Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of its characters.

As Sango and Miroku entered the castle, they found that they could only see a small distance in front of them. The castle itself seemed to be shrouded in darkness. They went forward, opening doors cautiously, and inspecting every inch of that place. They didn't seem to be able to find whatever was making that second ora before.

"Damnit!" Sango and Miroku heard from down the hall. Their attention quickly turned to the origin of the voice and they took off toward it. When they finally arrived in what seemed to be a normal room, they found Koga, who was right across from a white demon, which was holding something wrapped in a blanket.

"Kanna!" Miroku yelled, noticing who the white demon was. The blanket that Kanna held in her arms held none other than Naraku's infant; the place believed to have possession of Naraku's heart. If we kill the infant, then Naraku will be defeated.. Finally, once and for all. I will be rid of this cursed wind tunnel. Miroku thought to himself, holding out and looking at his hand. Then, he turned his attention back to Kanna and the infant. All three of them: Sango, Miroku, and Koga, ran to attack her simultaneously, only to be repeled by a barrier. Kanna only returned the fury in their eyes with a blank, void stare.

"You cannot do it. You cannot defeat Naraku." Kanna said blankly. She had no emotion on her face, just blankness. Maybe there was nothing they could do, but they had to try, right? They continued attacking and being repelled by her barrier.

Meanwhile..

Outside the castle, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru both struggled with Naraku. They took turns slashing and tearing at him, only to be thwarted by him regenerating or his barrier. There was no way they could beat him, not without destroying his heart. Inuyasha knew this, but he wanted to buy time for the three inside, which he had noticed back when Naraku was first regenerating. He could only hope that they would hurry and destroy the infant.

However, he noticed something. He looked at Naraku, who seemed to be staring over his shoulder. Naraku must've noticed Sango and Miroku by now.. Inuyasha thought to himself, swinging the Tetsusaiga at Naraku once more, only to be repelled by another barrier that he had put up. Before Inuyasha could think again, Naraku had gone inside the castle, Sesshomaru closely following. Inuyasha joined in and ran towards the entrance, while Kagome and Shippo remained outside where it was safe.

Inside, Sango and Koga had given up fighting the senseless battle. Miroku had tried to use the wind tunnel at that point, but to no avail. Poisonous insects soon were swarming, seemingly out of no where, which forced him to close it. When Naraku finally entered the room, everyone's eyes were on him.

This must be Naraku's heart, then! If he's this eager to protect it, it has to be! Miroku thought to himself. He was actually quite excited that they had confirmed its location. Now all they had to do was destroy it. He turned around to face Kanna again, more determined than ever, only to find that she had vanished. Damnit! He thought again.

Naraku, quite pleased that Kanna had made her get-away, was planning to end this battle quickly. After all, he had to get Kanna to a new location. All of a sudden, his castle began disintigrating into thin air. Naraku himself had also vanished once everyone had turned their heads to see what was going on. Everyone made a dash for the exit. There was no reason, particularly, to why they did this, but who knows what would happen if you were inside when the castle disintigrated?

They finally made it outside to discover that the castle was already gone by the time they turned around. Kagome and Shippo ran up to the group, but nothing was said. Everyone was thinking the same thing: How could they have let Naraku escape again? He was so close! But, they got over it, and were more determined than ever to get him the next time. Koga, not wanting to fight with Inuyasha before they finally defeated Naraku, decided to go back to his den with his wolves. Sesshomaru decided to go find Rin and Jaken to make sure they were okay, so he gathered up Kagura, and away they went. And there left Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippo, Sango, Miroku, and Kilala. Their quaint little family, alone again.

They wandered around a while, quite tired from the long day they had had. The sun was already setting, and there was a village just ahead which was all to convenient. They decided to settle in a weathly-looking house that Miroku had so graciously gotten permission to stay in. It was beginning nightfall, and each went into their seperate rooms, too tired to even eat. They all layed down immediately: Shippo, Kilala, and Inuyasha in one room, Miroku and Sango in another, and Kagome in the third, all by herself.

