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As the days went by Inu-Yasha and the gang searched for Kagome with renewed vigor.
"WHY THE HELL DOES NARAKU HAVE TO HAVE A HIDDEN CASTLE!??!?!?!?!?!" Inu- Yasha fumed after yet another day went by without as much as a rumor to his whereabouts.
"Inu-Yasha, please have patience. We'll find Kagome." Miroku tried his best to comfort the enraged hanyou. They all at some point during the three week span they rest of the group members tried their best to reassure Inu-Yasha. Sango had talked with him about how much it they all were affected by Kagome's absence, Shippo was eating only when forced and volunteered every day to go ahead of the group in his transformed state to try to pin point any sign of a castle. Kirara always went with the little kitsune, Sango herself was more apprehensive of strangers they encountered on their voyage.
Naraku was proving to be more tuned to their every move, setting up traps more complex than normal. He clearly didn't want Inu-Yasha to find Kagome anytime soon.
"Inu-Yasha," Shippo started, "I'm gonna check over this hill to see if were going in the right direction."
"Hn", was the only response he got from the brooding half demon.
After Shippo left, Miroku and Sango attempted for the millionth time that day start a conversation with Inu-Yasha. They succeeded in only further angering the silver-haired hanyou. Before Inu-Yasha became even more infuriated with their senseless prattle, Shippo came back, a panicked expression on his face.
"INU-YASHA!! Over the hill." The small fox demon was straining to catch his breath. "Kagura ..big.castle."
"WHAT!!! Is it Naraku?! It's him!" Inu-Yasha seemed to have forgotten about anything but what Shippo had said to him. If it is Naraku..I can save Kagome!!
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As the group hurried over the hill they saw an ominous castle. It was exactly like any other of Naraku's castles, big and surrounded with dense miasma. The only other difference was a force field also encased the castle. Miroku recognized it as the same protective barrier that Naraku used when he wanted to talk to Sango about her 'dead' brother.
"Inu-Yasha! It's a barrier! It might not let us through!" Sango shouted to the pissed half-demon. She really hoped the barrier was weak.
"No fucking duh!!!" Was the only response to Sango's remark. Damn! Naraku better not think this second-rate effort at a barrier will keep me out!
Running full speed at the barrier was Inu-Yasha's opinion on how to test the annoying obstruction. He partially expected the energy field to fling him away. Instead it let him pass through quite easily. Looking back he saw that the rest of the group was being stopped by the force field. Sango was pounding against the unseen wall, yell obscenities that he could not hear.
So..It looks like Naraku wants me to face him alone. Oh well, I know I can kill him and then save Kagome. Inu-Yasha turned toward the castle and started to dash in its direction. (A.N.-Should I end it here and let you people suffer? Yeah RIGHT!!)
As he approached the castle he remembered that Shippo had told him that Kagura was around somewhere. Keeping a sharp look out he saw a flash of white to his left. Turning around quickly he was face to face with what looked like Naraku. Yeah right like he'd really come out and fight me on his own terms.
"Hey! Tell me where Kagome is and maybe, just maybe, I'll let you die quickly. Damn it Naraku! I'm talking to you!!'
"Well. Well. If it isn't the little hanyou." A feminine voice called to him. Spinning on his heels he saw Kagura. Except something was wrong here, she wasn't dressed in her usual kimono. The one she had on looked like something his mother might've worn. A five layered kimono with beautiful decals on the fabric.
"What are you all dressed up for, huh, Kagura?" Inu-Yasha spat at her.
"If you must know half-breed, I'm going to a special event later."
"Your funeral?"
"Ha. Actually it isn't for me. It's for Naraku."
Unsheathing the tetsusaiga Inu-Yasha pointed it at her. In response Kagura pulled her fan out from beneath the layers of silk.
"I didn't come here today for a fight half-breed. All I came for was to deliver a message." Kagura pulled the feather from her hair and threw it into the air.
"Oh no. Your not getting away that easily wind witch! I'll pull you back down here and make you tell me where Kagome is!" Inu-Yasha searched the area around her until he saw the Wind Scar.
Kagura snorted in annoyance and used her fan to manipulate the wind, pushing that Wind Scar away from her.
"You'll have to try harder you damned hanyou!" Kagura jeered at him as she retreated. "And just so you know, this stupid outfit is for a special occasion involving your precious little Kagome and Naraku. Seems she's taken a great liking to him. Naraku wanted you out of the way when he mates her. I can't believe he sent you all the way here, on the other side of Japan, for nothing. You followed false clues the whole way. You must be stupider than I thought." Kagura's laughter faded as she left the phony castle, which was dissolving as she left.
Kagura's laughter still ringing harsh in his ears, Inu-Yasha collapsed from shock, where the now non-existent castle once stood. Kagome? She wouldn't.. She couldn't...
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Kagome jumped and dodged the incoming strikes from Naraku. Judging the time in which he would strike she pulled out her arrow and notched it into the bow before Naraku could blink. She had it pointing directly into his face, the razor sharp point of the arrow barely an inch from his face.
