Chapter 5

"What the heck are you? I can't smell you." Inuyasha demanded a snarl erupting from him as Jade stepped closer to the group. She stopped realizing her mistake. The males of the group were being protective of their women. She retracted her wings back into her body and sat cross legged in front of them. You can say it threw everyone off since it was so unexpected.

"Now if you don't mind, time is of the essence. We haven't the time to waste." she avoided Inuyasha's question or order in his case.

"Not until we get an answer." Inuyasha would not give on this.

Kagome put a hand on his shoulder to calm him and positioned herself at his side. "I can't explain it, but I know you are not evil. I just can't decipher your aura. It's there, yet at the same time it is not."

"That is because I am not born of this world. I was banished to it." Jade stated with no hint of emotion. The group all had the same thought in mind, a female version of Sesshomaru.

"May I ask where it is you came from? You see we have leaned to not trust even those who may seem of good nature. Anyone can put on a farce, but their true intent always comes to in the end." Miroku told her in his all too serious tone.

Jade gave in since this group would not let this go. She would have to lay her secrets out to gain a semblance of their trust.

"I came from the realm of the gods originally. I was banished to a century long sleep within the Kenshi Ki in the valley of the Kami." Jade held a firm hand up to stop Inu from interrupting. "Before you cut me off, listen. My mother is the goddess Nature. I am a demi goddess or halfbreed if you will."

"If you were part human or demon we would know." Inu put in.

"Yes, you may very well have caught that. The thing is I'm neither. The vile being that aided in my creation was a dark angel of great fury. His darkness overwhelmed my mother and weakened her. She like a few more of his victims were taken by force. I was the only one birthed from the violation because my mother is a forgiving being and she cherished me. She chose to forget when he was finally destroyed by the gods."

Kagome had a hard time understanding how the gods could banish her from something like being born. "Why were you banished?"

"I sometimes lose control of the fury I contain within. There was a couple of lower deities that forced me to lose myself by their taunting. I had very little control when I was younger and slayed them both in the state of pure fury." she took a breath and pinned a look of 'Have you had enough of my misery?' at the group.

Inuyasha could relate to this chick. He used to lose himself to his demon side. It was between the tetsaiga and Kagome that he no longer lost his control. His daughter helped a great deal too.

"I'm sorry that both you and your mother had to endure such a hard fate. Wow, though. Of all our travels, you are a first for us. We have never had the pleasure to meet a Kami, let alone a half one. It is a pleasure to meet you Jade." Kagome went close to Jade and bowed her head in a respectful manner, as did Sango and Miroku.

"Please...don't lower yourselves to me. I am not a saint by any means. Only when I succeed in helping you all to defeat this coming evil will I have my freedom. I have done something terrible that I must continue to pay and I have to live with that for all time." Jade lowered her head in shame a glimmer of sadness was there in her eyes.

Inuyasha saw it, though this new being gave nothing away of it on her face. "It's not your fault."

Kagome and the others agreed. When Inuyasha lost control, it took Kagome to bring him back and it was at the expense of her being injured by his hand. Though, Kagome forgave him and stayed by his side unafraid. She told him many times that there were circumstances that would be out of his control and that if it was truly his fault she would let him know. This girl was no different and they were willing to put their faith in her.

"Inuyasha is right. Anyone backed into a corner becomes like a caged animal and may snap when pushed too far. You have the right to a second chance at life and that may be why the gods let you free to redeem yourself. We will help you the best we can and you can aid us to save the youkai species as a whole. And whatever evil comes, we will fight together to save this world." Kagome stated placing a reassuring hand on Jade's shoulder.

Jade tilted her head, her piercing green eyes held Kagome's for a moment. "I wish the kami were as forgiving as you. The only other to forgive my transgression is my mother. She was the only one to understand before this moment. I am unsure to feel blessed or just lucky to meet people like you all. I greatly appreciate your forgiving nature."

"Now we can discuss the situation at hand over lunch. There is much to be done and Sesshomaru I am sure will be soon returning. From then we must take the quest of travel once again." Miroku said a bit gleefully. They used to travel often for jewel shards, but the home life was growing to be boring. They all craved the action just without psychopathic beings always trying to erase them from existence.

"Keh! It's not like we need that bastard to travel with us. I'm plenty strong enough to take on any threat we face." Inuyasha puffed out his chest to prove his point.

Kagome wasn't in agreement with her beloved mate. She knew that her brother in law would help move things along within the pace they required as time was growing shorter by the day. She could feel something was not quite right and it was not the issue of the future. The problem they were to handle was in fact going to hit the past. She had a feeling that whatever was going on in the past may help fix the issue in the future.

"Um...who is Sesshomaru?" came Jade's clueless question.

A/N: so my ideas are currently freezing up. Sorry its short but here is another chapter. I've been going trough some heavy stress lately so I will try my best to update often.