It had only been a week since Hikari left Inuyasha, but to her it felt much longer. Naraku hadn't contacted her since that night. She wasn't sure if she should be worried or not. She had told Naraku she would think about his offer, though she had no intention of saying yes.

At the moment, Hikari was laying on the ground with her hands behind her head, staring up at the clouds. She felt like an idiot for not seeing Naraku for who he really was. Inuyasha was right. How could she not know?

The wind picked up. Hikari sat up as Kagura landed in front of her.

"What do you want?" Hikari asked.

"Naraku wants an answer."

"And he couldn't come himself? The answer is no."

"He thought you would say that so he told me if I can't persuade you then I can kill you."

Hikari stood up. "I'd like to see you try."

Hikari jumped up, ready to fight.

Kagura wasted no time in attacking Hikari. Hikari dodged the attack, missing it by inches. Kagura sent another wind attack towards Hikari. She jumped out of the way then threw one of her sais at Kagura. Kagura easily dodged it.

"You really should get better weapons." Kagura said.

"So I've been told."

Hikari dodged Kagura's attacks as she ran to pick up her sai. With sai in hand, she turned towards Kagura. She quickly slashed at her opponent. Kagura didn't move in time and was cut on her face.

"You'll pay for that." Kagura said as she raised her fan. "Dance of the dragon."

Hikari jumped out of the way as Kagura sent another attack towards her. Hikari wasn't able to dodge in time and was hit. As she hit the ground, she wasted no time in getting back up and running towards Kagura. Hikari raised her sais as she went to strike. Kagura easily stepped out of the way.

"I think you're getting slower." Kagura said.

"I'm just getting warmed up."

Hikari went after Kagura. Kagura sent attack after attack at Hikari, not giving her an opening to send her own attack. Hikari tried to dodge, but was soon overcome and was hit. Hikari stood, ignoring the pain.

"This is the end for you." Kagura said.

Kagura sent another blast of wind towards Hikari. Hikari wasn't able to react in time and was hit, sending her over the edge of the cliff. Hikari closed her eyes, thinking she was going to die. She didn't care if she did. She doubted Inuyasha would miss her. He would never trust her again.

"Inuyasha, I'm sorry." Hikari then plunged into the water.

Kagura looked down below and saw nothing. She waited a few minutes in case Hikari came back up, but she never did. Kagura then flew off.

Hikari made her way to the surface. She glanced around her, but saw no sign of Kagura. Hopefully she would believe Hikari dead and she would be left alone. Of course, Naraku would find out sooner or later that she was still alive and will try to kill her again.

Hikari soon made her way out of the water and lay on the ground. Her body was so sore that she didn't think she would be able to move again.

It wasn't long before she sensed someone coming. She was hoping it wasn't anyone threatening since she didn't have the energy to fight. Hikari closed her eyes, waiting for whoever was coming.

She didn't have to wait long.

"Is she dead?"

"No, it looks like she's still breathing."

"She's in bad shape though."

Hikari decided to open her eyes to see who the newcomers were. Standing over her were three wolf demons.

"If you're going to kill me then just do it." Hikari said.

"Kill you? Why would we do that?"

Hikari looked at the one who spoke. He had his long black hair pulled back in a ponytail. "That's just been my luck lately. It seems everyone wants to kill me." Hikari tried to sit up, but found out that was a bad idea as pain shot through her body.

"Don't worry, we won't kill you. Unless you try to kill us."

"You don't have to worry about that. I can barely sit up. I'm Hikari by the way."

"Koga. And that's Ginta and Hikakku."

"You know, Koga, she kind of looks familiar." Ginta said.

Hikari looked at him. "I don't think we've ever met."

"No, you just look like someone we've met."

"Yeah, now that you mention it." Hikakku said. "You kind of look like Inuyasha."

"So, you've met my brother."

"That mutt face is your brother?" Koga said.

"Yes. I take it you two don't get along?"

Koga mumbled something as he walked away.

"I take that as a yes."

