CHAPTER 9:

"So you didn't kill us at first because you had no reason to?" Kagome asked, still staring at the gem.

"Uh…sure we'll go with that. Any who, the day that we left was when we were hired. Hanya wanted to enjoy this job, and as she says what better way to make a person suffer than to know the person in harms way."

"I always loved that statement." Everyone turned to see Hanya and Asuka standing behind them; a wide smile on each of their faces, "Miss us?" she asked innocently.

Inuyasha stood and drew the Tetsaiga quickly, and Hanya laughed as he winced at the sudden movement. He dropped to one knee with his sword holding him up; Kagome rushed to his, but he pushed her away. "What do you two want now?" he spat.

"Now that's a stupid question. What do you think we want? Our sister, you numbskull!" 'Yuki are you okay?' 'Of course not! I'm tied, I was gagged, and I've surrounded by these idiots for one knows how long!' 'All right, point taken.' Hanya growled and charged at the hanyou, revealing a hidden sword from the dark cloak she wore, catching him off guard. She slashed out at him with short flicks of her wrist, leaving small, but deep, cuts along his arms and chest.

With one final swing she jumped back to Asuka, and Inuyasha fell back to his knees. "Poor, poor Inuyasha. You're being beaten, I wonder what your wench has to say about it?" Hanya smiled evilly over at Kagome, who shivered in fear under the gaze. A deep growl was heard from the hanyou as he leapt at his attacker. Hanya held out one hand in front of her, "Hold it there, fido." Inuyasha froze, standing on one foot. His moved his arm, but it didn't move; he kept running toward his opponent, but he could never get any closer. Everyone else, not including the three sisters, stared in amazement; Inuyasha was stood in his place, frozen by an unseen force. Hanya smiled at her work. "Now Inuyasha, who do you think I am? Some amateur? All the things you know about us by now, and I'm sure Yuki told you a little while we were gone," Hanya paused and looked over at Yuki, "You do have a big mouth sometimes, Yuki, no denying it."

The captive human glared over at her sisters, "Just take the collar off already!" Hanya turned her attention, again, over to her other sister. Asuka nodded and mumbled something under her breath that no one caught. "Oh, Asuka. I don't think she heard you." "Yea Asuka, I have to hear the word you so love to call me behind my back, and decided that would be the word to remove my collar." Yuki sarcastically shouted from her position next the Kagome and Shippo.

So Asuka spoke louder, "House-pet!"

The Spiked leather collar fell to the ground, and Yuki let out a menacing laugh. Transforming before their eyes, and before Kagome and Shippo could put distance between them; she broke through the binding ropes and grabbed hold of the little kitsune's tail. "What do I have here?" "Yuki, we're not here to kill him." "Just having some fun. Being tied and tossed around while I waited for you guys was boring." Yuki complained, but dropped the crying fur ball anyway, "Well, if I can't mess with the runt, I get to kill the half-breed."

Hanya growled in frustration, her hand was getting tired of just staying in the air so she let it fall to her side again, watching as Inuyasha fell face first to the ground (kind of like when Kagome 'sits' him only it doesn't hurt as bad). "You aren't going to kill him alone," Hanya shrugged, "you can rough him up a little though." "Well, hey, I want in on this." Asuka whined from behind her younger sister.

While the three sisters were bickering amongst themselves, Inuyasha and the others snuck away, and they almost made it but Yuki grabbed a hold of the miko, dragging her back with her. Inuyasha swung around, snarling. He faced the three sisters and the captive Kagome. Fear shone in her eyes and she was visibly shaking. He watched as Yuki looked over at Asuka, then back at him, a smirk upon her face. The smug look disgusted him. 'What am I going to do?' he thought as he looked around for an idea. He was shocked when he heard a voice in his head, 'I think we'll leave now.' Hanya's voice rang through his head with one more silent message before they disappeared with Kagome.

Sango fell to her knees as she witnessed her best friend taken hostage by the three assassins. Both Inuyasha and Miroku stood in shock, and the factor of Hanya's teleportation left no scent to track, they couldn't be found. Shippo sat in a sniffling heap on the ground, tear reigned down his cheeks. She was gone. It would be a rare chance that they would ever run into the sisters ever again, but, stubborn as he was, Inuyasha ran off in a direction away from the others; not caring where he was going, he had to at least try. He knew what their mission was, and hopefully they wouldn't go to far. He had to find them before…

'We'll have a surprise for when you do find us, it shouldn't be to hard when you're encouraged to come to your death…'

it was a weird sensation. The air compressed around her, and it felt as if the life was being squeezed out of her. The image before blurred, and she could no longer see Inuyasha. Her stomach lurched and her head spun. When the feeling stopped, she was in a completely new place. She was in a dark contained area, mostly likely a cave. The small, yet strong arms around let her fall to the ground before her stomach turned and twisted; leaning over her early lunch came forth. As her coughing after affects subsided, she caught the laughter and what her captives were saying; "You'll get over it after a while. Hanya's power was too strong for a weak human such as yourself."

Kagome recognized this as Yuki's voice. What did they plan to do? Naraku had wanted both Inuyasha and her killed, but not necessarily in that order. They could kill her now. 'What am I going to do?' the three youkai caught on to their captive's fear; it came off of her like waves, and hit their senses hard. They could kill her now, but what's the fun in that? Inuyasha, their prime victim, would put up a more fun fight in his rage then in his own grief. Now all they could do is wait for him to arrive.

They sat in the dark. The sisters could see easily, but Kagome remained confused in the pitch-black cave, shivering, and listening to the sounds of dripping water from the roof of the cave. Feeling cold herself, Asuka smacked Yuki who glared in return. "Hanya and I don't have a high body temperature like you, do something. Start a fire or something." She commanded. Yuki scoffed at the remark, but lifted her hands together. Separating them again, a ball of flame emerged illuminating the closed area. Asuka and Hanya lay lounged out on flat-rock surfaces, Yuki had stood up, and Kagome sat with her knees curled up to her chest trying to gain warmth. She looked up at Yuki, but the bright new light source forced her to look away. "Well, Asuka, you wanted fire. Now go get some wood, 'cause I'm not staying like this forever. I mean, hey, I'm not the cold one hear." Asuka mumbled and was gone and back in a blink of an eye. She threw down a large tree stump, and sat back in her place, "There." Yuki rolled her eyes and motioned the fireball to the wood. With a burst, the log was a flame. Contented, Yuki stretched out and fell asleep. It would be a while before the half-breed found them, let alone catch their scent.

Kagome crawled slowly up to the fire, careful as to not make a sound. She knew that Hanya was watching her, but she was cold. She flinched when she heard Yuki and Asuka growl in their sleep, but that was the only thing. Silently she began to cry; she was muddy, covered in small bruises and cuts, and had, basically, a bounty on her head, but it was Inuyasha she was really worried about. He wasn't much of a rational person, everyone knew this, and he'd do anything to get her back… even if it meant running to his death.

'What am I going to do?' she thought as she drifted into a slumber.

Hey it took longer because I started writing it, but didn't like it, took a break, a long break, and then erased it and started over. So there it was. I would love to give thank you's but as most can see not very many reviews. Thanks to them though.