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Chapter 4: Trust and Betrayal

InuYasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara had walked for two hours searching for Naraku. InuYasha had lost his trail shortly after pursuing him but was determined to not give up. He would not let Naraku have Kikyo. InuYasha sniffed the ground trying to pick up the scent. He growled low in his throat.

"I smell him." InuYasha declared. He darted west, his legs moving faster then they ever had before. Everyone followed after InuYasha knowing what was up ahead. They came to the entrance of a forest.

"I don't like the feeling of this." Miroku stated. He walked inside, cautious of every step he took. This was Naraku they were dealing with, he was known for trickery and traps. Sango and Kagome followed after him, keeping a close eye on each other. As they walked deeper into the heart of the forest it grew darker with every step they took.

"This place reeks of an evil aura." Kagome wrapped her arms around herself. It was cold and dark, just like that place she was in when she met Midoriko. Kagome walked closer to Sango, Shippo trailing behind her.

"I th-think we should turn ba-back and w-wait for InuYasha." Shippo stuttered. Miroku shook his head.

"Shippo we have to help InuYasha he may find Naraku." Shippo clung to Kagome's legs, eyes shut tight. Kagome smiled weakly and patted his head trying to reassure him that everything would be ok. Sango stopped walknig and looked around.

"Be on guard, I can feel something evil approaching." Suddenly the ground shook. Kagome lost her footing and fell to the ground. Sango held out her hand and helped her back up. Shippo jumped up onto Kirara's back and cowered in her fur. Miroku pulled out a sacred sutra, ready to expell a demon if need be.

"Look out!" InuYasha pulled Kagome down and Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara ran to the side. InuYasha had come back just in time to get Kagome out of the way. Tentacles had emerged from the ground, swaying back and forth trying to grab them. Sango was looking around trying to find which one was controlling the rest when a tentacle reached out and grabbed her by the ankle. She fought hard to try and free herself from the vice like grip but it wouldn't let go. She kicked and clawed at the slimey tentacle but to no avail.

"Ahh!" Sango yelled. She shook her leg furiously when Miroku ran over and swiped the tentacle away from her leg with his staff. Sango scrambled backwards and reached for her boomerang that had dropped. Miroku readied his staff to deal the finishing blow when it reared back and knocked Miroku onto his back.

"Miroku!" Sango cried and ran towards Miroku. Sango leaned down to check if Miroku was all right when the tentacle grabbed Sango once again, and then another emerged and grabbed Miroku by the torso. InuYasha was busy fighting off another tentacle from grabbing Kagome and Shippo. Kagome was lashing out at it with her bow. Shippo tried his foxfire but it wasn't having any affect whatsoever.

"No you don't!" InuYasha slashed the tentacle and Kagome and Shippo ran to the side behind a boulder. Kagome looked around searching for Sango and Miroku when she saw that they were being grabbed by the tentacles.

"InuYasha! Sango and Miroku!" Kagome yelled. InuYasha turned to see the captured Sango and Miroku.

"Damn you!" InuYasha held his sword over his head as he charged, readying to jump in the air and unleash the wind scar. All of a sudden the tentacles retracted into the earth and dragged the demon slayer and monk with them.

"SANGO! MIROKU!" Kagome screamed. Kagome went to run and try and help but InuYasha yelled for her to stop.

"Stay where you are, I think they react to movement from above ground." Kagome nodded her head and ran back to the boulder and held Shippo close to her. InuYasha was still fighting the tentacles, but he was having a hard time fending them off. Kirara one of the only one's left, rushed to InuYasha's side trying to bite the tentacle off. InuYasha was knocked to the side and four tentacles bound him by the wrists and ankles. Kagome ran to try and help, forgetting about InuYasha's words. Kirara was also grabbed. The ground opened up and pulled them under too.

"NO!" Kagome screamed. She fell to her knees and fisted her hands in the dirt. Shippo still clung to the boulder, afraid that more tentacles would come and take him too. Kagome banged her fists on the dirt. 'Why didn't I help! No...no...' Kagome cried silently. Her body shook, she felt like a failure to her friends. She had to find them, she had to help them, but where were they? Naraku was probably up to this, but why didn't the tentacles come and take her too?

"I'm coming guys, just hang on." Kagome looked up, her eyes gleaming dangerously.

