A/N: My story is slowly drawing to a close. After this chappie, there will be only one more left. Oh, and question: What do you think of my new user name? A friend of mine suggested it, and I think it's a little more unigue, but thats just me.
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Chapter 24
"Oh, my head." Kagome groaned once she regained consciousness. She tried to lift her hand up to feel her head, but she couldn't. "What?" She questioned as she tried to move her hands. Again, they wouldn't.
She wriggled her wrists, feeling something rough in texture rub against them. She finally realized that she was tied up.
She tried to wriggle free, but the ropes were to tight and began cutting into her wrists.
"Ah, I see the little miko is awake." A dark voice said from the shadows.
Kagome whipped her head in every direction, just now noticing her surroundings.
She was some place very dark, where the only light was showing was centered in on her. She squinted her eyes, trying to find the person the voice belonged to, but to no avil, it was to dark to see any farther than the circle of light she was sitting in.
"Who's there?" She called in a shaky voice.
"Kukuku, you don't remember me? You should after the beating I gave you back in that ally. I am Naraku." The voice replied.
Kagome shivered. The voice sounded so familiar, but she just couldn't remember it. "Show yourself!" She called out bravely, trying to cover her fear.
Dark, sinister laughter came and the a figure clad in black boots, black pants, a black shirt, black leather trench coat, long, black wavy hair, and blood red eyes stepped into the circle of light.
Kagome knew that this man was evil the moment she laid eyes on him.
The man walked closer to Kagome and knelt down. "Now, Kagome, lets just cut to the chase, hm?" He said and a sickingly sweet voice. "Where is the Shikon no Tama?" He asked, still using the voice.
Kagome scrunched up her face. "Shikon no what?" She asked.
The man frowned. "Don't play dumb, Kagome. I know you have the jewel of four souls." Naraku said in a voice that wasn't quite so sweet anymore.
Kagome felt fear start to creep in on her and she fought to stay calm. "I have no idea what you're talking about! I don't have this jewel thing!" She yelled, her voice high with fright.
Naraku's face hardend. "Oh, but you do, Kagome. You wanna know how I know?" He asked in a dark voice.
"I know because you gave me this." Naraku said and pulled the left side of his shirt down to reveal a scar on his shoulder.
Kagome looked at the scare and a flash back came to her.
~*Flashback*~
"Give the Shikon back to me, Naraku!" Kagome yelled as she stood in front of the vile creature known as Naraku.
Naraku held up the small, glowing ball of energy and cackled. "I don't think so, my little miko. I plan to use this jewel for my own pleasures." He said and smirked.
Kagome held up both her hands and a bow appeared out of thin air. "This is your last warning! Give me the jewel!" Kagome all but growled at Naraku.
Naraku chuckled. "And for the last time, no." He said, still smirking.
Kagome suddenly smirked as well. "I was hoping you'd say that. Don't say I didn't warn you." She said and pulled the string back on her bow, and as she did so, an arrow of pure miko energy appeared and glowed a bright purple.
She pulled the bow string taught and let the arrow of light fly towards the evil man.
Naraku saw what she planned to do and lifted up his right hand and erected a shield.
The arrow flew straight towards Naraku, but he didn't flinch, he had full confidence in his power.
The arrow flew straight and true and shattered Naraku's shield and pierced Naraku in the left part of his shoulder.
Naraku's eyes widened in shocked surprise as he dropped the Shikon no Tama and grasped at the arrow that was sticking out of his shoulder.
The miko power in the arrow deflected his hand and Naraku groaned in pain as his shoulder began to burn.
Kagome's bow disappeared and she held out her right hand. The Shikon no Tama floated in the air and flew towards Kagome to land gently in her hand.
Kagome glanced one last time at Naraku and then whirled around and began to run.
She ran until she reached a car tunnel and she ran into it and leaned against the wall, surrounded by darkness.
She lifted the softly glowing jewel up to her face. "I have to hide this some where so no one will find it." Kagome said aloud.
She began chanting the same thing over and over. The jewel once again floated into the air and just hovered there for a minute, then gave a bright light that illuminated the whole tunnel in pink light.
When the light faded, there was no trace of the jewel.
Kagome heard some one and when she looked up she saw Naraku running towards her.
~*End Flashback*~
Kagome shook her head as her memories began pouring in. She remembered the beating Naraku had given her, how he had stolen the Shikon no Tama, how he had killed her family to get to it from the family shrine, she remembered her childhood, her brother, her mother, her grandfather, what school she had went to.
She turned cold eyes to the man before her. "You deserve every ounce of pain you get!" She spat at him, all traces of fear completely gone.
