Disclaimer: Sorry, but as of this moment, I have no nutty or witty disclaimer notes, so I will just say that I don't own anything of the anime, Inuyasha. BUT I do own Asaki.

Inuyasha: Keh, you sound 'nutty' enough as it is, let alone a disclaimer note!

Emily: You trying to make a point, dog-boy?

Inuyasha: You already made it for me (grins)

Emily: Touché (Thinks: Watch it, or I'll make you wear a tutu in my next fanfic!)

Well that was a long previous chapter, wouldn't you say? That was about five and a half pages on Microsoft Word. Like I said before, please read and review! I love hearing all of your comments! If you have any questions or even flames I accept them warmly! It is of course a free country (well that all depends on where you are, but I'm praying for all of your sake it's a free country where you are!) so tell me your thoughts! Umm… not much more to say. So without further a due, here is the seventh chapter!

Chapter Seven: Rendezvous with the Enemy

"Inuyasha should be back by now. Where is he?" The worried miko paced in the elderly woman's hut in the village. The sun was beginning to set on the other side of the village, and Inuyasha had still not come back. Asaki was nowhere in sight either. Kagome knew something was wrong.

Kagome walked out of the hut and began to search the skies for Sango and her pet Kirara. Sure enough there they were coming back to the village in a rushed pace. The overly-large cat glided down and came to a halt close by Kagome.

"Kagome! Miroku! Shippo! You better get on Kirara quick!" Sango called out to the group. She had a great look of anxiety on her face that only worried Kagome even more.

"What's wrong Sango?" Miroku asked, rushing to her side in alarm, followed by Shippo.

"I was flying over the forest with Kirara to try and find Inuyasha, and I think I found him, but Kirara is unable to land around where he is. There is some sort of powder around him that weakens and wards off demons! He didn't look dead from where I was, but he wasn't moving either!" Sango rushed through her words. Without a second to spare, Miroku climbed on the back of Kirara and Kagome followed, tightly holding Shippo. In a moment they were off into the fading sky.

Kirara flew over the dense trees, trying to find the spot where they had found Inuyasha lying a few minutes before. After a few minutes of anxious searching, they found a spot in the forest that seemed to be snowed over in some glittering substance, and right in the middle of it laid a motionless red figure.

"How are we going to land if Kirara can't get near that stuff?" Sango asked them. She had already noticed that Kirara's eyes were already beginning to droop. Kagome noticed that the little kitsune in her arms was already in a peaceful slumber.

"We're going to have to land over there," Miroku gestured toward a lump of trees close to where Inuyasha was, but away enough so that Kirara wouldn't pass out. Sango nodded and instructed Kirara where to land. Kirara drifted slowly down to the lump of trees, being careful not to inhale the glimmering substance.

As soon as Kirara landed, Kagome laid the sleeping Shippo beside Kirara and ran towards the direction where Inuyasha was. Miroku and Sango followed her. Kagome spotted a heap of motionless red in the distance.

"Inuyasha! Wake up!" She cried, hurrying her pace to help the silent Hanyou. How long had be been like this? What were the long term effects for this powdery substance? Kagome ran to his side and began pulling him over to one side.

"Inuyasha? Inuyasha please wake up!" She cried in his ear. Streams of glistening tears ran down her face now. Miroku helped him sit up as Kagome brushed off the sparkling powder on him.

"He's breathing," Miroku told her, relieving them a little, "We just have to get him to wake up." Kagome wrapped her arms around the unconscious hanyou, embracing him and gently shaking him to try and revive him.

Inuyasha had no clue what was going on. He felt dazed. Where was he? Inuyasha couldn't see. His whole body was numb. What happened? He couldn't smell anything at all! Why were his senses failing him? He began to pry his eyes open.

"Inuyasha? Can you hear me?" A voice came from around him. He suddenly felt warm, as if someone was embracing him. Who was it? The voice sounded so familiar. Then he remembered who the voice belonged to.

"K-Ka...Kag-gom…me…?" He managed to whisper, fumbling on his words. Kagome embraced him tighter. She saw his golden eyes beginning to resurface. "Yes it's me Inuyasha. Are you all right?" Kagome let Inuyasha take the time to remember.

Inuyasha abruptly was bombarded with memories from that afternoon. His mind was coming back into full swing. Inuyasha tried to sit up on his own.

"N-Naraku…Was h-here! K-kidnapped As-saki!" He growled, still fumbling on his words. Kagome realized the substance on him was still affecting him.

"We have to get you out of this stuff before we do anything," She told him as she pulled him to his shaking legs. Miroku and Kagome pulled Inuyasha to Kirara, helping him walk. As soon as he left the dusted area of the forest, Inuyasha felt his strength was coming back to him.

