no votes on the poll yet...:P come on guys, help me out heer! anyway, i have a feeling i made a few enemies with the last chapter. but honestly, who would have expected Mazutear to come back? o, btw "you know who" u can stop with the whole 'hurry up asshole' bullcrap (yes, i kno who u r). disclaimers. enjoy!

Dad rushed the demon, but he was gone just before he got cut. Dad immediately looked around, obviously knowing who this 'Mazutear' was. Wait, didn't he say Raiden belonged to this guy? Is that why he's trying to find him?

Before I could finish my thoughts, I felt an arm around my throat and the ground fall out from under my feet. No, I was in the air! Looking down, I saw everyone looking up at me.

"Inuyasha." Mazutear called out. "It seems you not only have a daughter, but also a son. How disgusting, mating with the human girl." "What did you do to Kanume?" Dad screamed. "Don't worry about her." Mazutear tightened his grip on me, choking me. I grabbed his arm, but in my human form, I was too weak to do anything. "I have no interest in her. It's your son you should be worried about."

I tried to struggle against Mazutear's grip, but he just squeezed tighter. "Let him go!" I heard Mom yell just before one of her sacred arrows hit him in the shoulder. He hissed, loosening his grip enough for me to breathe. "I said," Mom yelled, knocking another arrow, "let him GO!"

The next arrow would have gone right through Mazutear's head, had he not used my body as a shield. I felt the arrow pierce my chest, inches from my heart. I let out a groan of pain as Mazutear chuckled. "Careful, little girl. You wouldn't want to kill your own son, would you?"

Seeing my only chance, I bit his arm. While he recoiled, I kicked him in the gut and was free from his grip. Luckily, I flipped in the air and landed on my back.

Mom ran over to me, screaming my name. I could barely breathe, barely see, barely hear. By time Mom got to me, everything was blurry. I could barely make out the tears in her eyes as she apologized over and over.

I pulled the arrow out of my chest, blood oozing from the hole. Mom grabbed my wrist and said something. Not that I could hear anything besides muffled gibberish. Suddenly, Sirka and Mantosu came into sight. Where's Dad?

I slowly stood up, my chest on fire. Damn, good thing I'm in my human form. Don't wanna be purified. The pain slowly started numbing, like all my wounds did. Sadly, when I was in human form, the pain usually returned with a vengance shortly afterwards.

"Inukashi!" I turned to see the worried faces of my mother and my friends. "Don't." I said. "Dad needs help."

I drew Raiden and rushed to where Dad and Mazutear were fighting. It looked like Mazutear was winning. Please, hold on, Dad. There was no way I was losing my father.

Mazutear was so focused on Dad that he didn't see me until after I put Raiden through his heart. He winced in pain, pulling back. Before I could attack him again, I heard Sirka scream.

I whipped around to see some kind of tentacle wrapping itself around her waist. She drew her swords and cut it, only to be attacked by dozens more. I ran to her, seeing Dad start to overpower Mazutear.

Before I could do anything, I felt one of the tentacles go through my stomach. It quickly pulled out, and I heard a deep chuckle as I fell to my knees. I looked up to see a demon with the weirdest form I'd ever seen, with varying tentacles everywhere.

A sacred arrow went through him, putting a huge hole in his chest, before it regenerated. How the Hell is any of this possible? "NARAKU!" Mom yelled, firing three more arrows at once.

Naraku? No, it can't be. THE Naraku, the one that had gathered all of the Sacred Jewel shards and almost killed my parents? Dad yelled something, and I turned to see him battling three Mazutears. What the fuck is going on?

"How's this possible?" Dad yelled, barely surviving against the onslaught of Mazutear attacks. Deciding he was in more immediate danger, I ran to him, leaving Naraku to Mom, Sirka, and Mantosu.

I swung at the nearest Mazutear, who instantly vanished. The other two did, too, and one reappeared a few feet away from us. "That blade." he said. "Inuyasha, how ironic that you would give your son my sword before I killed you and gave Tetsusaiga to my new friend Naraku."

"How the Hell are you alive?" Dad asked. "I killed you all those years ago!" "Correct." Mazutear said as he rushed us. When he got a few feet in front of us, he teleported (I guess you could call it) behind us. "I'm not exactly sure how we're alive, but we are. Now, you die."

I saw a sword emerge from my father's chest. He yelled in pain as I screamed in fury. I didn't notice Raiden start glowing blue until I swung it at Mazutear. I cut him in half, electricity surging through his legs and his upper body. His eyes widened. "Naraku, we leave!" he yelled before teleporting away. I turned around to see Naraku fly away, leaving a very injured Sirka on the ground.

I ran over to her. No, you can't die. It's MY fault you're here, it's MY fault you're hurt. Please, live! I got to her, and her breathing was shallow. I kneeled by her as the others surrounded us.

I grabbed her hand. "Sirka! Sirka, say something! Please! SIRKA!" Her eyes slowly opened, and she talked in mutters. "Inukashi, you're okay." "Save your strength!" I said as Mantosu kneeled next to me. "Sirka," he said, "come on, you can't-" "Don't say it!" I cut him off.

She moaned and shut her eyes, her breathing slowing. I scooped her into my arms, tears welling in my eyes. "Come on." I muttered, feeling my wounds opening further. "We have to go."

The head villager put us up for the night. As I lay there, too many thoughts were going through my head.

"The Hell you are! I'll go!"
"Like that's ever stopped you?"
"Are you saying...?"
"I'll meet you at the Sacred Tree."
"The Hell you are!"
"Calm down, Inuyasha"
"Sirka, say something!"
"You're okay..."
"Sirka, you can't-"
"Don't say it!"

This is my fault. If I hadn't been acting like such a kid, Sirka would be fine...then again, could Dad have taken on Mazutear and Naraku in his human form? I may have saved him, but I might have gotten my best friend killed. It's my fault the woman I lo-

I shook my head. The woman I what? I can't love Sirka, can I? I mean, she's my best friend, nothing more. Right? And even if I did love her, she couldn't love me. After all, I nearly got her killed...

These thoughts went through my head until I was blessed with sleep.

so, how many more enemies did i make bringing back Naraku? if that didn't want to make u murder me, wat will? maybe if i kill off a main character...calm down, i'm kidding. or am i? guess u'll have to find out! the more reviews and votes on my poll i get, the less likely someone is to die. how about i put it this way-review and vote, or Sirka doesn't make it thru the night :) laters!