Naraku suddenly smirked. "Ah, back to your old feisty self are you?" He said and brought his face closer to her's.
Kagome continued to glare death at him.
Naraku chuckled at her look. "I like my women feisty." He said and leaned in and caught Kagome's lips in a hard, hungry, lustful kiss.
Kagome was repulsed by this. She quickly bit down hard, causing Naraku's bottom lip to bleed.
Naraku jerked back. He brought his hand up to his lip and pulled it back and looked at it. He glared at the blood on his hand, then turned his glare on Kagome.
"You wench!" He yelled and slapped her hard across her face, causing her head to fly to the side.
Kagome didn't make a sound. 'No way will I give this monster the pleasure of hearing me in pain.' She thought and whipped her head back towards him, not even flinching.
"Tell me where the jewel is!" Naraku yelled and got in Kagome's face.
Kagome gave him a look that would make the strongest and bravest of men cry in fear. "Over my dead body." She said in a low dangerous sounding voice.
Naraku hit Kagome in her stomach. "That can be arranged." He said and slapped her again.
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Inuyasha turned down the side street behind the hospital, his tires screeching on the rain slicked road.
"Stupid girl, she didn't even give me time to explain." Inuyasha muttered as he pushed his car to its limits.
Inuyasha searched the streets, looking for the black car that Shippo had told him about. He was going so fast that he almost rammed into a Cadillac on the next turn.
Inuyasha cursed and slowed down slightly, not much though.
He was now in a neighborhood where there was nothing but abandon buildings, and falling down houses, no one lived in this place anymore, maybe a long time ago, but not now.
Inuyasha looked all around the place, searching for some sort of sign that Kagome was here.
Inuyasha searched for a good thirty-five minutes, but didn't find any sign of Kagome. Just when he was about to turn around and begin his search over, he spotted something that didn't belong with these dreary looking buildings. A black, shiny, sedan.
Inuyasha quickly pulled his car to a stop right behind it, making it so that if the driver of the car tried to make a get away, he wouldn't be able to.
Inuyasha jumped out of the car and ran over to the black sedan, he snuck around to the drivers side and peeked in the window to see if there was any one in it. When he didn't see anyone, he opened the door to see if he could find anything that might tell him that Kagome was here.
He took a deep breath, inhaling the scents. He smelled stale beer, old cigarette smoke, and a lot of other things that Inuyasha didn't want to know. He didn't smell Kagome anywhere in the back of the car, so he turned his attention to the back of it and the first scent that hit his nose was Kagome's.
Inuyasha growled when he smelled a strange man mixed in with Kagome's. He got out of the car and looked around. He began walking towards a building with a open, swinging door. Since it was still raining, he couldn't pick up any scents, so he was just going into the building on a hunch.
He stepped into the building and scents flooded his nose. The building smelled moldy, damp, and was filled with dust. But on top of all those scents, Inuyasha could smell Kagome and the strange man he smelled from the car.
He twitched his white dog like ears in every direction. He picked up the sound of people talking, and he crept in that direction.
Inuyasha crept in the shadows till two figures came in view. He saw Kagome, her hands tied to a chair and sitting in a circle of light, and some man standing in front of her.
Inuyasha instantly had a disliking of him.
"Tell me where the jewel is!" The man yelled, causing Inuyasha's ears to flatten against his head at the sudden loud noise.
Inuyasha watched as Kagome gave the man that would make him shiver if she had been directing it at him.
"Over my dead body." He heard her say in a voice that was dripping with venom.
Inuyasha growled in the back of his throat as the man took a step closer to her and hit her in the stomach. "That can be arranged." He said and slapped her.
Inuyasha felt rage well up in him and he saw red. 'How dare him?' He thought as his growl mutated into a snarl.
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Kagome heard a snarl come from the shadows, she looked in every direction, trying to locate the source of the noise.
Naraku was doing the same. "Who's there?" He called, looking into the darkness.
"My name is Inuyasha." A voice said that seemed to come from every where at once.
Kagome's eyes widened. "I-Inu-" She tried to call out his name, but the air had been knocked out of her. She coughed and tried to suck air back into her lungs.
Naraku continued to look around, he had no fear on his face, just curiosity. "I know no Inuyasha." He replied, slowly turning in a circle.
There was another growl before Inuyasha responded. "Well, you soon will know me. I'm your worst nightmare!" He said and jumped out of the darkness right behind Naraku. He brought his clawed hand out and swiped at Naraku's back, turning his jacket and shirt to tatters.
Inuyasha jumped over Naraku's head and positioned himself between Kagome and Naraku. "Are you okay, Kagome?" He asked, never taking his eyes off of the evil man in front of him.
