A/N: I am truly sorry for my lengthy absence and I hope you all don't hate me too much for it.

"Get out of my way!" Kyrah yelled desperation radiating from her form as she attempted to go around the fire nekko and demon slayer. When Inu yasha was not a good moment away from her Kyrah launched herself into a nearby tree and began her transformation only to get caught as she was attempting to fly away.

"Got you!" Inu yasha yelled holding the bird Kyrah had become, wings against her side. Kyrah wriggled in the hanyou's grasp clawing at his hands.

"Stop that now you damn pigeon!" Inu yasha yelled squeezing tighter, causing Kyrah to let out a strangled cry.

"Aww she's so cute" Kagome said as she had finally caught up and stroked the top of Kyrah's head, only for the bird to look at her in mild disdain.

"This 'cute' bird almost killed you back there!" Inu yasha yelled at her causing Kagome to cringe before swelling up in anger.

"Well she didn't so that must count for something!" Kagome yelled. The two continued arguing while Miroku, Sango and Shippo looked on with sweat drops forming over their heads.

"Sit boy!" Kagome yelled finally, Inu yasha released Kyrah as he face-planted into the ground. The Bird landed awkwardly on the ground, feathers ruffled and blood seeping from her left wing.

"You're such a beautiful bird!" Kagome exclaimed picking her up and cradling her gently in her hands. "I just want to talk so if you wouldn't mind changing back for me now, please" Kagome said smiling down at the bird as she placed her on the ground again gently. Kyrah's form began to shift until she was once again in her human form.

"Let me get you fixed up" Kagome said getting out her medical kit.

"What the hell are you doing?" Inu yasha yelled as the effects of the beads wore off.

"Sit boy" Kagome said simply as she retuned to Kyrah's side and began to clean the wound on her left arm.

"Why are you doing this?" Kyrah asked softly.

"Why? Well I guess you just don't seem to be such a bad person. You had many chances you could have killed us yet you didn't, I'm curious as to why you attacked Inu yasha but even so after your first attack the other encounters have been Inu yasha's fault" Kagome said smiling.

"I see. Thank you. I'm an assassin and I was hired to kill Inu yasha but after our first encounter I have since terminated that contract so I have no business with him anymore. My name is Kyrah by the way. Yours is Kagome, correct?" Kyrah said.

"Yes. If you don't mind my asking who hired you?" Kagome asked.

"I generally have a strict confidentiality rule for my employers however this time I'll make an exception as this is the first time my employer has tried to kill me- His name is Naraku" Kyrah said causing the entire group to go silent for a moment.

"That explains it" Miroku said.

Kyrah cocked her head to the side in questioning.

"That manipulative bastard" Inu yasha growled.

"Naraku is somewhat of our common enemy" Miroku answered the girl's questioning gaze.

"I see" Kyrah said "well since all this has been cleared up I'll just be on my way."

"Where the hell do you think you're going?" Inu yasha's voice was deadly low and quite angry.

"To look for work" Kyrah said simply "I am an assassin, or did you miss that part?"

"Why you" Inu yasha growled and made to lunge at the girl only for Kagome to yell sit, reacquainting the hanyou with the ground.

"That Naraku guy, he's going to die" Kyrah said smiling sweetly.

The group looked at her in mild shock.

"Don't look so surprised, you know it, its the reason you continue to fight" Kyrah said, golden hawk eyes glimmering.

"Are you going after Naraku?" Kagome asked.

"Maybe. I'm not really the type to do things without a profit attached to the end of it - even if its for my own pleasure but if our paths cross again I suppose I'll kill him, or try anyway" Kyrah shrugged seemingly oblivious to the looks she was getting.

"You can't possibly defeat Naraku on your own, why don't you come with us?" Kagome asked.

"No offense but I hate company. Anyway, I'm not too concerned with whether I can win against him or not. I'll fight and it's as simple as that" the smile on Kyrah's face seemed so out of place - talking about fighting with no thought or winning or losing in such a calm manner.

"Well I'm off, pleasure to meet you all. It's been interesting" Kyrah said as she turned and started to walk away.

"So you're on our side right?" Kagome called after the girl.

"I'm on my side" Kyrah said "don't get in my way dog boy."

That wasn't the last they would see of the strange demon girl. They would all continue their quest to defeat Naraku in their own ways. They'd continue to walk and fight - after all Kyrah had been right - they knew that Naraku would die.

The End

A/N: yeah I know rushed and crappy ending but *shrugs* really this wouldn't have gone much farther if at all. You can picture how things would have progressed, just like in the anime they'd all continue to fight and search for Naraku and the jewel shards with Kyrah occasionally crossing paths and such. I'll probably go back and fix the chapters into a one-shot when I have time so it doesn't seem so pathetic. Anyway I've been trying to finish up some of my stories before I post the stuff I've been hoarding on my computer so we'll see how that turns out.