Chapter 6

The familiar blue lights that surrounded her, warmed her soul and eased her mind, all too soon they were gone. She landed with a soft thud on the other side of the well and jumped out.

"I almost forgot how fresh the air was here," she whispered to herself. "Maybe I should change my clothes too, so it's more appropriate." She closed her eyes began to glow a light pink. When the light faded, there stood a human looking Kagome wearing a red with black lining fighting style kimono. Cut just above the knee, two slits on each side, and a deep v-neck collar. "That's better. Now off to the village."

The walk to the village was a short one; using her demonic speed she got the faster than Inuyasha could. She stood in front of Kaede's hut listening to the happenings inside.

"Hey, Inuyasha, do you smell that?" she heard a boy ask.

"No! Now shut up, runt, your voice is annoying!" Inuyasha's gruff voice replied.

"I think I smell Kagome!"

"That bitch you call your mother has been gone for months. She left you all alone. Why would she come back now?" said a taunting cool voice.

Kagome had to bite back a growl when she heard it. 'It's her! How dare she talk to our pup like that! Let us kill her!' Kagome's demon side screamed in her head. 'Not in front of Shippou.' Before her demon side could answer back, she walked into the hut.

The look on everyone's faces made her smile. All of them were shocked, but Kikyou quickly switched to hatred. "Hey, guys! Did you miss me?"

"KAGOME!!" Shippou was the first to snap out of his daze. Then Miroku and Sango.

"I'm so glad you're back, Kagome!" cried Sango with tears in her eyes.

"Yes, it is very nice to see you, Lady Kagome." Miroku said smiling.

"I'm glad to be back. I've mi-"

"Kagome…"

Kagome looked to her left and saw Inuyasha staring at her. There was such regret in his eyes; it made her heart melt. 'No! I will fall for his "I'm so sorry" eyes!' "Hello, Inuyasha. How've you been?"

"I've-"

"Don't answer her, Inuyasha! She's just the lowly copy, don't sully yourself with her." Kikyou sneered.

"Oh! Kikyou! I almost forgot you were here. I've wondering about how you have been, too. Are you still whoring around with Naraku? Or maybe it's someone new and you do Naraku on the side."

Kikyou growled as she glared at Kagome; Kagome just smirked back at her. "You dare speak to me like that?! You, a mere copy, trying to act better than the original! Don't make me laugh!"

Kagome felt her control slipping. Her eyes flashed a slight pink in color, which only Kikyou saw. "Do not act as though you know everything, Kikyou," Kagome hissed in a low, dangerous tone, "I have changed and later on you will see how."

'What is this power I'm feeling?' Kikyou asked herself in fear.

Kagome laughed. "You feel it don't, you? It makes you shiver; makes fear enter your heart. Yes, I can feel the fear rolling off of you." Kagome said mockingly. She turned back to the others and once again saw shocked faces. She sighed and looked at her son, "Come, Shippou, we must take our leave." The young kit looked at her curiously, but jumped on her shoulder none the less.

"And where do you think you're going?" asked a now disgruntled hanyou, "We have jewel shards to look for! With you and Kikyou it would take less time!"

"I'm sorry, Inuyasha, but there's something I have to do first." Kagome replied while turning to the door.

"What could you possibly have to do here in the Feudal Era?" Inuyasha asked skeptically.

"I'm sure you'll hear about it." Kagome answered smiling.

"What are you talking about, wench?!" Inuyasha shouted. Kagome just smiled at him and exited the hut.

"Where are we going, mother?" Shippou asked.

Kagome just smiled and started to run with her demonic speed, which left Shippou speechless. "Where are we going?" she repeated, "We're going home, Shippou."

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With the speechless gang

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"Am I the only one that's missing something?!" yelled a frustrated Inuyasha.

"No, I'm also confused about Lady Kagome's actions." Said Miroku as he scratched his head.

"You guys are so clueless," Sango growled out to them, "She's obviously hiding something from us or silently telling us that she can't tell us, and everything will be all right."

"Well, she shouldn't hide things from us," Inuyasha said scowling.

"Just forget about it," Sango said dismissively, "she will eventually tell us, but for now we have to wait."

The others nodded reluctantly, still forgetting about Kikyou's presence.

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With Kagome & Shippou

…

"Home?" Shippou asked.

"Yes, my son. I will explain everything when we get there."

"You'll explain how you got so fast?"

Kagome laughed. "Yeah, I'll tell you. After we stay home for a bit, we have to visit Totosai."

"How come?"

"I need to ask a favor of him" Kagome answered.

"So where are we going?" Shippou asked curiously.

"To the south; with my speed, we'll get there in a few hours."

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With the gang…again

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Inuyasha sat in the corner of Kaede's hut tapping his foot and twitching his ears continuously.

"Inuyasha," a white ear swiveled toward the direction of the voice, "Calm down. She'll be back."

"Well, I'm not going to wait for her, Sango! Let's go!"

"Go where exactly?" asked a cold voice. "We're going to waste time looking that stupid girl instead of looking for jewel shards?!" Kikyou growled out.

"Take that back, bitch!" Sango yelled.

"I'm sorry Kikyou," Inuyasha said, breaking the impending fight, "we can look for jewel shards along the way. It's just that we'll get more work done with Kagome here."

"Fine, but if it takes too long, I'm leaving."

"Go ahead. At least the air around us will smell better." Sango muttered, making Miroku cough to hide his laughter.

Kikyou glared at her and exited the hut.

"Well, come on then, I want to see what she's up to." Inuyasha declared.

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In the Southern Fortress

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A man-no demon- paced behind a desk in a circular room. His silver tresses flowing behind him, and one pearly white fang poking out from his lips. Large clawed hands twitched ever so slightly in anticipation.

'I can't even think-She must be- how do I greet her?'

Outside the walls of the office a golden haired servant youkai raced down the hallway to the lord's study.

"Lord Kyoni, my lord!" she called as she reached the door. The eager and disheveled demon came an answered the door. He held in a growl, choosing to ignore that she yelled at him through the door. "She approaches, milord" the servant said breathlessly.

The demon lord's breath hitched and he slowly let it go. "Thank you, Lita."

The female demon bowed as Kyoni rushed past her and to the gates. He stopped at the top of the stone steps that led into the castle. In the distance, he could see a figure moving quite fast in this direction. If he looked a little harder, he could see a little patch of orange and green. "I can't believe I'm going to see her after so long." Kyoni muttered to himself.

Within minutes the figure that he spotted far away was at the bottom of the steps. There was a guarded look on her face as she looked up at him. A fox kit was upon her shoulder, slightly hiding behind her hair. The woman walked up the steps and stood in front of him. The guarded look vanished almost completely and she took on a full blown smile.

"It's nice to finally meet you, father!" Kagome greeted enthusiasticly.