Chapter 3

"Something's wrong.."

"Inuyasha!" said Miroku sternly.

"You feel it too?" said Inuyasha as if he was expecting Miroku to say something from the start.

"C'mon!" yelled Sango. She was already out of her casual kimono and fully dressed in her Youkai Exterminating outfit. She was holding her Hiraikotsu in her right hand and was already on Kirara's back.

"Houshi-sama!" Sango called. Miroku ran over to Kirara and jumped on her back behind Sango. Inuyasha continued on the ground. He began to run north.

"It's this way!" shouted Inuyasha as he darted off. I sense him! thought Inuyasha, I sense Naraku! Inuyasha continued running until he came to a small clearing a little ways from the Bone Eaters Well. There stood the threatening Nakaru.

"Naraku!" shouted Inuyasha menacingly. There stood Naraku wrapped in his baboon pelt. He started to laugh in his evil, deceitful way.

"Well, well Inuyasha!" cackled Naraku, "It took you long enough to pick up my scent!"

"Shut up!" yelled Inuyasha.

"Where is she? Where is the girl who carries the Shinkon shards?" asked Naraku cunningly.

"Kagome has nothing to do with this!" growled Inuyasha, "I will finish you off right here and now!"

"Heh, like you could even scratch me, hanyou!" Inuyasha snarled and lunged at Naraku.

"Tetsusiaga!" shouted Inuyasha as he grabbed his sword from its sheath. Naraku slowly began to disappear, laughing as he dissolved.

"There is no point in me staying; I only came for the girl. I might as well keep you entertained until she returns another time." laughed Naraku. Behind the location where Naraku disappeared a huge youkai appeared. He was a sickening yellow color with huge fangs and eyes. His giant muscles rippled through his skin. He had a menacing glare on his face and cackled incessantly. He had giant claws that looked like they could pierce easily through anything.

"Inuyasha! Be careful! This might be another one of Naraku's incarnations!" shouted Miroku who was still sitting with Sango and Kirara some distance behind Inuyasha.

"Keh," Inuyasha scoffed, "I can take that ugly glutton on with me eyes closed." Just as Inuyasha made that comment he lunged at the terrifying youkai.

"KAZE NO KISU!!!" Inuyasha yelled as he attempted his first blow on his new enemy. Just as it seemed Inuyasha's Wind Scar would rip right through the youkai, it erected an evil barrier that sent Inuyasha's attack right back to him. Inuyasha yelped as he was sent flying through the air by his own attack. He was sent to the ground with a hard and painful thud. As Inuyasha attempted to get up, Miroku and Sango noticed he was covered in blood.

"'Hiraikotsu!" yelled Sango as she was about to aid Inuyasha in his battle.

"STOP!" she shouted at her. Sango looked a bit confused. The youkai shot a piercing glare at Sango; he turned around a little so he was no facing Inuyasha again. Both Miroku and Sango noticed a huge spire shaped scar on its back.

"Don't interfere; this youkai is too strong for you or Miroku. Plus, this is my fight against one of Naraku's youkai." Sango lowered her weapon and shot a worried glance at Miroku.

"Don't worry Sango, Inuyasha can handle himself, he wants to fight. Besides he wanted to get his frustration out on something! You know he's been restless ever since Kagome-sama left this afternoon."

Inuyasha went back in to attack the youkai again. This time he tried using Bakuryuuha. Still the same thing occurred. It was repelled right back at him sending him flying even farther than before.

"D-damn it" Inuyasha managed to say as he slowly managed to stand up. He was drenched in his blood and looked down at the ground as he saw a trail of red from where he was thrown down.

"Heh, heh, heh" cackled the intimidating youkai, "Is that all you have hanyou?" The youkai started to charge at Inuyasha.

"Not likely," shouted Inuyasha. He drew Tetsusiaga again and began to dash back at the youkai. "KAZE NO---" before Inuyasha could initiate his attack the massive youkai slashed right through Inuyasha with his colossal claws. It impaled Inuyasha through the stomach. The sharp white tip of its claw was clearly visible through Inuyasha's back.

"INUYASHA!" yelled both Miroku and Sango. Inuyasha was still standing, his Tetsusiaga still in his hands above his head, he was so close to slicing the youkai, but was a second too slow. Inuyasha gasped for air and began coughing. Blood spat from his mouth onto the youkai's feet.

"Heh, heh, heh, not only are my claws sharp enough to slice through anything, they are also infected with poison, you'll be dead by nightfall!" laughed the youkai.

"I have to use my Kazaana to finish this!" shouted Miroku. He was pulling off the rosary bead when the youkai glared at him.

"Don't even try it, monk, or you will be dead before you open that hellhole in your hand. And you, youkai exterminator, don't even try to fight me, you are too weak to even compare to my strength, it would be a waste of my time to fight you."

Kagome lifter her head from her desk, the shinkon shards around her neck were pulsing. She looked out her window at the sky.

"Something is wrong...Something is wrong with Inuyasha! I can sense it!" Without hesitation Kagome ran out her room, sprinted downstairs and grabbed her shoes. She continued through her backyard until she reached the well. She didn't even think about the argument she had with Inuyasha earlier that day. She jumped right into the well. A second later she was pulling herself out of the well in the Feudal Era. She was trying as hard as she could to reach Inuyasha as fast as she was able to.