Chapter one
~ A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life; a
timely word may level stress; a loving word may heal and bless. ~
.. Travel back to when Inuyasha turned his back.
Kagome ignores Inuyasha's stubbornness and continues to keep her arrow pointed straight at the bush. Just as Kagome is about to lower her bow and turn to Inuyasha she sees a flash of green, and then there is a man in baboon skin at her side. * Naraku* Kagome gasps. Naraku grabs Kagome and starts off with her. Kagome screams. "Inuyasha!" Kagome sees Inuyasha turn around to see her and Naraku disappear into the forest. Just as they disappear she catches the broken angry look that becomes Inuyasha's expression. * Help me Inuyasha. Why aren't you coming after me? * Kagome can feel the tears slipping from her control. They slide freely down her cheek and into the wind. Kagome not being able to stand the situation faints in Naraku's arms. When Kagome opens her eyes she sees that she's in a grand castle. She seems to be tied to something. She tries to move her arms, but find that she can't. The room is slightly blurry to her. Kagome closes her eyes and opens them again. The room comes into focus and she sees Naraku sitting legs crossed near the window. She can feel the despair emanating off of him. He seems to be in some kind of pain. "What do you want with me Naraku?" Naraku turns to see Kagome awake and fully attentive. "I am glad to see some kind of recognition my dear." He turns his gaze back to the setting sun. "Please tell me why you have taken me." Kagome pleads. She feels the tears starting to slip again. "You should know well enough my lovely Kikyo." Kagome snaps her head up with a shocked expression. * He thinks I am Kikyo. It must be the heart of Onigumo. He couldn't stay away from her when he was a human and even as Naraku he still can't help himself. Oh Inuyasha I need you. *
"Kikyo?" "Why do you act so surprised? Did you not think I would find you? When I saw you out there in the field with that half-breed I was angry. Then I saw that glint in your eyes and I must say you are my weakness Kikyo." "Untie me at once!" Naraku stands and walks over to Kagome. "I'm not Kikyo so let me go!" "Why do you cry? Are you scared?" Kagome doesn't know what to say or think. When she found out that Onigumo had been obsessed with Kikyo she had no idea it was like this. "If you are not Kikyo then why do I sense her in every movement you make?" Kagome stills for a moment looking up into Naraku's deep eyes. * Maybe he's not so bad after all. *
"Oh well since you serve me no purpose I shall keep you here as bait." * Then again. * Kagome stares straight ahead wondering why Naraku would go to so much trouble as to keep her here for bait. * Why does he want Inuyasha? What has Inuyasha done to him? * "You are a fine woman. Kagome is it not?" Kagome moves her vision to meet his figure standing in the dark. "If you know who I am why did you think I was Kikyo?" "Simple mistake. Now rest up dear you have a long day tomorrow." "What's happening tomorrow?" Kagome knows he can sense her fear. "Being afraid is what will keep you alive my dear." Kagome watches as Naraku rises from his perch near the window and walks through a door to her left. Kagome fiddles with the ropes behind her that bind her to the post she leans against. "How am I suppose to sleep?" Kagome says to herself.
A few hours later.
Kagome is now just slipping into deep slumber when she feels something sucking on her cheek. "What?" Kagome knows somehow that it's Mioga. "Mioga! You little blood sucker. you're lucky my hands are tied behind me." Mioga falls down to Kagome's knee so that she can see him better. "Kagome you must be quiet. If Naraku knows I'm here." "What are you doing here you little coward?" Mioga gets a silly look on his face. "Sorry, but master Inuyasha asked me to find you." Kagome's eyes brighten immediately. "Inuyasha's looking for me?" "Why wouldn't he be? Anyway. pay attention Kagome." Mioga looks up and sees that Kagome seems to be in a day dream state. "Kagome! We don't have time for fantasies." "What? Oh sorry."