Kagome nodded her head. "Yes, I'm fine." She gasped out.
Inuyasha spared her a quick glance then turned his gaze back to Naraku, his eyes flashing red. "You'll pay for what you did to her, you bastard!" He snarled and held out his clawed hand, his claws glinting in the light.
Naraku calmly picked himself off of the ground and took off his tattered jacket and shirt, revealing the small spider shaped scare that Kagome had given him. "This has nothing to do with you, hanyou. All I want is the Shikon no Tama. Besides, that whore deserved the pain she got. " He said in a low voice.
Inuyasha growled and lunged at Naraku, swiping his claws at him. "Don't you dare call her that!" He yelled.
Naraku dodged Inuyasha's claws and jumped back. "Did I make the little hanyou mad?" He asked in a taunting voice.
Inuyasha growled again and reached for his side where he had his sword, Tetsuiga.
He had grabbed it on his way out of the house when he had rushed to the hospital.
He with drew it from its hilt and stood in a fighting stance.
Naraku stared at the sword. "Is that what you plan on using to fight me with? A flimsy little sowrd?" He asked and began to laugh evilly.
Inuyasha smirked. "Yeah, this is what I plan on using." He said.
Naraku suddenly stopped laughing when he felt a power begin to arise.'"Where is this power coming from?' He turned his gaze to the hanyou and his eyes widened ever so slightly.
Inuyasha felt the swords powers begin to come out. The Tetsuiga began to pulse in time with his heart beat. It pulsed once, twice, then gave off a bright white light, causing everyone in the area to cover their eyes.
When the light faded, there was no longer a flimsy sword in Inuyasha's hand, but a giant one ten times it's size.
"Prepare to die!" Inuyasha yelled and brought his sword down, slicing the ground and causing an energy to flow through it and straight towards Naraku.
Naraku tried to jump out of the way, but the energy from the Tetsuiga caught his right arm. He fell to the ground and looked at his arm. It was burnt black.
"What do ya think of my flimsy sword now?" Inuyasha asked with a smirk.
Inuyasha's smirk faltered when he heard Naraku chuckling.
"I admit, it is impressive." He said as he brought his left hand and ran it over his injured arm. As his hand ran over his burnt skin, it began to heal and smooth out. Once his hand reached his shoulder, his entire arm was completely healed.
Inuyasha's eyes widened when he saw Naraku's uninjured arm. "Your not human!" He said.
Naraku chuckled again. "No, I'm not. I am a youkai." He said and straightened into a standing position, rotating his arm.
Inuyasha stuck his nose in the air and sniffed his scent. He was so preoccupied in finding Kagome's scent earlier that he hadn't stopped to really notice Naraku's scent, then only thing he had smelled was a strange man on Kagome.
Inuyasha smirked when Naraku's scent hit his nose. "Your no youkai. Your nothing but a hanyou." He said with a smirk.
Naraku's smirk turned into a frown. "Don't call me that." He growled out.
Inuyasha smirked again, realizing that he had struck a button. "Thats why you desire that Shikon no Tama thing. You want its power to become a full youkai." He said, still smirking.
Naraku's blood red eyes flashed with anger. "If you value that wenches life
I suggest you shut that mouth of yours." He said with a growl.
Inuyasha quirked an eyebrow. "Uh, how exactly are you gonna do that? She's over there," He said and pointed over his shoulder to Kagome, who was still tied to the chair. "And your right here." He said and pointed at Naraku.
Naraku smirked. "I have my ways." He reached into what was left of his shirt and pulled out a small object the shape of a ball. He threw it into the air and it glowed red and then disappeared and in its place was a horde of huge bee like insects. "Meet my poisonous insects."
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "What use are big bugs?" He asked.
Naraku pointed to a box and one of the insects flew over to it and stuck its stinger into it. The box shuddered at first, then began to melt like acid had been poured on it.
Naraku smirked and then pointed at Kagome and all of the poisonous bugs flew towards her, their stingers pointed right at her.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha cried and ran towards her. He jumped into the air and landed between her and the poisonous bugs. He swiped his claws and killed most of them and he finished the rest of the off with his Tetsuiga.
Inuyasha turned his attention back to Naraku only to find that he was no longer in the circle of light. "You coward!" He yelled into the darkness, but got no reply.
He slowly backed his way over to Kagome and stood behind her chair, looking in every direction, trying to spot Naraku.
He sliced through the ropes that were binding Kagome to the chair.
Kagome sighed in relief and rubbed her sore, red wrists. "Thank you, Inuyasha." She said and stood up from the chair.
Inuyasha didn't reply, just continued searching for Naraku and Kagome's joined him in the search. "Maybe he left the building." She suggested.
