Hello everybody! I got a good amount of reviews this time :D This is my new chapter (obviously) and I just had to write this! Thank you to all of my reviewers, the reviews just keep me motivated and such. Amanda you are a butt head and weird (screams) 'don't look at my knee!' computer class is very boring. Anyways just a little bit of history for this chapter…. I wrote it during a course of 4 short hours listening to loud music (hawthorne heights, rancid, Thursday, rise against.. etc.) and I just whipped it up as I usually do. Oh before I forget….. my other story TO TRUST AGAIN will have a new chapter soon. I am so sorry about the wait if you even waited. It will be up either late this week or next week. That's about all for me bye-bye!

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The sun was slowly rising. Its warm rays hit everything. Morning birds started chirping happily, flying around, and casting tiny shadows on the ground. A light breeze ruffled the grass and various plants on the ground. Brittle leaves swayed back and forth in a hypnotic way. A small brown leaf fell silently to the ground, swooshing to and fro in mid air. The leaf was important because it was a sign of fall that was not that far away.

On a tree far, far away, another leaf fell. This time not to the ground, but on Inuyasha's head. It rested peacefully until he struck it away with a wet clawed hand.

He sat in the same position of which he had been the other night. His face was damp from crying for hours on end. The amber eyes of which he bore were now red and swollen. Veins were completely visible and anyone passing by could see them clearly, if they even dared to come near him because he was being very protective of Kagome's soulless body and wouldn't let anyone or anything be within fifty feet of them.

Inuyasha felt sorry for Kagome and her hair having to be soaked with his salty tears. He wanted to dry her up so when he got her soul back she would be clean and dry. He found her big yellow backpack and dug through it until he found a cloth. He quickly wrapped it around her hair and began a long process of drying it.

When he finished he just sat down beside Kagome and sighed for a long period of time. His nose twitched when he smelt blood. He looked down and found the spot where it was coming from.

A small bandage was covering the wound on Kagome's knee. Inuyasha was quite puzzled by the brown object, but remembered a time when she had told him about them.

The blood had seeped through the fabric. Inuyasha dug around in Kagome's bag again until he found some similar to the one on her knee.

The hanyou fumbled around with the plastic covering for a while. Once he got it off though, Inuyasha was in trouble. The sticky part used to hold onto the skin was stuck on his fingers.

"Ah. What's this?"

He tried to pull it off by twisting and scratching the bandage until it finally fell off and made its way to the ground. Dirt gathered quickly on the sticky substance. Inuyasha got angry and tried again, and again, and again, until they were almost all gone except for a few.

"Dammit!"

He put them back and put Kagome's backpack down beside her.

He looked away when his eyes met her soulless ones. They caused more pain to swell in his stomach. He gently reached over her face and closed the soft eyelids so they could no longer stare at nothing. Then he sat down and rested his head in his hands and quietly spoke.

"This is all my fault."
He closed his eyes and wished so much that she could be there right now. If he had the Sacred Jewel he could wish her back, but they had about seven of them. They would've had more if Kikyou hadn't taken the almost complete piece to Naraku.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome. She was NOT Kikyou no matter how many times he had said it before, that was, of course, because he had been too stubborn at the point to figure that out. But as things progressed he began to like Kagome much better because he knew she would never betray him, no matter what was involved.

Inuyasha rested his sore red eyes for a moment. The warm sun, even though it had barely any effect on warmth anymore, shone onto his silver hair. He basked in the sunlight and savored the warmth, but he still felt cold and empty.

Clouds slowly began to pass over the light of the sun. It was only for a couple of minutes but for Inuyasha in his depressed state, it felt like a century.

He was tired and needed some sleep. He looked at the tree that was near by and back at Kagome's body. Then Inuyasha picked her up with uttermost care and carried her to it. From there he sat down against the trunk and brought Kagome close so nobody could take her away.

A light breeze played across them. It became stronger until Inuyasha had to get a strong grasp on Kagome or she would be blown away by the vortex-like winds.

Dirt and pieces of the castle ruins flew in the air. Inuyasha could feel the tree getting ready to be pulled out of the ground.

Dark clouds blocked the sun and the wind continued to blow away. After a couple of slow seconds it died down. The rocks and castle ruins settled into places that they hadn't been in before.

Inuyasha smelt an enemy on the air. He wrapped his arms possessively around Kagome's body. A loud growl rumbled inside his throat.

Kagura stepped out from behind a chunk of rubble. She had an evil grin plastered on her face. Her scarlet eyes sparkled with hate. She had her deadly fan spread out and covering her mouth, then bunched it together as she spoke.

"Hand her over Inuyasha."

"Back off!"

"Now, now. We can do this the easy way or there might just have to be some blood spilled."

"You're not laying one filthy hand on her!"

"Oh I won't. That's Naraku's job, not mine," Kagura taunted.

Inuyasha growled fiercely and leapt towards Kagura. He was hit full force by a gust of wind from Kagura's deadly fan.

Kagome's body was torn from Inuyasha's grasp. She fell to the ground, but was quickly swept up by the wind mistress.

Inuyasha got up fast and ran after Kagura who was riding on her feather. He was blown back by another gust of wind. Once again the hanyou got back up.

"Kagome!"

Kagura looked at him from the safety of her feather. She grinned and sent a stronger blast of wind at Inuyasha. She watched as he struggled to get up and laughed when it caused him some pain.

"Save your breath and energy, half breed. The girl belongs to Naraku now." She turned back around and flew off towards Naraku's hiding spot.

From down below Inuyasha finally found enough balance to stand up. He could only see the white of Kagome's school uniform as she was being taken away.

His eyes narrowed and his fists clenched at his side.

"Kagome!"

