Disclaimer: Unfortunately I do not own the adorable Inuyasha and his ears……those really really cute ears……

"Hey, this village seems promising" Miroku said as the group were once again running out of supplies and most of the villages have recently been attack by a demon in the area. Sure enough the village was unaffected and they were able to get everything they needed. Just as they were leaving though, there was a loud explosion from behind them. They all turned to see the demon that was causing havoc in all the villages and prepared to fight. "Leave this place at once!" Miroku warned

"You wish to battle me?" the demon asked surprised "you a mere half demon and humans? Don't make me laugh!"

"Grrr enough talk! I'll get rid of you in one move!" Inuyasha yelled and raised the tetstiega "WINDSCAR!!" and the demon was destroyed. (yeah….not that good at writing fight scenes)

"How can we ever thank you?" the elder of the village asked.

"It's ok, really" Kagome assured.

"Well at least please stay the night" She pleaded "It's the least we can do". The gang gratefully accepted and got ready to settle down for the night. Just then the elder walked through the door.

"I wish to thank you again for saving us" she said turning to Inuyasha smiling.

"Keh whatever" was all he said.

"Inuyasha don't be rude!" Kagome said scowling at him. The elder just chuckled

"Don't worry about it" she told Kagome.

"Would you like to join us for some tea?" Miroku asked. The elder nodded and sat down. They had been talking for a few hours about their travels and Shippo and kirara where asleep when the elder brought up the story of the blood blossoms and the water of tears. "You know there is a place not to far from here that is said to have a very special flower that's surrounded by a waterfall whose water will heal anything, but no-one has ever been able to get it because of its barrier"

"Keh" Inuyasha snorted "who'd want some flower in the first place?"

"Well this flower is very special because of its beauty and power" the elder continued

"What does it do?" Sango asked.

"Here" said the elder "let me tell you the story"

It all started when a beautiful princess once fell in love with a poor village man. Their love was forbidden by the princess' father and she was never to see the man again. But still, against her father's words, she snuck out every night to meet the man. Every night they met at a waterfall not too far from the village and every night the man presented the princess with a rare flower that grew only at the end of a dark and mysterious cave behind the waterfall where they met. Their love was true and unbreakable and it wasn't before long that they had agreed to leave the village and get married.

A few days before the night for them to leave, the princess was presented to Yoshi, the general of her father's army by her father and was to marry him the next day. The princess ran to her room crying saying that she did not love the man and refused to marry him. When it was time for her to see her lover again she quickly snuck out and met him at the waterfall, but this time she was followed by her father who had suspected that she was up to something. When the princess saw the one she loved waiting for her with the flower she embraced him and explained what had happened earlier. He said that they run away tonight and never return and she quickly agreed, but before they could do anything, her father stepped out from his hiding place and raising his sword. The princess screamed as her lover was stabbed through his heart. The father told her that she was to marry the general and that she will be punished once she got home and with that he walked off. The princess cried and cried and her tears fell on her lover and into the water. She placed the flower she still held on his heart and held him until he spoke his last words. "My dearest you must know that I will always and forever love you no matter where you are" and with that he left the world of the living. The princess being unable to live without her true love grabbed the knife he had with him and stabbed herself in the heart. She landed on top of the man and her blood met his and spilled onto the flower and mixed with the princess' tears.(gross I know, but deal with it) Then, their came a light and as the whole waterfall started to glow as did the flower. The spirits of the two lovers arose and the man's is said two protect the rare flowers and the princess' lives in the waterfall together forever with one another.

The elder took a breath and finished "The flower is said to strengthen a person ten times if held and the person is willing to die for the one they love and the water is said to heal any kind of physical injury." The elder finished and looked around to see everyone staring at her speechless.

"What ever happened to the general?" Kagome asked at last.

"They say he haunts the mountain still looking for a wife and that if a women were to come close to his spirit, he might take her using a special power that only affects women." Kagome and Sango gasped

"That's terrible" Sango murmured, kagome only nodded her head in agreement.

"Has anyone ever found this place?" Miroku asked.

"well no-one has ever really believed the story and the few that did went into the mountain and either lost their way or be attacked by the many demon that live there and only one or two have ever come back" the elder explained

"I see" he said. After the elder left, everyone slept with the story on their minds.

That morning as the gang left the village Kagome thought she felt something watching them, but when she looked around and saw nothing she just shook the feeling off and kept walking. It wasn't long until they reached a point in the path that either went to or away from the mountain. "What way do we go?" asked Kagome.

