Chapter 10
"My name is Naricoatsu" he smirked.
Aiko and Haru gasped as the demon stepped out from behind the shadows. He was huge and looked the exact same as his father, Naraku.
"I recognise you from somewhere" Haru said as he held his new staff tightly.
"You would think that. We have never met but my father met both of your parents and your father killed him" he growled as his glared at Aiko.
"You can't be!" Haru gasped. Aiko looked at Haru and then realised what he meant and edged nearer to him.
"Yes. Naraku was my father and I'm going to avenge his death" he shouted and put his hand into the air. Aiko and Haru stared at him confused but then realised it was an ordering signal and a pile of ogres stepped out of the shadows and surrounded them.
"Now ogres don't kill them. Especially the girl. We will need her later. Keep the monk alive too. I want them to stay here a couple of days before we get Inuyasha to come. Torture him a bit longer first" he ordered before disappearing into the temple. Aiko and Haru watched him leave in horror as the ogres pressed in on them. They stood back to back and prepared themselves for their first battle together.
"You ready Aiko?" Haru asked with fear in his voice.
"Yeah. I'll show him that I'm a half demon" she growled and released on of her arrows and it hit the ogre. Aiko smiled triumphantly but soon her eyes grew bigger in shock as the ogre pulled the arrow out of its chest and flung it straight at them.
"Haru get down" Aiko screamed. But it was too late, it hit him in the back. Haru dropped to his knees in pain and collapsed onto the ground. Aiko fell beside him and pulled the arrow carefully out of his back.
"Haru. Come on talk to me" she pleaded with teary eyes.
She turned him so he was lying on his back and facing her.
"Don't do anything stupid like I did Aiko. Please stay alive for me" he whispered before going unconscious.
"Haru. Stay awake please Haru" Aiko cried as her tears fell. She didn't realise that the ogres were drawing closer until one grabbed her by the waist and pulled her away while another picked up Haru.
Aiko kicked and screamed as the ogre carried her away from him into the temple. She clawed at the demon's arms but it was no use. She looked behind her and saw the ogre carrying Haru following them and sighed inwardly in relief. The ogre grunted loudly when in got inside the temple and stood in the middle of the room.
"Put them in the room I told you to before" Naricoatsu shouted from another room.
The ogre walked through a corridor and opened a caged door and dropped Aiko on the cold floor. The other one came in and dropped Haru too and they locked the cage and walked away. Aiko crawled to Haru and looked around and saw a pile of straw in the corner. She put one of his arms over her shoulders and pulled him to a standing position. She slowly dragged him to the bed and placed him down carefully on it. She sat beside him and let his head rest on her lap as the only source of light shone in on them. She wiped away the tears from her face and looked around the enclosure. There was one corner that was completely dark and Aiko stared into knowing something was there. Suddenly a small white figure stepped out of the shadows. Kanna.
"Please can you help me" Aiko asked as tears welled up in her eyes again. Kanna stared at her emotionlessly and then looked at the unconscious Haru. She walked over quietly and stood over him. She closed her eyes and bowed her head and started to chant. A light covered his body then faded but he was still unconscious. Aiko looked at her worriedly and then looked down at Haru.
"He's still not awake" she whispered at Kanna.
"I only healed hi wound. He will not die" Kanna said with her usual blank expression.
"Thank you" Aiko smiled and hugged her. Kanna never felt this emotion or show of emotion and pulled away slowly.
"Who are you?" Aiko asked politely trying to start a conversation. She now owed this young girl as she saved Haru's life.
"Kanna" she said.
"I know that name. Your friend Kagura knows my uncle Shessomaru" Aiko said as tapped her finger on her chin.
"Uncle?".
"Yeah but I hardly see him. Him and my father don't get on but he doesn't mind my mother much" she explained.
"Rin?".
"No my mother is Kagome. My father is Inuyasha" she smiled.
Kanna stared at her and realised she wasn't lying and relaxed a bit.
"Kagura is dead" she said and lowered her head.
"I'm sorry" Aiko said somatically and lifted Haru's head so she could make herself more comfortable before putting it down on her lap again.
"Naricoatsu killed her".
"Bastard. When my dad hears about this he will kill him" Aiko growled.
Kanna sat down beside her against the wall and stared at the floor.
"Your father cannot find you".
"What?".
"Naricoatsu put a spell on him so he couldn't find your scent" she explained.
"Did he plan this?" Aiko said getting angrier by the minute.
"Yes".
"So how do my parents find me?".
"When the spell is removed".
Aiko stared down sadly at Haru. She brushed back a bit of his hair and leaned back against the wall. The an idea came to her head and she looked at Kanna.
"Can you remove the spell?" she asked praying the answer would be yes.
"Yes but it will take a while for you father to catch your scent".
"Would you please remove it then?".
"Yes" she simply said and started to chant her mirror glowed brightly and a picture of Inuyasha showed in it. When she finished chanting the mirror stopped glowing and she leaned against the wall again.
"Thank you" Aiko smiled at her.
Kanna stared into space and started to chant and glow again. This time a sword popped out of her mirror and fell beside Aiko.
