The gang continued on their way down the road, searching for any jewel shards that might be near. Kagome gave her vial of shards to miroku, for she had a bad feeling that if she had the shards, she would doom them all.
As they went further north, their uneasiness increased. At this point they knew they were being watched. Shippo was riding on inuyashas shoulders, looking around in worry. Suddenly miroku stopped. "I sense a pawn of naraku nearby." Just as he said this, kaugra lept out of the trees and pulled out a feather, grabbing kagome and taking off as the others tried to chase her down. "Inuyasha!" Kagome cried out as she dissapeared. Inuyasha snarled and immediately put his nose in the air and tried to sniff out where they were going as shippo cried silently, trying to help.
Narakus castle
Kaugra alighted at the castle with kagome, in front of naraku "i did not see anything different between the two my lord." Kaugra said as she looked at kagome. Kagome was thankful that her kimono still hid her belly rather well, there was no telling what naraku would do if he found out she was pregnant. Naraku turned to kagome, "i recieved an interesting prophecy about you and inuyasha. When halfbreed and miko combine, their resulting blood will be your doom." He glared at her. "So naturally, i am going to seperate you both to make sure that you never get that close. Show her to her room kaugra." Kaugra nodded and led her inside. A scared servant girl in a flowing black kimono was waiting inside a basic room. "Hello miss. Im here to watch you on naraku's orders. My name is nayru." Kaugra left the room and nayru led kagome to the bathtub to have her freshen up. Kagome was reluctant and would not cooperate. Nayru suddenly went to the door and locked it. She went back to kagome and looked at her carefully, placing her hand on kagomes stomach. Kagome panicked."Its okay i wont tell." Nayru whispered, "now i have a chance to be free." Kagome looked at her in confusion until nayru sighed and began her story.
"I have been here for two years now. Naraku kidnapped me from my village to serve him. However, i am...different from the others. You see, naraku has been using me as a...shall we say... release for mating season the past two years...only this time..." she opened her kimono slightly, showing kagome her rounded stomach before quickly closing it. "I dont want my child to be raised around all of this hatred. I dont want my child to even know its father. So, since the prophecy said that your child will doom naraku ..." she glanced up at kagome again, "i will protect your secret with my life. Naraku needs to die. My child and i deserve a chance to be free."
