Authors note: No I'm not dead I just wanted to enjoy spring break to bad that lasted all of Thursday night I spent all of Friday and most of today doing spring cleaning and making pies for my mom's party, she can't cook so I have to for her, do you know how long it takes to make a pie crust? It sucks I messed up twice but I promise to be updating regularly again now that my house is clean and pies are cooked. This next chapter is the one lots of you have been waiting for Inuyasha finds out the truth, so in honor of a review submit quite a few chapters ago this chapter is dedicated to IamKagome12, I hope you like my take on his reaction.

Warning: I am not a Kikyo hater I do actually her character and feel sorry for her she was only a total bitch for a little while after she was brought back therefore I warn you now this is not meant as a bash to Kikyo.

Disclaimer: Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but I am not entitled to say I own Inuyasha cause I don't.

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When Good Mikos Go Bad

Chapter 10 Dead Women's Visit

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"Lady Kagome, Lady Kagome, look what I did!" the young girl thrilled happily showing the older miko an arrow in a nearby tree.

"That's wonderful Shiri!" praised Kagome as she ruffled the young girl's dark hair. It felt nice, to help the younger miko with her archery, in a way it felt familiar, especially Shiri, the young girl reminded her of someone, but she couldn't quite place it.

Ever since regaining the knowledge of her name Kagome had made no farther progress in her regression. Granted, it had only been a day. Helping train Shiri helped take her mind off things the child's innocence never ceased to astound her nor her playful antics to amuse.

Rising from her place by the river Kagome walked over to inspect the tree and retrieve the arrow. Returning it to Shiri, Kagome knelt down to the girls level, giving her a warm trademark smile. "If you keep this up you'll be the one teaching me," she joked.

Shiri giggled, "Don't be silly I'll never be as good as you Kagome-sama."

"Oh I wouldn't be too sure of that…" Kagome said, taking on a note of mock seriousness, ruffling the child's hair again playfully.

She giggled happily in response. "Lady Kagome, what were you like when you were little like me?" The sneer innocent curiosity of the question caught Kagome off guard. She was aware that the young ones only thought her to be a new priestess in their ranks, but they knew nothing of her memory loss.

In all honesty Kagome had no answer so instead she said, with a smile, "I imagine I was very small with a habit of getting into trouble." It wasn't a lie she, she just didn't know if it was true or not. "Come on Shiri we should get back to the temple before dark." Shiri nodded excitedly gathering up her bow and skipping in the direction of the temple.

With a soft smile upon her lips Kagome followed suit. An eerie chill crept up the miko's spine; she turned readying her bow for the intruder, only to find a wisp of smoke above the tree tops, miles away in the distance. "Kagome-sama…" the girl sounded concerned and frightened, "…what's wrong?"

"It's nothing." The older miko assured her, "A trick of the light, let's go back, okay?" Taking Shiri by the hand Kagome led the child away, a bit faster than she would have normally. With a last glance at the pearly demons in the distance, Kagome couldn't help but wonder where the Soul Collectors were heading.

"Are you going to her Inuyasha?" his only reply to the monk came in the form of a grunt as Inuyasha sprinted off after the pearly Soul Collector.

It hadn't taken long for Inuyasha to reach the small clearly where she waited; he stopped, staying in the shadow of the tree ring. She knew he was there; she could sense the anger and despair within his raging youki. For some reason he was harboring ill will towards her. Her visits were normally uncomfortable yes, but never had he glared at her like that, that look was reserved for Naraku.

She couldn't help it; she had to ask, "What troubles you Inuyasha?"

A feral growl ripped from the questioned hanyou's throat, "You should fuckin' know Kikyo!" The venom with which he spoke the last word shocked the dead miko. In all the time she had known Inuyasha, she had never been on the receiving end of that tone; she'd never even heard him use it before.

Hiding her surprise and hurt she kept up her calm façade, "I merely came to speak with you Inuyasha, are you not pleased to see me?"

His growl increased in ferocity at the stone cold way Kikyo spoke, as if she hadn't taken it back. "Why in hell would I be glad to see you?" Kiyo winced but tried not to show it hurt.

Pushing aside her hurt feelings Kikyo hid behind her clay mask. "If you are done glaring at me, I have an important matter to discuss with you." When neither the growling nor the glare ceased, she prodded farther, "It involves Naraku," an edge of impatience creeping into her voice. The growling cut off, she knew he was listening, though Inuyasha remained silent and refused to step any closer to her.

Once again ignoring the pang of hurt of his response, Kikyo continued. "He has collected all the shards save those animating his minions, in the wolf prince, Kouga's legs, and of course those under Kagome's protect-" She was cut off abruptly by the sudden proximity of Inuyasha's claws.

"How dare you. Never say her name again." He hissed a clear threat in the last of his words. Kikyo looked up to meet his eyes, failing to hide her gasp at their color; bright red.

Strange purple markings adorned his cheeks and his canine fangs had enlarged past his lower lip. Never before having seen Inuyasha's demon form Kikyo felt her knees go weak, had he not been supporting, she would've collapsed. Every particle of her being screamed for her to flee, her miko powers begging for release.

Through the fear and adrenaline induced haze the dead miko was still able to form coherent thought and surprisingly speech. "What has happened to my reincarnation Inuyasha?" Honestly she didn't know why she cared, the girl didn't belong here she was nothing but a carbon copy of a woman who had died 50 years ago. No Kagome is selfless, and warm, she may have my face, but she has something I never did, she saved my when she didn't have to.

As much as Kagome was a threat, Kikyo owed her, had Kagome not purified the miasma within Kikyo's wounds she would have died, again. This is what separates us, had the situation been reversed I would not have saved her. As Kikyo's mind traveled down the familiar thought path she waited fro some kind of reaction from the hanyou-gone-youkai holding her up by the neck.

Inuyasha was losing the battle with his demon blood it was all he could do to keep from rampaging. Without Kagome around he had no reason not to change, the only thing preventing him from ripping Kikyo's head off was the knowledge that Kagome's soul would have returned to Kikyo, this gave him just enough incentive to speak through the blood rage. "Are you mocking me? I failed to protect you and now I've failed her, huh? You came to rub her stolen soul in my face?"

Inuyasha's angry line of questioning answered many of her own questions. So he thinks the girl is dead, and her soul returned to me. However much as him forgetting the copy would please her, Kikyo knew that wasn't how Inuyasha was. He wouldn't forget. And as long as he thought she possessed Kagome's soul, he would hold her accountable to some extent. "Inuyasha Kagome's-" his claws tightened around her neck, "-her soul has not returned to me." Confusion set in his features as she let her words sink in, gold fighting for dominance inn his eyes. "Where ever she is Inuyasha, her soul is her own."

Gold replaced red, the purple markings faded, and his claws and fangs retreated to their normal length. "She's alive…" the thought escaped his lips as Kikyo fell from his grasp to land in a hump on the ground. Next thing he knew he was running back towards camp, that single thought pushing him onward; She's alive, Kagome's alive!

Kikyo stood and dusted herself off, looking for any sign of Inuyasha but he had already disappeared far into the trees. Calling her Soul Collectors Kikyo found it odd that she had forgotten to warn Inuyasha of Naraku's latest plan, but she dismissed it. I suppose he will discover it soon enough.

Authors note: Hooray!! How was that, did you like it, was it too OOC I don't think so but let me know. How'd you like Kikyo, should I include more of her in the story, what do you think Inuyasha and company will do next? Let me know in a review and I'll send you a response I might even include a sneak peak of the next chapter. But for now all you get is this: Chapter 11 Clearing Pathways, will be out before the vacation is over.