Okay, that took forever again ... gomen no ... I have to write some stupid papers right now ... * sigh * I hate it. Not to forget my music presentation (has anyone ever had the subject Lord of the Rings? A lot of work, but also really cool ^^)

In any case, now it’s finally going on. As promised, now comes the second part of chapter 8 - another encounter that has already been puzzled over a lot, as well as why everyone is behaving so strangely ... I can only tell you the latter in the next chapter or the next but one, the former comes now - nothing, I won't tell you before you read it! XD (Note: it has become two more chapters ... how do I always do it ?? ^^)

So, get on your socks and write clerks if you want to move on quickly ^^.

More and more often I get inquiries whether I can't write ENS / PNs when a new chapter is on. Anyone interested?(are you crazy aye ?? XD)

I dedicate the little Pitelchen to my little Aki ... it's a shame that I have so little time, I hereby apologize to you! I also dedicate it to Lena, who diligently lends me her manga ... * schnorr *; ), read this version first and ALWAYS write me very dear clerks * knuff *. Also Maliki-chan, because she always writes such nice clerks to me * g * You see, I am corruptible. A big thank you also to Hoteipneth (definitely misspelled * ashamed *) for the encouraging criticism and praise. Because I always need someone who helps me if I think again that I have just made crap, but who still remains honest and says what I'm doing wrong.

Well, I don't talk longer ... schittebön ^^:

Chapter 8 - Where is Kagome?

Kirara moved powerfully through the air. Kagome practically enjoyed the flight, felt the limbs and muscles of the big cat beneath him, felt the warmth.For a girl from modern times, riding a demon is something special, even if she has done it quite often. Despite the relaxed silence that reigned so far above the ground, despite the sunshine and the warmth of the air, the girl shivered a little. Kirara might be acting normally at the moment, but she couldn't forget what had happened less than 15 minutes before. What was the reason for the strange behavior of Sango's demon cat? And why was Sesshoumaru - in the company of Rin and that stupid toad youkai - hanging around the Inuyasha area?

Kirara suddenly snorted softly. Kagome perked up but couldn't hear or see anything. After all, they soon arrived in Kaede's village, where the small group around Inuyasha, who was still looking for the fragments of Shiko no Tama, always stopped when Kagome was in their time, the modern age. From a distance she could see the fields that glittered in the sun, and soon afterwards also the inhabitants of the village who were working in the rice fields in this fine weather, cutting wood or doing repair work on village buildings.What a peaceful, beautiful picture. Every time the modern girl thought about what Naraku would do with the world today if he could get the jewel of the four souls completely into his hands and thereby become a complete demon, a pang went through her and she felt icy Shivers run down her spine. ° Sometimes I wonder if it's all in vain. It is certainly not, I'm mostly sure of that, but more and more I have doubts whether we can do anything at all against someone like Naraku, against someone so bad. Sure, Inuyasha is strong, and Naraku has many other strong enemies, such as Sesshoumaru, but with as many shards of jewels as he now possesses, he is more powerful than ever. In addition, Kohaku is still under his control, which causes poor Sango such pain. I don't know what I would do if Naraku took advantage of my brother Souta as he does with Kohaku. °Kagome sighed softly. Her friend was strong and rarely let it be seen how deeply it went to her heart that her own brother did not even recognize her and killed other people on behalf of Naraku. As always, when she thought of the evil in this half-demon, she was filled with anger. Not exactly hate, although her feelings towards Naraku were pretty close. Rather, she thought of a kind of revenge and purification for all the baseless bad and deeply evil that he had done and committed. ° Never, ° she vowed, ° he will never get the whole jewel. ° She instinctively felt for the splinter that was hanging on a chain around her neck and clasped it tightly with her right hand. ° If Naraku gets his hands on this splinter, it will probably have happened to the world ... We have to prevent it! ° A powerful wave shot through her body, something like an adrenaline rush. She continued to clench her fist around the splinter. Naraku's weapons were resentment, envy, hatred, malice and that he could awaken evil in people / demons while their trust waned.This is how he had done it with Inuyasha and Kikyo, this is how he did it with Sango and Kohaku, this is how he would try to do bad things to many living beings. They couldn't let that happen. The more Kagome repeated this in her mind, the more courage she regained. Naraku might try to discourage her and her friends, to weaken them, but they would never allow themselves to be suppressed and would always take up the fight against him. Joy developed in her heart and the knowledge that her Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, Shippo and, last but not least, Kirara were always there for her - and vice versa. The girl leaned low to the Demon Cat's ears. “Come on, Kirara!” The animal gave a growl that did not mean threat but approval and flew a little faster. They soon landed in front of Kaede's hut in the small village. The villagers were not at all surprised by the appearance of a huge cat and a young woman in clothes that were strange to them, but only greeted them in a friendly manner.After all, they knew the strange group that was often stationed in their village and that consisted of a strange mixture of humans, half-demons and demons: Miroku, a slightly perverted monk with strong spiritual powers, Sango, an extremely strong demon hunter and her pet Demon Kirara, the demon child Shippo, who could hardly hurt a fly, the often sullen and slightly quick-tempered half-demon Inuyasha, who was undoubtedly very strong and also dangerous, but still helped people, and not least this girl from a supposedly different time , which was a miko and the rebirth of the priestess Kikyo, Kaede's sister, who was violently killed 50 years ago, young and beautiful, due to sad circumstances.

