Disclaimer: Well, I am back with an update. Ok, last chapter kinda angered some... I am now being tortured... * looks around for Inu * uh... * breaks down crying and holds a note in hand * Mystic Hanyou said she was gonna torture me and her minions took away my Inu!!! * holds up paper *

Dear Inu Faceness~

You don't own him and torture come on swift wings to you. We have taken him away.

~Mystic Hanyou's minions

HOW CAN YOU TREAT ME SO?!?! * cries some more *

~*~Chapter Ten: While She Was Sleeping~*~

Naraku looked on Kagome as he fingered the jewel. Only two pieces were missing now. He had taken what was around Kagome's neck and forged them together with his. He could feel his newly found energy swarming around him. A smirk crept to his lips as he watched Kagome sleep on her back.

"Lets put this new power to the test, shall we?" He leaned over and lifted Kagome's blouse to the rim of her bra. Naraku pulled a long dagger out of his lavender kimono sleeve. The silver blade glistened in the light that flowed through the stone room. Shining jewels decorated the gold hilt. He placed the weapon on her flesh on its side and watched as goosebumps formed from the coldness of the dagger. He turned the blade ever so slightly. The sharp edge dug into her skin, a thin line of blood visible. Naraku smiled a little more as he pushed it farther into her skin.

He heard a wince of pain, as the cut grew deeper and deeper. He proceeded in removing a chunk of her skin and a large amount of blood that he collected with a flask. Placing a dressing to the wound, the evil hanyou stood and exited the room. "I will make the most to hurt them all with this power."

~*~

Inu Yasha awoke, the sun gently illuminating his face. He stood up, having been revived from his rest. He reached his arms to the sky and looked around. Where were they?

Realization hit him like a ton of bricks. Kagome. She was gone because Naraku had taken her. Those words she said...the things she did...

~*~FLASHBACK~*~

He was not thinking she would ever, in any way, do it. He stood there, facing her fully, glaring into her cold features. His cheek stung ever so slightly. She, his mate, the only one who he had loved and it had been returned, had struck him.

"You DOG!" She screamed, bring her hand down. "You disgusting, poor excuse for a living creature! Inu Yasha, you are a mutt! How could you even ask me that? I should SIT you," Inu Yasha went face first into the ground, "just for saying it to me! You make me sick, Inu Yasha." The spell was wearing off, so Inu Yasha quickly stood, towering over her. "No! You perv! Get your hanyou butt back down there! OSUWARI OSUWARI OSUWARI!! No wonder no one accepted you! Just leave me alone, Inu Yasha!" And with that, Kagome ran off...

"Kagome, come with me."

"Yes, Naraku. I will go."

"Inu Yasha, what are you doing here!? I thought I made it clear I don't want to be with you anymore! I don't want to be harassed by you! Just go, Inu Yasha! I don't want to see your ugly face again. Now, Osuwari!" Inu Yasha went face first into a patch of brown-gray grass. He heard the bees buzzing around him. His hair flowed in the wind as Kagome and Naraku were lifted into the sky. Inu Yasha quickly stood up, his hurt over powering the power of the spell.

~*~END FLASHBACK~*~

Instead of these memories depressing him, Inu Yasha was enraged. Mainly at Naraku for pulling such a terrible trick. Naraku had ensnared him into another trap and was betrayed by another love. But this time, 'I know it was him and I can kill him.' Inu Yasha's left hand sat on the scabbard around Tetsusaiga as he went to his sleeping comrades.

"Oi, Wake up! We've got to find Kagome!" He gently nudged Sango, who was beginning to stir and violently woke the houshi lying behind her. Miroku lifted his right arm from around Sango's waist and began to stand. Sango stood completely and put Hiraikotsu securely on her back. Without a word, the three began their journey, following nothing but Inu Yasha's instincts and nose.

~*~

The sun was high in the sky now, beating down on the travelers without mercy. Miroku wiped the sweat forming on his brow. They had only stopped once to eat and rest a little, but that five minutes wasn't a proper break. Oh, what Miroku wouldn't give for relaxing cool bath.

But this houshi knew how desperate the hanyou before him was. Yes, Miroku would do the same if Sango were in trouble. Just like Inu Yasha, eating and sleep wouldn't come easy for him either. Thinking Sango would be captured, Miroku put an arm around the taijiya. They halted when Inu Yasha came to an abrupt stop.

"What is it Inu Yasha?" he asked. His friend was staring off into the distance at the end of the path they were following. Faintly, Miroku and Sango heard sobbing and looked at each other. They have heard that sound before...

"Inu Yasha!!" The voice cried, coming into their line of vision. It was...

"Kagome?" Inu Yasha asked uncertainly. The girl flung herself in his arms, wetting his haori with her tears. He closed his eyes. 'Oh, how I've longed for you to embrace me...' he bent his head down to the crook of her neck and stiffened.

"Kagome!" Sango squealed. "You're back! What happened?" she trotted over to her 'sister' with a very shocked man following. Both paused when they saw the look on Inu Yasha's face.

He stood there, hunched over slightly with his nose in Kagome's neck. His eyes were wide, with shock or terror they couldn't have been sure. His arms moved to grip her forearms. They gasped when they saw him roughly push her away from him so he could look at her closed eyes.

"Inu Yasha! What are you doing!?!" Sango went to his side and put her hands on his arm. "Let go of her!"

But he wasn't listening. "Kagome, open your eyes," he half snarled the words. Kagome didn't obey. Her cheeks were red from the river of tears that had been pouring over them. More just continued to flow at his request.

"Oh, Inu Yasha! I was so worried that I wouldn't find you!! I ran from Naraku as fast as I could! Oh, I love you!" She pressed her lips to his. Inu Yasha couldn't help but melt. After all the horrible things that had happened between the two, all he had wanted to do was kiss her. But... he pulled away from the kiss. Something wasn't right.

"Kagome, please," She kept on attacking his lips. Inu Yasha had to pull her away each time. He put a hand on either side of her face. "Open your eyes."

The girl looked down and opened her eyes. Inu Yasha lifted her head and looked. Her eyes... Sango gasped.

"What... what happened?" her eyes were brown, rimmed with a deep red. Inu Yasha howled.

"Damn it, Naraku!! You did this!!" He screamed to no one. Her scent had scared him at first. There was no trace of Kagome's soothing smell anywhere on this girl's body. That led him to one conclusion. This wasn't Kagome.

"Who are you?" He asked. This girl wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I'm your Kagome, of course. I'm yours and I love you." Before she could say anymore, she was gaping for air. Inu Yasha's claws were digging into the small of her back. A solitary tear fell from his face.

"No," he said softly, "you are a damned incarnation of Naraku." He detached his hand from her and let her fall to the ground. Sango put a hand on his shoulder but he scoffed away. "Lets go," he demanded, and started walking to the west.

"Inu Yasha, where are you going?" Miroku asked, hesitantly following. Inu Yasha didn't answer. He knew of only one way to defeat Naraku now. 'That wasn't just some ordinary incarnation of his,' he thought as he trudged on. 'Naraku has new abilities, and we can't fight him alone.'

~*~END CHAPTER~*~

Well, what did ya think? Interesting? Well, Naraku, at the beginning, took some of Kagome's flesh right? He needed it to set up the copy of her that came to the Inu group. Next time, you get to find out where my Inu's going!! And, speaking of Inu... * looks over at the empty chair * I wish he were here... * sniffle * oh well, that's what I get for setting such a bad ending to the last chapter. I just hope my torture ends soon...

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