"Now as I was saying. Master Inuyasha and the whole gang is looking for you." "Is Sango ok?" "Yes she's just fine. Will you let me talk?" "Oh right." "I will leave you in a minute to tell master Inuyasha where you are. Now I want you to be ready for anything to happen tomorrow, because once master Inuyasha finds out where you are he wont stop until he finds you." "Of course I will be. But Naraku said to be rested up for tomorrow. I have no idea what he's planning on doing with me. Please tell Inuyasha to hurry." "Right away." Mioga takes one last glance at Kagome before memorizing where the castle is and jumping out of the window.
Mioga flies across the grass hurrying to Inuyasha as fast as he possibly can go. After about three hours he finds Inuyasha and the gang lying around a fire. He notes that everyone except Inuyasha is sleeping. Mioga hops up on Inuyasha's shoulder. "Could it be that you're genuinely concerned for dear Kagome?" "What do you want Mioga?" Inuyasha seems to barely have the might to smart back to Mioga. "Master Inuyasha I have found her." Inuyasha snaps to attention. "What? Where? Mioga tell me before I have to smash you!" "No need to raise your voice now master Inuyasha." Inuyasha's ear start to twitch. "I am warning you one last time Mioga." "You'll wake everyone master Inuyasha."
Miroku stirs and sits straight up. "Too late." Everyone else starts to sit up rubbing at their eyes. "What's wrong Inuyasha?" "I am just trying to get Mioga to tell me where Kagome is so that maybe I can spare him." "You know where Kagome is?" Miroku asks Mioga. "Yes. she's at Naraku's castle." Inuyasha stands up. "He took her there?!" "You must calm down Inuyasha." Miroku stands to stop Inuyasha just in case he decides to leave. "What are you doing monk?" "Stepping in your way. You can't go after her by yourself." Inuyasha knowing this starts to pace back and forth in front of the fire. Impatiently Inuyasha sits down next to the fire then gets back up to start pacing again.
"I need to walk." Inuyasha starts to walk away. "Inuyasha." Miroku says as he stands up to walk with Inuyasha. Inuyasha stops and looks back. "I'll be back I promise. I can't leave you all here now can I? I just need to walk." Miroku nods and backs away so that Inuyasha can have some time to sort out his thoughts. Miroku sits down next to Sango. "Naraku had better pray that if her hurt even one hair on her head that we don't find out." Sango looks over at Miroku and smiles. "Yes he had better pray. I know what we'll do, but I am afraid of what Inuyasha would try and do. I mean it is Naraku. We've tried many times to get him, but failed." Miroku scoots closer to Sango and gets a wicked look on his face. "Here let me console you. Let me help." Miroku creeps his arm around Sango's shoulders and lays his hand awfully close to her breast. As usual Sango smacks Miroku across the face and scoots away from him.
"You really need to get your priorities straight." Sango says to Miroku as he nurses to the red hand mark across his face. "You'll never learn Miroku." Sango shakes her head and continues to stare at the fire. * Kagome I hope you're safe and well *. Inuyasha with speed takes off through the forest deciding that he should at least scout the place out. Inuyasha stops at a clearing that seems familiar to him. Inuyasha realizes that this is the place where Kikyo asked him to meet her the day that they Naraku made them betray each other. He stops all of his actions and diverts his thoughts to Kagome. * Oh Kagome I wish that you could hear me now. I hope you're not scared, and so help me if he's hurt you. Kagome I know that it's easier to tell myself than you, but I promise as soon as I get you back I will tell you how I truly feel. I know that you're not Kikyo and you never will be. I have come to terms with that, but you are someone special that means a great deal to me. You have taught me things that not even Kikyo could have taught me. I guess what Kaede told Kikyo is true. You have calmed my heart. *
Inuyasha's thoughts are interrupted by a noise in the bushes. He whips around and watches the bushes with great concern. What could be creeping around in the night? He knows that he doesn't want to face whatever it is, because he needs his strength to get Kagome back. "Who's there?" Inuyasha asks the bushes. Inuyasha creeps closer to the bush, and right as he's about to bend down and see what it is a harmless squirrel jumps out and runs away. "Damn forest creatures." Inuyasha says to himself as he heads off back towards the group. As Inuyasha approaches the campsite he can see an extremely bright light that can't be coming from the fire. When he gets closer he hears Sango scream and he can smell demons. It is a hoard of demons that have decided to come down from the mountain for a visit. "I guess I could use some fun." Inuyasha says as he sprints forward as fast as he can.
