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An: Just a quick note to say thanks to my reviewers and readers. It is always great to hear from you. You guys are what keep me writing. One of you asked if there were any lemons planned in the future, well yes there are some but you will have to go to one of the other sites I post on to read them seeing as ffnet doesn't allow too much lemoniness. Those sites are Adult fanfiction and mediaminor. If you can't find them just drop me an email and I will send you the links. Enjoy!

Song of My Soul

Part Twelve

Kagome sat at her desk staring at the paper in front of her as if it were the most interesting thing in the world. She was finding it hard to concentrate on work after the meeting Inuyasha, Naraku and she had that morning. The depth of this current problem was baffling. Never in her life would she have thought Kikyo of such evil but yet she had experienced it herself just the night before. She glanced over at Naraku eyeing him carefully. He had said little during the conversation but did solemnly promise to stay by her side at all times until they could track down Kikyo or who ever was behind the dream. A hand on her shoulder brought her out of her daydreaming.

"Are you ready for some lunch Kagome?" Naraku asked softly. She looked at him a bit startled but calmed when she saw the concern in his eyes. He leaned a little closer examining her eyes carefully.

"Are you feeling well Kagome?" He asked slowly. She nodded and looked around for her purse.

"Yes Naraku, I'm fine. Just a little tired from last night I guess." She finally found the elusive purse in the bottom drawer of her desk. He offered his hand to help her stand which she took.

"Good we need to leave or Inuyasha will begin to think I spirited you away again." He semi chuckled causing her to raise an eyebrow at him. He glanced at her from the corner of his eye and smiled. "It isn't as if it didn't happen before." He admitted. She lowered her head frowning. He shifted uneasily from her reaction. "I have to be honest with you. The thought did cross my mind this morning but after hearing what you both had to say, I think it would be best if Inuyasha were near. He is, after all, your mate and can calm you much easier then I could." His face drained of emotion when she looked at him. It almost seemed like he was trying to hide something.

"I wouldn't know about that." She said as they entered the elevator. "We get into our share of fights." She went on thinking of the argument they were having when they arrived at the office over the fact she was going back to work and he didn't like it.

"Yes well, most couples have their problems. I have to commend you on your patience. Inuyasha has such a uniquely rough personality after all." He replied as a second thought and was surprised when Kagome started to laugh.

"Nicely put." She giggled as the door opened and right before them stood the agitated inu-hanyou that was the topic of their conversation.

"Your talking shit about me again." He growled then leaned over and kissed Kagome on the temple as he pulled her close to him protectively. "Your late."

"And what makes you think that?" Kagome chuckled at him.

"My nose was itching." He frowned at her and tapped his nose. She giggled more with disbelief written all over her face. "Besides that I could hear you. Remember the ears hear all." He smiled smugly at her blush. Naraku chuckled a bit at that.

"What a lovely color Kagome." He said amused at her blush. She frowned and started to walk toward the front doors. "I will leave her in your capable hands Inuyasha. I have business to attend to." Naraku turned to get back in the elevator but Kagome stopped the doors from closing.

"You're not coming?" She gave him the puppy eyes. He smiled and reached forward to touch her cheek but stopped when he heard the low growl coming from Inuyasha. He dropped his hand and shook his head.

"No I have work to catch up on. I will see you when you get back." With that he gently removed her hands from the elevator and stepped back. The look of disappointment on her face clenched at his heart but he reminded himself she was mated and was therefor untouchable. A deep sadness gripped him to the core. He was more then envious of their relationship. It was one he wished he was graced with and it seemed that the dog didn't understand what he had.

Naraku wasn't a fool. He sensed the power that lay dormant inside of Kagome the first time he met her but at that time the power inside of Kikyo was much stronger so his natural greed bid for him to take the most easily acquired power of the two. He had made a mistake and paid dearly for it. Each day that Kikyo suffered in that hospital, a piece of him suffered as well. He was thankful he had not went through with the mating ritual to bind their souls. He would definitely be a pitiful mess now. He was so engrossed in his session of self pity he failed to notice the flare of dark aura above the elevator he rode in.

Kagome turned with a frown and walked slow toward the door. Something was wrong with her boss and she intended on finding out what it was. Sighing she knew it would have to wait until she returned but inside something was bothering her that would not stop. A deep ache that was almost painful. It was growing more intense the closer she got to the door. Suddenly she stopped in her tracks clutching at her chest with one small hand in a fist. Spinning around she stared at the elevator with wide eyes filled with fear.

