" What an interesting uh..prediciment this is.. " Kagome mumbled to herself. Or so she thought.

" Very interesting, indeed " Kikyou spat from behind her.

Kagome could feel her own eyes rolling with exasperation " Let me guess.. " her mind drifted

to what had happened many times before.

" Kagome-chan, don't even bother " Sango piped up from the other way over. Rin nodded with her

in agreement.

" So, Inu Yasha, Miroku and Sesshoumaru are fighting Naraku? " she ignored her friends inquires.

" Yes "

" And in an attempt to damage our dear friends ' ahem ' pride, Naraku, may he rot in hell, has

tied the people most precious to them up with..rope? "

Rin smiled " Ahh Kagome-chan, you forget that there are flames surrounding us! "

Sure enough, the red flickered all around them. Kagome nodded " Yes..there are flames- "

" And youkai " added Kikyou " Strong ones too. Just in case. "

" And we're all tied to this ' highly ' flammable tree which can fall over in flames any minute

and kill us all. Well not Kikyou, she's already dead " the demon exterminater said.

" Yes but- "

" Are we going to die...again? " Rin asked innocently " And where's Shippou? " ever since she

first met the little demon, she had a small crush on him.

Sango looked over at Kagome, which has hard considering she was tied to the base of a tree

" Yes, and then is Sesshoumaru-sama going to have to revive us with Tensaiga..again? "

" So " Kagome chose to ignore their questions " I feel like I'm forgetting something..? "

Kikyou droned on in an emotionless voice " Naraku's poison insects are hovering above us and

oh, we're in a closed in cavern. Don't ask how the tree got here. We can die of smoke inhalation

any minute now. "

" of course. That's if the guys don't come to rescue us first "

" Which they probably won't.. " Sango added.

" Sesshoumaru-sama will! "

" Of course he will, Rin " she smiled over at her.

Suddenly a sound made them all grow silent for a second. Finally, it was the live miko that spoke

up atlast " Is..that...rain? "

Sango looked around " Why yes, yes it is. "

" Funny about Naraku..he should have taken the shards from me BEFORE locking us in here. "

They all nodded in agreement. " Oh and Kikyou.. "

" ...... "

" Rot in hell. "