"Use this. You will need it" she said before disappearing completely.
"Kanna!" Aiko called out but she was gone. "I guess she used all her powers on this. Kanna I will use it to avenge you and your friend Kagura" she whispered as she picked up the silver sword. Its blade glistened in the light and she put it into its sheath that was beside it.
Naricoatsu stepped outside into the courtyard and looked at the chains on the wall again. There we 4 sets on the wall, 2 for the hands were up higher and the 2 for the feet were at the ground.
"These will come in handy and there is enough to chain up him, his mate, and his two pesky friends but I should make them Inuyasha proof" he smirked and pulled out two bottles of potion from his armour. One was bright purple and which he poured on one set of chains and the other was dark red and poured the red potion on the set beside it.
"Ok now the bright one is for the priestess so she can't break the chains and the other is for Inuyasha so he can't break his" he said out loud taking a mental note of this.
(a/n sorry if that is really confusing if you don't understand ask and I'll explain it hopefully a bit better).
Kagome and Inuyasha finished tidying up the hut and went outside for some fresh air.
"Lets go up to Sango and Miroku for a while. They live near the end of the forest so we can keep a look out from there" Kagome suggested.
"Keh".
Kagome wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly, burying her head into his chest and let tears she had been holding for so long finally fall. Inuyasha looked down at her and wrapped his arms around her too and rested his chin on her head.
"Your crying" he said softly as he smelt salt water.
"Sorry" she muffled back.
"You have nothing to be sorry for you idiot" he said and kissed her on the head.
Kagome playfully thumped him on the back at his last remark and laughed.
"Come on. Lets go over to Sango and Miroku's for a while" he said and pulled her gently out of the hug. He wiped away her tears with his clawed finger and grabbed her hand. Kagome smiled up at him and leaned on his arm as they walked. Sango and Miroku were coming from the fields with the twins and Kirara. Suddenly Inuyasha stopped walking and sniffed the air. Sango and Miroku noticed him stop and ran over to see if he was ok.
"Inuyasha what's wrong?" Kagome asked worriedly. Sango and Miroku had just arrived and sent the kids to the hut with Kirara.
"Aiko. I've got her scent" he said with wide eyes and picked Kagome up onto his back and took of in the direction her scent was coming from. Sango and Miroku soon followed behind the speeding half demon.
"Inuyasha are you sure its her?" Kagome asked as she hung onto him for dear life.
"Positive and she's in trouble!" he said and picked up speed. They reached the end of the cliff where he stopped and sniffed the air. Sango and Miroku just caught up with him when he started to run up stream.
"It must be Aiko" Miroku panted as he ran after him again.
Inuyasha ran through the river all the way up stream and stopped again. He sniffed again and looked at the forest at the bottom of the hill.
"Its defiantly her. I can smell Haru too" he shouted back to Sango and Miroku who were slowly catching up with him. He ran down the hill determined to find his daughter. Kagome ducked down lower to avoid branches as Inuyasha ran through the forest.
"Their scents are getting stronger" Inuyasha called over shoulder.
"Inuyasha I can sense a strong demonic aura. Its like Naraku's!" she exclaimed.
"What!. The bastard can't be still alive!" he snarled and ran faster. He continued on until he reached an old temple where he stopped and sniffed the air. Sango and Miroku had just caught up with him when he stopped.
"There in here" he said and turned to face the temple. Kagome hopped of Inuyasha's back and realised she hadn't her bow and arrows with her. Inuyasha unsheathed Tetsuaiga and walked into the courtyard. Then they noticed bow and arrows lying in the middle of the ground and they walked over to them.
"These look like Kikyo's" Inuyasha whispered.
"They can't be. She's dead" Kagome said and picked them up.
"Aiko!" Inuyasha called but got no reply. He stood his ground as he sensed a figure coming out of the temple and Kagome arched on of the arrows.
"Inuyasha you've come early" Naricoatsu said from the shadows.
"Naraku you bastard where's Aiko?" he snarled.
"Inuyasha you are mistaken. I am not Naraku" he laughed evilly.
"Then who the hell are you?" Inuyasha shouted.
"You know your daughter asked me the exact same thing. It must run in the blood" he laughed.
"What have you done with her?" Kagome shouted from behind Inuyasha.
"I don't know. I let my ogres deal with her and her friend. I know she gets on well with them".
Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango and Miroku stood horrified as Naricoatsu emerged from the shadows and grinned evilly.
"Now the answer to your question. My name is Naricoatsu. You killed my father Naraku" he said as he glared at them. "Now you will pay for killing him Inuyasha!".
Suddenly ogre emerged from the shadows and attacked the small unarmed group. The grabbed Miroku, Sango and Kagome but Inuyasha put up a fight and killed many of them.
"Inuyasha your no fun. Let them get you" Naricoatsu mocked.
Inuyasha fought back but noticed Kagome was being dragged away and let his guard down for a second and received a large blow to the head.
"That's better Inuyasha" Naricoatsu smirked as Inuyasha fell to the ground unconscious.