I do not own InuYasha (though I certainly wished I did) just the characters and the plot and, of course, the idea. Enjoy! :)

and to my (right now) favorite reviewer;

Shipposmykid: what does Daebak mean? And I can certainly try, but things are kind of hard right now so I won't be getting them out as fast as I would like to. Thanks for the review!.

Anyway! Onto the chapter! xD

Chapter 4

Kaede watched as Sara walked down the hall to breakfast. It's been a week since that night and Sara had been acting like nothing was bothering her. She was worried about her dear friend and it frightened her that Sara wouldn't confide in her or trust her. Even though they just met recently, she felt as if they were already life long friends.

Sara sensed the uneasiness in Kaede's aura and felt her dark chocolate brown eyes piercing her back as they made their way to the school cafeteria. She refused to think of it as a mess hall. That just made it sound disgusting.

"Kureno-chan, what ailes you?" Sara asked, surprising Kaede and making her face go beet red with embarrassment at being caught.

"It's about that night," Kaede mumbled. "Are you sure you're alright, Kioshi-san?"

Sara laughed. She knew that her friend was worried but it shocked her that it took Kaede this long to ask about it. She knew that Kaede was extremely worried and figured the girl would ask her once she was done sleeping but she didn't.

"Yeah," Sara replied with a hidden sigh, "a night like that happens every once in a while."

Kaede raised a delicate eyebrow. She clearly didn't believe her. Sara sighed once more and stopped walking. Kaede walked right into her and bounced off her back landing on her ass with an "oof."

"I'm not ready to talk about why the dreams happen or when they started. When I feel ready," Sara took a deep breath to steady herself, "I'll tell you the story of how they came to exist."

Kaede got up and looked at Sara's back in wonder. She saw that Sara's body was quivering, her sword clattering at her hip, as she realized how much pain this girl really was in.

"I'll be waiting," Kaede gently said, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Until then, allow me to try and keep them away."

Tears fell from Sara's eyes as she turned around and flung her arms around Kaede's small body.

"Uh-huh," she whispered and Kaede returned the hug. She smiled to herself as Sara sobbed on her petite shoulder, her whole body shaking, as Kaede comforted her. Their sweet and tender moment was shattered when an alarm went off all around the school.

"This is a Code Red. All students report to the dungeons. I repeat, this is a Code Red. All students report to the dungeons," a voice over the loud speaker said and Kaede stiffened.

"What's a Code Red!" Sara cried over the loud speaker as Kaede snatched her hand and began to run down the hallway.

"Hostile youkai are on the premises!" Kaede replied as she pulled Sara's sword from her waist and stopped short of the other hallway. Sara paled once she sensed peculiar auras starting to surround them and the school. She clutched at Kaede's hand as youkai appeared before them.

"Give us Kioshi Sara, and we'll let you live," one cackled and Kaede stood protectively in front of her.

"Go to hell!" Kaede cried out defiantly (who knew she could cuss?) and a laugh from behind them caused Sara's blood to freeze in her veins.

"Been there. Done that. You ningens need to learn new come backs," a kitsune-youkai said as he made his way to where the girls could see him. He had fire red hair and forest green eyes. His hair was pulled back into a high ponytail reminding Sara of a fox tail. His outfit was similar to a biker's: a long leather jacket with spikes on the shoulders, black leather riding gloves with spikes on the knuckles, a black t-shirt underneath, low-cut black jeans, and and black leather riding boots that went up to his middle shin.

"Shippo-sama!" the youkai around them said in awe as they bowed at his feet. Shippo? Who's Shippo? Sara wondered as he smiled and motioned for them to get up. Wait, he's the kitsune child that Higurashi Kagome traveled with! Of course!

"Why would you dishonor my ancestor this way?! Higurashi Kagome treated you like you were her own!" Sara demanded and he chuckled lightly.

"I would never dishonor my mother, and for the record," he said with a smirk, " she's not your ancestor, she's your grandmother, Sara-chan."

A little shorter than usual but still good. Dun dun dun! Like the little twist I threw in there? Shippo has appeared! Review and tell me what you think will happen next!