PART 6 KIDNAPPED

When Inuyasha finally came back to the spot where he'd left the others he was surpised and relieved that no one not even Kagome asked him where he'd gone. They already knew and he had a feeling didn't want to push it. Instead Miroku said. "It's getting late. I think we should head to that village we spotted and see if we could stay there for the night."

"Sounds fine to me," the half demon replied.

As everyone headed toward the smoke Inuyasha looked over at Aijou. She glanced at him and smiled. He had the strangest feeling Aijou might be the reason why his friends had not mentioned him going to find Kikyo. Nobody else seemed that bothered anyway except Kagome. When he took a glance at her face he could tell she was in a rotten mood.

All well, he thought. I'm just glad she didn't get upset about it.

The truth was, she was very upset but didn't want to show it. She didn't say she was going home either. She could just picture Aijou's smug little face if she did. If she said she was going home Aijou would win and she didn't want the demon miko to win. She could also imagine great pain if she used her "sit" command on him. She didn't want to be attacked again. One day I'll show that little baka that Inuyasha and I belong...

When they reached the village Aijou, who was well known in that area, was given a warm welcomed by the villagers and her old friend, Mako.

"Aijou!" the village Priestess Mako shouted rushing toward her old friend and giving her a friendly hug. "How have you been?"

"I'm fine," Aijou said smiling happily. It had been awhile since she'd seen her oldest and dearest friend. "So how is Noda?"

"Oh, he's fine," Mako told her. "No other demons have tried to possess him." (Noda was the boy possessed by the praying mantis demon remember).

"That's good."

"Oh," Mako said looking over her friend's shoulder at the others. "Who are they? Some friends of yours?"

"Oh them?" Aijou turning to Inuyasha and Co. "These are some people I found along the way... They followed me here. I have no idea who they are."

"HEY!" Inuyasha shouted. "You do so! Stop playing stupid?"

Aijou sighed. "Okay, father," she said. She turned away from Mako and pointed at each person in turn. "Mako let me introduce my new friends. This is Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Kirara,..." her voice darkened and filled with hate when she introduced Kagome. "This is Kagome." Her voice got lighter as she introduced Inuyasha. "And this is my father, Inuyasha!"
"I am not your father!" he shouted at her.

Aijou shrugged. "Well that's who they are."

Mako whispered into her ear. "A half demon," she said. "Is he the one you told me about? The one who betrayed your mother Kikyo?"

Aijou nodded sadly. "Yes," she confirmed. "But he doesn't want to admit it for some reason."

"Oh," Mako said pushing back a strand of short black hair. She looked at them. "Well any friends of yours are friends of mine. Feel free to spend the night if you have to. I'll make sure everyone here makes you feel welcome." she smiled sweetly.

Miroku stared at her, almost drooling. She's beautiful! he thought and longed to grope her rear but knew if he did he was in for a bruising. He sighed sadly. "All that good cargo's going to waste," he muttered.

Sango heard him and stared at him. "What are you talking about?" she asked.

He gave her a sheepish look. "Did I say that out loud?" he asked.

She gave him a cold stare. "You were thinking bad thoughts weren't you?" she demanded.

Miroku put up his hands to keep her from hitting him. "Eeh... nothing you would care about," he stammered.

Sango glared at him then gave up. There was no use in fighting with him. She followed the others toward the inn.

Naraku was still watching Aijou through Kanna's mirror. As he did so a plan began forming in his head. I'd like to meet her, he thought.

He looked at Kanna. "Go get your sister Kagura," he told her. "There's something I would like her to do for me..."

That night as everyone sat down to dinner they heard a scream coming from outside.

"What was that?" Kagome asked dropping her food into her lap where Shippo happened to be sitting. "Hey!" he shouted as noodles and rice plopped off his head. "Watch it, Kagome!"

"Sorry," she said looking down at her.

Sango noticed both Inuyasha and Aijou looked nervous. "What is it?" she asked of them.

"I smell Naraku," Inuyasha said his voice filling with anger. "and blood. Lots of blood."

"Naraku?" Miroku asked looking out the window. He saw huge disgusting bees fly by. "Naraku's poisonous insects!" he shouted grabbing his staff and running outside.

Everyone else was quick to follow. Once outside they found fire and people running in panic. It was total chaos. Far ahead they saw Mako staring at someone. They ran toward her and came to a stop.

"Mako," Aijou shouted pulling her bow off her back and standing beside her friend. "What's going on?"

"I don't know," the Priestess replied, holding the hands of two crying childen. "All of a sudden a whole army of demons came out of nowhere and attacked the village."

"Demons?" Aijou asked shocked.

"Can you and your friends do me a favor?" she asked.

"What is it?"

