Disclaimer: Rumiko Takahashi owns InuYasha, not I. :(

Warnings: Shounen-ai, Naraku/InuYasha

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Evil Temptations

Chapter Three

The Plan Begins

"Where is he? He's been missing for a few days now," Kagome asked. She had returned through the well expecting to find InuYasha waiting for her as usual. However, she found the others instead.

Miroku, Sango and Shippo had returned shortly before Kagome, also finding no one by the well. InuYasha always waited for Kagome when she was supposed to be coming back, he had even gone back to her time in order to get her when she was late.

"I don't know. He should be back by now," Miroku said, worry clearly heard in his voice.

"He has probably gotten himself in trouble again," Sango stated.

"What if he really has? We need to find him," Kagome said, despairingly.

"How can we?" Shippo added his own thoughts. "We have no idea where he could have gone."

"Kaede-sama, do you have any ideas?" Kagome asked, hoping the old miko would know. She had known him the longest. They had all gone to Kaede's once they realized that InuYasha was missing.

"Nay, child." Kaede thought for a moment. "Perhaps he went into the forest, knowing him he went to search for the shards."

They all sighed heavily. It would be a challenge to find him, especially if he went to the forest, which was most likely. However, they wouldn't just abandon him. They couldn't. For all they knew InuYasha could be lying somewhere injured or even close to dying.

"Are you sure?" Miroku asked.

Kaede shrugged. "I know he was waiting for her for a long time."

"Well, let's get going," Kagome said, walking out of Kaede's house. "Arigatou, Kaede-sama."

"Good luck, my child," the miko called after them. She couldn't help but have a bad feeling about all of it.

I hope nothing terrilbe has happened to him. They all thought along the same lines about InuYasha while walking to the forest.

"My lord, that miko and her companions have entered the forest," Kagura announced to Naraku.

"They know nothing of InuYasha's lost memories, right?" the dark-haired man questioned.

"Aye, Naraku-sama," she answered obediently. She hated being stuck under Naraku's control but wasn't able to get free so she had to endure his presence. She had to admit that he was getting softer since the other night when she had found him sleeping with the inu youkai. That had certainly surprised her, to say the least.

"Thank you. You may leave," Naraku dismissed the wind sorceress.

Naraku was lucky that InuYasha was still sleeping, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten the chance to speak with Kagura. Things that they had to talk about had to be spoken without him overhearing.

We shall have to pay a visit to your old friends later, he thought looking at the sleeping form of the youkai.

The crimson-eyed man watched InuYasha sleep for a while, admiring him. He had to admit he felt something for the youkai, whether it was relationship wise or not he didn't know. He'd never say it aloud though.. well, not to Kagura or any of his incarnations. He couldn't let them think he was getting soft, having no idea of what Kagura already thought. He could tell InuYasha though, after all, he had to have him stay on his side. He had practically become his... lover? Possibly. They had made out the other night and he was sure it would have gone farther if not for the pain that the youkai suddenly experienced.

Naraku was brought out of his thoughts when he heard a quiet moan, showing that InuYasha was waking.

"How are you feeling?" he asked the silver-haired youkai. He seemed a bit disoriented when he opened his eyes and it looked as though he couldn't see that well.

As if to prove his point InuYasha said, "Kagome?" Closing his eyes after and falling back asleep.

Naraku's eyes widened. Kagome? he thought surprised. Does that mean he remembers now? No, he cannot, that would ruin everything. Naraku decided that he'd just have to wait until the youkai woke up again. Then he would see if he knew that he had even woken up in the first place.

Hours later InuYasha showed signs of waking again. The youkai's eyes finally opened, seeming no less clear.

"I see you are finally awake again," Naraku said, hoping his memories really weren't back.

InuYasha groaned and brought his hand up to his head with his good arm. He slowly looked up at Naraku. "Why does everything look so fuzzy?" the youkai asked with a pain-filled voice.

"Your injury must be acting up again. I shall return with something for your pain." So far no signs, Naraku thought relieved.

InuYasha didn't respond; just closed his eyes again, trying to will away the throbbing in his head.

Shortly after Naraku had left he came back carrying a cup. He helped InuYasha sit up so he could drink the contents.

"Arigatou," the inu youkai said gratefully. The drink having eased most of the pain he could now see pretty clearly. He looked up at Naraku again.

Naraku was anxious to see how InuYasha would react when he looked at him. He was pleased when he found the youkai kissing him. Surprised... but pleased. The kiss turned passionate when InuYasha ran his tongue along Naraku's mouth, begging for entrance, which he was glad to give.