Miroku is fighting off the demons when he sees Inuyasha returning. "Inuyasha!" "I'm coming keep your hat on. It sucks being the guy who does all the protecting around here." "Speak for yourself Inuyasha." Inuyasha jumps up and uses his iron reaper soul stealer move and destroys a bunch of them. Then he whips out his Tetsuaiga and uses it to kill the rest. "It's amazing what this sword can do." Miroku rolls his eyes. "Are you finished?" Inuyasha looks back at Miroku with an odd look on his face. "Finished with what?" "Finished basking in the glory. I had killed half of them by the time you arrived." "There were that many down here?" Inuyasha gets a concerned look on his demon face. "They shouldn't have been down here in the first place. He knows were coming, and he doesn't intend to make it easy." Inuyasha curls up by the fire and finally dozes off.
In the morning Miroku and Sango sit staring at Inuyasha. "I don't get it. first he was pacing and couldn't get to sleep, but now he doesn't seem to wake up." "We should let him rest Sango. He hasn't got much sleep lately. We shall depart when he wakes up." "You know he'll be furious if we don't wake him up." "Yes, but I don't particularly want to find out what will happen if we do wake him up." They both look at each other then decide to go gather something for breakfast. "What are those?" Miroku asks Sango looking at what she has in her basket. "They're berries you idiot. What do you have?" Miroku looks to his side and sets in front of him some things he found in Kagome's bag. "You went through Kagome's bag? You idiot!" Sango hits Miroku on the head with her basket. When they turn around they see an angry Inuyasha glaring at them. "Oops did we wake you?" Sango asks.
"That seems to be the problem Sango. See I wanted to start off looking for Kagome first thing this morning, and it seems to be mid morning to me. Why didn't you wake me up!?" Inuyasha yells at them. "We thought you needed the sleep Inuyasha don't be so ungrateful." Inuyasha just doesn't believe what he's hearing. It's one thing hearing it from Kagome, but he doesn't need to hear it from Sango as well. "I suggest you forget the food and pack up. Oh and Miroku put that stuff back in Kagome's bag." "Alright Inuyasha, but we haven't." "I don't care what you have and haven't had! Where's Shippo?" "Shippo is lying over there asleep." "How can anyone sleep over the yelling all of you do?" Shippo says as he sits up. "Ah so you are awake. good. You can help them pack." Shippo looks around quickly and sees a very angry Inuyasha. "Awake who said awake?" Shippo pretends to sleep again.
Inuyasha walks over to Shippo and picks him up. "Don't try it Shippo." "Yes Inuyasha." Shippo gives in and helps pack everything up. "Now let us be off." Miroku says to the group. "Yes lets." Inuyasha takes off at his demon like speed. "Inuyasha!" Miroku yells at Inuyasha making him stop rather far in front of them. When the rest reach Inuyasha he is tapping his foot in impatience. "Will you keep up?" Inuyasha says, as he's ready to take off again. "I'm sorry that were not as fast as you Inuyasha, but you must calm down. If you keep this up you won't be doing Kagome any good." "Shut- up no one asked you monk!" "Fine Inuyasha you go on ahead of us and do something stupid when we cant stop you, and then we'll see how tough you are when you place Kagome in grave danger."
Inuyasha's ears start to twitch and he crosses his arms. "What makes you think that I worry so much about that human?" Miroku looks at Inuyasha with a don't lie we know look. "I just want to get her back so we can hurry up and look for more shards." "Inuyasha! How can you say something so mean?" "Did anyone ask you Shippo?" Miroku bends down and says to Shippo, "He's just coping with his insecurities. He doesn't really mean what he says." "Fine as long as he doesn't mean it." "Can we go already?" Inuyasha starts to walk ahead of them. "I guess so." Miroku sighs and starts off after Inuyasha.
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~ A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life; a
timely word may level stress; a loving word may heal and bless. ~
.. Travel back to when Inuyasha turned his back.