He ran into the near by woods and silently, but quickly followed the wind mistress's feather. The hanyou ran the fastest that he ever could do. Injured or not all he wanted to do was save Kagome from a terrible fate that rested in Naraku's filthy hands that hand killed so many.

For anyone all Inuyasha was, was a blur, not even the red of his kimono showed up. The silver of his hair was not visible either.

He was growling viciously in his throat. Oh how he wanted to rip Naraku and the spawn he created to tiny pieces, then burn them and let the pieces blow away on the wind and make sure they'd never return.

Inuyasha smirked at the idea. He looked around at his surroundings that had changed drastically.

The area was now basically lifeless. The sun seemed to never touch this place. Rocks sprouted out everywhere and the color of the water was green and poisonous looking. There was barely any grass at all and no trees so Inuyasha now had to be extra fast to not be seen.

He looked up and saw that Kagura was still on her feather. He stopped and hid behind a rock as he watched the wind mistress go into a hidden cave. He also saw her take Kagome off and hand her to the little white-haired girl that he knew of called Kanna.

Inuyasha stood up and growled once more. He knew that Kanna would give Kagome her soul back, the results wouldn't be good, and nothing good came out of it.

He crouched down and started making a plot of how exactly he was going to rescue Kagome. The hanyou knew that it was going to be risky because he had no doubt that Naraku had something in store for him. He would just have to get there quickly, and then get out just as fast.

"Hang in there Kagome."

Inuyasha sat there and began to put the pieces of his plot together.

"I'll save you."

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Kagura watched as Kanna lowered her mirror so that Kagome's face was now visible in it. Then it began to glow as the miko's soul was being released and returned to its rightful owner from its prison.

Kagome's eyes opened and looked around the cave. She was a bit confused, but recognized the wind mistress and her sister immediately. She let out a scream, it echoed through the cave and surrounding areas. Once she was done she found some breath to speak.

"Where am I?" she demanded.

"Somewhere," Kagura answered.

"Well let me go!"

"I'm afraid I can't do that. I have direct orders to keep you here so you won't be going anywhere."

Kagome stood up and looked Kagura in the eye. "Inuyasha will kill you for this!"

The wind mistress chuckled for a moment and walked away so that it was just Kagome and Kanna by the entrance.

The miko just starred hard at the white-haired girl and began thinking up a way to escape. She knew Kagura would stop her from running. She walked over to the edge and looked out of the cave to the ground below. She let out a tiny whimper. 'How the hell was she going to escape with nothing to take her down or break her fall?'

"There's no use escaping," Kagura said from the back of the cave. She looked at Kanna with her scarlet eyes and nodded.

Kanna pointed her mirror at Kagome once more and let an energy force shoot straight towards her. She watched as Kagome was knocked against the wall and quickly after that she passed out.

Kanna and Kagura looked at boulder blocking the secret room as Naraku pushed it from the inside. He merged and looked at the fallen miko near the entrance.

"Perfect."

Naraku walked over to Kagome and flung her over his shoulder. Then he went into the back room where Zuri waited impatiently for his victim.

He turned around before entering and looked at Kanna and Kagura.

"If you see Inuyasha don't even bother trying to guard this place. I'll have my fun when I see his reaction to what his women had become," he laughed wickedly.

The two sisters bowed respectfully and watched as Naraku laid Kagome down in the secret room up against one of the cave walls.

Zuri came out of his dark corner and walked over to the miko's limp body. He then went to the table with the odd jars and picked up the purple one like he had done earlier on. Then Zuri reached over to the side and picked up the deadly needle that looked identical to a sewing needle.

He dipped it in the substance that was inside. He held it there for a few seconds before pulling it out. Then he went over to the fire and placed the needle carefully on the rocks that were near the hot coals. He removed it shortly after and checked the dip where the substance was put and made sure that it was turned into a liquid.

Zuri walked back to the table and checked to make sure that he had enough poison. Once he knew the amount was right he walked up to Kagome and prepared to poison her.

He looked over the skin around her neck and found nothing to be damaged. Then the demon gently placed the needle into Kagome's neck. He held it there for a minute or so, then withdrew it and watched as Kagome awoke.

The first thing she saw were Zuri's red and green eyes that bore into her.

"Ah! Who are you? Get away from me!"

She pushed him away and stood up. Then she ran out of the room and into the area where Kanna and Kagura were kneeling by a small fire.

Kagome ran to the cave entrance and began yelling, knowing that no one was going to stop her.

"Inuyasha!" she screamed.

She was quite surprised to see him just below the cave. She watched intently as he climbed up and got her. He wrapped an arm protectively around her and leapt down.

Kagome felt something change as she was being brought down. Her neck suddenly hurt and her vision blurred for a moment. When it came back she could see Inuyasha, but someone was beside him as they landed on the ground.

Her eyes narrowed.

"Kikyou."

She reached into her yellow backpack that was still attached to her back, surprisingly. She found a bow and arrows that she had stuffed in there earlier because she didn't feel like holding them around everywhere.

"Inuyasha how could you do this?"

The hanyou stepped back when he saw Kagome equip her weapon. 'Why was she saying this?'

"What's wrong Kagome? Are you alright?"

She didn't hear his words, but saw him kissing Kikyou.

"You betrayed me Inuyasha for some dead girl!"

He looked around and saw no Kikyou. He looked at Kagome and noticed that her eyes had changed from brown to black. He then realized that Naraku had done something to her.

Inuyasha looked up and saw that he was watching everything that was happening. He was caught off guard when an arrow almost pierced his arm.

"How could you?" Kagome cried.

Inuyasha could smell the poison. He looked over Kagome to see where the poison was injected and found a tiny mark on her neck.

"Kagome I could never betray you!"

The miko never heard his words. She put an arrow to her bow and fired.