AR: I wonder what people would say if I deleted this story...

K: Why would you do that?

AR: I wouldn't. I just wanna know.

Se: Curiosity killed the cat.

AR: I'm not a cat.

Se: Angel, you are not an idiot, so I know that you are aware of what the point behind my statement was.

AR: Yes, I was. I just know that playing dumb gets on your nerves! -smiles-

IY: Feh. Had I said anything like that, my head would have been separated from my shoulders in 1 second flat.

K: Oh, InuYasha, are you jealous?

IY: Why the hell would I be jealous of that psychotic wench? That wierdo killed me off in the other story!

AR: Oh, is puppy-sama still miffed about that? Mommy is so sorry, poor puppy!

IY: Shut up!

DAG: Angel, leave the poor thing alone...if he leaves, what else are we going to use for entertainment purposes?

AR: Hmm...true...but, still. If he leaves, we still have Sesshomaru to irritate. But, anyways, I'm going to start shortening up the skits a tad...the longness of them is starting to irritate some of the reviewers! Story time! Enjoy!

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I hopelessly, helplessly, wonder why

Everything gotta change around me

I'd tell it to your face

But you lost your face along the way

And I'd say it on the phone

If I thought you were alone

Why do things have to change

(Hopeless: Train)

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Don't Fall Away

Chapter Eighteen: Attacked?

"How is this even possible...?" Kagome whispered to herself. "Sesshomaru said that...that she was dead...how is she still alive?"

"Kagome, why are you talking to yourself?" Yukana asked as she walked up behind her.

"Quick! Yukana, where did Sesshomaru go?" Kagome asked her urgently.

"Kagome, what-"

"Yukana! Where is he?!"

"I think he went to the library, but I don't think that he-" Yukana started, but never got to finish since Kagome bolted before she got the chance. "Kagome, wait a minute!" She scoweled and sprinted after the other girl.

Kagome burst into the library, almost throwing the doors off of their hinges in the process. Sesshomaru looked up from the small desk in the corner and at Kagome's flushed and slightly confused face. He looked at her questioningly. Kagome threw any manners that she had to begin with out the window.

"Sesshomaru! She's not dead!" Kagome cried. "I don't know how, but she's here! I can feel her!" Sesshomaru rose from the little desk and walked over to Kagome. "I knew there was something strange going on, but-"

"Kagome, calm down." he said, holding both of her shoulders in his grasp. "Speak slowly and clearly. Now, what is the problem?"

"Kikyo, she's still alive." Kagome said grimly.

"You are certain?" Kagome nodded her head slowly.

"I don't know how it's possible. You told me that her body was destroyed." Kagome said. "I felt my soul come back."

"It isn't possible..." Sesshomaru told her. "Unless part of the half of the soul that she posesses had been stored in another body."

"What do you mean?"

"She found a way to split her soul once more and put the other portion in a body that would awaken should you destroy the original." Sesshomaru elaborated. "She most likely did it with the help of Naraku."

"Is that even possible?" Kagome asked.

"Kagome, after all that you have witnessed in the past years, you are going to question the possibility of splitting a soul further than half-way?"

"Oh...I see your point..." Kagome muttered. "So are we going to do anything about it?"

"No, not right now." Sesshomaru declared. Kagome's eyes went wide.

"Have you gone nuts?!"

"There is no immediate need for you to go after the undead miko. She is not hurting anything."

"Sesshomaru, you can't be serious. If we don't do something now, it could be too late later! You know what could happen if InuYasha found out." Kagome said, but then she looked away with a thoughtful look on her face. "But...maybe if he knew that Kikyo was, in a sense, alive and well, maybe he would get back to himself again."

As Kagome made her last statement, she turned around and started running her fingers along the spines of the many books on the shelves.

"Is there a reason why you care?" Sesshomaru inquired.

"You may not be very fond of your half-brother, Sesshomaru, but InuYasha is my friend, and, even though he hasn't always been the nicest guy in the world, it is my responsibility as his friend to help him when he is feeling down." Kagome replied defensively. Sesshomaru smirked and stood up. He walked up behind her and snaked his arms around her waist.

"So if I were feeling 'down', as you call it, then you would try to make the problem go away?" he asked teasingly.

"It's not fair." Kagome whined. "I can't be mad at you when you do that."

"I'll keep that in mind for the next time you're mad at me, then." Sesshomaru declared.

"You had better not." Kagome warned playfully, then she started squirming to get out of his grasp. "Okay, let go now, I have things that i need to do!"

