“Well, Jaken, long time no see! I guess you are fleeing again!” Inu-Yasha laughed.

“Inu? Where is SesshoMaru?” Rin asked.

“Yes halfling, where is Lord SesshoMaru?” Jaken demanded.

Miroku pointed in the direction they had last seen the demon lord, Jaken and Rin ran past them and on down the trail to the clearing two thousand yards away.

“Inu-Yasha?” Sango wondered aloud.

“The one and only” he replied.

“HELP US!” Shippo shrieked.

Miroku nodded and Inu-Yasha drew the Tetsusaiga, then he leaped up into the air and sliced the rope that held the net above the ground. The two screamed as they fell, the net fell away from them and drifted off on the breeze. Sango grabbed Shippo and held him close, Miroku caught them both and moved as Inu-Yasha landed and sheathed the Tetsusaiga.

“We had better get back and help Kagome, shall we take leave?” Miroku whispered.

“Let’s blow this Popsicle stand” Inu-Yasha growled.

Sango and Inu-Yasha took off running down the trail, leaving Shippo and Miroku standing there. Shippo leaped from Miroku’s arms and followed them; the monk caught up with the kitsune quickly.

“Why do we need to help Kagome?” Sango asked.

“She is caught in Uramake’s trap, her and SesshoMaru both I am afraid” Miroku replied.

Sango fell silent and kept running finally the corridor of trees ended and gave way to a scene of utter disgust. Blood was streaming from SesshoMaru’s wrists and ankles, same with Kagome, there was only one difference in the scenario, the girl was screaming while the demon was not.

“Stop this!” Miroku ordered.

“Silence monk!” Piyora shouted.

With one movement of her hand Piyora sent Miroku flying into the trees, he fell to the earthen floor with a dull thud. Inu-Yasha drew the Tetsusaiga and it transformed, Sango growled and held her bone-boomerang at the ready. Piyora waved her hand again and the boomerang rose above Sango then came down striking her on the head. Inu-Yasha charged forward ready to dispatch Piyora and her evil ways, she flicked her finger and Tetsusaiga ripped from his grasp and went flying, along with its sheath.

“IRON WREAVERS SOUL STEALER!” Inu-Yasha shouted.

“You missed insolent puppy!” Piyora sneered.

Her foot came into contact with his jaw and Shippo clenched onto it with his little fangs.

“BLADES OF BLOOD” Inu-Yasha growled.

Piyora flicked her finger and sent the attack straight back at him, the she moved her hand down and Tetsusaiga reverted then she used it to club him over the head with. Shippo looked positively enraged at this; his jumped up and began to tremble with fury.

“FOX FIRE” Shippo cried.

Piyora grinned at this; she knew this one all to well.

“FOX FIRE!” Piyora shouted.

The two attacks collided and canceled each other out sending Shippo flying into a tree and he slammed into the ground. Inu-Yasha rose up again, this time even more angered than the first time.

“IRON WREAVERS SOUL STEALER!” Inu-Yasha roared.

“So, you haven’t had enough yet, have you?” Piyora laughed, “Puppy.”

He rose off the ground and slammed into a tree, then another and yet another. Kagome watched in horror as the blood poured from her own body, but also she watched Inu-Yasha take a fierce beating. Piyora’s magic proved too much for the poor hybrid, she knocked him unconscious and the slammed him into a tree. Jaken sprung in to action on his lord’s behalf and raised the head staff up high. The toad demon attempted to strike Piyora on the head, but she was way too fast.

“Jaken, behind you!” SesshoMaru shouted, then he cringed.

Jaken turned slightly but did not move fast enough for her, she grasped the head staff from him and used it to render him incapable of helping. Rin began to cry as Piyora walked towards her holding the head staff high, the girl darted past her and unsheathed Sango’s blade and held it out straight.

"Rin, no!" SesshoMaru ordered.

SesshoMaru cringed in pain and Kagome's vision began to blur slightly, they both looked down to the large silver basin below them. It was almost full of their blood. Uramake cut them both down and Kagome used the last of her strength to pull the Tenseiga from its sheath, she raised it up and brought it down against SesshoMaru who watched her. He could not move due to total paralysis or else he would have stopped her from saving him. Piyora clubbed Rin over the head and sealed off the clearing they all were in, so that none of them could escape. Inu-Yasha sat up wearily and looked around to see everyone else sitting up. All except for SesshoMaru's human girl, Inu-Yasha checked her for a pulse and was relieved to find one.

"You, what have you done to her?" Inu-Yasha cried.

"Don't worry, she is still alive, I could never kill a child" Piyora assured.

"Yeah, right" Sango shrieked, "You expect us to believe that crap?"

"Sango, it's alright, she's alive remember?" Miroku whispered.

mwahahahaha i dont really like kagome anyway.... well no i'm mad, 'cuz she saved Fluffy-sama