I'm SOOO sorry about the long wait. I've been super busy and haven't really felt like writing during my free time. I finally decided to write tonight though =D So, here's chapter 21 ^_^ Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Gakuen Alice.

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Chapter 21

Mikan and Katsu walked hand in hand down one of the many paths in the woods. They were walking towards Hotaru's lab to see if she and Kichiro wanted to make a trip to town central to shop a little bit. They had several hours before it would get dark and they wanted something to do during that time.

"Ne, Katsu, can we get some candy while we're there?" Mikan asked with a bounce in her step.

"Sure." He chuckled lightly, grabbing hold of her hand.

"Yay!" Mikan jumped a little and giggled. Neither one of them noticed that they were no longer alone. That is, until Katsu was thrown to the side and into a tree.

"Katsu!" Mikan screamed as she started running towards the young wolf. She was stopped after one step, however. A strong gust of wind blew her back, making her fall on her butt. She flinched at the contact before trying to stand up, only to be pushed down again.

"It's pointless. No matter how hard you try, you won't be able to beat my wind." A woman with blood red eyes, wearing a kimono and carrying a fan said, walking out of the shadows to stand in front of the young girl.

Mikan looked over at Katsu to notice him trying to stand. The woman seemed to notice because she flicked her wrist, sending another wave of wind into the boy.

"No! Katsu! Who are you?" Mikan screamed at the unknown woman.

"My name is Kagura." The woman smirked.

"What…do you…want from us?" Katsu glared as he held his chest, trying to catch his breath.

"I don't want anything from you. I was sent for her." Kagura smirked as she took a step closer to Mikan.

"Leave her alone!" Katsu yelled as he forced his way to his feet, using the tree for support.

"Just stay down. Wind Blades!" White blades of wind shot at the boy. As they hit, blood sprayed out as a shout erupted from his throat. Deeps cuts were made in his leg, arms, and chest. He had no choice but to fall to the ground as he bled out.

"KATSU!" Mikan screamed once again. Tear leaked out of her eyes as she tried to race towards him. Kagura reacted faster though; she used her wind to knock her down again before tying her up and putting a blindfold on her. She then lifted them both up on her feather and flew towards Naraku's hideout.

"Mi…kan…" Katsu whispered before he passed out.

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Kagome and Natsume walked through the woods towards the field they used to use for training. It had been a long time since they had trained together; and now that they had made up they were both looking forward to it. It's what made them bond so much in the beginning after all. Shippou and Kirara had stayed back at the dorms with Kagome's family since they weren't needed for training.

"You better not have been slacking off these passed couple months, Natsume." Kagome smirked as they entered the clearing.

"Just you wait, Kagome. You're going down today." Natsume smirked back.

"Haha, we'll see about that." Kagome laughed as she got into a defensive position. She signaled for Natsume to start. He didn't wait a second longer before attacking. Kagome was impressed. He was moving faster than he had ever been able to in the past. He still wasn't as fast as her, but he had improved. Now she had to see if he could defend himself.

Natsume immediately noticed when Kagome went on the offensive. He jumped out of the way of her kicks and punches. He managed to last a good twenty minutes without her being able to land a single hit. When he noticed her smirk however he flinched slightly. Kagome suddenly picked up speed. Her punches and kicks became more precise and he was having trouble getting out of the way of them. That's when his foot slipped as he was jumping out of the way of a punch. He closed his eyes as he waited for the impact. It never came.

Natsume opened his eyes and noticed that Kagome had stopped moving. Her fist was still aimed at him but her head was turned to the side.

"Kagome...?" Natsume asked.

"Shh." She spat at him. Natsume scrunched up his eyebrows as he waited for Kagome to respond to him. His eyes widened as she suddenly turned and ran off through the woods. "Stay here!" she yelled back as she disappeared from his sight.

"Stay here? Like hell!" he yelled as he took off after her.

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Kagome's eyes narrowed as she ran through the woods. She had been practicing with Natsume when she suddenly heard a scream. It was a ways off and most humans normally wouldn't be able to hear it; but, Kagome had been using her miko powers for better hearing, just in case Naraku tried anything. She stopped mid-punch before she heard it again. It was loud enough for her to hear what was being said this time. What she heard had cause her to take off running, leaving Natsume behind.

Kagome used her powers to call her weapons to her. She knew that Kirara would notice the weapons disappear and she knew that she would be coming shortly. She then pushed her powers into her legs to push herself even faster. It wasn't much longer before she burst through some pushes into a small clearing.

She looked around and noticed a brown wolf lying under a tree bleeding. She ran over to him and placed her hands on him as she pushed her healing powers into him. As she was just finishing up, Natsume ran into the clearing, panting slightly.

