"You still didn't retrieve the sword!?" Naraku asked loudly and smashed his fist against the armrester of his throne. "If you want you're precious Rin alive you better get that sword!"

"But how will I do it if I can't even hold the sword?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"Take this! It's another human arm," Naraku tossed him a mortal arm.

"I got the two!" Kagura said. She threw a tied-up Miroku and Sango onto the floor before Naraku.

"I see you have done your job," Naraku said. "Why can't you do yours!?!?" He yelled at Sesshoumaru.

"I have extracted the Shikon shards that they had, sir," Kagura said and tossed him the shards.

"Hm. Perfect. Both of you, take two of them. Now go out and get that sword. If Inuyasha wants to keep his friends alive he's going to have to give it up."

Kagura nods but Sesshoumaru watches. They walk off outside of Naraku's castle, walking past countless demons along their way to the drawbridge.



After everyone has entered the small home, and Repherh's spirit has joined with his body, Kagome ran over to the table to pick up something. She turned around to face everyone and show them something. "Look what I got!" she said.

"A Shikon Jewel shard!" Everyone was surprised at the sight of it.

"Where did you find that," Inuyasha asked.

"I found it in Repherh's body while you guys went to retrieve his spirit," Kagome said.

"In my body?" Repherh asked.

"Yeah. Strange that I haven't spotted it in him before . . ."

"What!? You didn't know it was in him all this time!?" Inuyasha asked.

"Well, no . . . Kaede, do you have a reason to why I wouldn't have seen it in him?" Kagome asked.

"I am not sure. It is quite strange, but I think it is because his powers kept the shard hidden from your ability senses," Kaede explained.

"What do you mean 'his powers?' If he had power he wouldn't have died!" Inuyasha said.

"What are you trying to say!?" Repherh yelled at Inuyasha.

"I don't know how, but for some reason the shard could have weakened him," Kaede said.

"No wonder! That explains why my powers weren't as powerful as normal," Repherh said.

"Wouldn't that mean you're more powerful than your half-brother?" Dante asked.

"L. Hevno? No. He has more than what you saw down there," Repherh said.

"Would he be able to survive down there then?" Dante asked.

"I . . . don't know." Repherh clenched his fist when he eyes got watery all again. Kagome put her arms around him.

"He'll be ok," she said.

"I hope he will," Repherh said.

"What? Don't you have faith in your own brother?" Inuyasha rudely asked.

"You don't understand! He isn't stuck with just anyone down there . . . He's trapped . . . with his own father, Hevno. Hevno is one of the most powerful beings to ever exist. He was even powerful enough to go down along with my own father," Repherh explained.

"You mean you're father and his father . . . fought?" Kagome asked.

"Yeah, that's exactly what I mean . . ."

They all hear a voice call from outside. "Inuyasha! Step outside and give us the Tetsusaiga!"

"It's Sesshoumaru again!" Inuyasha said. "Why doesn't he just give up!?"

Dante ran out the door. "Dante!" Repherh followed after him, then Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha! Wait!" Kagome called out to him.

"What!? What do you want?" he asked.

"Take this," Kagome tossed him the shard she extracted from Repherh's body.

"Oh thanks," and he ran out the door.