Hey guys. Here's the new chapter of 'The Love Never Dies'. Things are going to mover slowly, at first. One, because an author never has too much to work with in the beginning of the story. Two, it's better that way to hold off on some things. On with the fic!

Everyone: Meet Akira!

Kagome and the others sat in Kaede's hut. They would leave soon, because they had to hunt the for the shards and Naraku. The only reason they weren't leaving now, is because they had to rest and Kagome had to help Kaede with more things before she went away.

"Kagome, child, pour the tea please." Kaede said, stirring some soup. Kagome nodded and poured the tea for everyone.

Inuyasha growled. He was sick of Kagome having to answer to Kaede's every beck and call. What about him?1 He needed help too. Like help with settling some of his, technically teenage, hormones. (Dudes Inuyasha is technically 17, once you forget about the years on the tree, and how old he must be in Kagome's time. Still a teenager here.)

Miroku and the others didn't seem to notice it as they drunk their tea happily.

"When is Kagome actually gonna train with her powers? You're just having her be your lap dog!" Inuyasha yelled at Kaede.

Miroku leaned over to Sango. "I think he's mad because Kaede is taking up all of Kagome's time." He whispered in her ear. She nodded.

Inuyasha still heard it and turned red. "I am not! It's just that Kagome is being used as a lapdog instead of a priestess!"

"I am not! Im sure all of this is part of being a priestess." Kagome said, now fixing Kaede a bowl of soup.

Inuyasha quirked a brow. "Oh you aren't? Look at yourself! You're practically feeding her!"

Kaede coughed. "Inuyasha, I am training Kagome to become a miko. Well, a better one anyway. This is part of a miko's every day life."

"How the hell is giving you a foot massage part of a miko's every day life?!" Inuyasha yelled, gesturing to Kagome who was actually giving Kaede a foot massage.

Kaede smiled. "In many ways. Miko's must help the old."

Inuyasha growled. " You're using her as a tool and wasting our time for nothing! In that case, I'll train her myself!" He yelled.

Miroku quirked an eyebrow. "Just what do you know about training a miko? You dont have any spiritual power."

Inuyasha grunted. "No shit Sherlock. I can train her to fight with a sword, though."

"But, I only know how to use a bow and arrow. And when have you ever seen a miko wielding a sword?" Kagome said.

Sango coughed. "I think Midoriko used to use a sword."

Kagome sweat-dropped. What a help you are Sango ...

"Okay, fine. I'll learn how to fight with a sword." Kagome said, finally done with massaging Kaede's putrid feet and sitting down next to Inuyasha on the other side of the room.

Kaede just shook her head and coughed. "Perhaps there is something we could work out with Kagome's katanna training and her spiritual powers. We could combine them. But, enough of that. Kagome, I need ye to go gather herbs for me."

Kagome nodded. "Im on it." She said, getting up and smoothing her miko robes.

"Im going with you. Ya need somebody to protect you." Inuyasha said, getting up as well.

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Let's go."

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Kagome and Inuyasha walked threw a clearing. It was the best place to find herbs right now.

"Inuyasha, since you came, can you sniff out the herbs for me?" Kagome asked.

Inuyasha shrugged. "What does it smell like?"

Kagome shrugged. "Oh, I dont know. They kind of smell like flowers in a way."

Inuyasha nodded. "Okay. Your scent then." He said, starting to sniff around.

Kagome blushed. "Uh, okay. I'll wait here." She said, sitting down. Inuyasha only nodded and continued to sniff around. Kagome smiled and looked out at the sky. It was turning a grayish color. There would be a storm soon. Miroku would've said something like a gray sky is a bad omen just to find them a place to stay, if they were traveling.

Kagome continued to relax until a loud groan disturbed her from her thoughts. She heard it again and then a cry of pain. Kagome jumped to her feet and started to look around. She couldn't see any hurt or whining people in sight.

