They were back on the road trying to find a way to save Taku from the darkness. But everything that they came up with just wouldn't work at all. Not one bit... Takai asked "Inu how are we going to save Taku if the spell on him is too strong for him to break free?"

Hana nodded and asked calmly "Inu what's wrong you seem out of it today?" Inu sighed sadly as he sadly said "guys... I have no choice... I have to give Taku the Shikon Jewel..." Takai and Hana went into shock and said "Inu you can't do that! If you do you'll die!!" Inu nodded and said "I know this Hana but Taku had the worst live possible... if only I could've been older when he was captured I could have saved him. Taku was right it should have been me that was captured all those years ago not him! It's my fault that he's like this!!" Everyone could hear the blame in his voice.

He blamed himself for everything that's happened to Taku. Everything that's happened with Taku he blamed himself for. Inu punched a tree saying "it's all my fault that he's like this! It should have been me not him! It should have been me!!" Than he felt someone punch him in the face. Inu looked at the person that punched him and it was Takai.

Takai had anger in his eyes and said "Inu! Stop blaming yourself!! Do you think that you knew this was going to happen?! Did you even know that you even had a brother! Or the fact that he was kidnapped 18 years ago! Well you didn't! If you knew about him you could have saved him when we killed Naraku! But you didn't know so stop blaming yourself we can and will save him!!"

Inu sighed and said "Takai if Taku was YOUR brother you would feel the same way right now... You just don't understand." Than they kept walking and a book fell out of Inu's book bag and Hana picked it up and started to read. After awhile of reading and while Inu was asleep from the huge beating that Takai gave him she told Takai about what she read.

Takai asked with a calm tone "what did you read Hana?" Hana showed Takai the book that Inu dropped and he said "it's a history book what's so interesting about it?" Hana opened up to the page she was on and showed him the picture of a man. But the picture caught his attention for it was a picture of Inu.

Hana calmly said "this looks just like Inu and to what I read it said that Inuyasha Higirashi was the greatest hero since his father Inuyasha. They say that after they defeated Taku that he lost his life in battle for he gave him the Shikon Jewel and died... He never came back to his friends or family. What does this mean Takai does this mean that Inu will die?"

Takai was really confused about this and calmly said "I don't know Hana... But we should be really careful about this right now." Hana nodded and looked at Inu sleeping in his sleeping bag with a calm look on his face. She just couldn't believe what she read and she wouldn't until it happened. All she knew is that if she saw him die again her heart would fall and smash into a million pieces.

The next day everyone packed up camp and they walked looking for any clues to where Taku could be. Inu sighed as he said "lets look around this village. Maybe someones seen Taku lets see he's my twin so I'm good in looking I got an idea!" Than Inu grabbed two pieces of paper and started to draw something. As soon as he was done he gave them each a paper. When they looked at the picture they were in aw it looked just like Inu. It was so life like...

Hana was still in aw as she said "wow I never knew that you could draw Inu." He blushed and said "I draw a lot in my spare time... Now we should start looking around we'll meet back here in a few hours alright." They all left and started to look around the village. Inu saw a man and asked in a calm tone "excuess me sir but have you seen someone like me but with black hair and silver stripes and brown eyes?"

The man had a good look at Inu and said "ah yes of course I saw someone just like you going to the old castle in the western lands. I don't know why he'd want to go there though." Inu bowed and said "thank you sir for your time." The man smiled and watched at Inu walked away. Inu walked back to the spot where he was suppose to meet everyone and decided to take a nap.

In Inu's Dreams

He's walking around a strange castle and said "man this place looks familiar but where have I seen this place before?" Than a man appeared before Inu and said "that's because you have been here before Inu... Or I should say I have." Inu looked at the man and said "Grandfather? Is this your castle? I've heard that you lived in one before you died." InuTashino nodded and said "yes Taku is in the palace with your parents... I have a plan on how you can save him."

After a hour of explaining Inu nodded and asked "are you sure that this plan of yours will work grandfather?" InuTashino nodded and said "trust me Inu it'll work you just have to follow each step and the plan to save Taku will work no problem!" Inu nodded and said "I hope this plan works or else I could lose my brother to the darkness." InuTashino sighed as he said "just trust me Inu it will work." Inu nodded and said "thanks Grandfather...

Back in the real world

Inu woke up and he saw that Takai and Hana were starting to come back. He jumped down from the tree and said in a calm tone "welcome back guys." Takai was happy and said "well I got some news about Taku he's-" Before he could finish Inu said "he's in the palace in the western lands. It also happens to be my grandfather's palace and it will be mine soon as well since I'm his reincarnation. Anyway I'm getting off topic lets head out to the Western Lands!" Hana and Takai both cheered saying "RIGHT!!"