Inuyasha swivelled his ears in every direction, trying to catch any source of sound. "No, he's still here, I can smell him." He and slowly turn a circle.
Kagome did the same, keeping her back against Inuyasha's.
Inuyasha glanced at Kagome out of the corner of her eye. "Kagome, when I tell you to, I want you to make a run for it." He said do that only she could hear him.
Kagome shook her head. "I'm not leaving you here alone." She said and continued their circling, looking intently into the darkness.
Inuyasha growled in frustration. "Kagome, for once just listen to me and get out of here!" He said, a hint of pleading in his voice.
Kagome glanced at Inuyasha in shock at the tone in his voice. 'He almost sounds like he cares.' She thought to herself.
She shook her head and got a determined look on her face. "I'm not leaving and thats that." She said.
Inuyasha went back to being his usual self. "Feh, you don't even have a weapon, how are you gonna protect yourself?" He asked and jerked his head around when he thought he heard a sound.
Kagome smirked. "Don't have a weapon, huh?" She asked and held out her hands. A bright purple light appeared and when it disappeared a bow was in Kagome's hands. "What do you call this?" She asked.
Inuyasha was wide eyed. "How did you do that?" He asked staring at the bow.
kagome continued searching the darkness. "I have my memory back, I remembered everything, even how to use my miko powers." She stated simply.
Inuyasha was about to respond but cut himself off when he heard a whooshing sound coming from his left. "Look out!" He yelled and grabbed Kagome around her waist and jumped out of the way just in time as a big insect came flying right towards them.
Kagome found herself on top of Inuyasha their faces very close. She blushed slightly and rolled off of him, felling his muscled chest as she did so. "Thank you, Inuyasha." She said as she stood up."
Inuyasha was instantly back on his feet again, looking for Naraku. "It to damn dark, I can't see anything even with my youkai eyes." He said as he squinted his amber colored eyes.
Kagome smiled. "I can fix that problem." She said and held up her right hand.
A small ball of pure miko energy form and lit up the entire building area. "Better?" She asked and turned and smiled at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha returned her smirk from earlier. "I'm impressed." He said, still searching the area.
"I knew you would be." She said and began to walk to one part of the building.
Inuyasha frowned and rushed over to stop her. "Where do you think your going?" He asked, standing in front of her.
Kagome frowned at him. "I'm looking for Naraku, whats it look like I'm doing? Dancing?" She asked and tried to walk around Inuyasha.
Inuyasha blocked her path again and was about to say something, but a voice interrupted him."First rule when in a fight, never turn your back on your opponent." Naraku said and sent some sort of black gas towards the miko and hanyou.
Inuyasha sniffed at the black mist and cringed as the rancid smell hit his nose and burnt it. "What is this stuff?" He asked and covered his nose.
Kagome also had her nose and mouth covered. "Miasma, it's a poisonous gas Naraku uses as a last resort to defeat his enemy's." She explained as she coughed on the gas.
Kagome through her hands up and a spft glowing purple shield surrounded her and Inuyasha. "This shield won't last long." She said and continued to hold her hands up.
Inuyasha glanced over at Kagome and noticed that she was panting ever so slightly and a thin layer a perspiration glimmered across her fore head.
Inuyasha held up his massive sword. "I can cut through this stuff with the Tetsuiga." He said.
Kagome nodded her head. "Give it a try, it couldn't hurt." She said. "On the count of three I'll drop the shield and you cut through it as quickly as possible, nothing can survive long in the miasma." She said.
Inuyasha nodded his head in understanding and got into position.
Kagome's hands began to shake slightly."One, two, three!" Kagome yelled and dropped her arms to her side, causing the shield to disappear.
Inuyasha brought his sword down and sliced, and strong wind surrounding the blade of the Tetsuiga and it quickly dispersed the miasma.
When the poison gas was completely gone, Kagome took a deep breath of the miasma free air.
They quickly set back to searching for Naraku.
Kagome began to feel a dark aura coming from right behind her. "Inuyasha, he's right behind me." She said in a voice that only Inuyasha could here.
Inuyasha backed up till his back was against Kagome's. "When I say now, I'm gonna jump over you and take a swing at him, okay?" He asked in the same tone of voice.
Kagome ever so slightly nodded her head.
"Now!" he yelled and jumped over Kagome and landed right in front of her, swinging his sword in Naraku's direction.
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Okay guys, there might be tow more chappies, or there might be just one more. I'm not sure yet, but its begening to draw to a end. Please R/R
Ja ne, Pam
Sugar-Crazy-Fox: ~smiles~ Your welcome! Glad you liked my summeries for my other stories!
