The sun slowly rose to the sky shining a bright stream of light through Inuyasha's window. He slowly rubbed his eyes feeling the light wake him up. He looked down to still find Kagome sleeping in his arms. Not wanting to wake her, he slowly moved her to her side of the bed while keeping her body covered but the blanket fell off her shoulder and he noticed the several bruises on her arms. He frowned as he noticed how bad they looked.

"How did I not notice them before? Probably couldn't tell in the dark." he said to himself as he moved the blanket down a little more slowly to keep from waking her. "Who did this to her? Whoever did this is going to fuckin' pay." he said to himself glaring at her marks angrily. He covered her back up and got up from the futon. He left the room and slid open the door to Inuome's room. He peeked through to find her still sleeping and slowly closed it. He began to walk towards the fire pit and stopped when he felt someone following him.

"Good morning." said Kagome as she hugged him from behind and rested her head on his back.

"Morning." said Inuyasha as he turned around and planted a small kiss on her lips. They parted slowly and she noticed the look on his face.

"Looks like someone's not a morning person anymore. Why the long face?" asked Kagome teasingly.

"Who touched you?" asked Inuyasha as he stared deep into her eyes. She could sense his frustration which made her uneasy. She started to bite her bottom lip which always gave away that she was nervous.

"What are you talking about?" asked Kagome acting as though she didn't know what he was talking about.

"Feh, you know what I'm talking about wench." said Inuyasha as he gently grabbed her arm, fearing he'd hurt her, and pointed out the bruises to her.

"I really don't want to talk about it right now. I prefer not to remember it." said Kagome as she looked away and released her arm from his hold.

"Kagome…" he said feeling his patience abandoning him. "Tell me who touched you now, if you don't I'm going to hunt that fuckin bastard down until I find him." said Inuyasha through clenched teeth. He roughly grabbed her arm which forced her to look at him.

"Please Inuyasha not right now…" begged Kagome as she looked away from him while trying to free herself from his grasp. This was the last thing she wanted to talk about. She thought she finally had put her past behind her but for some reason it caught back up with her.

"Tell…" said Inuyasha but a small voice behind them cut him off.

"Mommy, daddy…I'm hungwy." said Inuome as she rubbed her sleepy eyes. She blinked her eyes a couple times then she smiled up at her parents. Inuyasha slowly leaned into Kagome and whispered in her ear.

"We'll talk about it later…" said Inuyasha as he went over to pick up Inuome and took her to the fire pit. Kagome rolled her eyes then went straight to the fire pit to start cooking.

Once they finished eating she went through her bag that she brought along with her from the modern era and grabbed a brush and a couple of hair pins and began to do Inuome's hair. There was a dead silence in the room as she brushed and pinned Inuome's hair. She felt his gaze on her though she didn't dare to look at him. Once she was done Inuome ran off outside which left Inuyasha and Kagome alone.

"Inuyasha, I've been meaning to tell you the real reason why I came here." said Kagome as she kept her gaze on the floor.

"What's wrong?" asked Inuyasha with concern as he walked closer to Kagome. She felt his mood change for the better so she mustered the courage to look at him.

"Something's been going on with Inuome, she's been getting sick lately. It's been getting worse every time to where the last time she got sick she fell unconscious and it scared me to no end." said Kagome with worry lingering in her eyes. She felt her eyes begin to water as she pictured the incident that happened just the other day.

"What do you mean by sick?"

"Sick to where she's losing control over her demon side Inuyasha…Souta told me that you're the only one who can help her." said Kagome as she looked at him desperately.

"I don't know how I can help but maybe Myoga knows what to do. So lets go?" said Inuyasha as he headed towards the door.

"Ok…wait! Let me get ready." said Kagome as she quickly went through her bag. Inuyasha rolled his eyes, crossed his arms, and leaned against the doorway waiting for her to get ready. Inuome ran back in wondering why her parents were taking so long to come out.

"Mommy huwy up!" yelled the little one as she crossed her arms and leaned against the other side of the doorway, mimicking her father.

"Ok, ok. Geez, it's bad enough I have one impatient person in my life and now I have to deal with two?!" said Kagome as she approached them.

"Keh, whatever just come on." said Inuyasha as he grabbed Inuome's hand. Kagome did the same as she grabbed her daughter's free hand heading towards Miroku's hut.

As they were walking through the forest hand in hand with Inuome humming a tune happily they felt somewhat uneasy. Inuyasha looked around observing the area as they continued walking then a scent hit his nose which caused him to turn his head quickly. "That scent…it can't be". Kagome noticed his sudden reaction and stopped walking.

"What is it?" asked Kagome as she kept her gaze on him. There was an awkward silence. It seemed like everything went to a sudden pause as nothing could be heard. Not even the sound of woodland animals that always scurried around were in ears reach. Kagome began to look around waiting for something or someone to come out from their hiding spot. She tightly held on to Inuome's hand.