"Gotcha!" Breaking into a grin she let the bow relax in her hand and drop to the dirt floor. "See? I am getting better! Last time it took me forever just to get a single arrow into the bow! Thank you again Naraku." She leaned up to him and gave him a little peck on the cheek.
"You really are getting better beloved." Naraku ran his hand through Kagome's hair. Feeling her lean toward him again he embraced his fiancée. Kagome then told him she was going to take a hot bath.
Once again, just like the past three weeks Naraku thought about his real feelings for the girl. Feelings like he never knew, or never wanted arose in him. This girl, Inu-Yasha's women was merely for revenge, wasn't she? She was a way to lure Inu-Yasha into a fatal trap, right?
You care for her. You want her to love you like she loved the half-breed, Inu-Yasha.
Nonsense! I don't know how to love. All I want is the Shikon Jewel! Inu- Yasha stands in my way. Once he is disposed of, I will have no need for her.
Liar! You won't let her be taken from you. She is lovely though..As lovely as Kikyo, maybe more. Keep her for yourself! Show Inu-Yasha that she loves you. Make him sick with grief; show him how she adores you. Then double his pain by making her kill him for you! Erase every memory that she has of the idiot and his group.
I will do what I want with her. It is none of your concern foolish Onigumo. But, I will erase all her past memories; it will guarantee her total devotion to me.
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Kagome sank into the hot spring, retreating into the soothing warmth. She let the heat ease her sore muscles. After a day training with Naraku she needed to relax. Sighing she let her mind wonder. Naraku, he says he is my fiancé but there is something he is keeping from me. I wish I could remember something, anything about before. Every time she tried to remember something, she only got little glimpses of people. Shaking her head, Kagome closed her eyes and tried once more, flashes of a person emerged in her head. A boy.with what looked like black hair in a ponytail and clear blue eyes wearing brown fur and armor. A demon.he was smiling at her, his smile was charming and she could see the tenderness and affection in his eyes. Then before she could get any further a pounding headache started, causing her to recoil in pain. Clutching her head Kagome whimpered from the throbbing she felt. Breathing sharply she turned her mind to other things. Her fiancé, she would be married to him within a week. Will I be happy with him? I don't know I do feel affection for him. But, for some reason inside me I feel the slightest twinge of guilt. Why? Climbing out of the hot spring Kagome dried off and put on her clothes and walked out of the covered bath house.
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Whew! That took a loooooooooooong time for me to update. So sorry, I'll try not to let it happen again. What will happen next time?!?! I do need ideas! Hope you liked my latest chapter! VOTE 4 THE PAIRINGS PLZ!
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As the days went by Inu-Yasha and the gang searched for Kagome with renewed vigor.
"WHY THE HELL DOES NARAKU HAVE TO HAVE A HIDDEN CASTLE!??!?!?!?!?!" Inu- Yasha fumed after yet another day went by without as much as a rumor to his whereabouts.
"Inu-Yasha, please have patience. We'll find Kagome." Miroku tried his best to comfort the enraged hanyou. They all at some point during the three week span they rest of the group members tried their best to reassure Inu-Yasha. Sango had talked with him about how much it they all were affected by Kagome's absence, Shippo was eating only when forced and volunteered every day to go ahead of the group in his transformed state to try to pin point any sign of a castle. Kirara always went with the little kitsune, Sango herself was more apprehensive of strangers they encountered on their voyage.
Naraku was proving to be more tuned to their every move, setting up traps more complex than normal. He clearly didn't want Inu-Yasha to find Kagome anytime soon.
"Inu-Yasha," Shippo started, "I'm gonna check over this hill to see if were going in the right direction."
"Hn", was the only response he got from the brooding half demon.
After Shippo left, Miroku and Sango attempted for the millionth time that day start a conversation with Inu-Yasha. They succeeded in only further angering the silver-haired hanyou. Before Inu-Yasha became even more infuriated with their senseless prattle, Shippo came back, a panicked expression on his face.
"INU-YASHA!! Over the hill." The small fox demon was straining to catch his breath. "Kagura ..big.castle."
"WHAT!!! Is it Naraku?! It's him!" Inu-Yasha seemed to have forgotten about anything but what Shippo had said to him. If it is Naraku..I can save Kagome!!
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As the group hurried over the hill they saw an ominous castle. It was exactly like any other of Naraku's castles, big and surrounded with dense miasma. The only other difference was a force field also encased the castle. Miroku recognized it as the same protective barrier that Naraku used when he wanted to talk to Sango about her 'dead' brother.
"Inu-Yasha! It's a barrier! It might not let us through!" Sango shouted to the pissed half-demon. She really hoped the barrier was weak.
"No fucking duh!!!" Was the only response to Sango's remark. Damn! Naraku better not think this second-rate effort at a barrier will keep me out!
Running full speed at the barrier was Inu-Yasha's opinion on how to test the annoying obstruction. He partially expected the energy field to fling him away. Instead it let him pass through quite easily. Looking back he saw that the rest of the group was being stopped by the force field. Sango was pounding against the unseen wall, yell obscenities that he could not hear.