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Ks-Starshine: Thanks for saying the chappie was great! And your right, Inuyasha was acting like himself, lol.
Raven Mistress: Thanks for reading and thanks for telling me which one you want me to do first!
inukagonly: Thanks for saying the chappie was good! And you'll find out what happens. And thanks for voting!
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Chapter 24
"Oh, my head." Kagome groaned once she regained consciousness. She tried to lift her hand up to feel her head, but she couldn't. "What?" She questioned as she tried to move her hands. Again, they wouldn't.
She wriggled her wrists, feeling something rough in texture rub against them. She finally realized that she was tied up.
She tried to wriggle free, but the ropes were to tight and began cutting into her wrists.
"Ah, I see the little miko is awake." A dark voice said from the shadows.
Kagome whipped her head in every direction, just now noticing her surroundings.
She was some place very dark, where the only light was showing was centered in on her. She squinted her eyes, trying to find the person the voice belonged to, but to no avil, it was to dark to see any farther than the circle of light she was sitting in.
"Who's there?" She called in a shaky voice.
"Kukuku, you don't remember me? You should after the beating I gave you back in that ally. I am Naraku." The voice replied.
Kagome shivered. The voice sounded so familiar, but she just couldn't remember it. "Show yourself!" She called out bravely, trying to cover her fear.
Dark, sinister laughter came and the a figure clad in black boots, black pants, a black shirt, black leather trench coat, long, black wavy hair, and blood red eyes stepped into the circle of light.
Kagome knew that this man was evil the moment she laid eyes on him.
The man walked closer to Kagome and knelt down. "Now, Kagome, lets just cut to the chase, hm?" He said and a sickingly sweet voice. "Where is the Shikon no Tama?" He asked, still using the voice.
Kagome scrunched up her face. "Shikon no what?" She asked.
The man frowned. "Don't play dumb, Kagome. I know you have the jewel of four souls." Naraku said in a voice that wasn't quite so sweet anymore.
Kagome felt fear start to creep in on her and she fought to stay calm. "I have no idea what you're talking about! I don't have this jewel thing!" She yelled, her voice high with fright.
Naraku's face hardend. "Oh, but you do, Kagome. You wanna know how I know?" He asked in a dark voice.
"I know because you gave me this." Naraku said and pulled the left side of his shirt down to reveal a scar on his shoulder.
Kagome looked at the scare and a flash back came to her.
~*Flashback*~
"Give the Shikon back to me, Naraku!" Kagome yelled as she stood in front of the vile creature known as Naraku.
Naraku held up the small, glowing ball of energy and cackled. "I don't think so, my little miko. I plan to use this jewel for my own pleasures." He said and smirked.
Kagome held up both her hands and a bow appeared out of thin air. "This is your last warning! Give me the jewel!" Kagome all but growled at Naraku.
Naraku chuckled. "And for the last time, no." He said, still smirking.
Kagome suddenly smirked as well. "I was hoping you'd say that. Don't say I didn't warn you." She said and pulled the string back on her bow, and as she did so, an arrow of pure miko energy appeared and glowed a bright purple.
She pulled the bow string taught and let the arrow of light fly towards the evil man.
Naraku saw what she planned to do and lifted up his right hand and erected a shield.
The arrow flew straight towards Naraku, but he didn't flinch, he had full confidence in his power.
The arrow flew straight and true and shattered Naraku's shield and pierced Naraku in the left part of his shoulder.
Naraku's eyes widened in shocked surprise as he dropped the Shikon no Tama and grasped at the arrow that was sticking out of his shoulder.
The miko power in the arrow deflected his hand and Naraku groaned in pain as his shoulder began to burn.
Kagome's bow disappeared and she held out her right hand. The Shikon no Tama floated in the air and flew towards Kagome to land gently in her hand.
Kagome glanced one last time at Naraku and then whirled around and began to run.
She ran until she reached a car tunnel and she ran into it and leaned against the wall, surrounded by darkness.
She lifted the softly glowing jewel up to her face. "I have to hide this some where so no one will find it." Kagome said aloud.
She began chanting the same thing over and over. The jewel once again floated into the air and just hovered there for a minute, then gave a bright light that illuminated the whole tunnel in pink light.
When the light faded, there was no trace of the jewel.
Kagome heard some one and when she looked up she saw Naraku running towards her.
~*End Flashback*~
Kagome shook her head as her memories began pouring in. She remembered the beating Naraku had given her, how he had stolen the Shikon no Tama, how he had killed her family to get to it from the family shrine, she remembered her childhood, her brother, her mother, her grandfather, what school she had went to.
