Ch3
Kagome and Sango walked around Naraku's abode for a while, before hearing something laugh. Sango went ahead to see what it was, and instructed Kagome to wait where she was. Kagome nodded and watched as Sango ran off, and faded completely into the darkness.
Sango fallowed the noise until she came to a door. She opened it, and looked around inside. She saw a figure sitting by the wall in a far corner of the room. She walked in slowly, careful not to gain any unwanted attention. As she got closer, she recognized the figure of Kagaromaru, but Jiromaru was nowhere in site. She gasped, causing him to look at her, "You're the girl that put the poison into the ground, to keep Jiromaru from hiding, aren't you?"
She was overcome with fear, but didn't show it, "Yes. I thought that you died from Inuyasha's attack."
He stood, and walked over to her, "And yet here I am. Nice and whole. It's a new feeling for one such as myself. Before, I had no insides. No heart, no intestines, nothing. Unless, that is, you count my older brother (I think that was the relation), Jiromaru. But he isn't here now. I have all of those things, and a mind of my own to boot." He smirked, and inhaled deeply, "I can smell your fear, you know. I was based, loosely, off SesshouMaru."
"So?!" She backed up slightly, as he got too close for comfort.
"You know, it's your fault I lost my favorite training partner. Kagura's no fun, and Kanna doesn't like to fight. And Goshinki, well, Naraku didn't want or need him to be reborn, so I don't think that he counts. Do you?"
"Kohaku was your training partner?"
"Yes, in fact, he seemed perfectly happy the last time I saw him. I feel sorry for him. There's no doubt that he has discovered that all he held dear is gone. But he doesn't know how it happened. That must be the worst thing of all. Oh well, it's not my problem. Now if you'll excuse me, I have things to do." He said as he walked past her, and into the darkness.
Sango regained her thoughts, and followed him, 'He knew Kohaku? But how? I have to know. Damnit! Where did he go?!' She thought as she chased, blindly, after him.
~*~*~*~
Kagome waited for a while, but when Sango didn't come back, she got concerned. Slowly, she made her way down the hall. No matter how fast, or far, she went, she couldn't find Sango. She kept going, not stopping once. After a while, she came to a door. She didn't want to barge in, for fear of finding something that didn't want her company. Since it was at the end of the hall, Kagome figured that she had passed Sango, somewhere alone the way. But when she turned around to retrace her steps, she found a wall blocking her path. In fact, the only way for her to go was into the mystery room.
Against her better judgment, she entered, "Is anyone in here?" She asked, timidly.
"Yes, there is, Miko. I didn't think you'd get here so fast, oh well. It's not as though I have any objections. How do you like my home so far?" Naraku was pleased with himself as fear entered her scent, and her heart- rate increased three fold.
"What. . . what are you doing here?!"
He smirked, "I should be asking you that very question. It was YOU, after all, that barged into MY room. Quit rudely, I must add."
Kagome paled, "This is your room?"
He nodded, "By the way. Since you're here, I need some questions answered. First of all, why do you haunt my dreams?"
"I don't do that at all! If anything it's Onigumo haunting me, not me haunting you!" ` "What was that? A dream? A memory?"
Kagome's eyes were downcast, "I don't know. I was hoping that you could tell me."
{Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh Naraku, you truly are amusing. As you can tell, the girl doesn't know.}
[Shut up!] "How can you not know?!" Kagome's ignorance, and Onigumo's words were both very trying on Naraku's nerves.
"Well I don't!"
Naraku growled, "Then you are dismissed. Leave, before I kill you!"
Kagome scoffed, "I'm not one of your servants! You can't excuse me!"
Naraku felt his mood getting somewhat better, [This should be entertaining. I wonder if the look on her face will be one of fear, or shock.] "Since YOU chose to go with Kagura, for Kohaku, YOU now belong to ME. There for, I can dismiss you." He was let down to see that she didn't look shocked, or scared. She just gave him a death glare, much like he had seen Kagura do many times, and left. [I think that I will have to make her learn her place here. Yes, that should be most entertaining.]
{You're disgusting, Naraku.}
~*~*~*~
Inuyasha was running, when he the scent suddenly faded. He growled, 'DAMNIT!!! HOW COULD I HAVE LET THIS HAPPEN! KAGOME IS STUCK WITH NARAKU!!!!!' Then he smelt something headed toward them, 'Just fucking great! This is one of the last things I need right now!'
"Oi, Inukurro (I've seen him call Inuyasha that before), where's my woman?" Asked the cocky young wolf-prince, other wise known as Kouga.
"She's gone right now. So go run back to your little tribe, wimpy wolf!" Inuyasha barked, as Kohaku slid of his back, to find a safer place to be.
