Man, I'm exhausted. I shouldn't have stayed up that late last night. I'm listening to Korn right now. I still can't decide if Korn or Linkin Park is my favorite band. Not that you all care or anything, but yeah. Onward! (I love saying that… hehe)

Warnings: Things are going to get just a bit intimate between Kagome and Inuyasha, so yeah… But it's not all that bad and it's brief. But still…

Chapter 3: Hojo and Naraku

By the time Kasumi and Inuyasha got home, Kagome seemed to be waiting for him. She took Inuyasha by the hand and led him into the hut. Kasumi grimaced at the thought of what they were going to do after looking at her mother's facial features.

Kagome threw Inuyasha to the ground. She said, "Okay Inuyasha, I lied. I love you more than I ever will to Hojo."

"What's going on Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.

He saw Kagome remove her shirt over her head. She then removed her pants and let them drop at her feet. There were two different undergarments preventing Inuyasha from seeing her completely nude. He had seen these garments before, but still did not understand why she wore them.

Inuyasha could feel arousal deep inside him. His heart throbbed in his chest. Kagome knelt down and slid on top of him. She kissed Inuyasha passionately whilst removing his kimono. Inuyasha brought his hands around Kagome and unclasped her bra with one of his claws. (you all know what they're about to do…)

Meanwhile, Kasumi went to the wolf den to find her son and Koga. She still hadn't thought of a name for him. The entire way she had different names racing through her mind.

"Man, I should've thought of a name WAY before he was born," she said aloud to herself.

Soon enough she caught the scent of Hojo. Hojo?!

"What the hell?!" she asked.

Kasumi followed the scent and saw Hojo speaking to Naraku's baboon puppet. Something was different about him, though. She hid behind a tree and listened closely to their conversation.

"Kasumi is expected to return to her own era with her son," said Naraku. "I want you to dispose of them."

"Yes, Naraku," Hojo replied. Something wasn't right. It was as if he was mesmerized. Hypnotized even.

Hojo bowed to Naraku before he departed. He turned to Kasumi's direction. She quickly moved completely behind the tree so he wouldn't see her. She carefully peaked at him again. That's it! That wasn't the real Hojo! He was just like Kohaku. A servant to Naraku's sick and twisted ways. Hojo wouldn't be able to get through the well to this era if it were really him.

Kasumi had heard stories from Sango about her brother's death. Kohaku died at the hands of Naraku so he could use him against Inuyasha and the others.

After Kasumi made sure Hojo was out of sight, she said to herself, "No wonder Hojo's been acting so strange. His mind belongs to Naraku! As much as I hate him, Hojo doesn't deserve this…"

Kasumi quickly ran back to tell her mother about Naraku's plan. Just then something raced through her mind. She wasn't safe either way. Hojo would get them in the present times, and Naraku would get them in the Feudal days. There's no way out, she thought.

She burst into the hut and saw something she didn't need to see. Her parents lay on the ground, completely nude. She quickly shielded her eyes and closed the door. Inuyasha and Kagome tried as fast as they could to get their clothes back on. Kasumi still had her eyes closed as she knocked on the door.

"Hang on a second," Kagome replied.

Both Kagome and Inuyasha were totally embarrassed. Then again, so was Kasumi. That had to be one of the worst sights she's ever seen.

Kagome opened the door to let Kasumi inside. Still, her eyes were shut tight.

"It's okay to open your eyes now," said Kagome.

Slowly but surely, she did. "I'm SO sorry you guys. I didn't mean to walk in on you like that," she said.

"It's not your fault," said Inuyasha. "We should've been more careful ourselves."

An awkward silence settled in. Not one person kept eye contact with the other for a few minutes. Finally Kasumi clapped her hands together and rubbed them asking, "So… how's it going?"

"Fine," her parents responded at the same time.

Just then Kasumi remembered what she was going to say. "Oh yeah! I almost forgot!"

A worried feature made its way on her face. Soon Inuyasha and Kagome had the same.

"Hojo is being controlled by Naraku!" she announced.

"What?" Kagome asked. "But how is that possible? Hojo can't even get through the well."

"Maybe somehow your guys' blood mixed, making it possible for him to get through," Kasumi pondered. "That's the only way… I think…"

Inuyasha shrugged. "Makes sense."

"But what does Naraku want with my husband?" Kagome asked. She covered her mouth and looked back to Inuyasha who had an angered expression.

"Dad, chill out. She doesn't even love him… I hope…" said Kasumi.

Kagome sighed. "I still don't see what you have against him."

"Mom. We're are total opposites. I think Dad is the shit because he's just like me! It's like he doesn't give a damn about the free world," Kasumi replied.

Inuyasha snickered. She was right. He really didn't give a damn. He did however care that his daughter and grandson were in danger no matter which era they were in.

"Look, we gotta figure out why Jojo is being controlled by Naraku," he implied.

Kagome corrected him. "It's Hojo."

"Whatever. Let's go."

"Wait!" Kasumi stopped them. "I already know why. It's just like Sango's brother, Kohaku!"

"Why that bastard!" Kagome exclaimed. "Excuse my language by the way…"

"Who gives a crap?" said Kasumi.

Kagome shrugged. Nobody ever seemed to care about what word slipped out of their mouths, so why should she worry?

"Well what are we going to do? Kill him?" Kagome asked.

Kasumi and Inuyasha replied at the same time, "Fine by me."

Kagome wasn't happy with that answer. "No," she said sternly.

"What?" Inuyasha asked. "It's the only way."

"No it's not! There's gotta be another way."

Kasumi was deep in thought. She summoned the power of the Shikon Jewel and held it in front of her. "Well," she began, "I suppose I could use the Jewel to suck out the evil… but that takes too much energy. And at the moment, I don't have much left to spare…"

"How did you figure out how to do that?" asked Kagome.

"Well, on the way home a while back, I trapped all associated with Naraku in the Jewel. I couldn't trap Naraku in it though. That would be too much power and could kill me," Kasumi replied.

Inuyasha demanded and explanation. "How come you never told us about that?!"

Kasumi shrugged. "I guess it never crossed my mind. Besides, I was too caught up in getting home, I completely forgot about it."

Kagome and Inuyasha sweat dropped.

Kasumi held up her fist and said boldly, "Now, let's go get some evil spirits!"

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Naraku was waiting for Inuyasha and the others to come back near the wolf den. He knew Kasumi was watching and would tell them. This time, there was no baboon puppet. It was the real deal. He was planning to ambush them soon…

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Wow, this took me all day to write. But then again, I was gone half the day, so yeah…