[A/N] I have a block and slowly working my way thru it so thank you for being patience. Heres chapter 9 and let me know if there are problems I missed.

Kagome stepped off the final step of the shrine. Training with Sango definitely help build her body, both physically and mentally, but nothing could prepare her for the 100 step climb to search her mentor. Kaede was like a grandmother to her, and she would know exactly how Kagome could get back at the cheating bastard she was trying to divorce.

Under the Goshinboku, was an elderly woman meditating in miko garbs. Her eyes were closed, breathing lightly. It appeared that she might be sleeping. Kagome moved towards her to shake her gently. Kagome was inches away from her when she head, "Welcome child. It has been a while since you visited this old woman." Kagome screamed from shock and surprised and jumped back. Panting, she covered her heart with her hand and laughed.

"Kami, Kaede, you scored be half to death." The older woman chuckled and stood from the grand. "I'm sorry, but I couldn't resist. I can see you are troubled. So let's get tea and tell me about your problem." Kaede turned and walked to the house with Kagome following behind her.

Hours were spent discussing the part, present, and the future when she left the shrine, she had the perfect idea and the conversation helped.

"I need to get back at him. He hurt me entirely too much to be let go.'

"Physically revenge isn't the way to go with Inuyasha. He is stronger no more what training you do. He was your husband and your feelings will get in the way."

"But I want to hurt him as badly as he hurt me."

"If that's the case, then go after something means more than anything else."

Kagome thought for a second and it came to her.

"HIS COMPANY!"

Inuyasha sat up in bed watching Kikyo take light breaths in her sleep. He moved a strand of hair out of her face and kissed her cheek. How that got this point was nothing to be proud of but he wouldn't exchange her for anything. Not even his wife, who had disappeared from the face of the earth. There were times he missed Kagome's cheerful attitude or her bubbly personality. But those thoughts were quickly overruled by the vixen lying in bed next to him. If he ever looked depressed or down, Kikyo found a way to make him feel better. Mainly, those ways were sexually but he wasn't one to complain.

Now that she was asleep, Inuyasha had to time reflect over the past 6 months. His mind automatically went to the fight he had with Sesshomaru. Looking down, Inuyasha stared at the crescent shaped marks trailing up his arms. He could forever have the marks of the battle on his body. The memory was still vivid in his mind. He was lucky to have made it out the field alive.

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Inuyasha held his side to stop the bleeding. He always had fun pushing Sesshomaru's buttons but he had never gotten this angry before. Sure, they had their fights and a majority lead to violence but this was a whole new level the Inuyasha wished he had never discovered. Sesshomaru stood before him with a wild, almost beastly look upon his face. 'His Beast! He's going to unleash his Beast!' Inuyasha exclaim mentally. He sighed and tried to prepare himself for death.

Sesshomaru was the strongest demon there was in his humanoid form and Inuyasha was already close to unconsciousness. With his beast taking over, death was inescapable. He closed his eyes and said a silent prayer to kami and opened them again. He saw Sesshomaru smirk and knew that this was the end. Bracing himself, Inuyasha stared at his brother waiting for the attack. Sesshomaru took a step forward then stopped. He held his head up and sniffed the air. Suddenly, the bright red burning aura around Sesshomaru changed to a dull blue. Sesshomaru turned to Inuyasha and said, "We are done for now ungrateful hanyou," and he walked out of the clearing.

Inuyasha breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed to the ground. His body was finally calling it quits and decided to let it have its way. However, before letting himself slip into darkness, he called the one person that would help him no matter what was happening. The one woman he loved the most in the world. He pulled out his cellphone, which he was glad hadn't been destroyed and made a call.

"Hello?"

"Kikyo, I need your help."

"Inuyasha? What's wrong?"

"I don't have much time, just come the giant park by your apartment and walk to the clearing"

He then shut his phone and feel into unconsciousness. That's how Kikyo found him. Laying on the ground in a puddle of his own blood and a crater created by his own body.

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Inuyasha turned back to Kikyo and smiled to himself. Kagome be damned. He had the woman he wanted and he wouldn't give her up just because his wife felt betrayed. Besides, she is his wife. He hadn't seen her in 6 months but he didn't sign those damn papers. He has a wife and a girlfriend. He can have them both and that's what he was going to do.

Inuyasha looked at the watch on his wrist and decided it was time to pay the bastard big brother a visit. Today was the 6 month anniversary of that infamous beat down and it was time to see what else the bastard had coming his way.

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