Chapter 16

"Damn, his scent is all over this place!" Inuyasha gritted his teeth together. Inuyasha was on the floor sniffing around for scents other than Naraku's. Koga was sniffing the air. Everyone else was following and looking around for any sign of Naraku.

"I know what you mean, I can't even get a whiff of the demon Kagura."

"Well since Naraku hid himself so well, what do we do?" Sango asked.

"I don't know, I don't see any jewel shards..." Kagome stopped. She looked at Koga's legs. "Hey... Koga, what happened to your-" Koga grabbed Kagome, ran down the hall and turned a corner in a split second. He pinned her up against a wall and whispered to her.

"Don't say anything please! They don't know and that dog turd wont ever let me hear the end of it. So, please?" Koga asked kindly.

Kagome didn't ask any questions, she just nodded and said, "Don't worry Koga, your secret is safe with me." She smiled; Koga relaxed, Inuyasha and the gang came running around the corner to find the two happily smiling at them. Inuyasha was a little weirded out but that didn't stop his interrogation.

"What the hell were you doing pulling Kagome away like that?! You were gonna kidnap her again weren't you?!" Inuyasha snatched Kagome away from Koga.

"For your information, mutt, Kagome is my woman!" Koga stole Kagome back.

"Oh is she really?!" Inuyasha stole her again.

"Yeah!" Koga pulled Kagome to his side. They went at it like that for about 5 minutes until Kagome finally got angry. She exploded.

"What the hell am I to you two?! Am I even human to you two?! You guys treat me as if I'm not even alive! Or that I'm not standing right here!" Kagome made Inuyasha 'sit' and slapped Koga twice. She turned and walked around the corner. In Inuyasha's current position, he could really lift his face to talk but a mumble was enough for Koga to hear.

"Tis dur fut." He said faced pushed into ground.

"It is not my fault that Kagome ran off like that! You were the one that wouldn't just give up!" Koga yelled at him.

Inuyasha lifted his head from the ground. "You were equally stubborn ya mangy wolf!"

"I dare you to say that again!" Koga challenged.

"Ya mangy wolf!!!" Inuyasha accepted. Inuyasha was now on his feet glaring into the eyes of Koga, Koga not backing down either. Lightning bolts and daggers being sent back and forth. The rest of the gang sighed and shook their heads.

'I can't believe those guys! I mean really! We're in Naraku's castle and all they can think about is who's better! What is wrong with those two today?! I think I'd rather be with Hojo then either of those two right now.' Kagome blinked. 'That's right, I can't, Kikyo loves him. He obviously loves her as well... Ugh!! What is going on in this world! Is the whole world going crazy or is just me?!' Kagome stomped her foot on the ground.

"Its just you." A voice said from behind her. She looked around to see whom it belonged to. It wasn't familiar to her. When she turned she found a guy standing in front of her. He had dark hair like hers that was cut like Hojo's. He had dark eyes that looked as if they were a very dark blue but in the light, his eyes turned different shades of dark colors. He was wearing a yukata that had vertical lines on it and sandals to match. All dark colors.

"Who are you?" Kagome remembered she was in Naraku's castle and quickly corrected herself. "What are you?" She asked seriously.

"You were right the first time. I am the one called Eisaku. Your spirit, your long black hair, your aura and power. All though I have never met you before, something in your eyes tells me you must be Kikyo." He thought truthfully.

Kagome's eyes widened with anger. She exploded for the second time. (A/N wow, twice in less than 20 minutes. That must be great. lol anyways.) "Why do you automatically assume that I am Kikyo?! Well I'm not! You got that?! I am not Kikyo!!"

The guy's expression barely changed but he did show a little fear from the explosion. "I'm so sorry. My mistake. Will you grace me with your name then?" Eisaku bowed down, pulled Kagome's hand over to his lips and kissed it lightly. Kagome was shocked.

"Uh, uh, um..." Kagome suddenly couldn't say anything. 'Why can't Inuyasha be this nice?!' she thought. She found the words she needed and formed them to make a sentence but it came out a little different. "I Kagome am..." She said. Eisaku looked up at her with a weird expression in his eyes. She realized what she had said and a hand flew to her mouth. "Oh! Mean I I'm Kogame! No no no no!!!" She pulled her other hand from the young man. She shook her head in frustration. 'Why am I having so much trouble saying who I am?! I just explained so easily I'm not Kikyo, say your name goshdarnit!!'

"You can always right it down if you're having trouble." He offered.

Kagome nodded. 'Yeah, yeah! I can just right it down! That would be a whole lot easier!' She watched him as he pulled out a piece of paper, a brush and some ink. She took it from him and laid it out on the floor. She opened the inkbottle and jammed the brush in the ink.

"Um, are you having trouble?" He asked politely. Kagome looked down at the inkbottle. It spilled over without one drop on the brush. She gasped. She took the brush and tried to absorb all the ink with it but she fail miserably and ended up spreading it around the floor. She just looked at the floor and sighed. She had ink now though. She wrote down what her name was and an apology. She handed the piece of paper back to the guy, embarrassed. He looked at it and squinted for a while. He finally gave up.

"I'm sorry to say this but your writing is not legible." He said.

Kagome looked at it and found that the words not only didn't make sense, but her words were covered in ink and smeared. She gave up and fell to the floor. He worried about her and looked into her eyes.

"Are you alright? Do you feel sick?" He asked. He placed his hand on her forehead, she blushed.

"You do seem to have a little fever but you look really feverish. Are you okay?"

Kagome looked away from the guy. 'He's so dense, just like Hojo, but,' she took a glance at him. 'He's cute when he's dense.'

"I'm Kagome and I'm fine. Sorry about the ink." She said calmly.

"So you can talk. That's good." He smiled at her and Kagome felt like she would melt. 'What am I doing?! What about Inuyasha?! We're in Naraku's castle for crying out loud! This is no time for this stuff!' Kagome stood up abruptly.

"I have to leave, I'm sorry. My friends are somewhere, lost, and-" Kagome tried to explain, unfortunately, nausea took over. She became suddenly dizzy and fell back down to the ground. She tried to fight it but she couldn't. She passed out.

"Kagome? Kagome?! Where are you?!" Inuyasha yelled through the hallways. The gang was following him also calling her name.

"I don't like this. I can't find her scent. Its like she disappeared or something. As if she were never here!" Koga said.

"I know what you mean. We have to find her soon or she could-"

"Well, if it isn't Inuyasha and his friends." Kagura said. Kanna walked out from behind her holding her mirror down.

"Damn."

"What do you want Kagura?" Miroku asked.

Kagura didn't answer, she only smiled.

TO BE CONTINUED