She turned cold eyes to the man before her. "You deserve every ounce of pain you get!" She spat at him, all traces of fear completely gone.
Naraku suddenly smirked. "Ah, back to your old feisty self are you?" He said and brought his face closer to her's.
Kagome continued to glare death at him.
Naraku chuckled at her look. "I like my women feisty." He said and leaned in and caught Kagome's lips in a hard, hungry, lustful kiss.
Kagome was repulsed by this. She quickly bit down hard, causing Naraku's bottom lip to bleed.
Naraku jerked back. He brought his hand up to his lip and pulled it back and looked at it. He glared at the blood on his hand, then turned his glare on Kagome.
"You wench!" He yelled and slapped her hard across her face, causing her head to fly to the side.
Kagome didn't make a sound. 'No way will I give this monster the pleasure of hearing me in pain.' She thought and whipped her head back towards him, not even flinching.
"Tell me where the jewel is!" Naraku yelled and got in Kagome's face.
Kagome gave him a look that would make the strongest and bravest of men cry in fear. "Over my dead body." She said in a low dangerous sounding voice.
Naraku hit Kagome in her stomach. "That can be arranged." He said and slapped her again.
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Inuyasha turned down the side street behind the hospital, his tires screeching on the rain slicked road.
"Stupid girl, she didn't even give me time to explain." Inuyasha muttered as he pushed his car to its limits.
Inuyasha searched the streets, looking for the black car that Shippo had told him about. He was going so fast that he almost rammed into a Cadillac on the next turn.
Inuyasha cursed and slowed down slightly, not much though.
He was now in a neighborhood where there was nothing but abandon buildings, and falling down houses, no one lived in this place anymore, maybe a long time ago, but not now.
Inuyasha looked all around the place, searching for some sort of sign that Kagome was here.
Inuyasha searched for a good thirty-five minutes, but didn't find any sign of Kagome. Just when he was about to turn around and begin his search over, he spotted something that didn't belong with these dreary looking buildings. A black, shiny, sedan.
Inuyasha quickly pulled his car to a stop right behind it, making it so that if the driver of the car tried to make a get away, he wouldn't be able to.
Inuyasha jumped out of the car and ran over to the black sedan, he snuck around to the drivers side and peeked in the window to see if there was any one in it. When he didn't see anyone, he opened the door to see if he could find anything that might tell him that Kagome was here.
He took a deep breath, inhaling the scents. He smelled stale beer, old cigarette smoke, and a lot of other things that Inuyasha didn't want to know. He didn't smell Kagome anywhere in the back of the car, so he turned his attention to the back of it and the first scent that hit his nose was Kagome's.
Inuyasha growled when he smelled a strange man mixed in with Kagome's. He got out of the car and looked around. He began walking towards a building with a open, swinging door. Since it was still raining, he couldn't pick up any scents, so he was just going into the building on a hunch.
He stepped into the building and scents flooded his nose. The building smelled moldy, damp, and was filled with dust. But on top of all those scents, Inuyasha could smell Kagome and the strange man he smelled from the car.
He twitched his white dog like ears in every direction. He picked up the sound of people talking, and he crept in that direction.
Inuyasha crept in the shadows till two figures came in view. He saw Kagome, her hands tied to a chair and sitting in a circle of light, and some man standing in front of her.
Inuyasha instantly had a disliking of him.
"Tell me where the jewel is!" The man yelled, causing Inuyasha's ears to flatten against his head at the sudden loud noise.
Inuyasha watched as Kagome gave the man that would make him shiver if she had been directing it at him.
"Over my dead body." He heard her say in a voice that was dripping with venom.
Inuyasha growled in the back of his throat as the man took a step closer to her and hit her in the stomach. "That can be arranged." He said and slapped her.
Inuyasha felt rage well up in him and he saw red. 'How dare him?' He thought as his growl mutated into a snarl.
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Kagome heard a snarl come from the shadows, she looked in every direction, trying to locate the source of the noise.
Naraku was doing the same. "Who's there?" He called, looking into the darkness.
"My name is Inuyasha." A voice said that seemed to come from every where at once.
Kagome's eyes widened. "I-Inu-" She tried to call out his name, but the air had been knocked out of her. She coughed and tried to suck air back into her lungs.
Naraku continued to look around, he had no fear on his face, just curiosity. "I know no Inuyasha." He replied, slowly turning in a circle.
There was another growl before Inuyasha responded. "Well, you soon will know me. I'm your worst nightmare!" He said and jumped out of the darkness right behind Naraku. He brought his clawed hand out and swiped at Naraku's back, turning his jacket and shirt to tatters.