Kouga recognized the boy as someone he had seen with Kagura once before, "You killed her didn't you?! I KNEW you were working for Naraku, you damned mutt! I'll kill you!"
Kouga charged for Inuyasha, but was stopped when Miroku's staff came in contact with his head, "Inuyasha doesn't work with, or for, Naraku. It's just that Kagome gave herself up so Sango could be with Kohaku. But Sango, not wanting to put Kagome into danger, went with her. So now we have to find the two, who are currently in the clutches of Naraku."
Kouga thought this over for a little bit, then nodded in understanding, "Why don't you just follow her scent?"
"THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING UNTIL YOU SHOWED UP! NOW ANY TRACE OF THEIR SCENT IS BEING COVERED BY YOUR STENCH YOU DAMN DIRTY WOLF!" Inuyasha barked out (no pun intended).
Kohaku was extremely confused, "Gave herself up? Be with me? What are you talking about? Is Sango's leaving with that other demon my fault?"
Miroku put a hand on his shoulder, "Listen, nobody blames you. The main priority is finding them. After that, we will tell you everything. But for now, don't worry about it." He turned to the wolf, "Kouga, have you seen anything that might resemble Naraku's castle, or anything of that sort?"
"No, I smelled Kagura, so I came here."
"Then we'll have to find an alternate means of tracking them." Miroku held up his staff, and said a silent prayer, 'Please lead us to Naraku, we need to save our friends.' Then, he let it fall to the ground. The head of the staff pointed to the north, "That is where we go."
Inuyasha was practically yelling, "You mean we're just going to trust your stupid staff?!"
"It's never failed me before. Besides, we have nothing else to go on. Let's go." Grudgingly, Inuyasha nodded, and headed north with Kouga, Miroku, and Kohaku.
~*~*~*~
Kagome made her way back to her cell, and sat down to think. 'Could that have been a memory? If so, how could I be from five hundred years from now? I'm so confused.' Soon, her eyelids became too heavy for her to keep open, and she drifted to sleep.
~*~*~*~
Sango tried to follow Kagaromaru, but she ended up back at the cell, only to see Kagome asleep on the floor. She was going to walk off again, but was stopped by the blockade of walls that now surrounded her. 'Naraku must be manipulating the walls. It looks like he led me to Kagaromaru. But why?' She thought as she sat down by her friend.
Kagome and Sango walked around Naraku's abode for a while, before hearing something laugh. Sango went ahead to see what it was, and instructed Kagome to wait where she was. Kagome nodded and watched as Sango ran off, and faded completely into the darkness.
Sango fallowed the noise until she came to a door. She opened it, and looked around inside. She saw a figure sitting by the wall in a far corner of the room. She walked in slowly, careful not to gain any unwanted attention. As she got closer, she recognized the figure of Kagaromaru, but Jiromaru was nowhere in site. She gasped, causing him to look at her, "You're the girl that put the poison into the ground, to keep Jiromaru from hiding, aren't you?"
She was overcome with fear, but didn't show it, "Yes. I thought that you died from Inuyasha's attack."
He stood, and walked over to her, "And yet here I am. Nice and whole. It's a new feeling for one such as myself. Before, I had no insides. No heart, no intestines, nothing. Unless, that is, you count my older brother (I think that was the relation), Jiromaru. But he isn't here now. I have all of those things, and a mind of my own to boot." He smirked, and inhaled deeply, "I can smell your fear, you know. I was based, loosely, off SesshouMaru."
"So?!" She backed up slightly, as he got too close for comfort.
"You know, it's your fault I lost my favorite training partner. Kagura's no fun, and Kanna doesn't like to fight. And Goshinki, well, Naraku didn't want or need him to be reborn, so I don't think that he counts. Do you?"
"Kohaku was your training partner?"
"Yes, in fact, he seemed perfectly happy the last time I saw him. I feel sorry for him. There's no doubt that he has discovered that all he held dear is gone. But he doesn't know how it happened. That must be the worst thing of all. Oh well, it's not my problem. Now if you'll excuse me, I have things to do." He said as he walked past her, and into the darkness.
Sango regained her thoughts, and followed him, 'He knew Kohaku? But how? I have to know. Damnit! Where did he go?!' She thought as she chased, blindly, after him.
~*~*~*~
Kagome waited for a while, but when Sango didn't come back, she got concerned. Slowly, she made her way down the hall. No matter how fast, or far, she went, she couldn't find Sango. She kept going, not stopping once. After a while, she came to a door. She didn't want to barge in, for fear of finding something that didn't want her company. Since it was at the end of the hall, Kagome figured that she had passed Sango, somewhere alone the way. But when she turned around to retrace her steps, she found a wall blocking her path. In fact, the only way for her to go was into the mystery room.