Naraku's Castle

"Mmm...Wh-where?" InuYasha awoke up to find himself tied to a tree by...soul snatchers? InuYasha looked around trying to see if the others were with him as well. They were, and they were staring at something in front of them. InuYasha snapped his head to the side to see what it was. His eyes widened in shock at the face that greeted him. "It couldn't...'

"Kikyo?" Kikyo stood in front of them smiling sadistically. A soul snatcher floated around the hem of her hakama. Kikyo coaxed it to come closer to her and as it obeyed her she let it wrap itself around her arm.

"Fool. InuYasha you should have listened to my reincarnation." She laughed bitterly. She walked forward and stood in front of InuYasha. She reached out with her cold hand and stroked InuYasha's cheek. She smiled as InuYasha cringed from her touch. She retracted her hand and pet her soul snatcher gently.

"I had no desire for revenge InuYasha. On the contrary, I'm rather infatuated with Naraku. Now you'll all get to see the show of a lifetime, the death of my pathetic reincarnation!" Sango writhed against the soul snatchers trying to free herself from the tree.

"No..." InuYasha whispered. Kagome had tried to tell him that Kikyo was decieving him but he didn't listen. Now, she would be hurt because of his stupidity. InuYasha wanted to kill himself, after all of those things that he said to her. He must have hurt her feelings, he felt like kicking himself. He had to get out of here, he had to help Kagome, to warn her that it was a trap. Kikyo laughed at their meager attempts. It was no use they couldn't get free. Kikyo turned and walked away from them. She turned to the large wooden gate before shouting back to them.

"She should be here right about...now." The gate to the castle burst open in a flash of blue light. Kagome walked through the remainder of the gates and into the courtyard. She had her bow in her hand and was furious. Kagome looked over to the undead priestess and glared.

"Kikyo, what have you done with my friends?" Kagome stood legs spread apart, hatred glinting in her brown eyes. She was angry. How dare Kikyo, she knew that she was up to no good. Kikyo smiled and shrugged her shoulders.

"Oh, they're somewhere." Kikyo smiled before eyeing the tree where she had bound them by her soul snatchers. Kikyo turned her gaze back to Kagome and smiled once again.

"Were right here Kagome!" InuYasha yelled. He struggled to get free of the hold the demons had on him. He had to warn her, he had to get free and protect her. Kagome's hand twitched by her side as she stared at Kikyo.

"She can't hear us, it's useless." Miroku said. InuYasha struggled even more to break free. 'That's right, its just like when Kikyo tried to drag me to hell and I couldn't see or hear Kagome.' InuYasha thought. This wasn't good, Kagome was vulnerable and what if Naraku attacked her? InuYasha kicked the bottom of the tree trying to unhinge it from the ground, he was desperate. Kikyo grinned as she watched InuYasha's futile attempt out of the corner of her eye.

"Kagome." Suddenly Naraku came out of the shadows and stood behind Kikyo. Kagome looked at the two, it was a sickening sight. To see the woman that InuYasha loved and the one who tricked them together.

"I'm glad you came to play." Naraku grinned as he removed his baboon pelt. Kikyo too his robe and placed it down beside her. Kagome slowly reached her hand up, and she extended it towards Naraku. Intrigued by her actions Naraku quirked and eyebrow. Suddenly the jewel fragment he possessed shot out of his kimono, and into Kagome's hands.

"What the-" Naraku was shocked to say the least. Kagome took the fragment she had with the rest that Naraku had possessed and held them together in her hand. Her hand glowed a light purple before she unclasped it to reveal the completed jewel, and fully purified! The jewel floated above Kagome's hands. She raised her arms, held her hands together and prayed. Her body was surrounded in blue light. The light dissappated and Kagome was in her Miko clothes. Kagome stared Naraku down and yelled fiercly at him.

"This is the end Naraku! I'll destroy you for good!" Naraku and Kikyo looked at each other exchanging glances. Kikyo pulled out her bow from behind her and Naraku stood to the side infuriated by the young priestess.

"This is the end for YOU Kagome!" Kikyo snarled as her upper lip curled. Kagome shook her head before readying her silver bow.

"No Kikyo! This is the end for both of you! I am the chosen one, the one to destroy Naraku and rid the world of the Shikon no Tama." Kagome drew her arm back, the arrow wound tightly ready to fire at any second.

"This is the end"

A/n: Stay tuned!