Inuyasha jumped over Naraku's head and positioned himself between Kagome and Naraku. "Are you okay, Kagome?" He asked, never taking his eyes off of the evil man in front of him.
Kagome nodded her head. "Yes, I'm fine." She gasped out.
Inuyasha spared her a quick glance then turned his gaze back to Naraku, his eyes flashing red. "You'll pay for what you did to her, you bastard!" He snarled and held out his clawed hand, his claws glinting in the light.
Naraku calmly picked himself off of the ground and took off his tattered jacket and shirt, revealing the small spider shaped scare that Kagome had given him. "This has nothing to do with you, hanyou. All I want is the Shikon no Tama. Besides, that whore deserved the pain she got. " He said in a low voice.
Inuyasha growled and lunged at Naraku, swiping his claws at him. "Don't you dare call her that!" He yelled.
Naraku dodged Inuyasha's claws and jumped back. "Did I make the little hanyou mad?" He asked in a taunting voice.
Inuyasha growled again and reached for his side where he had his sword, Tetsuiga.
He had grabbed it on his way out of the house when he had rushed to the hospital.
He with drew it from its hilt and stood in a fighting stance.
Naraku stared at the sword. "Is that what you plan on using to fight me with? A flimsy little sowrd?" He asked and began to laugh evilly.
Inuyasha smirked. "Yeah, this is what I plan on using." He said.
Naraku suddenly stopped laughing when he felt a power begin to arise.'"Where is this power coming from?' He turned his gaze to the hanyou and his eyes widened ever so slightly.
Inuyasha felt the swords powers begin to come out. The Tetsuiga began to pulse in time with his heart beat. It pulsed once, twice, then gave off a bright white light, causing everyone in the area to cover their eyes.
When the light faded, there was no longer a flimsy sword in Inuyasha's hand, but a giant one ten times it's size.
"Prepare to die!" Inuyasha yelled and brought his sword down, slicing the ground and causing an energy to flow through it and straight towards Naraku.
Naraku tried to jump out of the way, but the energy from the Tetsuiga caught his right arm. He fell to the ground and looked at his arm. It was burnt black.
"What do ya think of my flimsy sword now?" Inuyasha asked with a smirk.
Inuyasha's smirk faltered when he heard Naraku chuckling.
"I admit, it is impressive." He said as he brought his left hand and ran it over his injured arm. As his hand ran over his burnt skin, it began to heal and smooth out. Once his hand reached his shoulder, his entire arm was completely healed.
Inuyasha's eyes widened when he saw Naraku's uninjured arm. "Your not human!" He said.
Naraku chuckled again. "No, I'm not. I am a youkai." He said and straightened into a standing position, rotating his arm.
Inuyasha stuck his nose in the air and sniffed his scent. He was so preoccupied in finding Kagome's scent earlier that he hadn't stopped to really notice Naraku's scent, then only thing he had smelled was a strange man on Kagome.
Inuyasha smirked when Naraku's scent hit his nose. "Your no youkai. Your nothing but a hanyou." He said with a smirk.
Naraku's smirk turned into a frown. "Don't call me that." He growled out.
Inuyasha smirked again, realizing that he had struck a button. "Thats why you desire that Shikon no Tama thing. You want its power to become a full youkai." He said, still smirking.
Naraku's blood red eyes flashed with anger. "If you value that wenches life
I suggest you shut that mouth of yours." He said with a growl.
Inuyasha quirked an eyebrow. "Uh, how exactly are you gonna do that? She's over there," He said and pointed over his shoulder to Kagome, who was still tied to the chair. "And your right here." He said and pointed at Naraku.
Naraku smirked. "I have my ways." He reached into what was left of his shirt and pulled out a small object the shape of a ball. He threw it into the air and it glowed red and then disappeared and in its place was a horde of huge bee like insects. "Meet my poisonous insects."
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "What use are big bugs?" He asked.
Naraku pointed to a box and one of the insects flew over to it and stuck its stinger into it. The box shuddered at first, then began to melt like acid had been poured on it.
Naraku smirked and then pointed at Kagome and all of the poisonous bugs flew towards her, their stingers pointed right at her.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha cried and ran towards her. He jumped into the air and landed between her and the poisonous bugs. He swiped his claws and killed most of them and he finished the rest of the off with his Tetsuiga.
Inuyasha turned his attention back to Naraku only to find that he was no longer in the circle of light. "You coward!" He yelled into the darkness, but got no reply.
He slowly backed his way over to Kagome and stood behind her chair, looking in every direction, trying to spot Naraku.
He sliced through the ropes that were binding Kagome to the chair.
Kagome sighed in relief and rubbed her sore, red wrists. "Thank you, Inuyasha." She said and stood up from the chair.
