"Oh, Inuyasha it's you," Miroku said as Inuyasha entered the room. "Everyone was worried where you went." Inuyasha walked slowly into the room with his head held low. "...Inuyasha?...." "He was right....I do love her....but now I may have finally lost...," Inuyasha whispered. "What are you talking about?" Miroku asked in a worried voice. Inuyasha leaned up against the wall and slid down into a sitting position. "She's gone....he took her," Inuyasha whispered in a raspy tone. A tear slid down Inuyasha's cheek. Miroku was now really worried. He had never seen Inuyasha cry before. "Who's gone?.... Kagome?" Miroku asked. "......yes." Inuyasha said solemnly.

Shippo, Miroku, Sango, Kirara, and Inuyasha all sat on Hachi's back flying in the air. No one was speaking. "What happened to Kagome?" Shippo asked Miroku. "I'm not exactly sure," Miroku replied. "To me it sounds like some demon came and took Kagome." "Is she all right?" Sango questioned. "I don't know that either...." "All we can do now is give Inuyasha some support and look for anything suspicious to locate Kagome." "Inuyasha looks so sad that I don't want to even bother him," Shippo remarked. "What would be suspicious...?" Shippo asked. "Oh... well like that big area of swarming jaki just north of us, for instance," Miroku said. They all looked up and saw it. Miroku," Now lets keep looking. Hmmmmmm." Sango," ARE YOU BLIN- SLAP! "How could you be doing that at a time like this!?" yelled Sango. "At a time like what.....?" Miroku answered. KAGOME'S MISSING YOU IDIOT! "I think I know that already,"Miroku told Sango with this face that acted as if she was dumb. Sango looked at Miroku and sighed. She decided to let his stupidity go without punishment this time. "Well. Let's go check out that swarming area of jaki now." "What swarming area of jaki!?" Miroku asked surprisingly as if in shock. Sango sighed once more as Hachi started to head down.

Crick, crackle. The gang was in a forest that was surrounded by the jaki. Shippo peered around the tree slowly with caution. Shippo swung around the tree as if ready to attack. But no one was there. "Do you see anything yet?" Miroku asked Sango. "No. not yet...I can't see anything through this fog," Sango stated. Don't give up....this isn't like you...just picture her safe and sound...he wouldn't hurt her...would he?..., Inuyasha thought to himself.

Hissssssssss...sssssssssisiiissssss......... "Yes, they are here," Mariban said. Hiiiisssssssisssssssssisssisiiissssss......... "Yes, you may let them in," he said once more. "This shall be interesting......"

The fog lifts into the air and disappears. Everyone freezes and gets into a fighting stance. "That fog left way too fast," Inuyasha said softly, gaining some of his confidence back. "This is a sign she is near," Inuyasha thought. The black human-like figures surrounded them. They came falling from the sky from all different directions. Their red eyes looked at them with anger. Sango was the first to attack with her boomerang. She swang it as if to try to cut them in half but unfortunately she missed when they jumped in the air. The black figures came falling from the sky again but this time they were right above them. They kept falling faster and faster and faster. Miroku knelt down and held a piece of paper in front of him with words on it. Miroku started to chant spells. Sharp black nails popped out of the figures hands as the fell closer and closer. They were ready to attack. They were about a foot away when a blue force field surrounded Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Inuyasha. The black figures collided with the force field and screamed a high pitched scream and turned into dust. "Phew," Shippo remarked while wiping sweat off his forehead. "That was close." "Nice work," Inuyasha told Miroku. A grin appeared on Miroku's face as he got up out of his kneeling position.