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Chapter 8: More Trouble

"Kagome, push." Sango told her friend. Kagome was having the baby and Inu-Yasha and Iyasu were missing. "Where are they?" Sango thought to herself.

"Sango, can I help?" Ketsuzen asked as he peaked his head into the room.

"Just watch for your father." Sango told him. "I hope he gets here soon." Sango thought.

"Is he alright?" Yume asked Iyasu as they hurried to get back to the village.

"He will be as soon as we get him home." Iyasu answered her. "You didn't have to come with us, Kyou." Iyasu told him.

"I wanted to. I don't want to leave your side with Kaminari running loose." he said as he ran next to Kirara. His family had taken the leader of the wolf youkai tribe prisoner and Kouga was now in charge of all the wolf youkai tribe. Kyou had decided to go with Iyasu, since she was carrying his child.

"We should hurry. Mother might need us." Kibou said.

"Right. Kirara, can you go any faster?" Iyasu asked. Kirara growled and began to run faster.

"Where am I?" Miroku opened his eyes and didn't know where he was.

"Hello, Miroku." a woman's voice could be heard, but he could see nothing.

"Who's there? Where am I?" he asked again.

"My name is Kaminari and you are in Naraku's castle." she laughed.

"Naraku, are you one of his incarnations?" he asked her.

"No. I was created by Naraku, but I am not one of his incarnations." she answered Miroku.

"Why did you bring me here?" he asked.

"I told her to bring you." Naraku stepped out of the darkness and into the little bit of light that shone threw a barred window.

"Naraku!" Miroku tried to stand but he was chained to the floor. "Release me Naraku!" Miroku demanded.

"I need you here. I cannot very well have the real Miroku running around when I have the fake one killing off your friends." Naraku laughed as Kaminari turned to Miroku.

"Inu-Yasha! What happened to him?" Sango asked as Kibou and Kyou took him off of Kirara's back and into the hut.

"Where is my mother?" Iyasu asked Sango.

"Inside the hut. She's had the child, it is a girl." Sango answered her.

"May I see her?" Iyasu asked.

"Of course. Ketsuzen is in there with her." Sango said as she followed Kibou and Kyou. She knew Inu-Yasha was really hurt and he needed her help.

Iyasu and Yume walked into the hut and say Kagome sitting on the floor with a baby in her arms. Ketsuzen was sitting next to her. "Mother, are you alright?" Iyasu sat down next to her.

"I'm fine. Isn't she beautiful?" Kagome asked Iyasu.

"Yes. What did you name her?" Iyasu asked.

"Inochi." Kagome answered her as she looked down at the child. Inochi had dark hair and golden eyes, with two little white dog ears. "Where is your father?" Kagome finally asked about Inu-Yasha.

"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome ran into the other room looking for her mate.

"Kagome, maybe you shouldn't be in here." Sango said to her.

"Come on Kagome." Kyou lead her out of the room.

"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome wanted to run to him, but she knew it was for the best that she leave.

"Kyou, what's happening with my father?" Iyasu asked him.

"He will be fine. He just needs his rest." Kyou lied. He didn't really know if Inu-Yasha was going to be fine.

It wasn't until a few hours later that Sango finally emerged from the next room. "Sango how is Inu-Yasha?" Kagome asked her.

"He will be fine, but he needs his rest." Sango answered as she walked over to Kyou. "Can I talk to you for a minute?" Sango asked him.

"Sure. I'll be right back." Kyou promised Iyasu, and then he followed Sango outside.

Once outside Sango was able to ask him what she had wanted to ask since they had gotten back. "What did that to Inu-Yasha?" Sango asked him.

"One of Naraku's creations." Kyou answered her.

"Naraku? Why now? He has been gone for so long, why has he chosen to come back now?" Sango asked.

"I don't know, all I know is who attacked us." Kyou told her as they walked. Sango looked at him waiting for him to finish speaking. "Kaminari. She says she isn't one of his incarnations, but he did create her. She is a shape shifting demon that carries a golden staff with blue and green gems covering it. She uses the blue gem atop the staff to create lightening." Kyou explained Kaminari to Sango.

"So Kaminari is a powerful demon. If she defeated Inu-Yasha, then why didn't she kill the rest of you?" Sango couldn't figure it out.

"Iyasu injured her so she fled." Kyou said as they began to head back to the hut.

"Don't tell Kagome about Kaminari or Naraku. She's been under a lot of stress and this might kill her." Sango begged Kyou.

"I promise."

The next few days were peaceful and Inu-Yasha's recovery was going smoothly. Iyasu and Kyou finally decided to go back to the wolf den to be near his family when the child was born. Kagome hated that Iyasu was leaving, but she understood. "Please come back to visit." Kagome asked her.

"I promise to bring her back to visit." Kyou said. Kagome hugged her daughter tightly, then moved aside so she could get onto her horses back.

"Goodbye mother." Iyasu waved as she rode off with Kyou right behind her.

It took five hours for Iyasu and Kyou to get back to the wolf den, but when they got there, it was empty, except for two wolf youkai. "Where is everyone?" Kyou asked.

"Since your father defeated the leader of the wolf tribe to the north, he has become the leader." one of them told Kyou.

"So Kouga and the others are at the castle?" Iyasu asked.

"That's right. Kouga knew you would come back here, so he made us come here to wait for you." the other wolf youkai told Kyou.

"Then let's head to the castle." Kyou said.

The next day they reached the castle. "Kouga, your son has returned with his mate." a wolf youkai lead Kyou and Iyasu into the main hall.

"Kyou, you have been gone for a long time. Is Kagome alright?" Kouga asked.

"Kouga!" Ayame hit him in the back of the head.

"My mother is fine. She gave birth to a girl she named Inochi." Iyasu told him.

"How's dogface?" Kouga asked her

"My father is still alive." Iyasu grinned. She knew about her father and Kouga's past and she felt the same way her mother did about it.

"Kouga, there is still no sign of Sumire." a wolf youkai said as he walked into the hall.

"Where is Sumire?" Kyou asked.

"She left this morning and no one has seen her since." Ayame told him.

"Iyasu..." Kyou looked down at her.

"I know. Go look for Sumire." Iyasu told him. Kyou kissed her on the cheek before running out of the castle. Iyasu worried as he disappeared out the door, but knew that he would be fine.

"Where am I?" Sumire wondered around the dark forest. She was lost, and didn't know how to get home. What was she going to do?