

"There's more?" Shippou gasped, lifting the pillow Becca had used and spilling out a few more jewels.

Inuyasha bent over and examined them. As he picked up each one he spoke their names. "Kokoro, the jewel of heart, mind, and spirit. Kutsuu, the jewel of pain. Shi, the jewel of death. And Kaiya, the jewel of forgiveness."

As he named each of the jewels, Shippou put each one in a small bag together. When they were all inside Shippou said, "We have to find her and return them."

Songo snatched the bag and laughed, "Oh please. There's no way she actually owns them. She probably stole them. You've seen that demonic side of her. She's probably lying that she can't control it too."

Miroku had the sudden urge to slap Songo. Rather than act on it, instead he turned to her and snapped, "Who are you to judge? You have no idea what she's going through. Perhaps she does own them."

Songo stepped forward and growled, "Are you doubting me? You've known me longer than her you know."

For once Miroku wasn't fazed by her pretty face. The only face in his mind now was Becca. He drew himself up and snapped, "Something bad obviously happened to her. What if her hometown was destroyed once, like yours was?"

Songo started to speak but suddenly she looked to her right. There was movement in the trees.

Everyone tensed, watching for the movement again.

Becca stepped out, her face downcast. She was obviously whispering but her voice carried over to them easily as she said, "Please… return me my jewels."

Songo held them up and yelled, "How did you come across them, thief?"

Miroku then said, "Becca I promise you that if you tell us everything about how you got them, and the mark on the back of your neck became there, you will get them back."

She was having a struggle with herself. She looked on the brim of just leaving when finally she spoke, "Fine. I will tell you."

She came closer and sat on the ground in the front of them. Taking a deep breath, she began, "I will start with Katsumi. The old man, Shuusei was his name, did not have any children. He had meant to give the jewel to someone that he believed deserved it the most. At the time I was his servant. I helped him because he was old. One day he came to me saying that he knew he was going to die the next day and wanted me to take the jewel. He told me to take it and run away, never to give it to anyone. He said I would need it later in life.

"Kokoro has a similar story. Except that was given to me by my mother when I was merely a child.

"Kutsuu, Shi, and Kaiya were all given to me at the same time. They have to do with my mark of punishment."

Miroku now sat down, doing his best to pay attention. Everyone else followed suit. Shippou scooted closer than the rest.

Becca forced a smile but quickly let it fall from her face. She then looked up and continued, "I said before that I am half human, half demon, and why. This means I have two mothers, and two fathers. My human mother and father soon died after my birth and so I was given to my demon parents to be raised. There were times when they would hurt me because I was not demon enough. After a few years we were separated by the demon counsel."

Becca swallowed and took another breath. "I was put into isolation because they could not decide whether to put me in the human world, or keep me in the demon world. After two years in isolation, I was 8 years old at this point, they decided to do both. Every year they would move me back and forth. One year in the human world, one in the demon."

Becca grit her teeth angrily and continued, "They tortured me by doing this. Humans didn't know who I was and because of my two years in isolation I had trouble interacting with people. I soon became a loner and ignored all others around me. After a few years of this trading, something happened. When I was 13 years old, I met Jack. He came to me and I tried to ignore him but every time I saw him he wouldn't leave me alone. After leaving and having another year in the demon world, when I returned I thought he would have forgotten me. But instead, he came to me and asked where I had been and said he missed me."

Her breathing was now ragged and she held a hand to her chest. "We became quick friends and by my 15th year we knew everything about each. A few more years and we fell in love and quickly became partners for life. At the age of 19, Jack was murdered. I've already told you how I reacted but… what I didn't say was…"

Miroku realized he had been leaning forward and scooted slightly back to get more comfortable.

Swallowing, Becca said, "Well, when they came to move me, I refused. They tried all they could to get me to move, torture even, but I wouldn't leave. I couldn't. I killed them all. A shinigami had seen me murder them and quickly told the demon counsel. When they found out they captured me, using shinigami considered they couldn't be killed except by another shinigami.