She looked around more and then heard a bush rustling. She whipped around and saw no one there. Then she heard another loud cry of pain. She slowly backed up and looked behind the bush.

There lie a bloodied man with scratches all over his body. His left arm was bleeding profusely. Kagome could tell he was a youkai. The small fluffy ears sticking out from the top of his head was proof enough. He somewhat reminded her of Inuyasha. His hair wasn't silver it was black, but it was still waist length like Inuyasha's. His little dog ears were black by the way. His claws were long like a full-demon's. She couldn't tell if he was hanyou or a youkai though. He was fairly young. Around everyone else's age. Just about 17. He wore blue hakama pants that looked like Inuyasha's and he didn't have a outer haori. He just wore the plain white one. (ju'sannya, please tell me what the hell that thing is!)

The man finally seemed to notice her and opened his eyes. He seemed incredibly weak.

"Are you okay? How long have you been sitting here?" Kagome asked, crouching down in front of him.

The man coughed up blood and spoke. "I... dont know. Will... you help me miko? Please?"

Kagome felt so much sympathy for the strange man. If she had been someone like Kikyou he might've been killed.

"Of course. Can you stand?"

Just then, Inuyasha jumped from behind the bush. "There you are! Why'd you leave the clearing? And where's- hey who's that?" He asked all at once.

"I dont know his name, but I found him here injured. We cant just leave him here."

Inuyasha shrugged. "Why not? From what I can smell, he's ΒΌ a demon. Cant he handle himself?"

"Inuyasha! That's unbelievably selfish. He's hurt and needs medical attention. Quarter demon or not, he'll die out here if left unattended. Im going to help him, you do what you want." She said, walking over to the demon to try and help him stand up. No such luck. He was bigger than her. About Inuyasha's size actually. Kagome looked up at Inuyasha with big puppy dog eyes.

Inuyasha tried to look away. She cant give me that look! I invented that look! Inuyasha sighed and gave in. He lifted the man up and put him on his back.

"I spoil you." He muttered to Kagome while they were walking.

Kagome giggled. "That's one of the reasons I love ya." She said with a smirk.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and walked faster. The faster they get this demon to the village, the better.

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Kagome ran in Kaede's hut. "Kaede! We need you to get you're bandages out! We have an injured person here!" She shouted, as Inuyasha walked in with the quarter demon.

Kaede gasped. "Oh my. He is quite injured. Well, get out the futon and lay him down! I shall go get more medicines." She said, walking out the door.

Kagome laid out the futon and Inuyasha placed the demon on there.

The whole Inu Tachi was gathered around the demon. Shippo poked him a little.

"Is he ... dead?" He asked.

Kagome smiled. "No, he's not dead. And he wont be if we help him right away." She said, examining a large gash on his test. Which earned a growl from Inuyasha. Kagome looked up at Inuyasha with a raised eyebrow.

"What?"

"Why cant Kaede do that? You're practically fawning over him." Inuyasha said with a disgusted expression.

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Im just trying to help him out. Miko's are healers as well." She said, going back to his wound.

Inuyasha snorted. "Whatever."

Kaede walked back in with a jar of medicine and rolls of bandages.

"Okay Kagome, put you're training to the test. Tend to this demon's wounds." She said.

Kagome nodded. "Inuyasha, do you have the herbs from earlier?"

Inuyasha nodded and pulled them out of his haori.

Kagome tended to the demon's wounds carefully. Making sure not to disturb him or hurt him while she bandaged him.

When she was done, his entire torso was bandaged and his arm was in a spline. He had one bandage wrapped around his forehead as well.

Kagome sighed and wiped sweat off her forehead. "Finally, done." She said. Kaede smiled and patted her on the shoulder.

"You've done well, child." She said. Kagome smiled and nodded her thanks.

It was night, by the way. No one was sleeping though. It was still too early to go to sleep. Everyone was up doing something. Sango polished hiraikotsu. Miroku meditated. Shippo played with Sakura. Who had come over two hours ago. Inuyasha grumbled about something in the corner. And Kagome read a book while Kaede gave the demon medicines.

