Shippou’s eyes widened with disbelief and terror.

"Ka..ka...Kagome?" His eyes only grew larger when Inu Yasha sat up and Kagome’s voice came out.

"What’s the matter Shippou?" Her head was cocked in an odd manner. Now large brown eyes starred at him with deep concern. An image he was not used to with Inu Yasha. His voice was caught in his throat, so he pointed at Kagome’s body that lie on the ground in front of him. She shifted her gaze slightly, and jerked her head forward in a strange realization. Shackily, she brought her hands to her face to see that they were now claws, and Inu Yasha’s no less. This enlightenment seemed a bit too much for her as eyes rolled up into her new skull and she fell back to the ground.

"Kagome! Noooo!" Shippou screamed at the top of his lungs. Sango was busy breaking off pieces of bamboo with Miroku when she heard the kit’s cry. The two of them immediately took off for the place they had left their friends. They found Shippou bawling. Sango ran to his side and began patting his back.

"What’s wrong? Did something attack?" She was extremely frightened, and was shaking slightly. Shippou sniffed, and rubbed a tear from his right eye with a clenched fist. Using his left hand he pointed to Inu Yasha’s body.

"Kagome isn’t Kagome anymore." Sango did not quite understand what it was he meant.

"Shippou, are you sure that you’re okay?"she thought that this whole situation was a little harder on him than he has let on earlier.

"I’m fine, but Kagome is in Inu Yasha’s Body." Shippou pleaded, and Sango placed a hand on the young boy’s forehead.

"You’re a little warm, even for a demon." She looked up at Miroku. "Go ahead and bring back the supplies, I think I should stay with Shippou until Kaede returns." Miroku nodded, bowed, and left. Sango sat down and put Shippou into her lap. He was more tired than he had thought and soon fell asleep with her rubbing his back.

In the forest Miroku turned to look at her, and a smile spread across his face.

"When she’s ready, she will make a great mother." He took in the scene one last time and continued with his assignment.

All of the supplies were now gathered and the stretcher made. Since Kaede and Shippou were unable to carry anything of that sort, both bodies had to be carried together by Sango and Miroku. Each one was lain out side by side on the makeshift contraption, so it was a bit on the heavy side. With that kind of weight the group had to move slowly, which suited Kaede just fine.

It was nearly nightfall when they reached the Bone-Eater’s Well. Kaede insisted on rest before making the official trek back to the village. Just as the sun began its last goodbye, Kaede decided the rest was over. With a little bit of struggling she picked up Shippou, who had managed to fall asleep again during the rest. They trudged through the dwindling twilight to reach the hut. Just before they entered, an ill wind sprang up that caused the group the shiver, but more noticeably, it caused Kagome to shake violently.

Her eyes clenched shut as if she were either in pain, or intense mental combat. Groaning noises escaped her clenched lips.

"Hurry, we must get them inside, an evil force is attracting that wind and we are not in the best form to fight it." Kaede rushed everyone ahead. The stretcher was placed on the ground inside the hut as Kagome let out an ear-piercing screech. Once she stopped, everything was dead quiet. Even the wind outside had stopped blowing. Kaede had grabbed a cloth and some water, and ran to Kagome’s side. "Something is not right." She stated as she dabbed the afflicted’s head.

"It’s almost as if she is possessed." Miroku suggested. "Should I preform and exorcism?" At that, Kagome’s body lie still.

"That will not be necessary Monk!" A silkily evil voice spat from Kagome’s mouth. Her body pushed itself into a sitting position, and turned towards the baffled group. She opened her eyes in a quick and threatening manner to reveal, an indefinite darkness.

"Who are you?" Demanded Kaede. Kagome brought a hand to her chest to show offense.