Summary: While collecting the shards of the Shikon No Tama, our favorite group decided to rest for the night. That rest will be their undoing when InuYasha wakes up and finds Kagome missing! How could he be so careless? What has Naraku done to her? And can he free her from Naraku's grasp?

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha.

A/N: So I've had this idea for this story for a while now. I'm not sure how long it'll be, but I'm hoping to continue it. I just had to get it written down! Hope you all enjoy it.

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It was a long day of shard hunting when the group decided to make a rest. It was Kagome's insistence that drove Inuyasha to finally say that they could rest for the night. Inuyasha hated finally settling down for the night, he could go a lot longer than his human companions.

Everything seemed like a typical night. Miroku had been slapped for caressing Sango's rear end, Sango and Kagome went off to bathe in a spring that was close by, and Inuyasha sat up in a tree on a perch to keep watch over things. They'd all settled in to go to sleep, and even Inuyasha couldn't help when he dozed off. But, the scene in the morning was utter confusion.

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Chapter 1 - Gone

His eyes slowly opened as he yawned. Had he really fallen asleep? He obviously did. But, as the light of dawn crept up on him, he slowly awoke a lot quicker than any of the others did. Moving to stand up, he quietly exited the tree, landing on his feet with only a soft noise on the ground, his eyes taking in the camp. Seeing the monk, demon slayer, fox demon, and neko demon all asleep where they lay before his eyes moved to Kagome's sleeping bag. Not seeing her in it, a small growl rose in his throat.

Keh, wench! Haven't I told her not to go off alone?!

His instant thought only being that she awoken early and snuck off for some weird girl reason or another. He didn't get her sometimes. Looking around the woods, raising his nose in the air and sniffing slowly to try and track her down. Still, he felt better knowing she was close by. But, her scent was old. At least a few hours by the tells of it. So, where in the hell was she?

Storming out and into the woods surrounding the camp, he became more and more frantic when the trail of her scent just disappeared. Seemingly out of no where.

What the hell!?

His mind screamed at him. How could he be so stupid? He had fallen asleep, someone or something had come into their camp and stole Kagome right out from under them! Had she not screamed? What happened? Thoughts raced through his head as he went through scenarios within his head of what could have happened to her.

Secretly, he loved her. Though he would never tell her that. Or anyone else for that matter. That was his private thoughts. Besides, she wouldn't want to be with him anyway, he was just a hanyou, a half breed. There was truly nowhere that he belonged, not in the human world, and not in the demon world. Him and Kagome were just friends, companions. There was no way she could feel any different towards him, not the way he felt towards her.

But now...now she was gone, and he was frantic. Rushing back to the camp site, he looked around, growling, trying to pick up a scent of the person or persons who had taken Kagome.

"Inu...Yasha?" Sango's voice was heard sleepily as she started to wake up from the sounds of Inuyasha's rummaging.

The noise of her voice quickly made Inuyasha's sensitive ears peak and turn a little towards her. Turning his eyes to look at her, a growl on his lips. "Kagome's gone." he said in a soft growl.

Those two words caused the demon slayer to sit up alert, blinking. "Are you sure she didn't just go to the bathroom or something? Settle down Inuyasha..." she started to say, even though she knew that he probably already checked the surrounding area before he panicked.

"No. She's gone." his voice came in a gruff growl, very agitated, very angry.

Their conversation seemed to cause the rest of the group to awaken and add their own questions. But, Inuyasha was a man on a mission. He had to find out who took her, what happened. Carefully sniffing the air by him, a familiar smell coming to his nose.

NARAKU!

Instantly his growls grew louder, he bared his fangs as he glared around. Naraku had come into the camp and had Kagome taken.

Sure, he hadn't confessed his feelings for the young miko. But, anyone with eyes could see how they felt about each other. He loved her, and she loved him. They just refused to tell one another, especially since he went chasing after Kikyou every time she came around. Truthfully, his feelings for Kikyou had long since disappeared. She still held a small place in his heart at his first love, the first person to ever show him any kind of kindness other than his own mother.

But Kagome? She engulfed his heart. At first he'd compared Kikyou and Kagome, with Kikyou coming out as the winner in every situation he put his mind to. But, over time, his feelings began to change. He found himself comparing Kikyou to Kagome, asking why she wasn't more like Kagome instead of the other way around.

Kagome accepted him for who he was, she didn't want him to change. Whereas Kikyou only wanted him if he were willing to become human for her. That simply would not do. Not anymore. Not now that he knew someone could love him for who he was. He finally felt like he had a place he belonged, and Naraku was determined to ruin that for him.

Had he taken Kagome because of the feelings they shared between each other? Hoping to lure him into a trap?

Or did he take her because of her miko powers? Her powers certainly had been growing over the time she'd been in his era. Her powers were slowly becoming a force to be reckoned with. And he admired that about her. How strong she was, how stubborn she could be in her pursuit.

But now, the only thoughts that plagued him were ones of her being taken. How dare someone take his miko? Even though she technically wasn't his. Not officially, even as much as he wished that. But he had made a promise to protect her. And he was a man of honor, not someone to back down on their promises on a whim. He would protect her with his life if need be. But, instantly he felt as though he'd failed her. Naraku, or one of his incarnations, came for her in the middle of the night, and all he had done was sleep. All anyone had done was sleep. How could they have just taken Kagome with not one of them noticing what was going on?

All of the chattering their friends were doing was getting on his nerves. They were talking back and forth about what could have happened, how she disappeared, who took her, and why.

"SHUT UP! Naraku took her. I smell it. And, I'm going to get her back, damnit!" he said loud enough to silence his friends rantings so they just looked at him in awe.

Quickly, before he even realized what he was doing, he took off towards the way the scents had seemed to go. Sure, it stopped after a while, telling him that they must have taken into the air or something. But, he kept following in that direction at top speed.

He had to find her. He needed to find her. And he needed to find her safe and sound.

So help me, if Naraku or anyone else has hurt one single hair on her head...they'll all die.

His thoughts were that of a possessive nature, his true demon coming forth within his head. That had been his youkai's voice ringing through his head. Growling slowly as he ran, his eyes trained forward intently. Even with tetsusaiga at his side, his demon urged to come out from all of the anger. His tetsusaiga usually kept his demon in check, kept his demon blood locked away dormant inside him. But, someone taking Kagome, someone taking his miko, his woman, that just sent him on the edge. He didn't even consider the fact that his demon personally claimed Kagome as his. His mind was too on edge to over think it.

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A/N: Sorryy! I know its short. I'll try and make things longer next time :-). Hope you enjoy it!