N: thanks for the reviews! It's so good to get a little feedback. So sorry but Naraku is not in this chapter and might not be the next but don't worry he and Inu will re-unite soon. Anyway check out my poll on my profile.

Warnings: sex, lies, manipulation, Kagome bashing, yaoi, and other things later on as we go.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha

"damn mutt, you look like crap." Kouga said face softening at Inuyasha's disheveled form. What in the hells happened? Inuyasha scowled at the wolf demon and went to answer him but a wave a dizziness fell over him again and he fell over in a dead faint. Kouga looked down at him in surprise and scratched the back of his neck.

"aw damn mutt. Can't you do anything right?" sighing in annoyance Kouga bent over and picked up Inu bridal style and started to carry him back to his camp. Inu groaned quietly and shifted in his hold but otherwise didn't wake up. Kouga scowled at nothing in particular as he carried Inuyasha back to his campsite.

He couldn't wrap his head around the state Inuyasha was in. Kouga noticed the wound on his neck and wondered if Inuyasha finally realized that he was a beta and got himself claimed. While that was good for him and Kagome and all, there still was that dead priestess lady he got on his shoulder. What happened to her? And who was Inuyasha mated to for that matter?

He raley came into constant contact with any male alpha demons other than him and his brother Sesshomaru. Kouga stopped dead in his tracks.

'holy crap! I'm carrying the lord of the west's mate!' Kouga swallowed nervously. What if his brother thinks he's trying to take Inu away from him? He's be killed in an heart beat!

'wait I'll just take him to him! No harm no foul right?' okay. That sounds like a plan. He called one of his wolves to him and yipped a message to his friends to where he'll be going. The wolf nodded and took off. Kouga sniffed the air, trying to catch a whiff of Sesshomaru's scent and ran in the direction where a faint scent was emanating.


"Inuyasha hasn't come back yet. I'm worried." Kagome announced to the group as they packed up to leave the next day. Sango looked up at Kagome for a second and nodded in agreement. Miroku hummed to himself and scratched his chin in thought.

"yes, well Inuyasha has been rather odd lately. Maybe recent string of battles has worn him out and he has gone off to rest." Kagome scoffed and waved her hand in dismisal.

"yeah, but we've been fighting too and we're not worn out and running off. He probably thought we'd think that so he could visit Kikiyo." Kagome said that last part a little softer but full of jealously. Miroku sighed and shook his head in denial but did not argue with her. It would get him no where.

Sango petted Kilala absently as she thought about what was just said. She wanted to find Inuyasha and get on with the search but she didn't want to push him to his very limits and have to face his demon side again. It wasn't worth it.

"Kagome I think Miroku is right. Besides even if we have been fighting too Inuyasha always takes the brunt of it. And-" she said firmly seeing Kagome open her mouth in protest."-I don't think he would visit Kikiyo when he's tired like he is."

Kagome gaped at Sango. She couldn't believe she was taking his side in this. They couldn't stop just because Inuyasha was tired. She voiced this to the group at large and picked up her yellow book bag and stalked off in the direction Inu left the day before.

She'd be damned if she let him get away with his two timing.


Kikiyo panted harshly as she vanquished another demon and batted away her soul colecter as she caught her breath.

Disgusting half-breed.

Doing such unnatural deeds with her Inuyasha. It was already stretching her patience thin that her re-incarnation was trying to sink her claws into him. Now Naraku was committing the sin of sodomy with Inu. Filthy monster. And Inu was letting him. Kikiyo shuddered in disgust.

He has no right to take what is hers. She found Inuyasha's lonely soul and she was going to keep it and no abomination was going to change that. No one wanted him until she did. No one cared for him like she did. Kami damned her and she was not going to hell alone.

Kikiyo straightened her body stared out into the forest with determination burning through her. She was going to find her beloved and make him see the error in his ways. She let his will fullness go on too long but no more. Hell awaits.

Kikiyo called one of collectors to her and whispered to it.

"find him." it gave a small nod and took off into forest with Kikiyo trailing after.


"my lord! My lord! Arent these flowers pretty?" Rin exclaimed happily showing her bouquet of wild daises to the lounging daiyokai. Sesshomaru glanced at her in the corner of his eye and then to her flowers.

"may Rin give them to you?" she smiled shyly. Sesshomaru stared at her for a moment the turned his head away from her and closed his eyes. Rin grinned and started to meticulously placed the flowers in Sesshomaru's white mane.

"oh my lord…" Rin gushed and then giggled at her own simpering. Rin stoked his momo sama and grinned happily at her beloved lord Sesshomaru. She was so happy being in his care. She just wished he and Inuyasha-sama could be happy too. Family shouldn't be meanies to each other.

"my lord?" rin said softly. She noticed Sesshomaru's ear twitch and she went on.

"do you love Inuyasha-sama?" Sesshomaru's eyes slowly opened and he looked at her blankly. Rin blinked and ducked her head in nervousness.

"I-I mean Rin wants Sesshomaru-sama to be happy like her! She wants Sesshomaru sama to have a brother like she has her papa in her lord." Rin blushed but gave him a toothy smile before she ran off to harass jaken.

Sesshomaru frowned thoughtfully at his young charge. What brought that on? And why would she say such a thing?

He had no interest in his half-breed brother. He was not worth his time. And him being her father figure.

"hmn." Sesshomaru scoffed softly. Of course.


Kagura scowled darkly at Naraku's back as he and Kanna conversed in front of her. She didn't know what Naraku was planning with Inuyasha but she knew it would interfere heavily with her plans to get rid of him. She knew that Inu was bitten by Naraku a day ago and she saw that heated scene that Kanna showed Kikiyo.

While it was very amusing seeing the miko get crushed like that she too wondered if Inuyasha did get marked by Naraku willingly. After all she didn't see the act being done due the cloud of miasma. What will the mikos do now?

Kagura smirked harshly at the thought of the younger miko. She was a selfish and jealous little twit. And the power she held would certainly be a problem for her master. Kagura cackled in her mind. This was too good. If she weren't so dead set on destroying Naraku she would have thanked him for providing such good entertainment.


N: okay this chapter was basically for insight on everyone else's opinion on Inu and/or Naraku.

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