The Fight

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Miroku-"How many times do I have to tell you.you DO own me." 'Kisses Hardy'

Hardy- "Oh yeah.I forgot. I love you Miro-Chan."

Miroku-"I love you to Hardy-Chan. Ummm.our time now, close the curtain!"

Hardy- 'Wide eyed' "There's a curtain??? WHERE!"

Miroku- 'Sigh' "Just shut it now and get on with the fanfic."

~Curtain closes~

*First he cursed me with this damned hole in my hand, now he takes the one I love? That's it...* "Naraku is.. DEAD!"

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Naraku's Castle

"Well Hardy.now that I have you it wont take long for Inu-Yasha, the girl with the shards and your lover Miroku to show up now will it? And when they do, I will take the shards and kill your friends in front of you. When I have the shards in my possession, I will."

Naraku stops mid-sentence when he sees the livid look on Hardy's face.

"Ha.you don't like what I'm saying I see."

*Please don't come and save me you guys.I don't want anyone hurt for me. *

Hardy turns to Naraku and spits in his face. Naraku wipes the spit off and smiles. He brings his hand up and slaps I across Hardy's face sending her to her knees. Hardy goes to get up and fight Naraku, but thinks better of it.

*I don't want to show my true power yet; if I do I might hurt someone I don't want to hurt at all. *

"Don't ever do that again you little bitch! Now, instead of saving you for my servant I will let you die with your pathetic friends." Naraku spat at Hardy.

"I would rather die than stay her with you, you bastard!"

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Inu-Yasha's Forest

Miroku had just reached Inu-Yasha and Kagome and was showing them the note.

"But, what would Naraku want with Hardy?" Kagome thought out loud.

"I think he probably want the shards that we have found. That's the most likely reason he would take Hardy. I must get her back!" Miroku cried.

"Don't worry, we'll get her back just stop crying about it!" Inu-Yasha shouted.

So the group sat and discussed their plans for what they would do to get to and into Naraku's castle to save Hardy. But meanwhile at Naraku's castle.

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Hardy sat facing the wall refusing to face Naraku. She was trying to decide a plan to either escape without having to kill Naraku, because she fought without killing. If the time came that someone she loved was being hurt she would not hesitate to kill the person that was hurting them. Naraku grabbed Hardy's shoulders and whipped her around to face him. Hardy was not expecting this so her reaction to that is to grab the person's arm and bend it behind them. Unfortunately this didn't work on Naraku, it just pissed him off. Hardy looked into Naraku's eyes and a spell came over her, which made her not able to breath. Naraku smirked down at Hardy as she sat there holding her neck gasping for the air she lacked. All of a sudden, a glowing arrow flew past Naraku's head and embedded itself in the wall in front of him.

"What the?"

There stood Kagome bow and arrow in hand preparing to shoot another arrow at Naraku.

"Next time.I wont miss! Now Naraku.LET HARDY GO!"

"Naraku, let her go now.or I might just be tempted to cut your head off and slice you in half!" said Inu-Yasha to a visibly pissed off Naraku.

"Hardy.don't worry were gonna get you outta there!" Cried Miroku angrily.

The group hasn't realized that there is a spell on Hardy and as she stands up clutching her throat she starts to sob. No one could get to Hardy unless the spell put over her and the castle was broken. Hardy falls to her knees her lungs yearning for the oxygen they lacked. Miroku looked at Hardy as she fell realizing there was something wrong. "Naraku.WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER!!!"

Naraku looked at Hardy and started to laugh. " Ha.oh yes.she has a spell placed over her that prevents her from breathing. She has less than a minute to live."

The group gasped as Hardy sat fighting to stay conscious. Miro grabs his staff and starts to run towards the barrier that surrounded the castle. He started to beat at I with the staff. As he continues to beat at the barrier a bright white glow surrounds him. At his final hit to the barrier the glowing aura around him turns into a giant dragon and breaks into the obstacle that was keeping him away from Hardy. Hardy watches this with wide eyes.

"Mi...Ro..." Was all that Hardy could gasp before she passed out.

"HARDY DON'T YOU DIE ON ME! DON'T YOU DARE!!" Miroku screamed running towards Hardy with the glowing dragon shielding him in the front.

