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(Karasu continued to follow Sakura. She hid behind a tree when she saw Sakura's village, watching as Sakura ran to a female dragon demon.)
Sakura: Mommy! My sister was mean to me!
Mother: Your sister?
(Karasu thought, "Bingo," and ran out from the trees with her sword, heading straight for her mother.)
Karasu: You're dead!
Mother: Stay back Sakura!
(She made Sakura get out of the way and unsheathed her sword, which clashed defensively with Karasu's.)
Sakura: Karasu!
Mother: Karasu? You're… You're alive?
Karasu: I'm certainly not dead, now am I?
Mother: (Excited) Karasu! My baby!
(She dropped her sword and tightly hugged Karasu, making her drop her sword as well.)
Mother: I never thought I'd see you again!
(Karasu shoved her away.)
Karasu: Get off of me traitor! You abandoned me! You didn't want me because I'm a big mistake!
Mother: I didn't leave you because I wanted to!
(She got tears in her eyes.)
Mother: …I had to. When I found out what kind of a man Tsuyoku was, I was already pregnant with you. I told him that he was to come nowhere near us or I'd kill him. He beat me and threw me on the ground, putting his foot on my stomach. He said that if I tried anything smart he'd kill us both right then. I was so afraid I was going to lose you that day.
(Karasu's attention was gathered and her calmness returned while she listened to her mother's story.)
Mother: He threatened that when I had you, he would come and take you, then kill me. I didn't want to imagine what his plans for you were. I knew I didn't want that for you, so when I had you I knew I had to watch out for him. I had a secret place at this tree in a secluded part of the forest that only your grandfather and I knew about, so I told him to go and get you there at sunset. He agreed, so ran off with you and secured you there. I didn't want to leave you, but I didn't want him to get you, so it was my only choice. I altered his scent tracking toward the opposite direction of where I'd hidden you, and it led him away from you, which was most important to me. But after a while, he found me. I thought I was going to die when he hurt me so much, demanding that I tell him where you were, but I never told him. He was about to kill me until this fox demon showed up and saved me.
Sakura: That was my daddy!
Mother: Yes, and they fought until he ran your father off. He promised to protect me from Tsuyoku, and for once I felt safe. I wanted to go back and find you, but when I got there, you were gone. I couldn't find your grandfather either, so I didn't know what happened to you… but here you are.
(Karasu wasn't sure of what to say, as she stood there speechless and shocked, also somewhat confused.)
Karasu: …Why didn't grandfather just tell me that? I could've been looking for you instead of hating you all this time!
Mother: He started having a lot of trouble with his memory where he was so old, so he probably forgot what had happened. He would sometimes have strokes that would cause him to forget certain details.
Karasu: And you left me with him?
Mother: I had no choice. I had to protect you. I know he's a little "out there," but he loves you.
Karasu: So… you didn't just abandon me? You really care about me?
Mother: Of course I do. I've missed you so much. You've grown into a beautiful young woman.
Karasu: …Wow! Wait until I tell Mikita! She's gonna…! Oh wait. She wouldn't care. She's a dragon-hating sexist retard.
Mother: Mikita?
Karasu: My sister… on dad's side. There's also Leona, but they're both against me right now. All because Mikita had to go and kill some dragon and make a sword from its tail. What a traitor!
Mother: The Dragon Tail?
Karasu: Yeah. You know about it?
Mother: Yes, but it wasn't created by Mikita. It was created by a wolf demon named Karen.
Karasu: Miki's mom…
Mother: The dragon was terrorizing their village. I know this because it was one of my neighbors. He was always complaining about how he hated wolves. He confronted Karen and she defeated him protecting her tribe. She took the dragon's tail as a souvenir to show the village. She decided to use alchemy to create a powerful sword from his tail… The Dragon Tail.
Karasu: Mikita didn't do it, and I accused her. I have to go find her!
(Karasu started to run off.)
Mother: Karasu!
(Karasu stopped and turned to her mother.)
Mother: …Come back, okay?
(Karasu nodded and continued running. Shippo, Kaede, Rena, and Kirara sat around wondering what happened to everyone.)
Shippo: Everyone's split up. Inuyasha and Kagome are gone, Sango and Leona are debating over Miroku, and I don't even know about Mikita, Karasu, Hiei, or anything else that's going on!
(Suddenly Leona, Miroku, and Sango ran by in a line in this order: Leona was running from Miroku who was running from Sango and her Hiraikotsu.)
Leona: You can't have my peaches!
Miroku: I don't
want the peaches!
Sango: Grrr! Miroku!
(Shippo and Kaede looked at each other confused.)
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Mikita's Child----
(At Kagome's house, they had Mikita lying in Kagome's bed. Mikita opened her eyes to see Inuyasha sitting next to her on the bed.)
Inuyasha: Hey. How are you feeling?
