A/N: Ok so now they have another problem. I'm so horrible. But if I didn't keep this up it would get really boring. I hate most stories that have just one probem through the whole thing. Isn't it a better adventure if there's more than one thing going on? That's the kind of thing that keeps people reading. And speaking of reading. I recommend that you check out the story Drizzt Goes To College by AmbrMerlinus. If you like humor it's definitely a good story. Personally, I love it.

For the record: Concerning Kitana, she's very Catwoman-ish. That whole sexy walk and talk. Think Michelle Pfeiffer Catwoman for her. The voice and attitude works. She even has a whip. Just not the cat mask. And with Halle Barry's thinner figure.

Disclaimer: Drizzt and Co. belong to R.A. Salvatore. Kagome belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. I listed all of my characters in chapter six.

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Chapter Eight: It's About Time...

"What do you mean he got captured?" Kimmuriel demanded.

"Oh, sure, make it sound like it's all my fault. You're the reason he left in the first place!" Kagome yelled back.

They were in the drow's room. The young woman had just relayed the news Kitana had brought her a few minutes ago to Kimmuriel. He wasn't taking to it all that well. While she could understand that he was still in shock of what had happened, he had no right to go blaming her. The psionicist backed off after her last statement. He knew it was true. He followed her back to the other room where Kitana was waiting patiently.

Upon seeing him, the demoness narrowed her eyes. "What did you do to him?" she asked. She had heard everything that had transpired between the two that now stood before her.

Kimmuriel took an involuntary step back. Now he had two angry women to deal with. "Luna and I were in bed together. The next thing I know I was on top of Hitori. I panicked. I slapped him and left the room."

The two women's faces now held death glares that would make even Entreri proud. This was not good.

"I don't know what I was thinking!" the psionicist continued. "I panicked."

Kagome and Kitana were still angry with the drow, but their desire to rescue their friend held them in check. Honestly though, they wanted to beat Kimmuriel into a bloody pulp for hitting Hitori.

"You are going to help us rescue him." Kagome stated.

"If you don't, then we're going to kill you." Kitana finished coldly.

The tone of their voices left no doubt in Kimmuriel's mind. "What do we do?" he asked.

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"Any sign of him?" Drizzt asked Nira.

The demon sniffed the air delicately. There was only a small scent trail to follow to begin with but the rain made it fast fading. Nira picked up his pace as not to lose what was left of the trail. He led the others to a building not too far from the inn. Hitori's scent ended there. Nira sniffed the air again, the scent had pooled inside the building indicating that the half drow had been there for more than a few minutes. There was another, unfamiliar scent as well.

"Well, well, what have we here?" a voice drawled from somewhere in the room. "More prizes. The master will be pleased." The air in the house suddenly became sickly sweet. A dark mist permeated the room and the four companions fell to the ground.

A large man stepped out from the darkness to examine their fallen forms. Two drow, a human and a demon. Yes, the master would be pleased. He knew from Hitori that drow made good pleasure slaves. The human would break easily enough. The demon would take some work or be killed. The man carried the four back to his master's house. He knew he would be well rewarded.

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"No word from the others." Kagome stated. "I can't get a hold of them."

"We wont waste the time then." Kitana answered. "We'll go get Hitori now. If we run into them they'll just have to go along with us. If not, then they can wait here."

"You know where he is?" the young woman asked.

"I used to be in the same house for a while."

Kagome did not respond this time. She was aware of the fact that Hitori had been a pleasure slave (even though he never actually told her). She had not known that it was the same for Kitana. The young woman put those thoughts aside. Rescuing Hitori was more important than mulling over things she didn't know about her former rival.

"You have a plan?" Kimmuriel asked.

"You will go in as a emissary from the drow of the Forest of Mir. Or from Bregan D'aerthe. I don't care. You will get them to let you in at which point you will ask for Hitori as your slave for the night." Kitana stated. "We will go in and kill the master while you get Hitori away."

It was clear to Kimmuriel that he had no choice. Kitana knew the rules of the place better than he did. He could use one of his extra-dimmensional doors to get Hitori out.

The psionicist did not enjoy being ordered around. In all truth, Kitana reminded him of Entreri.

Perhaps the assassin would be her if he were a woman.

Kimmuriel did not want to think about that. "When do we leave?"

"Now."

The three of them left the inn within five minutes after making sure that the Charon's Claw and gauntlet were safe inside Kagome's pack. Something had told her that they would be needing it. They had to bring it to Entreri. Then it hit her. "The others have been captured too."

The other two looked at her curiously.

"Whoever captured Hitori got the others too." she elaborated. Kitana knew better than to question her on how she knew this and nodded. Kimmuriel, still under their threat on his life said nothing and followed them to the house where the others were.

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"Finally! We're in Memnon!" Shiara exclaimed. The journey had been far too slow for his liking. But he had Vierna with him and could not have used his full speed. It had become too much for him to keep putting spells on her while he ran.

He found Kagome's scent easily and traced it to an inn. She and her friends were not there.

Shiara noted the scent of a demon who he had not seen in a long time. There was that of a demoness as well, Kitana. What confused him however, was that Hitori's scent was there. Why would the half drow be here at all? He avoided Calimshan at all costs.

He knew that Hitori changed from male to female, the scent of the gender change proved that he had been there as a female. But then the scent changed to male. Maybe he thought that his former master had died and that it was safe for him to go about in his real body.

"I thought you said that they would be here." Vierna said after a few minutes, exasperated.

Shiara shrugged. "I thought they would. Maybe they got a lead. In any case, they'll be back. We will wait here."

"After all the time it took us to get here you want to wait?" she asked doubtfully. "What about that jewel?"

Shiara's brow furrowed for a moment. She had a point. "We will wait for now." he said. "I will know if something is wrong, and if something happens them we will go to them."

Vierna had to be satisfied with that.

Unknown to her, Shiara did sense that something was wrong. But at the same time he knew that he would not be needed. The jewel would be much safer if they avoided this battle. "Why don't you go to sleep?" he asked Vierna. "I will wake you before they get back."

Vierna did not feel like disagreeing with him and carefully laid down on one of the beds. She soon fell into her Reverie and Shiara stayed awake watching over her. He gently placed a hand on one of the amulets around his neck, its warmth told him that Kagome was worried about something. A picture of Hitori flashed into his mind. The half drow was in trouble. So were the others. Kagome, Kitana and the psionicist were going to rescue them.