'Wha...Where am I? Did I pass out?' Kagome tried to move, finding she was unable to, her eyes flew open, remembering what had happened.
"I hope your comfortable." Naraku grinned at Kagome who's arms and legs were being restrained by what appeared to be tree roots holding her in an upright position. Kagome was scared to say the least, but she kept herself together, returning his grin with an icy-cold glare.
"Now, now. No need for hostility. All I want is the Jewel fragments you've collected. After that, I'll determine your fate. Now give them to me." Naraku now glared at her, demanding the fragments.
"I don't have them." Kagome said sharply. "Don't lie to me, wretch. Give them to me!" Naraku now stood face to face with the miko. "I told you. I don't have them. Even if I did, I'd never give them to a heartless creep like you!" Kagome was telling the truth. She didn't have the necklace with her that held the large shard. In her uneasiness, she had unfastened it and put it beneath her in the sleeping bag.
"Then I'll make you tell me where they are....".
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"We don't have time for this! We have to save Kagome!" Inuyasha turned to leave Kaedes Hut."And how exactly do you propose we do that, Inuyasha?" Miroku's words stopped the Hanyou in his tracks.
"You said you couldn't even smell them, Inuyasha." Shippou sniffled. He had been crying ever since Kagome's capture. "How the Hell should I know!? But we're not getting anything done just sitting around here!" The hanyou crossed his arms over his chest. Worry and fury grew inside of him with every passing moment. 'I should have realized something wasn't right..Kagome knew something was wrong. Damnit! Why didn't she tell me?' Shippou had found Kagome's Shikon shard piece in her sleeping bag, which Inuyasha now had in his pocket.
"Didn't Koga tell us the other day that a miasma field had formed around one of the mountains close to their territory?" Sango recalled their meeting with the wolf demon tribe. "Where there's miasma, Naraku is nearby. Usually in the middle of it." Sango clenched her fist. "I think we should check out that mountain."
Inuyasha gripped the hilt of the Tetsusaiga. 'Please hang on, Kagome...We're coming for you.'
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"You are a stubborn one, aren't you?" Naraku moved away from the still restrained Kagome. Her body was bruished and bleeding. In his attempts to torture the location of the Shikon jewel fragment out of her, she refused. No matter what he did. He was quite surprised she was even still alive. Naraku's attention was turned to a figure standing outside the entrance to his room.
Kikyou.
"Inuyasha has the Jewel Shard." Kikyou looked from Naraku to the battered Kagome. Her gaze was without expression until Kagome mustered up what strength she had left to look at the walking-dead priestess, hate burning in her eyes. "I see." Naraku grinned at Kagome. "It's not wise to leave such a powerful item in the hands of a weak half-breed." He glanced at Kikyou who was already taking her leave from the room. She was not controlled by Naraku, but would take the chance to dispose of Inuyasha herself. On her own free will.
Kagome's eyes watered up. "I hate you...You'll never get the jewel shard." She muttered. Naraku raised her chin to look him in the face, a smirk played on his lips. "Kikyou will do the job for me."
"I hope your comfortable." Naraku grinned at Kagome who's arms and legs were being restrained by what appeared to be tree roots holding her in an upright position. Kagome was scared to say the least, but she kept herself together, returning his grin with an icy-cold glare.
"Now, now. No need for hostility. All I want is the Jewel fragments you've collected. After that, I'll determine your fate. Now give them to me." Naraku now glared at her, demanding the fragments.
"I don't have them." Kagome said sharply. "Don't lie to me, wretch. Give them to me!" Naraku now stood face to face with the miko. "I told you. I don't have them. Even if I did, I'd never give them to a heartless creep like you!" Kagome was telling the truth. She didn't have the necklace with her that held the large shard. In her uneasiness, she had unfastened it and put it beneath her in the sleeping bag.
"Then I'll make you tell me where they are....".
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"We don't have time for this! We have to save Kagome!" Inuyasha turned to leave Kaedes Hut."And how exactly do you propose we do that, Inuyasha?" Miroku's words stopped the Hanyou in his tracks.
"You said you couldn't even smell them, Inuyasha." Shippou sniffled. He had been crying ever since Kagome's capture. "How the Hell should I know!? But we're not getting anything done just sitting around here!" The hanyou crossed his arms over his chest. Worry and fury grew inside of him with every passing moment. 'I should have realized something wasn't right..Kagome knew something was wrong. Damnit! Why didn't she tell me?' Shippou had found Kagome's Shikon shard piece in her sleeping bag, which Inuyasha now had in his pocket.
"Didn't Koga tell us the other day that a miasma field had formed around one of the mountains close to their territory?" Sango recalled their meeting with the wolf demon tribe. "Where there's miasma, Naraku is nearby. Usually in the middle of it." Sango clenched her fist. "I think we should check out that mountain."
Inuyasha gripped the hilt of the Tetsusaiga. 'Please hang on, Kagome...We're coming for you.'
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"You are a stubborn one, aren't you?" Naraku moved away from the still restrained Kagome. Her body was bruished and bleeding. In his attempts to torture the location of the Shikon jewel fragment out of her, she refused. No matter what he did. He was quite surprised she was even still alive. Naraku's attention was turned to a figure standing outside the entrance to his room.
Kikyou.
"Inuyasha has the Jewel Shard." Kikyou looked from Naraku to the battered Kagome. Her gaze was without expression until Kagome mustered up what strength she had left to look at the walking-dead priestess, hate burning in her eyes. "I see." Naraku grinned at Kagome. "It's not wise to leave such a powerful item in the hands of a weak half-breed." He glanced at Kikyou who was already taking her leave from the room. She was not controlled by Naraku, but would take the chance to dispose of Inuyasha herself. On her own free will.
Kagome's eyes watered up. "I hate you...You'll never get the jewel shard." She muttered. Naraku raised her chin to look him in the face, a smirk played on his lips. "Kikyou will do the job for me."