Well I am back and you all know I don't own Inuyasha. So I have three nice long chapters for all you lovely readers. Alright so just want you all to know this is what happens when I lose my train of thought. I had planned something different, but I forgot what it was. But don't feel lost everything is slowly clearing itself up. I hope everyone still enjoys. Second author's yay...not.

The Yōkai Child

It was only a dream/Empty Villages part two

Kagome had woken to her inner world and started to look around. She had no idea where she was but it was full of buildings and other thing from her time. When she suddenly dropped in to an unseen hole. She fell into the uncaring blackness landing hard on her feet. The impact made her fall to her knees, a small cry escaped her mouth. A hard laugh echoed around her as the blackness shook. The sounds of rock coming down made her throw her hands over her head. The sound of metal scrapping along a chalk board met her ears. She tried in vain to keep it out as the sound slowly stopped.

"Weak! How did I end up with this weak welp as my container!" A male voice roar in the darkness. Making the shadows dance.

"Don't scare her away you brute we can finally talk with her." a calm song-like voice stated, as the other voice grumbles.

'Who are you?' Kagome voices after what seems like forever. It is weak compared to theirs. Suddenly she feels a pair of eyes on her. The feeling of being eaten by the unknown voice scared her.

"Child what do you know of the Black Inu?" the calm one asked her. She felt a calm come over her.

"Nothing." she stated it so bluntly the angry voice barked out a laugh.

"See I told didn't I that miko did something to our body when she shoved that horrible little pink thing in her." the male voice stated.

"Or it could be that our constant death stops!" the calm voice growls back at him.

Suddenly the shadow grew and contracted in size till suddenly it exploded. Kagome flew back in to the wall, she slammed into hard. Making her see stars as she tried to regain where she was. That is when she noticed it, a tiny black pup with blue eyes.

"Dame it you ruined it now she can see our pitiful form!" the angry voice growled in frustration. "This body is so utterly undevloped I want to die in shame."

"Oh stop your bellyaching. Child you will wake now till another time." the voice said soothing before a loud child voice cried.

"KAGOME!" she bolted awake only to find she was moving. Still foggy with sleep she tried to find Shippo.

"Shippo?" she said sleepily.

"Keh why is it I have to drag this human back to Kikyo." Inuyasha complained as the girl started to move. "Hey stop moving around already!" he growled and dug a claw into her lower leg. This woke her up, and she seen the hair which made her freak out. This made her shift only part way, as she grew claws and escaped his grasp.

He noted the girl with a strange look. He was not expecting her to have claws, or the strength to get out of his grasp so easy. So now he was forced to drag her back the hard way which he didn't mind. But right now he would have taken the easy way. She howled out something he could not understand. But it made him back away she moved closer.

"Well this will have to do." he said flexing his claws as he started to run back the way he had come.

For and hour she had followed him taking every chance to hit him. She managed a few deep ones, and many nicks and scratches. When she suddenly stopped sniffed and turned around and went back the way she had come. As he chased her back down he lost her. As only a little purple light the size of a firefly was all he could see in the forest.

Shippo had been hurt by the hanyo that took the sleeping Kagome. He had waited for over two hours next to the fire pit they had made the night before. Suddenly a cold wind blew causeing him to shiver, but it didn't stop. As a single tear slipped down his face. He didn't want to admit it but he really liked Kagome. Even if she lost herself when she tranceformed. A warm hand touched his shoulder.

"What happened Shippo?" Kagome asked as she was tackled to the ground.

"Your back!" he said letting tears of joy fall do his face. "I thought...that mean...old hanyo took...you away for good." Shippo managed between sobs. Kagome smiled and just rubbed his back till he settled down.

They finally managed to get to the next small village. Sadly it too was empty only the blood covering the huts showed that anything had once lived there. As they exited the village they had spotted a sign to a hot spring. Not passing the chance up for a bath Kagome followed the well-worn path.

Shippo had ditched his clothing and jumped straight into the naturally warm water. Kagome soon followed the little kitsune in to the healing waters. She let out a sigh and closed her eyes letting all the stress from the past few weeks drift away.