After another hour, the demon slowly opened his eyes. Almost everyone was in front on him in an instant. His eyes were a bright, sky blue, color. He sat up slowly while grimacing in pain.

"Easy, now. You're still injured." Kagome said, helping him sit up.

"So, what's your name?" Kagome asked him, going to sit beside Inuyasha.

He coughed before speaking. "I am Akira. Who are all you people?"

Everyone introduced themselves one by one.

"Im Sango."

"Im Miroku.

"Im Shippo!"

"Im Sakura!

"Im Kagome."

"Feh, the name's Inuyasha."

"Im Kaede."

Akira took a moment to memorize everyone's name's before talking again.

"Where am I? What village is this?"

Kagome smiled. "You're in Kaede's hut, in Kaede's village. What had you banged up so bad?"

Akira nodded and suddenly a very dark look overshadowed his blue eyes. " A demon. Two days ago, I used to live in a village, filled with demons,hanyous, humans, and quarter demons like myself. All was well until a spider demon attacked."

Inuyasha suddenly seemed interested in the conversation. "A spider demon? What did he look like?"

"He had long black hair and he carried a gourd on his back. He carried a Lilly with him as well. We fought him, but he overpowered us in the end. We had cut up a lot of his shirt and saw the mark of spider, and on top of which, he had that disgusting stench of a spider!"

Everyone gasped. "It was Byakuya!" They all shouted.

"But, why would Byakuya attack their village out of the blue? Do you think it's part of Naraku's planning?" Sango asked.

"I dont know. It's very likely to be. But, why would he attack a majority of hanyous?" Miroku said.

Everyone went on about Naraku's possible planning.

"Uh, excuse me! Who is Naraku?" Akira asked.

Everyone shut up. "Naraku is everyone's enemy in this group. We're all getting revenge for something that happened to us all because of him. Oh, and he pretty much wants to take over the world with the Shikon No Tama." Kagome said.

Akira nodded. "We had a shard of the Shikon No Tama. This Byakuya person stole it."

"Yup, there's you're reason for why Byakuya was there." Inuyasha said, leaning against the wall.

Everybody nodded. "Enough about Naraku. Tell us about you." Miroku said.

Akira nodded. "Well, Im a quarter demon born between a human and hanyou. Im an inu youkai by the way. What about you? Im curious about you guys."

Everyone looked around and decided to start with Kagome because she loved to talk the most.

"Im Kagome Higurashi. Im 17, and Im a miko." She said. Akira nodded.

"Im Sango, Im 18 and Im a demonslayer. I tend to get groped by the perverted houshi over here.

"Im Miroku. I have somewhat of a bad habit of flirting with women, Im 18 as well. Im a monk, and I want Sango or even Kagome to bear my children."

"Im Inuyasha, and if Miroku makes another comment about Kagome I'll slaughter him. Im 17, and a hanyou. Mess with me and I'll kick you're ass."

"Im Sakura, and Im a dragon hanyou. Im 8, and my name means cherry blossom!"

"Im Shippo and Im 7, and I love chocolate!!"

Akira sweatdropped. These people were awfully weird.

Kagome clapped her hands. "Okay! We should all go to bed now, and leave Akira alone."

Everybody nodded and got in their sleeping positions. Sango had the hiraikotsu in her hands. Miroku had is hand out in a groping position. Sakura was curled up like a cat sleeping. Shippo was laid out on his back as if he were dead. Inuyasha was in the corner sitting cross-legged with Kagome sitting in the same position in his lap.

Sleep good tonight Kagome. You're in for a world of pain tomorrow.

And done! This chapter was a lot longer than the first one. And, dont worry, the drama comes soon! Please review and keep a lookout for the next chapter of 'The Love Never Dies' Entitled: You're In For A World Of Pain!: Training Starts Now!

With that said, Sayonara!