*Announcement! Sadly, when I started this, I was on spring break. Now that school is back in session, I can't post chapters as often or as early as I want to. Tear. Oh, and I'd like to thank those who are following me: Emris Nightray (yeah, remember them?), Mew'seowm, and OreoFresa. Last thing: I used Emris's suggestion for a name. The main antagonist of the fanfic "Negative Image" (coming soon?) is going to be named Zero. Thank's so much!*

"He's transformed!" Shippo said from Miroku's shoulder. Yes, it was true. InuYasha was a full demon, fire rat robe and all. And to make matters worse, Masao was becoming insane again.

"Yomi!" he shouted. "Do something!"

"Me?" she said pointing to herself.

"You're her reincarnation!" he said leaning on Sango for support. "You should be able to calm him down!" Yomi blinked stupidly. What could she do? She's been in this world for two days, and she's been relying on Masao and InuYasha for a lot of things. Meanwhile, InuYasha lunged at Kagome and attempted to strike with his claws. Missed. Again. Miss. Again? Miss! Something was holding him back, but what?

"Masao!" Yomi grabbed his shoulders, but he didn't look insane. He looked scared, but more hurt. His eyes weren't as wild as they were before. But she didn't think about it for long. He faded away and she was in darkness.

"What? Hello?!" she shouted, but no one answered. She tried to take a step forward, but the instant she did, a wall of flames shot up in front of her. Flames! She was being burned! There wasn't any pain, but she screamed anyway. And just as suddenly as it appeared, the fire was gone. In front of her was a young boy. Demon InuYasha? No, impossible. This boy couldn't be older than six. Plus, his eyes were gold, not red. She couldn't help but feel that with his long silver hair and dog ears, he looked like a cute stuffed animal.

"Mother!" he said frowning. "How come the other kids won't play with me?"

"Um," Yomi stuttered. "'Mother?'"

"Have you forgotten me?" the boy asked. He came closer and Yomi bent down. She smiled. He was sad, but he also looked so cute! "You're the reincarnation of my mother!" Yomi blinked. A woman, who reminded her of snow white with her pale skin and dark hair, came in out of nowhere.

"You shouldn't expect her to remember her past life," the lady said. "Not many people do. After all, I hold her memories. Yomi took a step back. "Don't be afraid," the woman told her. "I am what you were, in your own time, seven hundred or so years ago."

"What?" Yomi said.

"I am a fragment of your soul that has stayed to look after my son," the lady continued. "It seems he's under a spell. Poor InuYasha."

"Wait," Yomi said holding out her hand to tell her to stop. "You mean InuYasha is…" The woman nodded.

"I am Izayoi," she said. She held out her hand. "If you'd like to remember, take my hand. Yomi reluctantly put her hand in Izayoi's, and…

"Come back soon, okay?" young InuYasha called. "Mother?"

Everything had been just as it was when she left. Kagome ordered everyone to run, but they refused. Yomi looked over at her… former son. She remembered holding him as a child. The fear on his face when she was being burned alive. But he wasn't a child any longer. It hurt to see a once innocent kid a full demon with no mind, no soul. She knew what she needed to do.

InuYasha turned his head and saw Yomi. A nice distraction before he killed Kagome. He leapt at Yomi, ready to strike, but she reached out and touched his chest with her hand. His hair instantly darkened, dog ears gone, back in his navy blue school uniform. He was about to collapse, but Yomi put his arm around her shoulder to help him up.

"Thanks," InuYasha said. Yomi smiled, but it quickly faded when she saw who was in front of her. It was Kasumi again. Her right hand now had a snowflake tattoo in red ink.

"Does that Kagome mean more to you than me?" she said sadly. InuYasha raised an eyebrow. He wasn't aware that he turned into a full demon and tried to kill Kagome at Kasumi's will.

"Kasumi, I…" His voice faltered. He didn't know what to say.

"Save it," Kasumi said flatly. Her hair became light blue and solid, like it was made of ice. "You don't love me, so you're just another thing in my way. But before I kill you, let me ask you this: Does the name 'Naraku' ring a bell?" It did. He was a demon who tricked Kikyo into killing InuYasha. But how did he know that? This wasn't the time to dwell on it.

"Yeah," he replied. "I know him."

"You know about his incarnations, right?" Kasumi continued. "Like Kagura and Kanna? You thought they all died when Naraku did, didn't you?" Everyone looked at each other. Another part of Naraku was still alive? InuYasha tore away from Yomi. What was Kasumi leading up to? "I am his final incarnation." What? Kasumi -innocent Kasumi- was evil?

"Oh, and my name isn't really Kasumi," she said. "It's Fuyoko. The Child of Snow." She flicked her tattooed hand and ice shards flew towards InuYasha.

"Hey, Kasumi, stop!" he ordered as everyone else found shelter behind a boulder. He dodged shards, but more kept coming. Then he saw an arrow fly by his head. It hit Kasumi in her side. Where the arrow hit disintegrated into snow, but quickly formed her side again. InuYasha turned to see Kagome with her bow in hand. He didn't know where she got the arrow (probably picked up one she already shot), but at least she stopped Kasumi's –or was it Fuyoko's?- rampage.

"You're so stupid," Kasumi said to Kagome. "My body is made of ice and snow. You can't kill me." Was it hopeless? You can't kill something that can't die. But InuYasha wasn't considering sending her to her grave anyway.

"Kasumi, stop!" InuYasha said. "You said I don't love you, but that's not true!" Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Kagome's hurt face. "I do love you!" Kagome dropped her bow and ran away. InuYasha didn't look at her.

"Hey, Kagome!" Miroku called after her, but she kept going. Kasumi's hair turned dark again. As close to human as she could get. InuYasha saw the smile he hadn't seen in so long.

"Do you mean it?" she said with her hands clasped. "Do you really mean it?" She ran towards him, maybe for a hug (or a kiss?), but right before she reached him…

SLAM! InuYasha did a face-plant. And another. And another. It seemed like Kagome was on a "it" rampage, and it took twenty sits until she stopped.

InuYasha would've rather taken an ice shard to the face than to put Kagome in such a bad mood. He didn't seem Kasumi as evil, even if she was Naraku's incarnation. He brought her along to join the group. While Yomi and Masao welcomed Kasumi happily, the others totally ignored her and blamed InuYasha for putting Kagome over the edge.

"Kagome?" InuYasha said walking into the hut where she sat alone.

"Why do you love her?" she said. InuYasha gulped. There was another "sit" ahead, wasn't there?

"She's pretty, strong, and has been my friend for a while, so…" he said bracing himself.

"Ah," Kagome said simply. "I remember when you said you loved me." She stood up and looked at him. "I've just reached my twenty-third birthday. Kasumi, being a demon, will live forever. You'll live much longer than me, for sure. I'll die quickly. And maybe you'd be happier with her. You belong with another demon, I suppose." She walked quickly out of the hut. This was for the best, right? It's better this way.

No, it's not!

Who's that?

I'm Spirit, as InuYasha calls me. But more importantly, don't let him fall for Fuyoko.

Why? Kagome's die quickly. Kasumi'd live forever.

But if he loves her, he won't become a half-demon again or get his memories back!

What?

He'll only go back to how he was if he loves you again!