Kagome had been rummaging through her things to find anything she could to make the ache in her back go away. She must have pulled something while she was running around, and she could really notice. She finally found some lotion, rubbed it into her hands, and stuck her hand down the back of her shirt, massaging her tight shoulders by herself. Inuyasha was in the room next to her, and noticed that her lamp was still on in her room. He opened the door and went in.

"Kagome, what're you still doing up?" Inuyasha asked, kinda wondering Kagome was doing. She looked up at him and sighed.

"My back is killing me. I must have pulled a muscle or something.." She replied to Inuyasha, who came up behind her and sat down. He moved his hands up to the muscles in her shoulders and began massaging them gently, which caused Kagome to remove her hand from her back and moan a bit in pleasure. His touch felt so good and her back even felt as if it was already feeling better! He pushed on the top of her back, motioning for her to lay flat on the ground. He began the routine again. After all, he wanted only to make Kagome happy and comfortable.

After a short time, Inuyasha became daring. He lifted the end of her shirt up, pausing a second to see if she had any objection to it. To his suprise, she just smiled at it, and he completely took her shirt off, with her help, of course. Kagome unhooked her own bra, keeping her back to Inuyasha so she wouldn't completely be exposed, and she layed back down on the ground. Inuyasha, after noticing that Kagome had done it, put some lotion on his hands and then massaged Kagome's back again. He started off at her shoulders and moved his way down. Mid-back, lower back.. He got more pleasure out of this the farther he went down.

Take her, Inuyasha. A voice said in Inuyasha's head. She's right there. She's in love with you. Go ahead, it's time. Take her, now. The voice became louder and more forcing. Inuyasha's massage became more passionate and hard, as he no control over this voice, what it told him to do, or what his body was doing right now. It was like someone else was doing this, and he was just watching.

"K-Kagome.." Inuyasha said, asking her to reply.

"Yes?" Kagome managed to reply back between delighted moans.

"You.. you love me, right?" Inuyasha said, passion filling his voice's every sound.

"Of course I do, Inuyasha. I always have, always will." She stated proudly, now looking up into his eyes. However, she was a bit confused by what she saw. His eyes seemed empty to her.. like he wasn't there, or something. She didn't know what it was, or why he looked like this now, but it worried her. She felt like something was wrong. She didn't say anything about it though. I mean, really, what could've happened to Inuyasha? It must have been her imagination.

Inuyasha began licking Kagome's shoulder, ever so gently. He moved down her back, which sent shivers up Kagome's spine. She was enjoying this so much.. a bit too much, actually. She never thought anything like this would happen to her, but she was glad that it was.. wasn't she? Something wasn't right.

There you go.. Marvelous, Inuyasha. Go ahead, she's right there. Take her. She's yours. The voice said again, urging Inuyasha on.

He skipped over her skirt, and starting his licking trail again, beginning from her calf muscle on her leg on up. He stopped at her mid-thigh area, quite satisfied. Kagome tried to get a better look at his eyes to verify if what she saw before was real or not. Inuyasha began teasing the skin with his fangs. Not piercing the skin, but toying with it playfully. He brought his head up slowly, only focusing on Kagome's thigh, which brought a thought to Kagome's mind.

..Is he.. is he going to bite me?! She thought, fearful of the pain he might inflict. She didn't move though. She was going to wait and see what Inuyasha did. After all, he loved her, and he wouldn't do anything that would harm her.. right? She lowered her head a bit, to try to see into his eyes once again. She gasped loudly at what she saw: Inuyasha's eyes were blood red! Before she could react, it was too late. Inuyasha was on his way down to sink his fangs into Kagome's thigh.

Kagome flinched, turning her head to the side at the impending pain that she was about to receive. Him being a demon now, who knows how much pain it would cause? Certainly not her. She could only wait for the moment to pass, and hope that it didn't hurt too bad.

Note: Okay, finally done. Again. I've been on a roll, if I do say so myself. Anyways, I've got a new story up if you want to read that. It's different from this one, trust me. I plan on updating that one sometime this weekend, as well.

Anyway, read and review, please! And, if you have time, check out and review my new story, too! Thanks for reading.