Inuyasha didn't reply, just continued searching for Naraku and Kagome's joined him in the search. "Maybe he left the building." She suggested.
Inuyasha swivelled his ears in every direction, trying to catch any source of sound. "No, he's still here, I can smell him." He and slowly turn a circle.
Kagome did the same, keeping her back against Inuyasha's.
Inuyasha glanced at Kagome out of the corner of her eye. "Kagome, when I tell you to, I want you to make a run for it." He said do that only she could hear him.
Kagome shook her head. "I'm not leaving you here alone." She said and continued their circling, looking intently into the darkness.
Inuyasha growled in frustration. "Kagome, for once just listen to me and get out of here!" He said, a hint of pleading in his voice.
Kagome glanced at Inuyasha in shock at the tone in his voice. 'He almost sounds like he cares.' She thought to herself.
She shook her head and got a determined look on her face. "I'm not leaving and thats that." She said.
Inuyasha went back to being his usual self. "Feh, you don't even have a weapon, how are you gonna protect yourself?" He asked and jerked his head around when he thought he heard a sound.
Kagome smirked. "Don't have a weapon, huh?" She asked and held out her hands. A bright purple light appeared and when it disappeared a bow was in Kagome's hands. "What do you call this?" She asked.
Inuyasha was wide eyed. "How did you do that?" He asked staring at the bow.
kagome continued searching the darkness. "I have my memory back, I remembered everything, even how to use my miko powers." She stated simply.
Inuyasha was about to respond but cut himself off when he heard a whooshing sound coming from his left. "Look out!" He yelled and grabbed Kagome around her waist and jumped out of the way just in time as a big insect came flying right towards them.
Kagome found herself on top of Inuyasha their faces very close. She blushed slightly and rolled off of him, felling his muscled chest as she did so. "Thank you, Inuyasha." She said as she stood up."
Inuyasha was instantly back on his feet again, looking for Naraku. "It to damn dark, I can't see anything even with my youkai eyes." He said as he squinted his amber colored eyes.
Kagome smiled. "I can fix that problem." She said and held up her right hand.
A small ball of pure miko energy form and lit up the entire building area. "Better?" She asked and turned and smiled at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha returned her smirk from earlier. "I'm impressed." He said, still searching the area.
"I knew you would be." She said and began to walk to one part of the building.
Inuyasha frowned and rushed over to stop her. "Where do you think your going?" He asked, standing in front of her.
Kagome frowned at him. "I'm looking for Naraku, whats it look like I'm doing? Dancing?" She asked and tried to walk around Inuyasha.
Inuyasha blocked her path again and was about to say something, but a voice interrupted him."First rule when in a fight, never turn your back on your opponent." Naraku said and sent some sort of black gas towards the miko and hanyou.
Inuyasha sniffed at the black mist and cringed as the rancid smell hit his nose and burnt it. "What is this stuff?" He asked and covered his nose.
Kagome also had her nose and mouth covered. "Miasma, it's a poisonous gas Naraku uses as a last resort to defeat his enemy's." She explained as she coughed on the gas.
Kagome through her hands up and a spft glowing purple shield surrounded her and Inuyasha. "This shield won't last long." She said and continued to hold her hands up.
Inuyasha glanced over at Kagome and noticed that she was panting ever so slightly and a thin layer a perspiration glimmered across her fore head.
Inuyasha held up his massive sword. "I can cut through this stuff with the Tetsuiga." He said.
Kagome nodded her head. "Give it a try, it couldn't hurt." She said. "On the count of three I'll drop the shield and you cut through it as quickly as possible, nothing can survive long in the miasma." She said.
Inuyasha nodded his head in understanding and got into position.
Kagome's hands began to shake slightly."One, two, three!" Kagome yelled and dropped her arms to her side, causing the shield to disappear.
Inuyasha brought his sword down and sliced, and strong wind surrounding the blade of the Tetsuiga and it quickly dispersed the miasma.
When the poison gas was completely gone, Kagome took a deep breath of the miasma free air.
They quickly set back to searching for Naraku.
Kagome began to feel a dark aura coming from right behind her. "Inuyasha, he's right behind me." She said in a voice that only Inuyasha could here.
Inuyasha backed up till his back was against Kagome's. "When I say now, I'm gonna jump over you and take a swing at him, okay?" He asked in the same tone of voice.
Kagome ever so slightly nodded her head.
"Now!" he yelled and jumped over Kagome and landed right in front of her, swinging his sword in Naraku's direction.
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Okay guys, there might be tow more chappies, or there might be just one more. I'm not sure yet, but its begening to draw to a end. Please R/R
Ja ne, Pam