"It's nothing that can't wait until later."

Normally, Kagome would have scolded him, but Sesshomaru stopped her reply when he started tickling her, rather ruthlessly, as a matter of fact.

"No...onegai...stop!" Kagome cried, that is, when she was able to get a word out through her laughter. "No! You're not...supposed...to...ah! S-stop that!" At that point in time, the only thing stopping her from falling to the floor was the fact that Sesshomaru was holding her up.

"What do you say?" Sesshomaru purred. He ceased his previous action to give her enough breath to answer.

"I say 'let go before you envoke a miko's wrath'." Kagome said breathlessly.

"No, wrong answer."

"No!" Kagome cried again. "Sesshomaru, stop! It's still...really early! This isn't fair...y-you ambushed me! Where...where is the...honor in that!? Ah! Let go...you're going to...to wake everyone...up!"

"If they're still in bed at this time of day, then they need to be woken up." Sesshomaru answered smugly.

"I'm going...to...get y-you so...bad for this!" Kagome threatened through her fit, although there was no way he could take her seriously with her laughing too hard to do anything other than talk, and even that was something she could barely manage to do. Sesshomaru smirked.

Kagome then turned her head and did something he never thought she would do...she bit him, right on the arm. Sesshomaru dropped her in mild suprise and Kagome fell right to the ground, landing on her hands and knees.

She stood up, panting, and grinned at him as she backed up a few paces. She watched as he looked at the spot where she had bit down. Sure, Kagome had not drawn blood, nor did she want to, but it was still a suprise that she had done something so...violent, so to speak.

"Don't say I didn't tell you so." she said triumphantly. "I warned you."

"You bit me." he stated, still kind of shocked.

"Well, duh. How else was I supposed to make you let me go?" Kagome said. "I told you not to envoke my wrath. Besides, I think you had other things on your mind when you were doing that, you hentai. That was some sort of subtle way of feeling me up."

"Yes, but you did not need to bite me." Kagome opened her mouth to say something, but then closed it with an audible snap, only to do it again seconds later.

"You...you hentai!"

"Well, would you rather me have lied to you?" Sesshomaru asked with a raised brow.

"Well...no, but...most men wouldn't just admit that out in the open!" Kagome complained. "Sure, I like an honest guy just as much as the next girl, but that was just...oh, kami, I can't believe you just said that!"

"Why, pray tell, is that?"

"'Cause you're not supposed to be a pervert!" Kagome cried. "You're supposed to go around trying to take the Tetsusaiga and protecting your lands, not feeling women up! That's just plain wrong!"

"What is it that makes you think that I do that?"

"Ugh, hello! Were you just listening to yourself?" Kagome snapped. "You just admitted that that was the reason you attacked me!"

"I didn't 'attack' you, Kagome." Sesshomaru objected serenely.

"Well, you might as well have!" Kagome retorted.

"Is that what you want me to do?" Sesshomaru asked, smirking.

"Sesshomaru, that's gross. You're a hentai." Kagome said accusingly.

"Sticks and stones, Kagome." Sesshomaru replied.

"No, really, you're a hentai." Kagome said bluntly. "I think you might have been around Miroku for too long."

"Perhaps, but I doubt it."

"I think you're in denial." Kagome told him blandly. Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow.

"Sesshomaru, Kagome, guess what?!" Yukana yelled as she walked into the library.

"What?"

"Hm?"

"I found InuYasha!" she cried victoriously.

"I didn't need to be found!" InuYasha protested. "You just did it without my permission."

"InuYasha, stop being a baby." Kagome scolded. "We were worried about you, so suck it up and just be glad we like you."

"Feh."

"I dunno, Kagome..." Yukana began. "When I came in, you didn't look very worried to me."

"Shut it, Yukana."

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AR: Yay! Chapter done! So, how did you like my version of fluff?

K: I'm gunna kill you, AR.

IY: I told you that she was psychotic.

Y: InuYasha, the word is only amazing after the first few times, but eventually, it really gets old.

IY: Screw you, Yukana.

Y: No, thank you.

AR: OKAY! Well, that's all the time we have for today, folks...toodles!

This chapter of Don't Fall Away is dedicated to:

Lil' JJ from fanfiction dot net,

Miko of Moonlight from fanfiction dot net, and

Kagome-Chan from a single spark since they were the only ones to answer the riddle from the last chapter. Stay tuned! More riddle coming up soon!