(Mikita sat up and held her head.)
Mikita: What happened? Why am I here?
(She heard the baby cry and she turned with a glow of hatred to see Kagome holding it.)
Mikita: It's that Satan Spawn!
(Leaping out of bed in a blind fury, Mikita went toward Kagome and the baby. She grabbed the baby's throat and attempted to take it from Kagome's arms, but Inuyasha grabbed Mikita around the stomach from behind and pulled her away. This wild, malevolent action frightened Kagome as she protected the crying infant. Inuyasha managed to keep her in the same spot, yet she still clawed blindly toward the baby, struggling to get to the baby and destroy it.)
Mikita: I have to kill it! Even if it will kill me, I don't care! I have to destroy it!
(The baby continued to cry and Kagome cradled it.)
Inuyasha: Mikita! Calm down!
Mikita: No! Let me go! I have to kill it! It's an incarnation of Naraku!
Inuyasha: An incarnation of Naraku?
Mikita: Yes, and if it dies, so do I! Well, so be it! I have to destroy it! Now let go of me!
(She continued to fight Inuyasha, struggling like a wild wolf in a trap. It was very difficult for him to control her, but he managed to throw her onto the bed, sitting on her and pinning her arms down. She jerked frantically, but his pin was successful.)
Mikita: Get off of me, damn it! Let me up!
Inuyasha: Mikita! Stop it!
(She finally became exhausted and calmed down, breathing heavily in frustration. She glared into his eyes and he gave her a serious stare showing that he was not going to let her up, so she closed her eyes tightly while growling angrily.)
Inuyasha: Kagome, take the baby to another room with you.
Kagome: Okay.
(Kagome left the room with the baby and Inuyasha looked at Mikita, who was calming down a bit more, though she was still quite angry.)
Mikita: Okay, she's gone. Now get off me!
(He got off of her and sat next to her on the bed.)
Inuyasha: Fine, but I'm staying right here.
Mikita: Hn.
(She looked away from him and focused her eyesight straight ahead. After a while of silence, Inuyasha looked at her.)
Inuyasha: What did you mean about what you said…? You know, about the crystal being a deceiver's stone?
Mikita: You know what I meant.
Inuyasha: But why did you…?
Mikita: Just drop it okay!
Inuyasha: No! I won't!
Mikita: You're pushing my patience.
(Inuyasha sat there for a moment as if he was in a train of thought and Mikita looked at him.)
Mikita: What?
Inuyasha: The short guy… Hiei. He said that you have the same feelings for me that I have for you.
Mikita: So?
Inuyasha: So, I know how you feel! I feel the same way! Doesn't that matter at all?
Mikita: Look, I know where you're going with this… and you're wrong. You don't feel how I feel.
Inuyasha: What do you mean?
Mikita: I guess I'll have to spell it out for you: You love the mortal, not me. When she was trapped within me, you would look into my eyes and see her. It wasn't my soul you were looking into. The connection deceived your feelings, just as it did mine.
Inuyasha: But that's only how it was at first…
(While they were having this discussion, Kagome was talking to the baby.)
Kagome: It's a good thing my family's gone to the store. They wouldn't know what to think about me bringing home a demon child. You're a really cute little boy. How could something as precious as you be evil?
(The baby looked all sweet and innocent, but as she looked up at the window, his eyes flashed a red hue. This sent out a pulse that Mikita received and she acknowledged it with awareness.)
Inuyasha: Mikita?
(She looked at him as if in a passionate way as she put her hand on his neck.)
Mikita: Exactly. You say that's only how you felt at first, but now it's different. That's a feeling we do share.
(She pressed a certain pressure point on the back of his neck, causing him to flinch and lose consciousness. She laid the back of his head down on the pillow and he did not move.)
Mikita: That's why we can never be, no matter how much we desire it.
(She stroked his hair with a slightly sad glow from her eyes and then looked angrily toward the sound of the crying baby.)
Mikita: There's something I have to take care of.
(Kagome was cradling the baby and talking to him.)
Kagome: Don't cry. It's okay.
(She saw a shadow coming toward her and she looked up. Before long, her scream was heard throughout the house. The wind blew wildly outside; slinging tree branches into the windows. Inuyasha woke up after a while and looked around. He looked next to him where Mikita was, but she was no longer there.)
Inuyasha: Mikita? (Sits up) Mikita? Mikita!
(He jumped up and ran through the house looking for her, but she was nowhere to be seen. He found Kagome unconscious on the floor and ran over to her.)
Inuyasha: Kagome, are you okay? Kagome!
(She opened her eyes and sat up, holding the back of her neck.)
Kagome: I'm fine.
Inuyasha: Where's the baby?
Kagome: Oh no! She must have taken it!
Inuyasha: We have to stop her!
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What is Mikita planning to do to the baby? What is Naraku planning to do with the baby? Hmm…