Kagome awoke the next morning on her side and the hut deserted. She looked around groggily for anyone but she was the only one there. Kagome got up and stepped out blinded by the sudden sunlight. The whole village seemed deserted. Except for a few people around. But no sign of InuYasha or the others. Her first thought was where Yume was. She really needed to talk to her.

Not far away from where she was with Yume yesterday; she found her with Shippo and Kirara. Kagome thought of confronting her right there but shook her head and began to turn back.

"Kagome."

Kagome turned around to see who was calling her. Shippo is facing her. Yume steps back. Kagome walks up to them and Kirara mews at her. "Shippo where is everyone?"

"Sango and Miroku are around here somewhere but InuYasha and Kouga went off a while ago."

Kagome winced. "Uh…. oh. Did they start fighting again?"

"No they didn't sound upset. I think they went to go find Kagura."

Kagome nodded. "I see. When did they leave?"

Yume spoke p this time. "A while ago." Seeing Yume looking so heartbroken and upset brought back the fight they had yesterday, and Kagome shook her head making it all go away.

"Yume, I need to talk to you."

Yume pulled at her waist tie as to decide whether to talk to Kagome or not. "Okay."

"Hurry up puppy, I don't have all day!" Kouga is high up in a tree with an impatient look on his face. InuYasha is a few feet behind.

"Shut up Kouga. I don't have shards in my legs like you do."

"What a shame. Now hurry it up!" Kouga leaps from the tree and to the ground. A sudden darkness of clouds makes him stop running giving InuYasha time to catch up. "Now what?"

"Do you ever shut up? Now quiet. It could be Kagura." Kouga hissed. "If it's Kagura, I'm gonna kill her."

"You can't do that yet, Kouga. Damn you're dense."

A gust of wind and Kagura with Kanna appeared a few feet behind them. Both boys whipped around to face her.

"Yo." Kagura hissed her greeting.

"Yo yourself." InuYasha quickly unsheathed the Tetsusaiga.

Kouga sneered at Kagura. "And to what do we owe this unpleasant visit Kagura?"

"How can you be so close to the hidden castle and not have the girl with you?"

"Well if it's so hidden, how can we get so close Kagura?" InuYasha sneers.

"The girl has an order to carry out. And if she does not fulfill it, not only will she suffer but her mother as well."

InuYasha and Kouga didn't take too well to that and gave Kagura a dirty look.

"Hey Kagura, why do you want us to get rid of Naraku so badly huh?" Kouga yells the question at her. Kagura raises her silk fan and opens it with a swift flick of her fingers. "Listen to me very carefully boys. Yume was not supposed to be Kagome's real daughter but just to pose as her."

"You witch!" InuYasha yells.

Kagura raises her silk fan again. "Hush InuYasha, I'm not done. As I said she wasn't supposed to be her daughter, yet she is."

Kagura has Kouga and InuYasha's attention now. "So she's the real thing?"

"Very good, Kouga. She was supposed to lure you to the castle so you could finish Naraku off. I would myself but I would be killed before I could make my move. You must tell Yume to bring you to the castle. If you don't get her here soon, the girl will die."

InuYasha growls at her. "Yeah right. I won't let you kill her."

"It won't be my doing. Every time she remembers something, it kills her inside. Naraku set that up just for you two. So you better do it before she remembers something big. Like her father." Kagura closes her silk fan and stuffs it inside her waist tie. "I'm done here." The wind picks up and yet again Kagura disappears.

InuYasha angrily sheathes the Tetsusaiga. "She got away again."

"At least we know…Yume is in more danger than we realized."

"If we do kill Naraku, Yume will live. She won't have Naraku on her back. …Kind of like…"

InuYasha trails off leaving Kouga to pick up. "Kagura. Kagura wants us to destroy Naraku for her."

"And once we do, she's next."