Soon the group reached an dark and evil castle like village. Kagura was waiting outside, a scowl on her face. She saw the group just outside the gate. She smirked. "Inuyasha, Naraku is waiting for you. Only you." she said as she glared at he others. "Go Inuyasha. Kagome needs you. We shall wait here for your return." Miroku said and motioned for him to enter. Inuyasha nodded, then bolted through the gates and up to the entrence where Kagura waited. Inuyasha began to walk in the doorway but Kagura put her fan in the way to stop him. "Not so fast, Inuyasha. See the many doorways? You must find the right one to go into to find Naraku. If you go into the wrong one, you must face a demon...without your sword." She smiled, hand out waiting to take the sword. "Fine." Inuyasha said and thrust the sword into Kagura's pale hand. Then she dissapeared in a swirl of clouds. Inuyasha started sniffing around trying to pick up Kagome's or Naraku's sent. They both seemed to swirl together everywhere. There was no luck to pick out his definte scent. He started down open hall. He peeked in a door but only found darkness. He sniffed the air. Only inscents of candles. He walked in a demon lay in the corner, sleeping. Something seemed strange about it though. Suddenly Inuyasha noticed his exit was blocked. He turned to the demon in the corner, red eyes staring back, lurched at him cutting his left shoulder. His arm lay limp, hardly moving it. Something caught his eye as he gazed at his gash. A tooth? No, it isn't white enough, almost yellow... Inuyasha spun around realizing he let his gaurd down but to his surprise a small fox demon, resembles Shippo slightly, lay on his back, a broken plastic dragon next to him...
"Inuyahsa, you fool. There are over a hundred doors in this castle, you'll never find me in time." Naraku said, taking his eyes from the mirror Kanna held to Kagome's limp body on a wooden table. He smiled. "Just a few more hours until nightfall. Then she will die." Niroku said looking back at the mirror then noticed that Inuyasha was only three doors down from the room Naraku sat in.
"Hey, I can smell Naraku slighty. I must be close." Inuyasha said. He began sniffing at doorways until he got to one that smelled strongly of Naraku. Inuyasha barged in knocking over a small table with a lit candle, which caught the room on fire. Naraku grinned. "Ah, Inuyasha. Now you've made the game even funner on my account. Now not only will she die but you will to in the fire if you don't find the antidote." Naraku laughed as Kagura drifted down pick up him and Kanna up. As they lifted, Kagura threw down Inuyasha sword, "You only have fifteen minutes. Hurry." Kagura laughed and vanished into the dimming sky. Inuyasha grabbed his sword, then removed his red kimono and drapped it around Kagome, then picked her up and leaped up, bursting through the burning roof. He held her close as he leaped into rooms searching for the antidote. He could feel her warmth fade as it grew closer to night. "I've got to find that antidote." he said to himself aloud. He leapt to the gate entrence and layed Kagome down. The others saw and ran over to them. "Watch her. Make sure she doesn't die." Inuyasha said and leapt back to the burning castle. "Is it me, or was Inuyasha just crying now?" Shippo asked. "Are you sure? Inuyasha would never cry...unless he was cry for someone he loved.." Miroku said and scooted closer to Songo and started making sobbing sounds. "Honestly, is this the best time to flirt when Kagome is on the brink of death?" Songo asked and scooted closer to Kagome. "Her hands are so cold.." Shippo said, tears in his eyes.
Inuyasha searched frantically, unable to find the antidote. He went to where Kagura stood when he first arrived. There was a patch of overturned dirt. He immediatly dug until he only found a slip of paper. It read: Check your sheath. He immediatly thrust his sword out and looked inside. Nothing. He put the sword back in and looked around the sheath. Then he saw a small pouch a another slip of paper. It read: Add Water. He looked in the pouch. It was half full of purple powder. He bolted to the gate entrence. The group still there, sniffling or sobbing. They saw Inuyasha and motioned for him to hurry, unable to speak. "We need water." Inuyasha said and picked up Kagome and leaped into the air searching for a body of water. He could find anything. Naraku must have known there isn't a body of water nearby for miles. He was going to lose Kagome. The sky was a pale purple. Only a few more minutes. He found himself in a nearby village. They had a well in the center of their village. He landed just behind it and poured the purple powder in the water filled pail and eaised the purple liquid into her mouth. The sky was dark. No responce from Kagome. Night has fallen. "No, I wasn't quick enough...how could I not be quick enough?" Inuyasha shouted. He layed Kagome down and vanished into the forest, tears streaming down his face.