"Lets keep going." said Inuyasha as he continued to move on.

"Stinky smell, I don't like it." said Inuome as she scrunched her nose smelling the same scent Inuyasha did. Inuyasha continued to sniff around again then his eyes shot open. "It is…". Thought Inuyasha as he suddenly became very aware of his surroundings.

"We have to get out of here, NOW. Kagome get on my back." said Inuyasha as he squatted down positioning himself for Kagome to get on. Without hesitation she quickly got on his back while Inuyasha held onto Inuome while she securely wrapped her arms around his neck. Once he knew they were both secure he sped off not noticing that they barely missed a soul collector that lingered where they were standing.

Back in modern Japan…

"Aren't you a little too old to be playing video games dear?" said Himiko as she walked into the kitchen and opened the cabinets under the sink.

"No way mom. Seriously, I'm only 17." said Souta keeping his gaze on the tv; pressing buttons on the controller at lightening speed. She only shrugged her shoulders as she got down on her knees to clean later realizing she forgot the items to clean with.

"Oh Souta can you hand me that wash cloth over there honey?" said Himiko. Souta unglued his eyes from his video game and looked around spotting the wash cloth. He quickly paused the game and ran to give his mother the wash cloth and jumped back on the couch and continued to play.

After that, all you could hear was the clanking of pots and the beeping sounds of the video game as Himiko moved some pots aside to continue cleaning. She began to hum to herself to tune out the sounds coming from the tv but stopped when she heard a knock on the door.

"Souta can you get that dear?" said Himiko from under the sink. Souta rolled his eyes and paused the game. The knocks started to become louder and more frequent as he took his time getting to the door.

"I'm coming, hold on!" yelled Souta as he began to get annoyed with the person at the other side of the door. He unlocked the door and opened it only to be almost pushed aside by an annoyed Hojo.

"Where's Kagome?" asked Hojo with annoyance evident in his eyes. Souta looked at him annoyed with Hojo's rude entrance.

"She's not here, she's…" started Souta rudely at the man that he hates to no end but was cut off by his mother.

"Oh hello Hojo, how are you?" said Himiko as she approached the disgruntled man with her infamous smile.

"I haven't seen Kagome in almost two days. The last time I saw her she said she was going to be here with you. Where is she?" said Hojo as he kept his serious look at Himiko.

"Oh she went over to a friends house, she should be back tomorrow though. She said that she just needed sometime to herself with Inuome." she said as she kept her smile on her face ignoring his rudeness. He felt his blood begin to boil as his frustration started to really get to him. He was about to say something but was interrupted.

"Yea, she's where she needs and deserves to be right now so you don't have anything to worry about, she'll be back." said Souta as he got closer to Hojo blocking him from his mother. Hojo clenched his fists tightly in anger but then suddenly his eyes went soft and a small smile crept on his face analyzing what the boy just said.

"Thank you, I'm glad to know she's safe. I'll be back tomorrow to pick her up." with that said he made his way out the door to his car and drove off. Souta watched him leave then closed the door behind him as he saw him speed off.

"Damn I hate that guy." said Souta to himself as he went back to his video game not knowing that a car pulled up discreetly under a tree and a man coming out of it heading towards the small den that contained the portal to the past.

"This has to be it." said Hojo as he stared down into the empty well.

"Now…how does it work? I think she told me that all she had to do was jump in but wouldn't I just hit the bottom?" said Hojo to himself as he examined the well. He sat down on it as he began to debate to himself in his head whether or not he should do it. He then took a deep breath as he convinced himself that he had to do it.

"You're mine Kagome and I'm not gonna let any demon looking freak take you away from me." said Hojo evilly gripping the ends of the well before jumping in. He gasped as purple and blue lights suddenly surrounded him. Once everything became clear again he noticed that he was on ground again. He looked up while shielding his eyes from the sun making sure everything was normal. When everything seemed okay; he pulled himself out of the well and examined his surroundings. He knew he was definitely not in modern Tokyo as he noticed nothing but trees from where he was standing when before it was a den.

"Now where are you baby?" said Hojo as he began to walk towards the forest but stopped when he saw something float from behind one tree to another.

"Who's there?" said Hojo nervously backing up towards the well. There was nothing but silence as he waited for an answer. He turned his head to notice something similar to what he saw earlier move behind another tree.

"Who's there? Get away from me, I have a gun." said Hojo as he stuck his hand in his pocket pretending to have a weapon. He continued to walk backwards but didn't notice the rock protruding from the ground and fell flat on his back. The next thing he knew there was a beautiful woman standing above him with a bow and arrow pointed directly at his face. On instant he put his hands up in defeat but looked strangely at the woman once her face came into full view.

"Who are you intruder?" said the woman as she kept her intent gaze on him, looking non too friendly.

"Kagome?" said Hojo confused as her resemblance to his wife shocked him.

Okay everyone that's it for now. Sorry for the loooooooooooooong update. Hope yall forgive me.