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Chapter Four- Close Encounters

The Miroku, Sango, and Shippo struggled to catch up with an enraged, speeding dog-demon. Ever since the search had started (Which wasreally onlyan hour ago) InuYasha had been goin full speed in the direction Kagome had been traveling. 'Damn, I can't keep this up much longer' her thought, angry that he was pushing his limits to full extent and Kagome's scent had hardly gotten any stronger. He skidded to a halt and let his group catch up after sensing they were beginning to lag behind.

"InuYasha Kirara cant keep this up much longer, were going to have to stop" Sango said, taking in deep breaths like she had been running the whole time, "And besides, this pervert cant seem to learn to keep his hands to himself" she said, smacking Miroku when she felt his hand on 'Private Property'.

"We have been running for an hour and Kagome's scent hasn't gotten any stronger" InuYasha growled, "I am not going to risk her dieing just because we're a little tired" Sango frowned at him, she had never really seenthe hanyou leaderso worried over Kagome, "Just give us a half-hour to rest and we'll continue straight after" InuYasha went silent for a moment, before agreeing to the small stop.

Kagome was beginning to get really annoyed at Sesshomaru, all he had been doing since their little spat was sit in a dark corner and stare into blank space. She had long since given up on trying to make him snap out of these trances since the few attempts she had made had no effect on him, out of complete boredom she waved her hand in his field of vision, "You awake of did you die and forget to fall down?" she said, trying to humor herself since there was nothing else to do in the grimy cell.

Kagome saw his head snap up slightly when they both heard footsteps coming their direction. She hopped to her feet and waited for whoever was coming. She jumped when she saw Sesshomaru standing beside her, 'He's freakishly quiet' she thought to herself but her attention was drawn to the face of one of hers and InuYasha's worst enemies.

"Naraku" Kagome looked at Sesshomaru who had muttered the name through clenched teeth; she could have sworn that red had beaten in his blue eyes.

Naraku stared at him with a cocky grin, "You enjoying your new form? It suits you" Sesshomaru gave a low growl and thrust his hand between the bars to grab at the spider-demon who had caught his clawless hand by the wrist without a blink. Sesshomaru looked slightly surprised by the action and tried to pull his hand back to his side of the bars and only fought more when Naraku pulled him towards him until his chest hit hard against the bars. Kagome only watched in fear at Naraku's actions and wasstunned when she saw him bring his face closer to Sesshomaru's.

Sesshomaru thrust his head as far away from Naraku as possible but it was no good, he only kept on getting closer and closer until he could feel his breath against his skin, he shut his eyes closed and clenched his teeth, not wanting to know what might happen next. He was a surprised as hell when he felt the grip on his hand feel like it was almost yanked away, he opened his eyes and saw Kagome had pushed Naraku hard until he almost hit the wall on the other side of the hall. Naraku looked at the girl with a mixture of shock and rage swirling in his eyes, he was about to open the cell door and kill her when Kuragari entered the hall.

"Naraku what are you doing? I told you to save the girl for me" Naraku looked at his latest incarnation, he had never followed the orders of one of his creations and he didn't want to start but he had no choice but to follow the miko's commands since she could easily kill him. He let out a defeated sigh and shot a deathly glare towards Kagome at the same time mouthing 'This is not over'

Kagome felt a shiver run down her spine at the threat and was glad that he had left them alone; she shook her head and looked over to Sesshomaru who seemed rather traumatizedat what had just happened, he mentally shuddered before walking back to the spot were he had been sitting at for the last few hours. Kagome almost let out a whine when she saw that he had went back to sitting and staring but before she could let it out an idea popped in her head, she plopped down against the wall to the right of him and decided to find out once and for all what had happened to him and how the Demon Lord had turned into a human.

Sesshomaru looked at the girl and could tell by the determination in her eyes that she would not leave him alone until she found out, he let out a small sigh of annoyance and defeat before opening his mouth to tell the story.

Oohh a cliffy... Dont worry the next chapter is going to be up really really soon!

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