A/N Thanks for the reviews! I hope you will all enjoy the latest installment in my "Surviving the Worst" Story! Hope you all like it!

CHAPTER 5

Kagome's POV

I went off in search of Inuyasha. It isn't too hard, being I gave him the sacred jewel as soon as he came and found me half dead. Frowning, I realize that I need to make the selfless wish. I know what that wish is now. To wish the jewel no longer existed.

Evil.

Why os the jewel now tainted with evil? Has Inuyasha been injured? Has the jewel been transferred to an evil being? With my bow at the ready I take off at a sprint, praying I'm not too late.

Not Inuyasha, too. Please, please gods, not Inuyasha.

I'm almost in the clearing where the sacred jewel is when I see them.

Koga, Sango, and Miroku are standing there, facing away from me. My breath catches in my throat at the sight of them. Just like me, all previous scars are gone. Maybe Sesshomaru has been successful after all!

I slow down to a walk, and I reachout to touch them. To make sure I'm not hallucinating.

As I soon as I touch them, I know something is wrong, very wrong.

They're ice cold. And they just stand there, staring straight ahead, not even noticing me.

"Hello Kagome." Comes a voice from inside the clearing.

3O Minutes Ago

Inuyasha's POV

I want to stay at the well to do this, to remind me what to wish for, but I can't allow Kagome to find me before I make the wish. She can obviously use the jewel to find me, but I will make sure that, by then, it would be too late.

I took the jewel from her after she had beaten Naraku. I can still remember finding her. She was barely alive, and was obviously lucid. But she had one moment of clearness, where she handed me the jewel, and despite her pain, smiled at me. I don't even know if she remembers, but I will never forget it. She was an inch from death, and yet she smiled at me, as if trying to tell me that everything would be all right. But it wasn't. "Soon though, it will be." I think with determination.

I now stand in an unknown clearing far enough from the village that it will take Kagome at least 15 minutes to get here. And that's all I'll need. I pull out the jewel, which is still a faint pink from Kagome being nearby. I hold it tightly in my clammy hand, making the smooth and cold jewel warm and slippery.

I close my eyes firmly, and my claws draw blood from my hand from holding the jewel so forcefully. The jewel grows almost unbearably hot as I mumble my wish.

"I wish they were back."

The jewel glows as it makes my wish come true.

Sesshomaru's POV

As soon as I take off at a sprint Ah-Un takes off back towards the cave. He sensed something was wrong and did like I've always taught him to do, protect Rin. My demon form is struggling to be released, my eyes bleeding red, but I can't lose control in this battle. I push myself to go even faster. I need to be there soon. Before something bad happens to Kagome.

Kagome's POV

I whip me head around to peer into the clearing, but that's when I notice the evil aura blocking my view. I notch an arrow and walk cautiously into it. A protective barrier encircles me, and it surprises me how strong it is.

The aura reminds me of the perfect storm, and, as I take a few steps, I'm in the eye of the storm. I can now see the clearing perfectly and exactly who has called my name.

Well, what had called my name.

The jewel.

It's floating and glowing an ominous dark purple, tainted with evil. Although now I can tell that a wish was made. And not the one that was selfless. My eyes caught a flash of red, and once I focus on it I'm mortified.

Inuyasha was once again pinned to a tree. This time however, it isn't a sealing arrow. It is Kikyou's arrow. And it's bathed in a dark aura, no longer holding any purification powers.

A sob breaks out of my throat as I realize that this time he was dead. Blood stains his robe a dark red near his chest, where the arrow protrudes.

Another one dead.

I unceremoniously fall into a heap on the ground, shaking uncontrollably as more sobs wrack through my body. I hear laughter, but I can't muster enough strength or will to even care anymore. I feel a strong aura approaching rapidly as I fall blissfully into oblivion, where there is no more pain.

Sesshomaru's POV

I've been running for so long, how long I can't remember, but then I knew I was close as two things grabbed my attention simultaneously.

Kagome's scent and an overwhelmingly evil aura.

I push myself to go even faster, not wanting to lose Kagome. Normally I would be concerned about this newfound affection, but all I felt was fear and determination right now. And with that came a burst of adrenaline, and then I was running faster than I could ever remember.

I arrive there, and another scent fills my nose.

Blood, graveyard soil, and bones. It's like Kikyou, but in a larger quantity, mixed with someone actually dead.

That's when my eyes take in everything in the clearing. First, Inuyasha is dead, and Kagome is unconscious. Then I notice them.

Sango, Miroku, Koga and Kikyou.

All of them are just like Kikyou, clay pots filled with souls. They step into the clearing and surround me. I quickly pick up Kagome when a voice rang from in the very center of the .

"Ah, Sesshomaru. So nice of you to join us."

That's when he appeared. Naraku.

"After you killed Magatsuhi, the main source of evil in the jewel, I was . . . promoted to fill the gap. Thanks." Naraku says, smirking.

I carefully lower Kagome to the ground as I pull out my sword, glancing warily at the other four components of this battle. I hope Kagome would wake up soon, her powers were going to be needed.

Kohaku's POV

Wandering ideally around after Miroku's death, I contemplate my loses. After I lost Sango, I only had the rest of the group left, but they held no obligations to me. When Miroku died I was shocked, but that quickly gave away to grief as I lost one of my last allies. But now, now I just felt numb. I can only trust Kagome, Kirara, Shippo and Inuyasha. Only four people. I went from a whole village down to four people in a short span of time.

"Are you proud of me now Father?" I think bitterly.

And, not to be rude, but I know I can't stand to even look at those few people (and demons) that actually do still want me around.

"Maybe I could find Rin again." I contemplate. It was a nice idea, and Sesshomaru would provide protection. Although Sesshomaru tries to hide it, it was quite obvious that he viewed his ward as more of a surrogate daughter. I just hope I could find them.

I had been wandering for a while when I felt it.

An ominous aura.

Without thinking twice about it I take off at a dead sprint towards the aura. My gut was telling me that I would be needed, and if growing up in the slayers' village has taught me anything, it was to always trust your gut. So I let myself feel numb to the grief around me as I ran towards what I knew would be a blood bath.

I just hope that I'll get there in time.

A/N I'm pretty sure you guys are probably use to all the late updates, and I'm truly sorry! It's just because it turns out that we're doing a lot more traveling than I first assumed :S Hope you liked it!