"Naraku poured this dusty stuff on me and Asaki…Then Asaki fainted from it, and he kidnapped Asaki! We gotta save her!" Inuyasha demanded, now able to properly form words. But both Kagome and Sango disapproved of this.

"All of your strength hasn't been regained yet Inuyasha," Kagome told him in a caring tone.

"And besides, we don't even know where Naraku went! Isn't your sense of smell being blocked off from that stuff right now, Inuyasha?" Sango agreed with Kagome.

"Well yeah, but that's not the point! We have to find Naraku somehow! He has my sister! Who knows what he is going to do with her!" Inuyasha argued in almost a plea.

"And how do you suppose we do this Inuyasha?" Miroku asked him, "We'll have to fins some way of finding her, but it's getting dark. It will be much harder."

"It's getting late. Asaki promised she would be back by now, and Asaki never breaks a promise," Sesshomaru thought as he watched the sky begin to be swallowed into darkness. Asaki was nowhere in sight, and her scent was not coming closer. What could possibly be taking her?

Knowing from experience, Sesshomaru was certain Asaki never broke a promise, and she had promised to return to him by nightfall. Perhaps it was that disgraceful half breed that was keeping her. Sesshomaru was instantly enraged at the thought of his brother stealing away Asaki. He had known their sister for longer!

"Where is she m'lord? We must start walking to the castle before nightfall arrives." His imp vassal asked him. Jaken was not as nearly as worried as Sesshomaru was, even though he still show no emotion. Sesshomaru did not answer him.

The faint smell of Asaki was still there, pointing them in the direction of where she left for Inuyasha. He paused for a moment to think of what he would do next. He then glanced over at Jaken who was patiently waiting for an answer, and then at the silently sleeping Rin on the dragon she always rode.

"Take Rin back to the castle and wait there. I will return shortly," Sesshomaru instructed after a pause of thought. Jaken did not question his lord, and obeyed him. He took the reigns of the dragon with the slumbering Rin on its back, and began to walk down the path in the other direction of Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru ran the other way in a faster pace that he had ever run. For the first time, he was deeply worried. Though there was not an emotion on his face at the present time, his heart raced faster than the pace he ran at. He would come for Asaki and kill his brother… No matter what. At least, that was his train of thought until he stopped abruptly in the middle of a bog. Sesshomaru had caught a most disgusting scent, a scent he was familiar with and despised. No doubt that that scent was of Naraku's stench! Who else could smell so much like death and blood? But there was another scent with him that he also recognized. This particular essence was not sinister at all. It was Asaki's scent! Was that the reason why she had not come back to him?

Instead of following the first trail set before, he began to follow the scents of Naraku and Asaki. "Hold on Asaki. I'm coming for you, just be okay for a little longer. Damn that Inuyasha for letting Asaki fall into that Bastard's hands…"

Flash Back/Dream

"We can play castles another time, Sesshomaru," Asaki told her little brother. She watched as the little boy was long silver hair vanished into the woods. She then turned her attention back to her father. She could see an overwhelming sadness in his eyes, although he tried to remain emotionless. "What is wrong father?" She asked her father.

He was quiet momentarily. He wondered desperately how he would break the news to his beloved daughter. He knew there was only one way she could survive this world, and whatever it took for his family to survive, he would do it.

The demon lord lowered his head to hide his eyes beneath his silver bangs. He knew Asaki was trying to read his eyes for an answer. He couldn't bear to show her the fear and sadness he had in his heart at the present time.

"Asaki, you know that you were born a fragile demoness," His deep voice began. Asaki noddedslowly. His tone in his voice kept breaking, there were too many emotions he was fighting back and he could barely hold them back. "There is about to be a war against myself and demons coming in from Eastern China. I never told you yet, but you are not safe when they come." Her father sighed heavily, "I cannot tell you why yet. But the point is that they will kill you, and I won't be able to protect you." Asaki was shocked at his words.

"But why am I a target? Must I die like this father?" Asaki asked, raising her voice. A glistening tear ran down her face.

"I never said I would let you die Asaki! You are a target because you are my daughter, and they want to defeat me at any soft spot I may have in my heart." He watched his daughter stare at him with large golden eyes. He didn't want anything to happen to her.

"There…There is a way for you to be saved. You may not like it, but it is the only way…" His voice became distant as he tried to fight back his own tears.

"What is the way, father?" Asaki asked him. Usually his strong, proud face portrayed no emotions, but today was different. Today, his face was full of sadness and regret. Whatever he was about to offer, it couldn't be good at all.

