~Chapter 1~ "Here child," Kaede's calm and soothing voice rang, as she handed a bowl of misu soup over. "Do not allow what young Inuyasha do, to cause your spirit such an unrest. He shall see what he has one day, but until then, do not allow him to effect you so." Forcing a smile, Kagome nodded and accepted the food. Shooting a look towards Miroku, Sango raised an eyebrow. "Uh...Maybe a day at Sano Village would help." He calmly replied. "I heard that their baths and lavish springs could heal anything. Maybe you should go and give it a try...What do you say, Kagome?" "I don't know...I might as well go home and..." "What if I go with you?" Sango voiced. "We can do each other's backs and gossip as you do in your time, with your other friends." Sighing, she slowly came to her feet. "I guess that'll be okay then." Turning and grabbing her bow and arrows, she moved towards the exit. "I'm going out for a walk...don't wait up." Watching as she left, Kaede frowned. "I fear that we are losing her, to her heartache Inuyahsa is causing. With each growing day, she is becoming more and more with drawn and sheltering her feelings." "What can we do then?" Sango asked, placing her now empty bowl on the floor. "I do not know my dear, but something needs to be done and done soon. She will slowly become so with drawn that no one nor nothing can help her." Slurping the remaining of his soup, Shippo licked his lips. "Then why don't we find Kagome someone who she can mate...I mean marry?" Miroku sighed. "I wish that it was that easy, but I fear that it is not. For Kagome needs someone that completes her and sees her." "So Kouga's out then." He nodded. "He only wants Kagome for her ability to see the jewel shards and she needs more than that." Pulling Kilala in her lap and running her fingers through her fur, Sango couldn't agree more. "And don't forget, who ever she is to be courted by, must not compare her spiritual power or her looks to..." "Do not dwell on it." Kaede replied, fixing the smiling kitsune another bowl of soup. "Kagome must find this person on her own, this is not our job. For now, all we can do is sit back and make sure that she does not fall into herself." Looking out the window of her hut, she stared up at the cresent moon and smiled. "I feel there is a change that shall become her soon. So allow her the space she needs. For she will soon walk a new path and the future shall be altered, forever." Exchanging confused looks, the three returned to their nightly duties. ******************************** Walking along the stone path that wound around Inuyasha's Forest, Kagome found herself hesitant to enter it. What if she ran into Inuyasha and Kikyo, again? Knowing her and her luck, she would do just that. Sighing and turning around, she heard a growl from somewhere within. Closing her eyes and making move to return to the hut, her human ears heard something that chilled her to the bone. "Mi..ko...help...me..." A female's broken voice whispered, on the breeze. Eyes wide as saucers, Kagome soon found her feet slowly following the stone path before her. ******************************** Seeing Shippo to sleep, Sango eyed the empty room. Quickly coming to her feet, she rushed out towards the adjacent one. Finding only Miroku, she knelt beside him and gave him a shake. "Come on...Wake up, monk." Rolling over and glimpsing her worry sketched face, he sat up. "What's wrong?" "Kagome didn't come back. I think something happened." Wiping the sleep out his eye, he looked towards the window at his left. "Dawns approaching..." He mumbled, fixing his robes and standing. "Where's Kaede?" "In her room sleep...I didn't want to wake her, seeing that she has a long day ahead. She's helping Miyu give birth at noon." "Okay...Let's go find Kagome." Nodding, both grabbed their weapons and made for the forest. ********************************* Feeling the breeze become more harsher on her, Kagome gave pause. Looking about her surroundings that should have been with rich green grass, flowers, tall bushy trees, she found all frozen. Ice was all about the trees, creating icesickles, while the ground mirrored a frozen pond that held a small crater of melting ice. Releasing a breath, she slowly approached it. Spotting the figure within it, her breath caught. There in the crater laid a small and pale female, barely breathing. Her clothing was in shreds, as bruises and small cuts littered her arms. But the most weirdest thing, was her blood. It was wasn't red. Kneeling beside her, Kagome hesitantly reached out to brush her dark blue hair out her face, when a cold hand clasped her wrist. "Help...me..." Finding white eyes staring in brown, she suddenly found her throat dry. "I...how?" "I am...Princess...Inca, of Gin-hew...I have come to...deliver... messege to...west...ern lord..." "...Sesshoumaru..." She nodded. "I need you to...give it...to him..." Turning her head and coughing, light blue liquid fell from her quivering lips. "Inca! I need to treat your wounds and..." "No, miko...there is...no time." Slowly stitting up, she unclipped her necklace and held it out. "You must go to...western lord. When he sees...this, he will...know wha...what to do...But I must ask you...a final request...for I am...soon to pass over." Accepting the necklace, Kagome nodded. "Anything." Smiling, she ran her hand through her onyx hair. Allowing it to rest on her shoulder, Inca sighed. "I cannot aid the...western lord...and one who is...of the water element...can activate the...necklace's true power...Will you...aid the west...ern lord?" Gasping, Kagome found a certain red clad hanyou in her thoughts. "Do not allow...yourself to hurt, any longer...miko...for you are one of...grace...smarts....beauty and...tremendous power...Give your being to...me and you shall...hurt no more." Lost in her eyes of the darkest shade of ocean blue, she nodded. Pleased, Inca placed her hand over her heart. "Then I give you...my essense of water." Gasping and feeling the most purest of youkai that she ever witness, caress her skin, Kagome found herself shaking. "The cold shall pass...miko..." Inca lowly replied, as all her color started to leave her. "I thank you, miko...now I shall finally...rest." And with that, she turned into a puddle water that soon joined the mass of blue beneath the two. Looking down at it, Kagome made to move, but soon found darkness edging her sight. Unable to fight it, she collapsed within the ice cold liquid. ********************************** Yeah I know that this chaper seems abit out there, but tell me what you think. Inugoddesschild