Inuyasha walked next to her feeling the mixed emotions swelling up inside of her as they shifted from curiosity to anxiety and fear. He was about to ask her what was wrong when, to his surprise, she suddenly twirled around toward the elevator with terror on her face. A second later there was a loud boom like the sound of a bomb going off that rocked the elevator shaft Naraku had just taken back to his office. Kagome clung to his arm shaking. Her eyes were glazed over as she stared at the elevator doors. "What the hell?" He said as he started to walk over to them but she pulled frantically on his arm to keep him back.

There was more booming sounds followed by a high pitched screeching sound that was getting closer to the floor they were standing on. By now others in the main entry were gathering and staring at the elevator doors. An enormous whoosh could be heard from with in the shaft causing the doors to flex back and forth from the power of what caused it. Soon it was followed by the horrible crashing sound of metal twisting from the basement level where the parking garage was. Many startled people began to panic over what had happened. One woman passed out and was being attended by a gentleman that was beside her. Others were crying while the more calm were either on the phone calling for help or trying in vain to open the elevator doors.

Kagome snapped out of her trance and looked up at Inuyasha with wide eyes. "Naraku." She whispered in a hoarse voice. They ran over the doors to assist. Inuyasha pushed the impotent humans out of his way and shoved his claws into the crack of the door. He grunted and groaned at the effort but managed to pry the doors open enough for a security guard to hit the emergency latch that would keep them open. The air filtered out quickly filling the room with the heavy cloud of dust caused from the explosion below. It's silt like substance left a fine layer on everything and everyone that was with in it's circumference.

Inuyasha covered his nose that was being plugged by the fine concrete dust as he leaned over carefully to peer down the shaft. Kagome stood close by twisting her fingers nervously from the anxiety. Even though she knew that she was being silly she still felt like some how this was her fault. If Naraku had not been guarding her then maybe this wouldn't of happened. But then she also knew these accidents had been going on for the past few months and she wasn't even in the country then. She didn't know what she would do if he was hurt because of her. It gripped her heart like a vise as she waited for Inuyasha to tell her what he found. Finally he leaned back shaking the dust from his hair. His face and suit were covered with the fine dust but he simply continued to pat himself down and sneeze as he walked over to her.

"Are there stairs leading down to the garage?" He asked with out looking at her. A whimper from her made him look up to see the worry on her face. "I can't see anything." He clarified quickly to ease her mind a bit. She nodded and led him over to a security door. After fumbling with her keys she finally produced a key that opened the lock and they both entered. The stair case was as cold as the metal that it was made from. She couldn't stop the feeling of foreboding that filled her as she looked down the stairs. "It's ok Kagome. I don't smell blood." Inuyasha placed a calming hand on her shoulder. He led the way down the steps to the garage.

When they entered the garage they had to work their way past the ruble that had been blown across the floor. Small and large chunks of concrete as well as steal lay in a radios around the elevator shaft. A car alarm was going off from the impact of one of the elevator doors that had hit it in the side when it was blown from its place. It was quite evident now that the elevator had dropped out of control down the shaft only to end up in a crumpled and smashed heap at the basement level. Kagome gulped and shivered as she stared. Again Inuyasha ensured her that there was nothing to worry about because he didn't smell any blood. She nodded absently and followed him closer so he could examine the pile left by the broken lift.

She kept a wary eye around them as Inuyasha dug through the rubble looking for any signs of Naraku. He finally got to what looked like it could have been the roof of the elevator. It had a large hole blown in it and from closer inspection they could tell it had been from the top. That is probably what caused the cables to snap but with out closer inspection they couldn't be sure. Inuyasha was more concerned about what had happened to the demon that was inside the lift. With little effort he pushed the remainder of the roof from the floor so they could look under neath. He had been right, there wasn't any blood but what they did find was almost as disturbing. On the floor they found his suit jacket shredded almost to pieces.

Inuaysha's ears perked up suddenly as his face looked up the dark shaft above them. "Shit!" He cursed and grabbed Kagome quickly as he jumped out of the shaft. Kagome was shocked when some large pieces of concrete landed where they had been just seconds before he moved them out of the way. "Damn we have to get to the roof. Naraku is fighting something up there." Inuyasha proclaimed as he turned and bent his knees lowering himself some. Kagome looked at him surprised. "Just get on damn it we don't have time to wait on another fucking elevator." He snarled pointing at his back. She snapped out of her stupor and climbed on his back feeling funny when her skirt hiked up a bit from where his hands gripped her tightly under the knees.

She was still amazed at the thrill it gave her to ride on his back. She used to do this often when they were kids playing out in the forest behind their properties. It always filled her with an exhilarating feeling that you could only get from flying. But they hadn't done this since he started dating Kikyo and after the years passed the thought never occurred to her. A feeling of nostalgic regret filled her but she shoved the feeling to the back of her mind for now. There were more important things to be thinking about. She clutched his shoulders tightly as he bound up the stair case jumping from one platform to the next skipping the stairs completely. She felt like squealing for glee but again had to remind herself this was not the time.