He thought for a moment, on how he would break the news to his daughter. She was still so young, she didn't deserve this. He just couldn't protect her while he was fighting, and Sesshomaru was obviously too small to help out his sister. After a long pause, he solemnly stated, "The only way that you can be safe, and out of harm's way is to be sealed…"

End Flashback/Dream

Asaki woke with a shock. She found her self in a darkened room, alone. She was lying on the cold, hard ground. "Where am I? What happened?" she thought. The last thing she remembered was being in a forest, talking to Inuyasha, and then some strange glittering substance falling down on them. Was Inuyasha with her now? Asaki looked around the room frantically.

She saw nothing except walls and darkness. Nobody was there with her, but she felt a presence as if she were being watched from somewhere else. She could smell a scent nearby that she remembered from the forest just before she fell unconscious.

Without warning, the shoji screen behind her opened. Asaki saw two figures on the other side of the screen. A tall man was long, wavy hair and a little girl, all in white that carried a mirror. The man's eyes appeared to glow in a dull red. Asaki knew this was no human man.

"I see you have awakened," His voice was cold, malicious and had a slightly teasing tone to it. His eyes stared at her with amusement and fury. She couldn't see most of his features, as he preferred to stay in complete darkness. Asaki's eye sight was not as good as her brothers' eyes; they could barely see in the dark.

"Who are you and what is your purpose with me?" Asaki asked coldly to him. The man grinned evilly.

"I apologize for being such a rude host. Call me Naraku," Asaki's eyes widened at his name. He was the one that Sesshomaru had warned her about! He was the one that Inuyasha swore he would kill! The man continued to speak, "As for what you are doing here, well I can't tell you that. But I can tell you this, if you want to live, you will abide to me." Asaki gave him an icy stare.

"Not if I can help it." Asaki immediately took a small blue blossom out of a hidden pocket in her white dress. She closed her eyes and squeezed the blossom in the palm of her pale hand. Instantaneously, a deep blue force field emanated from her hand and circled around her body equivalent to a bubble. Asaki smirked at her kidnapper. She decided to play head games with him. "You were saying?" She teased.

Naraku scowled furiously. Had he known she had such a power he would have erected a barrier against her force fields. How could Asaki have control of such power if Sesshomaru and Inuyasha did not? "I have over-estimated you Asaki," He said quietly. All amusement in his tone was gone. "You may be able to protect your self for now, but you will not be able to leave this room, I promise you that."

"Terribly sorry for ruining your plans. Well since they are of no use to you anymore, you might as well let me know what you were thinking of." Asaki grinned, basking in the kidnapper's anger. She knew she couldn't be able to keep it up for long, but she would as long as it took for someone to come help her.

"Don't be so sure of yourself just yet, Asaki." Naraku cautioned between gritted teeth. He then turned to the little girl beside him. "Kanna, stay by the door and watch her. If she does anything funny, you can be the first to stop her." Naraku shot one last icy glare at Asaki, and then left. The little girl stayed behind and kneeled in the corner of the darkened room. She was as silent as stone.

Asaki was beginning to wear out quickly. Putting up a force field took a lot of her energy, and it was still feeding on her energy to keep it up in case they tried to hurt her. Her head games with her kidnapper had temporarily worked. He believed she was not afraid of him. But secretly, she was terrified of him. What he was going to do to her, she didn't know. Her force-field would only stay for so long. And as soon as it would go down, that child in the corner would tell this Naraku…She shuddered at the thought of what he might do.

And where was Inuyasha? Did he escape? Or was he already killed? "Please be okay Inuyasha." She had to contact someone to help her. But her energy was already running out quickly! If she were to contact Sesshomaru or Inuyasha, she wouldn't have enough energy left to keep up her force-field, but if she didn't contact someone, she could be there for a weeks before someone would find her! What would she do?

I was gonna leave it at a lesser cliffy, but I couldn't resist! Besides if I did, I would accidentally reveal something about the next chapter ;) (Ssshh… That's our little secret!) YAY! I'm glad someone agrees with my caffeine loving lifestyle! LelynBlack, I should give ya one of my mochaccino recipes! Haha… Well what did you all think of this chapter? It's a bit shorter than the last one, but the next one I believe is going to be super long! Warning though, it may take a few days to write! I shouldn't have left you on a cliffhanger like that if it's gonna take a few days to update…Hmm….Oh well! I'm just so evil! I'll try and get the next chapter in as quick as I can! If you have any questions, I'd be delighted to answer them, and I absolutely ADORE reviews! Please keep reviewing! And thank you all for your great, great reviews! I also accept flames! (Wow I'm repeating myself so many times!) Oh, and by the way, by little argument with Inuyasha with the disclaimer note… Well let's just say my next fanfic is gonna involve a certain hanyou and a hot pink tutu! Okay, then! Until next chapter,

Emily (MyLastFarewell)