Chapter 3:

everyone. First off I would like to say that my Grandpa has been in the hospital for a couple days and he will be staying in for a couple more days. This chapter has also been edited my by beta reader so please read and review.

We looked at each other and Sesshoumaru drew Tokajin and went after Naraku.

Since I forgot my bow and arrows back at camp I have nothing to fight with. I look up to see Kagura on her feather.

She lands not far from me and looks right at me. She smirks and walks towards me. When she got about 5 feet from me she said, "You are defenseless, Kagome."

"Oh, thanks for stating the obvious, Kagura."

"Hn, what are you doing with Sesshoumaru?"

"I travel with him now."

"Remember; he is mine."

"Yeah right, we all know he hates you."

"Why you!"

She opened her fan and swiped it shouting, "Dance of the Dragons!"

Her attack is coming straight at me but I jumped out of the way just in time. I hit the ground with a ' thud'.

My side hurt from the impact with the ground. I looked up and found Kagura standing over me with that smirk still on her face.

She opened her fan and was about to send another attack at me when a blur of white comes at us and picks me up.

When it stops, we are a little ways away and I look up to find myself in the arms of Sesshoumaru. I asked, "Why did you save me?"

"Hn."

He set me down on my own two feet and said, "Try and not to get in any more trouble. I cannot always protect you, Miko."

"Yeah."

He charged at Naraku once again and this time I made a barrier around myself.

Kagura tried to attack me a couple more times but finally she just gave up. They all kept fighting for a while till Naraku turned tail and ran, soon followed by Kagura. I let down my barrier and walked over to everyone. I saw Kikyou glaring at me but I just ignored her. Inuyasha looked at me and said, "Kagome..."

"What, Inuyasha?"

"Come back with me."

"No, because all I am to you is your shard detector!"

"But we need your help!"

"Too bad, Inuyasha."

I grabbed Sesshoumaru's hand and started to walk off, pulling Sesshoumaru behind me.

I pulled him into the forest we came out of. He finally pulled his hand away from mine and stopped, so I did as well and turned around to him. He looked right at me and said, "How dare you do that to this Sesshoumaru!"

"I wanted out of there and I don't care what you think."

"Hn."

He walked past me, starting back to camp, and I followed him. We walked in silence till we got back to camp. He said, "Pack up camp, we are leaving."

"Ok."

I helped Sango pack up camp and put the fire out. When we finished, Rin and Shippo got on Ah-Un and we all started out.

As always, Sesshoumaru is at the head of the group leading, followed by Jaken, me and Sango, Ah-Un and then finally Miroku. Sango asked, "Kagome, when are you going to make a trip back to your time?"

"I don't know, Sango."

"Well, you haven't been there in a while."

"I know, but we are nowhere near the well."

"You can borrow Kirara."

"No, Sango, I just can't go back right now."

"Ok, Kags."

We then stopped talking and kept traveling. It is now late in the afternoon and Sesshoumaru has caught Naraku's scent to the East.

So, now we are heading that way but we are not walking. Sango and Miroku are on Kirara; me, Rin, Shippo and Jaken are on Ah-Un. Sesshoumaru is on his demonic cloud, so we are all flying.

We keep getting closer to Naraku and it doesn't seem like he is trying to hide his scent.

When we get really close to him we find a cave. We land at the entrance; Sesshoumaru turned around to us and said, "Miko, you will come with me. Demon slayer, Monk, you stay here and protect the children."

"Yes."

I grabbed my bow and slung my quiver of arrows on my shoulder.

I kept one arrow out with my bow ready. Sesshoumaru and I walked into the mouth of the cave.

Naraku's scent kept getting stronger but I have this creepy feeling that someone is watching us. We walked a little farther and we heard a voice say, "Well, I see you two found me."

It's Naraku. I put my arrow in my bow and readied it. I looked around, but it is hard to see anything in here since it's so dark.

I can hear him laughing and soon miasma starts to slip out of every nook and cranny.

I move my arm and cover my nose and mouth. Sesshoumaru does nothing, but he does not have to since he is immune to it.

Naraku appears in front of us with a slick smirk on his face. He looked at me and said, "Why, hello, Kagome."

"What do you want?"

"You, my dear."

I lifted an eyebrow at him and said, "I would never go with a half-breed like you!"

"Oh, my dear, I will get you one way or another. Kohaku!"

I look around for him but I felt something come around my neck and pull me back.

I drop my bow and arrow and put my hands up to my neck to find a rope there trying to choke me.

I try to pull it away but it is no use. Sesshoumaru turns his head towards me. He growled and said, "Let go of her, Boy!"

I felt the rope loosen around my neck and I take that chance to get out of it.

I grabbed my bow and arrow and ran over to Sesshoumaru. I looked back to where I was and found Kohaku standing there holding a rope in his hands. I said to Naraku, "Let him go!"

"No, he doesn't want to be free."

"Yeah right! You have that shard in him and you are controlling his every move!"

He laughed at me and said, "Oh, innocent Kagome... How naive you are yet so beautiful!"

"Ew!"

He started to walk towards me but Sesshoumaru stepped in front of me, blocking Naraku's path. Naraku smirked and asked, "Why are you protecting her, Sesshoumaru?"

"None of your business, half-breed."

"You are falling for her."

"No, she is part of my pack so it is my duty to protect her."

He just smirked and sent two tentacles at Sesshoumaru. He slashed them like they were nothing with Tokajin.

The two of them started fighting and I stepped back, looking back to where Kohaku was but finding him gone.

I looked back at Naraku and Sesshoumaru and found them evenly matched.

I made a barrier around myself, just to be safe, in case Naraku has another trick up his sleeve.

The two of them kept fighting until Naraku disappeared again. I let down my barrier and Sesshoumaru walked over to me and said, "Let's go."

"Ok."

So, we started to walk to the front of the cave. When we got there, we found Sango and Miroku fighting off Kana and Kohaku.

Once they saw us, they took off. We walked over to Sango and Miroku. They looked at us and Miroku asked, "You battled Naraku?"

"Yes."

"I thought so, but all at once his aura just disappeared without a trace."

"Yes, so did his scent."

I broke in and said, "So, what do we do for now?"

"Travel in search for him."

"Ok."

So with that we all took off traveling again.

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