Hardy lies there unconscious in the castle as Miroku, Inu-Yasha, and Kagome fight with Naraku. Inu-Yasha hit's Naraku with the Tetsaiga and cuts off his arm. The vapors from Naraku's body start to enter the air. Miroku and Inu-Yasha cover themselves to prevent the vapors from entering their bodies. Inu-Yasha gives his fire rat coat to Kagome to protect her and Kagome stands up with her bow and arrow. She shoots at Naraku and hits him right below his shoulder. As Naraku falls to the ground, he disappears in a cloud of noxious gas and vapors. As Naraku disappears Miroku glances over at Hardy and sees her start to breath again. He goes over and gently picks her up. Miro and the group make their way slowly back to Hardy's house. When the reach the house Miro takes Hardy inside while Inu and Kagome stay outside. Miro takes her to her bed and tenderly lays her out until she wakes up.

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"Huh? What? Oh! It's you Miro." Says Hardy sleepily as she turns over to face Miro.

Miro softly brushes the hair out of Hardy's eyes and replies, "I see you're awake. Are you ok?"

Hardy pokes her body making sure everything she remembered was still there. "Yep.as far as I can see."

"Don't worry...I already checked to make sure everything was there." Said Miro with a soft chuckle to his voice.

Hardy rubs her eyes looking out the window to see that it was now nighttime. "How long have I been asleep?"

"Um.. about 3 days.. I haven't left your side for the whole time." Replies a smiling Miro.

"Thank you Miro-Chan.I love you."

"I love you to Hardy-Chan."

Hardy yawns and falls onto the bed to sleep again. Miro gently crawls into the bed next to her and they sleep face-to-face; chest-to-chest, and surprisingly there was no groping involved. The next morning to everyone's surprise Hardy suggested that they go out to hunt for more Shikon Jewel Shards. The group walks for about and hour before they reach a very unfamiliar forest. They enter the forest and start to follow a dark forbidding path. Kagome started to sense many shards that were hidden deep in the forest but seemed to be getting close at a very fast pace. Hardy lifted her nose to the air to sniff, and had to cover it because of the over powering smell of a demon, or many.

"Heh.. Were surrounded." Said Hardy getting her defenses up.

Kagome started to stare into the forest. "By what?"

"Wolf demons.." Replied Inu-Yasha and Hardy simultaneously.

With that, the wind picked up and what seemed like a tornado entered their field of vision. It stopped in from of the group and a boy with a skirt, tail, armband, wolf like boots, and his hair pulled back in a ponytail with a bandanna jumped out. His body reeked of human blood.

"Your on my land, and my wolfs are hungry." Threatened the young wolf demon.

Inu-Yasha looks at the demon and smirks, "Who are you?"

"My name is Kouga. I'm from the wolf youkai tribe. I'm head wolf youkai. 'Sniff sniff' and.from what I smell from you.you're an Inu-Hanyou."

A very pissed off Inu-Yasha growls loudly at Kouga. "Yea, and what of it!? You reek of human blood.been killing any villages lately?"

"Heh.well I have to eat don't I?"

Inu-Yasha and Kouga stare each other down and then attack. Miroku tries to open the wind tunnel but realizes there is too many people are around so re- thinks it. So Miroku not wanting to be left out of the fight or risk the safety of Hardy or Kagome decides to fight with his fists. Kouga sees Miroku coming out onto the field of battle and decides to knock Inu-Yasha down to put his attention on the monk. It would be better to take out the weaker one first. Inu takes a hard blow from Kouga making Kouga turn his attention to the monk. Miro and Kouga begin their fight while Kagome runs over to Inu to make sure he's ok. As Miro tries to attack Kouga, Kouga dodges Miro's blow and hits him. Kouga claws penetrated Miro's arm, chest, and back. Miro began to bleed uncontrollably, but he remained in the fight till he could no longer stand.

"I will defeat you Kouga." Cried Miro falling to his knees.

"How will you defeat me when you cant even stand you pitiful monk." Replied a smirking Kouga.

Hardy ran over to Miro's side praying that he was ok. Miro falls onto his side on the verge of death from loosing so much blood.

*They haven't seen my powers yet.I must use them now.I MUST protect my friends. * Thought Hardy staring around and Inu-Yasha still trying to get up, Kagome trying to help him up, and Miro lying next to her.

Hardy kneels down next to Miro and proceeds to put her hands in a praying position. She closes her eyes and the wind begins to pick up.

"What are you doing girl!?" Cried a worried Kouga. As the wind gains in speed Hardy begins to glow. Miro's body is surrounded in a heavenly light and all his wounds heal in an instant. Hardy stands up; eyes still closed and is engulfed in flames. When she exits the flames she has a fighting uniform and is carrying a staff and a long sword. Every part of her body continues to glow. When she opens her eyes they have turned the color of flames and has a look as if she is going to kill.

