"What would Naraku be doing here?" Kagome whispered to Inu-Yasha.
"I don't know," Inu-Yasha answered, staring at the bloody hand and slightly pulling out the Tetsusaiga, "but whatever it is, it's probably not good."
"Wait," Kagome gasped, holding Inu-Yasha's hand, "he has jewel shards in his right hand."
"How many?" Miroku asked.
"I think there's three," Kagome answered, "but they're not embedded…"
"Well, then, I guess I shouldn't worry about any extra power," Inu-Yasha said, quickly jumping out from the set of trees they were hiding behind.
"Inu-Yasha, wait!" Sango yelled, following him.
"We have you now, Naraku!" Inu-Yasha yelled, dropping his sword into the place Naraku was standing, raising a cloud of dust as his sword fell.
Avoiding Inu-Yasha's attack, Naraku jumped back into the cloud of dust left from the Tetsusaiga's impact with the ground.
"You're not getting away that easily!" Inu-Yasha yelled, running into the dust in search for Naraku. As the dust cleared, Inu-Yasha caught sight of the moving bamboo skin and swung his sword in the direction, hoping to injure Naraku, but to his dismay, Narkau jumped out of the way and landed behind a rock.
"Why do you hide?" Inu-Yasha mocked.
"Because you're trying to kill me," Naraku growled, but in a more feminine and familiar voice, "and it seems like for no apparent reason!"
"What?" Inu-Yasha said shocked, "It's you – from before!"
"Yes, and what in hell's name are you attacking me for?" Migomi asked calmly.
"I knew I should have stopped you," Sango said, finally catching up to Inu-Yasha. "There was something strange about Naraku being here, especially in person.
"So you knew it was her all along and yet you didn't tell me?" Inu-Yasha asked.
"I tried to stop you but you weren't listening," Sango answered.
Migomi glared behind Inu-Yasha and Sango at the group sliding down from behind a tree. "I see you brought the rest of your friends," she grumbled. Grunting she said, "If you don't mind, I'd rather be on my way."
"No," Inu-Yasha said in a serious tone, "we have to talk to you."
"And why should I care if you do?" Migomi asked indifferently.
"What are you doing here?" Sango inquired ignoring the last comment.
"That's none of your concern," Migomi glared.
"Damn it if it isn't!" Inu-Yasha grumbled. "We've been trying to get hold of you for days now and now that we've found you, we're not letting you get away."
"That's nice to know," Migomi said in an apathetic voice.
"Okay, if you won't answer my question," Sango said, "I want to know why you're carrying a bamboo's skin and why you're hand is covered in blood."
Migomi looked to her right for what seem like 5 minutes in deep thought then mumbled something under her breath. "I probably lost him by now anyway," she said to herself.
"Lost who?" Inu-Yasha asked.
"Why are you so concerned?" Migomi returned.
"Your attitude is really pissing me off," Inu-Yasha growled.
"Well, you are not the one that has just been attacked by the person you're currently speaking with, am I not right?" Migomi angrily asked.
Inu-Yasha glared at Migomi then crossed his arms.
Migomi looked at him, then Sango, then to the group now approaching. "I really must go," she said without waiting to be acknowledged and jumped out of sight.
"What was that all about?" Miroku asked.
"We just had another negative encounter with our friend from the village," Sango said, glaring at Inu-Yasha.
"So, it wasn't Naraku?" Kagome asked.
Inu-Yasha shook his head.
"Then why was she carrying the skin and the jewel shards?" Kagome asked.
"She wouldn't answer our questions," Sango said.
"If you asked me," Miroku mumbled, "I'd say that she was hiding something for us."
"You and me both," Kagome nodded.