Okay, okay…you people win, I will write this story. But I must say, I am very reluctant to, so please, I need all the encouragement I can get. So, just for your pleasure here is the real chapter eight, not that fake one. Oh, and FYI, I might or might not follow what I wrote earlier, those were just my few ideas for this story, dammit now I have to sit down and think about what the hell is going to happen. Shit! You people! ARG!

One Soul To Share

Chapter eight (The real one!) The End of the Beginning

            Inuyasha ran through the woods at full speed, trying to pick up any scent of Kagome. He wasn't having much luck. 'What had she said?' he thought. He came to a stop in front of the very tree he had been pined to. 'Something about Kikyo…'his train of thought stopped and his eyes shot up in realization. "Kikyo…" he said and took off for the cave.

            "Lady Kikyo, you must let me look at your wounds." Sota held up his hands.

            "What wounds? I don't have any! I'm just a little light headed is all, it will pass." She clenched her fists and leaned back against the wall of the cave. 'This boy is way to concerned for me.' She thought. Sota gave her a worried glance and poked the fire with a stick. She looked at him through the corner of her eye and studied his figure with great interest.

            He was kneeling next to the fire, turning over the pieces of wood with a small stick. The fire gave off a warm glow that lighted up his face. She glanced down his shirt and saw the sword he wore around his waist.

            "So you're a swordsman?" she said before she could stop herself.

            He looked at her and nodded. "Why, yes I am." He put the stick down and stood up. "My sister blessed this sword for me, it is my one and only." He took the sword and sheath out of his belt and held them out in front of him. Kikyo watched with wild amusement. He unsheathed the sword and the light of the fire trailed across the blade as he slowly brought it up to his face.

            "It looks sharp." Kikyo said.

            Sota laughed and placed the sword back in its sheathed and returned it to its position at his waist. "You should stand up, we will have a visitor soon." He sat down near the fire.

            "What do you mean? How would you know if we were going to have a visitor or not?" Kikyo stood up and dusted off her white dress, although it wasn't really white anymore.

            "Shhh." He put his finger to his lips and stared towards the front of the cave.

            Kikyo could her the pitter-patter of running feet. She ran to Sota and hide behind him. "Who is it?" she whispered.

            "No one to fear, but let's play with him." Sota grabbed Kikyo wrist and pulled her to the wall. "Stay here."

            Sota stood up and prepared himself for the unexpected.

            "HEY!" Inuyasha's voice trailed to the back of the cave. He called out when he say the light of the fire. He entered the large open area of the back of the cave and nearly got his head chopped off. "What the fuck?!" He ducked and dodged Sota's attempts at ending his life.

            "How's it going, Inuyasha?" Sota returned his sword to the sheath.

            "What the hell were you trying to do? Kill me?" Inuyasha yelled in Sota's ear.

            "I was just-" Sota pushed Inuyasha back.

            "Hey!" Kikyo interrupted Sota, "Don't you yell at him like that!"

            "I'll yell at him however way I want!" Inuyasha turned his anger towards the young girl. Kikyo hadn't moved from her stop against the wall, and she had now slumped down and was sitting.

            "Now, now Inuyasha lets not fight." Sota became rather nervous.

            "Shut it, you hound!" Kikyo yelled.

            "Why don't you come over here and say that?!" Inuyasha stomped his foot.

            Kikyo became quite for a moment before continuing, "That's a waste of my time!"

            "You stupid girl!" Inuyasha said.

            Kikyo's pause worried Sota, 'Why isn't she standing up?' he wondered. Then he saw her hand held tight to her chest and her breathing was fast and uneven. 'Shit.' He thought.

            "Indignant fool!" Kikyo narrowed her eyes.

            "Miss Kikyo," Sota pushed Inuyasha into the wall, "Are you ill?"

            Inuyasha staggered back and quickly bopped Sota on the head.

            "Inuyasha this is no time for games, look at the girl, she is obviously sick." Sota pointed to Kikyo, who just glared at the two. 

            Inuyasha sniffed the air and nodded. "Right." He said. He went to Kikyo and bent down in front of the poor girl. "You have two choices, little tyrant. One, you can stay here and die a slow and painful death. Or two, you can come with me and Sota boy over there and collect them jewel shards that you and Kagome so easily spread through out the world."