Hardy turns to Kouga and points the sword at him. "Kouga.I don't want to kill you, but if you don't leave I will be forced to. Now will you leave? Or do you choose to die? MAKE YOUR DECISION!"

*I can sense this girls power.I cant beat this girl by myself. * Thought a terrified Kouga. "We will continue this fight later girl!"

Kouga turns and disappears into the forest. The group stands staring wide eyed and Hardy. Hardy grabs the necklace, the only part of her still glowing and closes her eyes. This changes her back to her normal Neko form. She flips her hair and turns to the group smiling.

"Glad I could help!" Hardy said still smiling at the shocked group. Hardy turns to Miro who is getting himself up. "I healed your wounds, but you still lost a lot of blood. Be careful."

Hardy looks at Inu who has a nasty scowl on his face. "Feh.I didn't need your help ya know."

Hardy tilts her head to the side and smiles and Inu. "Your welcome Inu- Yasha."

"Feh.. Thanks." Whispered Inu.

Miro got himself up and started to cough. "'Cough' thank you Hardy-Chan."

"Ha! Where would you be without me Miro? Hehehe."

Hardy walks up to Miro and sits down beside him. They kiss and Hardy proposes that they leave the forest and set up camp for the night. The group heads out of the forest Miro and Inu are walking in front while Kagome and Hardy walk a little farther behind to talk.

"Kagome.. Was it just me, or did that boy have jewel shards?" Questioned Hardy.

"He did.. 3 to be exact. That's why he was able to break Inu-Yasha and Miroku's defense so easy."

"Hum.. Well, we'll get em back don't worry." Said Hardy smiling at Kagome.

"Ha.Yep.um.Thanks for saving us." Replied Kagome.

"No prob.what are friends for?"

Kagome looked at Hardy with a questioning look. "Hardy? Where did you get those powers from?"

Hardy got an angry look on her face and replied, "It's in my past now. Don't worry about it."

Kagome just stares at Hardy with a surprised look. "Oh.Ok."

"Kagome.go on up ahead, I'll catch up."

"Um.ok.I'll wait for you up there."

Kagome runs up to the front of the group and Hardy stays behind to think.

*'sigh' My past.It's not pretty. I hate to remember. *

FLASHBACK

A little Hardy was walking down the path in the park heading to her favorite climbing tree in the woods. She looked up ahead and saw a shiny thing sitting on the ground. She walked up to it and picked it up. It was a necklace. It was rose gold and had a light blue gem in the middle. Hardy put it on and as she did she felt a strange tingle go through her body. She lifted her hand up to her head to scratch it questioningly, as she reached up she felt to strange things poking out of her head. She ran over to the pond and looked down at her reflection. She cried out in surprise when she saw herself with cat ears, and demon markings on her face. She traced the blue outlines with her finger and rubbed her ears. As she was doing that she realized that she was in a part of the forest she didn't know. She started to call for her mom who wasn't that far from the forest at the time.

"MOMMY!! MOMMY WHERE ARE YOU!" Cried a scared Hardy.

As she called she saw her mom heading down the path towards her.

"MOMMY, MOMMY LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!!"

As she showed her mother the new demon she had become she saw her mothers face go to a horrifically scared expression.

"Mommy?" Questioned Hardy.

"WHO ARE YOU? YOUR NOT MY DAUGHTER.YOUR JUST A.A.. MANGY DEMON!" Cried Hardy's mother.

"Mommy it's me.. it's Hardy."

"Your not Hardy!!! Your not!!!"

With that Hardy's mother started to flee through the woods. Hardy tried to follow but couldn't keep up with her.

"Mommy!! Mommy!! Don't leave me here!! Please come back!!! MOMMY!!!!!!!"

~End flashback~

Hardy grabbed a hold of her necklace, trying to yank it off. No matter how hard she tried her whole life the necklace could not be removed. This necklace that had cursed her life.

"Humph. I hate the fact I can't take this damned necklace off! But. it's better that lousy human mother left me anyways. I was raised tough to fight in the wild, and I can't change that. I'm a fighter and that's what I'll always be."

TBC.

Hardy- "Well, that's the end of chapter two. Hope you all enjoyed that chapter."

Miroku- 'Wide eyed' "I didn't know that's what happened in your past.. WHY HAVENT YOU TOLD ME IN THE STORY YET!!"

Hardy-'Covering her ears' "OW! Because it hasn't come up yet! I will tell though."

Miroku- "Ok. well.. then.. bye... I guess."

Hardy- "Yep.JA NE!! Oh.and don't forget to review."