"Argh! Let me go! You slimy snake!" "Such a mouth, for one of Sunali's children." "Oh, shut up! Who are you to her anyway?" "Hm...shall I tell you who I am to her? Or shall I keep you in suspense?" "Just shut up and tell me! You owe me that much at least!" "Really? You think I owe you an explanation?" "Ah, considering that you attempted to kidnap me and actaully did kidnap Kikyo, at birth...YEAH! Are you nuts! Of course you owe me an explanation! Kikyo too!" "Hm...well, with her it'll be kind of hard to give her one..." "Oh, don't play me as a fool! I know as well as you do, that you are going to bring her from hell here, for some stupid reason!" "Hm...smart, you really did get most of Sunali's smarts, didn't you?" "I wouldn't know, since you killed her!" "Hm...true enough..." "So thats the reason for your dislike of Inuyasha!" "Heh! That brat! Didn't know enough not to meddle in my affairs, so when the time was right, I had to get rid of him, before I attempted the take over of heaven, hell, and this world as well." "Take over...what do you mean?" "Have you ever wondered why it is that Kikyo controls the fires of hell? Why you seem to always have angels on your side?" "No...not until now that is..." "It is because you two were born, not only to Empress Sunali, but to the maiden who was forced to stay in this world, by a bamboo cutter." "WHAT! We are not!" "You are so." "How do you know?" "Simple, I know, because that bamboo cutter...is me." Kagome stared at Naraku with wide eyes. "No! That can't be! That would mean that you..." "Thats correct." Kagome went wide eyed even more and slumped to her knees. "This is all too much..." She said to herself. "Hm..." "How exactly do you plan to take over heaven, hell and this world?" "Hm, you'll find out shortly, very shortly. Heh, heh, heh."

Kagome didn't like the way that Naraku was staring at her and it made her feel like he was undressing her with his eyes. She'd just found out that Naraku was actually her's and Kikyo's father. "Can, I leave?" "The room, yes, but not the castle." Kagome sighed, stood and left the room, walked passed Kanna and into a room, that the girl pointed out to her. Once inside she went over to the outside door and puked. Then just leaned up against the door frame, looking up at the now dark night sky. "Inuyasha...please hurry." She said softly to the moon as she remained sitting there.

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"So, how far are we to the castle?" "Don't know, he changes his blasted location all the time." "So as not to be found. We must give him credit for acting smart like that." "Heh, me give him credit, yeah fucking right!" "Now, now, he maybe our most hated enemy, but we must give credit where it's due..." "Screw that monk." "You agree with me?" "This time and this time, only." "Ha, fine I'll drop the subject." "Thank you." Everyone said outright, including Sango.

"So, anyway, do either of you two know why Naraku was able to get so close to the girls as babies in the first place?" "It has to do with the Empress Sunali." "Sunali?" "Yes, she was originally a maiden from the heavens, who was caught by a bamboo cutter, who forced her to remain in this world and becoe his wife." "Kagome told me about that story...but I thought we'd already delt with that witch...ARGH!!" Inuyasha went flying into a tree.

"What the fuck!" "You, you little brat, had better learn your place in life, and that is beneath Empress Sunali! understood!" "Ow, yeah, but I wasn't calling her a witch, I was talking about that Kaguya chick." "Inuyasha, we'd already determined that she was nothing except something like Naraku, a decietful, manipulative demoness." "Okay, then why did Kagome read the name out of the woman, who is supposed to be the empress, why did she read the name Kaguya?" "That is something to ask the one who wrote the story..." "Yeah, right, I think he hasn't even been born yet." "Oh, thats no help then." "Perhaps, it is because of who the cutter actually is?" "Who would that be?" "Naraku." "WHAT! No fucking way!" "Yes way, and watch your tongue when speaking to me, runt!" "Anyway, that can't be true. If it was that would mean that..." "You got it, that snake is both girl's father." "Ugh! That must be making Kagome sick!" "I'll say, to know that the only way for Naraku to gain control over all three worlds is to sleep with both girls...and them being his children...that is so gross!" "Agreed." "Hey, why can't children sleep with their parents?" "Huh?" "Oh, Shippo, they can, but up until the child is old enough to have their own room and bed, which should be when they hit the age of at least 8." "Hm...okay."

"Hey, wait, if he'd gotten his hands on both girls back then, when they were babies...would he have to use the same method?" All looked at each other, and shuddered. "GROSS!" They all said together.

"So, how are we going to get to Kagome even when we find the castle?" "Hm...Shippo, how much better is your shape shifting?" "Good, I can hold onto a certain shape for about 1-2 hours now...why?" Inuyasha thought, then went off somewhere alone. "Wait! Where is he going now?" "Don't ask me what that boy does." Hm..." They continued walking.

Several moments later, Inuyasha returned with a half burnt scroll. "How about shifting into this lady?" He said and unrolled the scroll to reveal a lovely painting of a beautiful young looking woman. "Inuyasha...who is that maiden?" Miroku asked, before having his ear yanked, by Sango. "The Empress Sunali." "Why did you grab that?" "Don't know why I grabbed it when I was a kid, I just did." "Wait...where did you just run off to!" "Not to the palace, if thats what your thinking, I went to where I resided when I was chased from there." "Like I said it was supposed to be a training lesson, it's not my fault those demons weren't fond of hanyou." "It is so! You hired them!" "Enough you two! Why should Shippo become her?" "So as to mess with Naraku's head a bit." "Hm?" "Naraku believes that he killed the empress, long ago, so he'd never expect her to come to collect her children from him, and once seeing her, he'll probably be all befuddled." "Interesting...how did a dunce like you come up with that?" "I'm not a dunce." "Ah, you've learned somethings from Kagome I take it." Inuyasha's face went red, "Shut up monk! Can you pull it off Shippo?" The kitsune looked at the painting closely and nodded, "Yep." "Good, now practice while we head towards the castle, cause we'll need you to hold the form for a full 1-2 hours." "K." "Now lets get to that castle, before it moves again."