So..It looks like Naraku wants me to face him alone. Oh well, I know I can kill him and then save Kagome. Inu-Yasha turned toward the castle and started to dash in its direction. (A.N.-Should I end it here and let you people suffer? Yeah RIGHT!!)
As he approached the castle he remembered that Shippo had told him that Kagura was around somewhere. Keeping a sharp look out he saw a flash of white to his left. Turning around quickly he was face to face with what looked like Naraku. Yeah right like he'd really come out and fight me on his own terms.
"Hey! Tell me where Kagome is and maybe, just maybe, I'll let you die quickly. Damn it Naraku! I'm talking to you!!'
"Well. Well. If it isn't the little hanyou." A feminine voice called to him. Spinning on his heels he saw Kagura. Except something was wrong here, she wasn't dressed in her usual kimono. The one she had on looked like something his mother might've worn. A five layered kimono with beautiful decals on the fabric.
"What are you all dressed up for, huh, Kagura?" Inu-Yasha spat at her.
"If you must know half-breed, I'm going to a special event later."
"Your funeral?"
"Ha. Actually it isn't for me. It's for Naraku."
Unsheathing the tetsusaiga Inu-Yasha pointed it at her. In response Kagura pulled her fan out from beneath the layers of silk.
"I didn't come here today for a fight half-breed. All I came for was to deliver a message." Kagura pulled the feather from her hair and threw it into the air.
"Oh no. Your not getting away that easily wind witch! I'll pull you back down here and make you tell me where Kagome is!" Inu-Yasha searched the area around her until he saw the Wind Scar.
Kagura snorted in annoyance and used her fan to manipulate the wind, pushing that Wind Scar away from her.
"You'll have to try harder you damned hanyou!" Kagura jeered at him as she retreated. "And just so you know, this stupid outfit is for a special occasion involving your precious little Kagome and Naraku. Seems she's taken a great liking to him. Naraku wanted you out of the way when he mates her. I can't believe he sent you all the way here, on the other side of Japan, for nothing. You followed false clues the whole way. You must be stupider than I thought." Kagura's laughter faded as she left the phony castle, which was dissolving as she left.
Kagura's laughter still ringing harsh in his ears, Inu-Yasha collapsed from shock, where the now non-existent castle once stood. Kagome? She wouldn't.. She couldn't...
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Kagome jumped and dodged the incoming strikes from Naraku. Judging the time in which he would strike she pulled out her arrow and notched it into the bow before Naraku could blink. She had it pointing directly into his face, the razor sharp point of the arrow barely an inch from his face.
"Gotcha!" Breaking into a grin she let the bow relax in her hand and drop to the dirt floor. "See? I am getting better! Last time it took me forever just to get a single arrow into the bow! Thank you again Naraku." She leaned up to him and gave him a little peck on the cheek.
"You really are getting better beloved." Naraku ran his hand through Kagome's hair. Feeling her lean toward him again he embraced his fiancée. Kagome then told him she was going to take a hot bath.
Once again, just like the past three weeks Naraku thought about his real feelings for the girl. Feelings like he never knew, or never wanted arose in him. This girl, Inu-Yasha's women was merely for revenge, wasn't she? She was a way to lure Inu-Yasha into a fatal trap, right?
You care for her. You want her to love you like she loved the half-breed, Inu-Yasha.
Nonsense! I don't know how to love. All I want is the Shikon Jewel! Inu- Yasha stands in my way. Once he is disposed of, I will have no need for her.
Liar! You won't let her be taken from you. She is lovely though..As lovely as Kikyo, maybe more. Keep her for yourself! Show Inu-Yasha that she loves you. Make him sick with grief; show him how she adores you. Then double his pain by making her kill him for you! Erase every memory that she has of the idiot and his group.
I will do what I want with her. It is none of your concern foolish Onigumo. But, I will erase all her past memories; it will guarantee her total devotion to me.
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Kagome sank into the hot spring, retreating into the soothing warmth. She let the heat ease her sore muscles. After a day training with Naraku she needed to relax. Sighing she let her mind wonder. Naraku, he says he is my fiancé but there is something he is keeping from me. I wish I could remember something, anything about before. Every time she tried to remember something, she only got little glimpses of people. Shaking her head, Kagome closed her eyes and tried once more, flashes of a person emerged in her head. A boy.with what looked like black hair in a ponytail and clear blue eyes wearing brown fur and armor. A demon.he was smiling at her, his smile was charming and she could see the tenderness and affection in his eyes. Then before she could get any further a pounding headache started, causing her to recoil in pain. Clutching her head Kagome whimpered from the throbbing she felt. Breathing sharply she turned her mind to other things. Her fiancé, she would be married to him within a week. Will I be happy with him? I don't know I do feel affection for him. But, for some reason inside me I feel the slightest twinge of guilt. Why? Climbing out of the hot spring Kagome dried off and put on her clothes and walked out of the covered bath house.
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Whew! That took a loooooooooooong time for me to update. So sorry, I'll try not to let it happen again. What will happen next time?!?! I do need ideas! Hope you liked my latest chapter! VOTE 4 THE PAIRINGS PLZ!