Kagome slipped from Kirara's back and stepped into Kaede's small, dark, but nevertheless cozy hut. "Hello you!", She smiled around.

“Kagome-chan!” “Kagome-sama! You're back!"Sango and Miroku were visibly happy to see them." Just in time, Kagome-chan ... ", said Sango, the demon hunter, who held her bone boomerang on her lap and polished it with a cloth. The young one, a little first, but nevertheless extremely pretty woman mostly stayed in the background and was more calm in character than the other group members, but was just as her husband in fights (* g * uh ... is that possible ??) as the others.The grief for Kohaku made her helpless , because she loved her brother idolatrously - he was the only survivor in her family - but her character was very strong and mostly calm and sensible. Sango actually wanted to go on talking to Kagome, but had to laugh as Shippo, the little fox demon, Kagome almost jumped over. "Kagome !!! You are back! Inuyasha was nasty to me the whole time ... "It went on like this for a while, while he snuggled close to Kagome to show her how much he had missed her.Kagome laughed, but at the same time turned around searchingly. "Where's Inuyasha? I can't see him anywhere."

Miroku answered in his calm, unobtrusive voice, which sounded deceptively harmless and did not actually suggest that he liked to get closer to pretty women ... well, let's say. He was just a woman lover ... which often brought him a painful, red handprint on his cheek, which Sango liked to give him when he got too close to her and, for example, had been too busy with her bottom:

"Inuyasha is outside. He's been very irritable the last few days, Kagome-sama. He's probably sitting on his favorite tree and counting the hours until you come back." Miroku smiled and Shippo and Sango smiled knowingly too.

Without her wanting to, Kagome felt a blush stinging on her cheeks. In order to distract from the topic, which was a bit uncomfortable for her, she wanted to quickly tell about Kirara's strange behavior at the well, as well as about the appearance of Sesshoumaru, but was stopped because the curtain in front of the door of the small hut parted and one extremely grumpy Hanyou came stomping into the room.When he saw Kagome, his eyes narrowed a little and he only growled a rather unfriendly and impatient "finally" into the room. Kagome wasn't just disappointed - she was pissed off. Not a nice word at all, no greeting, not even a friendly look was left for her. Inuyasha, who once again did not notice the approaching thunderstorm, hardly looked at Kagome anymore and was more interested in the contents of her backpack, which she had left at the entrance.

The girl from modern times slowly began to simmer. When the half-demon began greedily in her backpack to rummage for ramen without paying attention to the neatly packed school books - he just threw them randomly in the corner - she had to hold her tight, not him with a loud "Osuwari! " to be carried to earth. ° Take it easy, Kagome, take it easy ... You are just back, don't start arguing again ... ° she tried to calm herself down.Inuyasha wasn't finished yet.

"Keh! You didn't even bring anything to eat!" He seemed blind to Kagome's change of mood. Sango, Miroku and Shippo, who knew exactly what this was going to be, ducked their heads. They knew the process.

Kagome was still struggling with herself. She rarely had the kind of self-control she had at the moment. However, at some point, all else fails. And hers tore when the Hanyou just