AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! You all probably HATE me now!!!!!!!! It's been so frickin long since I have updated!!!!!! sigh sorry no inspiration. But you people are probably sick of waiting so if this chapter sucks......I SO SORRY!!!!!! GOMEN!!!!! runs off with computer to continue the story.....while crying....and flailing from readers knives that are being thrown oh yeah.....I haven't put this up in a while..... I don't own Inuyasha (that goes for all future chapter and past chapters) but I DO own Ai. I CREATED HER!!! And I'll try to get a pic up.

My Place To Belong
Ch 7: A New Way To Kill

At Naraku's castle, Ai sat in a corner with her hands bound behind her back. The only thing that seemed out of place was her face. Instead of having a look of fear or dread across her face, she looked rather bored. 'Damn it. I've been sitting here for about an hour now.....where the hell did he go? If he was here I could at least bother him until he commits suicide or something.....' Just then as if called, Naraku came into the room. "ku ku ku ku ku" Naraku chuckled. He walked over to Ai and looked down at her. She glared back "you do know that laughing or chuckling or whatever can only get you so far" This seemed to piss him off slightly. He immediately reached down and picked her up by her neck. "and giving me such disrespect will only get you killed." Ai just did the first thing she could think of for self defense. She let her foot fly hitting below the belt. Naraku let go of her fell on his knees in obvious pain.
Ai ran through the halls of the castle. Within the time she had been there, it had been raining, now thunder and lightning started as well. She could see through some of the numerous windows how badly it was raining. Ai finally found a door that lead outside. Seeing as her hands were tied behind her back she tried to kick the door open, but he door was too heavy. She shoved with her shoulder several times but to no avail would the door open. She looked down the hallway. Naraku stood there smirking at her. "you can't get out. All the doors are locked and sealed"
Ai looked around in panic. She saw a window and decided it would be best to get out as soon as possible. She started to edge away the direction opposite of Naraku toward the window. She backed against the wall and ran at the window full speed. Her shoulder broke the glass at impact allowing her passage through. She fell onto her side glass in various places in her arm. She found a rather large piece near her hand, grabbed it and ran. As she ran she cut the ropes that bound her. Before she could make it off the castle grounds, Naraku appeared before her blocking her way. "I must give you credit for your escape. But you'll never get passed me again. So stop this foolishness. You can't win" He said with a smirk. Ai's head hung low and her arms went limp at her side "foolish or not, I will not give in. I may have offered myself to come here, but that was the only way to keep the tribe and Kouga safe" Ai's head shot up with tears at the edge of her eyes "and I am NEVER gonna back down from a fight again!!! I SICK and TIRED of not fighting for myself! So I will fight to the end!" Naraku looked at her without any reaction to what she had said. After a minute Naraku smirked "looks like I'm going to find a new way to kill you"

He then disappeared and reappeared behind her. Before Ai could turn around, Naraku wrapped his arm around her neck starting to choke her. Ai tried to pry his arm off, but had become too weak after braking through the window and loosing so much blood. "I think you need some rest" and with that his hand came in front of her mouth releasing a gas of some type. Ai tried to resist the gas but soon gave in. Ai went limp in his grasp. He looked at her face. 'pretty cute for a human girl' too bad she has to die. Naraku then disappeared with Ai and reappeared with her back in the room where she was tired before. He lied her down on the floor. He then summoned Kanna into the room. "Let us see what her greatest fear is" With that, Kanna walked over to the sleeping form and placed the mirror arms length above Ai. The mirror glowed with a small light revealing Ai's biggest fear. Naraku smirked seeing what it was.

Back at the clearing where Kouga and the others were, Kouga tried to find any clue as to which way Naraku had gone with Ai. "Kouga.....as soon as the sun comes up we can go searching for her" Kagome said trying to calm him down. "No! As soon as I find a lead, I'm heading out! I'm not gonna wait for the damn sun to rise!" Kouga said completely determined. "Just leave him alone Kagome. The sooner he leaves the better!" Inuyasha said from his perch in the tree. "INUYASHA! You should at least try to help! You've done hardly anything since Ai disappeared!" "so what? She's not my problem! What do I care what happens to her?" "SHUT UP!!!!!!" Kouga cried out. "If she was Kagome you probably wouldn't sleep until you found her." Miroku suddenly said joining into the conversation. Inuyasha came to realization "Feh" he said as he jumped down from the tree. They all then started to search for any lead at all.

Ai slowly started to stir from her slumber. 'Where am I?' She then shot up when she remembered Naraku. But she was shocked to find that she was in her room. Ai slowly got up from her bed. She looked down to find out that she was wearing normal clothes. 'was it all just a dream?' She thought to herself.
Ai walked down the stairs to the living room. Her parents were sitting on the couch. "mom? Dad? What're you guys doing? Aren't you supposed to be at work?" They immediately stood up and ran over to Ai. Her mother embraced her as if never to let her go. "Ai! We were so worried about you! Where have you been?" Ai's mother cried onto her shoulder. 'in a dream come true' A thought while picturing Kouga. "AI! Where did all these cuts come from?!" "lets not worry about it..... It's in the past" Ai said with a smile on. She didn't want them to worry anymore. She didn't want to tell them about school now either.....she'd just have to deal with it, and go in slightly late.