Against her better judgment, she entered, "Is anyone in here?" She asked, timidly.
"Yes, there is, Miko. I didn't think you'd get here so fast, oh well. It's not as though I have any objections. How do you like my home so far?" Naraku was pleased with himself as fear entered her scent, and her heart- rate increased three fold.
"What. . . what are you doing here?!"
He smirked, "I should be asking you that very question. It was YOU, after all, that barged into MY room. Quit rudely, I must add."
Kagome paled, "This is your room?"
He nodded, "By the way. Since you're here, I need some questions answered. First of all, why do you haunt my dreams?"
"I don't do that at all! If anything it's Onigumo haunting me, not me haunting you!" ` "What was that? A dream? A memory?"
Kagome's eyes were downcast, "I don't know. I was hoping that you could tell me."
{Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh Naraku, you truly are amusing. As you can tell, the girl doesn't know.}
[Shut up!] "How can you not know?!" Kagome's ignorance, and Onigumo's words were both very trying on Naraku's nerves.
"Well I don't!"
Naraku growled, "Then you are dismissed. Leave, before I kill you!"
Kagome scoffed, "I'm not one of your servants! You can't excuse me!"
Naraku felt his mood getting somewhat better, [This should be entertaining. I wonder if the look on her face will be one of fear, or shock.] "Since YOU chose to go with Kagura, for Kohaku, YOU now belong to ME. There for, I can dismiss you." He was let down to see that she didn't look shocked, or scared. She just gave him a death glare, much like he had seen Kagura do many times, and left. [I think that I will have to make her learn her place here. Yes, that should be most entertaining.]
{You're disgusting, Naraku.}
~*~*~*~
Inuyasha was running, when he the scent suddenly faded. He growled, 'DAMNIT!!! HOW COULD I HAVE LET THIS HAPPEN! KAGOME IS STUCK WITH NARAKU!!!!!' Then he smelt something headed toward them, 'Just fucking great! This is one of the last things I need right now!'
"Oi, Inukurro (I've seen him call Inuyasha that before), where's my woman?" Asked the cocky young wolf-prince, other wise known as Kouga.
"She's gone right now. So go run back to your little tribe, wimpy wolf!" Inuyasha barked, as Kohaku slid of his back, to find a safer place to be.
Kouga recognized the boy as someone he had seen with Kagura once before, "You killed her didn't you?! I KNEW you were working for Naraku, you damned mutt! I'll kill you!"
Kouga charged for Inuyasha, but was stopped when Miroku's staff came in contact with his head, "Inuyasha doesn't work with, or for, Naraku. It's just that Kagome gave herself up so Sango could be with Kohaku. But Sango, not wanting to put Kagome into danger, went with her. So now we have to find the two, who are currently in the clutches of Naraku."
Kouga thought this over for a little bit, then nodded in understanding, "Why don't you just follow her scent?"
"THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING UNTIL YOU SHOWED UP! NOW ANY TRACE OF THEIR SCENT IS BEING COVERED BY YOUR STENCH YOU DAMN DIRTY WOLF!" Inuyasha barked out (no pun intended).
Kohaku was extremely confused, "Gave herself up? Be with me? What are you talking about? Is Sango's leaving with that other demon my fault?"
Miroku put a hand on his shoulder, "Listen, nobody blames you. The main priority is finding them. After that, we will tell you everything. But for now, don't worry about it." He turned to the wolf, "Kouga, have you seen anything that might resemble Naraku's castle, or anything of that sort?"
"No, I smelled Kagura, so I came here."
"Then we'll have to find an alternate means of tracking them." Miroku held up his staff, and said a silent prayer, 'Please lead us to Naraku, we need to save our friends.' Then, he let it fall to the ground. The head of the staff pointed to the north, "That is where we go."
Inuyasha was practically yelling, "You mean we're just going to trust your stupid staff?!"
"It's never failed me before. Besides, we have nothing else to go on. Let's go." Grudgingly, Inuyasha nodded, and headed north with Kouga, Miroku, and Kohaku.
~*~*~*~
Kagome made her way back to her cell, and sat down to think. 'Could that have been a memory? If so, how could I be from five hundred years from now? I'm so confused.' Soon, her eyelids became too heavy for her to keep open, and she drifted to sleep.
~*~*~*~
Sango tried to follow Kagaromaru, but she ended up back at the cell, only to see Kagome asleep on the floor. She was going to walk off again, but was stopped by the blockade of walls that now surrounded her. 'Naraku must be manipulating the walls. It looks like he led me to Kagaromaru. But why?' She thought as she sat down by her friend.