As they got closer, she could now hear the explosions from above. There was indeed a battle of some kind going on above but she didn't know how far above them. When they reached the top they found themselves on the floor that housed Naraku's office but the sounds were coming from the roof. Thinking hard Kagome finally remembered his private entrance to the helicopter platform on the roof. They dashed over only to find the door locked. Inuyasha looked at her expectantly but she shook her head. "I don't have keys for this."

"No problem." He smirked and snapped the handle easily. The sounds of battle greeted them as they dashed up the stairs. Using his shoulder to smash through the door, they gained entrance to the roof.

Over to one side of the platform they could see Naraku leaning on one knee as he held his bloodied arm. His clothes were in tatters, bloody cuts and bruises covered his body. Kagome reached out wanting desperately to go over and help him but Inuyasha held her back.

"Well what do we have here?" A husky voice filled the air above them. Kagome looked up to see a very handsome youkai floating in the air carefree above the roof on what seemed to be swirling wheels. His attire was battle armor from the old days when youkai terrorized humanity during the Feudal Era. He held a trident like weapon in one hand that had a two prong lightening bolt on the end instead of the usual three prong fork. A long braid of dark brown hair whipped in the wind around him. He glared at them with blood red eyes and a smirk on his face.

"I'm not sure brother. Could it be a little puppy that has decided to come play with us?" An even deeper voice came from behind. They both twirled to see and enormous youkai floating on a black cloud. His face was ugly and resembled some sort of reptilian species that Inuyasha couldn't describe. He also wore the battle armor of old. "I like the woman. Can I have her after we are done here brother?" He grinned wide showing off the many rows of sharp teeth in his gaping mouth when Inuyasha shoved Kagome behind him protectively. A dark laugh came from the first brother.

"Perhaps but you will have to defeat her pet dog." He laughed at the scowl on his brother's face.

"You will not help me Hiten?" The ugly balding youkai pouted.

"If I fight him then the prize is mine. I will but I get her first." The other seemed to consider this for a second.

"Alright it's a deal." They both laughed heartily at the look of shock on Kagome's face.

"Who do you think you are..." She started to scream with her hands on her hips but Inuyasha pulled her back back.

"Stay back Kagome. They are very powerful." Again he shoved her behind him. She scowled at him but didn't argue. "Who the hell are you?" Inuyasha redirected his attention to the two brothers.

"We are the famous Thunder Brothers. Surely you have heard of us." The fat ugly one stated profoundly.

"Can't say I have. Must not be all that famous then." Inuyasha barked back with a satisfied smirk at the scowl on the ugly one's face.

"Then it is your lose puny one." He hissed. They watched curiously as he opened his mouth wide. A bright glow began to form with in his massive maw. Suddenly Inuyasha realized what he was doing. Grabbing Kagome, he quickly jumped out of the way just as the exploding blast hit the roof where they had been standing. He skidded to a stop not far from where Naraku was and set her down.

"Stay under cover while I take care of this trash." He snorted flexing his clawed fingers. Kagome nodded and hid behind the edge of the stairs that led up to the helicopter dias. She watched with fear and wonder as her mate dodged and leapt between the two brothers. He slashed and clawed causing several deep gashes in both. He managed to knock the fat one from his cloud.

"Maten!" Yelled the other as he raced to catch him from a fatal fall. He managed to get the fat youkai before he would have smashed into the roof then turned his dark glare at Inuyasha. "You will pay for that dog boy." He raised his trident in the direction of Kagome and let a huge bolt fly in her direction. Inuyasha watched in horror as the bolt streaking toward his mate knowing he couldn't reach her in time.

Kagome watched in terror as the bolt soared straight at her. Her body was frozen in spot awaiting her inevitable doom. She wasn't even sure how much time had lapsed but in the mixed turmoil of the moment she remembered feeling something grasp her waist and pull her out of the way. When her senses did come back to her she found herself laying on the ground with Naraku's weakened body covering her protectively. He raised his head just enough so he could look into her eyes. They held a pain so deep she knew it went all the way to his soul. His body was ripped off her suddenly. His face grimaced from the pain that shot through him causing him to loose consciousness.

Maten stood over her grinning from ear to ear. "I'll come for you my flower." He snickered as she scowled at him. The dark cloud formed under him to lift him off the ground with Naraku's limp form held in his arms. She glanced over at Inuyasha only to see him being held at bay by the other brother shooting lightening bolts at him. She watched helplessly as the two demons flew away out of reach of her enraged mate taking her boss with them.

An: Boy did I screw that one up. Shame on me, I made Naraku a victim. LOL. Sorry I couldn't help myself. Let me know what you think.