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Chapter- um, guess I lost count... Oh yeah! Chapter 6
Naraku's scheme
Inuyasha was becoming very annoyed. He had been sniffing and running the entire day and still had found no trace of Kagome or Midori. His frustration was easily visible on his face. To tell the truth, there was also a large amount of concern. Inuyasha was
very worried: the only fighter even equal to a dog-demon was a catdemon. They were fast, cunning, and known for their ruthlessness. His mind raced with thoughts of torture and death; Kagome's last breath leaving her lungs. Luckily he ran into a tree from thinking so hard while running so fast (AN: ^_^).
"ITE! Stupid tree! Jumping up out of nowhere like that!" Inuyasha would have continued to hurl curses at the tree, had not Sango protested from behind.
"Inuyasha! It is already dark. We should resume the search in the light of day."
"No way! I'm going to keep going. You guys can stay here if you want! I have to- I mean, um, Kagome... She could be hurt."
Inuyasha's voice lowered at the last part.
"She very well could be!!"
The entire group jumped at the sudden shrill voice. Inuyasha was ready to claw anyone who had the nerve to sneak up on them in such a way. "Who's there?! Show yourself!"
"Calm down, you! I mean no harm." The voice came from the very
tree Inuyasha had
received the nice lump on his head. "I wish to help."
"Then come outta that damn tree!" Inuyasha shouted.
"I would, but I, uh, I'm..."
"Wait," Miroku said, "Why can't we sense you? Are you demon or human?"
"Oh, I'm a demon alright. And I'll bet if you touch the tree, you can sense me just fine."
Inuyasha was becoming severely pissed. He touched the tree and

sure enough there was a Cat demon in that tree. "A neko?! Get down here so I can rip you to pieces!!"
Silence.
"Don't make me come all the way up that tree and throw you down here!"
"Actually, that would help. I'm kind of... stuck."
"Stuck?" Inuyasha repeated. 'What kind of crap is this?'
"Please, just get me down! I've been up here for at least a week. I don't know how much longer I'll last without water. And I'll bet I could help you!" The voice seemed weaker.
"M-maybe we should help," Shippou ventured. "Maybe she can help us find the neko that took Kagome!"
Inuyasha did not want to admit the kit was right, but to find Kagome, he would swallow his pride, JUST this once...
~*~* Elsewhere *~*~
"You foolish girl! You speak of that which you do not know..." Midori was close to
tears. Kagome had been trying the better part of the day to convince Midori that her side of the story really happened, and Naraku would soon turn on them.
"Midori! You have to listen!" Kagome coughed; she became weaker by the second. The ooze was slowly sapping away her energy.
"I do not. Even if there was some truth to what you have said, you have still slain my sister. She was my best friend," Midori let a single tear slip down her face. Her green ears were flattened against her head. She wanted to hear no more of the miko's stories. Her green tail swished back and forth angrily. "My sister was a kind soul. She enjoyed nothing more than helping others with her power. She was always so sweet. And then you... You took my sister away from me; I can no longer feel her sweet, powerful aura," Midori could no longer hold back her tears. "Aoi... Aoi, I will avenge you." Midori took her katana down from the wall and walked over to the bubble. 'This girl... She will join my sister NOW!!'
~*~ Back In the forest~*~
Inuyasha clawed his way up the unusually tall tree. He reached a cluster of branches covered in vines. "Where are you?"
"Right here. Please get me out of here!" The voice was quite faint. Inuyasha could hear it right below him, where there was a small blue patch under some leaves. He knelt down and brushed the leaves away. To his surprise, there was a small blue head with little blue furry ears. "C-cut the vines," the neko beckoned. Inuyasha grabbed hold of the vines, but they burned him. "HEY!!" Inuyasha was not happy. He sniffed the weird vines and then decided this would take a stronger approach. Inuyasha unsheathed the Tetsusaiga and began to cut through the vines until they were a pile of mulch at the bottom of the tree.
Under the vines was a small form, covered in blue fur and tattered blue clothing. He picked up the blue neko and jumped out of the tree.
After getting some water into the poor thing, (AN: poor kitty!!) Inuyasha decided it was time to question her. "So, who are you? And how do you think you can help us?"
"Well, you see, my name is Aoi, and about a week ago..."
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