"Can you all fight the demons off?" she asked glancing down at the crying children. "I have to get these little ones to a safer place."

Aijou nodded. She looked over at the others. "We have to fight them off!" she shouted.

"All ready on it!" Inuyasha shouted pulling out the Tetsusaiga and runing at the demons. "WIND SCAR!"

While Inuyasha was fighting Miroku and Sango soon joined him and so did Aijou. She had to duck to avoid Kirara who jumped over her and turned into her larger cat form. The only ones who didn't fight were Shippo and Kagome, though Aijou noticed Kagome had a bow and arrow quiver on her back. Why doesn't she use them?

Suddenly a huge ugly centepede demon came at Kagome. The girl screamed and just stood there staring at it. "Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted turning toward her.

Aijou was faster. She ran forward and shot an arrow at the demon. The arrow hit it directly and it vanished. Aijou came to a stop by Kagome, who was now sitting down on her lazy rear, and fired at another demon. While she did this she yelled at Kagome. "Are stupid or something?"

Kagome stared up at her as the demon Miko shot another demon and killed it instantly. "I beg your pardon?" the girl demanded.

Aijou shot another demon and glared down at Kagome. "You can't stand around in the middle of a fight if you're not going to do anything," she lectured. "You have a bow and arrows, stupid. Use them! Stop being so useless!"

Kagome stared at her a moment then got angry. Aijou was firing arrows at every demon that came at them and hitting every one. The school girl wasn't going to be shown up by Kikyo's daughter. No way! Instantly she was on her feet and aiming her own bow.

"I'll show you useless!" she shouted before firing.

The arrow flew through the air and missed an on coming demon by a mile. Kagome didn't look at Aijou but she could feel the girl's golden eyes boring into her back, mockingly.

"This is how you do it, moron," Aijou growled, aiming at the demon and firing. The arrow hit it easily and the demon vanished. Aijou gave Kagome an extremely annoyed look. "You have a bow and arrows but your aim is pathetic!" she informed her. She reached out and grabbed Kagome's arrows. "There's no sense letting these go to waste in your hands!"

"Hey!" Kagome shouted, grabbing for the shafts. "Give those back! Use your own arrows!"

"I'm out of arrows!" Aijou shouted pushing Kagome behind her. "Since you're such a bad shot why don't you stand behind me so you won't get eaten."

Kagome glared at her and contimplated smacking the girl in the head with her bow but thought better of it. Instead she just sighed and watch miserably as Aijou shot the demons and made her feel stupid. I need more practice...

Just then Miroku noticed something and shouted. "Kagome, Aijou, look out!"

Kagome looked into the air and saw a huge dragonic demon coming at them. She stared at the demon in fear. Aijou pushed her aside and aimed at the demon. She shot the arrow but it didn't hit. The dragon caught the arrow in its teeth and bit it in half. Aijou stared at it in horror. No way!

The dragon kept coming but before Aijou could shoot again or even jump out of the way it grabbed her up in its claws and flew away.

Inuyasha saw it and ran at the demon. "Aijou!" he shouted.

"FATHER!" she screamed reaching down at him.

Inuyasha swung his sword and tried to hit the demon with the Wind Scar but he was too late. The attacked missed the demon by inches. The half demon found himself staring at Aijou, her face full of fear for the first time since he'd seen her, and crying out to him. "INUYASHA! FATHER!"

Something inside him felt the urge to go after her. "AIJOU!" he called to her. "AIJOU!"

"FATHER!" her voice came back to him as the demon disappeared into the night.

In a nearby tree a woman with red eyes, raven black hair, and clothed in a pink butterfly kimono watched the sceen. In her hand she held a rather large war fan but she wasn't using it at the moment so it and the arm that held it were at her side. So, she thought smiling. It looks like his plan worked after all and I didn't have to do a thing.

She reached into her hair and pulled out a tiny feather. "I prefer it that way," she said throwing the feather into the air.

The feather grew in size and she jumped on. The wind picked up and blew the Wind Sorceress Kagura away and toward the castle of her master. I wonder what he's planning on doing with her now that he has her? Her smiled got a little bigger. But whatever he does I'm sure it will be something only he could think of...

A/N

Ah some real action. I seriously think Kagome should learn to use her bow better and more often. I mean come on! Miroku and Sango and Kirara and Inyasha do all the fighting and get all beat up but Kagome just stands back and watches even though she had a bow and arrows and because of that she hardly ever gets hurt. She's like a Mary Sue or something. Some times she uses her arrows but not very often and I don't care if her one fat ass arrow destroyed Naraku's body. She should have aimed for his fat head. She needs to participate more. Anyway I hope you like the chapter. What is Naraku going to do with Aijou? Well you'll see.