Kagome ignores Inuyasha's stubbornness and continues to keep her arrow pointed straight at the bush. Just as Kagome is about to lower her bow and turn to Inuyasha she sees a flash of green, and then there is a man in baboon skin at her side. * Naraku* Kagome gasps. Naraku grabs Kagome and starts off with her. Kagome screams. "Inuyasha!" Kagome sees Inuyasha turn around to see her and Naraku disappear into the forest. Just as they disappear she catches the broken angry look that becomes Inuyasha's expression. * Help me Inuyasha. Why aren't you coming after me? * Kagome can feel the tears slipping from her control. They slide freely down her cheek and into the wind. Kagome not being able to stand the situation faints in Naraku's arms. When Kagome opens her eyes she sees that she's in a grand castle. She seems to be tied to something. She tries to move her arms, but find that she can't. The room is slightly blurry to her. Kagome closes her eyes and opens them again. The room comes into focus and she sees Naraku sitting legs crossed near the window. She can feel the despair emanating off of him. He seems to be in some kind of pain. "What do you want with me Naraku?" Naraku turns to see Kagome awake and fully attentive. "I am glad to see some kind of recognition my dear." He turns his gaze back to the setting sun. "Please tell me why you have taken me." Kagome pleads. She feels the tears starting to slip again. "You should know well enough my lovely Kikyo." Kagome snaps her head up with a shocked expression. * He thinks I am Kikyo. It must be the heart of Onigumo. He couldn't stay away from her when he was a human and even as Naraku he still can't help himself. Oh Inuyasha I need you. *
"Kikyo?" "Why do you act so surprised? Did you not think I would find you? When I saw you out there in the field with that half-breed I was angry. Then I saw that glint in your eyes and I must say you are my weakness Kikyo." "Untie me at once!" Naraku stands and walks over to Kagome. "I'm not Kikyo so let me go!" "Why do you cry? Are you scared?" Kagome doesn't know what to say or think. When she found out that Onigumo had been obsessed with Kikyo she had no idea it was like this. "If you are not Kikyo then why do I sense her in every movement you make?" Kagome stills for a moment looking up into Naraku's deep eyes. * Maybe he's not so bad after all. *
"Oh well since you serve me no purpose I shall keep you here as bait." * Then again. * Kagome stares straight ahead wondering why Naraku would go to so much trouble as to keep her here for bait. * Why does he want Inuyasha? What has Inuyasha done to him? * "You are a fine woman. Kagome is it not?" Kagome moves her vision to meet his figure standing in the dark. "If you know who I am why did you think I was Kikyo?" "Simple mistake. Now rest up dear you have a long day tomorrow." "What's happening tomorrow?" Kagome knows he can sense her fear. "Being afraid is what will keep you alive my dear." Kagome watches as Naraku rises from his perch near the window and walks through a door to her left. Kagome fiddles with the ropes behind her that bind her to the post she leans against. "How am I suppose to sleep?" Kagome says to herself.
A few hours later.
Kagome is now just slipping into deep slumber when she feels something sucking on her cheek. "What?" Kagome knows somehow that it's Mioga. "Mioga! You little blood sucker. you're lucky my hands are tied behind me." Mioga falls down to Kagome's knee so that she can see him better. "Kagome you must be quiet. If Naraku knows I'm here." "What are you doing here you little coward?" Mioga gets a silly look on his face. "Sorry, but master Inuyasha asked me to find you." Kagome's eyes brighten immediately. "Inuyasha's looking for me?" "Why wouldn't he be? Anyway. pay attention Kagome." Mioga looks up and sees that Kagome seems to be in a day dream state. "Kagome! We don't have time for fantasies." "What? Oh sorry."
"Now as I was saying. Master Inuyasha and the whole gang is looking for you." "Is Sango ok?" "Yes she's just fine. Will you let me talk?" "Oh right." "I will leave you in a minute to tell master Inuyasha where you are. Now I want you to be ready for anything to happen tomorrow, because once master Inuyasha finds out where you are he wont stop until he finds you." "Of course I will be. But Naraku said to be rested up for tomorrow. I have no idea what he's planning on doing with me. Please tell Inuyasha to hurry." "Right away." Mioga takes one last glance at Kagome before memorizing where the castle is and jumping out of the window.