Hikari tried sitting up again. This time she was successful, but the pain was still there. She scooted back until she was leaning against a tree.

"Must have been some demon to have done that much damage to you." Ginta said.

"Or maybe she's just weak." Koga said as he walked back towards them.

"It's bad enough I get crap for being half-demon. I don't need to hear I'm weak because I'm a woman."

"I never said that you're weak because you're a woman. I just said maybe you're weak."

Koga kneeled beside her and slapped some leaves on her shoulder.

"Ow. What was that for?"

"Your shoulder is bleeding. It's not much, but at least it will help stop the bleeding."

Hikari pushed his hand away as she pressed the leaves to her shoulder. "Well, you could have been more gentle."

"Who was the demon you fought with?"

"Why do you want to know?"

"Just tell me if it was Naraku or one of his incarnations."

"Did he do wrong you as well?"

"He's the reason why the rest of our pack is dead."

"I'm sorry."

That was another evil thing Naraku has done. Hikari was feeling more like a fool every minute. How is it that she had no idea what Naraku was really up to?

"Well, it's almost dark so we might as well stay here." Koga said.

Hikari looked at him. "I'm sure you can get a few more miles of travel before the sun sets."

"Maybe, but I'm getting hungry anyway." Koga looked over at Ginta and Hikakku. "Hey you two, go grab us some fish."

Hikari stared at Koga, not sure how he decided to stay or why. Koga noticed her staring and said, "What?"

"Nothing. I guess I should get a fire going."

Hikari went to stand up, only made it halfway before pain shot through her. She felt like a weakling.

"Sit back down." Koga said. "I can start the fire."

Hikari ignored him. She wasn't going to let this stop her from making a simple fire. More pain coursed through her body as Koga pushed her back down.

Hikari glared at him. "That's the second time could have been gentle."

Koga said nothing as he went to gather wood for the fire. It wasn't long before the fire was made and the fish were caught. Hikari was silent as she ate. The others were talking about something, but she wasn't paying attention. Her mind was still on the fact that she had helped Naraku while he was ruin everyone's lives.

Later that night, Hikari tried to sleep but as much as she tried sleep would not come. She had tried to fix things with Inuyasha and now she may never fix their relationship. It pained her that she messed up so bad that she would no longer have her brother.

"What are you crying for?"

Hikari quickly wiped her tears and looked up at Koga. "I am not crying."

"Could have fooled me." He said as he sat down.

"I just…I messed up and now Inuyasha won't talk to me. I won't blame him if he didn't want anything to do with me again."

"You couldn't have done anything that bad."

Hikari let out a little laugh. If only he knew. "Trust me, it's bad. You would probably kill me if you knew."

Koga raised an eyebrow at this. "Now you have to tell me what you did."

Hikari said nothing, knowing that Koga would be upset and try to kill her. Maybe things would be better that way.

Hikari sighed. "Fine, but if I tell you you have to promise not to kill me until I can put up a good fight. It's only fair, right?"

Koga was still confused, but replied, "All right."

"For a while I was helping Naraku gather the jewel shards. I didn't know what he was doing and that he was killing others and ruining their lives. I thought…Well, it doesn't matter what I thought. Once I found out what he was up to, I left and I'm not going to help him again."

"Why did you help him in the first place?"

"He found me when I was weak. I had just lost someone I cared about. At times I wasn't even aware of what I was doing. All I could think about was the person I lost. I was oblivious to most of what was going on around me. Naraku said he could help me get Inuyasha back. I should have known better."

"You must have really loved that person."

There was a faint smile on Hikari's face. "I did. I should have known he was up to no good."

"Don't beat yourself up about it."

Hikari looked at him with surprise. She was expecting him to yell at her at least.

"You were doing what you thought you needed to do to save your brother. Nothing wrong with that."

"Inuyasha won't even let me explain."

"He'll come around eventually."

"Thanks, Koga."

After that, Hikari was able to sleep. She wasn't going to give up trying for Inuyahsa's forgiveness.