            Kikyo blinked then turned her head away from Inuyasha, "I'd rather die a slow and painful death then work with you!"

            Inuyasha turned to Sota and shrugged.

            "Get away from her," Sota grabbed the collar of Inuyasha's kimono and threw him into the opposite wall. "Sit boy." Sota whispered.

            "I'm not going with him anywhere." Kikyo tried to cross her arms, but the pain was too much and instead settled on putting them in her lap.

            "Madam Kikyo," Sota took her hand and held it in his. "You are sick, and it is because you do not have all your soul."

            "Wouldn't Kagome be sick then too?" She asked.

            "No," Sota shook his head.

            "Why not?" Kikyo squeezed his hand.

            "Because she did not travel 500 years into the past, and is gone."

            "Hold up there, pal!" Inuyasha rubbed his head. "Naraku has her."

            "You mean she's alive!" Sota brightened up.

            "Well, she's not dead." Inuyasha sat down crossed legged on the ground several feet away from Kikyo and her bodyguard Sota.

            "We must rescue her." Sota stood up.

            "You read my mind." Inuyasha smirked.

            Kagome turned her back to Naraku as he entered the small cell they now kept her in. He arms and legs were bound with chain and it took much effort to move at all. She had to sit on the floor from all the weight.

            "You are smarter than I thought." He kneeled down next to her. "You would have escaped if it wasn't for my guards."

            "You mean, that one guard." Kagome looked him in the eye. He was used to her remarks by now. "The others were easy enough to pass. It was just that one guard."

            "Yes, the gatekeeper I like to call her, she is really meant to keep people out not keep them in." he rested his hand on her knee. Kagome quickly pushed it aside.

            "She looks like a demon exterminator, how did you ever get her here?" Kagome turned away from him.

            "It was nothing really, I just slaughtered her whole village is all and tricked her into believing that wild demons did It." He shrugged.

            "You really are evil." Kagome glared at him.

            "Why thank you." He bowed his head.

            "So what's her name?" Kagome rustled the chains tied around her wrists.

            "If you must know, Sango." He stood up and leaned against the wall. "I'm thinking about making her become my wife, that was of course until your pretty little face came along." He smiled his evil smile.

            "I'd rather die at her hands." Kagome said disgusted.

            "Now, that my darling, can be arranged." He looked at her as though he were thinking. "I know, how about a death match."

             Kagome said nothing.

            "If you beat Sango, you can go, if she defeats you, well, you die…but of course I will stop it before she does the final blow…so, if she defeats you, marry me?" He folded his arms.

            Kagome searched the room with her eyes. "I don't like the terms, but if you remove this spell that seems to pull me towards this god awful mansion, then I will agree. But you must remove it now."

            That damn spell had been the whole reason why Sango had been able to capture her and bring her back, that stupid spell. It feels like some one lassoed you and was pulling you along. Of course the spell isn't physical, there isn't an actual guy with a lasso.

            Naraku leaned down, his noise nearly touching hers. "I will remove the spell now if you answer me one question." His eyes looked like big black holes.

            "What?" Kagome shot daggers at him with her glare.

            "How does it feel to sleep the never-ending sleep?" He stood up and smirked at her. When she looked at him confused he continued. "How does it feel to live 30 years but not really live it at all? You were alive, but yet, you were dead. And most of all, how did it feel to be worshiped?" He put his hand on her for head.

            "Get away from me!" She slapped his arm away with her bound hands.

            "Tsk, tsk, tsk." Naraku shook his finger. "Slave girls shouldn't hit their masters, but I'm a man of my word." He bent down looked her in the eye and put his finger between her eyes. Kagome just stared at him unable to move. "Your soul is free."

            Kikyo screamed and clenched her heart. A bright light surrounded her. Sota ran over to her and held her in his arms. Inuyasha watched the scene, helpless. Kikyo clenched the front of Sota's kimono and felt her strength leave her. "No," she said. The light seemed to leave her and she slumped down into Sota's embrace.

            "Lady Kikyo!" Sota yelled. "LADY KIKYO!"

A/N= Well now, that wasn't in my plan earlier now was it? Nope I think not. Well I really do hope you liked it because, well…it was hard to write. Good twist though, I think. Please review.