"Sorry, for interupting," Kagura apologized to get Naraku's attention, "but they're close now." She said this after getting over her shock at seeing the two embracing each other and kissing. She had been surprised before when Naraku had slept with the youkai the whole night but surprised was an understatment now. She easily concealed it though.

The two jumped, startled by the wind sorceress. They had been too wrapped up in each other's presence to notice her.

"Very well. However, next time give some kind of warning before you just walk in," Naraku stated rather sharply. It was the first time that InuYasha had heard him respond with something other than politeness. He quickly shook it off though, he was curious as to who these people were.

After Kagura left he asked, "Who was she talking about?"

"People that... Well, let's just say they aren't too fond of me," Naraku answered, "and they wish to kill me."

"Doushite?" /Why?/ InuYasha asked, getting angry. Why would anyone want to kill Naraku? He was kind and caring to people.

"A misunderstanding," Naraku easily lied to the youkai. "They think I killed some friends of theirs and won't listen to me." He hoped this would make him fight against the miko and her friends and also make him not listen to what they would say to him. They would surely try to convince him that they were friends. "I must go and stop them from coming here. I cannot allow them to harm you."

"Let me help you."

"Iie, you are still injured." /No/

"I will not sit here while you go fight. I do not want to lose you," InuYasha said, not knowing who Naraku was going against, how powerful they were or even how strong Naraku was in the first place.

"Very well, but you must be very careful. I do not wish to lose you either." Naraku walked to the corner of the room, picked something up and brought it to InuYasha.

The silver-haired youkai just stared at the object and felt a familiar sensation run through his body when he touched it.

"I picked it up when I found you unconscious. I thought it might belong to you." Naraku said, hoping he wasn't making a mistake by giving it to him. It could trigger a memory, if not all. InuYasha needed some type of protection though, just in case. "Do you know if it is yours?" He, of course, already knew the answer, but he couldn't let InuYasha know that.

The youkai ran his finger along the blade and then picked it up holding it in front of him. He then knew it was his. He couldn't discribe it, he just knew. "Hai, it is." /Yes/

Naraku sighed in relief. It seemed as though he didn't remember yet. It's alright for him to know it's his. It does pulse when in his grasp after all. I'm sure he can feel it, he reassured himself. "You can use it for defense when we go out there."

"Tetsusaiga," InuYasha whispered.

"What's that?" Naraku asked, surprised that the youkai could actually remember such a little detail.

"The sword in my hands," he whispered again.

"How do you know?"

InuYasha shrugged. "I just do."

"Alright. Well, if you are going to go out there with me you must promise to come back if the pain returns."

Promise. Why did he have a feeling that he recently made a promise?

"InuYasha." Naraku placed his hand on the youkai's arm, breaking him from his thoughts.

"Nan desuka?" /What?/ He had lost all previous thoughts about the possible memory.

"You must promise to return if the pain becomes too much," Naraku repeated firmly. I hope his memories are not coming back to him. He looked at the youkai. Well, it doesn't seem like they are returning now, if they were.

"Oh, right. Yeah, I promise," InuYasha said, and he would try his best to keep it but if Naraku got in too much trouble he'd go help him in a heartbeat.

"Before we go, change into these. I do not think you wish to go out in that." InuYasha was wearing some type of robe and had been since he had woken up. He didn't think anything of it though. He wondered where his clothes were from when he had first arrived, he knew he wasn't wearing this.

Naraku saw the confusion on InuYasha's face and knew it was about his clothes. "The clothes from when I first brought you here were torn and covered in blood."

InuYasha nodded and gratefully accepted the clothes that Naraku handed him. They were a dark blue with silver edges and had a dark red sash.

"I shall be waiting for you outside," Naraku said and turned to leave. He hoped that InuYasha was really up to this. He didn't want the youkai to collapse during battle. If there will be one. I doubt his friends would attack him even if he attacked them.

"Kagura," Naraku called once outside.

"Yes, Naraku-sama?" she said, as if coming out of no where, however, it didn't startle Naraku in the least.

"If InuYasha is to collapse during battle, quickly take him back inside." Not only did he not want InuYasha to get hurt but this way the miko couldn't take him back with her.

"Of course." Seeing that Naraku had nothing else to say she used her wind to lift the feather that she sat on and left.

Naraku sat down and leaned against the house waiting for InuYasha, hoping this wasn't a big mistake. He really didn't want harm to come to InuYasha.

Guess we'll just have to see what'll happen during the battle. Who knows, maybe InuYasha's memories will return. Maybe he'll attack his former friends. Maybe InuYasha will fall unconscious before he can do anything. So many possibilities. -=grins=-

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