The mumbles of the villagers didn't fall on death ears. Kagome could hear each one as they questioned wither or not this was really the exterminator. Akira was the first to speak.

"I set out to find the demon slayer, Sango. But I bought back someone better." She said, earning the gaze of several of the villagers. "Her name is Kagome, and she is here to pacify, not kill, the hanyou spirit."

Murmurs filled t he crowd. "Do you really think it will work?" A woman called out. Kagome nodded her head without hesitation. "I believe I can put the spirit at ease."

An abrupt roar filled the crowd that consisted of cheers and shouts. Game felt herself feeling better as the day went on, a feeling of anxiety was sitting itself in the back row of her mind, just reminding her that disappointment was never too far away.

She sighed once again as the crowd dispersed and headed for their homes. She looked up to her right slightly to see in which direction Akira was looking, she found her looking off into the woods, almost like she was wondering how long it would be before the same old sad song began.

Kagome herself began walking off towards the path that would lead her deep into the woods. She stopped at the border, looking around for a spot to sit. Finding a clean cut stump, she seated herself, staring strait out into the woods. Every few minutes she would close her eyes sensing around her. But every time she would only be able to sense Akira sitting in some near-by tree.

The hanyou herself watched patiently from a small distance. She was amazed at the dedication the miko showed to finding the other hanyou, hidden in the forest. She herself could never really sit still for that long, she'd lose her mind!

Even now, she would shift and fiddle every now and then, each time making sure not to disturb Kagome in any way she could possibly avoid.

After what seemed like an entire seven hours, Kagome looked up into Akira's spot, seeing the hanyou had fallen asleep, she sighed, shrugging slightly she stood, and paced into the darkness of the woods.

She was no more than fifty feet in before she turned around and realized that she couldn't see a single light from the village she had just left. Closing her eyes again and tried to sense around her. She found that the village was to her west, and another presence was to her immediate left.

She took a few of silent steps towards what she felt to be there. Prying back a tree limp she found a small open field bathed in complete moon light. It was then she realized that she had passed through a spell barrier when she had left the village.

Looking around it she found a small stream and another hanyou sitting at it. He was looking up into the moon, the two dog ears that were on the back of his head almost made Kagome rush him, but she held her spot, watching as a small shivered rocked the body before her.

There was a brief howl, before a sweet voice filled the air around her, for a moment she couldn't believe it was coming from the hanyou in front of her. In all the years she had known him, she had never caught him singing.

"It's always night, during my day. I can feel you anymore. You're presence is no longer with me, and I feel so alone. And as I look all around me, I think that I'll find you. But I know you're gone forever, and there's nothing I can do…" Kagome held her breath as the pause. Had she been found?

She had found that she had closed her eyes during the middle of the verse, when she opened it should found herself staring at a pair of bare feet.

"What do you think you're doing spying on me… you're from that village aren't you? Why won't you people leave me alone!"

Kagome took a step back, looking up into his face. Kagome felt her breath hitch again.

It really is him! She thought, passing out.

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Kagome found herself back on the edge of the village with Akira shaking her. "Hey, you ok? Oh man, wake up! That slayer friend of yours will have my hide if anything happens to you!"

Kagome shook her body out of its sleep, a giant grin on her face.

"Oh, god. You're grinning! That wasn't funny!" Akira growled at the miko.

"This has to be the best day I've had in years…" Kagome whispered, only earning a confused look from the cat hanyou.

"Wha… did you hit your head?"

"No… You feel asleep and I walked into the forest a little bit. I found him…"

"You found him? Where is he?"

Kagome got onto her feet, and began walking in the same direction she had before. She walked with ease, while Akira seemed to fidget and eventually stop walking all together.

"Something wrong?"

"I cannot go any further. There is a barrier here…" Akira looked around her in all directions, trying to see if she could find a way around it.

"Looks like you're the only one allowed into it. Come on, lets head back. It's really late."

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A/N: Hey guys, sorry this is so short after such a long period of no activity. I'm just doing some planning for later on in this is really nothing more than foreshadowing and filling. I promise - the next update will be much, much bigger than this.

Song Clip: Everything Short of Nothing - Shinjitsu No Uta