Mioga flies across the grass hurrying to Inuyasha as fast as he possibly can go. After about three hours he finds Inuyasha and the gang lying around a fire. He notes that everyone except Inuyasha is sleeping. Mioga hops up on Inuyasha's shoulder. "Could it be that you're genuinely concerned for dear Kagome?" "What do you want Mioga?" Inuyasha seems to barely have the might to smart back to Mioga. "Master Inuyasha I have found her." Inuyasha snaps to attention. "What? Where? Mioga tell me before I have to smash you!" "No need to raise your voice now master Inuyasha." Inuyasha's ear start to twitch. "I am warning you one last time Mioga." "You'll wake everyone master Inuyasha."
Miroku stirs and sits straight up. "Too late." Everyone else starts to sit up rubbing at their eyes. "What's wrong Inuyasha?" "I am just trying to get Mioga to tell me where Kagome is so that maybe I can spare him." "You know where Kagome is?" Miroku asks Mioga. "Yes. she's at Naraku's castle." Inuyasha stands up. "He took her there?!" "You must calm down Inuyasha." Miroku stands to stop Inuyasha just in case he decides to leave. "What are you doing monk?" "Stepping in your way. You can't go after her by yourself." Inuyasha knowing this starts to pace back and forth in front of the fire. Impatiently Inuyasha sits down next to the fire then gets back up to start pacing again.
"I need to walk." Inuyasha starts to walk away. "Inuyasha." Miroku says as he stands up to walk with Inuyasha. Inuyasha stops and looks back. "I'll be back I promise. I can't leave you all here now can I? I just need to walk." Miroku nods and backs away so that Inuyasha can have some time to sort out his thoughts. Miroku sits down next to Sango. "Naraku had better pray that if her hurt even one hair on her head that we don't find out." Sango looks over at Miroku and smiles. "Yes he had better pray. I know what we'll do, but I am afraid of what Inuyasha would try and do. I mean it is Naraku. We've tried many times to get him, but failed." Miroku scoots closer to Sango and gets a wicked look on his face. "Here let me console you. Let me help." Miroku creeps his arm around Sango's shoulders and lays his hand awfully close to her breast. As usual Sango smacks Miroku across the face and scoots away from him.
"You really need to get your priorities straight." Sango says to Miroku as he nurses to the red hand mark across his face. "You'll never learn Miroku." Sango shakes her head and continues to stare at the fire. * Kagome I hope you're safe and well *. Inuyasha with speed takes off through the forest deciding that he should at least scout the place out. Inuyasha stops at a clearing that seems familiar to him. Inuyasha realizes that this is the place where Kikyo asked him to meet her the day that they Naraku made them betray each other. He stops all of his actions and diverts his thoughts to Kagome. * Oh Kagome I wish that you could hear me now. I hope you're not scared, and so help me if he's hurt you. Kagome I know that it's easier to tell myself than you, but I promise as soon as I get you back I will tell you how I truly feel. I know that you're not Kikyo and you never will be. I have come to terms with that, but you are someone special that means a great deal to me. You have taught me things that not even Kikyo could have taught me. I guess what Kaede told Kikyo is true. You have calmed my heart. *
Inuyasha's thoughts are interrupted by a noise in the bushes. He whips around and watches the bushes with great concern. What could be creeping around in the night? He knows that he doesn't want to face whatever it is, because he needs his strength to get Kagome back. "Who's there?" Inuyasha asks the bushes. Inuyasha creeps closer to the bush, and right as he's about to bend down and see what it is a harmless squirrel jumps out and runs away. "Damn forest creatures." Inuyasha says to himself as he heads off back towards the group. As Inuyasha approaches the campsite he can see an extremely bright light that can't be coming from the fire. When he gets closer he hears Sango scream and he can smell demons. It is a hoard of demons that have decided to come down from the mountain for a visit. "I guess I could use some fun." Inuyasha says as he sprints forward as fast as he can.
