O.K. I know its been a very long time since i last updated this story. I've recently experienced a death of a close family member and it has taken a while to get back to normal. So here's the next chapter and hope you enjoy it... Oh, don't forget to review:)

Chapter 14: Hope

It was dark and cold down in the dusty basement. A woman staggered down the creaky staircase, almost tripping as she went. Crimson liquid staining the jagged slashes in her dark kimono. She weakly moved to the covered mirror, a fragile hand gripping the sheet covering it. She slipped pulling the covering as she fell to her knees.

A shadowed figure appeared in the mirror. " I assume that the job is done?"

The woman lifted her face. One eye was black and swollen, the other bloody red. Her lip spilt open, blood running down her chin. The bruises and red whelps that covered most of her face and neck extending down her body contrasted with her deathly pale skin.

"What happened to you?" the voice sharply sounded.

"Inuyasha. He came and tried to kill me. Kagome stopped him. She let me go."

"The well is sealed."

"He broke the seal." Her hands were shaking, whether from the extreme cold of the basement or form fear, probably a mixture between the two.

"How?"

"I don't know." Timidly, the words came out.

"That's not good enough!"

"That's all I know!" She grabbed the sides of the mirror, shedding tears.

"Sachi you know what would happen if you failed."

"No, please. I'll do anything!" Desperation and fear clouded her purple eyes.

"So how should I kill her? Any suggestions?" a cruel smile played across his dark features.

"No! Please! Kagome, she still trusts me! Just give me one more chance. I won't fail you this time! Please! PLEASE!!! Don't hurt my sister!" she begged.

"Well, fortunately for you, I am feeling compassionate today Sachi. I will give you one more chance…"

"Oh thank you my lord! Thank you!"

"But know this well Sachi, mess up again and I will have you brought here and I will kill the girl right in front you. Then you're next!" his cold smile turned into a malevolent laugh as his image faded.

Slowly she tossed the sheet over the mirror and carefully climbed the spiraling stairs. Just around the bend Inuyasha and Kagome sat on the top step.

"I can believe he went for it." Sachi spoke in disbelief.

"I told you. He wouldn't kill your sister; he needs her to control you. You put some make up on your face and tear your kimono a little. He probably didn't even know the difference." Kagome said matter-of-factly. Her and Inuyasha stood and the three made their way out of the chilly basement.

Once in the kitchen Inuyasha looked squarely at Sachi. "How do I know I can trust you?"

"Inuyasha, I thought we had already been over this." Kagome voiced sternly.

"She could be jerking us around, waiting for her chance to kill you. She did it once and she could be tricking you into believing her to gain your trust, and the minute you turn your back She would have put a knife in it!"

Before Kagome could say anything Sachi spoke up. "Inuyasha, all I want is my sister. I don't want to hurt anyone, except Naraku."

Seeing that he was out numbered, he gave up.

"Sachi I still have some questions for you." Kagome said as they all sat around the table.

"Ok."

"How do you know so much about my time?"

"Naraku. He gave me a book. I read it and it told me mostly what to do. The stuff it didn't tell me was easy. I already knew how to change my appearance."

"Where did he get the book?"

"I don't know. Never asked. It really didn't seem that important."

"What about the soul? The one you said was mine. Was it real?"

"What are you two talking about?" Inuyasha chimed in.

"Sachi said that she had the other half of me soul. The half that Kikyo stole. Was that the actually half or just another trick?"

'It was real; Naraku killed Kikyo. Well more like he had Kanna suck all the souls right out of her body. All except that half. He put it the bottle and gave the bottle to me to give to you."

"How did Naraku get your sister?" Inuyasha asked.

"He sent those terrible falcon demons after me. I hid her so she would be safe but it didn't help. He knew that's what I would do. I flew off the draw the falcons away; once I lost them I went back to get her but she wasn't there. He took her. She's not strong enough to defend herself so he kidnapped her and took her somewhere I couldn't find her."

"Then he trapped you into working for him?" Kagome asked.

"Yes." She replied miserably.

"What about your parents? Wouldn't they come and help you and your sister?" Inuyasha questioned.

"Well, we have the same dad but different mothers. Father sent my mother and I away when the war stared, she was still pregnant with me, you see. He came to see me only once. That's when he gave me this necklace." She motioned to the aqua jewel that hung around her neck. "He told me to use it to protect myself. It helped a lot after the falcons killed my mother. By then the war was over but Dad never came to get me. That just left me, all along. He was busy with his new wife to bother with me; but his family didn't like his new wife and they killed him because he was defending her. I knew that I have a sister but I had never met her before then, I kept an eye on her and her mom after my father died. I lived all by myself until I heard that my sister was in trouble. Father's family attacked the village that my sister and her mom lived in. I raced there to stop them but by the time I arrived her mom was already dead and she wasn't far away from death herself. So I took her, watched and protected her, up until Naraku showed up."

"So you have no family other than your half-sibling?" Inuyasha gave a somewhat amused look. "Sounds familiar. But why is he after you. There are hundreds of people who would work for him. Why is he so intent on getting you?"

"Ya, I never thought about that." Kagome exclaimed. "There must be some special about you Sachi."

"The only reason that I could think that he would want me is because I'm the last living pure blood in my family. All the bat demons in the west lands are descendents from my family line but they are all mixed with different bloods. But why would be want me? All the tribes have disowned me. I just wish he would die a thousand cruel deaths and leave my sister and I alone." Sachi leaned back in her chair, arms crossed.

"I agree but first we need to figure out how take down Naraku." Kagome thought aloud.

"How? Our last plan worked so well." Inuyasha chinned in. "He watched us. He knew what we were doing."

"He's right you know. You can't defeat him from the outside. He has to be taken down from the inside. Then we destroy him!"

"But you can't do it so who would help us?

"Kagura." Sachi said.

"What? She works for him."

"True but she hates him more than I do. If there were anybody who would help us it would be her. And she would bring Kanna along too. Nobody willingly works for Naraku, he blackmailing all of us. They'll be powerful allies. But to bring down Naraku you're going to need more people from the outside."

"Miroku and Sango would be helping." Kagome pointed out.

"I know but… who else do you know that I strong that would help?"

"Well Kouga and… well I guess possibly Ayame." Kagome thought aloud. "And maybe Shesshomaru."

"Do you think they would help?" Sachi asked, smirking, with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

To Be Continued…