"I was put in a form of jail. Another isolation but this time worse. My breakfast, lunch, and dinner was pain. When I began to get used to it, they would change the form of pain I got. It hurt so much. Well once my sentence was over, I made a deal with the first shinigami I came across. If they would turn me into a shinigami, then I would give them my soul. I never realized that giving away a soul was different for a half-breed like myself.

"When he tried to extract my soul, the demon half of me wouldn't let go. Instead, the shinigami was dragged into my own body. I had absorbed the shinigami. Shinigami don't have souls so it didn't change me except that I then had the powers of the shinigami. When I was found out, they came to me to punish me. I killed so many in self-preservation. I was soon overpowered though. I was put into another punishment cycle, I don't know how many years passed. This time, when I came out, I had the mark on the back of my neck.

"A year later I went back to where Jack had been murdered. A man was living there. At first I was angry but the old man came to me as if he knew me. He said he had been waiting for me. I was confused and then he took my hand and placed inside of it, Kaiya. He told me that my past would be forgiven if only I would let go. I didn't know. I still don't know what he wants me to let go. Because I haven't been forgiven.

"As I left his house a shinigami appeared before me. It didn't attack me like I thought though. Instead, it told me that with all the pain I had received that I would need something to remind my body I was no longer in pain. He gave me Kutsuu. Then he gave me Shi and said that with the power of the shinigami came the power of death. He said that Shi would help me control it.

"And so I took them and that's what happened. Now give them to me."

Songo was still holding them and she drew away saying, "No. I cannot give a criminal these jewels."

"Please," Becca gasped, "It hurts so much. They mean so much to me and Kutsuu really does stifle the pain that I still feel from all of my punishment."

Songo tossed them at her frustratingly.

Becca smiled as she received them and put them in her pocket.

Inuyasha looked up at her and asked, "That's really what happened? You're not lying?"

"Why would I lie?" Becca snapped.

Inuyasha nodded slightly and said, "Okay, fine then. The past is the past and I'm not gonna hold it against you."

Kagome's eyes snapped to him and she said, "You're only saying that because you have things in your own past you want forgiven."

Inuyasha growled and replied, "Partly but I truly believe we should forgive people's past experiences. Not just for my own sake but for Becca's too."

Miroku nodded and said, "I agree. Becca, you deserve forgiveness."

Tears started to fall down Becca's face. Her breathes came in gasps as she sobbed into her hands.

Inuyasha, feeling embarrassed, dashed off to "scout the perimeter".

Shippou took Kirara to help him.

Songo scoffed and ran off to find more food.

Kagome and Miroku sat with Becca as she cried.

Kagome smiled and said, "Becca, I think I finally understand. I'm sorry that all this happened to you."

Becca suddenly looked up and laughed, "You're sorry for me. I commit murder and you're sorry for me? I even kill children and you're sorry for me? No one should feel sorry for me. I'm a criminal. Just like Songo said."

"Songo is just angry that you've had more adventure than her." Kagome smiled. She then stood up and said, "I'll leave you alone." She wandered off with her bow and arrows.

Miroku didn't leave. He sat there and waited for Becca to say something.

"I've told you, I can't love you. Jack is like a burn in my heart. He'll never go away."

Miroku leaned forward and grabbed Becca's hand. "Then let me be the salve that makes the pain from the burn go away."

Becca looked down at his hand holding her own. She sighed and said, "I can't. I feel like I would be betraying Jack."

"Does he not want you to be happy? I think he sounds like the kind of person that would want you to be happy no matter what happens to him."

"You don't know, Jack. Don't try to understand me."

Alrighty, I hope you enjoyed that chapter. As I said before, it took me a while to write this. Anyways, if you're wondering, I going to bring back some characters from Becca's past to make it more interesting. And later on, don't know when yet, I've got something really interesting planned that'll startle you out of your pants. On second thought, it'll startled you out of your shoes. I don't think you want to be scared out of your pants. Your friends and family might get a little scared about why you aren't wearing pants.