Miroku is fighting off the demons when he sees Inuyasha returning. "Inuyasha!" "I'm coming keep your hat on. It sucks being the guy who does all the protecting around here." "Speak for yourself Inuyasha." Inuyasha jumps up and uses his iron reaper soul stealer move and destroys a bunch of them. Then he whips out his Tetsuaiga and uses it to kill the rest. "It's amazing what this sword can do." Miroku rolls his eyes. "Are you finished?" Inuyasha looks back at Miroku with an odd look on his face. "Finished with what?" "Finished basking in the glory. I had killed half of them by the time you arrived." "There were that many down here?" Inuyasha gets a concerned look on his demon face. "They shouldn't have been down here in the first place. He knows were coming, and he doesn't intend to make it easy." Inuyasha curls up by the fire and finally dozes off.
In the morning Miroku and Sango sit staring at Inuyasha. "I don't get it. first he was pacing and couldn't get to sleep, but now he doesn't seem to wake up." "We should let him rest Sango. He hasn't got much sleep lately. We shall depart when he wakes up." "You know he'll be furious if we don't wake him up." "Yes, but I don't particularly want to find out what will happen if we do wake him up." They both look at each other then decide to go gather something for breakfast. "What are those?" Miroku asks Sango looking at what she has in her basket. "They're berries you idiot. What do you have?" Miroku looks to his side and sets in front of him some things he found in Kagome's bag. "You went through Kagome's bag? You idiot!" Sango hits Miroku on the head with her basket. When they turn around they see an angry Inuyasha glaring at them. "Oops did we wake you?" Sango asks.
"That seems to be the problem Sango. See I wanted to start off looking for Kagome first thing this morning, and it seems to be mid morning to me. Why didn't you wake me up!?" Inuyasha yells at them. "We thought you needed the sleep Inuyasha don't be so ungrateful." Inuyasha just doesn't believe what he's hearing. It's one thing hearing it from Kagome, but he doesn't need to hear it from Sango as well. "I suggest you forget the food and pack up. Oh and Miroku put that stuff back in Kagome's bag." "Alright Inuyasha, but we haven't." "I don't care what you have and haven't had! Where's Shippo?" "Shippo is lying over there asleep." "How can anyone sleep over the yelling all of you do?" Shippo says as he sits up. "Ah so you are awake. good. You can help them pack." Shippo looks around quickly and sees a very angry Inuyasha. "Awake who said awake?" Shippo pretends to sleep again.
Inuyasha walks over to Shippo and picks him up. "Don't try it Shippo." "Yes Inuyasha." Shippo gives in and helps pack everything up. "Now let us be off." Miroku says to the group. "Yes lets." Inuyasha takes off at his demon like speed. "Inuyasha!" Miroku yells at Inuyasha making him stop rather far in front of them. When the rest reach Inuyasha he is tapping his foot in impatience. "Will you keep up?" Inuyasha says, as he's ready to take off again. "I'm sorry that were not as fast as you Inuyasha, but you must calm down. If you keep this up you won't be doing Kagome any good." "Shut- up no one asked you monk!" "Fine Inuyasha you go on ahead of us and do something stupid when we cant stop you, and then we'll see how tough you are when you place Kagome in grave danger."
Inuyasha's ears start to twitch and he crosses his arms. "What makes you think that I worry so much about that human?" Miroku looks at Inuyasha with a don't lie we know look. "I just want to get her back so we can hurry up and look for more shards." "Inuyasha! How can you say something so mean?" "Did anyone ask you Shippo?" Miroku bends down and says to Shippo, "He's just coping with his insecurities. He doesn't really mean what he says." "Fine as long as he doesn't mean it." "Can we go already?" Inuyasha starts to walk ahead of them. "I guess so." Miroku sighs and starts off after Inuyasha.
{Do you love it yet? I would love some input good and bad. So please comment on it so far. The next chapter is coming don't worry. As of yet I don't know how many chapters this story is going to be, but I can guarantee it will be good.}