"Well do you sense anything?" Inuyasha asked, but before she could answer something came over her and Sango. The boys watched as they began to walk down the mountain path in a zombie like state, but before they got too far and before the boys could catch up to them after snapping out of their confused states, they were swept away by something. "KAGOME!" Inuyasha yelled at the same time Miroku yelled "SANGO!".

KPOV

"Who are you? Where are you taking us?" I managed to mumble out. I heard a slight chuckle and quickly looked at Sango who seemed to be unconscious. "INUYASHA!!" I desperately called his name over and over but before I could say anymore I felt my power being sucked out of me and as I drifted into unconsciousness I heard a low, menacing voice say

"Soon, I shall see who will be my next wife"

IPOV

"Dammit Kagome! Where are you!" no matter how much I called though, I got no answer and her scent was disappearing very quickly.

"Inuyasha, I think that they were taken by that general person from the village elder's story." I heard Miroku say coming up next to me on kirara.

"Keh, I don't care who took 'em I just wanna get 'em back"

"Can you tell what way they went?" cried Shippo.

"Yeah, but we're gonna have to hurry" I answered.

It wasn't long until we reached what looked to be a mansion and as I sniffed the air I could tell that they had been taken into the building. I quickly unsheathed tetstiega and just as I was about to crash through the wall I was forced back. "What the hell!?" I looked around to see that a barrier had been put around the building.

"Hurry Inuyasha, use the red tetstiega!" I heard Shippo yell.

"Grrr I know!" I snapped and saw the tetstiega change to its blood red color and smash through the barrier.

We all ran in as fast as we could only to find ourselves in front of what looked to be a maze. "What in the world….?" I heard Miroku mumble. Just then a deep voice laughed evilly behind as.

"So I see you have made it this far, but its pointless the girls are mine!" The man said as he grinned.

"Who are you!? Name yourself!" Miroku said raising his right hand.

The man chuckled, "I am Yoshi, general of the lord who ruled this lands army"

"Where is kagome and Sango!!" I yelled at him.

He merely smiled.

"Now, now, I still haven't chosen which one will be my bride"

"What did you say!!" His bride? Kagome and Sango?

"Get through my maze and tunnels and I may reconsider"

And with that he vanished. "Get back here!" I yelled into the now empty space. "Argh, come on!" I ordered and began to move into the maze.

"Inuyasha wait!" Miroku said stopping me. "What if it's a trap?"

"Keh I don't care! I've gotta get kagome back!" yes I thought I need my kagome. If anything happens to her I don't know what I would do…

"Yes and Sango to" Miroku added. We nodded to each other and ran into the maze.

SPOV

As I regained conciseness I quickly opened my eyes and took in my surroundings. I saw that I was tied up to a pole and on my left a saw that kagome was to. "Kagome?" I called. I watched her eyelids flutter open.

"S-Sango?"

"Kagome, are you alright?"

She nodded. "What about you? You aren't hurt or anything?"

"No, I'm ok" I looked around again. "Where are we anyway?" Then we heard a man chuckle.

"Why you're both in my mansion and you're not going anywhere."

"Who are you!?" I heard Kagome yell. "What do you want with us!?"

He smiled and said

"I am the great general Yoshi and I'm going to see which on of you is suitable enough to be my next wife, that's what."

"And what makes you think that's going to happen!" kagome argued.

"Well if you are unable to complete my tests, then you shall be killed" he calmly answered.

"Just you wait! Inuyasha will come and get us!" She said still argumentive.

"Ha! Please that half-breed will never make it out of my death maze in one peace"

"You'll see! He'll-" but she was cut short as he put his hand over her mouth.

"You talk way too much you know".

"Release her!" I shouted but he just looked up and me.

"Well you two should be considered lucky, I haven't had women as pretty as you two come in a long time" he said stroking kagome's hair. Kagome glared at him and bit the hand covering her mouth.

"Wench!" He yelled at her and struck her across the face.

"Kagome! Leave her alone!"

He just smirked and drifted infront of us.

"Now then, time for the first test" he said and before we could register what was happening, we were being sucked into something that looked like a black hole.

Authors Note: yes I no messed up, but I can't help it! It's my first fanfic hehe. I'm gonna start to do everything in the gangs point of view from now on until they meet up or I could just keep it in third person…I dunno…there wont be any Shippo or kirara POV coz I cant be bothered and there wont be anything to type, so yeah. Oh and I'm sorry about Yoshi, if it doesn't make sense. Not real good with Japanese names…..