It was dawn now, and Kouga was still searching for any trace of Ai or Naraku. "Kouga!" Kagome yelled from behind him "I'm sorry but I need to leave for now. But I promise that I'll be back in a couple of days to help!" Kouga looked at her for a moment then nodded. "thanks Kouga" and with that she ran off to the well.
Kagome jumped into the well and climbed out in her own time. "hi mom!" Kagome said as she walked into the house. Her mom was watching the news in the living room. "Kagome? Look at this. A young girl disappears for four day and then walks out of her room with over 25 scars on her body!" "what? Who's the girl?" "ummm.....it was Ai something" "WHAT?!?! Where does she live?" "it didn't say her exact address. Just over in the south....." and like that Kagome ran back to the well. She jumped out and ran for the area that Kouga was last in. "Kouga! Kouga!!" Kouga came speeding up to her "what is it?" he asked with a worried face on. Kagome smiled while catching her breath "its Ai! She's back in my time!" "What?!" Kouga immediately picked Kagome up and ran toward the well. He jumped in and was engulfed in the blue light as was Kagome. Kouga jumped out of the well in the shrine house and started to run around in circles not knowing which way to go. "KOUGA!! STOP!!!!!!!!!" he did.....
Kagome wobbled out of the well house with swirls in her eye. "Kouga before you can go and find her, we have get you dressed for this time" Kagome looked at him "just wait a little longer" Then she motioned for him to follow her. She went inside and up to her room. She had some clothes for Inuyasha for when he stayed in the future for a while. "Here. Put these on." Kagome said handing him a black shirt and some jean shorts. Kouga could already smell Inuyasha's scent on the clothes. But as long as he was able to get to Ai, he didn't really care. He took the clothes and Kagome went out of the room so he could dress.
Kouga walked out of Kagome's room to show the clothes. "wow! They fit pretty good!" He took off the little pieces of fur that were on his wrists and his headband making his bangs fall down slightly. "can we go find Ai now?" Kagome nodded and went down stairs. "mom! I'm gonna take the car for a little bit." (she has her license) "ok Kagome." her mom said from another room. Kagome walked out to the front. They had to park down by the street considering the were on top of a hill. "ok Kouga just sit here" she said opening the passenger side door. "what is it?" Kouga said while sniffing at the car. "it's ok just get in" he did as he was told and shut the door behind him. "now Kouga. Unless I start to panic, don't worry about any of the noises you here" He nodded and did as she did and buckled up. She started the engine and Kouga slightly jumped. "don't worry. It's normal" He just looked at her like she was crazy. Kagome drove off to the South.

Ai got her uniform on (the girls one), which she didn't like, ate breakfast and headed out for school. As Ai walked to school she was thinking about what would probably happen. 'I wonder if I'll ever be able to see Kouga again? I wonder if maybe I could just go back to where I fell into the past and stay there?' Before realizing it, Ai had made it to the school. She looked at it sadly. 'If Kouga was here.....I could fight off anything that comes my way today.....' A single tear fell down her cheek. Ai fought back other tears hat threatened to spill. She walked into the building and took a seat in her classroom. Everyone noticed that she was back and headed over to her.

"hey Kouga? Do you think you could find her scent?" "yeah, I already found it" "which way does it go?" Kouga sniffed at the air. "That way" Kouga said pointing down a street. Kagome turned and headed that way. They saw a building. "that must be it" Kouga said "let me out" he said. "but..... Ok" Kagome said after a moment hesitation. She stopped and unlocked the door.

All the girls were circled around her. "So you ran away? Too bad you didn't stay away. It would have been for you own good" One girl, Hanako said. Ai didn't look at them. Hanako grew tired of Ai staring at her desk and pulled her back by her hair. "And what's with these scars? You just couldn't kill yourself, now could you? Well.....we'll gladly help you" She gave a hard yank to Ai's hair causing her to slightly whimper when several strands came loose. Ai still refused to cry out though. This started to piss Hanako off. She let go of her hair and slapped Ai across the face. She still refused to cry out though. She would stay strong even if tears fell down her face, she would not cry out.

Kouga sniffed around in the halls. He could tell she wasn't on that floor anymore and headed up the stairs. He scent slowly became stronger as he reached the top floor.

Tears fell down her now red face. 'I won't cry. I won't cry. I won't cry!' Ai thought sadly. "I wish you were here Kouga.....' The door opened to the room and the girls looked over to see Kouga. Ai was still facing her desk though telling herself not to cry. Tears still fell though. She didn't even notice the door open. Hanako went over to Kouga. He could smell Ai's scent on her. Kouga did not look pleased. "so....." Hanako said seductively "what brings a guy like you here?" She said with her 'best' smile. Kouga looked around the room smelling salt. He saw Ai sitting at her desk. His heart sank seeing tears fall onto her desk. Hanako noticed he was looking at Ai and tried to draw his attention away. But all he did was push her out of the way. He brought his hand to her face to wipe away her tears. She flinched at his touch. He cupped the side of her face in hand making her look up. Her eyes turned from sadness to shock. Kouga kneeled down and hugged her with all of his might. She hugged back and her tears no longer fell in sadness, they fell from joy of him being there with her.

End

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