Natsume was about to yell at Kagome to tell him what was going on, but he noticed that she was using her powers on a wolf. His eyebrows lowered in confusion.

Kagome finished healing him as she sat up. "Wake up." She whispered to the wolf. As soon as the wolf had awoken he looked around the clearing before trying to take off into the woods.

"Wait!" Kagome yelled, jumping and grabbing hold of the wolf; in turn he bit her arm while trying to escape.

Kagome didn't even flinch. She just tightened her hold on him as she whispered to him. "Calm down, Katsu. You need to calm down so you can tell me what happened."

'Katsu? As is Kouga's son Katsu? That wolf and that guy are the same?' Natsume thought as he stared at the two of them. When Katsu had bit her he was going to attack the wolf, but when Kagome didn't react at all, he controlled his anger.

Slowly it started to process in Katsu's mind just who was holding him. He stopped struggling as he looked up at Kagome's face. He licked her chin to let her know that it was okay to let him go. Kagome smiled as she released the demon and stood up. She used her miko powers to heal the bite while Katsu returned to his human form.

"Sorry…about the bite." Katsu said as he glared at the ground.

"It's okay. Now Katsu, what happened to Mikan? I heard her scream your name before I took off running here."

'Mikan? That's why she ran here? What happened to her?' Natsume's eyes widened slightly. Even though he didn't love Mikan anymore, he still cared whether she got hurt or not.

"I don't know. Some woman attacked us while we were walking to Hotaru's lab. She had a fan and she said she was sent for Mikan." Katsu's fists were clenched at his sides. He hated the fact that he was unable to help Mikan from harm.

Kagome's eyes narrowed and her shoulders squared at the mention of Kagura. Just then Kirara flew into the clearing. Her eyes scanned the surrounding area as she tried to figure out what the problem was. When she didn't notice anything she looked at her master. She immediately got ready for battle when she noticed the look on her face.

"Kirara, take Natsume and Katsu to the dorms. Get everyone else and bring them there as well. Keep them together." Kirara nodded her head as she walked over to Natsume as she forced him to fall on her back. She then moved towards Katsu, but he jumped out of the way.

"No way! I'm going with you!" he yelled at Kagome.

"No you're not." Kagome growled at him. Her eyes were a dark black and narrowed. Katsu flinched slightly but didn't back down.

"It's my fault she got taken. I'm going with you." He glared.

Kagome eyes softened slightly. "Katsu, it's not your fault. This is happening because of me. Go protect everyone else while I'm gone. I'm counting on you to keep my family safe while I go save Mikan."

Katsu glared at the ground as he fell silent. He was silent for several moments before he lifted his head once again. "You better bring her back."

Kagome nodded her head as he eyes darkened again. "I will."

Katsu nodded his head as well as he climbed onto Kirara. He held Natsume in place so he wouldn't try to go after her. With another nod Kirara lifted to the sky and flew towards the dorms.

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Mikan's head flew from side to side as she tried to get the blindfold off of her face and her hands untied. All her efforts when unrewarded as she found herself picked up and thrown onto a cold ground. She tried to see through the blindfold but she couldn't.

"Ah…Mikan-chan. How nice to finally meet you." A cold voice spoke from not too far away. Mikan flinched as she tried to move away from the voice, causing a deep chuckle to be heard.

She heard footsteps coming towards her. She tried to push herself away faster but she was met with a wall. She flinched when she felt a hand on her, but blinked her eyes several times when she found that the blindfold had been taken off. She looked around at her surroundings to notice that she was in a dungeon like room with a man that she had never seen before.

"Who are you?" Mikan asked with a frightened look on her face.

"My name is Naraku. It's a pleasure to meet you." He smirked.

"What did you do to Katsu!" she yelled as she tried to escape her holds again.

"The boy will be fine. All I wanted was you."

Mikan flinched. "What do you want me for?"

"I want your alices." Naraku grinned.

Mikan gulped. "Wh-what do you mean?"

"I'm going to absorb you into my body."

Mikan's eyes widened considerably. "Wh-what are y-you talking a-bout?" she pulled her body into a ball, moving as far away from Naraku as possible.

"Other 'alices' don't affect you. I need that. I'm going to absorb you to steal your powers." Mikan started shaking with fear. "Don't worry though. I won't do that until my special guest gets here to watch. It won't be long now." Naraku chuckled. "Hurry Kagome. I might get impatient." He laughed as he walked out of the room, leaving the girl crying in the corner.

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Okay, there it is. Again, sorry about the long wait. I have an idea of what I want to happen with the rest of the story, but I'm still juggling some ideas. If you have any ideas that you want to give me, I'm more than happy to consider them. Let me know what you thought. ^_^

~Thanks~

~Ashley~